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* [[You Are Number Six]]
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* [[Actor Shared Background]]: One of the only pieces of information Number Six voluntarily gives the Village is his date and exact time of birth (19 March 1928, 3:15 a.m.) -- which coincides exactly with McGoohan's.
* [[Absentee Actor]]: "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling" was filmed while McGoohan was off shooting ''Ice Station Zebra'', so a [[Freaky Friday Flip|mind swap]] plotline was devised that allowed another actor to play No. 6 for the episode.
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** In a bit of [[Fridge Brilliance]], this is probably why Checkmate represents Six's darkest hour. Not only did he fail utterly at his plan, {{spoiler|he did so because he proved he would be an incredibly effective jailer in his own right, having convinced the other prisoners he already is one.}}
** The end of "Living in Harmony" reveals that {{spoiler|the whole thing was a hallucination in a fake town, in which Number 2 and his assistant played the main villain and the psychotic "kid." However, the assistant has genuinely been driven insane by the experience.}}
* [[Bond One
** But [[Played for Laughs]] in "The Girl who was Death".
* [[Boxed Crook]]: Number Six is unknowingly used as one in "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling."
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* [[Crap Saccharine World]]
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Number 6 vs. Number 2 in "Hammer Into Anvil".
* [[
* {{spoiler|[[Dance Party Ending]]}}
** DEM BONES, DEM BONES.
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** At least, it appears that way.
** In the episode "The General" {{spoiler|Number 12 - who controls Security that episode - immediately aids Number Six's efforts to stop the Instant-Learning program. No explanation for 12's turn is ever given.}}
* [[Hero Ball]] / [[What an Idiot!]]: Although No. 6 is the show's [[Only Sane Man]] ''most'' of the time, it's hard not to facepalm once he {{spoiler|ends up at Beachy Head with its famous lighthouse and ''doesn't recognise it'', falls asleep on a truck without even bothering to hide himself, and subsequently goes straight back to his own home, even though he already ''knows'' from previous episodes that his former friends are after him.}}
* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: Number Six's method of looking for potential allies in "Checkmate" is the very thing that thwarts that episode's escape attempt.
** In "A Change of Mind," Number Six turns the villagers against Number Two with the same tactics Number Two used on him throughout the rest of the episode.
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* [[Large Ham]]: Leo McKern as No. 2.
** McGoohan in the unbroadcast (but later released on DVD) early edit of the first episode, which shows him giving a somewhat more "animated" reaction to seeing the Village out his window for the first time.
* [[Laser
* [[Leitmotif]]: In "Hammer Into Anvil" and "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling".
** Pop Goes the Weasel is used throughout the series. The episode "Once Upon a Time" establishes "POP" as an acronym for {{spoiler|protect other people}} and originally "POP" was to be a featured element of the show's closing credits, but this was never broadcast (you still see it in the early edit versions of some episodes that have been released on DVD).
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* [[Napoleon Delusion]]: Professor Schnipps in "The Girl Who Was Death".
* [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]]: Happens to The Prisoner in "Free For All"
* [[No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine]]: He's often invited to dinner or breakfast or lunch with Number Two, but he seldom accepts outright. Naturally, since they know nearly every detail about Number Six's life, it's always [[Your Favorite]].
** In "The Schizoid Man", they subconsciously change his favourite food to aid in attempting to make him think he's someone else.
* [[No Name Given]]: The Prisoner's real name (although many fans assume he's John Drake, the character McGoohan played in his previous series, ''[[Danger Man (TV)|Danger Man]]'' (aka ''Secret Agent''); in fact, he's not even called "Number Six" in the scripts, except by other characters, only "P" or "Prisoner".
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* [[Ontological Mystery]]: Where exactly ''is'' the Village? Who runs it? Does it matter?
* [[Paranoia Gambit]]: Number Six does this to Number Two in "Hammer Into Anvil."
* [[
* [[Pre
* [[Purely Aesthetic Gender]]: Outside of ''Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling'' (produced when McGoohan largely wasn't there) the characters' genders make no real difference to the plot.
* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: McGoohan was a staunch Catholic, and Six never resorts to a fight unless forced, never womanizes, and refuses to compromise his beliefs.
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* [[Trolling Creator]]: Yes. Just... yes.
* [[Uncanny Village]]: Gotta watch out for those idyllic seaside resorts!
* [[The Un
* [[The Voiceless]]: The Butler.
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]] - There are religious overtones throughout the show. The name of the production company was [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everyman_<!-- 28play29 Everyman]], based on an allegorical play from the 15th century. -->
** According to ''The Prisoner Video Companion'', the Village salute represents the sign of the fish, a Christian symbol.
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: Rover was initially meant to be a single entity, and had what was intended to be an on-camera "death". Though they'd already filmed a scene with him in "Once Upon a Time", the intent was always to reshoot it. When the show got canceled, they no longer had the budget to do so, and so it lends the appearance of Rover being a type of weapon that inexplicably disappeared for several episodes.
* [[Write Who You Know]]: Number Six is to an extent a stand-in for McGoohan, unsurprising given that the series is all about his own views on individuality and authority. A prime example of how [[Tropes Are Not Bad]].
* [[Xanatos Roulette]]: Many of the ploys designed by the Number Twos involve ''very'' convoluted chains of events to work.
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* [[Thirsty Desert]] - Surrounding the Village, instead of the ocean in the original.
* [[Tomato Surprise]] - Those flashbacks to Six's life before The Village? {{spoiler|They aren't flashbacks, they're happening simultaneously.}}
* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?]]: we never learn the location of The Village.
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