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Created by pre-eminent special-effects man [[Gerry Anderson]], ''Thunderbirds'' was the story of the Tracy family, a wealthy clan of billionaire astronauts who embarked on a unique philanthropic venture.
Jeff Tracy, and his five sons (Scott, Virgil, Gordon, John and Alan) formed "International Rescue", an organization whose purpose [[Exactly What It Says
Every week, some monstrous disaster would occur, and the boys (primarily Scott and Virgil) would pilot their awesome Thunderbird aerospace craft to the scene, moving at speeds that would make an aeronautical engineer drool. Scott would get there first, survey the situation, and call back to Virgil, who would then arrive at the scene with the right equipment loaded into the cavernous interior of Thunderbird Two's "pod". Amongst other things, a drilling vehicle (Mole) or an underwater rover (Thunderbird Four) could be loaded into Two.
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=== ''[[Thunderbirds]]'' provides examples of: ===
* [[All There in the Manual]]: The recurring villain, The Hood, was never named in dialogue or credits in the original TV episodes, only in publicity materials.
* [[As Long
* [[The Atoner]]: Parker <s>used to be a criminal</s> used to be ''exclusively'' a criminal.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Pretty much everything, but the Crablogger and Sidewinder get special mentions.
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** Well, until she's force to fly the Tiger in [[TB 6]].
* [[Easy Logistics]]: In "Ricochet," we find out that even a pirate radio station can put a ''manned space station'' into orbit. This is apparently so common that nobody can keep track of the launches. [[Fridge Logic|This raises some questions as to how on Earth nobody has found Tracy Island yet]].
* [[Eek!
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Executive Meddling]]: A positive example when Lew Grade ordered the series be made with hour long episodes. This required the series to delve into more sophisticated plot and characters to make up for the time, which made the series a cult classic.
** further series were denied after [[The Movie]] (actually ''two'' movies) bombed, although this still had [[Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons|some positive effects]].
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** The "super" in "Supermarionation" referred to the automated lipsynching. The character's voice track was fed to a solenoid in the puppet's head that moved the lips based on the audio level of the speech.
* [[Shoe Phone]]: Watch phones, powder compact phones and of course tea pot phones.
* [[Shout-Out]]: In "Brink of Disaster," the gadgets that Lady Penelope deploys from the Rolls Royce are reminiscent of the Aston Martin in ''[[
* [[Sibling Team]]
* [[Slurpasaur]]: The episode [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Speech Impediment]]: B-B-Brains has a t-tendency to s-stutter.
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