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* [[Defictionalization]]: [[Shock and Awe|Thomas Swift's Electric Rifle]] is the source of the term "TaSER".

* [[Dirty Communists]]: A frequent antagonist in the "Tom Swift, Jr." books.

* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: Tom's "invention" ability was initially fixing mundane technology for the first two books, then the third had him assisting an adult expert in creating a mundane airship, while the submarine of the fourth book is his father's invention. Only in the fifth book does Tom actually invent anything of his own.

* [[Either or Title]]: All of the books in the original series, such as ''Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle; or, Fun and Adventure on the Road''

* [[First Contact Math]]: Tom Swift Jr. and his father communicate with aliens this way.

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* [[Phlebotinum Du Jour]]: Electricity and internal combustion for Tom Swift; nuclear power for Tom Swift Jr.

* [[Phlebotinum Handling Equipment]]: Tom Swift Jr. had labs with remotely-operated "waldoes".

* [[Public Domain Character]]: 30 of the 40 books form the original series are public domain as of 2023. Additionally, failure to renew copyright put ''Tom Swift and the Visitor from Planet X'' and ''Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung'' in the public domain.

* [[Raygun Gothic]]

* [[Revival]]: Tom Swift Jr. in the 1950s, and again in the 1980s, and again in the 90s, and for good measure in 2006.