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In 1983, an abortive attempt at a television adaptation was made. ''[[The Tom Swift/Linda Craig Mystery Hour]]'' starred [[Willie Aames]] and [[Lori Loughlin]] as the title characters. It only got as far as a [[Pilot Episode]] which was broadcast as a [[TV Movie]] to disappointing ratings.
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* [[Antiquated Linguistics]]: Inevitable, due to the time they were written.
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* [[Story Arc]]: The "Jr." novels had an ongoing arc about Tom's interaction with the alien "Space Friends". Since the arc never really went anywhere before the series ended, it's arguably also an [[Aborted Arc]].
* [[Teen Genius]]: Tom, of course.
▲* [[Tom Swifty]]: [[Trope Namer]], though as mentioned actual examples are rare.
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* [[The Ditz]]: Ned.
* [[Fourth Wall Breaking]]: Ned's stupidity becomes so severe that Joel and the bots run out of ways to riff him and are forced to ask the readers for help.
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