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1910's to 30's [[Stratemeyer Syndicate]] kids' series following the adventures of boy inventor Tom Swift. Each book began with Tom inventing some new gadget that conveniently proved essential to resolving the plot. Invented or popularized many [[Gadgeteer Genius]] tropes.
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Revived IN SPACE! in the early 1980s, in [[Hollywood California|Southern California]] in the 1990s and [http://tomswift.bobfinnan.com/ts5.htm in the first person] in the 2000s.
Origin of the "[[Tom Swifty]]", such as ''"Pass me the shellfish," said Tom crabbily'' or ''"How was your colonoscopy?" asked Tom probingly.'' This is something of a [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]] (or "Play it again, Sam") situation, as while Stratemeyer was [http://www.fun-with-words.com/tom_swifties_history.html eager to employ adverbs] and [
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