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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never actually find out what happened to the attendant after Parker drove past him.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never actually find out what happened to the attendant after Parker drove past him.him.
* WhereDoesHeGetThoseWonderfulToys?: It's briefly explained early in the episode that Sir Jeremy helped IR obtain and manufacture some of the Thunderbird components in secret, thus somewhat explaining how the fleet can exist without access to a full industrial complex (Spin off materials would later confirm the T-Birds underwent final assembly on Tracy Island itself).
* WhereDoesHeGetThoseWonderfulToys?: It's briefly explained early in the episode that Sir Jeremy helped IR obtain and manufacture some of the Thunderbird components in secret, thus somewhat explaining how the fleet can exist without access to a full industrial complex (Spin off materials would later confirm the T-Birds underwent final assembly on Tracy Island itself).
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* ChekovsGun: A surprisingly subtle example. The monotrain that Professor Borinder disappeared on is mentioned frequently from the beginning of the episode, so it's no surprise when Lady Penelope and Sir Jeremy are kidnapped whilst riding the same train. We think the monotrain has served its purpose, then surprise! The villain tries to use the monotrain to execute Lady Penelope in the episode's climax.
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* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: A surprisingly subtle example. The monotrain that Professor Borinder disappeared on is mentioned frequently from the beginning of the episode, so it's no surprise when Lady Penelope and Sir Jeremy are kidnapped whilst riding the same train. We think the monotrain has served its purpose, then surprise! The villain tries to use the monotrain to execute Lady Penelope in the episode's climax.
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* ChekovsGun: A surprisingly subtle example. The monotrain that Professor Borinder disappeared on is mentioned frequently from the beginning of the episode, so it's no surprise when Lady Penelope and Sir Jeremy are kidnapped whilst riding the same train. We think the monotrain has served its purpose, then surprise! The villain tries to use the monotrain to execute Lady Penelope in the episode's climax.
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* ChainedToARailway: Of a sort. In this case, Dr. Godber ties Lady Penelope to a ladder and lowers it into the Anderbad Express's path.
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* ChainedToARailway: Of a sort. In this case, Dr. Godber ties Lady Penelope to a ladder and lowers it into the Anderbad Express's path.
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* HumanShield: Prof. Borinder is forced to be one of these by Dr. Godber. It doesn't stop Gordon taking another shot anyway and, bizarrely, [[ImprobableAimingSkills actually seems to improve his aim]]!
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Those monotrains like mighty fine and go mighty fast. But the way they sway while in motion -- and especially after going round a corner -- makes you wonder how anything stays upright in the inside.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Those monotrains like look mighty fine and go mighty fast. But the way they sway while in motion -- and especially after going round a corner -- makes you wonder how anything stays upright in on the inside.inside and why the passengers aren't vomiting.
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* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: The gunfight with Dr. Godber ends when Gordon successfully disarms him. [[ImprobableAimingSkills And with Prof. Borinder in the way, no less]]!
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* BadassInDistress: Poor Lady Penelope has her hands firmly on the DistressBall in this episode. First she is nearly drugged at a bar, then she is locked in a basement which gradually folks with gas, and finally she is captured by Dr. Godber and tied up in the path of an express monotrain. Each time she needs the boys to come and rescue her. Thankfully, these are distinctly unusual circumstances for her, so she's clearly just having a bad day.
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* BadassInDistress: Poor Lady Penelope has her hands firmly on the DistressBall in this episode. First she is nearly drugged at a bar, then she is locked in a basement which gradually folks fills with gas, and finally she is captured by Dr. Godber and tied up in the path of an express monotrain. Each time she needs the boys to come and rescue her. Thankfully, these are distinctly unusual circumstances for her, so she's clearly just having a bad day.
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* BadassInDistress: Poor Lady Penelope has her hands firmly on the DistressBall in this episode. First she is nearly drugged at a bar, then she is locked in a basement which gradually folks with gas, and finally she is captured by Dr. Godber and tied up in the path of an express monotrain. Each time she needs the boys to come and rescue her. Thankfully, these are distinctly unusual circumstances for her, so she's clearly just having a bad day.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Those monotrains like mighty fine and go mighty fast. But the way they sway while in motion -- and especially after going round a corner -- makes you wonder how anything stays upright in the inside.
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* FrenchAccordion: Both times when the scene cuts to Paris, accordeon music plays in the background.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: The opening features the launch of the Sun Probe craft, long before its proper appearance in the Episode of the same nme.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: The opening features the launch of the Sun Probe craft, long before its proper appearance in the Episode of the same nme.name.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: The opening features the launch of the Sun Probe craft, long before its proper appearance in the Episode of the same nme.
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* BigBad: Dr. Godber is behind the kidnapping of Professor Borinder to use his research for profit.
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* ComputerEqualsMonitor: The villain appears to completely disable the railway power cutting system just by shooting the display. Given these were 1960s-style computers where the display is built into the fascia, this may not be as improbably as it seems.
* ChainedToARailway: Of a sort.
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* ComputerEqualsMonitor: The villain appears to completely disable the railway power cutting system just by shooting the display. Given these were 1960s-style computers where the display is built into the fascia, this may not be as improbably improbable as it seems.
* ChainedToARailway: Of a sort. In this case, Dr. Godber ties Lady Penelope to a ladder and lowers it into the Anderbad Express's path.
* ChainedToARailway: Of a sort. In this case, Dr. Godber ties Lady Penelope to a ladder and lowers it into the Anderbad Express's path.
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Lady Penelope goes on a dangerous cross-Continental trip to discover what has happened to a brilliant scientist - only to discover that a megalomanical lunatic has kidnapped him in an attempt to discover his research. In order to persuade the scientist to comply the villain presents him with a SadisticChoice - the formula, or Lady Penelope!
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Lady Penelope goes on a dangerous cross-Continental trip to discover what has happened to a brilliant scientist - only to discover that a megalomanical lunatic has kidnapped him in an attempt to discover his research. In order to persuade the scientist to comply the villain presents him with a SadisticChoice - SadisticChoice; the formula, or Lady Penelope!
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* HeldGaze: Virgil and Penelope while trapped under the Anderbad Express.
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* TapOnTheHead: The attendant, in league with the bad guy but about to spill the beans, is on the recieving end of one and gets thrown off the train.
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* TapOnTheHead: The attendant, in league with the bad guy but about to spill the beans, is on the recieving end of one and gets thrown off the train.train.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never actually find out what happened to the attendant after Parker drove past him.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never actually find out what happened to the attendant after Parker drove past him.
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* BritishStuffiness: Lady Penelope and her equally Jeremy Hodge's failure to panic when shut in a room flooded with DeadlyGas. While banging on the door he even comments "Open this door at once, we're British!"
* ComputerEqualsMonitor: The villain claims to have disabled the railway power cutting system just by shooting the display. Possibly justifiable given these were 1960s-style computers where the display is built into the fascia.
* ComputerEqualsMonitor: The villain claims to have disabled the railway power cutting system just by shooting the display. Possibly justifiable given these were 1960s-style computers where the display is built into the fascia.
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* BritishStuffiness: Lady Penelope and her equally Jeremy Hodge's failure to panic when shut in a room flooded with DeadlyGas. While banging on the door he door, Jeremy even comments shouts "Open this door at once, we're British!"
* ComputerEqualsMonitor: The villainclaims appears to have disabled completely disable the railway power cutting system just by shooting the display. Possibly justifiable given Given these were 1960s-style computers where the display is built into the fascia.fascia, this may not be as improbably as it seems.
* ComputerEqualsMonitor: The villain
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* DeadlyGas: How one of the villains tries to dispose of Lady Penelope and Sir Jeremy.
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* DeadlyGas: How one of the villains Dr. Godber tries to dispose of Lady Penelope and Sir Jeremy.Jeremy at the Archives in Paris.
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* SadisticChoice: Hand over the formula or save the girl?
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* SadisticChoice: Hand over the formula or save the girl?girl.
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* BritishStuffiness: Lady Penelope and her equally upper-class friend's failure to panic when shut in a room flooded with DeadlyGas. While banging on the door he even comments "Open this door at once, we're British!"
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* BritishStuffiness: Lady Penelope and her equally upper-class friend's Jeremy Hodge's failure to panic when shut in a room flooded with DeadlyGas. While banging on the door he even comments "Open this door at once, we're British!"
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* HeelRealization: During the final showdown, Roache, the villain's henchman, [[EvenEvilHasStandards seems to realise Dr. Godber's evil plan]] has gone too far and, with persuasion from Jeremy Hodge, reaches for the button that stops the train -- [[RedemptionEqualsDeath unfortunately he is shot.]]
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* HeelRealization: During the final showdown, Roache, the villain's Dr. Godber's henchman, [[EvenEvilHasStandards seems to realise Dr. Godber's evil this plan]] has gone too far and, with persuasion from Jeremy Hodge, reaches for the button that stops the train -- [[RedemptionEqualsDeath unfortunately he is shot.]]
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* BritishStuffiness: Lady Penelope and her equally upper-class friend's failure to panic when shut in a room flooded with DeadlyGas. While banging on the door he even comments "We're British, you know!"
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* BritishStuffiness: Lady Penelope and her equally upper-class friend's failure to panic when shut in a room flooded with DeadlyGas. While banging on the door he even comments "We're British, you know!""Open this door at once, we're British!"
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* HeelRealization: During the final showdown, Roache, the villain's henchman, [[EvenEvilHasStandards seems to realise Dr. Godber's evil plan]] has gone too far and, with persuasion from Jeremy Hodge, reaches for the button that stops the train -- [[RedemptionEqualsDeath unfortunately he is shot.]]
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Played straight for the villain's henchman.
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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: [[spoiler:Subverted. Sir Jeremy and Professor Borinder keep a StiffUpperLip and refuse to give the formula. It would have resulted in Lady Penelope's death if it hadn't been for Virgil.]]
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* DeadlyGas: how one of the villains tries to dispose of Lady Penelope and Sir Jeremy. It fails thanks to Parker.
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* DeadlyGas: how How one of the villains tries to dispose of Lady Penelope and Sir Jeremy. It fails thanks to Parker.Jeremy.
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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: [[spoiler:Suberted. Sir Jeremy and Professor Borinder keep a StiffUpperLip and refuse to give the formula. It would have resulted in Lady Penelope's death if it hadn't been for Virgil.]]
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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: [[spoiler:Suberted.[[spoiler:Subverted. Sir Jeremy and Professor Borinder keep a StiffUpperLip and refuse to give the formula. It would have resulted in Lady Penelope's death if it hadn't been for Virgil.]]
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* MissedHimByThatMuch: The attendant, who got thrown off the train, passes out next to the road just in time for Parker to miss him.
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* ShownTheirWork: The rocket launch sequence at the beginning is more realistic and based in NASA procedure than most you'd see in today's fiction. They even foresaw a hold-down system, which [=SpaceX=] has only just invented ''now''.
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* ShownTheirWork: The rocket launch sequence at the beginning is more realistic and based in NASA procedure than most you'd see in today's fiction. They even foresaw a hold-down system, which [=SpaceX=] has only just invented ''now''.''now''.
* TapOnTheHead: The attendant, in league with the bad guy but about to spill the beans, is on the recieving end of one and gets thrown off the train.
* TapOnTheHead: The attendant, in league with the bad guy but about to spill the beans, is on the recieving end of one and gets thrown off the train.
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* DeadlyGas: how one of the villains tries to dispose of Lady Penelope and Sir Jeremy. It fails thanks to Parker.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The villains lair is inside a mountain, next to the train tunnel. We don't get to see how big the whole thing is, but it is clear that they can control all train traffic in the tunnel from there.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The villains lair is inside a mountain, next to the train tunnel. We don't get to see how big the whole thing is, but it is clear that they can control all train traffic in the tunnel from there.
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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: [[spoiler:Suberted. Sir Jeremy and Professor Borinder keep a StiffUpperLip and refuse to give the formula. It would have resulted in Lady Penelope's death if it hadn't been for Virgil.]]
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* ChainedToARailway: Of a sort.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Played straight for the villain's henchman.
* ReluctantMadScientist: Professor Borinder, a [[HerrDoktor shameless]] [[EinsteinHair Einstein]] {{expy}}.
* SadisticChoice: Hand over the formula or save the girl?
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Played straight for the villain's henchman.
* ReluctantMadScientist: Professor Borinder, a [[HerrDoktor shameless]] [[EinsteinHair Einstein]] {{expy}}.
* SadisticChoice: Hand over the formula or save the girl?
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Lady Penelope goes on a dangerous cross-Continental trip to discover what has happened to a brilliant scientist - only to discover that a megalomanical lunatic has kidnapped him in an attempt to discover his research. In order to persuade the scientist to comply the villain presents him with a SadisticChoice - the formula, or Lady Penelope!Penelope!
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* BritishStuffiness: Lady Penelope and her equally upper-class friend's failure to panic when shut in a room flooded with DeadlyGas. While banging on the door he even comments "We're British, you know!"
* ComputerEqualsMonitor: The villain claims to have disabled the railway power cutting system just by shooting the display. Possibly justifiable given these were 1960s-style computers where the display is built into the fascia.
* ShownTheirWork: The rocket launch sequence at the beginning is more realistic and based in NASA procedure than most you'd see in today's fiction. They even foresaw a hold-down system, which [=SpaceX=] has only just invented ''now''.
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* BritishStuffiness: Lady Penelope and her equally upper-class friend's failure to panic when shut in a room flooded with DeadlyGas. While banging on the door he even comments "We're British, you know!"
* ComputerEqualsMonitor: The villain claims to have disabled the railway power cutting system just by shooting the display. Possibly justifiable given these were 1960s-style computers where the display is built into the fascia.
* ShownTheirWork: The rocket launch sequence at the beginning is more realistic and based in NASA procedure than most you'd see in today's fiction. They even foresaw a hold-down system, which [=SpaceX=] has only just invented ''now''.
