History WMG / Thunderbirds

* Jeff was all for creating a Thunderbird 6, he said as much to Brains at the start of that film. His only problem was that Brains’ TB6 designs were pretty much just specialist pod vehicles (hello, TB4) not main TB craft.

Seriously, they try to keep everything hush-hush, yet they go around in labeled vehicles, are known to other organisations (case in point, Zero-X mention them by name in ''Film/ThunderbirdsAreGo''), and even [[Headscratchers/{{Thunderbirds}} seem to take the time to introduce themselves by name]]. While they do wear disguises in public, it's likely that they're more because they're basically international celebrities at this point, and don't want to draw attention as a result. I would say that the existence of the organisation itself is relatively well-known, with the members being less identifiable, but the ''real'' secret is their machines. All of the secrecy is solely to keep the Thunderbirds themselves secret, and IR itself is only a secondary concern at best.

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* Lots of disasters happen all the time so maybe TB5 uses an AI to handle most of them and dispatch agents from all over the world to them. After all, it is International Rescue and it is stated that there are agents all over the world with their own craft (as well as exploding beans) and the Thunderbirds are the elites in charge.

* In The Man from Mi5, Parker is wearing an outfit just like Rorschach's, minus the mask. Look it up if you don't believe me.

* International Rescue on most occasions seem to be unaware of him, despite causing the most problems. His Temple doesn't hasn't been discovered in a highly technologically advanced world.

* What, those [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob rich layabouts with no day jobs?]] Get real.

Seriously, they try to keep everything hush-hush, yet they go around in labeled vehicles, are known to other organisations (case in point, Zero-X mention them by name in ''Film/ThunderbirdsAreGo''), and even [[Fridge/{{Thunderbirds}} seem to take the time to introduce themselves by name]]. While they do wear disguises in public, it's likely that they're more because they're basically international celebrities at this point, and don't want to draw attention as a result. I would say that the existence of the organisation itself is relatively well-known, with the members being less identifiable, but the ''real'' secret is their machines. All of the secrecy is solely to keep the Thunderbirds themselves secret, and IR itself is only a secondary concern at best.

To be more precise: he is The Hood brought back to life by the mysterons as one of their agents after Lady Penelope and Parker originally killed him and his accomplice in the previous movie (They shot down The Hoods helicopter).

[[WMG: The Black Phantom is The Hood's brother seeking revenge for his death in [[Recap/ThunderbirdsF1ThunderbirdsAreGo The first movie.]] ]]