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8 | ''Fortune Hunter'' was a series on Creator/{{Fox}} Network in 1994, starring the late Mark Frankel as the super-spy Carlton Dial. |
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10 | Dial is an ex-government agent whose high-risk assignments take him to exotic locales and into extreme danger, all in the name of recovering some of the world's most sought-after items – classified information, complex weapons systems, and the occasional endangered species, which have fallen into the wrong hands – for a handsome fee. |
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12 | Dial is now working as a master agent for the Intercept Corporation, a high-tech global recovery organization based in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco. Dial and his partner, the affable Harry Flack (John Robert Hoffman of Series/{{Adventures in Wonderland}} fame), execute incredibly complex plans to retrieve these valuable items, depending on split-second timing and an astounding array of sophisticated electronic gadgetry. |
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15 | !!Tropes: |
16 | * DefrostingIceQueen: In a few instances. One example being a female marine biologist in "The Aquarius Intercept". |
17 | * TheCharmer: Dial is this to a fault. |
18 | * {{Foil}}: Carlton Dial is the Sauvé, womanizing, and crafty agent who is not afraid to get physical when necessary. Harry, on the other hand, is the nerdy, computer geek who's also a Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes fanboy. And while Dial is shown to be quite wealthy, Harry struggles with finances as he failed to pay his taxes and was even towed in later episodes. |
19 | * {{Expy}}: Dial is basically the Film/JamesBond of the 90's. |
20 | * {{Geek}}: Harry truly fits this trope. |
21 | %%* GentlemanThief: Carlton Dial |
22 | * GirlOfTheWeek: Basically any girl Dial falls for. |
23 | * JobTitle: "Fortune Hunter" is the name of Dial's occupation. |
24 | * LaserSight: Played with. The hero points out a red dot on a guard's chest, warning the man not to move or raise the alarm lest he be shot by a hidden sniper. The dot, however, comes from an off-the-shelf laser pointer taped to a tree. |
25 | %%* MissionControl: Harry Flack |
26 | * SeeingThroughAnothersEyes: Carlton uses camera contact lenses and a two-way earpiece to transmit what he sees and hears to Harry. |
27 | * PutonaBus: According to Website/{{Wikipedia}}, the last unaired episode of the whole show has the unseen Harry being "promoted" and replaced by three new colleagues. |
28 | * SovietSuperscience: As seen in "Red Alert" where a Soviet satellite is filled with a poison gas. |
29 | %%* TuxedoAndMartini |
30 | * VictimOfTheWeek: It's a given considering the show's genre. Thus leading to... |
31 | * [[MonsterOfTheWeek Villain of the Week]]: Thieves, evil organizations, the works. |
32 | %%* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Harry Flack |
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