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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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