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1!!The TV series
2* SugarWiki/AwesomeMoment: Anytime Tony does a feat of sleight-of-hand or a very well-engineered stunt, one has to appreciate how good Bill Bixby really was at illusions.
3** Tony is also very good at reading people: in "Lady in a Trap", Tony interrogates a CorruptCop. The cop ''doesn't say a word,'' but Tony is able to figure out exactly what he wants to know, simply by reading the guy's tells. You do ''not'' want to play poker with a guy like that.
4** In "The Illusion of the Evil Spikes", Tony gives a presentation showing how a particular trick was done. Usually, it's breaking a cardinal rule for a magician to give away a secret. Tony can justify it, though, because (1) the trick is ''very'' well done, and (2) he's giving away the secret to flush out the villain. Unfortunately, the villain turns out to be [[BrokenPedestal an old mentor]] [[TearJerker of Tony's]].
5* RetroactiveRecognition: Mark Hamill appears as a traumatized youth in "Lightning on a Dry Day". The episode aired in 1973: ''Star Wars Episode IV: Film/ANewHope'' premiered in 1977.
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7!!The film
8* OnceOriginalNowCommon: It feels like a lot of horror movie cliches, but this movie ''made them''.
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10!!The cartoon

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