History Recap / ThunderbirdsS1E15CityOfFire

* DrivesLikeCrazy: the woman driver who causes the inferno.

--> '''John:''' Uh-oh! I spoke too soon!
* ValuesDissonance: Did you see the words "manic lady driver" in the recap? It's played every bit as insensitively as it sounds.
** They even note that the driver's sex should be obvious.

* KarmaHoudini: The reckless driver who sets off the disaster, resulting in the complete destruction of a skyscraper shopping complex and thousands of parked vehicles, which must run into the millions of dollars of damages, is seen again at the end of the episode. Not only is she free and apparently not held liable for the disaster, but she has a brand new car of the same make as the one she crashed, is completely uninjured, and driving as recklessly as ever.

* NoOSHACompliance: A small car fire in the parking basement spreads so rapidly through the tower that the entire structure has collapsed before the day is out. Thank heaven it was the opening day so all 340 floors were mostly deserted and it can be quickly evacuated.

TheOneWith the building on fire.

* NoOSHACompliance: A small car fire in the parking basement spreads so rapidly through the tower that the entire structure has collapsed before the day is out. Thank heaven it was the opening day so all 340 floors were mostly deserted.

* CasualCarGiveaway: One of the guys overseeing the rescue gives Scott a car when he has to go to Thunderbird 2 to pick up the Mole. Downplayed in that he was just offering Scott to borrow the car; he didn't intend for Scott to keep.it.

* CasualCarGiveaway: One of the guys overseeing the rescue gives Scott a car when he has to go to Thunderbird 2 to pick up the Mole.

The Thompson Tower, a magnificent engineering accomplishment, has been opened to the public. Unfortunately, this includes a truly manic lady driver, who crashes her car in the underground car park. Since everything in the Thunderbirds universe is MadeOfExplodium, the tower catches fire with disturbing rapidity. Evacuation plans and the local fire department are able to rescue the majority, but three people are trapped below ground, somewhere in the network of tunnels, trapped behind automatic fire doors.

Bringing their pet DrillTank the Mole and the fireproof bulldozer Firefly, International Rescue turn up and try to cut through to the trapped family. It's an awful risk, as the experimental cutting gear they're using has caused unconsciousness in operators in all previous tests!

* CasualCarGiveaway: One of the guys overseeing the rescue gives Scott his car when he has to go to Thunderbird 2 to pick up the Mole.

* GodzillaThreshold: IR is forced to use the cutting gear fueled by Brain's new gas if they want to reach the trapped family in time, if though during a test on Tracy Island the gas caused Scott and Virgil to pass out.

* TemptingFate: John sits in Thunderbird 5 lamenting about seeing his family again, only having 2 hours to go before 3-month shift ends. Cue the emergency call from Thompson Tower coming through.

* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: The fire apparatus shown in the episode in real life would be woefully inadequate to deal with the fire alone. High-rise structure fires require teams of firefighters inside the building as well as outside to battle the blaze and ensure the building is clear. In-episode the tower is listed as 350-stories tall, 240-stories more than World Trade Center 1 and 2 in New York, and took practically all of the NYFD to battle on 9/11.

* ValuesDissonance: Did you see the words "manic lady driver" in the recap? It's played every bit as insensitively as it sounds.

* CasualCarGiveaway: one of the guys overseeing the rescue gives Scott his car when he has to go to Thunderbird 2 to pick up the Mole.
* GodzillaThreshold: IR is forced to use the cutting gear fueled by Brain's new gas if they want to reach the trapped family in time, if though during a test on Tracy Island the gas caused Scott and Virgil to pass out.

* MadeofExplodium: The Thompson Tower doesn't so much catch fire as explode repeatedly until it collapses.
* Values Dissonance: Did you see the words "manic lady driver" in the recap? It's played every bit as insensitively as it sounds.

* {{Idiot Houdini}}: The woman driver who causes the inferno never gets her just desserts for her stupidity; in fact, she's seen out driving again at the end of the episode with absolutely no improvement in her driving whatsoever.
* {{Made of Explodium}}: The Thompson Tower doesn't so much catch fire as explode repeatedly until it collapses.
* {{Values Dissonance}}: Did you see the words "manic lady driver" in the recap? It's played every bit as insensitively as it sounds.

Bringing their pet DrillTank the Mole and the fireproof bulldozer Firefly, International Rescue turn up and try to cut through to the trapped family. It's an awful risk, as the experimental cutting gear they're using has caused unconciousness in operators in all previous tests!