History Recap / ThunderbirdsS1E20MoveAndYoureDead

** Later, after Gomez has forced Alan and Grandma to climb high on a bridge, with a metal box

--> '''Alan:''' (Friendly) What do you want, Gomez?
--> '''Gomez:''' Why, Tracy! What kind a tone is that to talk to a guy with a gun in his hand?
--> '''Alan:''' You're wasting your time. I don't have the plans for the [=BR2=]. And even if I did, do you think I'd hand them over to you?

--> '''Grandma:''' What is that thing?
--> '''Alan:''' Never mind.
--> '''Gomez:''' You'd better explain to the old lady, else she might cause a whole heap of trouble.
--> '''Grandma:''' Is it a bomb?
--> '''Alan:''' Sort of.
--> '''Gomez:''' Yeah, sort of. We've fixed the real bomb right under this roadway. But that other box is an extra present: if you make one move, and disturb the ultrasonic waves, then pow! The whole place blows up.

* ContextSensitiveButton: The parking garage at Parola Sands works in essence by lifting up the cars and placing them on shelves. While the operator has a wealth of levers available, he only seems to move the same one backwards and forwards to control the two degrees of freedom of his forklift.

* PapaWolf: Jeff. Throughout the entire episode, he keeps in regular contact with Alan, doing everything he can to keep his son going, despite the clear stress he himself is suffering. His comment to both Scott and Virgil at the start of the episode proves as much ...

** Whilst the two men had no way of knowing that their victims were members of International Rescue, neither of them thought about taking away Alan and Grandma's accessories, just in case one of them had a way to call for help as Alan did.

* AbsenteeActor: This is one of the few episodes where John, Lady Penelope and Parker are completely absent.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: There's an odd sequence when Alan leaves the bar at the Parola Sands bar. The camera spends a good minute zooming in on portions of the bar's painting of a race while racecar sounds are played. We then cut to the real race in progress with proper miniatures.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: One of Alan's rivals mentions he's struggling to get used to the car's power steering, despite it being set in the 2060s. As of 2018, virtually every modern car has such a feature.

* AbsenteeActor: This is one of the few episodes where Lady Penelope and Parker are completely absent.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: In this episode we discover the second BerserkButton -- in addition to trying to steal their secrets -- of International Rescue: attempting to murder their family members. They will hunt you down, and if they have to shoot you off the road, so be it.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: One of Alan's rivals mentions he's struggling to get used to the car's power steering, despite it being set in the 2060s. As of 2018, virtually every modern car has such a feature.

* ContextSensitiveButton: The car-elevator in the parking garage is operated with the same two levers.
* CoolCar: Alan's racecar, designed by Brains.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: In this episode we discover the second BerserkButton - in addition to trying to steal their secrets - of International Rescue: attempting to murder their family members. They will hunt you down, and if they have to shoot you off the road, so be it.

TheOneWith Alan on a bridge.

* ArtstBeret: Virgil wears one while painting Alan's victory portrait.

* ContextSensitiveButton: The car-elevator in the parking garage is operated with the same two levers.

* DeadlyGame: The car race that Alan participates in is notably far more dangerous than real-life races, what with racing on what looks like a desert track, cars crashing off the track and exploding, not to mention Alan's rival constantly trying to ram him off the road without apparent penalty or mention from the commentators(probably because they're on the explicitly stated, "area of the track that cannot be seen)."

* DeadlyGame: The car race that Alan participates in is notably far more dangerous than real-life races, what with racing on what looks like a desert track, cars crashing off the track and exploding, not to mention Alan's rival constantly trying to ram him off the road without apparent penalty or mention from the commentators.
- probably because they're on the explicitly stated, "area of the track that cannot be seen."

When Alan Tracy - in his Brains-designed racecar - returns to the motor racing circuit and triumphs, his rivals decide to remove the competition. They place Alan and Grandma Tracy on a bridge with a bomb, and warn them: [[TitleDrop "Move - And You're Dead!"]]

* ContextSensitiveButton: The car-elevator in the parking garage is operated with a single lever.
* DeadlyGame: The car race that Alan participates in is notably far more dangerous than real-life races, what with racing on what looks like a desert track, cars crashing off the track and exploding, and Alan's rival constantly trying to ram him off the road without apparent penalty or mention from the commentators.

* RoadSignReversal: The bridge Alan and Grandma get stranded on is not officially opened to traffic yet. Alan's rivals temporarily remove the roadsigns in order to lure the two onto the bridge, and return them afterwards to keep other cars from reaching the bridge.

* HowWeGotHere: The episode starts with Alan and Grandma already on the bridge. While Thunderbirds 1 and 2 are on their way to save them, Alan tells Jeff about how they ended up there.
* RoadSignReversal: The bridge Alan and Grandma get stranded on is not officially opened to traffic yet. Alan's rivals temporarily remove the roadsigns in order to lure the two onto the bridge, and return them afterwards to keep other cars from reaching the bridge.

* RoadSignReversal: the bridge Alan and Grandma get stranded on is not officially opened to traffic yet. Alan's rivals temporarily remove the roadsigns in order to lure the two onto the bridge, and return them afterwards to keep other cars from reaching the bridge.

* ContextSensitiveButton: the car-elevator in the parking garage is operated with a single lever.
* ExpansionPackPast: in this episode we learn that Alan was a professional racecar driver prior to joining International Rescue; a fact that has never been mentioned before and is never brought up again afterwards.
* HesBack: after having been retired for some time due to his duties in IR, Alan decides to return to racecar driving in this epsiode, much to the dismay of his rivals.
* HowWeGotHere: the episode starts with Alan and Grandma already on the bridge. While Thunderbirds 1 and 2 are on their way to save them, Alan tells Jeff about how they ended up there.

* ExpansionPackPast: in this episode we learn that Alan was a professional racecar driver prior to joining International Rescue.

When Alan Tracy - in his Brains-designed racecar - returns to the motor racing circuit and triumphs, his rivals decide to remove the competition. They place Alan and Grandma Tracy on a bridge with a bomb, and warn them: [[TitleDrop "Move - And You're Dead!"]]