History Recap / ThunderbirdsS1E23AttackOfTheAlligators

* ExcitedShowTitle: In keeping with this episode's 50's horror feel.

* AmphibianAtLarge: It's all there in the title.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The Alligators.

* ObviouslyEvil: Culp

* TooStupidToLive: Culp; see StupidEvil above.

* WhipPan: On receiving the emergency call, John in the space station says "Giant Alligators?!". The camera then whips to Scott at the base saying the same thing.

* BigDamnVillains: Culp's escape gets foiled by giant alligator.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The tradition peril of scale models, particularly in watery environments - it's very obvious that the "giant" alligators are small crocs in a tank.

TheOneWith [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the alligators]].

* BadassInDistress: Acting as LiveBait to draw the last alligator away from the house, Alan manages to knock himself out on a tree. Gordon must get him to safety before the alligator reaches him.

* {{Slurpasaur}}: Little crocodiles play giant alligators.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard - Culp, the bad guy who released the growth hormone into the swamp, gets eaten by a giant gator himself.

* NoAnimalsWereHarmed - Unfortunately not the case, despite the production team's best efforts. Some members of the production team refused to cooperate and there was a representative from the RSPCA on set to ensure a minimalization of animal abuse. The production team used electric shocks to get the "gators" (actually juvenile crocodiles) to go where they wanted and the crew recalled that when the RSPCA man found out, he pointed out that the crocs wouldn't even ''feel'' the 20V they were using and recommended upping it to 60V! Still, some of the young crocs sustained minor injuries and one unfortunately died of hypothermia overnight. They were also rather aggressive with handlers and one of them ate the legs off a Lady Penelope puppet.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: The tradition peril of scale models, particularly in watery environments - it's very obvious that the "giant" alligators are small crocs in a tank.

An experimental growth hormone is accidentally released into the South American jungle. This causes the local alligator population to grow to ten times normal size. A house in the jungle is besieged by the vast monsters, and it falls to International Rescue to save the people within!

* NoAnimalsWereHarmed - Unfortunately not the case, despite the production team's best efforts. Some members of the production team refused to cooperate, and there was a representative from the RSPCA on set to ensure a minimalization of animal abuse. The production team used electric shocks to get the "gators" (actually juvenile crocodiles) to go where they wanted, and the crew recalled that when the RSPCA man found out, he pointed out that the crocs wouldn't even ''feel'' the 20V they were using, and recommended upping it to 60V! Still, some of the young crocs sustained minor injuries, and one unfortunately died of hypothermia overnight. They were also rather aggressive with handlers and one of them ate the legs off a Lady Penelope puppet.

* SecretUndergroundPassage: Mrs. Files mentions the previous owner of the house, Lopez, had one of these installed, but never told her its location. This looks like it's going to be vital to the rescue, but the passage only end up saving Culp's life (at first), who knew about the tunnel since he was a close associate of Lopez.

* SecretUndergroundPassage: Mrs. Files mentions the previous owner of the house, Lopez, had one of these installed, but never told her it's location. This looks like it's going to be vital to the rescue, but the passage only end up saving Culp's life (at first), who knew about the tunnel since he was a close associate of Lopez.

TheOneWith the alligators.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The Alligators

* NoAnimalsWereHarmed - Unfortunately not the case. The production team used electric shocks to get the gators to go where they wanted. Some members of the production team refused to cooperate. There was a representative from the RSPCA on set to ensure a minimalisation of animal abuse. Still, some of the baby gators sustained injuies. They were also rather agressive and one of them apparently ate the legs off a Lady Penelope puppet.

* {{Slurpasaur}}
* SpecialEffectsFailure: It is very obvious that the "giant" alligators are baby gators, and that they're chasing little puppet men.

* SecretUndergroundPassage: Mrs. Files mentions them. This looks like it's going to be vital to the rescue, but they only end up saving Culp's life (at first).

* SecretUndergroundPassage

* ReluctantMadScientist: Orchard

* SpecialEffectsFailure: It is very obvious that the "giant" alligators are baby gators, and that they're chasing little puppet men.

* RediculouslyCuteCritter: The pygmy alligator that Alan gets for his birthday.

* ObviousyEvil: Culp

* SpecialEffectsFailure: It is very obvious that the "giant" alligators are baby gators, and that they're chasing little puppet men.

An experimental growth hormone is accidentally released into the South American jungle. This causes the local alligator population to grow to ten times normal size. A house in the jungle is besieged by the vast monsters, and it falls to International Rescue to save the people within!