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* BackwardsFiringGun: One episode had a pistol which fired backwards AND forwards, so that the assassin would take out her target and at the same time inadvertently silence herself for good.
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* BackwardsFiringGun: One episode "The Adriatic Express Affair" had a pistol which fired backwards AND forwards, so that the assassin would take out her target and at the same time inadvertently silence herself for good.
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* BeautifulAllAlong: In the second season episode, "The Nowhere Affair". THRUSH wants to stimulate Solo's libido in the hopes that might reverse the EasyAmnesia induced by the "Capsule B" Solo took before THRUSH captured him. [[HotScientist Hot THRUSH scientist]] Mara makes the transformation from geeky to hottie by the statutory means: removing her glasses and letting her hair down (though the rather fetching bikini she wears in one scene certainly doesn't get in the way).
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* BeautifulAllAlong: In the second season episode, "The Nowhere Affair". THRUSH wants to stimulate Solo's libido in the hopes that might reverse the EasyAmnesia induced by the "Capsule B" Solo took before THRUSH captured him. [[HotScientist Hot THRUSH scientist]] Mara makes the transformation from geeky to hottie by the statutory means: removing her glasses and letting her hair down (though the rather fetching bikini she wears in one scene certainly doesn't get in the way). Various innocents-of-the-week also demonstrate this trope, especially when given access to U.N.C.L.E.'s costuming budget.
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* VillainInAWhiteSuit: Robespierre, the rich politician villain of "The Virtue Affair". He and his henchmen are clothed in immaculate white suits, and the heroes have to stop him from [[NukeEm launching a deadly missile]].
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* LightIsNotGood[=/=]ManInWhite: Robespierre, the villain of "The Virtue Affair". He's obsessed with "virtue" and thinks that white is its representative color, so everything associated with him is white: his outfit (including his EyepatchOfPower!), his {{Mooks}}' uniforms, his furniture, etc. However, his plan to restore virtue to UsefulNotes/{{France}} is to destroy its [[DrugsAreBad wine-making]] [[StraightEdgeEvil districts]]--with ''[[NukeEm a nuclear missile]]''.
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* LightIsNotGood[=/=]ManInWhite: LightIsNotGood: Robespierre, the villain of "The Virtue Affair". He's obsessed with "virtue" and thinks that white is its representative color, so everything associated with him is white: his outfit (including his EyepatchOfPower!), his {{Mooks}}' uniforms, his furniture, etc. However, his plan to restore virtue to UsefulNotes/{{France}} is to destroy its [[DrugsAreBad wine-making]] [[StraightEdgeEvil districts]]--with ''[[NukeEm a nuclear missile]]''.
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** In "The Cherry Blossom Affair," Cricket Okasada is dubbing a scene from an episode of ''Film/DrKildare'' into Japanese. ''Dr. Kildare'' is another TV series produced by Norman Felton and Arena Productions.
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** In "The Cherry Blossom Affair," Cricket Okasada is dubbing a scene from an episode of ''Film/DrKildare'' ''Series/DrKildare'' into Japanese. ''Dr. Kildare'' is another TV series produced by Norman Felton and Arena Productions.
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Almost as popular as the stars were the various items of high tech (for the early-to-mid-60s milieu of the show) spy equipment used by the U.N.C.L.E. agents in their various missions; the most iconic of which became their communications devices (disguised as [[https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item01.html cigarette cases]] in the first season, changing to [[https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item03.html pens]] in the second through fourth seasons) and their pistols, [[https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item07.html the "U.N.C.L.E. special,"]] which by the addition of a barrel extension, stock, telescope, and extended magazine could be converted into a [[https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item08.html cool looking carbine.]] (It's famous today as the alternate mode of Megatron from ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}''. The gun itself was so popular it actually got its own fan mail, up to 400 pieces per week - many addressed to "The Gun" - at the show's height of popularity.)
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Almost as popular as the stars were the various items of high tech (for the early-to-mid-60s milieu of the show) spy equipment used by the U.N.C.L.E. agents in their various missions; the most iconic of which became their communications devices (disguised as [[https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item01.html manfromuncle.org/cigarettecase.htm cigarette cases]] in the first season, changing to [[https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item03.html manfromuncle.org/uncle_orig_pen.jpg pens]] in the second through fourth seasons) and their pistols, [[https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item07.html manfromuncle.org/G&a.jpg the "U.N.C.L.E. special,"]] which by the addition of a barrel extension, stock, telescope, and extended magazine could be converted into a [[https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item08.html manfromuncle.org/uncle_special.htm cool looking carbine.]] (It's famous today as the alternate mode of Megatron from ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}''. The gun itself was so popular it actually got its own fan mail, up to 400 pieces per week - many addressed to "The Gun" - at the show's height of popularity.)
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The first season (broadcast in black and white because NBC had not yet transitioned to all-color broadcasting) is thought by many fans to be the best in the series' run. Producer Sam Rolfe left the series at the end of that season, frustrated with receiving too little credit for the series' success. Subsequent producers failed to understand the unique factors which made ''The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'' popular. Gradually, under the influence of the campy 1966 series ''Series/{{Batman}}'' the series attempted to be an outright spy spoof and wound up ranging into farce, but less-than competent execution resulted in the show's hemorrhaging viewers. Still, at its peak the show was popular enough to inspire a SpinOff, ''Series/TheGirlFromUNCLE'', about the adventures of [[DistaffCounterpart U.N.C.L.E. agent April Dancer]], and a host of [[ExpandedUniverse U.N.C.L.E. novels]].
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The first season (broadcast in black and white because NBC had not yet transitioned to all-color broadcasting) is thought by many fans to be the best in the series' run. Producer Sam Rolfe left the series at the end of that season, frustrated with receiving too little credit for the series' success. Subsequent producers failed to understand the unique factors which made ''The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'' popular. Gradually, under the influence of the campy 1966 series ''Series/{{Batman}}'' ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' the series attempted to be an outright spy spoof and wound up ranging into farce, but less-than competent execution resulted in the show's hemorrhaging viewers. Still, at its peak the show was popular enough to inspire a SpinOff, ''Series/TheGirlFromUNCLE'', about the adventures of [[DistaffCounterpart U.N.C.L.E. agent April Dancer]], and a host of [[ExpandedUniverse U.N.C.L.E. novels]].
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* SoundtrackDissonance: Nelson Riddle's ''Series/{{Batman}}''-esque music for "The Concrete Overcoat Affair" sticks out like a sore thumb among the rest of the show's scores. Unsurprisingly, Riddle was the only composer for the series who was never used again - in fact, Norman Felton never used him again on ''any'' of his shows (although his music was tracked into other episodes where, given the campy comic tone of the third season, it fit all too well).
* SpecialGuest: Especially during its heyday, the show was able to draw a lot of high-powered talent as guest stars. Creator/VincentPrice, Creator/GeorgeSanders, Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/LeonardNimoy (their first pairing, before ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''), Barbara Feldon (before she hit it big with ''Series/GetSmart''), Creator/MartinLandau (before ''Series/MissionImpossible''), Yvonne Craig (before ''Series/{{Batman}}''), Creator/CesarRomero ([[Series/{{Batman}} pre]]-ComicBook/TheJoker), Jack Lord (pre-''Series/HawaiiFiveO''), Creator/JoanCollins, Ivan Dixon, Creator/RichardKiel, Julie London, Creator/LeslieNielsen, Creator/JoanBlondell, Creator/JanetLeigh, Anne Francis, Senta Berger, Jill Ireland (at the time David [=McCallum=]'s wife), Creator/AngelaLansbury, Creator/KurtRussell, Eleanor Parker (who had the honor of being the series' last villainess), Dorothy Provine, [[Music/SonnyBono Sonny]] and Music/{{Cher}} and Nancy Sinatra, among others. Honorable mentions: Elsa Lanchester (of ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') as Dr. Agnes Dabree in "The Brain-Killer Affair" (Season 01, Ep. 23). Still [[NightmareFuel inspiring nightmares]] years later... and Creator/JoanCrawford, who had a cameo as Andrea True in "The Five Daughters Affair". It was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of thing in the TV episode, but her part was beefed up a little for the movie version, ''The Karate Killers''.
* SpecialGuest: Especially during its heyday, the show was able to draw a lot of high-powered talent as guest stars. Creator/VincentPrice, Creator/GeorgeSanders, Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/LeonardNimoy (their first pairing, before ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''), Barbara Feldon (before she hit it big with ''Series/GetSmart''), Creator/MartinLandau (before ''Series/MissionImpossible''), Yvonne Craig (before ''Series/{{Batman}}''), Creator/CesarRomero ([[Series/{{Batman}} pre]]-ComicBook/TheJoker), Jack Lord (pre-''Series/HawaiiFiveO''), Creator/JoanCollins, Ivan Dixon, Creator/RichardKiel, Julie London, Creator/LeslieNielsen, Creator/JoanBlondell, Creator/JanetLeigh, Anne Francis, Senta Berger, Jill Ireland (at the time David [=McCallum=]'s wife), Creator/AngelaLansbury, Creator/KurtRussell, Eleanor Parker (who had the honor of being the series' last villainess), Dorothy Provine, [[Music/SonnyBono Sonny]] and Music/{{Cher}} and Nancy Sinatra, among others. Honorable mentions: Elsa Lanchester (of ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') as Dr. Agnes Dabree in "The Brain-Killer Affair" (Season 01, Ep. 23). Still [[NightmareFuel inspiring nightmares]] years later... and Creator/JoanCrawford, who had a cameo as Andrea True in "The Five Daughters Affair". It was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of thing in the TV episode, but her part was beefed up a little for the movie version, ''The Karate Killers''.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: Nelson Riddle's ''Series/{{Batman}}''-esque ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}''-esque music for "The Concrete Overcoat Affair" sticks out like a sore thumb among the rest of the show's scores. Unsurprisingly, Riddle was the only composer for the series who was never used again - in fact, Norman Felton never used him again on ''any'' of his shows (although his music was tracked into other episodes where, given the campy comic tone of the third season, it fit all too well).
* SpecialGuest: Especially during its heyday, the show was able to draw a lot of high-powered talent as guest stars. Creator/VincentPrice, Creator/GeorgeSanders, Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/LeonardNimoy (their first pairing, before ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''), Barbara Feldon (before she hit it big with ''Series/GetSmart''), Creator/MartinLandau (before ''Series/MissionImpossible''), Yvonne Craig (before''Series/{{Batman}}''), ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}''), Creator/CesarRomero ([[Series/{{Batman}} ([[Series/Batman1966 pre]]-ComicBook/TheJoker), Jack Lord (pre-''Series/HawaiiFiveO''), Creator/JoanCollins, Ivan Dixon, Creator/RichardKiel, Julie London, Creator/LeslieNielsen, Creator/JoanBlondell, Creator/JanetLeigh, Anne Francis, Senta Berger, Jill Ireland (at the time David [=McCallum=]'s wife), Creator/AngelaLansbury, Creator/KurtRussell, Eleanor Parker (who had the honor of being the series' last villainess), Dorothy Provine, [[Music/SonnyBono Sonny]] and Music/{{Cher}} and Nancy Sinatra, among others. Honorable mentions: Elsa Lanchester (of ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') as Dr. Agnes Dabree in "The Brain-Killer Affair" (Season 01, Ep. 23). Still [[NightmareFuel inspiring nightmares]] years later... and Creator/JoanCrawford, who had a cameo as Andrea True in "The Five Daughters Affair". It was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of thing in the TV episode, but her part was beefed up a little for the movie version, ''The Karate Killers''.
* SpecialGuest: Especially during its heyday, the show was able to draw a lot of high-powered talent as guest stars. Creator/VincentPrice, Creator/GeorgeSanders, Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/LeonardNimoy (their first pairing, before ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''), Barbara Feldon (before she hit it big with ''Series/GetSmart''), Creator/MartinLandau (before ''Series/MissionImpossible''), Yvonne Craig (before
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* FunWithAcronyms: The '''T'''echnological '''H'''ierarchy for the '''R'''emoval of '''U'''ndesirables and the '''S'''ubjugation of '''H'''umanity.
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* FunWithAcronyms: The '''T'''echnological '''H'''ierarchy for the '''R'''emoval of '''U'''ndesirables and the '''S'''ubjugation of '''H'''umanity.'''H'''umanity (which was never actually spelled out in the show; [[AllThereInTheManual it's from one of spinoff novels]]).
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* DeathByDeaging: "One of Our Spies Is Missing" involves a biochemist who has discovered the secret of restoring youth, which he uses to restore a retired famous statesman Sir Norman Swickert back to vitality to carry on his career. However, the process puts a considerable strain on the body, with him warning if used to much the machine will "turn you into a boy, a dead boy." He later uses the same process to commit suicide rather than risk his technology being controlled by THRUSH.
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->'''Napoleon Solo:''' My name is Napoleon Solo. I'm Enforcement agent in Section 2 here. That's operations and enforcement.
->'''Illya Kuryakin:''' I am Illya Kuryakin. I am also an Enforcement agent. Like my friend Napoleon, I go and I do whatever I am told to by our chief.
->'''Illya Kuryakin:''' I am Illya Kuryakin. I am also an Enforcement agent. Like my friend Napoleon, I go and I do whatever I am told to by our chief.
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->'''Napoleon Solo:''' My name is Napoleon Solo. I'm Enforcement an enforcement agent in Section 2 here. That's operations and enforcement.
->'''Illya Kuryakin:''' I am Illya Kuryakin. I am also anEnforcement enforcement agent. Like my friend Napoleon, I go and I do whatever I am told to by our chief.
->'''Illya Kuryakin:''' I am Illya Kuryakin. I am also an
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* SpecialGuest: Especially during its heyday, the show was able to draw a lot of high-powered talent as guest stars. Creator/VincentPrice, Creator/GeorgeSanders, Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/LeonardNimoy (their first pairing, before ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''), Barbara Feldon (before she hit it big with ''Series/GetSmart''), Creator/MartinLandau (before ''Series/MissionImpossible)''), Yvonne Craig (before ''Series/{{Batman}}''), Creator/CesarRomero ([[Series/{{Batman}} pre]]-ComicBook/TheJoker), Jack Lord (pre-''Series/HawaiiFiveO''), Creator/JoanCollins, Ivan Dixon, Creator/RichardKiel, Julie London, Creator/LeslieNielsen, Creator/JoanBlondell, Creator/JanetLeigh, Anne Francis, Senta Berger, Jill Ireland (at the time David [=McCallum=]'s wife), Creator/AngelaLansbury, Creator/KurtRussell, Eleanor Parker (who had the honor of being the series' last villainess), Dorothy Provine, [[Music/SonnyBono Sonny]] and Music/{{Cher}} and Nancy Sinatra, among others. Honorable mentions: Elsa Lanchester (of ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') as Dr. Agnes Dabree in "The Brain-Killer Affair" (Season 01, Ep. 23). Still [[NightmareFuel inspiring nightmares]] years later... and Creator/JoanCrawford, who had a cameo as Andrea True in "The Five Daughters Affair". It was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of thing in the TV episode, but her part was beefed up a little for the movie version, ''The Karate Killers''.
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* SpecialGuest: Especially during its heyday, the show was able to draw a lot of high-powered talent as guest stars. Creator/VincentPrice, Creator/GeorgeSanders, Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/LeonardNimoy (their first pairing, before ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''), Barbara Feldon (before she hit it big with ''Series/GetSmart''), Creator/MartinLandau (before ''Series/MissionImpossible)''), ''Series/MissionImpossible''), Yvonne Craig (before ''Series/{{Batman}}''), Creator/CesarRomero ([[Series/{{Batman}} pre]]-ComicBook/TheJoker), Jack Lord (pre-''Series/HawaiiFiveO''), Creator/JoanCollins, Ivan Dixon, Creator/RichardKiel, Julie London, Creator/LeslieNielsen, Creator/JoanBlondell, Creator/JanetLeigh, Anne Francis, Senta Berger, Jill Ireland (at the time David [=McCallum=]'s wife), Creator/AngelaLansbury, Creator/KurtRussell, Eleanor Parker (who had the honor of being the series' last villainess), Dorothy Provine, [[Music/SonnyBono Sonny]] and Music/{{Cher}} and Nancy Sinatra, among others. Honorable mentions: Elsa Lanchester (of ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') as Dr. Agnes Dabree in "The Brain-Killer Affair" (Season 01, Ep. 23). Still [[NightmareFuel inspiring nightmares]] years later... and Creator/JoanCrawford, who had a cameo as Andrea True in "The Five Daughters Affair". It was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of thing in the TV episode, but her part was beefed up a little for the movie version, ''The Karate Killers''.
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-->'''Mark Slate:''' Napoleon doesn't waste any time, does he?
-->'''Illya Kuryakin:''' Yes. Just like he's never been away.
-->'''Illya Kuryakin:''' Yes. Just like he's never been away.
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-->'''Napoleon Solo''': Very ingenious. Am I to assume I'm in THRUSH Headquarters?
-->'''Oregano''': When we reach the 13th floor.
-->'''Napoleon Solo''': Mmm. That haberdashery shop...
-->'''Oregano''': What about it?
-->'''Napoleon Solo''': It's quite impressive. I wish U.N.C.L.E. could afford that.
-->'''Oregano''': When we reach the 13th floor.
-->'''Napoleon Solo''': Mmm. That haberdashery shop...
-->'''Oregano''': What about it?
-->'''Napoleon Solo''': It's quite impressive. I wish U.N.C.L.E. could afford that.
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* SpecialGuest: Especially during its heyday, the show was able to draw a lot of high-powered talent as guest stars. Creator/VincentPrice, Creator/GeorgeSanders, Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/LeonardNimoy (their first pairing, before ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''), Barbara Feldon (before she hit it big with ''Series/GetSmart''), Yvonne Craig (before ''Series/{{Batman}}''), Creator/CesarRomero ([[Series/{{Batman}} pre]]-ComicBook/TheJoker), Jack Lord (pre-''Series/HawaiiFiveO''), Creator/JoanCollins, Ivan Dixon, Creator/RichardKiel, Julie London, Creator/LeslieNielsen, Creator/JoanBlondell, Creator/JanetLeigh, Anne Francis, Senta Berger, Jill Ireland (at the time David [=McCallum=]'s wife), Creator/AngelaLansbury, Creator/KurtRussell, Eleanor Parker (who had the honor of being the series' last villainess), Dorothy Provine, [[Music/SonnyBono Sonny]] and Music/{{Cher}} and Nancy Sinatra, among others. Honorable mentions: Elsa Lanchester (of ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') as Dr. Agnes Dabree in "The Brain-Killer Affair" (Season 01, Ep. 23). Still [[NightmareFuel inspiring nightmares]] years later... and Creator/JoanCrawford, who had a cameo as Andrea True in "The Five Daughters Affair". It was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of thing in the TV episode, but her part was beefed up a little for the movie version, ''The Karate Killers''.
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* SpecialGuest: Especially during its heyday, the show was able to draw a lot of high-powered talent as guest stars. Creator/VincentPrice, Creator/GeorgeSanders, Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/LeonardNimoy (their first pairing, before ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''), Barbara Feldon (before she hit it big with ''Series/GetSmart''), Creator/MartinLandau (before ''Series/MissionImpossible)''), Yvonne Craig (before ''Series/{{Batman}}''), Creator/CesarRomero ([[Series/{{Batman}} pre]]-ComicBook/TheJoker), Jack Lord (pre-''Series/HawaiiFiveO''), Creator/JoanCollins, Ivan Dixon, Creator/RichardKiel, Julie London, Creator/LeslieNielsen, Creator/JoanBlondell, Creator/JanetLeigh, Anne Francis, Senta Berger, Jill Ireland (at the time David [=McCallum=]'s wife), Creator/AngelaLansbury, Creator/KurtRussell, Eleanor Parker (who had the honor of being the series' last villainess), Dorothy Provine, [[Music/SonnyBono Sonny]] and Music/{{Cher}} and Nancy Sinatra, among others. Honorable mentions: Elsa Lanchester (of ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') as Dr. Agnes Dabree in "The Brain-Killer Affair" (Season 01, Ep. 23). Still [[NightmareFuel inspiring nightmares]] years later... and Creator/JoanCrawford, who had a cameo as Andrea True in "The Five Daughters Affair". It was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of thing in the TV episode, but her part was beefed up a little for the movie version, ''The Karate Killers''.
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-->'''Illya Kuryakin''': I hate to interrupt this happy scene, but I wish to register a complaint. [''to Mr. Waverly''] Was it necessary for you to hit me quite so hard with your cane?
-->'''Alexander Waverly''': Ah, yes. Uh, I'm sorry about that, Mr. Kuryakin. But, uh, well, I did have to gain their confidence, didn't I?
-->'''Illya Kuryakin''': Of course, but I still have the lump.
-->'''Alexander Waverly''': Ah, yes. Uh, I'm sorry about that, Mr. Kuryakin. But, uh, well, I did have to gain their confidence, didn't I?
-->'''Illya Kuryakin''': Of course, but I still have the lump.
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Creator/RobertVaughn was billed as the star, cast as the American, Napoleon Solo, U.N.C.L.E.'s top enforcement agent. His sidekick, Russian native Illya Kuryakin, was intended by the producers to be merely an occasionally recurring minor character, but fans became so smitten with Creator/DavidMcCallum's portrayal of Kuryakin that he [[EnsembleDarkhorse almost immediately became a series regular]], [[BreakoutCharacter was billed as a co-star early in the first season]], and rose to equal billing with Vaughn by the second season. Completing the regular U.N.C.L.E. contingent was veteran character actor Leo G. Carroll, cast as Alexander Waverly, U.N.C.L.E.'s chief in their UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity headquarters.
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Creator/RobertVaughn was billed as the star, cast as the American, Napoleon Solo, U.N.C.L.E.'s top enforcement agent. His sidekick, Russian native Illya Kuryakin, was intended by the producers to be merely an occasionally recurring minor character, but fans became so smitten with Creator/DavidMcCallum's portrayal of Kuryakin that he [[EnsembleDarkhorse almost immediately became a series regular]], [[BreakoutCharacter was billed as a co-star early in the first season]], and rose to equal billing with Vaughn by the second season. Completing the regular U.N.C.L.E. contingent was veteran character actor Leo G. Carroll, Creator/LeoGCarroll, cast as Alexander Waverly, U.N.C.L.E.'s chief in their UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity headquarters.
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* AVillainNamedZrg: Count Zark from "The Bat Cave Affair."
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* BridgeBunnies: The hiring practices of UNCLE include a lot of beautiful women communications experts.
** Lampshaded in ''The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E'', a TV movie made fifteen years after the series, when our heroes gripe over the lack of pretty girls working in U.N.C.L.E's new headquarters.
** Lampshaded in ''The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E'', a TV movie made fifteen years after the series, when our heroes gripe over the lack of pretty girls working in U.N.C.L.E's new headquarters.
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* BridgeBunnies: The hiring practices of UNCLE include a lot of beautiful women communications experts.
**experts. Lampshaded in ''The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E'', a TV movie made fifteen years after the series, when our heroes gripe over the lack of pretty girls working in U.N.C.L.E's new headquarters.
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* EasyAmnesia: In the second season episode "The Nowhere Affair", Napoleon Solo takes "Capsule B", a drug which induces "total amnesia" for a period of "at least 72 hours", when faced with imminent capture by a pair of THRUSH {{mooks}}.
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** In the second season episode "The Nowhere Affair", Napoleon Solo takes "Capsule B", a drug which induces "total amnesia" for a period of "at least 72 hours", when faced with imminent capture by a pair of THRUSH {{mooks}}.
** In the second season episode "The Nowhere Affair", Napoleon Solo takes "Capsule B", a drug which induces "total amnesia" for a period of "at least 72 hours", when faced with imminent capture by a pair of THRUSH {{mooks}}.
* EnemyMine: U.N.C.L.E. having agents from both the West and the Soviet Bloc working together against common threats; also in the ExpandedUniverse U.N.C.L.E. novel ''The Dagger Affair'' by David [=McDaniel=], which had [[spoiler:U.N.C.L.E and THRUSH]] uniting against a common threat.
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* StrangeBedfellows: U.N.C.L.E. having agents from both the West and the Soviet Bloc working together against common threats; also in the ExpandedUniverse U.N.C.L.E. novel ''The Dagger Affair'' by David [=McDaniel=], which [[spoiler:had U.N.C.L.E and THRUSH [[EnemyMine uniting against a common threat]]]].
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* TrickedIntoEscaping: The villains of "The Children’s Day Affair" let Napoleon and Illya escape by car in hopes that they'll lead THRUSH to the U.N.C.L.E. conference they plan to attack. They also plant a bomb in the car to kill them once [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they've outlived their usefulness]]. [[spoiler:Napoleon and Illya [[GenreSavvy figure out what's going on]] and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard blow up the THRUSH agent tailing them with his own bomb]].]]
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* TrickedIntoEscaping: The villains of "The Children’s Day Affair" let Napoleon and Illya escape by car in hopes that they'll lead THRUSH to the U.N.C.L.E. conference they plan to attack. They also plant a bomb in the car to kill them once [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they've outlived their usefulness]]. [[spoiler:Napoleon and Illya [[GenreSavvy figure out what's going on]] on and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard blow up the THRUSH agent tailing them with his own bomb]].]]
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* RidingTheBomb: The climax of the third season episode "The Super-Colossal Affair" found Illya Kuryakin riding and defusing a 10 ton stink bomb which was part of a crime syndicate plot to render Las Vegas uninhabitable.
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* RidingTheBomb: The climax of the third season episode "The Super-Colossal Affair" found Illya Kuryakin riding and defusing a 10 ton stink bomb which was part of a crime syndicate plot to render Las Vegas UsefulNotes/LasVegas uninhabitable.
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Creator/RobertVaughn was billed as the star, cast as the American, Napoleon Solo, U.N.C.L.E.'s top enforcement agent. His sidekick, Russian native Illya Kuryakin, was intended by the producers to be merely an occasionally recurring minor character, but fans became so smitten with Creator/DavidMcCallum's portrayal of Kuryakin that he [[EnsembleDarkhorse almost immediately became a series regular]], [[BreakoutCharacter was billed as a co-star early in the first season]], and rose to equal billing with Vaughn by the second season. Completing the regular U.N.C.L.E. contingent was veteran character actor Leo G. Carroll, cast as Alexander Waverly, U.N.C.L.E.'s chief in their New York headquarters.
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Creator/RobertVaughn was billed as the star, cast as the American, Napoleon Solo, U.N.C.L.E.'s top enforcement agent. His sidekick, Russian native Illya Kuryakin, was intended by the producers to be merely an occasionally recurring minor character, but fans became so smitten with Creator/DavidMcCallum's portrayal of Kuryakin that he [[EnsembleDarkhorse almost immediately became a series regular]], [[BreakoutCharacter was billed as a co-star early in the first season]], and rose to equal billing with Vaughn by the second season. Completing the regular U.N.C.L.E. contingent was veteran character actor Leo G. Carroll, cast as Alexander Waverly, U.N.C.L.E.'s chief in their New York UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity headquarters.
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* SpecialGuest: Especially during its heyday, the show was able to draw a lot of high-powered talent as guest stars. Creator/VincentPrice, Creator/GeorgeSanders, Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/LeonardNimoy (their first pairing, before ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''), Barbara Feldon (before she hit it big with ''Series/GetSmart''), Yvonne Craig (before ''Series/{{Batman}}''), Cesar Romero ([[Series/{{Batman}} pre]]-ComicBook/TheJoker), Jack Lord (pre-''Series/HawaiiFiveO''), Creator/JoanCollins, Ivan Dixon, Creator/RichardKiel, Julie London, Creator/LeslieNielsen, Creator/JoanBlondell, Creator/JanetLeigh, Anne Francis, Senta Berger, Jill Ireland (at the time David [=McCallum=]'s wife), Creator/AngelaLansbury, Creator/KurtRussell, Eleanor Parker (who had the honor of being the series' last villainess), Dorothy Provine, [[Music/SonnyBono Sonny]] and Music/{{Cher}} and Nancy Sinatra, among others. Honorable mentions: Elsa Lanchester (of ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') as Dr. Agnes Dabree in "The Brain-Killer Affair" (Season 01, Ep. 23). Still [[NightmareFuel inspiring nightmares]] years later... and Creator/JoanCrawford, who had a cameo as Andrea True in "The Five Daughters Affair". It was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of thing in the TV episode, but her part was beefed up a little for the movie version, ''The Karate Killers''.
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* SpecialGuest: Especially during its heyday, the show was able to draw a lot of high-powered talent as guest stars. Creator/VincentPrice, Creator/GeorgeSanders, Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/LeonardNimoy (their first pairing, before ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''), Barbara Feldon (before she hit it big with ''Series/GetSmart''), Yvonne Craig (before ''Series/{{Batman}}''), Cesar Romero Creator/CesarRomero ([[Series/{{Batman}} pre]]-ComicBook/TheJoker), Jack Lord (pre-''Series/HawaiiFiveO''), Creator/JoanCollins, Ivan Dixon, Creator/RichardKiel, Julie London, Creator/LeslieNielsen, Creator/JoanBlondell, Creator/JanetLeigh, Anne Francis, Senta Berger, Jill Ireland (at the time David [=McCallum=]'s wife), Creator/AngelaLansbury, Creator/KurtRussell, Eleanor Parker (who had the honor of being the series' last villainess), Dorothy Provine, [[Music/SonnyBono Sonny]] and Music/{{Cher}} and Nancy Sinatra, among others. Honorable mentions: Elsa Lanchester (of ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') as Dr. Agnes Dabree in "The Brain-Killer Affair" (Season 01, Ep. 23). Still [[NightmareFuel inspiring nightmares]] years later... and Creator/JoanCrawford, who had a cameo as Andrea True in "The Five Daughters Affair". It was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of thing in the TV episode, but her part was beefed up a little for the movie version, ''The Karate Killers''.
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* SpecialGuest: Especially during its heyday, the show was able to draw a lot of high-powered talent as guest stars. Creator/VincentPrice, Creator/GeorgeSanders, Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/LeonardNimoy (their first pairing, before ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''), Barbara Feldon (before she hit it big with ''Series/GetSmart''), Yvonne Craig (before ''Series/{{Batman}}''), Cesar Romero ([[Series/{{Batman}} pre]]-ComicBook/TheJoker), Jack Lord (pre-''Series/HawaiiFiveO''), Creator/JoanCollins, Ivan Dixon, Richard Kiel, Julie London, Creator/LeslieNielsen, Creator/JoanBlondell, Creator/JanetLeigh, Anne Francis, Senta Berger, Jill Ireland (at the time David [=McCallum=]'s wife), Creator/AngelaLansbury, Creator/KurtRussell, Eleanor Parker (who had the honor of being the series' last villainess), Dorothy Provine, [[Music/SonnyBono Sonny]] and Music/{{Cher}} and Nancy Sinatra, among others. Honorable mentions: Elsa Lanchester (of ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') as Dr. Agnes Dabree in "The Brain-Killer Affair" (Season 01, Ep. 23). Still [[NightmareFuel inspiring nightmares]] years later... and Creator/JoanCrawford, who had a cameo as Andrea True in "The Five Daughters Affair". It was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of thing in the TV episode, but her part was beefed up a little for the movie version, ''The Karate Killers''.
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* SpecialGuest: Especially during its heyday, the show was able to draw a lot of high-powered talent as guest stars. Creator/VincentPrice, Creator/GeorgeSanders, Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/LeonardNimoy (their first pairing, before ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''), Barbara Feldon (before she hit it big with ''Series/GetSmart''), Yvonne Craig (before ''Series/{{Batman}}''), Cesar Romero ([[Series/{{Batman}} pre]]-ComicBook/TheJoker), Jack Lord (pre-''Series/HawaiiFiveO''), Creator/JoanCollins, Ivan Dixon, Richard Kiel, Creator/RichardKiel, Julie London, Creator/LeslieNielsen, Creator/JoanBlondell, Creator/JanetLeigh, Anne Francis, Senta Berger, Jill Ireland (at the time David [=McCallum=]'s wife), Creator/AngelaLansbury, Creator/KurtRussell, Eleanor Parker (who had the honor of being the series' last villainess), Dorothy Provine, [[Music/SonnyBono Sonny]] and Music/{{Cher}} and Nancy Sinatra, among others. Honorable mentions: Elsa Lanchester (of ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') as Dr. Agnes Dabree in "The Brain-Killer Affair" (Season 01, Ep. 23). Still [[NightmareFuel inspiring nightmares]] years later... and Creator/JoanCrawford, who had a cameo as Andrea True in "The Five Daughters Affair". It was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of thing in the TV episode, but her part was beefed up a little for the movie version, ''The Karate Killers''.
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The [[TheFilmOfTheSeries big-screen adaptation]] was in DevelopmentHell for close to two decades (at one point Creator/QuentinTarantino was interested in the project) but, was eventually released on August 14, 2015, directed by Creator/GuyRitchie. ''Film/TheManFromUNCLE2015'' stars Creator/HenryCavill (''Film/ManOfSteel'') as Napoleon Solo and Creator/ArmieHammer (''Film/TheLoneRanger'') as Illya Kuryakin, with Creator/HughGrant as Mr. Waverly.
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The [[TheFilmOfTheSeries big-screen adaptation]] was in DevelopmentHell for close to two decades (at one point Creator/QuentinTarantino was interested in the project) but, was eventually released on August 14, 2015, directed by Creator/GuyRitchie. ''Film/TheManFromUNCLE2015'' stars Creator/HenryCavill (''Film/ManOfSteel'') as Napoleon Solo and Creator/ArmieHammer (''Film/TheLoneRanger'') as Illya Kuryakin, with Creator/HughGrant as Mr. Waverly.
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* TragicVillain: Miss Partridge in "The Her Master's Voice Affair," who was forced into participating in the THRUSH scheme of the week in an attempt to save her beloved school from closing.
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The entire school-full of teenaged girls who get sicced on Solo near the end of "The Her Master's Voice Affair."
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** Honorable mention: Elsa Lanchester as Dr. Agnes Dabree in "The Brain-Killer Affair" (Season 01, Ep. 23). Still [[NightmareFuel inspiring nightmares]] years later... Creator/JoanCrawford had a cameo as Andrea True in "The Five Daughters Affair". It was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of thing in the TV episode, but her part was beefed up a little for the movie version, ''The Karate Killers''.
** Honorable mention: Elsa Lanchester as Dr. Agnes Dabree in "The Brain-Killer Affair" (Season 01, Ep. 23). Still [[NightmareFuel inspiring nightmares]] years later... Creator/JoanCrawford had a cameo as Andrea True in "The Five Daughters Affair". It was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of thing in the TV episode, but her part was beefed up a little for the movie version, ''The Karate Killers''.
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* SpecialGuest: Especially during its heyday, the show was able to draw a lot of high-powered talent as guest stars. Creator/VincentPrice, Creator/GeorgeSanders, Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/LeonardNimoy (their first pairing, before ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''), Barbara Feldon (before she hit it big with ''Series/GetSmart''), Yvonne Craig (before ''Series/{{Batman}}''), Cesar Romero ([[Series/{{Batman}}pre]]-ComicBook/TheJoker), ([[Series/{{Batman}} pre]]-ComicBook/TheJoker), Jack Lord (pre-''Series/HawaiiFiveO''), Creator/JoanCollins, Ivan Dixon, Richard Kiel, Julie London, Creator/LeslieNielsen, Creator/JoanBlondell, Creator/JanetLeigh, Anne Francis, Senta Berger, Jill Ireland (at the time David [=McCallum=]'s wife), Creator/AngelaLansbury, Creator/KurtRussell, Eleanor Parker (who had the honor of being the series' last villainess), Dorothy Provine, [[Music/SonnyBono Sonny]] and Music/{{Cher}} and Nancy Sinatra, among others. Could also be seen as StuntCasting.
**Honorable mention: mentions: Elsa Lanchester (of ''Film/BrideOfFrankenstein'') as Dr. Agnes Dabree in "The Brain-Killer Affair" (Season 01, Ep. 23). Still [[NightmareFuel inspiring nightmares]] years later... Creator/JoanCrawford and Creator/JoanCrawford, who had a cameo as Andrea True in "The Five Daughters Affair". It was a blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of thing in the TV episode, but her part was beefed up a little for the movie version, ''The Karate Killers''.
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* SpecialGuest: Especially during its heyday, the show was able to draw a lot of high-powered talent as guest stars. Creator/VincentPrice, Creator/GeorgeSanders, Creator/WilliamShatner and Creator/LeonardNimoy (their first pairing, before ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''), Barbara Feldon (before she hit it big with ''Series/GetSmart''), Yvonne Craig (before ''Series/{{Batman}}''), Cesar Romero ([[Series/{{Batman}}pre]]-ComicBook/TheJoker), Jack Lord (pre-''Series/HawaiiFiveO''), Creator/JoanCollins, Ivan Dixon, Richard Kiel, Julie London, Creator/LeslieNielsen, Creator/JoanBlondell, Janet Leigh, Creator/JanetLeigh, Anne Francis, Senta Berger, Jill Ireland (at the time David [=McCallum=]'s wife), Creator/AngelaLansbury, Creator/KurtRussell, Eleanor Parker (who had the honor of being the series' last villainess), Dorothy Provine, [[Music/SonnyBono Sonny]] and Music/{{Cher}} and Nancy Sinatra, among others. Could also be seen as StuntCasting.
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