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** ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''. [=TuMok=], an investigator for the Bureau of United Nations Global Law Enforcement, is introduced as "the man from B.U.N.G.L.E."

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** ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''. [=TuMok=], In ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace'' an investigator for the Bureau of United Nations Global Law Enforcement, Enforcement is introduced as "the man from B.U.N.G.L.E."
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** ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''. [=TuMok=], an investigator for the Bureau of United Nations Global Law Enforcement, is introduced as "the man from B.U.N.G.L.E."
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** In the ''Series/MadMen'' episode [[Recap/MadMenS4E5TheChrysanthemumAndTheSword "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword"]], Sally is caught [[ADateWithRosiePalms "playing with herself"]] at a slumber party while watching an episode of ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.''.

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** In the ''Series/MadMen'' episode [[Recap/MadMenS4E5TheChrysanthemumAndTheSword "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword"]], Sally is caught [[ADateWithRosiePalms "playing with herself"]] herself" at a slumber party while watching an episode of ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.''.
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* CreatorCouple: Creator/DavidMcCallum's then-wife Jill Ireland made five guest appearances.

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* CreatorCouple: Creator/DavidMcCallum's then-wife Jill Ireland Creator/JillIreland made five guest appearances.
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* FollowTheLeader: The series took on a DenserAndWackier tone in season three in response to the success of ''Series/Batman1966'' and ''Series/GetSmart''.
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** "The Gypsy Travellers" - a SequelEpisode to "The Brain KIller Affair" which would have featured the return of Dr. Agnes Dabree.

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** "The Gypsy Travellers" - a SequelEpisode to "The Brain KIller Killer Affair" which would have featured the return of Dr. Agnes Dabree.



** "The Instant Future Affair" - a top chemist, the only man that can block Thrush's plans to use a new nerve gas has been shot. Solo, although detained by an elaborate ruse, attempts to get a special brain surgeon through to save the chemist’s life — and the world.

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** "The Instant Future Affair" - a top chemist, the only man that can block Thrush's plans to use a new nerve gas has been shot. Solo, although detained by an elaborate ruse, attempts to get a special brain surgeon through to save the chemist’s chemist's life — and the world.
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* CreatorCouple: Creator/DavidMcCallum's then-wife Jill Ireland made five guest appearances.
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* TheCastShowoff: Creator/DavidMcCallum wrote and played guitar on a [[LetsDuet duet]] he sang with Music/NancySinatra in one episode.

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* NoStuntDouble: The stunts were usually done by Creator/DavidMcCallum and Creator/RobertVaughn, as well as by stuntmen, and the best version was used. [=McCallum=] wasn't too keen on heights and Vaughan wasn't too keen on water, so they tried to avoid those stunts.



* NoStuntDouble: The stunts were usually done by Creator/DavidMcCallum and Creator/RobertVaughn, as well as by stuntmen, and the best version was used. [=McCallum=] wasn't too keen on heights and Vaughan wasn't too keen on water, so they tried to avoid those stunts.


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** "The Cold, Cold Affair" - mad scientists make deadly germs under extremely cold conditions. This was reportedly scrapped for being too costly to film.
** "The Silent Affair" - "An ordinary salesman is persuaded to go to the Far East and take the place of a deceased relative who had stolen the defense plans of Formosa".
** "The Butterfly Affair" - "Napoleon Solo has to smuggle the key to U.N.C.L.E.'s Secret Code out of a country before it falls into the hands of the enemy".
** "The Gypsy Travellers" - a SequelEpisode to "The Brain KIller Affair" which would have featured the return of Dr. Agnes Dabree.
** "The Cotton Candy Affair" - Solo and Kuryakin investigate a circus they suspect is really the base of operations for some assassins. The agents pretend to be clowns with a shady past. This was deemed to expensive to film.
** "The Stolen Time Affair" - a provocative Thrushwoman threatens the use of a device that will stop clocks within a 10-mile area. Major cities of the world will be subject to chaos unless a blackmail sum is paid and collected by UNCLE.
** "The Missing Agent Affair" - a list containing the name of six men within a dictator’s government that oppose his plans to launch a war (profitable to Thrush) is the objective of both UNCLE and Thrush.
** "The Logos Affair" - the founder of an island nation is retiring. His son is affiliated with Thrush. When he takes power, Thrush will have a base to make war on other nations.
** "The Disarming Defector" - a ruthless dictator uses a "defecting" princess to try and capture the leader of the underground that is building against him.
** "The Charge d'Affair" - a top Thrush strategist is about to be frozen alive by his own organization. This is to ensure that future generations of Thrush will have the benefit of his brain when he is thawed out. He has contacted UNCLE and wants to defect, not liking the cold.
** "The Mallinson Affair" - for $5 million, a man has posed as a monk to obtain a formula from an Indian monastery. The formula could create fertile soil or world famine. Thrush is the buyer and UNCLE will see the man dead before his knowledge gets to Thrush.
** "The Kamikaze Affair" - a Japanese businessman has a contract with Thrush to kill ten top UNCLE agents, including Waverly. The bait is Waverly's counterpart in Thrush, who has been captured in Mexico by UNCLE.
** "The Devil's Son Affair" - Solo and Kuryakin are after a dossier that will prove a renown philanthropist is the head of a global underworld organization.
** "The Instant Future Affair" - a top chemist, the only man that can block Thrush's plans to use a new nerve gas has been shot. Solo, although detained by an elaborate ruse, attempts to get a special brain surgeon through to save the chemist’s life — and the world.
** "The Double Image Affair" - a powerful Middle Eastern financier makes use of Solo and Kuryakin to rid himself of a gypsy dancer that is blackmailing him.
** "The Sea Locust Affair" - the head of an island empire, based on piracy, has one weak point — his young son. He is trying to find his wife (abandoned after the son’s birth) to find out if he is really the boy’s father. UNCLE is using his curiosity as a trap.
** "The Crown of Our Lady Affair" - Thrush and UNCLE are on the hunt for a national treasure that, if restored, will bring peace between the government and the revoluntionary faction of a European country.
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* NoStuntDouble: The stunts were usually done by Creator/DavidMcCallum and Creator/RobertVaughn, as well as by stuntmen, and the best version was used. [=McCallum=] wasn't too keen on heights and Vaughan wasn't too keen on water, so they tried to avoid those stunts.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The series lives and dies on its UsefulNotes/ColdWar setting, and the oddity of a spy organization employing both American and Soviet agents.
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** In the ''Series/MadMen'' episode [[Recap/MadMenS4E5TheChrysanthemumAndTheSword "The Chrysanthemum And The Sword"]], Sally is caught "playing with herself" at a slumber party while watching an episode of ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.''.

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** In the ''Series/MadMen'' episode [[Recap/MadMenS4E5TheChrysanthemumAndTheSword "The Chrysanthemum And The and the Sword"]], Sally is caught [[ADateWithRosiePalms "playing with herself" herself"]] at a slumber party while watching an episode of ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.''.

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* ActingForTwo: Creator/RobertVaughn, Creator/DavidMcCallum and Leo G. Carroll all got to play two roles ("The Double Affair," "The Gurnius Affair" and "The Bow Wow Affair" respectively), while Diana Hyland played a politician's wife and her THRUSH-sponsored double in "The Candidate's Wife Affair" and Creator/JoanCollins was a saloon entertainer and a countess in "The Galatea Affair." But H.M. Wynant took home the gold for playing ''quadruplets'' in "The Prince Of Darkness Affair."
* ChannelHop: The TV show was made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, but the TV movie ''The Return Of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'' was done by Viacom.

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* ActingForTwo: Creator/RobertVaughn, Creator/DavidMcCallum and Leo G. Carroll Creator/LeoGCarroll all got to play two roles ("The Double Affair," "The Gurnius Affair" and "The Bow Wow Affair" respectively), while Diana Hyland played a politician's wife and her THRUSH-sponsored double in "The Candidate's Wife Affair" and Creator/JoanCollins was a saloon entertainer and a countess in "The Galatea Affair." But H.M. Wynant took home the gold for playing ''quadruplets'' in "The Prince Of Darkness Affair."
* ChannelHop: The TV show was made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, but the TV movie ''The Return Of The of the Man From from U.N.C.L.E.'' was done by Viacom.
* CompletelyDifferentTitle: Given that the series' title includes an acronym, when the series was dubbed to Spanish, it was decided to translate the title of the series' namesake organization, the United Network Command for Law Enforcement, to ''Comisión Internacional para la Observancia de la Ley'' ("International Commission for Law Enforcement"), or C.I.P.O.L., resulting in the series being retitled to ''El agente de C.I.P.O.L.'' ("The Agent from C.I.P.O.L.)
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** On ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', Gibbs tells Kate that when Ducky was younger, he looked like Illya Kuryakin. Of course, this plays on the fact that both Illya and Ducky are played by Creator/DavidMcCallum.
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** In the ''Series/MadMen'' episode Recap/MadMenS4E5TheChrysanthemumAndTheSword,

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** In the ''Series/MadMen'' episode Recap/MadMenS4E5TheChrysanthemumAndTheSword, [[Recap/MadMenS4E5TheChrysanthemumAndTheSword "The Chrysanthemum And The Sword"]], Sally is caught "playing with herself" at a slumber party while watching an episode of ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.''.
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** In the ''Series/MadMen'' episode Recap/MadMenS4E5TheChrysanthemumAndTheSword,

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* [[ChannelHop Company Hop]]: The TV show was made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, but the TV movie ''The Return Of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'' was done by Viacom.

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* [[ChannelHop Company Hop]]: ChannelHop: The TV show was made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, but the TV movie ''The Return Of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'' was done by Viacom.



* ReferencedBy: The title of Music/AtTheDriveIn's song "Napoleon Solo" is a reference to the main character of this series, though it's unrelated lyrically (it's a GriefSong for two friends of the band who died in a car crash).

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The title of Music/AtTheDriveIn's song "Napoleon Solo" is a reference to the main character of this series, though it's unrelated lyrically (it's a GriefSong for two friends of the band who died in a car crash).crash).
** Argentine musical duo Illya Kuryaki and the Valderramas is named after one of the main characters of this series (albeit with his name misspelled) and Colombian soccer player Carlos Valderrama.



* YouLookFamiliar: Guest stars were frequently recycled in unrelated roles.
** The all time champion of the series is probably character actor [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0661416/ Woodrow Parfrey]], who had 5 guest appearances in unrelated roles in the first three seasons.

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roles. The all time champion of the series is probably character actor [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0661416/ Woodrow Parfrey]], who had 5 five guest appearances in unrelated roles in the first three seasons.
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* StarMakingRole: For Creator/DavidMcCallum.
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* ReferencedBy: The title of Music/AtTheDriveIn's song "Napoleon Solo" is a reference to the main character of this series, though it's unrelated lyrically (it's a GriefSong for two friends of the band who died in a car crash).

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* ActingForTwo: Robert Vaughn, David [=McCallum=] and Leo G. Carroll all got to play two roles ("The Double Affair," "The Gurnius Affair" and "The Bow Wow Affair" respectively), while Diana Hyland played a politician's wife and her THRUSH-sponsored double in "The Candidate's Wife Affair" and Creator/JoanCollins was a saloon entertainer and a countess in "The Galatea Affair." But H.M. Wynant took home the gold for playing ''quadruplets'' in "The Prince Of Darkness Affair."

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* ActingForTwo: Robert Vaughn, David [=McCallum=] Creator/RobertVaughn, Creator/DavidMcCallum and Leo G. Carroll all got to play two roles ("The Double Affair," "The Gurnius Affair" and "The Bow Wow Affair" respectively), while Diana Hyland played a politician's wife and her THRUSH-sponsored double in "The Candidate's Wife Affair" and Creator/JoanCollins was a saloon entertainer and a countess in "The Galatea Affair." But H.M. Wynant took home the gold for playing ''quadruplets'' in "The Prince Of Darkness Affair."



* FakeRussian: Scotsman David [=McCallum=] cast as Russian Illya Kuryakin.

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* FakeRussian: Scotsman David [=McCallum=] Creator/DavidMcCallum cast as Russian Illya Kuryakin.


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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The series lives and dies on its UsefulNotes/ColdWar setting, and the oddity of a spy organization employing both American and Soviet agents.
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* [[ChannelHop Company Hop]]: The TV show was made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, but the TV movie ''The Return Of The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'' was done by Viacom.
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** The all time champion of the series is probably character actor [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0661416/ Woodrow Parfrey]], who had 5 guest appearances in unrelated roles in the first three seasons. By 1966 (one appearance in the last half of season 2, and two appearances in the first half of season 3) he was probably inspiring "HeyItsThatGuy..." moments among the remaining fans of the show.

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** The all time champion of the series is probably character actor [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0661416/ Woodrow Parfrey]], who had 5 guest appearances in unrelated roles in the first three seasons. By 1966 (one appearance in the last half of season 2, and two appearances in the first half of season 3) he was probably inspiring "HeyItsThatGuy..." moments among the remaining fans of the show.
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* FakeRussian: Scotsman David [=McCallum=] cast as Russian Illya Kuryakin.




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* YouLookFamiliar: Guest stars were frequently recycled in unrelated roles.
** The all time champion of the series is probably character actor [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0661416/ Woodrow Parfrey]], who had 5 guest appearances in unrelated roles in the first three seasons. By 1966 (one appearance in the last half of season 2, and two appearances in the first half of season 3) he was probably inspiring "HeyItsThatGuy..." moments among the remaining fans of the show.
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* DevelopmentHell: This movie has been percolating for quite a while. Originally Creator/StevenSoderbergh was going to direct with Creator/GeorgeClooney as Napoleon Solo, but both ended up dropping out (Soderbergh over script and budget disagreements, Clooney for health reasons). Creator/GuyRitchie then agreed to direct, Clooney was replaced by Creator/TomCruise, and Creator/HenryCavill was approached to play Illya Kuryakin, but when Cruise dropped out to make ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'', Cavill was given the part of Solo and Creator/ArmieHammer was cast as Kuryakin.
* FakeAmerican: English Henry Cavill as American Napoleon Solo.
* FakeRussian: American Armie Hammer as Illya Kuryakin.

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* DevelopmentHell: This movie has been percolating for quite a while. Originally Creator/StevenSoderbergh was going to direct with Creator/GeorgeClooney as Napoleon Solo, but both ended up dropping out (Soderbergh over script and budget disagreements, Clooney for health reasons). Creator/GuyRitchie then agreed to direct, Clooney was replaced by Creator/TomCruise, and Creator/HenryCavill was approached to play Illya Kuryakin, but when Cruise dropped out to make ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'', Cavill was given the part of Solo and Creator/ArmieHammer was cast as Kuryakin.
* FakeAmerican: English Henry Cavill as American Napoleon Solo.
* FakeRussian: American Armie Hammer as Illya Kuryakin.

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* DevelopmentHell: This movie has been percolating for quite a while. Originally Creator/StevenSoderbergh was going to direct with Creator/GeorgeClooney as Napoleon Solo, but both ended up dropping out (Soderbergh over script and budget disagreements, Clooney for health reasons). Creator/GuyRitchie then agreed to direct, Clooney was replaced by Creator/TomCruise, and Creator/HenryCavill was approached to play Illya Kuryakin, but when Cruise dropped out to make ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'', Cavill was given the part of Solo and Creator/ArmieHammer was cast as Kuryakin.
* FakeAmerican: English Henry Cavill as American Napoleon Solo.
* FakeRussian: American Armie Hammer as Illya Kuryakin.
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* RecycledSet: Entire drinking games could and probably have been based around this.
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* ActingForTwo: Robert Vaughn, David [=McCallum=] and Leo G. Carroll all got to play two roles ("The Double Affair," "The Gurnius Affair" and "The Bow Wow Affair" respectively), while Diana Hyland played a politician's wife and her THRUSH-sponsored double in "The Candidate's Wife Affair" and Creator/JoanCollins was a saloon entertainer and a countess in "The Galatea Affair." But H.M. Wynant took home the gold for playing ''quadruplets'' in "The Prince Of Darkness Affair."
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