Line #16 Recap/ThunderbirdsS1E24MartianInvasion


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/martian_invasion_thunderbirds02.JPG]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:those exposed-brain martians stole my film camera!]]
3	JustForFun/TheOneWith the Martian movie.
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5	The Hood disguises himself as a movie producer in order to get his two favourite things into the same place: the Thunderbirds and powerful cameras. Using his mind-control powers to force Kyrano to disable the Automatic Camera Detector on Thunderbird 1, the Hood then arranges for a special effects sequence to go wrong and trap two actors in a cave. As the cave slowly floods, International Rescue race to the scene. While they succeed in rescuing the trapped men, the Hood flees with the film he has acquired.
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7	Since the film is not magnetic, it's immune to Thunderbird 1's film-wiping beam and the Thunderbird is forced to chase down the Hood, eventually firing upon his vehicle. While this does not dissuade him, the Hood is forced to steal a light aircraft from a local airstrip. Rather than choose between preserving their security and killing a man, the Thunderbirds wave off their pursuit when it turns out that the stolen aircraft was severely overdue for an overhaul. Losing control and visibility, the Hood attempts to make a landing at his client's villa... and succeeds only in slamming his plane into the side of the building.
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11	* AlienEpisode: The opening scene makes it seem that the episode is going this way. It is rather jarring in a show that focuses on the technological side of science fiction while otherwise keeping life on Earth pretty normal. After a couple of minutes, it is revealed that this is actually the shooting of a movie.
12	* AlienInvasion: The movie that the two actors who need rescuing were working on is about one. AliensAreBastards, after all.
13	* [[TheAllegedCar The Alleged Airplane]]: The airplane that The Hood steals to escape from International Rescue was apparently grounded for maintainance and in no condition to fly. The Hood discovers this the hard way.
14	* CantSeeADamnThing: When the Hood tries to escape from Scott's pursuit in a light aircraft, that turns out to be broken, filling the cockpit with smoke, he mutters "I can't see".
15	* ChaseScene: between The Hood (first in a car, later in a small airplane) and Thunderbirds 1 and 2.
16	* ComingInHot: The Hood is very aware that his defective plane is not long for the air, and tries to put it down in a field. Unfortunately, his vision is so impaired by smoke that he ends up coming to rest in the side of his employer's mansion.
17	* CoolSpaceship: Okay, it's just a movie prop. But the "Martians"' spaceship is pretty darn cool, with its retro flying-saucer design and {{BFG}}.
18	* DemotedToDragon: One of the few cases where the Hood is this. He'll be back to being a proper BigBad later on.
19	* DrowningPit: the cave with the two actors inside becomes one after the explosion caused by The Hood.
20	* HalfwayPlotSwitch: International Rescue's mission starts with having to save the two trapped actors from a flooding cave. After they've done this, it becomes a mission to get the film footage The Hood shot of the Thunderbird vehicles back.
21	* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: We do not see the face of The Hood's client, only the back of his chair.
22	* HumiliationConga: Shortly after stealing an airplane The Hood notices its sluggish response to the control inputs and starts flicking switches randomly.
23	* KarmaHoudini: Bletcher, the corrupt film producer, never receives any comeuppance for assisting the Hood.
24	* MadeOfIron: The Hood survives a plane crash that is powerful enough to destroy his film without any noticable injuries.
25	* TheMole: Kyrano unwillingly serves this role again, being forced under the Hood's hypnotic control to disable ''Thunderbird 1'''s automatic camera detector. Talking of which...
26	* NeverRecycleYourSchemes: That plan worked great, and was only foiled because Scott chanced upon the director snapping a few shots of ''Thunderbird 1''. If the Hood ever did try it again, we never get to see it.
27	* ProsceniumReveal: the first scene of the episode, combined with the episode's title, gives the impression that there actually is an alien invasion going on. It's only after a few minutes that the whole "invasion" is revealed to be part of a movie under production.

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