Line #16 WesternAnimation/LavenderCastle


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lavender_island.jpg]]
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3	->''"Lavender Castle, a place of legend, fabled right across the universe. This is our quest: to find it!"''
4	-->-- '''Captain Thrice''', opening narration
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6	''Lavender Castle'' (1998-2000) is a part StopMotion, part CGI children's Sci-Fi series, created by Rodney Matthews and produced by Creator/GerryAnderson for Creator/CosgroveHall and Creator/HiTEntertainment.
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8	It follows the adventures of the crew of the ''Paradox'', led by Captain Thrice, on their quest to find the legendary Lavender Castle and prevent BigBad Dr Agon from destroying it.
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10	The crew of the ''Paradox'' include Captain Thrice, his walking stick which was brought to life during a previous encounter with Lavender Castle, Isambard (Engineer), Roger (Pilot), Lyca (Doctor), Sir Squeakalot (Ship's robot) and Sproggle (Navigator).
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12	!!''Lavender Castle'' provides examples of the following tropes:
13	%%* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace
14	%%* BigBad: Dr. Agon.
15	* BinarySuns: The planet Bharron has these, which eclipse once every thousand years. During then, Lavender castle manifests in the planet's sky.
16	%%* BondVillainStupidity: Displayed by Dr Agon in ''High Moon''.
17	* ClipShow: The last episode of Series 1, ''Birds of a Feather'', which has the villains recalling how they've tried and failed to defeat the ''Paradox''.
18	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Captain Thrice's Walking Stick, which was given life on Captain Thrice's previous trip to Lavender Castle.
19	* DeusExMachina: Lavender Castle itself sometimes saves the crew from otherwise inescapable situations.
20	* EyesDoNotBelongThere: Captain Thrice has a third eye on his nose.
21	%%* FreakyFridayFlip: Brought about by a [[SpaceClouds cosmic cloud]] in ''Cloud of Chaos''.
22	%%* GeniusLoci: Lavender Castle might be one of these.
23	* InstrumentOfMurder: Dr Agon uses a laser trumpet in the first episode.
24	%%* MeaningfulName: Dr. Agon. Get it?
25	%%* MentalTimeTravel: In "A Stitch in Time".
26	* NoSenseOfDirection: Sproggle, who often has trouble telling his left from his right.
27	* PercussiveMaintenance: Isambard often applies this to the ''Paradox'''s engine.
28	* PirateParrot: Short Fred Ledd's robotic parrot Tin Lizzy.
29	* PurpleIsPowerful: Lavender Castle sometimes manifests as violet energy that will help the crew of the paradox when things go really south for them.
30	* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Said word for word by the Guardian in ''Raiders of the Planet Zark''.
31	* ShowWithinAShow: "The Twilight Tower" has the crew watching a TV showing ''Dick Spanner, P.I.'', an earlier Anderson co-production.
32	* SpacePirates: Short Fred Ledd and his robotic parrot, Tin Lizzy.
33	%%* StarFighter: Roger's old craft, the Firefly, which appears in ''The Lost Starfighter'' and ''Lost in Space''.
34	%%* StarKilling: Dr Agon does this.
35	%%* ThirdPersonPerson: Sproggle
36	%%* UnrealisticBlackHole: In "Birds Of Prey".
37	* VerbalTic: Tin Lizzy often has a habit of copying what Short Fred Ledd is saying, which Short Fred Ledd finds really annoying.
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