History Literature / BeAnInterplanetarySpy

* RankScalesWithAsskicking: If the book is about a group of villains, the leader will usually be the biggest threat. A specific example being Sarvala of the Planet Hunters. While his two sidekicks also make the Spy fight for his victory over them, Sarvala's a super-strong giant whose body is so tough it's actually laser-proof.

* CodeName: The Spy is given a new code name for the mission in each particular book, although the practice died out later in the series. In ''Ultraheroes'' the Spy doesn't get one, even though it would've helped their cover as a new member of a superhero team, who all seem to have one [[note]] The only member who doesn't have a name tied to their power is a character the reader met in a previous book. [[/note]], and only gets a code name when one of their teammates uses the opportunity to try out his new telepathic powers with the Spy.

* 2. The Intergalactic Pirate

* OurGraphicsWillSuckInTheFuture: Especially early in the series, computer displays look just like 80s arcade games. ''Early'' 80s arcade games. This probably has to do with how the first half of the series marketed itself, with the back covers always having a huge legend saying "More than a video game!"

''Be an Interplanetary Spy'' is a series of science-fiction {{Gamebooks}}, where the player solves puzzles in the place of making choices. The main character is a member of an organization that hunts down and captures criminals throughout the universe. This was done mostly by a series of pattern recognition puzzles.

* CypherLanguage: Space Pirate Code, Robot Code, Spy Code, and the Planet Hunter's language is just English with all the letters replaced with different symbols.

* ExpendableClone: Gresh, the enemy spy of ''Space Olympics'', has minions who are clones of himself, and use a special signal to dissolve when they accomplish their goal so they can't be caught. Fortunately, the Spy figures out how to use this against Gresh near the end of the book.

** In ''Robot World'' the Spy has to play through the levels of an arcade game to get vital information. One of the levels is clearly ''Videogame/Robotron2084'' with the roles reversed -- the player defending innocent helpless robots from violent invading humans.

* FreezeRay: Ultimately used to stop the robot rebellion in ''Robot World'', and then later to stop the escapees encountered in ''The Red Rocket''. Averted in the latter case since [[NoSell the robots immunized themselves against that technology]], necessitating a new weapon to defeat them.

''Be an Interplanetary Spy'' is a series of twelve science-fiction {{Gamebooks}}, where the player solves puzzles in the place of making choices. The main character is a member of an organization that hunts down and captures criminals throughout the universe. This was done mostly by a series of pattern recognition puzzles.

''Be an Interplanetary Spy'' is a series of twelve science-fiction {{Gamebooks}}, where the player solves puzzles in the place of making choices. The main character is a member of an organization that hunts down and captures criminals throughout the universe. This was done mostly by a series of pattern recognition puzzles. It consisted of twelve books: