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* BitingTheHandHumor: Masterspy's physical appearance was modeled upon Lord Lew Grade, owner of Creator/ITCEntertainment and Anderson's new boss; at the time, Anderson hated how his company had been bought by Grade (before he realized how, with Grade's financial support, he could increase the scope of his productions), so he gave instructions to his employees that Masterspy be designed to look like Grade.
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* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Mitch the Monkey (the first but sadly not the last example of this kind on an Anderson show -- see also ''Series/FireballXL5'' and ''Series/{{Stingray|1964}}''). In fact, on several occasions (such as "Ice Fall" and "Operation Super Stork") the danger in the episode is his fault!
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* CrossDressingVoices: Jimmy is voiced by Gerry Anderson's wife Sylvia (billed as Sylvia Thamm).
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* TheOtherDarrin: BigBad Masterspy, initially voiced by George Murcell, was replaced by Cyril Szaps.
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->''"It's Mercury-manned, and everyone cries, 'it's the marvel of the age'."''
'''''Supercar''''' is a 1960s British children's TV show made in {{Supermarionation}}.
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!!''Supercar'' provides examples of the following trope:
* AbsentMindedProfessor: Dr. Horatio Beaker, and to some extent Professor Popkiss.
* CassandraTruth: In "Transatlantic Cable", when Jimmy sees a light in a sunken submarine, none of the adults believe him. [[spoiler:As it turns out, criminals were using it to tap into the cable.]]
* CoolCar/[[CoolPlane Plane]]/[[CoolBoat Boat]]: Supercar.
* CuriousAsAMonkey: Jimmy's pet monkey, Mitch.
* KidHero: Jimmy, both [[AllJustADream in a dream of his]], and a dream of a French girl wanting to be rescued by him in Supercar (She reads the comics).
* NonhumanSidekick: Jimmy's pet [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys monkey]], Mitch.
* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Mitch the Monkey (the first but sadly not the last example of this kind on an Anderson show -- see also ''Series/FireballXL5'' and ''Series/{{Stingray|1964}}''). In fact, on several occasions (such as "Ice Fall") the danger in the episode is his fault!
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Dr. Beaker's cousin, Felicity Farnsworth, looks like Beaker in drag.
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->''"It's Mercury-manned, and everyone cries, 'it's the marvel of the age'."''
'''''Supercar''''' is a 1960s British children's TV show made in {{Supermarionation}}.
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!!''Supercar'' provides examples of the following trope:
* AbsentMindedProfessor: Dr. Horatio Beaker, and to some extent Professor Popkiss.
* CassandraTruth: In "Transatlantic Cable", when Jimmy sees a light in a sunken submarine, none of the adults believe him. [[spoiler:As it turns out, criminals were using it to tap into the cable.]]
* CoolCar/[[CoolPlane Plane]]/[[CoolBoat Boat]]: Supercar.
* CuriousAsAMonkey: Jimmy's pet monkey, Mitch.
* KidHero: Jimmy, both [[AllJustADream in a dream of his]], and a dream of a French girl wanting to be rescued by him in Supercar (She reads the comics).
* NonhumanSidekick: Jimmy's pet [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys monkey]], Mitch.
* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Mitch the Monkey (the first but sadly not the last example of this kind on an Anderson show -- see also ''Series/FireballXL5'' and ''Series/{{Stingray|1964}}''). In fact, on several occasions (such as "Ice Fall") the danger in the episode is his fault!
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Dr. Beaker's cousin, Felicity Farnsworth, looks like Beaker in drag.
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