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* AmateurSleuth: Tony Blake is a world famous StageMagician who dabbles in investigation because he cannot stand to see injustice.
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* StaircaseTumble: In "Man on Fire", a female ConMan fakes a fatal staircase tumble as part of a plot to convince TheMark that he is a murderer.
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* ShootOutTheLock: One of the bad guys does this in "Man on Fire"; somehow managing to shoot out the chair Tony had jammed under the door handle as well.
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* HumanMail: In "Man on Fire", a teenager steals one of Tony's trick trunks and conceals himself in it after arranging for it to be delivered the photographic studio that is blackmailing his father.
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* StolenByStandingStill: In "Ovation for Murder", Tony breaks a friend out of the jail wing of a hospital and then conceals him in a linen closet on the same floor. This convinces the real criminals that he has escaped, while allowing him to convince the police that her never left the secure floor.
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* StolenByStandingStill: StolenByStayingStill: In "Ovation for Murder", Tony breaks a friend out of the jail wing of a hospital and then conceals him in a linen closet on the same floor. This convinces the real criminals that he has escaped, while allowing him to convince the police that her never left the secure floor.
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* StolenByStandingStill: In "Ovation for Murder", Tony breaks a friend out of the jail wing of a hospital and then conceals him in a linen closet on the same floor. This convinces the real criminals that he has escaped, while allowing him to convince the police that her never left the secure floor.
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* LatexPerfection: Used as part of a FrameUp in "Ovation for Murder": allowing a hitman to impersonate the patsy and commit murder in plain sight.
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* GirlInABox: In "The Vanishing Lady", kidnappers knock a singer unconscious and then stuff her into a trunk, and then casually wheeling the trunk out of the theatre
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* GirlInABox: In "The Vanishing Lady", kidnappers knock a singer unconscious and then stuff her into a trunk, and then casually wheeling wheel the trunk out of the theatre
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* CarFu: In "Illusion in Terror", Blake's GirlOfTheWeek is rundown and seemingly killed by a hitman in a aparking garage.
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* CarFu: In "Illusion in Terror", Blake's GirlOfTheWeek is rundown and seemingly killed by a hitman in a aparking parking garage.
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* BellyDancer: In "The Vanishing Lady", Blake visits a witness who runs a belly dancing school. There seems to be no reason foe her to have this particular occupation beyond FanService.
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* BellyDancer: In "The Vanishing Lady", Blake visits a witness who runs a belly dancing school. There seems to be no reason foe for her to have this particular occupation beyond FanService.
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* HighAltitudeInterrogation: In "The Vanishing Lady", a kidnapper is fleeing from Blake when he trips and fall over the edge of a catwalk. Blake grabs him by the foot and refuses to haul him up till he tells him where the missing woman is being held.
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* HighAltitudeInterrogation: In "The Vanishing Lady", a kidnapper is fleeing from Blake when he trips and fall falls over the edge of a catwalk. Blake grabs him by the foot and refuses to haul him up till he tells him where the missing woman is being held.
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* VanityLicensePlate: Tony drives a white Corvette with the licence plate 'SPIRIT'.
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* PopTheTires: In "Lightning on a Dry Day", the local toughs in a TownWithADarkSecret slash the tyres on Tony's Corvette in an attempt to intimidate him into leaving town. As TheSheriff points out to them, this just makes him more determined to stay.
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* TownWithADarkSecret: In "Lightning on a Dry Day", Blake visits the small town of Elm Ridge, North Carolina after meeting a young man who was rendered catatonic by something he saw near there. The locals make various attempts to run him out of town before he eventually discovers that the town matriarch is manufacturing illegal rejuvenation drugs, and the young man witnessed a Treasury agent who got too close to the truth being burned alive.
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* DisappearingBox: In "Illusion in Terror", Tony uses a disappearing box to 'vanish' his girlfriend when the two of them are being chased through Tony's workshop by a pair of hitmen.
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* GirlInABox: In "The Vanishing Lady", kidnappers knock a singer unconscious and then stuff her into a trunk, and then casually wheeling the trunk out of the theatre
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* WitnessProtection: In "Illusion in Terror", Tony's GirlOfTheWeek turns out to be in witness protection. After her photo appears in the paper, syndicate hitmen turn up looking to kill her.
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* InwillingSuspension: In "Illusion in Terror', Blake is suspended by his ankles and left to die in a burning barn.
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* InwillingSuspension: UnwillingSuspension: In "Illusion in Terror', Blake is suspended by his ankles and left to die in a burning barn.
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* CarFu: In "Illusion in Terror", Blake's GirlOfTheWeek is rundown and seemingly killed by a hitman in a aparking garage.
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* PistolWhipping: A hitman knocks Blake out by rapping him over the back of the head with a pistol in "Illusion in Terror".
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* InwillingSuspension: In "Illusion in Terror', Blake is suspended by his ankles and left to die in a burning barn.
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* WeHelpTheHelpless: Tony is independently wealthy, and will freely use his skills to aid anyone he thinks is facing injustice.
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* BellyDancer: In "The Vanishing Lady", Blake visits a witness who runs a belly dancing school. There seems to be no reason have this particular occupation beyond FanService.
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* DisneyVillainDeath: The mastermind in "The Manhunters" plunges to his death when he washed over a spillway while trying to escape from Blake.
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* DisneyVillainDeath: The mastermind in "The Manhunters" plunges to his death when he is washed over a spillway while trying to escape from Blake.
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* DisneyVillainDeath: The mastermind in "The Manhunters" plunges to his death when he washed over a spillway while trying to escape from Blake.
* HighAltitudeInterrogation: In "The Vanishing Lady", a kidnapper is fleeing from Blake when he trips and fall over the edge of a catwalk. Blake grabs him by the foot and refuses to haul him up till he tells him where the missing woman is being held.
* HighAltitudeInterrogation: In "The Vanishing Lady", a kidnapper is fleeing from Blake when he trips and fall over the edge of a catwalk. Blake grabs him by the foot and refuses to haul him up till he tells him where the missing woman is being held.
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: In "The Vanishing Lady", a kidnapped singer uses the phrases "chin up" when allowed to speak on the phone to prove she is alive. Blake thinks it was an odd thing for her to say and is sure it is a clue. Dennis' research skills eventually turn up a meaning.
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* IHaveYourWife: In "The Vanishing Lady", a singer is kidnapped and a million dollar ransom demanded from her agent/boyfriend.
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* After knocking Dennis out, a hitman leaves him bound and gagged in his wheelchair as he prepares to assassinate Max in "The Manhunters".
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* After knocking Dennis out, a hitman leaves him bound and gagged in his wheelchair as he prepares to assassinate Max in "The Manhunters".
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* RoomDisservice: Used by a hitman to gain access to Max's hotel room in "The Manhunters".
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* OutsideRide: In "The Magician - Pilot", Blake and Mary Rose have to jump from a speedboat onto a seaplane being piloted by Jimmy. They cling to the outside as the plane takes off.
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* OutsideRide: In "The Magician - Pilot", Blake and Mary Rose have to jump from a speedboat onto a seaplane being piloted by Jimmy.Jerry. They cling to the outside as the plane takes off.
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* OutsideRide: In "The Magician - Pilot", Blake and Mary Rose have to jump from a speedboat onto a seaplane being piloted by Jimmy. They cling to the outside as the plane takes off.
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* RansackedRoom: In "The Magician - Pilot", Blake visits Francine's apartment in search of Mary Rose. He finds the apartment ransacked and Francine beaten up on the floor. Francine's dazed words send him to a houseboat, only to find the bad guys have beaten him to it, with the houseboat ransacked and Mary Rose missing.
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Blake was a professional stage magician who used his skills to solve crimes and help the helpless. Years earlier, Blake had been in prison on a trumped-up espionage charge in an unnamed country in South America. He discovered a way to escape with his cellmate, which began his interest in escapology. The cellmate died and left him a fortune. The escape, apparently followed by exoneration of the false charges that had led to it, led to Blake's pursuit of a career in stage magic, which made him famous. He never forgot his unjust imprisonment, and it motivated him to seek justice for others.
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Blake was a professional stage magician who used his skills to solve crimes and help the helpless. Years earlier, Blake had been in prison on a trumped-up espionage charge in an unnamed country in South America. He discovered a way to escape with his cellmate, which began his interest in escapology. The cellmate died and left him a fortune. The escape, apparently followed by exoneration of the false charges that had led to it, led to Blake's pursuit of a career in stage magic, which made him famous. He never forgot his unjust imprisonment, and it motivated him to seek justice for others.
others. Blake frequently received assistance from acerbic columnist Max Pomeroy, and Max's brilliant son Dennis, who uses a wheelchair.
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''The Magician'' is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred Creator/BillBixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony" Blake, a playboy philanthropist who used his skills to solve difficult crimes as needed. In the series pilot, the character was named Anthony Dorian; the name was changed due to a conflict with the name of a real life stage magician.
Blake was a professional stage magician who used his skills to solve crimes and help the helpless. Years earlier, Blake had been in prison on a trumped-up espionage charge in an unnamed country in South America. He discovered a way to escape with his cellmate, which began his interest in escapology. The cellmate died and left him a fortune. The escape, apparently followed by exoneration of the false charges that had led to it, led to Blake's pursuit of a career in stage magic, which made him famous. He never forgot his unjust imprisonment, and it motivated him to seek justice for others.
!!Tropes used in ''The Magician'':
* CoolCar: Blake drives a white Chevrolet Corvette with custom license plates ("SPIRIT") and, for its time, an exotic feature: a car phone.
* CoolPlane: Initially, Blake used his Boeing 720 jetliner (named "The Spirit") as a base of operations; it was outfitted as a mobile residence ("It's like any other mobile home, only faster.") with live-in pilot Jerry Anderson.
* MagicianDetective: Blake uses his skills as an illusionist and escapologist to solve crimes as needed.
* SkeletonKeyCard: In "The Magician - Pilot", a heavy uses his credit card to jimmy the lock on Tony's dressing room.
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Blake was a professional stage magician who used his skills to solve crimes and help the helpless. Years earlier, Blake had been in prison on a trumped-up espionage charge in an unnamed country in South America. He discovered a way to escape with his cellmate, which began his interest in escapology. The cellmate died and left him a fortune. The escape, apparently followed by exoneration of the false charges that had led to it, led to Blake's pursuit of a career in stage magic, which made him famous. He never forgot his unjust imprisonment, and it motivated him to seek justice for others.
!!Tropes used in ''The Magician'':
* CoolCar: Blake drives a white Chevrolet Corvette with custom license plates ("SPIRIT") and, for its time, an exotic feature: a car phone.
* CoolPlane: Initially, Blake used his Boeing 720 jetliner (named "The Spirit") as a base of operations; it was outfitted as a mobile residence ("It's like any other mobile home, only faster.") with live-in pilot Jerry Anderson.
* MagicianDetective: Blake uses his skills as an illusionist and escapologist to solve crimes as needed.
* SkeletonKeyCard: In "The Magician - Pilot", a heavy uses his credit card to jimmy the lock on Tony's dressing room.
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