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* HowUnscientific: "The Illusion of the Fatal Arrow" features a woman with genuine psychic abilities: the only example of anything genuinely paranormal in the whole series.[[note]]The episode was made in the early 70s when parapsychology was a field of huge interest in popular science[[/note]]
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* HowUnscientific: "The Illusion of the Fatal Arrow" features a woman with genuine psychic abilities: the only example of anything genuinely paranormal in the whole series.[[note]]The episode was made in the early 70s when parapsychology was a an emerging field of huge interest in popular science[[/note]]
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* HowUnscientific: "The Illusion of the Fatal Arrow" features a woman with genuine psychic abilities: the only example of anything genuinely paranormal in the whole series.[[note]]The episode was made in the early 70s when parapsychology was a field of huge interest in popular science[[/note]]
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* ChekhovsHobby: In "The Illusion of the Fatal Arrow", Tony mentions to Dominick that he is learning hang-gliding during a conversation at the start of the episode. Guess what skill he uses to stop the ProfessionalKiller at the end of the episode?
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* UnderTheTruck: In "The Illusion of the Lethal Playthings", Tony is being chased by a model planed loaded with plastique. He escapes by driving his low-slung Corvette under the trailer of fuel tanker. The plane slams into the side of the tanker and explodes.
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* UnderTheTruck: In "The Illusion of the Lethal Playthings", Tony is being chased by a model planed plane loaded with plastique. He escapes by driving his low-slung Corvette under the trailer of fuel tanker. The plane slams into the side of the tanker and explodes.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: In "The Illusion of the Fatal Arrow", a hitman is worried that a psychic might be able to identify, decides that his junior partner is too much of a potential weak link and kills him before going after the psychic.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: In "The Illusion of the Fatal Arrow", a hitman is worried that a psychic might be able to identify, identify him, decides that his junior partner is too much of a potential weak link and kills him before going after the psychic.
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* 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.
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* 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.") faster") with live-in pilot Jerry Anderson.
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* GatlingGood: In "The Illusion of the Deadly Playthings", a WickedToymaker sends a warning to his intended by firing off a vintage hand-cranked Gatling gun in his weapon collection via remote control.
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* GatlingGood: In "The Illusion of the Deadly Lethal Playthings", a WickedToymaker sends a warning to his intended by firing off a vintage hand-cranked Gatling gun in his weapon collection via remote control.
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* JokerJury: In "The Illusion of the Deadly Playthings", a WickedToymaker kidnaps the industrialists he blames for stealing his toy ideas and puts him on trial before a jury of marionettes before sentencing him to death.
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* JokerJury: In "The Illusion of the Deadly Lethal Playthings", a WickedToymaker kidnaps the industrialists he blames for stealing his toy ideas and puts him on trial before a jury of marionettes before sentencing him to death.
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** Played straight in "The Illusion of the Deadly Congolmerate", where Tony points out to the bad guys that his friend Frank Denbo is a trained escapologist and has clenched his fists and tensed his muscles, meaning that the straps [[StrappedToAnOperatingTable holding him to the dentist chair]] aren't actually tight and he can slip free at any time by relaxing his muscles. The crooks assume Tony is stalling and ignore. When Tony [[WeNeedAdistraction stages a dramatic distraction]], Denbo is able to slip free immediately.
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** Played straight in "The Illusion of the Deadly Congolmerate", where Tony points out to the bad guys that his friend Frank Denbo is a trained escapologist and has clenched his fists and tensed his muscles, meaning that the straps [[StrappedToAnOperatingTable holding him to the dentist chair]] aren't actually tight and he can slip free at any time by relaxing his muscles. The crooks assume Tony is stalling and ignore.ignore him. When Tony [[WeNeedAdistraction stages a dramatic distraction]], Denbo is able to slip free immediately.
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* UnderTheTruck: In "The Illusion of the Deadly Playthings", Tony is being chased by a model planed loaded with plastique. He escapes by driving his low-slung Corvette under the trailer of fuel tanker. The plane slams into the side of the tanker and explodes.
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* UnderTheTruck: In "The Illusion of the Deadly Lethal Playthings", Tony is being chased by a model planed loaded with plastique. He escapes by driving his low-slung Corvette under the trailer of fuel tanker. The plane slams into the side of the tanker and explodes.
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* WickedToymaker: In "The Illusion of the Deadly Playthings", someone is trying to kill a friend of Dominick's by detonating bombs and using marionettes and remote controlled toys. Tony's investigation brings him to a toy shop and he becomes the target of the mad man.
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* WickedToymaker: In "The Illusion of the Deadly Lethal Playthings", someone is trying to kill a friend of Dominick's by detonating bombs and using marionettes and remote controlled toys. Tony's investigation brings him to a toy shop and he becomes the target of the mad man.
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* JokerJury: In "The Illusion of the Deadly Playthings", a WickedToymaker kidnaps the industrialists he blames for stealing his toy ideas and puts him on trial before a jury of marionettes before sentencing him to death.
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* GatlingGood: In "The Illusion of the Deadly Playthings", a WickedToymaker sends a warning to his intended by firing off a vintage hand-cranked Gatling gun in his weapon collection via remote control.
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* WickedToymaker: In "The Illusion of the Deadly Playthings", someone is trying to kill a friend of Dominick's by detonating bombs and using marionettes and remote controlled toys. Tony's investigation brings him to a toy shop and he becomes the target of the mad man.
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* UnderTheTruck: In "The Illusion of the Deadly Playthings", Tony is being chased by a model planed loaded with plastique. He escapes by driving his low-slung Corvette under the trailer of fuel tanker. The plane slams into the side of the tanker and explodes.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: In "The Illusion of the Fatal Arrow", a hitman is worried that a psychic might be able to identify, decides that his junior partner is too much of a potential weak link and kills him before going after the psychic.
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* UnwillingSuspension: In "Illusion in Terror', Blake is suspended by his ankles and left to die in a burning barn.
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* TrojanHorse: In "The Illusion of the Fatal Arrow", a hitman uses scuba gear to hide inside a fuel tanker in order to infiltrate a high security research facility.
* UnwillingSuspension: In "Illusion inTerror', Terror", Blake is suspended by his ankles and left to die in a burning barn.
* UnwillingSuspension: In "Illusion in
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* TrickArrow: The villains in "The Illusion of the Fatal Arrow" are a pair of {{Professional Killer}}s who uses bows and arrows: including some 'realistic' explosive arrows.
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* DeadHatShot: The death of the first VictimOfTheWeek in "The Illusion of the Fatal Arrow" is shown by the head of an arrow protruding through the back of his chair and his coffee cup hitting the floor.
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** In "The Illusion of the Fatal Arrow", Tony uses a thrown card to smash the desk lamp a ProfessionalKiller is using for illumination; plunging the room into darkness.
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* RippedFromThePhonebook: In "The Illusion of the Fatal Arrow", a ProfessionalKiller is given Tony's name from his employer while he is in a phone booth, and immediately rips the page with Tony's name and address out of the directory.
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* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: When Tony finds his kidnapped friend The Amazing Denbo in "The Illusion of the Deady Conglomerate", Denbo is strapped into a dentist chair as a dentist prepares to forcibly alter his teeth to match those a criminal preparing to [[FakingTheDead fake his death]].
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* SlippedTheRopes: Somewhat averted in "Lightning on a Dry Day", when Platt handcuffs Tony and pretends that Tony is his prisoner. Tony escapes the cuffs on his own, and even Platt seems surprised.
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** Somewhat averted in "Lightning on a Dry Day", when Platt handcuffs Tony and pretends that Tony is his prisoner. Tony escapes the cuffs on his own, and even Platt seemssurprised.surprised.
** Played straight in "The Illusion of the Deadly Congolmerate", where Tony points out to the bad guys that his friend Frank Denbo is a trained escapologist and has clenched his fists and tensed his muscles, meaning that the straps [[StrappedToAnOperatingTable holding him to the dentist chair]] aren't actually tight and he can slip free at any time by relaxing his muscles. The crooks assume Tony is stalling and ignore. When Tony [[WeNeedAdistraction stages a dramatic distraction]], Denbo is able to slip free immediately.
** Somewhat averted in "Lightning on a Dry Day", when Platt handcuffs Tony and pretends that Tony is his prisoner. Tony escapes the cuffs on his own, and even Platt seems
** Played straight in "The Illusion of the Deadly Congolmerate", where Tony points out to the bad guys that his friend Frank Denbo is a trained escapologist and has clenched his fists and tensed his muscles, meaning that the straps [[StrappedToAnOperatingTable holding him to the dentist chair]] aren't actually tight and he can slip free at any time by relaxing his muscles. The crooks assume Tony is stalling and ignore. When Tony [[WeNeedAdistraction stages a dramatic distraction]], Denbo is able to slip free immediately.
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* SleightOfHandiness: Illusionist Anthony Blake employs his trickery on mooks and the {{Villain of the Week}} to right wrongs.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: Mark Hamill appears as a traumatized youth in "Lightning on a Dry Day". The episode aired in 1973: ''Star Wars: Episode IV'' premiered in 1977.
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* CouldntFindALighter: In "The Illusion of the Deadly Conglomerate", Tony lights the cigarette of friend who is being held captive with a lit candle he pulls from inside his jacket. While the crooks think this is just another of Tony's pointless magic tricks, it actually allows him to place the candle in front of a gas line in preperation for a later escape attempt.
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* BatterUp: In "The Illusion of the Deadly Conglomerate", two hobos with baseball bats attempt to rough Tony up. He manages to grab the bat off one of them and turn the tables.
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* DisposableVagrant: In "The Illusion of the Deadly Conglomerate", a down and out friend of Tony's contacts Tony for help after a friend of his disappears from a homeless mission, and the SinisterMinister running the mission claims to have never heard of him. Tony investigates and discovers this is not the first vagrant to have vanished from the mission, and eventually learns that they are being murdered and their bodies used to help rich criminals [[FakingTheDead fake their deaths]].
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* OrganTheft: In "The Illusion of the Deadly Conglomerate", Tony initially believes believes the homeless men being abducted are being used as involuntary organ donors for illegal transplants. They are actually to abduct to provide corpse to an organisation that specialises in helping rich criminals to [[FakingtheDead fake their deaths]].
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** In "The Illusion of the Deadly Conglomerate", Tony exposes a conglomerate who are abducting {{Disposable Vagrant}}s, then killing them and using their bodies to help wealthy criminals fake their deaths by using plastic surgery and dentistry to make them match the criminals and then staging 'accidents' when the bodies are damaged beyond recognition and the coroner has to use fingerprints or dental records to establish identity.
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* DeathDealer: In "The Illusion of the Deadly Conglomerate", Tony is practicing sailing cards across the room when he flicks the final card harder and uses it to extinguish a lighted candle and then bury itself in the dartboard on the wall. When Dominick examines the card, he discovers that that particular card is metal. Tony explains that it is not really a magic trick, but a skill called 'card sailing'. Becomes a ChekhovsSkill later in the episode when Tony uses it to escape from the bad guys. He throws the metal card hard enough to puncture a gas line, and the leaking gas ignites off a candle Tony had placed there earlier, creating a fireball.
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* SinisterMinister: In "The Illusion of the Deadly Conglomerate", Reverend Wally runs a homeless mission, but is secretly supplying {{Disposable Vagrant}}s to the eponymous conglomerate to become bodies to be used in their FakingTheDead racket.
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* AirVentPassageway: Nearly turns deadly when Tony uses the vents to sneak into a supposedly abandoned restaurant in "The Illusion of the Deadly Conglomerate". The bar he is holding on to as her peers out the vent snaps and he slides down into the central and only just manages to catch himself; leaving him hanging above a DeadlyRotaryFan.
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* AirVentPassageway: Nearly turns deadly when Tony uses the vents to sneak into a supposedly abandoned restaurant in "The Illusion of the Deadly Conglomerate". The bar he is holding on to as her he peers out the vent snaps and he slides down into the central and only just manages to catch himself; leaving him hanging above a DeadlyRotaryFan.
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* AirVentPassageway: Nearly turns deadly when Tony uses the vents to sneak into a supposedly abandoned restaurant in "The Illusion of the Deadly Conglomerate". The bar he is holding on to as her peers out the vent snaps and he slides down into the central and only just manages to catch himself; leaving him hanging above a DeadlyRotaryFan.
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* SunglassesAtNight: One of the bad guys in "The Man Who Lost Himself" constantly wears sunglasses, even while creeping around a darkened hospital at night. It becomes even more ridiculous when he and his partner start shooting out the lights so they can escape. In "The Illusion of the Cat's Eye", Tony wears sunglasses while driving at night.
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** One of the bad guys in "The Man Who Lost Himself" constantly wears sunglasses, even while creeping around a darkened hospital at night. It becomes even more ridiculous when he and his partner start shooting out the lights so they canescape. escape.
** In "The Illusion of the Cat's Eye", Tony wears sunglasses while driving at night.
** One of the bad guys in "The Man Who Lost Himself" constantly wears sunglasses, even while creeping around a darkened hospital at night. It becomes even more ridiculous when he and his partner start shooting out the lights so they can
** In "The Illusion of the Cat's Eye", Tony wears sunglasses while driving at night.
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* AnimalAssassin: In "The Illusion of the Stainless Steel Lady", the bad guys attempt to dispose of Tony by placing a rattlesnake in his car. In "The Illusion of the Cat's Eye", the female antagonist [[spoiler: uses a trained leopard to kill her victims and simulate an ancient Egyptian curse.]]
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** In "The Illusion of the Stainless Steel Lady", the bad guys attempt to dispose of Tony by placing a rattlesnake in hiscar. car.
** In "The Illusion of the Cat's Eye", the female antagonist [[spoiler: uses a trained leopard to kill her victims and simulate an ancient Egyptian curse.]]
** In "The Illusion of the Stainless Steel Lady", the bad guys attempt to dispose of Tony by placing a rattlesnake in his
** In "The Illusion of the Cat's Eye", the female antagonist [[spoiler: uses a trained leopard to kill her victims and simulate an ancient Egyptian curse.]]
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** Janet in "The Illusion of the Curious Counterfeit". The whole episode is written to bring Tony and Janet back together as a couple, and work out Tony and Janet's father's vitriolic relationship. However, Janet disappears without a trace in future episodes.
