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** TheTeaser "K is for Kill: The Tiger Awakes" opens with stock footage set in 1945 showing Buddhist monks taking part in ritual activities, plus the Boudhanath Stupa.



* TwoPartEpisode: "K is for Kill", where our heroes must prevent the assassination of the French president by a re-activated Russian commando unit and prevent a World War III.

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* TwoPartEpisode: "K is for Kill", where our heroes must prevent the assassination of the French president by a re-activated Russian commando unit and prevent a World War III. The two episodes are titled "The Tiger Awakes" and "Tiger by the Tail".
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* BulletproofVest: In "The Lion and the Unicorn", a church minister appears to shot dead by the Unicorn, an enemy agent. It is later revealed that he was wearing a bulletproof vest.

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* BulletproofVest: In "The Lion and the Unicorn", a church minister appears to be shot dead by the Unicorn, an enemy agent. It is later revealed that he was wearing a bulletproof vest.
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* BulletproofVest: In "The Lion and the Unicorn", a church minister appears to shot dead by the Unicorn, an enemy agent. It is later revealed that he was wearing a bulletproof vest.

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* StockFootage: In "Obsession", most of the footage of Jaguar aircraft was taken from the 1970 RAF training film ''The Engineer in the RAF''. There's also footage of Harriers, presumably taken from somewhere else. The fire at the RAF station was represented by stock library footage.

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In "Obsession", most of the footage of Jaguar aircraft was taken from the 1970 RAF training film ''The Engineer in the RAF''. There's also footage of Harriers, presumably taken from somewhere else. The fire at the RAF station was represented by stock library footage.footage.
** TheTeaser for "The Lion and the Unicorn" features a car chase comprising partially of footage from a pre-existing commercial for British Leyland with some additional filming.

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* PopTheTyres: One of the people chasing the MacGuffin in "The Tale of the Big Why" shoots out the tyres on Steed's Range-Rover to stop Steed and Gambit chasing her.

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* PopTheTyres: PopTheTyres:
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One of the people chasing the MacGuffin in "The Tale of the Big Why" shoots out the tyres on Steed's Range-Rover to stop Steed and Gambit chasing her.her.
** In "Obsession", Purdey shoots one of the tyres on the range rover so that she can reach her ex-lover before Steed can.
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* StockFootage: In "Obsession", most of the footage of Jaguar aircraft was taken from the 1970 RAF training film ''The Engineer in the RAF''. There's also footage of Harriers, presumably taken from somewhere else.

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* StockFootage: In "Obsession", most of the footage of Jaguar aircraft was taken from the 1970 RAF training film ''The Engineer in the RAF''. There's also footage of Harriers, presumably taken from somewhere else. The fire at the RAF station was represented by stock library footage.
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* StockFootage: In "Obsession", most of the footage of Jaguar aircraft was taken from the 1970 RAF training film ''The Engineer in the RAF''. There's also footage of Harriers, presumably taken from somewhere else.

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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: "Gnaws".

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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: "Gnaws".ActorAllusion: In "Hostage", William Franklyn, playing Ministry man [=McKay=], is seen holding a file marked "Top Secret", which was the name of a series he starred in during TheSixties.


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* CastingGag: Simon Oates, who played John Steed in the 1971 stage play based on the original series, appears in "Hostage" as the traitor Spelman.

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* ManchurianAgent: "House of Cards" features Soviet sleeper agents being re-activated and instructed to become assassins.

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"House of Cards" features Soviet sleeper agents being re-activated and instructed to become assassins. assassins.
** "K is for Kill" features a leftover Russian commando unit comprised of radio-controlled sleepers is activated by a malfunctioning satellite.


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* TwoPartEpisode: "K is for Kill", where our heroes must prevent the assassination of the French president by a re-activated Russian commando unit and prevent a World War III.
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* RodentsOfUnusualSize: "Gnaws".

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* RodentsOfUnusualSize: "Gnaws".In "Gnaws", an experimental isotopic fluid spilled down a drain causes a sewer rat to grow to gigantic size.
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* WallOfWeapons: "Faces" gives us a good look inside Gambit's flat. There are several firearms hanging on one wall and a couple of crossbows on another.
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* IdenticalStranger: "Faces" opens with two poachers seeing a chauffeur-driven limousine carrying a Ministry official who looks a lot like one of them. They then get the idea to kill the man and replace him.
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* FeatheredFiend: "Cat Amongst the Pigeons" sees a bird conservationist ostracized by fellow ecologists takes his revenge by killing them one at a time using trained birds.
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* CatFight: "Angels Of Death" has Purdey taking on not one but two gorgeous female opponents (played by Creator/CarolineMunro and Pamela Stephenson), after Gambit's basic decency prevents him hitting women and they beat the bejasus out of him.

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* CatFight: "Angels Of of Death" has Purdey taking on not one but two gorgeous female opponents (played by Creator/CarolineMunro and Pamela Stephenson), after Gambit's basic decency prevents him hitting women and they beat the bejasus out of him.

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* CatFight: The episode "Angels Of Death" has Purdey taking on not one but two gorgeous female opponents (played by Caroline Munro and Pamela Stephenson), after Gambit's basic decency prevents him hitting women and they beat the bejasus out of him.

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* CatFight: The episode "Angels Of Death" has Purdey taking on not one but two gorgeous female opponents (played by Caroline Munro Creator/CarolineMunro and Pamela Stephenson), after Gambit's basic decency prevents him hitting women and they beat the bejasus out of him.


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* ChangingOfTheGuard: Steed takes on a mentor role to Gambit and Purdey, essentially filling the role of "Mother" in the orignal show.
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* BigFancyHouse: Steed lives in a country mansion, often referred to by fans as ''Steed's Stud'', because it has plenty of grounds to exercise his horses

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* BigFancyHouse: Steed lives in a country mansion, often referred to by fans as ''Steed's Stud'', "Steed's Stud", because it has plenty of grounds to exercise his horseshorses.
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* BigFancyHouse: Steed lives in a country mansion, often referred to by fans as ''Steed's Stud'', because it has plenty of grounds to exercise his horses

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* MarriedToTheJob: In "House of Cards", Steed refers to his career as "my one and only marriage…and I've been very faithful."

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* ManchurianAgent: "House of Cards" features Soviet sleeper agents being re-activated and instructed to become assassins.
* MarriedToTheJob: In "House of Cards", Steed refers to his career as "my one and only marriage…and marriage...and I've been very faithful."

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* {{Yellowface}}: The Chinese crime lord Soo Choy in "Trap" is played by a Caucasian actor in obvious yellowface. In fact, it is not even obvious at first that he is supposed to be Chinese and not a white man who has adopted Oriental mannerisms. Made more obvious by all of his henchmen being played by Asian actors.

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** "The Midas Touch" has Hong Kong Harry and Choy, both played by English actor Ronald Lacey and English wrestler Big Bruno Erlington.
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The Chinese crime lord Soo Choy in "Trap" is played by a Caucasian actor in obvious yellowface. In fact, it is not even obvious at first that he is supposed to be Chinese and not a white man who has adopted Oriental mannerisms. Made more obvious by all of his henchmen being played by Asian actors.
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* ThoseWackyNazis: "The Eagle's Nest" features a monastery in Scotland housing a group of Nazis intending to launch a Fourth Reich by reviving UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler from suspended animation.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Colonel "Mad Jack" Miller in "Dirtier By The Dozen".

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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Colonel "Mad Jack" Miller in "Dirtier By The by the Dozen".



* EyepatchOfPower: Colonel Miller has one in "Dirtier By The Dozen". It's [[FridgeLogic never explained]] how a man with only one eye could remain as a serving line officer in the British Army.

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* EyepatchOfPower: Colonel Miller has one in "Dirtier By The by the Dozen". It's [[FridgeLogic never explained]] how a man with only one eye could remain as a serving line officer in the British Army.



* HiredGuns: The [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores rogue British Army unit]] in "Dirtier By The Dozen".

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* HiredGuns: The [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores rogue British Army unit]] in "Dirtier By The by the Dozen".
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* NobodyHereButUsStatues: Purdey poses as a mannequin in a store window in an attempt to avoid two of the robbers in "Sleeper". She is hampered by the fact that her pants keep falling down.

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* NobodyHereButUsStatues: Purdey poses as a mannequin in a store window in an attempt to avoid two of the robbers in "Sleeper". She is hampered by the fact that her pants trousers keep falling down.
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* HiredGuns: The [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores rouge British Army unit]] in "Dirtier By The Dozen".

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* HiredGuns: The [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores rouge rogue British Army unit]] in "Dirtier By The Dozen".

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* EvilDuo: In "The Tale of the Big Why", the Avengers find themselves alternatively pursuing or being pursued by a BrainsAndBrawn pair of thieves who do not even know what the MacGuffin they are trying to steal is: merely that it is extremely valuable in the right hands.



* ThoseTwoBadGuys: In "The Tale of the Big Why", the Avengers find themselves alternatively pursuing or being pursued by a brains-and-brawn pair of thieves who do not even know what the MacGuffin they are trying to steal is: merely that it is extremely valuable in the right hands.
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* BrutalBirdOfPrey: In "Cat Amongst the Pigeons", the VillainOfTheWeek uses a falcon as an AnimalAssassin in an attempt to dispose of Steed.

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* ClothingCombat: In "Trap", Gambit improvises a bolas out of his tie and a pair of shoes.

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In "Trap", Gambit improvises a bolas out of his tie and a pair of shoes.shoes.
** In "Dirtier by the Dozen" Gambit uses Purdey's bra as an improvised sling to knock out a commando.

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** In "The Eagle's Nest", the Avengers encounter a group of Nazis who escaped the Fall of Berlin and their descendants inhabiting a remote Scottish island. They possess [[TheyClonedHitler the cyrogenically frozen body of Adolf Hitler and are waiting for the day they can revive him and have him lead a Fourth Reich]].

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** In "The Eagle's Nest", the Avengers encounter a group of Nazis who escaped the Fall of Berlin and their descendants inhabiting a remote Scottish island. They possess [[TheyClonedHitler [[YouClonedHitler the cyrogenically frozen body of Adolf Hitler and are waiting for the day they can revive him and have him lead a Fourth Reich]].



* TheyClonedHitler: Not cloned exactly, but in "The Eagle's Nest", [[TheRemnant a group of Nazi holdouts and their descendants]] on a remote Scottish island have Hitler's cryogenically frozen body and are hoping to thaw him out and revive him to start the Fourth Reich.


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* YouClonedHitler: Not cloned exactly, but in "The Eagle's Nest", [[TheRemnant a group of Nazi holdouts and their descendants]] on a remote Scottish island have Hitler's cryogenically frozen body and are hoping to thaw him out and revive him to start the Fourth Reich.
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** In "The Eagle's Nest", the Avengers encounter a group of Nazis who escaped the Fall of Berlin and their descendants inhabiting a remote Scottish island. They possess [[TheyClonedHitler the cyrogenically frozen body of Adolf Hitler and are waiting for the day they can revive him and have him lead a Fourth Reich]].


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* TheyClonedHitler: Not cloned exactly, but in "The Eagle's Nest", [[TheRemnant a group of Nazi holdouts and their descendants]] on a remote Scottish island have Hitler's cryogenically frozen body and are hoping to thaw him out and revive him to start the Fourth Reich.
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* LivingStructureMonster: "Complex" is set in a secure building complex controlled by a [[AIIsACrapshoot rogue A.I.]] The A.I. controls all of the building's systems, allowing them to be used as deadly weapons. Examples include elevators plunging down the shaft just as people go to step into them, the cleaning systems forcing people into the incinerator, and sealing the doors and sucking all of the air out of a room via the ventilation system.

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* TheDoorSlamsYou: An intruder kicks the door closed into Steed's face as he goes to enter Stannard's apartment in "The Eagle's Nest".


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* TaeKwonDoor: An intruder kicks the door closed into Steed's face as he goes to enter Stannard's apartment in "The Eagle's Nest".

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