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Thunder in Paradise
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Ex-Navy SEALS Randolph J. "Hurricane" Spencer (played by Hulk Hogan) and Martin "Bru" Brubaker (played by Chris Lemmon, son of Jack Lemmon) use a super-powered transforming powerboat (the CG was just about cool enough for them to use it on the opening titles) to fight crime at sea, Knight Rider style. It worked surprisingly well, really, possibly due to the catchy theme tune.If you've seen Knight Boat on The Simpsons, you know the concept already. | |
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Brainwashed and Crazy | |
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Brainwashed and Crazy: Why recurring villain Hammerhead behaves the way he does. One of the final episodes implies he gets better. | |
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On One Condition | |
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On One Condition: In the Pilot, Megan Whittaker, who has been pining for Spencer, talks him into marrying her, because he needs money to pay off a bank loan and she needs to get married in order to fulfill her father's will's demand. | |
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The Cameo | |
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The Cameo: Several wrestler friends of Hogan appear as background characters, including Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, Brutus Beefcake, and Jimmy Hart. The latter two are even 2nd and 3rd Best Men for his wedding in the pilot. | |
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Aborted Arc | |
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Aborted Arc: The movie pilot has a different setup for the show. Due to a clause in her father's will, Megan has to marry within a week or lose the resort to her uncle Edward. Hearing Spencer needs money, Megan offers to pay him for a fake marriage with Edward hanging around determined to prove this is a fraud. When the series was picked up, it was explained the pair fell in love for real only for Megan to die in a car crash. | |
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Pool Scene | |
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Pool Scene: Repeatedly. | |
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Actor Allusion | |
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Actor Allusion: Patrick Mac Nee plays a former World War 2 motor torpedo boat commander which is exactly how he served in real life. | |
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Damsel in Distress | |
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Damsel in Distress: Kelly and Jessica both get captured a lot. | |
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Latex Perfection | |
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Latex Perfection: In one episode, Hammerhead uses a mask to impersonate Spencer to frame him for robbing a military base. Later, Bru dons a Hammerhead mask as a prank. | |
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BuriedTreasure | |
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Buried Treasure: The MacGuffin of the pilot. | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness | |
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Early-Installment Weirdness: In the pilot, Kelly speaks in an odd New Jersey/New York mix. When the regular show began, Carol Alt spoke in her regular voice. | |
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I'm Going to Disney World! | |
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I'm Going to Disney World!: Said word for word in the episode "Blast Off", in response to a reporter who asks Spencer what he's going to do now that he's saved a Senator from assassination. It seems like a throwaway line at first, but a few scenes later Spencer gets a call from Disney, and he actually DOES go there, complete with a montage of Spencer and Jessica on various Magic Kingdom rides. (An easy scene to film, considering most of the series filmed in Disney World anyway.) | |
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Bond Villain Stupidity | |
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Bond Villain Stupidity: Applies to a lot of the one-off villains. | |
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The Comically Serious | |
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The Comically Serious: Spencer and Uncle Edward. | |
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Femme Fatale | |
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Femme Fatale: Shannon Daring, the main villain of the episode "Queen of Hearts" (which guest-starred Terry Funk). | |
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Bus Crash | |
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Bus Crash: In the third episode, it's revealed that Spencer's new wife Megan died off-screen, forcing him and Bru to raise her daughter Jessica. | |
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Marriage of Convenience | |
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Marriage of Convenience: see On One Condition. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
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Deadpan Snarker: Spencer, Bru, Kelly, and Uncle Edward. | |
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Ms. Fanservice | |
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Ms. Fanservice: Kelly (stunning former model Carol Alt) is a hardnosed businesswoman who spends the majority of her time walking around in skimpy bikini, as do the endless supply of "beach bunnies" who flock around the resort. When the recurring character of Alison (Playboy Playmate Heidi Mark) first shows up she wears a risque schoolgirl uniform (as she IS a schoolgirl) which she strips off for a swim revealing a pink string micro-bikini. | |
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Military Salute | |
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Military Salute: In a flashback, the protagonists are shown sharing a goofy salute with their commanding officer. | |
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When Elders Attack | |
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When Elders Attack: A British Earl tries to scam his way to a fortune by claiming Jessica is his daughter and kidnapping her. Edward briefly believes it but ends up realizing the truth just as Spencer and Bru show up to rescue Jessica. The pair are ready to pummel the guy but Edward interrupts them. | |
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Cool Boat | |
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Cool Boat: The "Thunder". | |
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Fake Ultimate Hero | |
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Fake Ultimate Hero: What Edward considers himself when he's to be honored by the Queen. He confesses to Spencer he's "a fraud" as he's being honored for how, in World War II, he was the one man on a decoy boat to lure away a German sub and hit it. However, Edward confesses that thinking it was a suicide mission, he got "dead drunk" and passed out behind an iron bulkhead which spared him any damage. But subverted at the end of the episode as Spencer reveals the report from the German commander that Edward spent two hours holding off the enemy vessel, running from deck gun and back in an erratic pattern the Germans couldn't understand. Edward is amazed he can't remember any of it but grateful to realize he really did earn the medal. | |
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Casual Danger Dialogue | |
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Casual Danger Dialogue: In "Deadly Lessons", Spencer calls his daughter to wish her luck on her first school day - while he's in a firefight in the middle of South America. He tries to convince her that the gunfight is a fiesta. | |
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Spy Satellites | |
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Spy Satellites: In the pilot episode, Bru looks for a spy satellite nearby to hack into from his Cool Boat, finds one, and acts as a Mission Control for Spencer. | |
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Bigger on the Inside | |
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Bigger on the Inside: The 'Thunder' itself. | |
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