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"Break Out" is the twenty-first episode of Thunderbirds Are Go! season 3. It was broadcast on January 18, 2020, in the United Kingdom.

Plot[]

Brains believes he can build a T-Drive engine for the Zero-X, but he’ll need help from the Mechanic to do it. There’s just one small problem: the Mechanic is locked inside a high security space prison known as The Hex.

Cast[]

Regular Cast[]

Guest Cast[]


Quotes[]

Colonel Casey: "The Mechanic?"
Lady Penelope: "The one and only."
Colonel Casey: "Why not Tycho Reeves, or Professor Moffat? They're geniuses, they're trustworthy, and best of all, they're not former criminals."
(Parker coughs)

John: "Head to the coordinates Colonel Casey gave us. The GDF agent is there to oversee the transfer. Apparently, it's a friend of yours, Kayo."
Alan: "Wait, Kayo has time for friends?"

International Rescue Equipment Used[]

Trivia[]

  • This is the first episode to feature the Mechanic in a speaking role since Brains vs. Brawn; he previously had a silent cameo appearance at the end of the season three opening episodes.
    • Moreover, this is the first episode in which the Mechanic speaks without using a voice scrambler, thus revealing his true voice.
  • This is the first episode to feature the Hood, the Mechanic, and the Chaos Crew all in non-cameo appearances.
  • This episode is the first direct "sequel" to Signals.
  • Colonel Casey suggests Tycho Reeves and Professor Moffat as potential candidates to help Brains, crediting them as geniuses without a criminal history.
  • Colonel Casey is told that Jeff Tracy escaped the Zero-X incident and is now trapped in the Oort Cloud. Lady Penelope informs her of International Rescue's planned deep-space mission.
    • Additionally, she states that she has seen the Zero-X footage "a thousand times". Scott previously said the same.
  • The Hood's GDF spy is seen for the first time, after being mentioned for the first time in Signals Part 1. The spy listens in on Colonel Casey's meeting with Lady Penelope and informs The Hood of International Rescue's discovery and intentions.
    • However, the identity of this spy remains unknown.
  • Captain Rigby calls Alan "Rocket Boy". This isn't the first time Alan has earned this name.
  • This is the first time that Captain Rigby is seen onboard a Thunderbird.
  • This is Colonel Casey's first appearance and interaction with International Rescue since the season three opening episodes.
    • She was, however, heard in the flashback video in Signals Part 1; set eight years previously.
  • Although unconfirmed, this is the first (partial) face reveal of Jeff Tracy, kind of. At the beginning of the episode, Virgil is painting someone wearing an International Rescue uniform, and this person resembles Jeff Tracy.
  • This is the first time that The Mechanic is seen on Tracy Island.
  • This episode reveals that The Mechanic was the engineer who originally designed the T-Drive engine which powered the Zero-X.
  • The explosion of The Hex resembles the explosion of the mothership from the 1996 movie Independence Day.
  • David Menkin isn’t credited in this episode for Virgil's scream in the cameo that Virgil made in the episode.

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