The one thing which has always bothered me about THUNDERBIRDS was how Jeff and the Tracy boys managed to finance all their wonder-boys-toys. Here are my top theories (In no particular order):
1: Jeff Tracy - Evil Drug Baron who operates a vast narcotics empire from his hidden island fortress....somewhere in the Pacific...* (just what :is: Kyranos's background anyway? Thailand, you say? Golden Triangle, I say!)
2: Parker still does the occasional safe cracking job.
3: Tracy Island is an international Tax Haven.
4: Pay TV - broadcast worldwide from Thunderbird 5.
5: In the rescue "off" season Tracy Island converts into a Club Med resort.
6: Lady Penelope - the Madam in charge of a high-price call girl ring.
7: Lady Penelope IS the call girl ring.
8: Jeff bumped off Mrs. Tracy for the insurance.
9: Jeff sells off surplus sons for medical experiments.
10: Apart from the ones for T-1 and T-3, there are a few extra missile silos on Tracy Island...
11: Brain's great-grandfather invented the paperclip and they've been living off of the royalties ever since.
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* The latest Tom Clancy novel - soon to be a major Hollywood film starring Harrison Ford.....THE TRACY CARTEL.
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