Tin-Tin Kyrano
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Tin-Tin Kyrano is a character in the mid-1960s British television show Thunderbirds
. In the original TV series and its original movie adaptations, Tin-Tin, like the other characters, is portrayed using a marionette
, and Christine Finn
provided her voice.
Tin-Tin is the daughter of Kyrano
, an old friend of Jeff Tracy
and joins the International Rescue team shortly after they begin operating. Ironically, Tin-Tin becomes involved in their first rescue mission when she is onboard Fireflash which due to sabotage by her half uncle The Hood
has to be rescued by International Rescue.
Tin-Tin has a variety of roles on Tracy Island from playing secretary to Jeff ("Terror In New York City"), laboratory and engineering assistant to Brains ("City Of Fire", "Danger At Ocean Deep") and sometimes accompanies International Rescue on their missions, most notably the rescue of the Sun probe spaceship ("Sun Probe"). She is also known to accompany Lady Penelope on espionage missions ("The Cham Cham").
Broadcasts of fictional programs in Japan typically include subtitles introducing the names of characters when they first appear on screen. The actor's names are listed underneath, when live characters are involved. Tin-Tin, however, is introduced as Min-Min. This is because the consonant 't' in Japanese is pronounced 'ch', and chin-chin is a Japanese colloquialism for the male phallus, which is a wholly inappropriate name for a teenage girl.
Tin-Tin is romantically involved with Alan Tracy
, though her feelings for Alan were clouded when an old flame Eddie Houseman came to visit ("End Of The Road").
In the 2004 live action film Thunderbirds
which was loosely based on the TV series, she is played by Vanessa Hudgens, although the character of Tin-Tin is much younger and is no longer Malaysian but depicted as being from India. In the film, she also has a mother, Onaha. Also she is shown to have the same kind of powers as her uncle, the Hood. She also (later in the film) is shown to suffer the same weakening side-effect.
Thunderbirds (TV series)
Thunderbirds is a British mid-1960s science fiction television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and made by AP Films using a form of marionette puppetry dubbed "Supermarionation"...
. In the original TV series and its original movie adaptations, Tin-Tin, like the other characters, is portrayed using a marionette
Marionette
A marionette is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings depending on regional variations. A marionette's puppeteer is called a manipulator. Marionettes are operated with the puppeteer hidden or revealed to an audience by using a vertical or horizontal control bar in different forms...
, and Christine Finn
Christine Finn
Christine Finn was a British actress, known primarily for her work for the Thunderbirds television series of the 1960s, and the 1958–59 television serial Quatermass and the Pit...
provided her voice.
Tin-Tin is the daughter of Kyrano
Kyrano
Kyrano is a fictional character from the television series Thunderbirds and the 2004 feature film based on it.Kyrano is the father of Tin-Tin and the half brother of The Hood and acts as a manservant in the Tracy household, sharing domestic duties with Grandma Tracy...
, an old friend of Jeff Tracy
Jeff Tracy
Jeff Tracy is a fictional character from Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation television show Thunderbirds and the subsequent films Thunderbirds Are GO and Thunderbird 6. The voice for the character in these shows was supplied by Peter Dyneley. The character also appeared in the live...
and joins the International Rescue team shortly after they begin operating. Ironically, Tin-Tin becomes involved in their first rescue mission when she is onboard Fireflash which due to sabotage by her half uncle The Hood
The Hood (Thunderbirds)
The Hood is the main villain and adversary of International Rescue in the Thunderbirds TV series.-TV series:The Hood's precise origins are unknown but it is thought to have been based loosely on Wayne Pembridge...
has to be rescued by International Rescue.
Tin-Tin has a variety of roles on Tracy Island from playing secretary to Jeff ("Terror In New York City"), laboratory and engineering assistant to Brains ("City Of Fire", "Danger At Ocean Deep") and sometimes accompanies International Rescue on their missions, most notably the rescue of the Sun probe spaceship ("Sun Probe"). She is also known to accompany Lady Penelope on espionage missions ("The Cham Cham").
Broadcasts of fictional programs in Japan typically include subtitles introducing the names of characters when they first appear on screen. The actor's names are listed underneath, when live characters are involved. Tin-Tin, however, is introduced as Min-Min. This is because the consonant 't' in Japanese is pronounced 'ch', and chin-chin is a Japanese colloquialism for the male phallus, which is a wholly inappropriate name for a teenage girl.
Tin-Tin is romantically involved with Alan Tracy
Alan Tracy
Alan Tracy is a fictional character from Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation television show Thunderbirds and the subsequent films Thunderbirds Are GO and Thunderbird 6. The character also appeared in the 2004 live action movie Thunderbirds....
, though her feelings for Alan were clouded when an old flame Eddie Houseman came to visit ("End Of The Road").
In the 2004 live action film Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds (film)
Thunderbirds is a 2004 science-fiction adventure film loosely based upon the television series of the same name of the 1960s, directed by Jonathan Frakes....
which was loosely based on the TV series, she is played by Vanessa Hudgens, although the character of Tin-Tin is much younger and is no longer Malaysian but depicted as being from India. In the film, she also has a mother, Onaha. Also she is shown to have the same kind of powers as her uncle, the Hood. She also (later in the film) is shown to suffer the same weakening side-effect.