| Tracy Island | |
|---|---|
| Thunderbirds location | |
 The Tracy Island villa (centre‑left) and swimming pool (bottom‑right) from the original Thunderbirds. Commentators have compared the look of the villa to the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright.[1][2] | |
| First appearance | "Trapped in the Sky" (30 September 1965) |
| In-universe information | |
| Type | Secret base (headquarters of International Rescue) |
| Location | South Pacific Ocean |
| Locations | Tracy Villa, Cliff House, Round House |
| Characters | Tracy and Kyrano families, Brains |
Tracy Island is the secret headquarters of the International Rescue organisation in the 1960s British Supermarionation television series Thunderbirds and its adaptations. In the original series, the heavily camouflaged island is located in the South Pacific Ocean and is home to the Tracy family, scientists Brains and Tin-Tin, and housekeeper Kyrano. The name "Tracy Island" originates in Thunderbirds comic strips and other tie-ins; within the series, the characters simply refer to it as International Rescue's "base".
The island has had several releases as a children's toy, most notably in the early 1990s, 2000 and 2015.[3][4] The first two models were commercially very successful, causing retailers to run out of stock. It was the 1993 British Association of Toy Retailers' Toy of the Year.
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