Tin-Tin Kyrano
| Tin-Tin Kyrano (1965-1966, 2004)/ Tanusha "Kayo" Kyrano (2015) |
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| First appearance | "Trapped in the Sky" (30 September 1965) |
| Created by | Gerry and Sylvia Anderson |
| Portrayed by | Vanessa Hudgens (2004 film) |
| Voiced by |
Christine Finn (1965-1966, 1968) Angel Coulby (2015-) (as Tanusha "Kayo" Kyrano) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Occupation |
Assistant scientist and engineer (1965-1966, 1968) Head of Security (2015-) |
| Family |
Kyrano (father) Onaha (mother; 2004 only) |
| Significant other(s) |
Alan Tracy in the original Virgil Tracy in the original |
| Relatives | The Hood (half-uncle) |
| Nationality |
Malaysian (1960s) Indian (2004) British (2015) |
Tin-Tin Kyrano is a fictional character introduced the mid-1960s British Supermarionation television series Thunderbirds. In the original TV series and its film sequels, the voice of the Tin-Tin puppet was provided by actress Christine Finn.
In the remake series, due to copyright problems with Hergé's The Adventures of Tintin, the character's name was changed to Tanusha 'Kayo' Kyrano.
Sylvia Anderson, Thunderbirds co-producer and character co-creator, writes that Tin-Tin was conceived mainly to "redress the balance" of the "male-dominated" primary puppet cast. The character's name was derived from the Malaysian term for "". The Supermarionation puppet was sculpted by Christine Glanville. Anderson regrets that the back-stories that she had devised for Tin-Tin and her father mostly progressed no further than the script, and that the pair's on-screen visibility was limited, in her view, to a series of cameo appearances.
Born on 20 June 2043, Tin-Tin is the daughter of Kyrano – an old friend of, and manservant to, International Rescue founder Jeff Tracy. She joins the organisation shortly after it starts operations, having inadvertently become involved in IR's first mission when the maiden flight of Fireflash, in which she is travelling from London to Tokyo, is sabotaged by her villainous half-uncle The Hood ("Trapped in the Sky"). Her further education, specialising in mathematics and engineering, was fully paid for by Jeff in gratitude for her father's service to him ("Trapped in the Sky").
Tin-Tin performs a variety of roles on Tracy Island, IR's base of operations. They range from a secretary to Jeff ("Terror in New York City"), to a laboratory assistant to the scientist and engineer Brains ("City of Fire", "Danger at Ocean Deep") to active participation in 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") and is a qualified pilot. Tin-Tin is romantically involved with Alan Tracy, although their relationship is briefly strained when Tin-Tin's ex-boyfriend, Eddie Houseman, visits the island ("End of the Road").
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