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Name not right

The real name of Brains is never revealed. Hiram K. Hackenbacker was just an alias used in one episode. The article needs to be corrected to reflect this. Andy120290 17:23, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think this page should probably be renamed/moved to just "Brains (Thunderbirds) or something similar. From what I remember, the Hackenbacker name was mistakenly given as Brains' real name in some related media (comics, books, etc.) I think it's clear from the episode that the name is just an alias - hence the episode title. Any objections?

Bobfos 22:14, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I Agree. Andy120290 22:43, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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This is an automated notice by FairuseBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. --22:46, 16 May 2008 (UTC) I believe that Anderson was living in Bristol (UK) when Thunderbirds began. There is a meatball-style dish called a faggot and one of the most popular purveyors was a Bristolian company called H.H.Brains. Thus his name being Hiram Hackenbacker pointed towards the epithet. Again a classic Anderson quirk though possibly apocryphal.[reply]

Spelling/Grammar

The line about the childhood of the character called 'Brains', should read 'family's' and not "families".

Can somebody please correct?

Thanks.

John Porcella195.194.36.193 (talk) 13:44, 27 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've given the article a general clean-up. Please do feel free to make further corrections or additions yourself - it's the encyclopaedia that anyone can edit! Super Mario Man 14:50, 27 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nationality

It is stated on the complete Thunderbirds DVD collection Thunderbirds companion DVD that Brains and most of the other characters were British but given American accents in order to sell Thunderbirds to American tv markets, should the nationality therefore be changed to reflect this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Billabongodrum (talk • contribs) 13:57, 20 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]