Dr. Victor Gannon: Where you from?
Tony: Witch Mountain.
Sickle: Sounds like some hick town to me.
Tia: Tony, why are you doing these things? Why are you using your powers against me?
Letha: It's a shame the way they raise kids today.
Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
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Directed by: John Hough
Starring: Christopher Lee, Bette Davis, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann
Revealing mistake: At the beginning, as the flying saucer lands at the stadium, the shadow the ship cast doesn't change size as it gets lower to the ground.
Question: I have one question about this movie that I have never been able to figure out. When Tia was 'repairing' the cooling system, it almost hit 1,000, and Tony was trying to increase it, while Tia was trying to decrease it. Then she opens her eyes and it just goes down, but Tony is still trying to increase it. How was she able to overpower Tony's ability to increase the temperature and bring it back down?
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Answer: I always figured it was because Tony had been using his powers more often than Tia whilst he was under Gannon and his team's control, so wasn't as strong as Tia was by the time they were all together at the plutonium plant, which is why she was able to overpower him telepathically. Remember, Uncle Bene talked to Tony at the start of the film about controlling his telepathy, and that he must "never energise unless it's absolutely necessary", but the moment Tony was taken by Gannon, he was no longer in control of his telepathy, so would not have been able to ration his powers like Tia did.