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* BadassBaritone: He is played by Lorne Greene, after all.



* BadassBaritone: Both of the elder Nomen have very deep voices.

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* BadassBaritone: Both of the elder Nomen have very deep voices.
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!!Captain Apollo (Richard Hatch)

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!!Captain Apollo (Richard Hatch)(Creator/RichardHatch)
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The Chick is now a disambiguation, not a trope.


* TheChick
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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: He appears to be the only one (if not one of the few) who seems unaffected by Count Iblis' charms.
* InvincibleHero: Let's just say everytime he comes up with a hunch, he always ends up being right.

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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: He appears to be the only one (if not one of the few) who seems unaffected by Count Iblis' charms.
charms. Subverted in that he can be a bit of a jerk at times, especially when under stress.
* InvincibleHero: Let's just say everytime every time he comes up with a hunch, he always ends up being right.



* MeaningfulName: Named after a famous God, Apollo maintains a balance between being a poetic soul and a warrior of necessity, and that love and understanding as well as valor and responsibility are the keypoints to the character. They're both also unlucky in love (in the warrior's case, it's fate).

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* MeaningfulName: Named after a famous God, Apollo maintains a balance between being a poetic soul and a warrior of necessity, and that love and understanding as well as valor and responsibility are the keypoints key points to the character. They're both also unlucky in love (in the warrior's case, it's fate).



* HeadbuttingHeroes: With fellow Viper pilot Flight Sergeant Ortega. Subverted in that Ortega is not very heroic to begin with.

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* HeadbuttingHeroes: With fellow Viper pilot Flight Sergeant Ortega. Ortega - until his murder which Starbuck was framed for, that is. Subverted in that Ortega is not wasn't very heroic to begin with.

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* HeadbuttingHeroes: With fellow Viper pilot Flight Sergeant Ortega. Subverted in that Ortega is not very heroic to begin with.



* TheRival: To Ortega. According to Athena, their rivalry stretches from Pyramid, Triad and even women.

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* TheRival: To Ortega. According to Athena, their rivalry stretches has been there since their time as cadets, stretching from Pyramid, Triad and even women.
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* NamesTheSame: Their original creators were also called Cylons. Perhaps the name refers to the planet of origin?

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* NamesTheSame: Their original creators were also called Cylons. Perhaps the name refers to the planet of origin?
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!!Baltar (John Colicos)

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!!Baltar (John Colicos)(Creator/JohnColicos)
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%% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * Berserk Button: Do not berate or threaten to discharge any of his pilots just for not responding to red alert. Iblis comes close to finding that out the hard way.

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%% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * Berserk Button: BerserkButton: Do not berate or threaten to discharge any of his pilots just for not responding to red alert. Iblis comes close to finding that out the hard way.



%% * Brooding Boy Gentle Girl: With Serina.

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%% * Brooding Boy Gentle Girl: BoyGentleGirl: With Serina.

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* BerserkButton: Do not berate or threaten to discharge any of his pilots just for not responding to red alert. Iblis comes close to finding that out the hard way.

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%% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * BerserkButton: Berserk Button: Do not berate or threaten to discharge any of his pilots just for not responding to red alert. Iblis comes close to finding that out the hard way.



* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: With Serina.

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%% * BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Brooding Boy Gentle Girl: With Serina.



* DeathSeeker / MartyrWithoutACause: Sheba accuses him of being this since [[spoiler:Serina's death.]]

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* DeathSeeker / MartyrWithoutACause: DeathSeeker: Sheba accuses him of being this since [[spoiler:Serina's death.]]



* BerserkButton: Mileage may vary, but Starbuck has been known for getting into some altercations just because one jerkass or another manage to get under his skin. [[spoiler:Being told his friends are dead and killing them right in front of him]] are just two of the good ways to piss him off.



* BerserkButton: Do not insult Maga in front of Taba. Fortunately, Maga stops him before any damage could be done.
-->'''Taba:''' "He has insulted you."
-->'''Maga:''' "If he has, he would already be dead."
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* IllGirl: The original material has her suffering from radiation poisoning and the ending [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would have her leave Boxey with Apollo to die alone]]. Fortunately, it was found depressing and she was subsequently kept around to die as a warrior in the next episode.

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* ThePhilosopher: Instead of being a fighter pilot, Apollo would much rather chart the stars.

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* ThePhilosopher: Instead of being a fighter pilot, Apollo would much rather chart the stars. One of his first conversations is about hoping the colonies could get back to deep space exploration with the war winding down.



* TheCasanova: He is famously known for flirting with various women throughout the show, though it doesn't help when he has [[BettyAndVeronica two women]] currently vying for him.

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* TheCasanova: He is famously known for flirting with various women throughout the show, though it doesn't help when he has [[BettyAndVeronica two women]] currently vying for him. A scene in "The Living Legend Part I" has Boxey ruminating over all the women in Starbuck's life... to Apollo's chagrin.



* MissingMom: Cain mentions that Sheba's mother died at some point in the past, which coincided with his relationship with Cassiopeia.



* InformedAbility: Commander Cain is famous as a bold commander, brilliant strategist, and an inspiring leader. In practice, his leadership consists of swaggering around boasting about himself and sneering at others, and his strategy is AttackAttackAttack It works, mostly because Baltar is an idiot and he is a tactful competent general.

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* InformedAbility: Commander Cain is famous as a bold commander, brilliant strategist, and an inspiring leader. In practice, his leadership consists of swaggering around boasting about himself and sneering at others, and his strategy is AttackAttackAttack AttackAttackAttack. It works, mostly because Baltar is an idiot and he is a tactful competent general.

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* DadTheVeteran: He is after all warrior with three children (one of whom died).

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* DadTheVeteran: He is after all a warrior with three children (one of whom died).



* RedOniBlueOni: Cassiopeia is the mellow Blue Oni to Athena's passionate, short-tempered Red. Unlike Athena, Cass is rather amused by Starbuck's shortcomings and finds his bad habits more charming than annoying.



* RedOniBlueOni: Cassiopeia is the mellow Blue Oni to Athena's passionate, short-tempered Red. Unlike Athena, Cass is rather amused by Starbuck's shortcomings and finds his bad habits more charming than annoying.



* {{Love Interest|s}}: To Apollo.



* {{Love Interest|s}}: To Apollo.



* {{Love Interest|s}}: To Apollo [[spoiler:whom she later marries.]]



* {{Love Interest|s}}: To Apollo [[spoiler:whom she later marries.]]



* BaldOfEvil: An amoral councilman with no hair on the top of his head.



* LackOfEmpathy: He could care less about the dangers the rest of the Colonials would have to face.

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* LackOfEmpathy: He could care less about the dangers the rest of the Colonials would have to face. He also shows no sadness towards the fate of his wife.



* StraightMan



* StraightMan



* RobotBuddy


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* SoleSurvivor: The only surviving member of the original Council of the Twelve at the pilot episode's start.



* FriendVersusLover: With Siress Tinia, who's not exactly of Adama's interest at first but in any case it's because she was part of the Council. It officially comes into play when Tigh orders a round of grog when he sees Adama walking Tinia into the Officer's Club.

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* FriendVersusLover: With Siress Tinia, who's not exactly of Adama's interest at first but in any case it's because she was part of the Council. It officially comes into play when Tigh orders a round of grog when he sees Adama walking Tinia into the Officer's Club.



* {{Love Interest|s}}: To Serina, and [[spoiler:after her death,]] Sheba.



* {{Love Interest|s}}: To Serina, and [[spoiler:after her death,]] Sheba.



* DaddysGirl: While not as passionate about it as Sheba, Athena is the loyalest to her father out of her siblings (who of whom is now dead).



* DaddysGirl: While not as passionate about it as Sheba, Athena is the loyalest to her father out of her siblings (who of whom is now dead).



* WomanScorned: Once caught Starbuck making out with another woman in the Viper launch bay. She vents steam from the catapults on him.

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* WomanScorned: Once In the pilot episode, Athena caught Starbuck making out with another woman Cassiopeia in the Viper launch bay. She vents steam from the catapults on him.



* DeadAlternateCounterpart: In the Dynamite comics where his alternate self is killed during Cylon invasion.

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* DeadAlternateCounterpart: In the Dynamite comics where his alternate self is killed during the Cylon invasion.

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* TheHeavy: Since the Imperious Leader spends most of his time as OrcusOnHiThrone on Cylon, Baltar is given the responsibility of chasing down the remnants of humanity.

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* TheHeavy: Since the Imperious Leader spends most of his time as OrcusOnHiThrone OrcusOnHisThrone on Cylon, his basestar, Baltar is given the responsibility of chasing down the remnants of humanity.


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* MobileMenace: Rules the Cylons from his capital basestar.

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* ActionDad: He’s old enough to have an adult daughter, and leads from the front.

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* ActionDad: He’s He's old enough to have an adult daughter, and leads from the front.



* JuniorCounterpart: An inverted one to Starbuck. Like Starbuck, Cain is a friend of an Adama, likes to break the rules and is a ladies' man in a relationship with Cassiopeia.



* NeverFoundTheBody: Never found the ship in his case when the Fifth Fleet went missing two years before the series began. And it’s believed that [[spoiler:anyone on the Pegasus (including him) did this again at the end of ‘The Living Legend’]].

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* NeverFoundTheBody: Never found the ship in his case when the Fifth Fleet went missing two years before the series began. And it’s it's believed that [[spoiler:anyone on the Pegasus (including him) did this again at the end of ‘The 'The Living Legend’]].Legend']].



* RedOniBlueOni: He’s the hammy BloodKnight Red to Adama’s stoic, cautious Blue.

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* RedOniBlueOni: He’s He's the hammy BloodKnight Red to Adama’s Adama's stoic, cautious Blue.Blue. Their color schemes also reflect this dynamic, with Adama's blue commander's uniform while Cain wears the brown leather fatigues of his subordinate pilots.



* YouShallNotPass: He throws the Pegasus at two cylon Basestars to protect the fleet. After which his ship disappears. It is speculated that he is too much of a badass to be dead.

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* YouShallNotPass: He throws the Pegasus at two cylon Cylon Basestars to protect the fleet. After which his ship disappears. It is speculated that he is too much of a badass to be dead.



* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: In "Lost Planet of the Gods", he tries to get into a position to backstab either the Cylons, the Rag-Tag Fleet, or ''both at once'' — and not even the audience is sure where he actually wants to aim the knife. It all ends with him pinned under rubble at the bottom of a Space-Egyptian pyramid when both sides refuse to trust him.



* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: In "Lost Planet of the Gods", he tries to get into a position to backstab either the Cylons, the Rag-Tag Fleet, or ''both at once'' — and not even the audience is sure where he actually wants to aim the knife. It all ends with him pinned under rubble at the bottom of a Space-Egyptian pyramid when both sides refuse to trust him.



* FrontlineGeneral: In “The Living Legend Part I”, he accompanies the Cylon Raider attack wing in his own craft to get credit for the destruction of the ‘Galactica’.

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* FrontlineGeneral: In “The "The Living Legend Part I”, I", he accompanies the Cylon Raider attack wing in his own craft to get credit for the destruction of the ‘Galactica’.'Galactica'.



* TheHeavy: Since the Imperious Leader spends most of his time as OrcusOnHiThrone on Cylon, Baltar is given the responsibility of chasing down the remnants of humanity.



* MouthOfSauron: The main reason why the Cylons keep him around, to persuade the remnants of humanity why life under the Cylons is better.



* SmugSnake: Despite his overwhelmingly huge opinion of himself, he's not that good of a schemer. In fact, many of his plans are undone by his continental ego, intense overconfidence and borderline intolerable demeanour undermining his efforts before he even reaches the finish line.



* SmugSnake: Despite his overwhelmingly huge opinion of himself, he’s not that good of a schemer. In fact, many of his plans are undone by his continental ego, intense overconfidence and borderline intolerable demeanour undermining his efforts before he even reaches the finish line.



* UnexplainedRecovery: It isn’t stated how he got loose from getting trapped under rubble in “Lost Planet of the Gods”.

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* UnexplainedRecovery: It isn’t isn't stated how he got loose from getting trapped under rubble in “Lost "Lost Planet of the Gods”.Gods".



* DiscOneFinalBoss: The first Imperious Leader who led the near-extermination of humans is killed at the end of “Saga of a Star World”. A second Imperious Leader is introduced in the epilogue and Baltar is following his orders.

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* DiscOneFinalBoss: The first Imperious Leader who led the near-extermination of humans is killed at the end of “Saga "Saga of a Star World”.World". A second Imperious Leader is introduced in the epilogue and Baltar is following his orders.



* OrcusOnHisThrone: The Imperious leader very rarely leaves his seat on his basestar, with the exception of “The Living Legend Part II” when he appears to commemorate a base.

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* OrcusOnHisThrone: The Imperious leader very rarely leaves his seat on his basestar, with the exception of “The "The Living Legend Part II” II" when he appears to commemorate a base.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Second Imperious Leader isn’t seen after “The Living Legend Part II”.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Second Imperious Leader isn’t isn't seen after “The "The Living Legend Part II”.
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* CyberCyclops: They have a single red light as their “eye” that moves from side to side.
* DeadpanSnarker: At least the one in the Imperious Leader's personal guard was. When the Imperious Leader asks how their attack failed after they took the Galactica by surprise, he replies “Apparently it was not as big a surprise as we had hoped for”.

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* CyberCyclops: They have a single red light as their “eye” "eye" that moves from side to side.
* DeadpanSnarker: At least the one in the Imperious Leader's personal guard was. When the Imperious Leader asks how their attack failed after they took the Galactica by surprise, he replies “Apparently "Apparently it was not as big a surprise as we had hoped for”.for".



* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: They’re not particularly great shots.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: They’re the most visible face of evil in the series and have red robotic eyes.

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* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: They’re They're not particularly great shots.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: They’re They're the most visible face of evil in the series and have red robotic eyes.


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* SlasherSmile: Iblis' ShapeshifterDefaultForm has one as a default expression. His human guise also smiles when Starbuck tries and fails to kill him.
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-->’’’President Adar’’’ [reacting to Zac’s Viper exploding] What was that?
-->’’’Adama’’’: That was my son, Mr. President.

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-->’’’President Adar’’’ -->'''President Adar''' [reacting to Zac’s Zac's Viper exploding] What was that?
-->’’’Adama’’’: -->'''Adama''': That was my son, Mr. President.
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* MenOfSherwood: The Viper pilots aren't completely safe, but more than 2/3rds of the named ones (most of whom only appear in a couple of episodes) survive the show and/or inflict decent casualties against the Cylons..
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* LargeHam: Most of his lines are very hammy.

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* LargeHam: Most of his lines are very hammy. [[Film/HotShots Admiral Tug Benson]] IN SPACE!.
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* KarmicDeath: Subverted. Originally he was supposed to be [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves killed by his new "allies"]] but the audience liked him so much the big wigs gave him a break. New scenes were therefore shot for the series to keep him around as a recurring villain.

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* KarmicDeath: Subverted. Originally he was supposed to be [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves killed by his new "allies"]] but the audience liked him so much the big wigs gave him a break. New scenes were therefore shot for the series to keep him around as a recurring villain. The Marvel Comics adaptation, being based on the early version, has the Cylons execute him on-panel.
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* GeneralRipper: While an inherently good person ([[AxeCrazy unlike his reimaged opposite sex counterpart]]), Cain does some very shading things in his attempts to get the Galactica's help taking Gomorray.

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* GeneralRipper: While an inherently good person ([[AxeCrazy unlike his reimaged opposite sex counterpart]]), Cain does some very shading shady things in his attempts to get the Galactica's help taking Gomorray.
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[[caption-width-right:327:''"Warriors are always the last to recognize the evitability of change."'']]

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[[caption-width-right:327:''"Warriors are always the last to recognize the evitability inevitability of change."'']]
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* FrazettaMan: It's never made explicit, but with the eyebrow ridges and general shagginess, the implication is that the Nomen are there to answer the question, "Hey, if our ancestors came from space, then where did the Neanderthals come from?" Well, they came from the same place. So there.

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* FrazettaMan: It's never made explicit, but with the eyebrow ridges and general shagginess, the implication is that the Nomen are there to answer the question, "Hey, if our ancestors came from space, then where did the Neanderthals [[AllCaveMenWereNeanderthals Neanderthals]] come from?" Well, they came from the same place. So there.
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* FrazettaMan: It's never made explicit, but with the eyebrow ridges and general shagginess, the implication is that the Nomen are there to answer the question, "Hey, if our ancestors came from space, then where did the Neanderthals come from?" Well, they came from the same place. So there.
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* BadassMustache: He’s a decent fighter pilot with a handlebar mustache.
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* AristocratsAreEvil

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* AristocratsAreEvilAristocratsAreEvil: Baltar is a Count, one of the most commonly 'evil' ranks
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* NotSoDifferent: To Commander Cain, due to both of them being hot-blooded warriors.



* NotSoDifferent: To Apollo; both have lost their respective wives to Cylon fire.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: They destroyed both their creators and humanity, neither of which were with any explained motive. Because this show was written when everyone made of metal in SciFi was automatically racist.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: They destroyed both their original creators and humanity, neither of which were with any explained motive. Because this show was written when everyone made of metal in SciFi was automatically racist.
* NamesTheSame: Their original creators were also called Cylons. Perhaps the name refers to the planet of origin?
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!!In General
* AIIsACrapshoot: They destroyed both their creators and humanity, neither of which were with any explained motive. Because this show was written when everyone made of metal in SciFi was automatically racist.
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* GivingRadioToTheRomans: He wanted to give the Nazis rocket technology so modern day Earth would be advanced enough to repel Cylons.


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* TerminatorTwosome: He goes back to World War [=II=] to give technology to the Nazis so Troy and Dillon have to go back and stop him. Doing this in different periods was originally meant to be the concept for the whole show.

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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Virtually ''nobody'' likes this guy, not even the Cylons, who are just using him for their own benefit. And considering his personality, it's easy to see why.



* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder / TheStarscream: In "Lost Planet of the Gods", he tries to get into a position to backstab either the Cylons, the Rag-Tag Fleet, or ''both at once'' — and not even the audience is sure where he actually wants to aim the knife. It all ends with him pinned under rubble at the bottom of a Space-Egyptian pyramid when both sides refuse to trust him.

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* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder / TheStarscream: ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: In "Lost Planet of the Gods", he tries to get into a position to backstab either the Cylons, the Rag-Tag Fleet, or ''both at once'' — and not even the audience is sure where he actually wants to aim the knife. It all ends with him pinned under rubble at the bottom of a Space-Egyptian pyramid when both sides refuse to trust him.


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* HatedByAll: Virtually nobody likes this guy, not even the Cylons, who are just using him for their own benefit. And considering his personality, it's easy to see why.

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