History Farscape / TropesHToN

* HybridPower: Inverted with Scorpius, whose heritage combines to basically give him a WeaksauceWeakness.

** Crichton also count because, he is is the only one in his crew (aside from [[BadassPreacher Zhaan]]) who is willing trust others, helping them with a situation, and never giving them the benefit of doubt. He is also [[HeroicSacrifice willing to die]] for his crew and the universe just to protect it. However don't [[BerserkButton threaten his crew]].

** Crichton can also count because, he is is the only one in his crew (aside from [[BadassPreacher Zhaan]]), who is willing trust others and tires to help with them, and never giving them the benefit of doubt. He is also [[HeroicSacrifice willing to die]] for his crew and the universe just to protect it.

* HalfHumanHybrid: Both with humans and aliens ([[spoiler: John and Aeryn's child, also John and Katralla's]]) and with aliens and other aliens: Jothee, [[HumanAliens Sebacean]] / [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Luxan]]; Scorpius, Sebacean/Scarran; among others. Although ''technically'' [[spoiler: Sebaceans started out as humans ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway]]. Averted with Luxans/Nebari who aren't compatible, much to the dislike of D'Argo.

* HumansThroughAlienEyes: Inverted int the early 'episode "I, ET" involves Crichton crashing onto a planet in which the culture resembles 1950s Americana. Partly lampshaded by the fact that the locals are RubberForeheadAliens, and are a bit disappointed that Crichton looks so much like them.

* HigherTechSpecies: The Nebari, the Pathfinders, and a few others. It's hinted by existence of Lo'laa, an advanced, ancient Luxan warship, that the Luxans might have been a HigherTechSpecies in the past, contrary to their modern perception as "barbarians."

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Crais and Talyn, Zhaan]] (who got extra mileage by sacrificing [[spoiler: herself when she was already slowing dying from resurrecting Aeryn]]), [[spoiler:one of the copies of John]], [[spoiler:D'Argo]] in ''The Peacekeeper Wars'' and [[spoiler:Sikozu]] in the comics. Yeah, ''Farscape'' likes this one.

* TheNotLoveInterest: John and Chiana have a very intense, physically affectionate friendship that blurs the line between LikeBrotherAndSister and UndresolvedSexualTension. Sometimes she and Aeryn get conflated in his mind, and [[spoiler: he lost his virginity to her because of the TimeyWimeyBall]].

* TheNotLoveInterest: John and Chiana have a very intense, physically affectionate friendship that blurs the line between LikeBrotherAndSister and UnderlyingSexualTension. Sometimes she and Aeryn get conflated in his mind, and [[spoiler: he lost his virginity to her because of the TimeyWimeyBall]].

** Humans and Sebaceans, Sebaceans and Luxans, and Luxans and Nebari can all have sex with one another.

* ItGotWorse: With literally only one or two exceptions, pretty much the entirety of season 3 is one long bout of this. Producer David Kemper even joked about the season 3 premiere "Season of Death", saying that they used that phrase as a reminder when plotting the rest of the episodes.
** [[SFDebris "To say our heroes are cursed would be underselling it- at least curses usually have a chance of being lifted in some way."]]

* MeetCute: A painful one.

* HeadbuttOfLove: Often shared by John and Aeryn, not just when either of them was in distress but when they're showing affection in general. Brutally subverted when Scorpius-possessed John does this — then slams Aeryn's head into the wall, fracturing her skull.

** "...Different Destinations" has Crichton. Aeryn, D'Argo, Stark, and Jool sent back in time to a famous battle where a Peacekeeper regiment defended a nunnery from an attacking horde. John accidentally captures the opposing general, who he figures out will offer a ceasefire if he's allowed to go back to his armies. So John smuggles the general out of the monastery wearing some of the nun's robes [[spoiler: only to be spotted by one of the nuns, who kills the general]]. Interestingly, this is not the NiceJobBreakingItHero instance: the horde were not angered by [[spoiler: the death of the general]], but instead because [[spoiler: Crichton dressed him in female clothes]].
** The episode at large as well has the group trying to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, but each thing they do just makes things worse: first the war goes on much longer and is much bloodier, then [[spoiler: the whole planet is irradiated, killing all life]], and finally [[spoiler: the planet no longer exists at all]]. Crichton et al manage to fix everything, except for one tiny detail: instead of a cease fire, [[spoiler: the horde is so angered at losing Crichton and the others that can't control their bloodlust they slaughter the remaining nuns, including a young girl]]
** Crichton erroneously jokes to Staleek about having seen the [[AppliedPhlebotinum crystherium flowers]] in his mom's garden. The next episode, in search of a new supply after theirs having been destroyed by the heroes, the Scarrans decide to go to Earth to find it. Oops.

* ItGetsEasier: Crichton gets called on this during "Terra Firma," where Moya's crew [[spoiler: finally go to Earth for real]]. For practical reasons- not wanting his enemies to follow him- and also because of a particularly tragic CharacterDevelopment where it was all but spelled out by other human characters that he suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, [[IChooseToStay he chose to return to space aboard Moya]], and later, to [[spoiler: collapse the wormhole to Earth]].

** Don't forget "mortra" which is apparently just over half a "metra".

** Likewise in "Twice Shy", an alien infiltrator named Talika exaggerates the crew's most prominent traits prior to draining them. Chiana's famously-considerable sex drive is jacked up to overdrive, leading to her [[AlmostKiss almost kissing]] Talika, cornering and attempting to flirt with Aeryn, and forcibly trying to molest Crichton on top of a control panel.

* JerkassGods: In "Prayer", Aeryn describes an ancient myth about how the ancient Sebaceans used to worship a goddess named Tenka Bru, until she suddenly destroyed the seven main planets they lived on. When her dying worshipers asked why she had done this after they had paid her tribute, she replied, "[[ItAmusedMe Because I can]]." Apparently, this is why the modern-day Peacekeepers refuse to believe in any theology.