History Farscape / TropesHToN

* [[IKnowYouAreinTheresomewhereFight "I Know You're In There Somewhere" Dogfight]]: Realizing that he's losing control over himself to Scorpius' neuro-chip, Crichton flees Moya in his module, only to be pursued by Aeryn in her prowler. After exchanging words, Aeryn orders John to land. John [[ExactWords complies]] -- [[spoiler:By smashing into Aeryn's cockpit with his landing gear, sending her to death in the icy lake below]].

* [[spoiler:IChooseToStay]]

** "Harvey" has a very subtle OhCrap moment in "Liars, Guns and Money Part II" when he realises that Crichton can bring him out ''[[HeroicWillpower at will]]''.

** Arguably, out of universe, Zhaan's actress herself also qualifies. The blue makeup had been causing her health problems (described horrifically by the other wiki as "bleeding kidneys") from within three months of filming the first season. She stayed on as a regular for more than two seasons.

** Peacekeeper Uniforms: On the commentary for "Into the Lion's Den," the producers joke that they used up all the leather in Australia on PK costumes.

--> John: Screw the dranit!
--> Aeryn: (Obviously amused) You really have no idea what a dranit is, do you?

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: D'Argo is a stern, intimidating warrior with only the very occasional moment of levity. Actor Anthony Simcoe, by contrast, is an extroverted and wacky guy, and in fact had considered leaving the show early on because he felt it wasn't worth putting on the heavy prosthetics every day to play such an initially one-note and serious character. Eventually the writers did allow him to show his comic chops, such as in "Out of Their Minds" when Chiana's mind is put into D'Argo's body, or "Won't Get Fooled Again" which features a CampGay D'Argo hitting on Crichton. He also becomes less mean and more melancholic, as his motivation shifts from staying free from imprisonment to rescuing his son Jothee.

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The Peacekeepers are rather pathetic for such a supposedly elite force. The Scarrans and the Nebari actually match their fearsome reputation, and give a much better showing of themselves against Moya's crew. More the ConservationOfNinjutsu. The fewer Peacekeepers you have, the more competent they are. Small strike forces of Sebaceans are very deadly and competent. Aeryn Sun as the only Sebacean in a group is practically a superhero. Sebaceans in large groups are cannon fodder. The Peacekeepers are even strangely GenreSavvy about the whole thing...

* HandWave: Played straight (or Lampshaded, YMMV on that) in "I Shrink Therefore I Am". Sikozu points out that shrinking a man-sized creature to finger-size would cause all sorts of spectacular anatomical failures, and defies the laws of physics to boot. Rigel berates her for relying on education over experience, claiming that he's seen weirder things and now just accepts that he knows nothing and that surprises are everywhere. Naturally, Sikozu never brings up the issue again.

* HellBentForLeather: There is a reason WarrenEllis described Farscape as "one American's descent into Australia's S&M scene".

* 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, and even that may just be him and Chiana.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The Keedva, in a ShoutOut to ''ReturnOfTheJedi''.

* NoExceptYes: Our cheeky little Nebari and devious Hynerian can't just sit by and allow cargo to be onboard and not search through it. In "A Bug's Life", Chiana heads to the cargo hold to open Larraq's crate, only to find Rygel already poking around it. Chiana says they're both here for the same thing – to "snurch" any valuables. A very pompous Rygel replies that he doesn't "snurch," he "procures".

* HybridPower: Inverted with Scorpius, the offspring of a Sebacean and a Scarran, whose heritage combines to basically give him a WeaksauceWeakness. He inherited both the Scarran bodily trait of massive internal heat generation, and the Sebacean inability to regulate body temperature easily--requiring him to use cooling rods inserted in his head to survive, which created a certain vulnerability. Other than that, he was quite {{Badass}}, however, both physically and mentally.

** And the entire plot of ''A Human Reaction'' centers on the crew visiting Earth and seeing how the officials react to them and treat them, [[spoiler: or at least a simulation of such, extrapolated from John's memories of Earth.]] [[HumansAreBastards It isn't a very glowing recommendation for humanity.]]

* HumanAliens: Sebaceans, who it turns out [[spoiler:were prehistoric humans, taken off Earth and genetically engineered into space policemen]]. Also, a number of Sebacean-like HumanAliens, sometimes with minor variations in eye, skin coloration or hair style and sometimes not. They may be related to Sebaceans (at least one species, the Sykarans, was explicitly called an offshoot of Sebaceans). This made it confusing as to why Crichton, a human, was always mistaken for Sebacean by other alien characters. Made all the more confusing with Jool's species, [[RubberForeheadAliens the Interons]], who might have been related to humans [[spoiler:(and thus also Sebaceans)]]. Some, but not all of these discrepancies can be explained away by the fact that not all Sebaceans are Peacekeepers, and non-Peacekeepers seem to be widespread on many different planets.

** "...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]].

** Also the Hanji (however you spell that), and if you count spiders, a 4th-season villain's arachnid form. Several other creatures also count, including a Crustacean-like humanoid.

* InSpaceEveryoneCanSeeYourFace

** On the other hand, Leviathan "Starbursts" aren't always safe, either. In "Though the Looking Glass", Moya somehow becomes stuck in Starburst mode and splayed out in other dimensions - one of which causes mind-splitting noise, another which causes visual pain, and a third which causes elation and euphoria, in addition to the normal one - and has to be reassembled by moving all four ships in unison through the dimension while avoiding the interdimensional gatekeeper monster... thing.