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* CelebrityParadox: At no point in the season does Fargo, who quotes ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' near-constantly, notice that Dr. Grant looks an awful lot like Dr. Gaius Baltar.
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* ActorAllusion: Dr. Trevor Grant is not the first [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 chain-smoking, whiskey-drinking, womanising scientist]] to be played by Creator/JamesCallis.
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-->'''Zane:''' Me? Marry you? [''Snorts, goes back to his magazine''] In what universe?
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* ThatCameOutWrong: Allison, when talking to Dr. Grant.
-->'''Dr. Grant:''' We have a woman in custody, she needs her injuries treated, and there's this naked kid, needs some clothes.\\
'''Allison:''' I would be happy to take a look. [''{{Beat}}''] At the injuries, not the naked kid.\\
'''Dr. Grant:''' Glad you clarified that.
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* AccidentalTimeTravel: Jack, Henry, Jo, Allison and Fargo travel back to 1947, through no fault of their own.
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* CallBack: Watching Jo beat the tar out of half a dozen soldiers, Carter summarises the situation.
-->'''Carter:''' [[Recap/EurekaManyHappyReturns She's small, but she's scrappy!"]]

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->'''Allison:''' It's a scientific think tank, Carter, not an insane asylum.\\
'''Carter:''' Yeah, tomayto, tomahto.
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->'''Allison:''' It's a scientific think tank, Carter, [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fd_5.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Eureka, circa 1947.]]

->'''Carter:''' You sure this is
not an insane asylum.\\
'''Carter:''' Yeah, tomayto, tomahto.
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some sort of science-geek-ren-faire thing?\\
'''Allison:''' Well, either we are both having the same delusion or we are really stuck in 1947.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Early on, Carter stands in front of a display of photos of the town founders. Just above his shoulder is a photo of a suited man with a fedora pulled down over his eyes, which on a [[RewatchBonus second viewing]] is clearly Grant.
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** To ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''. Fargo claims he landed in the past the same way Terminator did. Jo doesn't believe him.

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** To ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''. Fargo claims he landed in the past the same way Terminator ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' did. Jo doesn't believe him.
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* CallForward: The soldier Allison defibrillates [[{{Macgyvering}} with Jeep jumper cables]] is important later.


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* FakeOutMakeOut: A supply clerk walks in on Carter and Allison while they're stealing him a uniform. Carter says they're doing "inventory," with air quotes. To be fair, with him half-dressed it's probably the only excuse that would work.
-->'''Supply Clerk:''' Yeah, you and half the people on the base. Save it for the dance!
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* RuleOfFunny: Fargo is NakedOnArrival in 1947. This happens because the time travel happened while he was changing after getting coffee on his Founder's Day costume. Fine. But why did getting coffee on his jacket force him to remove his entire outfit, including underpants? So he could be NakedOnArrival, of course.
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'''Carter:''' Yeah, "tomato", "tom-ahto".

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'''Carter:''' Yeah, "tomato", "tom-ahto".tomayto, tomahto.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Carter and Dr Grant switch jackets to avoid Carter being recognised as the presumed-spy who was arrested earlier. As the gang prepare to travel back to the future, Jack and Allison realise that Jack's phone was in his jacket. The focus is understandably on Jack potentially being stranded, so no one that Dr Grant ''does'' have the phone, and could end up in the future with them...

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Carter and Dr Grant switch jackets to avoid Carter being recognised as the presumed-spy who was arrested earlier. As the gang prepare to travel back to the future, Jack and Allison realise that Jack's phone was in his jacket. The focus is understandably on Jack potentially being stranded, so no one pieces together that Dr Grant ''does'' have the phone, and could end up in the future with them...



** To Franchise/{{Terminator}}. Fargo claims he landed in the past the same way Terminator did.
** Fargo activates the magnesium he and Jo are breaking the prison lock with by peeing on it... [[GroinAttack with unpleasant consequences]]. Later, Jo says, "He stepped up," referring to Joey offering to pee on Monica's jellyfish sting in ''Series/{{Friends}}''.

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** To Franchise/{{Terminator}}. ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''. Fargo claims he landed in the past the same way Terminator did.
did. Jo doesn't believe him.
** Fargo activates the magnesium he and Jo are breaking the prison lock with by peeing on it... [[GroinAttack with unpleasant consequences]]. Later, Jo says, "He stepped up," referring to Joey [[WorstAid offering to pee on Monica's jellyfish sting sting]] in ''Series/{{Friends}}''.

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->'''Allison:''' It's a scientific think tank, Carter, not an insane asylum.\\
'''Carter:''' Yeah, "tomato", "tom-ahto".



* ChekhovsGun: After Jack is picked up by Dr Grant in his car, he doesn't realise he's back in time and comments on the baseball game thinking it's a recording, accurately predicting the score of one historical (to him) player. Later, when Dr Grant hears a news program discussing the match outcome, he realises that strange hitchhiker he picked up may not have been a spy after all...

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* ChekhovsGun: After Jack is picked up by Dr Grant in his car, he doesn't realise he's back in time and comments on the baseball game thinking it's a recording, accurately predicting the score of one historical (to him) player. Later, when Dr Grant hears a news program discussing the match outcome, he realises that something genuinely strange hitchhiker he picked up may not have been a spy after all...is going on.



* InspectorJavert:

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* InspectorJavert: Major Ryan is convinced the strange people who've turned up on his base are spies, although you'd think spies would be better at blending in. Not turning up naked or causing explosions, for a start.
* MonochromePast: The 1947 parts have a sepia tone



* OhCrap: Allison is confronted by Major Ryan and asked where Carter is. Looking over his shoulder, she sees Carter climbing a satellite tower to make an adjustment.



* TimeTravel: Jack, Henry, Allison, Fargo and Jo travel back to 1947.

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* TimeTravel: Jack, Henry, Allison, Fargo and Jo travel back to 1947. Jack, Henry, Allison, Fargo, Jo and Dr Trevor Grant return to 2010.
* TimeyWimeyBall: Despite the gang having clearly changed the past, the apocalyptic side effects from [[Recap/EurekaOnceInALifetime Once in a Lifetime]] don't appear to happen.



* WhamShot: At the very end, someone greets Vincent, who compliments them on their 40's costume. The two chat a bit, and the stranger mentions that he's looking for Allison Blake. The camera pans up to show that Dr Grant somehow came back with the gang.

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* WhamShot: WhamShot:
** When the gang reunite after returning to 2010, Jo points out the Archimedes statue, which is bronze when they remember it being granite. They realise if that is different, other things could be too.
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At the very end, someone greets Vincent, who compliments them on their 40's costume. The two chat a bit, and the stranger mentions that he's looking for Allison Blake. The camera pans up to show that Dr Grant somehow came back time travelled with the gang.

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* BigDamnKiss: Between Jack and Allison, to "I'll Be Seeing You" at the army base's dance as they go back to 2010.
* ChekhovsGun: After Jack is picked up by Dr Grant in his car, he doesn't realise he's back in time and comments on the baseball game thinking it's a recording, accurately predicting the score of one historical (to him) player. Later, when Dr Grant hears a news program discussing the match outcome, he realises that strange hitchhiker he picked up may not have been a spy after all...
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Carter and Dr Grant switch jackets to avoid Carter being recognised as the presumed-spy who was arrested earlier. As the gang prepare to travel back to the future, Jack and Allison realise that Jack's phone was in his jacket. The focus is understandably on Jack potentially being stranded, so no one that Dr Grant ''does'' have the phone, and could end up in the future with them...
* InspectorJavert:



* ShoutOut: To Franchise/{{Terminator}}. Fargo claims he landed in the past the same way Terminator did.

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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To Franchise/{{Terminator}}. Fargo claims he landed in the past the same way Terminator did.did.
** Fargo activates the magnesium he and Jo are breaking the prison lock with by peeing on it... [[GroinAttack with unpleasant consequences]]. Later, Jo says, "He stepped up," referring to Joey offering to pee on Monica's jellyfish sting in ''Series/{{Friends}}''.


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* WhamShot: At the very end, someone greets Vincent, who compliments them on their 40's costume. The two chat a bit, and the stranger mentions that he's looking for Allison Blake. The camera pans up to show that Dr Grant somehow came back with the gang.
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** Jo tells Zane she'll marry him...only for his mocking reply making her realize they've never dated.

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** Jo tells Zane she'll marry him...only for his mocking reply making her realize they've never dated.dated.
* YankTheDogsChain:
** At last, Carter and Allison decide to get together...then Carter discovers he never broke up with Tess.
** Jo overcomes her fears to accept Zane's marriage proposal...then learns in the new timeline, not only have they never dated, but as far as he's concerned, they hate each other.
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* ShoutOut: To Franchise/{{Terminator}}. Frago claims he landed in the past the same way Terminator did.

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* ShoutOut: To Franchise/{{Terminator}}. Frago Fargo claims he landed in the past the same way Terminator did.



** Joe tells Zane she'll marry him...only for his mocking reply making her realize they've never dated.

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** Joe Jo tells Zane she'll marry him...only for his mocking reply making her realize they've never dated.
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* TimeTravel: Jack, Henry, Allison, Fargo and Jo travel back to 1947.

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* TimeTravel: Jack, Henry, Allison, Fargo and Jo travel back to 1947.1947.
* WhamLine: Combined with WhamShot as the final scene has the gang realizing how their actions have affected the timeline:
** Carter returns home to discover Tess, who appears to have been living there for some time and realizes they never broke up.
** Allison comes home to find Kevin speaking normally with no signs of autism.
** Henry finds a strange woman in his garage who hands him a wedding ring.
** Joe tells Zane she'll marry him...only for his mocking reply making her realize they've never dated.
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* {{Badass}}: Jo beats up a bunch of soldiers and causes an explosion.
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!Synopsis
During the Founder's Day celebration, Jack, Allison, Fargo, Henry, and Jo somehow end up in 1947, in the middle of the army base that existed before Eureka was founded. They must find a way home before they change history or get caught.
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* {{Badass}}: Jo beats up a bunch of soldiers and causes an explosion.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Fargo was naked when he travelled back.
* RejectedMarriageProposal: Sort of. Jo freezes when Zane proposes, which he takes as rejection.
* ShoutOut: To Franchise/{{Terminator}}. Frago claims he landed in the past the same way Terminator did.
* TimeTravel: Jack, Henry, Allison, Fargo and Jo travel back to 1947.

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