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* ContinuityNod: Crais is shocked when he wakes up and sees Aeryn

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* ContinuityNod: Crais is shocked when he wakes up and sees AerynAeryn, having attended her funeral at the start of the season.

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* AssholeVictim
** Tolven's EstablishingCharacterMoment is involves him waiting impatiently for several entire seconds for someone to remove his cloak, then going on to piss off Chiana of all people by leering over her.
** Crichton suggests severing Crais's neural link in the hope that it will cure Tayln. Stark gives an evil giggle and says he already tried that (unfortunatley Talyn nearly died instead).



* CallBack: The recording of Xhalax depicts the meeting that Aeryn [[Recap/FarscapeS01E22FamilyTies once described]].

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The recording of Xhalax depicts the meeting that Aeryn [[Recap/FarscapeS01E22FamilyTies once described]].



** While bluffing the leadership, one of the Crichtons notes how Talyn previously destroyed [[Recap/FarscapeS02E21LiarsGunsAndMoneyPlanB a Shadow Depository]].



* ContinuityNod: While bluffing the leadership, one of the Crichtons notes how Talyn previously destroyed [[Recap/FarscapeS02E21LiarsGunsAndMoneyPlanB a Shadow Depository]].

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* ContinuityNod: While bluffing the leadership, one of the Crichtons notes how Talyn previously destroyed [[Recap/FarscapeS02E21LiarsGunsAndMoneyPlanB a Shadow Depository]].Crais is shocked when he wakes up and sees Aeryn


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* FoodAsBribe: Jool is grouchy because she's hungry, there's nothing sweet to eat on the ship, and she's stuck looking after Crais. Green-John wants her to put aside this to do a tissue analysis to prove which one of them is the 'real' John Crichton.
-->'''Jool:''' And I why should I do your selfish and unnecessary work?
-->'''Crichton:''' Because I know where Rygel stashes his womilyn cake...and it's sweeter than the sweet thang, [[ShipTease sweet thang]].
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Things aren't helped by the reputation of our anti-heroes having preceded them.


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Right after being told they need the approval of the notoriously xenophobic Security Director to buy any chromextin, D'Argo beats up a guy who's hassling Chiana...who happens to be said Director.
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* LivingLieDetector: The planet's leadership has an aquatic alien that fulfills this purpose. It's placed on the person's head; it'll remain calm if it hears the truth, but it snarls if it hears a lie and eventually stabs the person in the forehead if the lies persist.

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* LivingLieDetector: The planet's leadership has strannat, an aquatic alien that fulfills this purpose. purpose for the local ruler. It's placed on the person's head; it'll head and will remain calm if it hears the truth, but it snarls if it hears a lie and eventually stabs the person in the forehead if the lies persist.
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* YouCantHandleTheParody:

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* YouCantHandleTheParody: The joke doesn't work if they haven't heard of Creator/JackNicholson.
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** Crichton presents his VerbalBusinessCard as "John Crichton, Literature/WizardOfOz."

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** Crichton presents his VerbalBusinessCard as "John Crichton, Literature/WizardOfOz.[[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Wizard of Oz]]."

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* TheStarscream: Tolven actually isn't loyal to his father, despite claims to the contrary.
* TooDumbToLive: Tolven would rather lie about being loyal to his father than admit the truth. It gets him killed.

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* TheStarscream: ** When Tolven actually isn't loyal to his father, despite claims to demands the contrary.
truth, Crichton can't resist quoting ''Film/AFewGoodMen''.
* TooDumbToLive: Tolven would rather lie about [[TheStarscream being loyal to his father father]] than admit the truth. It gets him killed.


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* TheTriple: Crichton completes his self-interrogation via the strannat with a SublimeRhyme. "Cross my heart, smack me dead, stick a lobster on my head!"


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* YouCantHandleTheParody:
-->'''Tolven:''' I want the truth.\\
'''Crichton:''' You can't handle the... [[PopculturalOsmosisFailure never mind]].

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* HonorBeforeReason:
** The Crichton in the black shirt is gravely injured in the explosion. The Crichton in the green shirt agrees to give him a transfusion, despite how much easier him dying would make his own life.
** Tolven would rather lie about being loyal to his father than admit the truth. It gets him killed.


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* TooDumbToLive: Tolven would rather lie about being loyal to his father than admit the truth. It gets him killed.


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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: The Crichton in the black shirt is gravely injured in the explosion. The Crichton in the green shirt agrees to give him a transfusion, despite how much easier him dying would make his own life.
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** Crichton presents his VerbalBusinessCard as "John Crichton, Literature/WizardOfOz."
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* BatmanGambit: Faced with the planet's defenses, one of the Crichtons proposes bluffing the leadership into standing down. Talyn descends from the clouds and aims his cannon at them.

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* BatmanGambit: AppealToForce: Faced with the planet's defenses, one of the Crichtons proposes bluffing the leadership into standing down. Talyn descends from the clouds and aims his cannon at them.

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* AnyoneCanDie: The most prominent guest stars (Tolven, Sarova, and their father) are all dead by the end of the episode.



* KillEmAll: The most prominent guest stars (Tolven, Sarova, and their father) are all dead by the end of the episode.
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* ARottenTimeToRevert: Having managed to force Moya off Kanvia and back into space, the Corlata reverts to his true form in a horrific sequence... only for a pedestrian to walk in on his hiding place at exactly the wrong time. The fully reverted Corlata is able to kill the witness before the alarm can be sounded, but with all the chaos that's already been stirred up on the planet, he has to make a hasty exit in the company of his commander before anyone finds the body.
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** Crichton references the last time [[Recap/FarscapeS02E10MyThreeCrichtons he was duplicated.]]
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* CainAndAbel: Tolven is the Cain to Sarova's Abel. Their father decreed that they would be co-rulers after he dies, but Sarova doesn't trust Tolven to abide by the agreement. In the immediate aftermath of the bombing, Sarova suspects Tolven is responsible, though it turns out to be the mercenary tracker.



* CaptainObvious: As D'Argo carries the Crichton in the black shirt, he has no time for Jool pointing out that the guy is bleeding.



* InternalReveal: Crais learns that Aeryn is alive again.



* MightyRoar: The mercenary tracker does this after killing the guy that stumbled onto the WhamShot.



* PainfulTransformation: "Sarova" screams during the transformation back into the mercenary tracker. Given the FacialHorror and convulsing, this was to be expected.



* WrongGenreSavvy: Zig-Zagged. The crew suspects Tolven of planting the bomb to try to kill his sister and trying to spoil the deal. He actually has nothing to do with the attack, but he's also not as loyal to the family as he claimed.

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* WrongGenreSavvy: Zig-Zagged. The crew suspects Tolven of planting the bomb to try to kill his sister and trying to spoil the deal. He actually has nothing to do with the attack, but he's also not as loyal to the family as he claimed.claimed.
* YouHaveFailedMe: The mercenary tracker expects this since the crew was still able to party heal Talyn and got away. Xhalax averts it, telling the tracker to just get moving.
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* NotSoDifferent: The two Crichtons are an obvious case, which annoys both of them constantly.
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* CallBack: The recording of Xhalax depicts the meeting that Aeryn [[Recap/FarscapeS01E22FamilyTies once described]].
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* DemonicHeadShake: The Corlata mercenary does this while changing back to its default form.


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* ShapeshifterDefaultForm: The Corlata mercenary's actual form is crimson red and reptilian.


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* TransformationHorror: When the Corlata's disguise is no longer needed, it changes back in a [[BodyHorror truly]] [[FacialHorror horrific]] [[DemonicHeadShake manner]].
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* FacialHorror: "Sarova" turning back into the mercenary involves "her" face distorting horrifically.
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* BullyingADrsgon: Tolven goes out of his way to harass Moya’s crew, and at one point attempts to kill them. Though the ending leaves it ambiguous as to how much of the attempts on their lives was him or Xhalax Sun. Predictably, he gets himself killed.

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* BullyingADrsgon: BullyingADragon: Tolven goes out of his way to harass Moya’s crew, and at one point attempts to kill them.them in spite of (and in fact because of) their reputation. Though the ending leaves it ambiguous as to how much of the attempts on their lives was him or Xhalax Sun. Predictably, he gets himself killed.
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* BullyingADrsgon: Tolven goes out of his way to harass Moya’s crew, and at one point attempts to kill them. Though the ending leaves it ambiguous as to how much of the attempts on their lives was him or Xhalax Sun. Predictably, he gets himself killed.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: A waitress hands Crichton a dildo-like device. Crichton wants to know if this is a proposition. Chiana takes it off his hands and twists it into a mouth and earpiece, as it's actually a telephone.

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* BatmanGambit: Faced with the planet's defenses, one of the Crichtons proposes bluffing the leadership into standing down. Talyn descends from the clouds and aims his cannon at them.



* CloningBlues

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* CloningBluesCloningBlues: The running theme. The two Crichtons are aghast at having to share the same life all of a sudden.



* ContinuityNod: While bluffing the leadership, one of the Crichtons notes how Talyn previously destroyed [[Recap/FarscapeS02E21LiarsGunsAndMoneyPlanB a Shadow Depository]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Tolven going out of his way to harass Chiana.
* ExactWords: John Crichton did have a secret meeting with Sarova; it just depends on which John Crichton you're talking about.
* HonorBeforeReason:
** The Crichton in the black shirt is gravely injured in the explosion. The Crichton in the green shirt agrees to give him a transfusion, despite how much easier him dying would make his own life.
** Tolven would rather lie about being loyal to his father than admit the truth. It gets him killed.



* KillEmAll: The most prominent guest stars (Tolven, Sarova, and their father) are all dead by the end of the episode.
* LivingLieDetector: The planet's leadership has an aquatic alien that fulfills this purpose. It's placed on the person's head; it'll remain calm if it hears the truth, but it snarls if it hears a lie and eventually stabs the person in the forehead if the lies persist.



* NotMeThisTime:
** After the big mess with Tolven in TheTeaser, Chiana insists she didn't start it.
** After waking up on Moya and being questioned, Crais insists that he and Talyn were not the aggressors.
* NotSoDifferent: The two Crichtons are an obvious case, which annoys both of them constantly.



* TheReveal:
** The reason Talyn was adrift in the previous episode is revealed to be because of a Peacekeeper Retrieval Squad commanded by Aeryn's mother.
** It wasn't Sarova in the scenes after the bomb went off; it was a mercenary tracker who had taken her form.



** Crichton, while naming various alien villains, namedrops the [[Film/TheDarkCrystal Skeksis]]. May not be a surprise, since both ''Farscape'' and ''Dark Crystal'' are produced by Henson Company. It doubles as a CallBack to "[[Recap/FarscapeS02E09OutOfTheirMinds Out of their Minds]]," as the Halosians bore a strong resemblance to the Skeksis.

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** Crichton, while naming various alien villains, namedrops the [[Film/TheDarkCrystal Skeksis]]. May not be a surprise, since both ''Farscape'' and ''Dark Crystal'' are produced by Henson Company. It doubles as a CallBack to "[[Recap/FarscapeS02E09OutOfTheirMinds Out of their Minds]]," as the Halosians bore a strong resemblance to the Skeksis.Skeksis.
* TheStarscream: Tolven actually isn't loyal to his father, despite claims to the contrary.
* TwinSwitch: The Crichton in the black shirt is saved after the explosion, but he's too weak and injured to continue dealing with the planet's leadership. The Crichton in the green shirt fills in, which helps discredit Tolven's claims as he's not injured and can honestly say he never had a secret meeting with Sarova.
* WhamShot: "Sarova" morphing in the mercenary tracker.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Zig-Zagged. The crew suspects Tolven of planting the bomb to try to kill his sister and trying to spoil the deal. He actually has nothing to do with the attack, but he's also not as loyal to the family as he claimed.
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** Crichton, while naming various alien villains, namedrops the [[Film/TheDarkCrystal Skeksis]]. May not be a surprise, since both ''Farscape'' and ''Dark Crystal'' are produced by Henson Company.

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** Crichton, while naming various alien villains, namedrops the [[Film/TheDarkCrystal Skeksis]]. May not be a surprise, since both ''Farscape'' and ''Dark Crystal'' are produced by Henson Company. It doubles as a CallBack to "[[Recap/FarscapeS02E09OutOfTheirMinds Out of their Minds]]," as the Halosians bore a strong resemblance to the Skeksis.

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* ShoutOut: The disabled Pralanoth and his manipulative daughter Sarova are [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of General Sternwood and his daughter Carmen from ''Literature/TheBigSleep''.

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The disabled Pralanoth and his manipulative daughter Sarova are [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of General Sternwood and his daughter Carmen from ''Literature/TheBigSleep''.''Literature/TheBigSleep''.
** Crichton, while naming various alien villains, namedrops the [[Film/TheDarkCrystal Skeksis]]. May not be a surprise, since both ''Farscape'' and ''Dark Crystal'' are produced by Henson Company.
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* KillAndReplace: The mercenary tracker does this to Sarova after the bombing attempt.
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* ColorCodedCharacters: Aeryn gives one Crichton a black shirt and the other green so everyone can tell them apart.

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* ColorCodedCharacters: Aeryn gives one Crichton a black shirt and the other green so everyone can tell them apart.apart.
* NoirEpisode: The plot, characters and perpetually rain-lashed city all refer to the genre.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Tolven is introduced aggressively hitting on Chiana and treating her like a prostitute.
* ShoutOut: The disabled Pralanoth and his manipulative daughter Sarova are [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of General Sternwood and his daughter Carmen from ''Literature/TheBigSleep''.
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Aeryn gives one Crichton a black shirt and the other green so everyone can tell them apart.

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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: ColorCodedCharacters: Aeryn gives one Crichton a black shirt and the other green so everyone can tell them apart.
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Aeryn gives one Crichton a black shirt and the other green so everyone can tell them apart.

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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Aeryn gives one Crichton a black shirt and the other green so everyone can tell them apart.

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!Tropes present in this episode include:
* BreakingTheFellowship: The crew is forced to split up at the end of the episode. The next ten episodes alternate between each group (save a two-parter for the Talyn group) before reuniting in [[Recap/FarscapeS03E18Fractures "Fractures"]].
* CloningBlues
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Aeryn gives one Crichton a black shirt and the other green so everyone can tell them apart.
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Moya and Talyn recuperate in orbit about a politically tumultuous planet where they must negotiate with its xenophobic inhabitants for chromextin vital to their living ships' repair. When one of the planet's leaders is nearly assassinated while meeting with one of the Chrichtons, the other Chrichton undergoes a potentially fatal lie detector test in order to aid in the negotiations. When the crew discovers that a Peacekeeper retrieval squad is coming for Talyn, the ships and the crew are forced to separate and head off into different parts of the Uncharted Territories: Crais, Aeryn, Stark, Rygel and one of the Crichtons aboard Talyn, and D'Argo, Chiana, Jool and the other Crichton aboard Moya.

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Moya and Talyn recuperate in orbit about a politically tumultuous planet where they must negotiate with its xenophobic inhabitants for chromextin vital to their living ships' repair. When one of the planet's leaders is nearly assassinated while meeting with one of the Chrichtons, Crichtons, the other Chrichton Crichton undergoes a potentially fatal lie detector test in order to aid in the negotiations. When the crew discovers that a Peacekeeper retrieval squad is coming for Talyn, the ships and the crew are forced to separate and head off into different parts of the Uncharted Territories: Crais, Aeryn, Stark, Rygel and one of the Crichtons aboard Talyn, and D'Argo, Chiana, Jool and the other Crichton aboard Moya.
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Moya and Talyn recuperate in orbit about a politically tumultuous planet. When the crew discovers that a Peacekeeper retrieval squad is coming for Talyn, the ships and the crew are forced to separate and head off into different parts of the Uncharted Territories: Crais, Aeryn, Stark, Rygel and one of the Crichtons aboard Talyn, and D'Argo, Chiana, Jool and the other Crichton aboard Moya.

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Moya and Talyn recuperate in orbit about a politically tumultuous planet.planet where they must negotiate with its xenophobic inhabitants for chromextin vital to their living ships' repair. When one of the planet's leaders is nearly assassinated while meeting with one of the Chrichtons, the other Chrichton undergoes a potentially fatal lie detector test in order to aid in the negotiations. When the crew discovers that a Peacekeeper retrieval squad is coming for Talyn, the ships and the crew are forced to separate and head off into different parts of the Uncharted Territories: Crais, Aeryn, Stark, Rygel and one of the Crichtons aboard Talyn, and D'Argo, Chiana, Jool and the other Crichton aboard Moya.

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