History Recap / QuantumLeapS4E07TheWrongStuff

->'''Al''': What about the Quantum rules? You have to at least pretend that you are who you leap into.
->'''Sam''': That’s if I’m a human. I’m not a human, I’m a chimp! We don’t have rules for chimps, do we?
->'''Al''': You can’t get off on a technicality.
->'''Sam''': Okay, wise guy, then what am I here to do?
->'''Al''': Join the circus.

* RaceAgainstTheClock: After getting hit with a tranquilizer dart, Sam is strapped into Dr. Winger's head-impact test, and (with Al's prodding to get him to wake back up) only has almost a minute to get out of the seat before he is struck with 5000 lbs. of force.

->'''Sam''': How did I get here like this?
->'''Al''': Well, we know that chimps are our closest relatives. That genetically, they’re 99% identical to us. As a matter of fact, they’re so close that you could even share your blood with a chimp.
->'''Sam''': I’m in the body of a chimp. That’s too close!

** After it turns out that Sam (and Cory) were being cut from the program, Al reluctantly informs Sam that Ziggy managed to get a hold of some information: an autopsy report concerning "Chimp #52" dying from massive head trauma. And Sam recognizes he's wearing a "#52" dog tag...
* ScienceMarchesOn: Dr. Ashton states that chimpanzees cannot swim. In the setting of 1961 (and even when it was filmed in 1991) the consensus among primatologists was that chimps can’t swim due to lacking the body fat necessary to maintain buoyancy. It wasn’t until around the turn of the 21st Century that chimps were observed swimming in the wild. While their bodies are not ideal for swimming, they can do it.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: This is the only episode of the series where Sam leaps into an animal.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Discussed: Between the two of them, only Al sees any humor in Sam leaping into a monkey.

* RealityEnsues: Discussed: Al points out that if Sam shows the researchers that he can write, he’s likely to get his brain dissected. [[NotSoDire Ultimately defied]] as, when Sam gives the researchers the note he made, they assume it is part of a prank.

* RaceAgainstTime: After getting hit with a tranquilizer dart, Sam is strapped into Dr. Winger's head-impact test, and (with Al's prodding to get him to wake back up) only has almost a minute to get out of the seat before he is struck with 5000 lbs. of force.

* RealityEnsues: Discussed (before the fact) – Al points out that if Sam shows the researchers that he can write, he’s likely to get his brain dissected. Ultimately defied as, when Sam gives the researchers the note he made, they assume it is part of a prank.

* MimingTheCues: In order to tell Dr. Ashton that Cory was taken by Dr. Winger for head-impact studies, Sam has to more or less play charades to get her to understand: pointing towards an open door[[note]]"Someone took her?"[[/note]], grabbing her name tag[[note]]"Doctor took her?"[[/note]] and wedding ring[[note]]"Doctor, ring... Doctor... Doctor Winger took her?"[[/note]], and (when Dr. Ashton asks why Cory was taken) slapping his head[[note]]"Head?"[[/note]], then banging it against his cage[[note]]"Head impact?!"[[/note]].

* MoodWhiplash: After the montage of Sam trying and failing to successfully complete experiments to determine if he can be sent into space, we have Dr. Winger informing Leslie that Bobo and Cory are being cut from the program... and Al informing Sam that Ziggy discovered an autopsy report concerning Bobo's death...

* TalkingAnimal: Averted – People can’t hear Sam speaking English, they only hear Bobo’s vocalization of grunts and primate chattering.

* BabiesEverAfter: After changing history, Bobo and Corey had a baby. Sam is grateful that he won't have to be around for that.

* LaserGuidedKarma: After spending the episode hassling the chimps, Corey picks up a discarded tranq gun and darts the jerk airman in right in the butt.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Upon learning from Ziggy about the cocktails the scientists give to the chimps[[note]]More sppecifically that they contain caterpillars[[/note]], Al rushes to Sam to warn him... only to learn Sam ''already'' found out what's in them.

* OhCrap: Sam leaps in thinking he’s about to be shot into space. Luckily, it was just a simulator.

* BatmanGrabsAGun: Downplayed: after barely managing to avoid getting killed by 5000 lbs. in a head trauma experiment, Al instructs Sam to grab a ''tranquilizer'' gun.

->'''Al''': They should do an impact study on ''that'' ape.

* BreatherEpisode: Given the episodes that preceded[[note]]the drama-heavy "Raped"[[/note]] and followed[[note]]the borderline psychologcial horror "Dreams"[[/note]], the episode that sees Sam leap into a chimpanzee and has to save another is considerably lighter in tone.

* TalkingAnimal: Averted – People can’t hear Sam speaking English, they only hear the Bobo’s vocalization of grunts and primate chattering.

* LaserGuidedKarma: After spending the episode hassling the chimps, Corey picks up a discarded tranq gun and darts him in right in the butt.

* RealityEnsues: Discussed (before the fact) – Al points out that if Sam shows the researchers that he can write, he’s likely to get his brain dissected.