History Recap / StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E01ApocalypseRising

** A disguised O'Brien and Changeling!Martok meet and speak of a battle that happened during the Klingon Civil War.

* StunnedSilence: Kira screws with Dukat pretty good when she tells him she's pregnant with O'Brien's kid--making sure to purposely leave out the bit about having it transferred from Keiko. Poor Dukat is at a rare loss for words.

* MythologyGag: This episode marks the second time Rene Auberjonois appears as a character disguised as a Klingon, after [[spoiler:Starfleet Colonel West]] in ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry''. Amusingly, their characters had opposite motivations. In ''Star Trek VI'', [[spoiler:West]] was trying to ''start'' a war between the Klingon Empire and the Federation. In this episode, Odo is trying to stop the Klingon/Federation War.

* YouLookFamiliar: InUniverse--Changeling!Martok almost recognizes O'Brien under his Klingon makeup, and then successfully recognizes Sisko.

--> '''Sisko: "BRAG ALL YOU WANT, BUT DON'T GET BETWEEN ME AND THE BLOODWINE!"'''

* CurbStompBattle: Worf pretty quickly has Gowron on the ropes during their duel, and is on the verge of killing him (after managing to shatter Gowron's bat'leth) before Odo is able to out Martok as the Changeling. A nice bit of {{Foreshadowing}} to when Worf will ''actually'' duel Gowron to the death during the series finale; when it finally happens, he manages to kill Gowron fairly quickly. Justified because Gowron is a politician, not a warrior.

* WhamLine: "''Martok's'' the changeling!"

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Did Gowron destroy the polaron emitters, or did ''you''?

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Did Gorwron destroy the polaron emitters, or did ''you''?

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Changeling!Martok's refusal to challenge Gowron to honorable combat, and his confusion over why Worf is fighting him with a bat'leth [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim instead of just shooting him]], allow Odo to figure him out.

* {{Beam Spam}}/{{More Dakka}}: When the Changeling is revealed, every Klingon with a clear line of fire pulls out their disruptor and doesn't stop shooting until it ''[[DefeatEqualsExplosion explodes]]''. Qualifies as both tropes because, while the disruptor pistols are energy weapons, they fire distinct bolts instead of continuous beams.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Or at least WorthyOpponent of another story. This is a ceremony for honoring [[ProudWarriorRace Klingon]] [[UpToEleven war heroes]]. Every Klingon attending the ceremony is by definition a {{Badass}} except possibly the caterers and service staff. Or, knowing Klingons, possibly not even [[BattleButler that exception.]]

* RealLifeWritesThePlot / RealitySubtext: When Kira says to Bashir (Referring to her pregnancy) "But don't forget, this... is still your fault" this is the writers nod to the fact that actor Alexander Siddig is the father of Nana Visitor's baby and therefore the cause of her pregnancy in real life in addition to the show.

* ScrewTheWarWerePartying: The Klingons are partying pretty enthusiastically but then they are partying specifically [[BloodKnight about war.]] Quark's bar is a subversion on the other hand as business is dropping because of the war.

-->'''"BRAG ALL YOU WANT, BUT DON'T GET BETWEEN ME AND [[DrinkingContest THE BLOODWINE]]!"'''
-->Captain Sisko

* CallBack: [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS03E14HeartOfStone Ensign Vilix'pran]] is mentioned to be [[MrSeahorse having another litter of kids]]. He also apparently got promoted to lieutenant in the span between episodes.

* ScrewTheWarWerePartying: The Klingons are partying pretty enthusiastically but then they are partying specifically [[BloodKnight about war.]] Quarks bar is a subversion on the other hand as business is dropping because of the war.

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: When smuggling the infiltrators in, Dukat's ship is challenged by a picket ship. The plan was to send over a premade holographic disguise but the mechanism fails. Dukat says effectively,"To heck with that" and fires a photon torpedo destroying the ship.

* {{Beam Spam}}/{{More Dakka}}: When the Changeling is revealed, every Klingon with a clear line of fire pulls out their disruptor and doesn't stop shooting until it [[DefeatEqualsExplosion ''explodes'']]. Qualifies as both tropes because, while the disruptor pistols are energy weapons, they fire distinct bolts instead of continuous beams.

-->''Brag All you want, but don't get between me and [[DrinkingContest The Bloodwine.]]