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* ADayInTheLimelight: This is the first time we see what Tendi's life was like before Starfleet, along with some more of her personal interests and the foundation of her insecurities.



* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Mariner will date ''anything'', as long as it can be characterized as "bad".



** Boimler is desperate to meet Lt. Tom Paris. But when he finally reaches the bridge, he's such a mess Paris thinks he's a Kazon warrior and beats the crap out of him. (On the other hand, Boimler thinks that the black eye is ''better'' than an autograph.)

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** Boimler is desperate to meet Lt. Tom Paris. But when he finally reaches the bridge, he's such a mess Paris thinks he's a Kazon warrior and beats the crap out of him. (On the other hand, Boimler thinks that the black eye is ''better'' than an autograph.autograph, and Tom took him out for drinks to apologize.)



** Shax once again calls Rutherford "Baby Bear," as he has since the latter temporarily joined the security team.

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** Shax Shaxs once again calls Rutherford "Baby Bear," as he has since the latter temporarily joined the security team.



* ADayInTheLimelight: This is the first time we see what Tendi's life was like before Starfleet, along with some more of her personal interests and the foundation of her insecurities.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Tendi induces a temporary skin color change in Mariner so she looks like an Orion. After the novelty of going undercover wears off, Mariner comments that it's a little uncomfortable and asks Tendi not to take any pictures. When it wears off at an inopportune moment, the locals form an angry mob, accusing her of wearing "false green". In essence, it's an alien version of {{Blackface}}.



* HeroWorship: Boimler is a huge Tom Paris fanboy, along with the rest of the Voyager crew.
* HonorBeforeReason: Boimler refuses to just correct the mistake with his user profile that is denying him access to the ship, instead trying to bypass the doors entirely.

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* HeroWorship: Boimler is a huge Tom Paris fanboy, along with the rest of the Voyager ''Voyager'' crew.
* HonorBeforeReason: Boimler refuses to just correct the mistake with his user profile that is denying him access to the ship, instead trying to bypass the doors entirely. He only gets it fixed after managing to work his way to the Bridge and getting a beating from Tom Paris because he looks like a Kazon.



* LastNameBasis: This is given a lampshade when Mariner is shocked to hear Tendi's first name, having never heard her first name over the course of their duties and just assumed she had OnlyOneName like Odo.



* LimitedAdvancementOpportunities: ''Lieutenant'' Tom Paris, who spent seven years in the Delta Quadrant and lived to tell the tale, remains at the rank he held on the last episode of ''Voyager'' -- despite Captain Janeway having canonically been promoted to Admiral. ...Of course, jokes abound that she was KickedUpstairs, which you wouldn't do to a lieutenant. (''VOY'' was also notorious for how Ensign Harry Kim was treated as a senior officer despite ''his'' lack of promotion.)
** In fairness, the rank Tom Paris held on ''Voyager'' was lieutenant ''junior grade''. Here, he's clearly been promoted to full lieutenant.

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* LimitedAdvancementOpportunities: ''Lieutenant'' Tom Paris, who spent seven years in the Delta Quadrant and lived to tell the tale, remains at the rank he held on has only advanced from Lieutenant ''junior grade'' since the last episode of ''Voyager'' -- despite Captain Janeway having canonically been promoted to Admiral. ...Admiral. Of course, jokes abound that she was KickedUpstairs, which you wouldn't do to a lieutenant. (''VOY'' was also notorious for how Ensign Harry Kim was treated as a senior officer despite ''his'' lack of promotion.)
** In fairness, the rank Tom Paris held on ''Voyager'' was lieutenant ''junior grade''. Here, he's clearly been promoted to full lieutenant.
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** ''Star Trek'''s sliding doors inspired the automatic ones we take for granted at supermarkets today, but on-set they were partially operated by hand, and the blooper reels are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPHkeQ58_pQ full]] of actors running into them because they didn't open properly or closed too early. This "feature" of their operation becomes canonized as part of Boimler's travails, in that the doors open in response to specific people rather than motion-detection or another automatic mechanism.

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** ''Star Trek'''s sliding doors inspired the automatic ones we take for granted at supermarkets today, but on-set they were partially operated by hand, hand to avoid distractions during scenes, and the blooper reels are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPHkeQ58_pQ full]] of actors running into them because they didn't open properly or closed too early. This "feature" of their operation becomes canonized as part of Boimler's travails, in that the doors open in response to specific people rather than motion-detection or another automatic mechanism.



* RammingAlwaysWorks: Played with. Mariner sets a collision course for the ''Cerritos'' at full speed, only to bounce off the ship's shields. However, Mariner never expected to do any damage to the ''Cerritos''; she merely wanted an excuse for the damage to the mating post.

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* RammingAlwaysWorks: Played with. Mariner sets a collision course for the ''Cerritos'' at full speed, only to bounce off the ship's shields.shields, denting the unshielded shuttlecraft. However, Mariner never expected to do any damage to the ''Cerritos''; she merely wanted an excuse for the damage to the mating post.



* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: No one on the ''Cerritos'' except Rutherford and Lt. Cody react to Shaxs coming BackFromTheDead. Even Boimler and Mariner don't think it's that big of a deal. This could be seen as a TakeThatUs on incidents where main cast Star Trek characters coming back from the dead.

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* ThrowTheDogABone: Boimler is treated like an intruder by the ship, nearly killed twice in his trip through the Jefferies tubes, and finally gets the crap beaten out of him by Tom Paris because he looks like a Kazon after the ordeal. On the plus side, he's actually happy to have been beaten up by ''the'' Tom Paris and gets to have drinks with him as an apology.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: No one on the ''Cerritos'' except Rutherford and Lt. Cody react to Shaxs coming BackFromTheDead. Even Boimler and Mariner don't think it's that big of a deal. This could be seen as a TakeThatUs on incidents where main cast Star Trek ''Star Trek'' characters coming come back from the dead.
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* {{Technobabble}}: Boimler clarifies that Tom Paris "turning into a salamander" was nothing more than a "celerity-induced accelerate somatic mutation rate."
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** In fairness, the rank Tom Paris held on ''Voyager'' was lieutenant ''junior grade''. Here, he's clearly been promoted to full lieutenant.
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** Shax once again calls Rutherford "Baby Bear," as he did when he sacrificed himself for him.

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** Shax once again calls Rutherford "Baby Bear," as he did when he sacrificed himself for him.has since the latter temporarily joined the security team.



* HeroWorship: Boimler is a huge Tom Paris fanboy.

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* HeroWorship: Boimler is a huge Tom Paris fanboy.fanboy, along with the rest of the Voyager crew.
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** To get money to fix the libido post, Mariner and Tendi visit Starbase Earhart, [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E14Tapestry where Ensign Jean-Luc Picard was stationed and also had a nasty run-in with Nausicaans over a game of dom-jot]].
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** Shax once again calls Rutherford "Baby Bear," as he did when he sacrificed himself for him.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: No one on the ''Cerritos'' except Rutherford and Lt. Cody react to Shaxs coming BackFromTheDead. Even Boimler and Mariner don't think it's that big of a deal. This could be seen as a TakeThatUs on incidents where main cast star trek characters coming back from the dead.

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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: No one on the ''Cerritos'' except Rutherford and Lt. Cody react to Shaxs coming BackFromTheDead. Even Boimler and Mariner don't think it's that big of a deal. This could be seen as a TakeThatUs on incidents where main cast star trek Star Trek characters coming back from the dead.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: No one on the ''Cerritos'' except Rutherford and Lt. Cody react to Shaxs coming BackFromTheDead. Even Boimler and Mariner don't think it's that big of a deal. This could be seen as a TakeThat on incidents where main cast star trek characters coming back from the dead.

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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: No one on the ''Cerritos'' except Rutherford and Lt. Cody react to Shaxs coming BackFromTheDead. Even Boimler and Mariner don't think it's that big of a deal. This could be seen as a TakeThat TakeThatUs on incidents where main cast star trek characters coming back from the dead.
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* AllForNothing: All the time and effort Beckett and Tendi went to trying to fix T'Ana's broken Caitian libido post was for nothing, as the doctor was [[KidsLoveBoxes more interested in the box]] it was shipped in.

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* AllForNothing: All the time and effort Beckett and Tendi went to trying to fix T'Ana's broken Caitian libido post was for nothing, as the doctor was [[KidsLoveBoxes [[KidsPreferBoxes more interested in the box]] it was shipped in.
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* AllForNothing: All the time and effort Beckett and Tendi went to trying to fix T'Ana's broken Caitian libido post was for nothing, as the doctor was more interested in the box it was shipped in.

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* AllForNothing: All the time and effort Beckett and Tendi went to trying to fix T'Ana's broken Caitian libido post was for nothing, as the doctor was [[KidsLoveBoxes more interested in the box box]] it was shipped in.
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** One of the undead Shaxs' in Rutherford's NightmareSequence is dressed like Abraham Lincoln (''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E22TheSavageCurtain The Savage Curtain]]"). Another claims he was revived by a microscopic civilization (like the Terratins from "[[Recap/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeriesS1E11TheTerratinIncident The Terratin Incident]]"). Yet another exclaims "What was the deal with [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise T'Pol's]] hair for that one year?"

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** One of the undead Shaxs' Shaxses in Rutherford's NightmareSequence is dressed like Abraham Lincoln (''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E22TheSavageCurtain The Savage Curtain]]"). Another claims he was revived by a microscopic civilization (like the Terratins from "[[Recap/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeriesS1E11TheTerratinIncident The Terratin Incident]]"). Yet another exclaims "What was the deal with [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise T'Pol's]] hair for that one year?"



* ItsAllMyFault: Rutherford's memories might be spotty, but he ''does'' remember Shaxs' HeroicSacrifice and blames himself for it. Shaxs assures him that it is not his fault.

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* ItsAllMyFault: Rutherford's memories might be spotty, but he ''does'' remember Shaxs' Shaxs's HeroicSacrifice and blames himself for it. Shaxs assures him that it is not his fault.



* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: The secret of Shaxs' resurrection is something the rest of the bridge crew wants to keep secret, because it's so horrible it fundamentally changes your view of reality.

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* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: The secret of Shaxs' Shaxs's resurrection is something the rest of the bridge crew wants to keep secret, because it's so horrible it fundamentally changes your view of reality.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: Caitans go into what is obviously heat once a year, along with several other hormonal imbalances.

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* BizarreAlienBiology: Caitans Caitians go into what is obviously heat once a year, along with several other hormonal imbalances.

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** Some of the neon signs visible on Qualor 2 are advertisements for [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Quark's Bar and the Vic Fontaine lounge]].



** Some of the neon signs visible on Qualor 2 are advertisements for [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Quark's Bar and the Vic Fontaine lounge]].

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* ADayInTheLimelight: This is the first time we see what Tendi's life was like before Starfleet, along with some more of her personal interests and the foundation of her insecurities.



** Boimler is desperate to meet Lt. Tom Paris. But when he finally reaches the bridge, he's such a mess Paris thinks he's a Kazon warrior and beats the crap out of him.

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** Boimler is desperate to meet Lt. Tom Paris. But when he finally reaches the bridge, he's such a mess Paris thinks he's a Kazon warrior and beats the crap out of him. (On the other hand, Boimler thinks that the black eye is ''better'' than an autograph.)



* CommonalityConnection: Mariner and Tendi get into an extended argument when they each realize how little the other knows about them. Then they figure out that, despite being outwardly gregarious and friendly, they are both very reserved and careful about how much of their pasts and their feelings they allow others to see.



* ItsAllMyFault: Rutherford's memories might be spotty, but he ''does'' remember Shaxs' HeroicSacrifice and blames himself for it. Shaxs assures him that it is not his fault.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Tendi picks Mariner to accompany her and they openly discuss how previous episodes always have Tendi hanging out with Rutherford and Mariner with Boimler, then stating that going on a mission together is "long overdue."



** Biomler refers to the U.S.S. ''Voyager'' as "Voy", referring to the show's production code "VOY".

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** Biomler Boimler refers to the U.S.S. ''Voyager'' as "Voy", referring to the show's production code "VOY".


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* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Tendi finally resorts to being a stereotypical Orion pirate woman to try and get her cousin to fix the libido post and is clearly embarrassed by it the entire time.


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* WhatTheHellHero: Tendi points out that Mariner has a ''lot'' more leeway in making mistakes because, as an Orion, Tendi had a hard time even getting into Starfleet Academy and routinely faces prejudice and bigoted slights.
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* AnythingThatMoves: After falling hard for Tendi's cousin, Mariner confirms that she's dated men, women and things undefinable on that spectrum.

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* AnythingThatMoves: After falling hard for Tendi's cousin, Mariner confirms that she's dated men, women bad boys, bad girls, bad gender nonbinary babes, ruthless alien masterminds, and things undefinable on that spectrum.bad [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1411001001 Bynars]].

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* CallBack: When discussing how Shaxs came back from the dead, Mariner and Boimler reel off a LongList of excuses seen throughout the franchise:
** A "transporter pattern-buffer thing" (''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E6LonelyAmongUs Lonely Among Us]]")
** A restored katra (''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'')
** Revived by the Genesis device (same as above)
** A "Mirror Universe switcheroo" (''[[Series/StarTrekDiscovery DISCO]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryS1E13WhatsPastIsPrologue What’s Past is Prologue]]")
** Rebuilt by the Borg (''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager VOY]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E11MortalCoil Mortal Coil]]")
** A future offspring from an alternate timeline (''TNG'': "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E26S5E1Redemption Redemption]]")
** Trapped in the Nexus (''Film/StarTrekGenerations'')
** One of the undead Shaxs' in Rutherford's NightmareSequence is dressed like Abraham Lincoln (''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E22TheSavageCurtain The Savage Curtain]]"). Another claims he was revived by a microscopic civilization (like the Terratins from "[[Recap/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeriesS1E11TheTerratinIncident The Terratin Incident]]").

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* CallBack: CallBack:
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When discussing how Shaxs came back from the dead, Mariner and Boimler reel off a LongList of excuses seen throughout the franchise:
** *** A "transporter pattern-buffer thing" (''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E6LonelyAmongUs Lonely Among Us]]")
** *** A restored katra (''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'')
** *** Revived by the Genesis device (same as above)
** *** A "Mirror Universe switcheroo" (''[[Series/StarTrekDiscovery DISCO]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryS1E13WhatsPastIsPrologue What’s Past is Prologue]]")
** *** Rebuilt by the Borg (''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager VOY]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E11MortalCoil Mortal Coil]]")
** *** A future offspring from an alternate timeline (''TNG'': "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E26S5E1Redemption Redemption]]")
** *** Trapped in the Nexus (''Film/StarTrekGenerations'')
** One of the undead Shaxs' in Rutherford's NightmareSequence is dressed like Abraham Lincoln (''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E22TheSavageCurtain The Savage Curtain]]"). Another claims he was revived by a microscopic civilization (like the Terratins from "[[Recap/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeriesS1E11TheTerratinIncident The Terratin Incident]]"). Yet another exclaims "What was the deal with [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise T'Pol's]] hair for that one year?"

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* AllForNothing: All time and effort Beckett and Tendi went to trying to fix T'Ana's broken Caitian libido post was for nothing, as the doctor was more interested in the box it was shipped in.

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* AllForNothing: All the time and effort Beckett and Tendi went to trying to fix T'Ana's broken Caitian libido post was for nothing, as the doctor was more interested in the box it was shipped in.



* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Rutherford is desperate to find out how Shaxs came back from the dead, even after the Lt. warns him it will break his brain and change his entire perception of the universe. Turns out he wasn't exaggerating...

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor:
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Rutherford is desperate to find out how Shaxs came back from the dead, even after the Lt. warns him it will break his brain and change his entire perception of the universe. Turns out he wasn't exaggerating...



* ButtMonkey: Poor Boimler in spades. The computer refuses to recognize him, he's nearly killed multiple times in the Jefferies tubes and when he finally catches up to Tom Paris, he attacks him on the spot, mistaking him for a Kazon in his disheveled, filthy state.

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* ButtMonkey: Poor Boimler in spades. The computer refuses to recognize him, he's nearly killed multiple times in the Jefferies tubes and when he finally catches up to Tom Paris, he attacks him on the spot, mistaking him for a Kazon in his disheveled, filthy state. At least Paris offers to get him a drink after the misunderstanding.



* FantasticRacism: Tendi ''really'' suffers from this due to the fact that most humans just think of Orions as thieves and pirates. It doesn't help that Tendi's fear of losing friends causes that stereotype to flourish.

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* FantasticRacism: FantasticRacism:
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Tendi ''really'' suffers from this due to the fact that most humans just think of Orions as thieves and pirates. It doesn't help that Tendi's fear of losing friends causes that stereotype to flourish.



* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Mariner insists to Tendi that she and Boimler are just friends and she considers him more of a pet than a romantic interest.



* PetTheDog: Mariner insists on taking the fall for the damaged libido post, so Tendi won't damage her own career opportunities for failing an assignment given to her by T'Ana.



* TemptingFate: Boimler's path to the bridge takes him through the impulse manifolds, which he confidently states won't be in use. Meanwhile, Tom Paris decides to take the ''Cerritos'' for a test drive, nearly frying Boimler.



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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: No one on the ''Cerritos'' except Rutherford and Lt. Cody react to Shaxs coming BackFromTheDead. Even Boimler and Mariner don't think it's that big of a deal.

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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: No one on the ''Cerritos'' except Rutherford and Lt. Cody react to Shaxs coming BackFromTheDead. Even Boimler and Mariner don't think it's that big of a deal. \n This could be seen as a TakeThat on incidents where main cast star trek characters coming back from the dead.

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* AllForNothing: All time and effort Beckett and Tendi went to trying to fix T'Ana's broken Caitian libido post was for nothing, as the doctor was more interested in the box it was shipped in.



* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Rutherford is desperate to find out how Shaxs came back from the dead, even after the Lt. warns him it will break his brain and change his entire perception of the universe. Turns out he wasn't exaggerating...
** Boimler is desperate to meet Lt. Tom Paris. But when he finally reaches the bridge, he's such a mess Paris thinks he's a Kazon warrior and beats the crap out of him.



** One of the undead Shaxs' in Rutherford's NightmareSequence is dressed like Abraham Lincoln (''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E22TheSavageCurtain The Savage Curtain]]"). Another claims he was revived by a microscopic civilization (like the Terratins from "[[Recap/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeriesS1E11TheTerratinIncident The Terratin Incident]]").
** Boimler squees over Tom Paris, citing his favourite holodeck programs "Fair Haven" and "The Adventures of Captain Proton". Mariner also mentions the time he [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E15Threshold turned into a salamander]].
** Paris himself attacks Boimler, mistaking him for a Kazon.



** Mariner has to disguise herself as an Orion when she goes to meet Tendi's relatives, because Tendi warns her she'll be killed for being a human.



* HeroWorship: Boimler is a huge Tom Paris fanboy.



* MythologyGag: ''Star Trek'''s sliding doors inspired the automatic ones we take for granted at supermarkets today, but on-set they were partially operated by hand, and the blooper reels are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPHkeQ58_pQ full]] of actors running into them because they didn't open properly or closed too early. This "feature" of their operation becomes canonized as part of Boimler's travails, in that the doors open in response to specific people rather than motion-detection or another automatic mechanism.

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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag:
** The episode's title is a play on the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]] episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E23WellAlwaysHaveParis We'll Always Have Paris]]".
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''Star Trek'''s sliding doors inspired the automatic ones we take for granted at supermarkets today, but on-set they were partially operated by hand, and the blooper reels are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPHkeQ58_pQ full]] of actors running into them because they didn't open properly or closed too early. This "feature" of their operation becomes canonized as part of Boimler's travails, in that the doors open in response to specific people rather than motion-detection or another automatic mechanism.mechanism.
** Biomler refers to the U.S.S. ''Voyager'' as "Voy", referring to the show's production code "VOY".
** Some of the neon signs visible on Qualor 2 are advertisements for [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Quark's Bar and the Vic Fontaine lounge]].



* {{Squick}}: Beckett is appropriately disgusted when she realizes the "statue" she was playing around with is a Caitian Libido Post. A well-worn, very old libido post...that she was handling without gloves.




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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: No one on the ''Cerritos'' except Rutherford and Lt. Cody react to Shaxs coming BackFromTheDead. Even Boimler and Mariner don't think it's that big of a deal.

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* BackFromTheDead: Shaxs is revealed to be alive following his HeroicSacrifice at the end of Season One. You ''don't'' want to know how he came back.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Caitans go into what is obviously heat once a year.

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*AnythingThatMoves: After falling hard for Tendi's cousin, Mariner confirms that she's dated men, women and things undefinable on that spectrum.
* BackFromTheDead: Shaxs is revealed to be alive following his HeroicSacrifice at the end of Season One. You ''don't'' want to know how he came back.
back, but it's somehow related to the Black Mountain.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Caitans go into what is obviously heat once a year.year, along with several other hormonal imbalances.



* IHaveManyNames: Tendi had quite the reputation before joining Starfleet.

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* IHaveManyNames: Tendi had quite the reputation before joining Starfleet. One of her monikers is "Mistress of the Winter Constellations".


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*RefugeInAudacity: Mariner excuses her ramming into the ''Cerritos'''s shield by a bee flying into her eye. She's flying a shuttlecraft through space.
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* MythologyGag: ''Star Trek'''s sliding doors inspired the automatic ones we take for granted at supermarkets today, but on-set they were partially operated by hand, and the blooper reels are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPHkeQ58_pQ full]] of actors running into them because they didn't open properly or closed too early. This "feature" of their operation becomes canonized as part of Boimler's travails.

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* MythologyGag: ''Star Trek'''s sliding doors inspired the automatic ones we take for granted at supermarkets today, but on-set they were partially operated by hand, and the blooper reels are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPHkeQ58_pQ full]] of actors running into them because they didn't open properly or closed too early. This "feature" of their operation becomes canonized as part of Boimler's travails.travails, in that the doors open in response to specific people rather than motion-detection or another automatic mechanism.

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Pon farr isn't a secret in this time period; that was only true in TOS. Boimler's demotion was mentioned in the previous episode as a consequence of the transfer


* CallBack: when discussing how Shaxs came back from the dead, Mariner and Boimler reel off a LongList of excuses seen throughout the franchise:

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* CallBack: when When discussing how Shaxs came back from the dead, Mariner and Boimler reel off a LongList of excuses seen throughout the franchise:



** Rebuilt by the Borg (''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager VOY]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E11MortalCoil Mortal Coil]])

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** Rebuilt by the Borg (''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager VOY]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E11MortalCoil Mortal Coil]])Coil]]")



* SeriesContinuityError:
** Vulcan ''pon farr'' is a secret, as Vulcans try to keep their hormones to themselves. It's not impossible that Tendi, a medical officer, would have encountered it at some point, but it would be incredibly thoughtless for her to just blurt it out.
** Lt. Boimler is demoted back to Ensign with no explanation. Keep in mind that Starfleet may not do demotions very often; we've only seen it happen once ever (ironically, to Tom Paris).

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* CallBack: when discussing how Shaxs came back from the dead, Mariner and Boimler reel off a LongList of excuses seen throughout the franchise:
** A "transporter pattern-buffer thing" (''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E6LonelyAmongUs Lonely Among Us]]")
** A restored katra (''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'')
** Revived by the Genesis device (same as above)
** A "Mirror Universe switcheroo" (''[[Series/StarTrekDiscovery DISCO]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryS1E13WhatsPastIsPrologue What’s Past is Prologue]]")
** Rebuilt by the Borg (''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager VOY]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E11MortalCoil Mortal Coil]])
** A future offspring from an alternate timeline (''TNG'': "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E26S5E1Redemption Redemption]]")
** Trapped in the Nexus (''Film/StarTrekGenerations'')



* IHaveManyNames: Tendi had quite the reputation before joining Starfleet.



* MythologyGag: when discussing how Shaxs came back from the dead, Mariner and Boimler reel off a LongList of excuses seen throughout the franchise:
** A "transporter pattern-buffer thing" (''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E6LonelyAmongUs Lonely Among Us]]")
** A restored katra (''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'')
** Revived by the Genesis device (same as above)
** A "Mirror Universe switcheroo" (''[[Series/StarTrekDiscovery DISCO]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryS1E13WhatsPastIsPrologue What’s Past is Prologue]]")
** Rebuilt by the Borg (''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager VOY]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E11MortalCoil Mortal Coil]])
** A future offspring from an alternate timeline (''TNG'': "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E26S5E1Redemption Redemption]]")
** Trapped in the Nexus (''Film/StarTrekGenerations'')

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* MythologyGag: when discussing how Shaxs came back from ''Star Trek'''s sliding doors inspired the dead, Mariner automatic ones we take for granted at supermarkets today, but on-set they were partially operated by hand, and Boimler reel off a LongList of excuses seen throughout the franchise:
** A "transporter pattern-buffer thing" (''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E6LonelyAmongUs Lonely Among Us]]")
** A restored katra (''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'')
** Revived by the Genesis device (same
blooper reels are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPHkeQ58_pQ full]] of actors running into them because they didn't open properly or closed too early. This "feature" of their operation becomes canonized as above)
** A "Mirror Universe switcheroo" (''[[Series/StarTrekDiscovery DISCO]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryS1E13WhatsPastIsPrologue What’s Past is Prologue]]")
** Rebuilt by the Borg (''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager VOY]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E11MortalCoil Mortal Coil]])
** A future offspring from an alternate timeline (''TNG'': "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E26S5E1Redemption Redemption]]")
** Trapped in the Nexus (''Film/StarTrekGenerations'')
part of Boimler's travails.



* SeriesContinuityError: Vulcan ''pon farr'' is a secret, as Vulcans try to keep their hormones to themselves. It's not impossible that Tendi, a medical officer, would have encountered it at some point, but it would be incredibly thoughtless for her to just blurt it out.

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* SeriesContinuityError: SeriesContinuityError:
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Vulcan ''pon farr'' is a secret, as Vulcans try to keep their hormones to themselves. It's not impossible that Tendi, a medical officer, would have encountered it at some point, but it would be incredibly thoughtless for her to just blurt it out.out.
** Lt. Boimler is demoted back to Ensign with no explanation. Keep in mind that Starfleet may not do demotions very often; we've only seen it happen once ever (ironically, to Tom Paris).

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* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Tendi is a huge fan of Klingon acid punk.



* MythologyGag: when discussing how Shaxs came back from the dead, Mariner and Boimler reel off a number of excuses seen throughout the franchise.

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* MythologyGag: when discussing how Shaxs came back from the dead, Mariner and Boimler reel off a number LongList of excuses seen throughout the franchise.franchise:
** A "transporter pattern-buffer thing" (''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E6LonelyAmongUs Lonely Among Us]]")
** A restored katra (''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'')
** Revived by the Genesis device (same as above)
** A "Mirror Universe switcheroo" (''[[Series/StarTrekDiscovery DISCO]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryS1E13WhatsPastIsPrologue What’s Past is Prologue]]")
** Rebuilt by the Borg (''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager VOY]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E11MortalCoil Mortal Coil]])
** A future offspring from an alternate timeline (''TNG'': "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E26S5E1Redemption Redemption]]")
** Trapped in the Nexus (''Film/StarTrekGenerations'')


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Mariner and Tendi team up for a mission to retrieve an heirloom for Dr. T'Ana. Meanwhile, the Cerritos is visited by Lieutenant Tom Paris, much to the excitement of Boimler, who is hoping to meet him. While all this happens, Rutherford is haunted by the mystery surrounding the reappearance of a familiar presence on the Cerritos.

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Mariner and Tendi team up for a mission to retrieve an heirloom for Dr. T'Ana. Meanwhile, the Cerritos is visited by Lieutenant Tom Paris, Paris of the U.S.S. ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'', much to the excitement of Boimler, who is hoping to meet him. While all this happens, And Rutherford is haunted by the mystery surrounding the reappearance of a familiar presence on the Cerritos.Lt. Shaxs, who is BackFromTheDead.



* RammingAlwaysWorks: Played with. Mariner sets a collision course for the ''Cerritos'' at full speed, only to bounce off the ship's shields. However, Mariner never expected to do any damage to the ''Cerritos''. She only intended to damage the shuttle to provide an excuse for the damage to the scratching post.

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* LimitedAdvancementOpportunities: ''Lieutenant'' Tom Paris, who spent seven years in the Delta Quadrant and lived to tell the tale, remains at the rank he held on the last episode of ''Voyager'' -- despite Captain Janeway having canonically been promoted to Admiral. ...Of course, jokes abound that she was KickedUpstairs, which you wouldn't do to a lieutenant. (''VOY'' was also notorious for how Ensign Harry Kim was treated as a senior officer despite ''his'' lack of promotion.)
* MythologyGag: when discussing how Shaxs came back from the dead, Mariner and Boimler reel off a number of excuses seen throughout the franchise.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: Played with. Mariner sets a collision course for the ''Cerritos'' at full speed, only to bounce off the ship's shields. However, Mariner never expected to do any damage to the ''Cerritos''. She only intended to damage the shuttle to provide ''Cerritos''; she merely wanted an excuse for the damage to the scratching mating post.
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* FurryReminder: T'Ana is a talking cat. Of ''course'' she wants a box to play in.

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* AirVentEscape: Boimler heads into the Jefferies tubes to bypass the doors, which refuse to recognize him.



* ButtMonkey: Poor Boimler in spades. The computer refuses to recognize him, he's nearly killed multiple times in the Jefferies tubes and when he finally catches up to Tom Paris, he attacks him on the spot, mistaking him for a Kazon.

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* ButtMonkey: Poor Boimler in spades. The computer refuses to recognize him, he's nearly killed multiple times in the Jefferies tubes and when he finally catches up to Tom Paris, he attacks him on the spot, mistaking him for a Kazon.Kazon in his disheveled, filthy state.



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Mariner's attempt to ram a shuttlecraft into the ''Cerritos'' goes as much as one would expect... especially with the ''Cerritos''[='=] shields still up.
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: The secret of Shaxs' resurrection is something the rest of the bridge crew wants to keep secret.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Mariner's attempt HearingVoices: Boimler's Tom Paris plate starts talking to ram him when he's trapped in a shuttlecraft into tube filling with gas, and lampshades how concerning that is.
* HereWeGoAgain: Boimler has finally fixed the problem locking him out of every room, only for the brig door to seemingly refuse him access. Tendi then points out it's just a slitted wall panel, and Boimler admits he may have a concussion from Paris thrashing him earlier.
* HonorBeforeReason: Boimler refuses to just correct the mistake with his user profile that is denying him access to the ship, instead trying to bypass the doors entirely.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: Played with. Mariner sets a collision course for
the ''Cerritos'' goes as much as one would expect... especially with at full speed, only to bounce off the ''Cerritos''[='=] shields still up.
ship's shields. However, Mariner never expected to do any damage to the ''Cerritos''. She only intended to damage the shuttle to provide an excuse for the damage to the scratching post.
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: The secret of Shaxs' resurrection is something the rest of the bridge crew wants to keep secret.
secret, because it's so horrible it fundamentally changes your view of reality.
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* ThereAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: The secret of Shaxs' resurrection.

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* BizarreAlienBiology: Caitans go into what is obviously heat once a year.



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Mariner's attempt to ram a shuttlecraft into the ''Cerritos'' goes as much as one would expect... especially with the ''Cerritos''[='=] shields still up.

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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Rutherford is clearly disturbed by whatever he finds out from Shaxs.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Mariner's attempt to ram a shuttlecraft into the ''Cerritos'' goes as much as one would expect... especially with the ''Cerritos''[='=] shields still up.up.
* ThereAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: The secret of Shaxs' resurrection.

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!!Tropes featured in this episode:

* BackFromTheDead: Shaxs is revealed to be alive following his HeroicSacrifice at the end of Season One. You ''don't'' want to know how he came back.
* ButtMonkey: Poor Boimler in spades. The computer refuses to recognize him, he's nearly killed multiple times in the Jefferies tubes and when he finally catches up to Tom Paris, he attacks him on the spot, mistaking him for a Kazon.
* FantasticRacism: Tendi ''really'' suffers from this due to the fact that most humans just think of Orions as thieves and pirates. It doesn't help that Tendi's fear of losing friends causes that stereotype to flourish.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Mariner's attempt to ram a shuttlecraft into the ''Cerritos'' goes as much as one would expect... especially with the ''Cerritos''[='=] shields still up.

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