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* NothingUpMySleeve because WeWillNotHavePocketsInTheFuture: Deela carries her handweapon in a fold in the single sleeve of her dress.

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* NothingUpMySleeve because WeWillNotHavePocketsInTheFuture: Deela carries her handweapon in a fold in the single sleeve of her dress. Kirk is eventually able to wrest it off her by reaching over to hold hands.
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* NothingUpMySleeve because WeWillNotHavePocketsInTheFuture: Deela carries her handweapon in a fold of the sleeve of her dress.

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* NothingUpMySleeve because WeWillNotHavePocketsInTheFuture: Deela carries her handweapon in a fold of in the single sleeve of her dress.
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* BoldlyComing: It's episodes like this that gave Captain Kirk the reputation he has today! However in this case it's justified, as Kirk needs to spin things out with Deela so his crew can rescue him. Deela in turn wants a fertile male and is also trying to seduce Kirk to their side.


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* ItsTheOnlyWay: The only way to find out if the antidote works is to drink it.
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* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: After [[BulletTime sidestepping Kirk's phaser blast]], Deela produces her own weapon which [[ImpliedDeathThreat she says can also stun or kill]]. However [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou it instead does something]] to make Kirk's phaser launch vertically out of his hand.
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* BeamSpam: Kirk, Spock and a couple of redshirts sweep a corridor on [[StunGuns stun]] in an attempt to flush out the intruders.
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** When Spock reviews the events to confirm his theory about the buzzing noise, he watches footage of the away team on Scalos which is recycled from the teaser. No indication is given of who is supposed to have taken this footage in-universe.

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** When Spock reviews the events to confirm his theory about the buzzing noise, he watches footage of the away team on Scalos which is recycled from the teaser. No indication is given of who is supposed to have taken this footage in-universe.in-universe, though it was presumably recorded on their tricorders.
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* NeverGiveTheCaptainAStraightAnswer: Justified; Bones doesn't want to announce over the intercom that someone has been rifling their medical supplies, instead having Nurse Chapel tell the captain directly.

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* NeverGiveTheCaptainAStraightAnswer: Justified; Bones doesn't want to announce over the intercom that someone has been rifling their medical supplies, supplies; instead having he has Nurse Chapel tell the captain directly.
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* NeverGiveTheCaptainAStraightAnswer: Justified; Bones doesn't want to announce over the intercom that someone has been rifling their medical supplies, instead having Nurse Chapel tell the captain directly.
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* StalkerWithATestTube: Deela mentions kissing Kirk while he was still at normal speed. She does genuinely want him to like her and enjoy himself, but it's not like she gives him any choice in the matter.
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* DuelOfSeduction: Kirk is trying to delay Deela, while Deela is trying to seduce Kirk into accepting his situation. Both are well aware of the other's agenda but enjoy it regardless.

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* DuelOfSeduction: Kirk is trying to delay Deela, while Deela is trying to [[AMatchMadeInStockholm seduce Kirk into accepting his situation.situation]]. Both are well aware of the other's agenda but enjoy it regardless.
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* SlowMotion: Whenever someone starts to adjust to Scalosian time.

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* SlowMotion: Whenever someone starts to adjust to Scalosian time.time, the first signs are everyone else moving slowly.
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* YouAreTooLate: Deela allows Kirk to leave a recording warning the crew of her intentions, and even helps him spell out her EvilPlan, but says that by the time the crew play the tape it will be too late to stop her. However while Deela is distracted, Kirk places the tape directly in the computer that Bones is using, then slips out and sabotages the transporter to buy time.

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* YouAreTooLate: Deela allows Kirk to leave a recording warning the crew of her intentions, and [[JustBetweenYouAndMe even helps him spell out her EvilPlan, plan]], but says that by the time the crew play the tape it will be too late to stop her. However while Deela is distracted, Kirk places the tape directly in the computer that Bones is using, then slips out and sabotages the transporter to buy time.

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* ResistanceIsFutile: Spock runs the situation through the MasterComputer, which recommends negotiating for terms with their unknown intruder. Kirk says bluntly that they won't negotiate, [[BraveScot with Scotty's hearty approval]].


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* ResistanceIsFutile: Spock runs the situation through the MasterComputer, which recommends negotiating for terms with their unknown intruder. Kirk says bluntly that they won't negotiate, [[BraveScot with Scotty's hearty approval]].
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* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Deela knows that Kirk sabotaged the transporter to buy time, but has no problem pretending otherwise.

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* MagicalSecurityCam: When Spock reviews the events to confirm his theory about the buzzing noise, he watches footage of the away team on Scalos which is recycled from the teaser. No indication is given of who is supposed to have taken this footage in-universe.

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When Spock reviews the events to confirm his theory about the buzzing noise, he watches footage of the away team on Scalos which is recycled from the teaser. No indication is given of who is supposed to have taken this footage in-universe.in-universe.
** When the crew play the recording that Kirk left behind, it even includes the dramatic zoom in to Kirk's face when Deela reveals YouAreTooLate.



* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Deela tries to convince Kirk that he is permanently time warped and might as well get used to the idea. [[TheDeterminator She doesn't know Kirk very well]]....

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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Deela tries to convince Kirk that he is permanently time warped and might as well get used to the idea. [[TheDeterminator She doesn't know Kirk very well]]....well]]....
* YouAreTooLate: Deela allows Kirk to leave a recording warning the crew of her intentions, and even helps him spell out her EvilPlan, but says that by the time the crew play the tape it will be too late to stop her. However while Deela is distracted, Kirk places the tape directly in the computer that Bones is using, then slips out and sabotages the transporter to buy time.
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* ResistanceIsFutile: Spock runs the situation through the MasterComputer, which recommends negotiating for terms with their unknown intruder. Kirk says bluntly that they won't negotiate, [[BraveScot with Scotty's hearty approval]].
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* FoeRomanceSubtext: Shown from the start when Deela's introduction involves him introducing herself as his enemy and snogging him right off the bat. She fully enjoys his attempts to break free of her control and the DuelOfSeduction that follows.

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* FoeRomanceSubtext: Shown from the start when Deela's introduction involves When Kirk demands "WhoAreYou", Deela responds with "The enemy" and gives him introducing herself as his enemy and snogging him right off the bat.a BigDamnKiss. She fully enjoys his attempts to break free of her control and the DuelOfSeduction that follows.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Kirk gets his ship back but Deela points out that the Federation will now quarantine the planet, condemning the Scalosians to extinction. In fairness Kirk did offer all the scientific resources of the Federation to Deela earlier, but she didn't think they would be any good.
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* HumanPopsicle: The device the Ekor have installed on the Enterprise will freeze the crew, so the Scalosians can use them as needed.


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* TravellingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: Needless to say those fans who have done the math for this episode find that it doesn't work timewise.
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* NothingUpMySleeve because WeWillHaveNoPocketsInTheFuture: Deela carries her handweapon in a fold of her dresses sleeve.

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* NothingUpMySleeve because WeWillHaveNoPocketsInTheFuture: WeWillNotHavePocketsInTheFuture: Deela carries her handweapon in a fold of the sleeve of her dresses sleeve.dress.



* PlotHole: So no one on the bridge noticed that phaser shot coming out of nowhere and aparently aimed at no one?

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* PlotHole: So no one on the bridge noticed that phaser shot coming out of nowhere and aparently aimed at no one?no-one?
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* DuelOfSeduction: Kirk is trying to delay Deela, while Deela is trying to seduce Kirk into accepting his situation. Both are well aware of the other's agenda but enjoy it regardless.


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* FoeRomanceSubtext: Shown from the start when Deela's introduction involves him introducing herself as his enemy and snogging him right off the bat. She fully enjoys his attempts to break free of her control and the DuelOfSeduction that follows.


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* GreenEyedMonster: Rael is jealous of Deela's overt affection for Kirk, and at one point tries to kill him.


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* HellIsThatNoise: Kirk is bothered by what seems to be a buzzing insect on Scalos, but when he hears it again on the Enterprise, and Bones assures him he's not imaging it, he realises it's an intruder who has followed them up from the planet. Spock realises what has happened when he speeds up the tape of the DistressCall and gets the same sound.


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* MauveShirt: Compton, though he's a literal RedShirt. Also a SacrificialLamb to demonstrate why Kirk can't resort to GoodOldFisticuffs.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Having finished taking samples, Compton can be seen splashing his face with water from the fountain.


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* NotBrainwashed: Kirk pretends to have 'adjusted' to the situation, but it's just a ploy so he can make a grab for her weapon again.
* NothingUpMySleeve because WeWillHaveNoPocketsInTheFuture: Deela carries her handweapon in a fold of her dresses sleeve.


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* SlowMotion: Whenever someone starts to adjust to Scalosian time.


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* StealthHiBye: Compton disappears in front of [=McCoy's=] eyes, as does anyone else who is adjusted to Scalosian time.
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* LargeHam: Kirk's slow and deliberate diction marked with...several...dramatic pauses, gets spoofed with Deela hurrying him and finishing his sentences for him.

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* LargeHam: Kirk's slow and deliberate diction marked with...several...dramatic pauses, gets spoofed with Deela hurrying him and [[FinishingEachOthersSentences finishing his sentences for him.]]
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* AffectionatePickpocket: The first time Kirk starts going along with Deela's attempts to get snuggly with him, it's an attempt to steal her phaser, but she realizes this in time to stop him getting it.

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* AffectionatePickpocket: The first time Kirk starts going along with Deela's attempts to get snuggly with him, it's an attempt to steal her phaser, but she realizes this in time to stop him getting it.it and is even amused by the attempt. Later on he's able to grab it when going to take her hand, after she's let her guard down.
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* StockFootage: The first shot of the bridge, with Scotty in the command chair, is recycled from "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E12TheEmpath}} The Empath]]". Dialog from that episode can be slightly heard under James Doohan's log-entry narration. Also, this shot shows an unnamed woman at the communications station instead of Uhura, who appears there in the rest of the episode.
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--> '''Deela:''' We move in the '''wink of an eye''.

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--> '''Deela:''' We move in the '''wink of an eye''.eye'''.
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* TitleDrop:
--> '''Deela:''' We move in the '''wink of an eye''.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Deela's the queen of the Scalosians, and she wants Kirk to be king.
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* CaptainsLog: Recorded by Scotty in the big chair, as Kirk is planetside at the time.
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* IncrediblyLamePun: From the last person we'd expect:
-->'''Spock''': I found it an incredibly accelerating (exhilarating) experience.
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* AbsenteeActor: Chekov is seen in a recycled shot of the viewscreen with his and Hadley's back, but does not appear in the rest of the episode.

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