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* ThereAreNoTherapists: For all the posturing the Federation does about tolerance and progressiveness, their stance on mental health is somewhat lacking as shown by how many of the Enterprise's command staff are willing to pawn Barclay onto another crew and be rid of him rather than address the root of the problem. Downplayed since ''they'' aren't therapists and their main responsibility is to keep the ship running smoothly.
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: For all the posturing the Federation does about tolerance and progressiveness, their stance on mental health is somewhat lacking as shown by how many of the Enterprise's command staff are willing to pawn Barclay onto another crew and be rid of him rather than address the root of the problem. Downplayed since ''they'' (other than Troi, of course) aren't therapists and their main responsibility is to keep the ship running smoothly.
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* CompetencePorn: Once Barclay proposes the outside-the-box idea that the malfunctions are caused by someone spreading some kind of contaminant, Geordi and the rest of his engineers put their heads together to figure out exactly what the contaminant is and how to deal with it.
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* JerkassBall: Riker, Wesley, and Geordi all grab onto it hard in this episode with their childish teasing of Barclay, especially with their [[MaliciousMisnaming nastily referring to him as "Broccoli"]]. Picard, Guinan, and Data (see JerkassRealization below) call them out on it, and thankfully Geordi at least learns and starts being kinder to Barclay.
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* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: Barclay becomes an InUniverse MartyStu with his holodeck programs, complete with plenty of CharacterShilling from the Musketeers.
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* MartyStu: Barclay becomes this InUniverse with his holodeck programs, complete with plenty of CharacterShilling from the Musketeers.
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** Subverted in that his nickname becomes a much friendlier, much more innocent and no less informal "Reg".
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** Subverted in that his nickname becomes a much friendlier, much more innocent and no less informal "Reg"."Reg", which fits perfectly with Data's definition of a nickname.
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Barclay's intense crush on Troi makes his first therapy session with the real counsellor too awkward. He ends the session abruptly before running off in embarrassment. Troi tells Riker and La Forge about the strange end to their session, causing the three of them to go looking for Barclay. He's fled into the holodeck, where the three officers discover yet another of his programs. Riker and Troi are not amused by the unflattering representations of them in Barclay's fantasy (or too-flattering, in Trio's case). Barclay is embarrassed to be caught once again and offers to resign, but La Forge won't hear it. He reveals that [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E6BoobyTrap he himself once fell in love with a holodeck program]], but it’s time for Barclay to knock it off and focus on his real-world responsibilities.
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Barclay's intense crush on Troi makes his first therapy session with the real counsellor too awkward. He ends the session abruptly before running off in embarrassment. Troi tells Riker and La Forge about the strange end to their session, causing the three of them to go looking for Barclay. He's fled into the holodeck, where the three officers discover yet another of his programs. Riker and Troi are not amused by the unflattering representations of them in Barclay's fantasy (or too-flattering, in Trio's Troi's case). Barclay is embarrassed to be caught once again and offers to resign, but La Forge won't hear it. He reveals that [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E6BoobyTrap he himself once fell in love with a holodeck program]], but it’s time for Barclay to knock it off and focus on his real-world responsibilities.
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* InternalDeconstruction: Star Trek at this point was about Starfleet officers who were {{Consummate Professional}}s at their job and the Federation utopia meant all personal needs were accounted for. Barclay was the first Starfleet character who displayed severe social anxiety where his work suffered as a result. This resulted in the other characters having no frame of reference on how to deal with him, as the very concept of mental health impacting job performance seemed like a foreign concept.
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* IndulgentFantasySegue: The episode opens with Barclay telling Geordi to take his holier than thou attitude and get out of his life after he chastises him for hanging out in Ten Forward while being on duty, then pushing him away. When Riker tells him that it's insubordination, he raises a glass and states "Here's to insubordination," and so things continue until he is interrupted by a comm message calling him away and he declares "save program," ending the holodeck simulation. A couple of other simulations are presented this way later in the episode, though with the expectation that the audience should be able to figure it out, given what they've already seen.
