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* CheerfulFuneral: Geordie and Ensign Ro are seemingly killed. (They've actually been shifted out of phase.) The Enterprise holds a memorial service which is surprisingly reminiscent of a jazz club. When it's discovered that Geordi and Ro are not actually dead, the celebration of their lives turns into a genuine celebration.
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* CheerfulFuneral: Geordie Geordi and Ensign Ro are seemingly killed. (They've actually been shifted out of phase.) The Enterprise holds a memorial service which is surprisingly reminiscent of a jazz club. When it's discovered that Geordi and Ro are not actually dead, the celebration of their lives turns into a genuine celebration.
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* TheUnreveal: Riker mentions twice that he is preparing a eulogy for Ro, but only mentions the difficulty in writing it instead of any details, like is mentioned for Geordi. Coincidentally, Ro is present out of phase each time Riker brings up her eulogy. During Ro's beam-spamming of Ten Forward in order to be found, she posits in front of Riker that she'll never find out what he was planning to say, before shooting a beam through his head.
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* PanAndScan: This episode notably uses the technique in several of the effects shots, like when Ensign Ro breaks free of the Romulan at the start of the chase sequence. As ''The Next Generation'' was shot on 35mm film and then cropped to fit a television's aspect ratio, using pan and scan was an innovative way to give the illusion of a dolly or tracking shot while a special effect was happening.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: A minor one but when the "phased" Romulan stands up the chair he's supposed to be unable to interact with wobbles rather obviously.
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* ThrownOutTheAirlock: The phased Romulan ends up getting chucked through a bulkhead and into space.
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* CheerfulFuneral: Geordie and Ensign Ro are seemingly killed. (They've actually been shifted out of phase.) The Enterprise holds a memorial service which is surprisingly reminiscent of a jazz club. When it's discovered that Geordi and Ro are not actually dead, the celebration of their lives turns into a genuine celebration.
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*FunnyBackgroundEvent: Ro wandering around her own funeral beam-spamming random objects (and Riker).
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* BigEater: Geordi in the end. Justified since he and Ro had been out of phase for nearly two days.
** InvertedTrope with Ro; as the FridgeLogic page points out, she grew up in concentration camps and as a refugee, missing food for two days didn't affect her as badly as it did Geordi.
** InvertedTrope with Ro; as the FridgeLogic page points out, she grew up in concentration camps and as a refugee, missing food for two days didn't affect her as badly as it did Geordi.
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* BigEater: BigEater:
** Geordi in the end. Justified since he and Ro had been out of phase for nearly two days.
** InvertedTrope with Ro; as the FridgeLogic page points out, she grew up in concentration camps and as a refugee, so missing food for two daysdidn't doesn't affect her as badly as it did does Geordi.
** Geordi in the end. Justified since he and Ro had been out of phase for nearly two days.
** InvertedTrope with Ro; as the FridgeLogic page points out, she grew up in concentration camps and as a refugee, so missing food for two days
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* BottleEpisode: This was meant to be one, but like "Power Play", the special effects necessary wound up making this one of the more expensive episodes of the season.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: When the Romulan sent to kill Ro and Geordi is tacked by Geordi, the Romulan, being as intangible as Ro and Geordi, is sent through the bulkhead into space.
** Which leads to the FridgeLogic of why none of the out-of-phase people were falling through the floor. Perhaps the artificial gravity makes them stick there? ''Voyager'' would seem to indicate the artificial gravity is generated by the deck plating so it might count as "dense" enough for them to stand on despite otherwise being intangible.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: When the Romulan sent to kill Ro and Geordi is tacked by Geordi, the Romulan, being as intangible as Ro and Geordi, is sent through the bulkhead into space.
** Which leads to the FridgeLogic of why none of the out-of-phase people were falling through the floor. Perhaps the artificial gravity makes them stick there? ''Voyager'' would seem to indicate the artificial gravity is generated by the deck plating so it might count as "dense" enough for them to stand on despite otherwise being intangible.
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* BottleEpisode: This was meant to be one, but like "Power Play", "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E15PowerPlay Power Play]]," the special effects necessary wound up making this one of the more expensive episodes of the season.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: When the Romulansent trying to kill Ro and Geordi is tacked tackled by Geordi, the Romulan, being as intangible as Ro and Geordi, is sent through the bulkhead into space.
** Which leads to the FridgeLogic of why none of the out-of-phase people were falling through the floor. Perhaps the artificial gravity makes them stick there? ''Voyager'' would seem to indicate the artificial gravity is generated by the deck plating so it might count as "dense" enough for them to stand on despite otherwise being intangible.space.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: When the Romulan
** Which leads to the FridgeLogic of why none of the out-of-phase people were falling through the floor. Perhaps the artificial gravity makes them stick there? ''Voyager'' would seem to indicate the artificial gravity is generated by the deck plating so it might count as "dense" enough for them to stand on despite otherwise being intangible.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Geordi mentions rumors of the Romulans developing an interphasing cloaking device. In season 7's "The Pegasus", we'll see these rumors were very real.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Geordi mentions rumors of the Romulans developing an interphasing cloaking device. In season 7's "The Pegasus", "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E11ThePegasus The Pegasus]]," we'll see these rumors were very real.
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* HellOfAHeaven: Subtly discussed. Among the chief reasons why Geordi refuses to accept the possibly that him and Ro are both dead and in some of afterlife, is because of the fact that he is still blind. This at the very least implies that Geordi believes that in whatever afterlife there might be, your earthly ailments shouldn't be troubling you anymore, and he finds the notion that they still will unacceptable.
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* HellOfAHeaven: Subtly discussed. Among the chief reasons why Geordi refuses to accept the possibly that him he and Ro are both dead and in some of afterlife, is because of the fact that he is still blind. This at the very least implies that Geordi believes that in whatever afterlife there might be, your earthly ailments shouldn't be troubling you anymore, and he finds the notion that they still will unacceptable.
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* PlotHole: One of the more cited examples on the show: "Why don't they fall through the floor?"
** This was actually going to be explained originally (it would actually take a bit of effort to phase through something, meaning you won't actually do it unless you actively tried to) but was presumably cut due to the effect work required meant the episode would go even more over budget then it already had. This would also have explained how the Romulan was thrown clear of the ship.
** And even if, say, artificial gravity could explain them sticking to the floor, there are still a few plot-holes where characters interact with other objects. Most notably, Ro runs her hand nostalgically across the chair of the helm position at point.
*** Although since she never actually tried to ''move'' it, this could be justified as her essentially 'tricking' herself into feeling that she was touching it without physically coming into contact with it.
** This was actually going to be explained originally (it would actually take a bit of effort to phase through something, meaning you won't actually do it unless you actively tried to) but was presumably cut due to the effect work required meant the episode would go even more over budget then it already had. This would also have explained how the Romulan was thrown clear of the ship.
** And even if, say, artificial gravity could explain them sticking to the floor, there are still a few plot-holes where characters interact with other objects. Most notably, Ro runs her hand nostalgically across the chair of the helm position at point.
*** Although since she never actually tried to ''move'' it, this could be justified as her essentially 'tricking' herself into feeling that she was touching it without physically coming into contact with it.
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* PlotHole: One of the more cited examples on the show: "Why don't they fall through the floor?"
**floor?" This was actually going to be explained originally (it would actually take a bit of effort to phase through something, meaning you won't actually do it unless you actively tried to) but was presumably cut due to the effect work required meant the episode would go even more over budget then it already had. This would also have explained how the Romulan was thrown clear of the ship.
** And even if, say, artificial gravity could explain them sticking to the floor, there are still a few plot-holes where characters interact with other objects. Most notably, Ro runs her hand nostalgically across the chair of the helm position at point.
*** Although since she never actually tried to ''move'' it, this could be justified as her essentially 'tricking' herself into feeling that she was touching it without physically coming into contact with it.ship.
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** And even if, say, artificial gravity could explain them sticking to the floor, there are still a few plot-holes where characters interact with other objects. Most notably, Ro runs her hand nostalgically across the chair of the helm position at point.
*** Although since she never actually tried to ''move'' it, this could be justified as her essentially 'tricking' herself into feeling that she was touching it without physically coming into contact with it.
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* RiddleForTheAges / TheUnreveal: What was Riker going to say about Ro?
** Considering the events of ''[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E14Conundrum Conundrum]]'', it seems Riker's unrevealed funeral speech and Ro's interest in it are {{foreshadowing}} a possible future romance between the two. However, since Ro only appears in two more episodes after this one, no such plot development [[AbortedArc ever happens]].
** Considering the events of ''[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E14Conundrum Conundrum]]'', it seems Riker's unrevealed funeral speech and Ro's interest in it are {{foreshadowing}} a possible future romance between the two. However, since Ro only appears in two more episodes after this one, no such plot development [[AbortedArc ever happens]].
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* RiddleForTheAges / TheUnreveal: RiddleForTheAges: What was Riker going to say about Ro?
**Ro? Considering the events of ''[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E14Conundrum Conundrum]]'', "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E14Conundrum Conundrum]]," it seems Riker's unrevealed funeral speech and Ro's interest in it are {{foreshadowing}} a possible future romance between the two. However, since Ro only appears in two more episodes after this one, no such plot development [[AbortedArc ever happens]].
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* TrappedOnTheAstralPlane: Due to a transporter malfunction, Geordi & Ro are phased out of sync with the rest of the universe. They can see everyone else but nobody can see them, so people think they're dead. Eventually, they manage to find a way to contact the rest of their crew members, who then manage to phase them back.
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* TrappedOnTheAstralPlane: Due to a transporter malfunction, Geordi & and Ro are phased out of sync with the rest of the universe. They can see everyone else but nobody can see them, so people think they're dead. Eventually, they manage to find a way to contact the rest of their crew members, who then manage to phase them back.
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** Which leads to the FridgeLogic of why none of the out-of-phase people were falling through the floor. Perhaps the artificial gravity makes them stick there?
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*** Although since she never actually tried to ''move'' it, this could be justified as her essentially 'tricking' herself into feeling that she was touching it without physically coming into contact with it.
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* HellOfAHeaven: Subtly discussed. Among the chief reasons why Geordi refuses to accept the possibly that him and Ro are both dead and in some of afterlife, is because he is still blind.
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* HellOfAHeaven: Subtly discussed. Among the chief reasons why Geordi refuses to accept the possibly that him and Ro are both dead and in some of afterlife, is because of the fact that he is still blind.blind. This at the very least implies that Geordi believes that in whatever afterlife there might be, your earthly ailments shouldn't be troubling you anymore, and he finds the notion that they still will unacceptable.
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* HellOfAHeaven: Subtly discussed. Among the chief reasons why Geordi refuses to accept the possibly that him and Ro are both dead and in some of afterlife, is because he is still blind.
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-->'''Geordi:''' But my uniform, my visor... are you saying I'm some blind ghost with clothes?
-->'''Ro:''' I don't have all the answers! I've never been dead before!
-->'''Ro:''' I don't have all the answers! I've never been dead before!
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-->'''Geordi:''' But my uniform, my visor... are you saying I'm some blind ghost with clothes?
-->'''Ro:'''clothes?\\
'''Ro:''' I don't have all the answers! I've never been dead before!
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'''Ro:''' I don't have all the answers! I've never been dead before!
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** InvertedTrope with Ro, as the FridgeLogic page points out, she grew up in concentration camps and as a refugee, missing food for two days didn't affect her as bad as it did Geordi.
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** InvertedTrope with Ro, Ro; as the FridgeLogic page points out, she grew up in concentration camps and as a refugee, missing food for two days didn't affect her as bad badly as it did Geordi.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 "If you're wondering how he eats sees and breathes and other science facts (la-la-la), then, repeat to yourself 'It's just a show, I should really just relax...'"]]]]
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** This was actually going to be explained originally (it would actually take a bit of effort to phase through something, meaning you won't actually do it unless you actively tried to) but was presumably cut due to the effect work required meant the episode would go even more over budget then it already had. This would also have explained why the Romulan was thrown clear of the ship.
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** This was actually going to be explained originally (it would actually take a bit of effort to phase through something, meaning you won't actually do it unless you actively tried to) but was presumably cut due to the effect work required meant the episode would go even more over budget then it already had. This would also have explained why how the Romulan was thrown clear of the ship.
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** This was actually going to be explained originally (it would actually take a bit of effort to phase through something, meaning you won't actually do it unless you actively tried to) but was presumably cut due to the effect work required meant the episode would go even more over budget then it already had.
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** This was actually going to be explained originally (it would actually take a bit of effort to phase through something, meaning you won't actually do it unless you actively tried to) but was presumably cut due to the effect work required meant the episode would go even more over budget then it already had. This would also have explained why the Romulan was thrown clear of the ship.
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* TheFunInFuneral: [[CultureClash Ro is horrified]] that Data decided to make their memorial service a New Orleans-style jazz funeral.
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* TheFunInFuneral: [[CultureClash Ro is horrified]] that Data decided to make their memorial service a New Orleans-style jazz funeral. He got the idea from Worf, who explained that Klingons celebrate when a friend joins the honored dead.
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** This was actually going to be explained originally (it would actually take a bit of effort to phase through something, meaning you won't actually do it unless you actively tried to) but was presumably cut due to the effect work required meant the episode would go even more over budget then it already had.
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** In sickbay, Ro is frustrated that no seems to notice her. Then, Picard walks straight ''through'' her.
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** In sickbay, Ro is frustrated that no one seems to notice her. Then, Picard walks straight ''through'' her.
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* JacobMarleyApparel: Discussed. Geordi and Ro confront the possibility that an accident killed them, and the reason they're invisible to the crew is that they're ghosts. The skeptical Geordi runs headlong into this very trope.
-->'''Geordi:''' But my uniform, my visor... are you saying I'm some blind ghost with clothes?
-->'''Ro:''' I don't have all the answers! I've never been dead before!
-->'''Geordi:''' But my uniform, my visor... are you saying I'm some blind ghost with clothes?
-->'''Ro:''' I don't have all the answers! I've never been dead before!
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* BoomHeadshot: Played with. When Ro realizes that she will never know what Riker was going to say about her during their "funeral", she "shoots" him in the head with the Romulan Disruptor while she is out of phase.
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[floatboxright:Series: Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration\\
Episode: Season 5, Episode 24\\
Title: The Next Phase\\
Previous: I, Borg\\
Next: The Inner Light\\
Recapper: Tropers/{{Premonition45}}]
Episode: Season 5, Episode 24\\
Title: The Next Phase\\
Previous: I, Borg\\
Next: The Inner Light\\
Recapper: Tropers/{{Premonition45}}]
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** InvertedTrope with Ro, as the FridgeLogic page points out, she grew up in concentration camps and as a refugee, missing food for two days didn't affect her as bad as it did Geordi.
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** In sickbay, Ro is frustrated that no seems to notice her, then, Picard walks straight ''through'' her.
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** In sickbay, Ro is frustrated that no seems to notice her, then, her. Then, Picard walks straight ''through'' her.
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* WhamShot: Once Geordi and Ro figure out what's going on, they head back to the ''Enterprise''...and one random Romulan who'd just been sitting in the background the whole time gets up and follows them, phasing through a console as he does so.
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* WhamShot: Once WhamShot:
** In sickbay, Ro is frustrated that no seems to notice her, then, Picard walks straight ''through'' her.
** Later, when Geordi and Ro figure out what's going on, they head back to the ''Enterprise''...and one random Romulan who'd just been sitting in the background the whole time gets up and follows them, phasing through a console as he does so.
** In sickbay, Ro is frustrated that no seems to notice her, then, Picard walks straight ''through'' her.
** Later, when Geordi and Ro figure out what's going on, they head back to the ''Enterprise''...and one random Romulan who'd just been sitting in the background the whole time gets up and follows them, phasing through a console as he does so.
