History Recap / StarTrekVoyagerS3E10TheQAndTheGrey

* PimpedOutDress: Worn by Janeway and Female Q in the civil war simulation, as per the standards of the time.

* PreciousPuppy: Janeway, who [[HeroesLoveDogs left her own dog back on Earth]], is surprised and delighted to suddenly find an Irish Setter puppy in her quarters. [[CutenessProximity She goes all gooey for a second]] before toughening up.

* CrossReferencedTitles / JustForPun

* [[JustEatGilligan Just Screw Q]]: Q dangles a DeusExMachina again, suggesting Voyager might get home a lot quicker if Janeway took up his offer. Janeway doesn't trust him to keep his word, and as a feminist icon rightly refuses to use her body as a bargaining chip. But in later episodes, so much emphasis was placed on how much she's willing to sacrifice to get her crew home that fans couldn't help but wonder why she didn't just boff the jerk.

* JustEatGilligan: Q dangles a DeusExMachina again, suggesting Voyager might get home a lot quicker if Janeway took up his offer. Janeway doesn't trust him to keep his word, and as a feminist icon rightly refuses to use her body as a bargaining chip. But in later episodes, so much emphasis was placed on how much she's willing to sacrifice to get her crew home that fans couldn't help but wonder why she didn't just boff the jerk.

* OnlyAFleshWound: Averted. Q is hit in the shoulder with a bullet which produces blood (like most bullet wounds do, except Q is an omnipotent being and supposed to be [[ImmunetoBullets immune to all manner of injury]]), and then knocked senseless by an explosion.
** This is a part of the [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith A Form You Are Comfortable With]] routine the Continuum employs when interacting with humanoids.

* PatrickStewartSpeech: Janeway and Q are about to be executed by FiringSquad and are asked if they have AnyLastWords. Janeway tries her best, and no doubt inspired by the TropeNamer Q actually gives it a good shot too, but his fellow members of the Continuum are not impressed.

* PatrickStewartSpeech: Janeway and Q are about to be executed by FiringSquad and are asked for their FamousLastWords. Janeway tries her best, and no doubt inspired by the TropeNamer Q actually gives it a good shot too, but his fellow members of the Continuum are not impressed.

* PatrickStewartSpeech: Janeway and Q are about to be executed by FiringSquad and are asked for their FamousLastWords. Janeway tries her best, and no doubt inspired by the TropeNamer. Q actually gives it a good shot too, but his fellow members of the Continuum are not impressed.

* [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith A Period Of American History You Are Comfortable With]]: The Continuum now appears as the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar, though the ability of humans to interact with it by the end of the episode stretches the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief. Inexplicably, the old guard are the Rebels and Q's rebels are the Union forces.

* [[HeroesPreferRedheads Anti-Villains Prefer Redheads]]: Female Q is also a redhead. She's wearing a Starfleet captain's uniform too; is that Q's version of a SexyWhateverOutfit?
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Or so Q believes.

* [[JustEatGilligan Just Screw Q]]: Q dangles a DeusExMachina again, suggesting Voyager might get home a lot quicker if Janeway took up his offer. Janeway doesn't trust him to keep his word, and as a feminist icon rightly refuses to use her body as a bargaining chip. But in later episodes, so much emphasis was placed on how much she's willing to sacrifice to get her crew home that fans couldn't help but wonder why she didn't just boff the jerk.

* [[CaptainObvious Lt. Commander Obvious]]: Tuvok

* [[OneSteveLimit One Q Limit]]: Averted; there's Q, then the missus (called Female Q in the script -- {{Fan Nickname}}s includes "Miss Q" ([[DontExplainTheJoke miscue]]) or "Suzy Q" after Suzie Plakson), then Colonel Q, and all the Continuum soldiers whose names are not mentioned but probably begin and end with the letter Q.

* PatrickStewartSpeech: Janeway and Q are about to be executed by FiringSquad and are asked for their FamousLastWords. Janeway tries her best, and no doubt inspired by the TropeNamer Q actually gives it a good shot too, but his fellow members of the Continuum are not impressed.
-->'''Janeway:''' I won't plead for my own life. From your perspective I know it seems insignificant. But what is not insignificant is the fact that the Q, as an omnipotent race, have an opportunity to be a positive force to set a higher standard for other beings in the galaxy. I implore you all, don't go through with this. Don't allow yourselves to continue using violence to resolve your differences.

* PimpedOutDress: Worn by Janeway and Female Q in the civil war simulation.

* OnlyAFleshWound: Averted. Q is hit in the shoulder with a bullet which produces blood (like most bullet wounds due, except Q is an omnipotent being and supposed to be immune to all manners of injury), and then knocked senseless by an explosion.

Q wants Janeway to have his baby so HilarityEnsues. Oh yes, and there's a civil war tearing apart the Q Continuum.

* BigDamnHeroes: The crew of Voyager arrive just in time to save Q and their captain from being executed.

** Just screwing Q is one thing, and if was just that, Janeway would have likely done it, but ''having a child with him'' this way is something else entirely. Even '''''Website/SFDebris''''' points this out, and this is the guy [[AccentuateTheNegative who consistently goes out of his way]] to [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation paint Janeway as a]] VillainProtagonist.

-->'''Q:''' I know that you're probably asking yourself, why would a brilliant, handsome, dashingly omnipotent being like Q want to mate with a scrawny little bipedal specimen like me?\\

Q wants Janeway to have his baby. HilarityEnsues. Oh yes, and there's a civil war tearing apart the Q Continuum.

* LargeHam: Q hams up his death until Janeway informs him the bullets are being fired elsewhere.

* CivilWar

* HilariousInHindsight: So much for the "enlightened messiah" Q hopes to be born from their efforts -- see Season 7's "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E17QTwo Q2]]".

* NotSoDifferent: Q tells Neelix his attempts to bribe Janeway's affection aren't any different from his. Neelix is furious at the comparison, saying the captain likes him because he's loyal, respectful and sincere. Cue Humble Q putting on his best sincerity act.

* ActorAllusion: Female Q tells B'Elanna she always liked Klingon females. Suzie Plakson played K'Ehleyr, Worf's Klingon-human hybrid LoveInterest in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.

* BadassDecay: Creator/JohnDeLancie wasn't happy how his character had changed from Q verbally-duelling Picard and helping humanity understand fundamental questions about itself, to Q chasing skirts while the scrawny humans help the Q understand fundamental questions about itself. "Q2" only cemented the decline.

* SufficientlyAdvancedBambooTechnology: The weapons used by the Q look like civil war era firearms but are in fact so powerful that the kickback alone can destroy entire stars in neighboring dimensions.