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* ClicheStorm: The WW2 program.

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* ClicheStorm: The WW2 program. FridgeBrilliance would put that down to the FutureImperfect trope; the whole thing is likely based on HollywoodHistory.
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* ClicheStorm: The WW2 program, but justified as Tom Paris probably wrote it.

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* ClicheStorm: The WW2 program, but justified as Tom Paris probably wrote it.program.

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* AnachronismStew: All over the place in Part II.

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* AnachronismStew: All over the place in Part II.II as the holodeck simulation spills over into the rest of ''Voyager''.



** Seven of Nine to a Hirogen:

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-->"I may be drunk but I can still send your soul to the next world and leave your body here to rot!"
** Seven of Nine to a Hirogen:Turanj:
-->"One day the Borg will assimilate your species despite your arrogance. When that moment arrives, remember me."


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-->"One does not co-operate with decadent forms of life, one hunts them down and eliminates them. The Kommandant speaks of civilisation. The ancient Romans were civilised. The Jews are civilised. But in all its moral decay, Rome fell to the spears of our ancestors as the Jews are falling now. Look at our destiny! The field of red, the purity of German blood. The blazing white circle of the sun that sanctified that blood. No one can deny us, no power on Earth or beyond. Not the Christian Saviour, not the God of the Jews. We are driven by the very force that gives life to the universe itself! We must countermand the Kommandant's orders, stay and fight. We must be faithful to who we are."
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-->'''JANEWAY:''' I see you've done some redecorating.
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** Mademoiselle de Neuf makes a snarky comment that she's not going to be singing "Moonlight Becomes You" when the shooting starts. That's the song sung by TheChanteuse in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', just before Captain Picard goes [=20th=] Century on the Borg's ass with a Thompson submachine gun.

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** Mademoiselle de Neuf makes a snarky comment that she's not going to be singing "Moonlight Becomes You" when the shooting starts. That's the song sung by TheChanteuse in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', just before Captain Picard goes [=20th=] [=21st=] Century on the Borg's ass with a Thompson submachine gun.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Janeway and Seven wear black (for nightfighting) and look good doing so.

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* DarkIsNotEvil: Janeway and Seven wear black (for nightfighting) to infiltrate Nazi headquarters and [[LovelyAngels look good doing so.so]].



** Mademoiselle de Neuf makes a snarky comment that she's not going to be singing "Moonlight Becomes You" when the American troops arrive. That's the song sung by TheChanteuse in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', just before Captain Picard goes [=20th=] Century on the Borg's ass with a Thompson submachine gun.

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** Mademoiselle de Neuf makes a snarky comment that she's not going to be singing "Moonlight Becomes You" when the American troops arrive.shooting starts. That's the song sung by TheChanteuse in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', just before Captain Picard goes [=20th=] Century on the Borg's ass with a Thompson submachine gun.
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** Tuvok firing a submachine gun! [[SightedGunsAreLowTech FROM THE HIP!]]

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** Tuvok firing a Thompson submachine gun! [[SightedGunsAreLowTech FROM THE HIP!]]

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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Neelix demanding a drink from his fellow Klingons.

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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Neelix demanding a drink from his fellow Klingons. "I'm as dry as the crater at Tarpahk. In the middle of the dry season. When it's dry!"



* IWillExplainLater: Janeway's response when Captain Miller asks what SomeKindOfForcefield is.



* NoTimeToExplain: Janeway's response when Captain Miller asks what SomeKindOfForcefield is.



* SpotTheImposter

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* SpotTheImposterSpotTheImposter: Every true American boy knows that Betty Grable has great gams. Fortunately Harry remembers the right answer before Tom shoots him.
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* IllExplainLater: Janeway's response when Captain Miller asks what SomeKindOfForcefield is.

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* IllExplainLater: IWillExplainLater: Janeway's response when Captain Miller asks what SomeKindOfForcefield is.
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* AnachronismStew: All over the place in Part II.
* BadassBoast
** Neelix as a Klingon warrior:
** Seven of Nine to a Hirogen:


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* ClicheStorm: The WW2 program, but justified as Tom Paris probably wrote it.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Brigitte's American ex-lover is one of the soldiers relieving Sainte Claire. Of course in a meta coincidence, both characters are played by ''Voyager'''s OfficialCouple.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Janeway and Seven wear black (for nightfighting) and look good doing so.


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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Neelix demanding a drink from his fellow Klingons.


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* IllExplainLater: Janeway's response when Captain Miller asks what SomeKindOfForcefield is.


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* IWorkAlone: Janeway insists on going alone to blow up Sickbay. Chakotay (who as Captain Miller only knows her as a female civilian) insists on coming along.


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* MamaBear: Lampshaded by Janeway herself.


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* RedshirtArmy: Both sides make use of holographic soldiers.


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* SpotTheImposter


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* ThatsAnOrder: Janeway is rather amused when Captain Miller uses this trope, given that she actually outranks Chakotay.


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* YouExclamation: The Hirogen medical officer on seeing Captain Janeway pointing a gun at her.


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* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Averted; Janeway simply comes up with the most convenient explanation when dealing with 'Captain Miller' (Chakotay). The area outside the holodeck is a secret bunker for developing Nazi superweapons. Jeffries tubes are {{Secret Underground Passage}}s. And the Klingons? Well, some residents of her town are a bit eccentric.
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** It happens a second time when the Hirogen medical officer shoots at Janeway. Karr gave orders that [[IWantThemAlive he wanted Janeway kept alive]], so that may be deliberate.
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** InUniverse; Neelix once he becomes a Klingon.
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* VisionaryVillain: Karr realizes that his species' obsession with the hunt has caused their civilization to spread too far and their culture to stagnate. He hopes that holodeck technology will allow the Hirogen to rebuild their society while continuing the hunt.

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* VisionaryVillain: Karr realizes that his species' obsession with the hunt has caused their civilization to spread too far and their [[SpeciesOfHats culture to stagnate.stagnate]]. He hopes that holodeck technology will allow the Hirogen to rebuild their society while continuing the hunt.
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* ActionPrologue: It's Captain Janeway as…a Klingon?

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* ActionPrologue: It's Captain Janeway kicking ass as…a Klingon?
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* TookALevelInBadass: It's Harry, not [[SpotlightStealingSquad Janeway or Seven or the Doctor]] who first puts events into motion. As in "Timeless", this terse, self-motivated character is a lot more interesting than Harry's standard EnsignNewbie portrayal. [[StaticCharacter Pity they didn't keep it up]].

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* TookALevelInBadass: It's Harry, not [[SpotlightStealingSquad Janeway or Seven or the Doctor]] who first puts events into motion. As in "Timeless", "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E6Timeless Timeless]]", this terse, self-motivated character Harry is a lot more interesting than Harry's his standard EnsignNewbie portrayal. [[StaticCharacter Pity they didn't keep it up]].
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** Tuvok firing a submachine gun! [[SightedGunsAreLowTech From the hip!]]

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** Tuvok firing a submachine gun! [[SightedGunsAreLowTech From the hip!]]FROM THE HIP!]]
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* VisionaryVillain: Karr, the Alpha Hirogen who takes control of Voyager in "The Killing Game Parts 1 & 2," realizes that his species' obsession with the hunt has caused their civilization and culture to stagnate. He hopes that holodeck technology will allow the Hirogen to rebuild their society while continuing the hunt.

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* VisionaryVillain: Karr, the Alpha Hirogen who takes control of Voyager in "The Killing Game Parts 1 & 2," Karr realizes that his species' obsession with the hunt has caused their civilization to spread too far and their culture to stagnate. He hopes that holodeck technology will allow the Hirogen to rebuild their society while continuing the hunt.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Though this isn't apparent at the time.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Though this isn't apparent at the time.till Season Seven's "Flesh and Blood".
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Though this isn't apparent at the time.
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* [[DieHardOnAnX Die Hard on a Spaceship]]


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* PrettyInMink: Some of the ladies in ''Le Coeur de Lion'' are wearing fur wraps.


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* PuttingOnTheReich


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* TriageTyrant: When a crewmember with life-threatening injuries and a Hirogen with minor burns are both brought in, the Hirogen medical officer orders the doctor to treat the Hirogen patient first. He protests that this goes against the rules of triage is that critical injuries take priority. The Hirogen replies "your rules, not mine" and deactivates him when he refuses to comply.


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* VisionaryVillain: Karr, the Alpha Hirogen who takes control of Voyager in "The Killing Game Parts 1 & 2," realizes that his species' obsession with the hunt has caused their civilization and culture to stagnate. He hopes that holodeck technology will allow the Hirogen to rebuild their society while continuing the hunt.
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* {{Fainting}}: Brigette does this to get into Nazi headquarters.

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* {{Fainting}}: Brigette Brigitte does this to get into Nazi headquarters.



* RealLifeWritesThePlot: There's a reason Brigette is pregnant, given that actress Roxann Dawson was pregnant at the time (normally [[HideYourPregnancy covered by an Engineer's smock]]). PlayedForLaughs when B'Elanna gripes to Tom about the intense realism of the 'simulated' pregnancy (including that it kicks).

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: There's a reason Brigette Brigitte is pregnant, given that actress Roxann Roxanne Dawson was pregnant at the time (normally [[HideYourPregnancy covered by an Engineer's smock]]). PlayedForLaughs when B'Elanna gripes to Tom about the intense realism of the 'simulated' pregnancy (including that it kicks).



* SpitefulSpit: A Frenchwoman spits in front of Brigette as she goes to meet her SS lover.

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* SpitefulSpit: A Frenchwoman spits in front of Brigette Brigitte as she goes to meet her SS lover.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: There's a reason Brigette is pregnant, given that actress Roxann Dawson was pregnant at the time (normally [[HideYourPregancy covered by an Engineer's smock]]).

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: There's a reason Brigette is pregnant, given that actress Roxann Dawson was pregnant at the time (normally [[HideYourPregancy [[HideYourPregnancy covered by an Engineer's smock]]).smock]]). PlayedForLaughs when B'Elanna gripes to Tom about the intense realism of the 'simulated' pregnancy (including that it kicks).
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** Seven makes a snarky comment that she's not going to be singing "Moonlight Becomes You" when the American troops arrive. That's the song sung by TheChanteuse in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', just before Captain Picard goes [=20th=] Century on the Borg's ass with a Thompson submachine gun.

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** Seven Mademoiselle de Neuf makes a snarky comment that she's not going to be singing "Moonlight Becomes You" when the American troops arrive. That's the song sung by TheChanteuse in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', just before Captain Picard goes [=20th=] Century on the Borg's ass with a Thompson submachine gun.
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* MindControlMachine: The crew have been implanted with neural interfaces to make them think they are the holodeck characters they're playing.

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* MindControlMachine: MindControlDevice: The crew have been implanted with neural interfaces to make them think they are the holodeck characters they're playing.
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* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Turanj shoots the pistol out of Mademoiselle de Neuf's hand, though it's not clear if this was intentional; none of the Hirogen (except possibly Karr, and only for pragmatic reasons) are much interested in preserving the lives of the crew.

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* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Turanj shoots the pistol out of Mademoiselle de Neuf's hand, though it's not clear if this was intentional; none of the Hirogen (except possibly Karr, and only for pragmatic reasons) are much interested in preserving the lives of the crew. He puts a bullet in her and Neelix moments later, and nearly kills her despite ordering his companion to "avoid the cranium".

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* ActionGirl: Katrine and [[BlindIdiotTranslation Mademoiselle de Neuf]] (aka Janeway and Seven) are pistol-packing members of LaResistance!


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* LovelyAngels: Katrine and [[BlindIdiotTranslation Mademoiselle de Neuf]] (aka Janeway and Seven) are pistol-packing members of LaResistance!

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* BlatantLies: Katrine tells everyone who enters ''Le Coeur de Lion'' to leave the war outside.
Secretly she's head of the Resistance cell in Sainte Claire.

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* BlatantLies: Katrine tells everyone who enters ''Le Coeur de Lion'' to leave the war outside. \n Secretly she's head of the Resistance cell in Sainte Claire.
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The Hirogen seize ''Voyager'' and force the crew to undergo a lethal holodeck simulation of WorldWarTwo. RuleOfCool ensues.

!!This episode has the following tropes:

* ActionGirl: Katrine and [[BlindIdiotTranslation Mademoiselle de Neuf]] (aka Janeway and Seven) are pistol-packing members of LaResistance!
* ActionPrologue: It's Captain Janeway as…a Klingon?
* BavarianFireDrill: Two Hirogen start beating up Harry, accusing him of plotting something (which he is). Well aware of the Hirogen pecking order, Harry tells them the Alpha has already called him to the bridge. "You want me to tell him I'm working for you now?"
* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Turanj shoots the pistol out of Mademoiselle de Neuf's hand, though it's not clear if this was intentional; none of the Hirogen (except possibly Karr, and only for pragmatic reasons) are much interested in preserving the lives of the crew.
* BlatantLies: Katrine tells everyone who enters ''Le Coeur de Lion'' to leave the war outside.
Secretly she's head of the Resistance cell in Sainte Claire.
* TheCastShowOff: That's Jeri Ryan singing for real, not lip syncing.
* DeathIsCheap: Every time someone dies on the holodeck the Doctor has to revive them and fix their injuries, only for them to be sent into another simulation. He's working flat out and the Hirogen doctor has little interest in helping him. The Doctor mentions there's already been one permanent fatality.
* FaceRevealingTurn: Seven as a lounge singer and Janeway as the proprietor of ''Le Coeur de Lion''.
* {{Fainting}}: Brigette does this to get into Nazi headquarters.
* {{Fanservice}}
** Jeri Ryan with her hair down, singing "Would it be wrong to kiss…"
** Tim Russ in a white tux! Kate Mulgrew in a white tux!
** Tuvok firing a submachine gun! [[SightedGunsAreLowTech From the hip!]]
** Hirogen Nazis InSpace
* HeadbuttingHeroes: Even playing their holodeck characters Janeway and Seven can't help getting into conflict. Katrine wants to lay low and provide intelligence to the advancing American forces. Mademoiselle de Neuf wants to stockpile anti-tank weapons and assassinate German officers.
* HolodeckMalfunction: At the end of Part One.
* IKissYourHand: The Alpha kisses Katrine's hand, as per the holodeck character he's playing.
* IllKillYou: Katrine to Seven of Nine when she thinks 'Neuf' is contacting the Nazis (actually accessing the holodeck controls). She's pointing a pistol at Seven's head and the holodeck safety protocols were off, so Janeway would likely have killed the Borg if her neural interface hadn't been deactivated at that moment.
* InMediasRes: Events begin nineteen days after the Hirogen have seized ''Voyager''.
* LaResistance: On the holodeck against the Nazis, and on ''Voyager'' against the Hirogen.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Played straight with the Hirogen Alpha, Karr. Averted with the SS captain.
* MataHari: B'Elanna of all people plays this role.
* MindControlMachine: The crew have been implanted with neural interfaces to make them think they are the holodeck characters they're playing.
* MythologyGag:
** Katrine says it's been "a hard four years" in reference to the German occupation. Of course it's also the amount of time ''Voyager'' has been in the Delta Quadrant.
** Seven makes a snarky comment that she's not going to be singing "Moonlight Becomes You" when the American troops arrive. That's the song sung by TheChanteuse in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', just before Captain Picard goes [=20th=] Century on the Borg's ass with a Thompson submachine gun.
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Averted thanks to the BlueAndOrangeMorality of the Hirogen. However Turanj finds what the Nazi captain is saying strikes a chord, albeit for different reasons.
* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: The Doctor urges Karr to activate the holodeck safety protocols, which will protect his own men as well as ''Voyager'''s crew. He refuses.
* OffTheRails: The Hirogen Beta Turanj is bored with the holoprogram and opens fire on Neelix to draw out the Resistance.
* {{Plunder}}: The Kapitan proudly shows off the art he's looted. Karr is not impressed by a BattleTrophy taken from an enemy who's already surrendered.
* ProjectedMan: Karr orders holoemitters installed on all decks, intending to turn ''Voyager'' into one vast holodeck. Harry uses this to project the Doctor to his location to plan LaResistance.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: There's a reason Brigette is pregnant, given that actress Roxann Dawson was pregnant at the time (normally [[HideYourPregancy covered by an Engineer's smock]]).
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Karr to the SS captain.
* RightUnderTheirNoses: Neelix is stopped and searched by Turanj, who pours a bottle of wine on the ground to check that he's not smuggling anything. When Neelix arrives at the ''Le Coeur de Lion'', he and Tuvok peel the label off the bottle to reveal a coded message.
* SpitefulSpit: A Frenchwoman spits in front of Brigette as she goes to meet her SS lover.
* SoylentSoy: Harry mentions that ''Voyager'''s emergency rations consist of "synthetic protein". I bet he never thought he'd miss Neelix's cooking.
* StandardFemaleGrabArea: Turanj grabs Mademoiselle de Neuf's arm and demands she continue singing. Subconsciously reverting to her IceQueen demeanour, Seven demands he let go. Fortunately Karr is there to stop things from getting out of hand.
* StatusQuoIsGod
** The Hirogen take ''Voyager'', imprison its crew, and force them to fight endless battles with the holodeck safeties off, all with minimal fatalities except for an (unnamed) off-screen death.
** Despite ''massive'' damage to ''Voyager'', everything is repaired by next week's episode. Tom Paris is even complaining about being bored.
** Ensign Kim reverts to being EnsignNewbie, DependingOnTheWriter.
* StuffBlowingUp: Chakotay calls down artillery on Nazi headquarters. [[OhCrap While Janeway and Seven are inside it.]] The resulting explosion overloads the holoemitters.
* TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs: Katrine tells off her munitions expert (Seven, now freed from the neural inhibitor and trying to {{improv}} her way through the program) for not having the detonator connected to her explosive charges.
* TimTaylorTechnology
* ToBeContinued
* TookALevelInBadass: It's Harry, not [[SpotlightStealingSquad Janeway or Seven or the Doctor]] who first puts events into motion. As in "Timeless", this terse, self-motivated character is a lot more interesting than Harry's standard EnsignNewbie portrayal. [[StaticCharacter Pity they didn't keep it up]].
* TwoPartEpisode
* WeNeedADistraction: Harry tells a crewman to request the Hirogen guard escort him to Engineering because he has to get a component. While the corridor is empty, he projects the Doctor to his location.
* WallOfWeapons: Karr has set one up in Janeway's quarters, along with his [[BattleTrophy Battle Trophies]].
* WeGottaStopMeetingLikeThis: The Doctor on being projected to Harry's location again.
* WomanInWhite: Katrine
* YouGotSpunk
-->'''ALPHA:''' You are resilient prey!
* YouLookFamiliar: The actor playing the Nazi captain will return in "Drone".
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