History Recap / StarTrekVoyagerS4E17TheKillingGame

--->"One day the Borg will assimilate your species, despite your arrogance. When that moment arrives...remember me."

--->"One day the Borg will assimilate your species despite your arrogance. When that moment arrives, remember me."

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Tom, under the persona of an American soldier from World War 2, is instantly suspicious of Harry, who as far as he's concerned, looks like an English-speaking Japanese man in France.

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Zigzagged. The Alpha thinks the Nazi MasterRace rhetoric is ridiculous; unsurprising given that Hirogen culture is based on proving one's ''individual'' prowess--the idea of a race being superior by birthright instead of by testing itself constantly against {{Worthy Opponent}}s would not impress him. However after Karr arranges a ceasefire with Captain Janeway, Turanj finds what the Nazi captain is saying strikes a chord.

--->'''NEELIX:''' ''(addressing his officers)'' Pardon me, gentlemen. I wonder if I might have a word with you?

--->'''DOCTOR:''' They're Klingons, not kittens!
--->'''NEELIX:''' ''(snatches away the meat they're eating)'' YOU WILL LISTEN!

-->'''JANEWAY:''' I guess when it comes to my people's safety, this girl tends to get a little gung-ho.\\
'''CHAKOTAY (aka CAPTAIN MILLER):''' Nothing to apologize for, I'm the same way with my men. There's not a day goes by when I don't think to myself, I'm going to get 'em back safely, even if I die trying.\\
'''JANEWAY:''' I know the feeling...

-->'''JANEWAY:''' [[GetItOverWith What are you waiting for?]]\\
'''TURANJ:''' I am a hunter. You are my prey. ''(DramaticGunCock)'' Run.

** The Hirogen seize ''Voyager'' and force its crew to fight endless battles with the holodeck safeties off. During Part II they even stop treating human wounded. All this happens with minimal fatalities except for an [[RedShirt unnamed]] off-screen death.

* StuffBlowingUp: Captain Miller calls down artillery on Nazi headquarters. [[OhCrap While Janeway and Seven are inside it.]] The resulting explosion overloads the holoemitters, blowing a hole in several decks and spilling the conflict into the rest of the ship.
* TargetSpotter: Chakotay (or Captain Miller, as he believes he is) acts as this for a gun unit called Charlie-1.

* RedOniBlueOni: Turanj, the Hirogen Beta, s hot-headed, impulsive, and reckless; Karr, the Alpha, is stoic, calm, and reasonable.

* RedOniBlueOni: The Beta Hirogen is hot-headed, impulsive, and reckless, while the Alpha is stoic, calm, and reasonable.

* PregnantBadass: B'Elanna as pistol-packing Brigitte. Noticeably averted when it comes to the physical stuff though, as the actors are understandably reluctant to manhandle a pregnant Roxann Dawson.

-->'''ALPHA:''' You, yourself, are you stronger than these degenerate races? More cunning?\\
'''KAPITAN:''' Yes, of course.\\
'''ALPHA:''' And if you were alone without an army supporting you, would you continue the hunt? If your Prey were armed instead of defenceless, what then?\\
'''KAPITAN:''' I...Colonel...I don't know what you're trying--\\
'''ALPHA:''' ''(grabbing him by the throat)'' You are superior to no one! Never underestimate your prey or disrespect its abilities. If you do, you will become the hunted. When the opposing army invades this city, remember my words.

%%* PuttingOnTheReich

%%* TwoPartEpisode

* YouGotSpunk
-->'''ALPHA:''' I want to see the fear in your eyes.
-->'''KLINGON!JANEWAY:''' Look closely and you'll see your own destruction!
-->'''ALPHA:''' You are resilient prey!

* SpotTheImposter: Every true American boy knows that Creator/BettyGrable has [[ShesGotLegs great gams]]. Fortunately Harry remembers the right answer before Tom shoots him.

* {{Fainting}}: Brigitte does this [[WoundedGazelleGambit to get into Nazi headquarters]].

* PuttingOnTheReich

* TwoPartEpisode

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Zigzagged. The Alpha thinks the Nazi MasterRace rhetoric is ridiculous--unsurprising given that Hirogen culture is based on proving one's ''individual'' prowess--the idea of a race being superior by birthright instead of by testing itself constantly against {{Worthy Opponent}}s would not impress him. However after Karr arranges a ceasefire with Captain Janeway, Turanj finds what the Nazi captain is saying strikes a chord.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Alpha thinks the Nazi MasterRace rhetoric is ridiculous. Unsurprising given that Hirogen culture is based on proving one's ''individual'' prowess--the idea of a race being superior by birthright instead of by testing itself constantly against {{Worthy Opponent}}s would not impress him.

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Averted at first, due to the BlueAndOrangeMorality of the Hirogen. However after Karr arranges a ceasefire with Captain Janeway, Turanj finds what the Nazi captain is saying strikes a chord.

-->"I may be drunk but I can still send your soul to the next world and leave your body here to rot!"

-->"One day the Borg will assimilate your species despite your arrogance. When that moment arrives, remember me."

** Hirogen Nazis InSpace

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

* VisionaryVillain: Karr realizes that his species' obsession with the hunt has caused their civilization to spread too far and their [[PlanetOfHats culture to stagnate]]. He hopes that holodeck technology will allow the Hirogen to rebuild their society, by enabling them to concentrate their ships while continuing the hunt.

* VisionaryVillain: Karr realizes that his species' obsession with the hunt has caused their civilization to spread too far and their [[SpeciesOfHats culture to stagnate]]. He hopes that holodeck technology will allow the Hirogen to rebuild their society, by enabling them to concentrate their ships while continuing the hunt.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Brigitte is pregnant because actress Roxann Dawson was pregnant at the time (normally [[HideYourPregnancy covered by an Engineer's smock]]). This becomes LeaningOnTheFourthWall when B'Elanna gripes to Tom about the intense realism of the 'simulated' pregnancy.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Though this isn't apparent till Season 7's "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E9FleshAndBlood Flesh and Blood]]". At the end of the episode Janeway presents the new Alpha with holodeck technology, which he reluctantly accepts even though he claims not to have agreed with Karr's ideas. It seems like another victory for Federation ideals if the Hirogen stop hunting sentient species in favor of holograms. Unfortunately things GoHorriblyRight...

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Though this isn't apparent till Season 7's "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E9FleshAndBlood Flesh and Blood]]". At the end of the episode Janeway presents the new Alpha with holodeck technology, which he reluctantly accepts even though he claims not to have agreed with Karr's ideas. It seems like another victory for Federation ideals if the Hirogen stop hunting sentient species in favor of holograms.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Alpha thinks the Nazi MasterRace rhetoric is ridiculous, unsurprising given that Hirogen culture is based on proving one's ''individual'' prowess.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Alpha Hirogen thinks the Nazi MasterRace rhetoric is ridiculous.

* GratuitousNazis: Although there's mention of other programs such as Agincourt and the Klingon program, the main emphasis is on the program based in Nazi-occupied France.

** Despite ''massive'' damage to ''Voyager'', everything is repaired by next week's episode, and Tom Paris is even complaining about being bored.