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* ExactWords: Seven of Nine expresses her emotional reaction to the situation by telling his father that Icheb is "a unique individual." Leucon replies "He is. Getting him back is a miracle." Icheb really ''is'' one of a kind, being genetically engineered to poison Borg cubes, and having him returned means they can stave off Borg invasions for another several years.
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* TheReveal: Icheb was the source of the pathogen that disabled his Borg Cube back in "Collective".
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It's subverted because an armor piercing question was asked, but it didn't have the intended effect. An armor piercing retort, if you will.
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** Averted. Janeway attempts this on Seven, accusing her of letting her own unresolved feelings for her parents cloud her judgement. Instead of being rattled, Seven just rolls with it, freely acknowledges the similarity, and but shoots back that by all outward appearances, the Brunali are just as unfit to raise children as the Hansens. Janeway, tellingly, doesn't really have a retort for this, and passes the burden of decision onto Icheb.
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** Averted.Subverted. Janeway attempts this on Seven, accusing her of letting her own unresolved feelings for her parents cloud her judgement. Instead of being rattled, Seven just rolls with it, freely acknowledges the similarity, and but shoots back that by all outward appearances, the Brunali are just as unfit to raise children as the Hansens. Janeway, tellingly, doesn't really have a retort for this, and passes the burden of decision onto Icheb.
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-->'''Icheb:''' How would your programming respond if you were asked to live with strangers?
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* BioluminescenceIsCool: Janeway seems to like Mezoti's glowing ant colony.
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* StatingTheSimpleSolution: The Brunali point out that due to their limited resources the only strategy they have to combat the Borg is to genetically engineer Icheb into a TykeBomb to keep Borg Cubes from repeatedly harvesting their population for drones. Early in the episode, Seven points out the fact that they can simply ''move to another planet.'' When presented with this option, Icheb's father angrily insists that the Brunali love their home and will defend it no matter what, even though potentially settling on a planet not right outside of a Borg conduit would spare them the inhumanity of turning their children into living weapons.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion.
** Averted. Janeway attempts this on Seven, accusing her of letting her own unresolved feelings for her parents cloud her judgement. Instead of being rattled, Seven just rolls with it, freely acknowledges the similarity, and but shoots back that by all outward appearances, the Brunali are just as unfit to raise children as the Hansens. Janeway, tellingly, doesn't really have a retort for this, and passes the burden of decision onto Icheb.
** Played straight when Icheb comes to the Doctor with extreme anxiety at the idea of leaving Voyager to live with a biological family he has no memory of. The Doctor pontificates about how much he can learn from a family and how much they can give to him that he couldn't get from the Voyager crew and that it's nothing to feel nervous about.
-->'''Icheb:''' How would your programming respond if you were asked to live with strangers?
** Averted. Janeway attempts this on Seven, accusing her of letting her own unresolved feelings for her parents cloud her judgement. Instead of being rattled, Seven just rolls with it, freely acknowledges the similarity, and but shoots back that by all outward appearances, the Brunali are just as unfit to raise children as the Hansens. Janeway, tellingly, doesn't really have a retort for this, and passes the burden of decision onto Icheb.
** Played straight when Icheb comes to the Doctor with extreme anxiety at the idea of leaving Voyager to live with a biological family he has no memory of. The Doctor pontificates about how much he can learn from a family and how much they can give to him that he couldn't get from the Voyager crew and that it's nothing to feel nervous about.
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* FreudianExcuse: Seven has perhaps the best reason possible for wanting Icheb away from a planet so close to a Borg transwarp conduit. She's also afraid that his parents will screw things up just like hers did.
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* FreudianExcuse: A justified example. Seven has perhaps the best reason possible for wanting Icheb away from a planet so close to a Borg transwarp conduit. She's While her past makes her overly judgemental, it also afraid that his parents will screw things up means she can recognize just like hers did.how neglectful the Brunali are.
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* ProperlyParanoid: Seven is horrified when she sees the flippant attitude Icheb's family has toward staying near Borg territory, which seemingly places them in unjustifiable danger instead of settling elsewhere. At first it looks like Seven is just projecting her frustration at her own criminally-neglectful parents, but it turns out that Icheb's parents are risking his health through more than sheer neglect.
