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* RealityIsOutToLunch: As a scientist, [=McKay=] almost immediately attempts to solve being stranded on Earth and comes up with a plan that will involve the nearly depleted ZPM they have. However, the test results he receives from his colleagues are all mumbo jumbo and any tests he performs himself fail, causing him to realize that the universe itself is out of whack.
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** The team eventually realize the inconsistencies with their actual reality, such as physics [[RealityIsOutToLunch not making sense]], people acting [[OutOfCharacterMoment out of character]] and in Sheppard's case, some of his old Air Force friends [[BackFromTheDead being alive again]].
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** The team eventually realize the inconsistencies with their actual reality, such as physics [[RealityIsOutToLunch not making sense]], people acting [[OutOfCharacterMoment out of character]] and in Sheppard's case, some of his old Air Force friends [[BackFromTheDead being alive again]]. In fact, Sheppard figures it out early on and starts [[RealityWarper adding more and more nonsense to his illusion]] to see how far his captors will take it.
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* BackFromTheDead: Two of Sheppard's Air Force friends show up at his apartment for a party. They were both killed in action years ago, which is the final straw for Sheppard and confirms his suspicions that everything is fake.
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* INeverToldYouMyName: Weir figures out the illusion when her fake [=McKay=] advises her to forget about Atlantis and spend some more time with her boyfriend Simon, despite Weir never having disclosed his name.
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* LotusEaterMachine: Everything from when they reached the planet to dial Earth wasn't real.
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* LotusEaterMachine: Everything from when they reached the planet to dial Earth wasn't real. The bigger twist is that they've all been living in ''different'' fantasies (except for Teyla, who was placed into Sheppard's illusion because she had no past knowledge of Earth).
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* SpottingTheThread: The team eventually realize the inconsistencies, such as physics [[RealityIsOutToLunch not making sense]], people acting [[OutOfCharacterMoment out of character]] and in Sheppard's case, some of his old Air Force friends [[BackFromTheDead being alive again]].
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** The team eventually realize theinconsistencies, inconsistencies with their actual reality, such as physics [[RealityIsOutToLunch not making sense]], people acting [[OutOfCharacterMoment out of character]] and in Sheppard's case, some of his old Air Force friends [[BackFromTheDead being alive again]].again]].
** The incongruences between each character's separate illusions also start ramping up as the episode goes on. For instance, in [=McKay=]'s illusion he dilligently tries to get the ZPM to work to dial back to the Pegasus galaxy, but he's completely disinterested in doing so in Ford's illusion.
** The team eventually realize the
** The incongruences between each character's separate illusions also start ramping up as the episode goes on. For instance, in [=McKay=]'s illusion he dilligently tries to get the ZPM to work to dial back to the Pegasus galaxy, but he's completely disinterested in doing so in Ford's illusion.
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* RequiredSpinoffCrossover: Hammond (albeit as an alien posing as him). This also incidentally makes this episode Don Davis' only ''Stargate'' appearance outside of ''SG-1'' (as he passed away before ''Stargate Universe'' began airing).
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* ThemeTuneCameo: The ''SG-1'' theme appears in the Gateroom when the main characters arrive back on Earth.
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* SpottingTheThread: The team eventually realize the inconsistencies, such as physics [[RealityIsOutToLunch not making sense]], people acting [[OutOfCharacterMoment out of character]] and in Sheppard's case, some of his old army friends [[BackFromTheDead being alive again]].
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* SpottingTheThread: The team eventually realize the inconsistencies, such as physics [[RealityIsOutToLunch not making sense]], people acting [[OutOfCharacterMoment out of character]] and in Sheppard's case, some of his old army Air Force friends [[BackFromTheDead being alive again]].again]].
** Averted when it concerns Hammond, which is especially egregious for Weir as she was the one who announced in [[Recap/StargateSG1S8E2NewOrderPart2 the season 8 premiere of SG-1]] that he had been promoted to ''Lieutenant'' General (yet his uniform only has two stars) and that O'Neill would be in charge of Stargate Command; yet, she never bothers to question why Hammond is at the SGC or where O'Neill is.
** Averted when it concerns Hammond, which is especially egregious for Weir as she was the one who announced in [[Recap/StargateSG1S8E2NewOrderPart2 the season 8 premiere of SG-1]] that he had been promoted to ''Lieutenant'' General (yet his uniform only has two stars) and that O'Neill would be in charge of Stargate Command; yet, she never bothers to question why Hammond is at the SGC or where O'Neill is.
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* ThemeTuneCameo: The ''SG-1'' theme appears in the Gateroom when the main characters arrive back on Earth.Earth.
* WhamLine: When Weir remarks that it should have been Sheppard who came through, despite him and Teyla having already been shown on Earth multiple times.
* WhamLine: When Weir remarks that it should have been Sheppard who came through, despite him and Teyla having already been shown on Earth multiple times.
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* ThemeTuneCameo: The ''SG-1'' theme appears in the BGM when the main characters arrive back on Earth.
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* RewatchBonus: Aside from the obvious [[SpottingTheThread thread-spotting]] that can be done, on a second viewing one might also notice subtle clues indicating that Sheppard does indeed have a measure of control over the illusion. At the SGC he gets the idea to call for a car, only to find that "Hammond" has already done it for him. Later at the bachelor pad, his two buddies arrive at the front door moments after Teyla suggests that he get in touch with some friends, then still later Ford shows up at the party and Sheppard says he was just thinking about him.
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* RewatchBonus: Aside from the obvious [[SpottingTheThread thread-spotting]] that can be done, on a second viewing one might also notice subtle clues indicating that Sheppard does indeed have a measure of control over the illusion. At the SGC he gets the idea to call for a car, only to find that "Hammond" has already done it for him. Later at the bachelor pad, his two buddies arrive at the front door moments after Teyla suggests that he get in touch with some friends, then still later Ford "Ford" shows up at the party and Sheppard says he was just thinking about him.
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* SchrodingersButterfly: At the end of the episode [=McKay=] wonders aloud if they really are back in reality or if they're still trapped in illusion. Then the fog yells at him.
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* RewatchBonus: Aside from the obvious [[SpottingTheThread thread-spotting]] that can be done, on a second viewing one might also notice subtle clues indicating that Sheppard does indeed have a measure of control over the illusion. At the SGC he gets the idea to call for a car, only to find that "Hammond" has already done it for him. Later at the bachelor pad, his two buddies arrive at the front door moments after Teyla suggests that he get in touch with some friends, then still later Ford shows up at the party and Sheppard says he was just thinking about him.
* SchrodingersButterfly: At the end of the episode [=McKay=] wonders aloud if they really are back in reality or if they're still trapped in the illusion. Then the fog yells at him.
* SchrodingersButterfly: At the end of the episode [=McKay=] wonders aloud if they really are back in reality or if they're still trapped in the illusion. Then the fog yells at him.
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Moving to Trivia.
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* RecycledScript: Of "[[Recap/StargateSG1S2E4TheGamekeeper The Gamekeeper]]" from ''SG-1'''s second season. It even has the alien responsible briefly pretend to be Hammond.
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* ShoutOut: [=McKay=] is watching ''Series/{{The Outer Limits|1963}}'', which ran several similar plots.
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So, of course, they ''all'' do. And Earth is really great! General Hammond is back in charge of the SGC for some reason. Teyla learns about shopping. Sheppard has a really sweet bachelor pad and a pizza party. Dr. Weir gets to have some awkward conversations with her boyfriend Simon from the first episode. Dr. [=McKay=] manages to score a hot girlfriend and some really ugly t-shirts. And Ford...does...something.
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So, of course, they ''all'' do. And Earth is really great! General Hammond is back in charge of the SGC for some reason. Teyla learns about shopping. Sheppard has a really sweet bachelor pad and a pizza party. Dr. Weir gets to have some awkward conversations with her boyfriend Simon from the first episode. Dr. [=McKay=] manages to score a hot girlfriend and some really ugly t-shirts. And Ford...does... does... something.
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* ShoutOut: [=McKay=] is watching ''Series/TheOuterLimits'', which ran several similar plots.
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* ShoutOut: [=McKay=] is watching ''Series/TheOuterLimits'', ''Series/{{The Outer Limits|1963}}'', which ran several similar plots.
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--> ''You don’t understand, Doctor: things have changed around here. The Asgard are in the process of fitting Prometheus with engines capable of reaching other galaxies. We were mapping a mission to find out what happened to you.''
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--> ''You don’t understand, Doctor: things have changed around here. The Asgard are in the process of fitting Prometheus ''Prometheus'' with engines capable of reaching other galaxies. We were mapping a mission to find out what happened to you.''
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The team discovers a planet full of nothing but a fog-like substance and strangely constant energy readings. [=McKay=] realizes that the gate draws energy directly from the not-actually-fog - and the planet is covered with it. This near-unlimited energy supply opens up a previously unthought of possibility: dialing earth.
Not without effort, of course. [=McKay=] first has to unhook the control crystals from the Atlantis DHD[[note]]Dial Home Device or Dialing Device[[/note]] that allow it to dial an eighth chevron, and then successfully reattach them to the device on the planet. [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong What could possibly go wrong?]] [[SarcasmMode Fortunately, it's only 840 years]] by Puddle Jumper from Atlantis if something ''does'' go wrong. But it doesn't, and our heroes are delighted to hear Walter's voice come through the Stargate from the SGC. He assuages their worries that it might be a one-way trip - anyone who steps though could be back in Pegasus inside of a month.
Not without effort, of course. [=McKay=] first has to unhook the control crystals from the Atlantis DHD[[note]]Dial Home Device or Dialing Device[[/note]] that allow it to dial an eighth chevron, and then successfully reattach them to the device on the planet. [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong What could possibly go wrong?]] [[SarcasmMode Fortunately, it's only 840 years]] by Puddle Jumper from Atlantis if something ''does'' go wrong. But it doesn't, and our heroes are delighted to hear Walter's voice come through the Stargate from the SGC. He assuages their worries that it might be a one-way trip - anyone who steps though could be back in Pegasus inside of a month.
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The team discovers a planet full of nothing but a fog-like substance and strangely constant energy readings. [=McKay=] realizes that the gate draws energy directly from the not-actually-fog - -- and the planet is covered with it. This near-unlimited energy supply opens up a previously unthought of possibility: dialing earth.
Not without effort, of course. [=McKay=] first has to unhook the control crystals from the Atlantis DHD[[note]]Dial Home Device or Dialing Device[[/note]] that allow it to dial an eighth chevron, and then successfully reattach them to the device on the planet. [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong What could possibly go wrong?]] [[SarcasmMode Fortunately, it's only 840 years]] by Puddle Jumper from Atlantis if something ''does'' go wrong. But it doesn't, and our heroes are delighted to hear Walter's voice come through the Stargate from the SGC. He assuages their worries that it might be a one-way trip- -- anyone who steps though could be back in the Pegasus galaxy inside of a month.
Not without effort, of course. [=McKay=] first has to unhook the control crystals from the Atlantis DHD[[note]]Dial Home Device or Dialing Device[[/note]] that allow it to dial an eighth chevron, and then successfully reattach them to the device on the planet. [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong What could possibly go wrong?]] [[SarcasmMode Fortunately, it's only 840 years]] by Puddle Jumper from Atlantis if something ''does'' go wrong. But it doesn't, and our heroes are delighted to hear Walter's voice come through the Stargate from the SGC. He assuages their worries that it might be a one-way trip
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It is not long before problems start to arise. There is a horrible accident on the Prometheus, making return to Atlantis impossible. [=McKay=] immediately starts a scheme to see if he can squeeze some life out of Earth's ZPM, but nobody is interested in helping out. Meanwhile, Weir learns that the Atlantis mission is going wholly military - that is, she's been fired - and Ford has been reassigned to Antarctica. Sheppard's party continues to rock his sweet bachelor pad - everybody's there, including his sixth grade teacher and a couple of old army buddies who died in Afghanistan. Oh, and the laws of physics have given up and stopped working altogether. As [=McKay=] puts it, "It's like looking through a microscope at a cell culture and seeing a thousand dancing hamsters."
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It is not long before problems start to arise. There is a horrible accident on the Prometheus, ''Prometheus'', making return to Atlantis impossible. [=McKay=] immediately starts a scheme to see if he can squeeze some life out of Earth's ZPM, but nobody is interested in helping out. Meanwhile, Weir learns that the Atlantis mission is going wholly military - -- that is, she's been fired - -- and Ford has been reassigned to Antarctica. Sheppard's party continues to rock his sweet bachelor pad - -- everybody's there, including his sixth grade teacher and a couple of old army buddies who died in Afghanistan. Oh, and the laws of physics have given up and stopped working altogether. As [=McKay=] puts it, "It's like looking through a microscope at a cell culture and seeing a thousand dancing hamsters."
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* RecycledScript: Of "The Gamekeeper" for SG-1's second series. It even has the alien responsible briefly pretend to be Hammond.
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* ShoutOut: [=McKay=] is watching TheOuterLimits, which ran several similar plots.
* SpottingTheThread: The team eventually realise the inconsistencies, such as physics [[RealityIsOutToLunch not making sense]], people acting [[OutOfCharacterMoment out of character]] and in Sheppard's case, some of his old army friends [[BackFromTheDead being alive again]].
* SpottingTheThread: The team eventually realise the inconsistencies, such as physics [[RealityIsOutToLunch not making sense]], people acting [[OutOfCharacterMoment out of character]] and in Sheppard's case, some of his old army friends [[BackFromTheDead being alive again]].
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* ShoutOut: [=McKay=] is watching TheOuterLimits, ''Series/TheOuterLimits'', which ran several similar plots.
* SpottingTheThread: The team eventuallyrealise realize the inconsistencies, such as physics [[RealityIsOutToLunch not making sense]], people acting [[OutOfCharacterMoment out of character]] and in Sheppard's case, some of his old army friends [[BackFromTheDead being alive again]].
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--> '''[=McKay=]''': Food and We need food, we need water... I mean, [[BigEater and we need food!]]
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Sheppard's annoyance that he lost his beer when the illusion ends, as well as Rodney freaking out that they're currently starving to death on the planet, since to survive human being need;
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--> '''[=McKay=]''': Food and water... [[BigEater and food!]]
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* HyperAwareness: Sheppard notices something is wrong with "Earth" almost immediately and according to the fog aliens, proved uniquely able to [[RealityWarper manipulate the reality]] given to him.
* LifeEnergy:has been powering The fog aliens exist as this, which the Stargate. Not good.Stargate inadvertently draws from and kills thousands of them each time it opens. [=McKay=] dialing Earth would ''not'' be good for them.
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* RealityWarper: The fog aliens reveal that Sheppard was the only one able to manipulate the illusion. He promptly kicks himself over the stuff he ''could'' have imagined.
* RealityWarper: The fog aliens reveal that Sheppard was the only one able to manipulate the illusion. He promptly kicks himself over the stuff he ''could'' have imagined.
* SpottingTheThread: The team eventually realise the inconsistencies, such as physics [[RealityIsOutToLunch not making sense]], people acting [[OutOfCharacterMoment out of character]] and in Sheppard's case, some of his old army friends [[BackFromTheDead being alive again]].
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Not without effort, of course. [=McKay=] first has to unhook the control crystals from the Atlantis DHD[[hottip:* : Dial Home Device or Dialing Device]] that allow it to dial an eighth chevron, and then successfully reattach them to the device on the planet. [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong What could possibly go wrong?]] [[SarcasmMode Fortunately, it's only 840 years]] by Puddle Jumper from Atlantis if something ''does'' go wrong. But it doesn't, and our heroes are delighted to hear Walter's voice come through the Stargate from the SGC. He assuages their worries that it might be a one-way trip - anyone who steps though could be back in Pegasus inside of a month.
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Not without effort, of course. [=McKay=] first has to unhook the control crystals from the Atlantis DHD[[hottip:* : Dial DHD[[note]]Dial Home Device or Dialing Device]] Device[[/note]] that allow it to dial an eighth chevron, and then successfully reattach them to the device on the planet. [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong What could possibly go wrong?]] [[SarcasmMode Fortunately, it's only 840 years]] by Puddle Jumper from Atlantis if something ''does'' go wrong. But it doesn't, and our heroes are delighted to hear Walter's voice come through the Stargate from the SGC. He assuages their worries that it might be a one-way trip - anyone who steps though could be back in Pegasus inside of a month.
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* LoserGuy: [=McKay=]'s answering machine registers no new messages after months of absence. He assumes that there must have been a power failure.
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So, of course, they ''all'' do. And Earth is really great! General Hammond is back in charge of the SGC for some reason. Teyla learns about shopping. Sheppard has a really sweet bachelor pad and a pizza party. Dr. Weir gets to have some awkward conversations with her husband person from the first episode. Dr. [=McKay=] manages to score a hot girlfriend and some really ugly t-shirts. And Ford...does...something.
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So, of course, they ''all'' do. And Earth is really great! General Hammond is back in charge of the SGC for some reason. Teyla learns about shopping. Sheppard has a really sweet bachelor pad and a pizza party. Dr. Weir gets to have some awkward conversations with her husband person boyfriend Simon from the first episode. Dr. [=McKay=] manages to score a hot girlfriend and some really ugly t-shirts. And Ford...does...something.
