History Recap / StargateAtlantisS02E19Inferno

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Taranians started keeping their shield on full-time after detecting the Wraith were once again active in the galaxy. Ironically this ended up overtaxing the shield, causing the supervolcano under their feet to wake up and forcing them to evacuate. [[spoiler: Which leads them to be [[ShootTheShaggyDog wiped out]] a year later by Michael's hybrids in "Vengeance"]].

** Sheppard shoots down [=McKay's=] suggestion to name the Ancient ship [[Franchise/StarTrek ''Enterprise'']].

* UnfortunateNames: Invoked by Sheppard about the ''Hippoforalkus''. He may have been a [[FourStarBadass great general]] and had a respected name amongst the Ancients, but it's an ''awful'' name when it comes to christening your CoolStarship. Hence why he quickly changes it to the ''Orion''.
* YouLookFamiliar: Chancellor Lycus is Dr. Warner, Dr. Frazier's predecessor on SG-1.

* HotScientist: Norina, who has [=McKay=] and Sheppard making idiots of themselves for her benefit throughout the entire episode.

* HypocriticalHumor: Sheppard says he should get back to Taranis to stop McKay from getting “distracted” by the attractive Norina. Later in the same conversation Weir asks about the leader, Lycus, and Sheppard doesn’t know how to describe him because, “He’s a guy. Didn’t pay much attention. Sorry!”

* HypocriticalHumor: John says he should get back to Taranis to stop Rodney from getting “distracted” by the attractive Norina. Later in the same conversation Elizabeth asks about the leader, Lycus, and John doesn’t know how to describe him because, “He’s a guy. Didn’t pay much attention. Sorry!”

The Daedalus confirms the disaster and starts to vacuum up the refugees, but life support issues will require it to make four trips to get everyone out - at 12 hours each. Sheppard does his best to motivate [=McKay=] with the threat of impending death and starts moving the remaining refugees onto the Orion - where they are unfortunately shielded from the Daedalus' beam technology. Lava covers the hangar doors, preventing their escape, and it seems impossible to get the Orion's sublight engines working anyway. When the volcano eventully blows, their shields should be able to hold for a mere 4.1 seconds before they are all horribly incinerated.

--> '''Ronon''': He thinks he can ''{{Outrun|TheFireball}}'' this thing...

** PetTheDog: He does later apologise for his behaviour, when it becomes obvious they really are telling the truth and going out of their way to save his people. He later gives them the ''Orion'' in exchange for their aid in relocating them and helping them rebuild.

* CrazyEnoughToWork: [=McKay=]'s plan to use the force of the eruption to launch the ''Orion''.

* GenreSavvy: Sheppard.
-->'''[=MckKay=]:''' Oh yes, place all of the pressure squarely on ''me'' for a change
-->'''Sheppard:''' Well I've figured out by now that you work best under threat of impending doom!

* FailOSuckyname: Invoked by Sheppard about the ''Hippoforalkus''. He may have been a [[FourStarBadass great general]] and had a respected name amongst the Ancients, but it's an ''awful'' name when it comes to christening your CoolStarship.
** AwesomeMcCoolname: Hence why he quickly changes it to the ''Orion''.

--> '''Ronon''': He thinks he can ''[[Outrun|TheFireball]]'' this thing...

* AccidentalInnuendo: Plenty!
--> '''[=McKay=]''': First we need to get off. Er, I mean get off the planet. Then you can be under me. I mean...

--> '''Ronon''': He thinks he can ''[[LethallyStupid outrun]]'' this thing...

* TooDumbToLive: Vonos, who ignores their repeated warnings to evacuate via the ''Orion'' and decides to lead a group to the river, under the insane belief that it will protect them from the lava and following it to the ocean will keep them safe from the poisonous ash cloud and the imminent continent-destroying eruption.

** His group's fate is hinted at when Caldwell beams up Ronon and Teyla's group;

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Taranians started keeping their shield on full-time after detecting the Wraith were once again active in the galaxy. Ironically this ended up overtaxing the shield, causing the supervolcano under their feet to wake up and forcing them to evacuate. [[spoiler: While leads them to be wiped out a year later by Michael's hybrids in "Vengeance"]].

* AccidentalInnuendo: plenty!

* GenreSavvy: Sheppard

* HotScientist: Norina, who has [=McKay=] and Sheppard making idiots of themselves for her benefit the whole episode through.
* OhCrap: Rodney's reaction to discovering they're inside inside the caldera of a massive supervolcano. Everyone has this reaction after the ground beneath the Stargate causes it to sink into molten lava.

* FailOSuckyname: Invoked by Sheppard about the ''Hippoforalkus''. He may have been a [[FourStarBadass great general]] and had a respected name amongst the Ancients, but his is an ''awful'' name when it comes to someone you should christen your CoolStarship after.

* FailOSuckyName: [[FourStarBadass Hippoforalkus]] may have been a great general and had a respected name amongst the Ancients, but to the people of Earth, it's an ''awful'' name when it comes to christening a CoolStarship.

-->'''Hermiod:''' I would not state it if I wasn’t.

* ShoutOut: ''The Orion'' is named for the protagonists' ship in the German cult Sci-Fi series ''"[[{{Raumpatrouille}} Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion]]"'' (Space Patrol - The Fantastic Adventures of the Spaceship Orion) from 1966. The 2003 special edition DVD was a gift to director Peter [=DeLuise=] from German journalist (and Stargate correspondant) Robert Vogel.

* ShoutOut: ''The Orion'' is named for the German cult Sci-Fi series ''"Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion"'' (Space Patrol - The Fantastic Adventures of the Spaceship Orion) from 1966. The 2003 special edition DVD was a gift to director Peter [=DeLuise=] from German journalist (and Stargate correspondant) Robert Vogel.

It turns out the Taranians have more than just cool shields. The Taranian Chancellor Lycus shows a delighted Col. Sheppard the base's hangar bay - and contained within it, a battle cruiser identical to the ''Aurora,'' called the ''Hippoforalkus.'' Which of course Sheppard immediately changes to ''Orion.'' The happy christening is interrupted by urgent news from [=McKay=] - powering the shields constantly for the last year (that is, since the Wraith woke up and went on a rampage) has caused the supervolcano to come back to life several thousand years early. It could blow any time now, taking half the continent with it and filling the atmosphere with ash - which will in turn blot out the sun and choke out all life for the forseeable future. It's time to evacuate all the Taranians to Atlants - now.