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* IntangibleMan: Daniel is rendered intangible thanks to Teal'c zatting the crystal skull as it started to activate.
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* IntangibleMan: {{Intangibility}}: Daniel is rendered intangible thanks to Teal'c zatting the crystal skull as it started starts to activate.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Demonstrated when Daniel overhears Hammond on the phone with his granddaughter, telling her that he can't come to her school play because "a very close friend of his is lost and needs his help."
* AFatherToHisMen: Demonstrated when Daniel overhears Hammond on the phone with his granddaughter, telling her that he can't come to her school play because "a very close friend of his is lost and needs his help."
* ItsAllMyFault: Defied by Daniel when Ballard tries to tell him he wasn't to blame for the death of his parents:
-->'''Daniel:''' I was eight years old, how could it be my fault?
-->'''Daniel:''' I was eight years old, how could it be my fault?
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* ItsAllMyFault: Defied by Daniel when Ballard tries to tell him he wasn't to blame for the death of his parents:
-->'''Daniel:''' I was eight years old, how could it be my fault?
-->'''Daniel:''' I was eight years old, how could it be my fault?
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--> '''Hammond''': And if that thing zaps you to wherever it sent Dr. Jackson?
--> '''Teal'c''': Then I will have succeeded in locating him.
--> '''Teal'c''': Then I will have succeeded in locating him.
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--> '''Hammond''': '''Hammond:''' And if that thing zaps you to wherever it sent Dr. Jackson?
-->'''Teal'c''': '''Teal'c:''' Then I will have succeeded in locating him.
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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: After Daniel disappears, Teal'c returns to the planet to search for him as soon as he is physically able to do so, despite not getting a clean bill of health from Fraiser. Daniel thanks him for this, realizing that he may not have been able to get back to earth if Teal'c hadn't done so.
* PlausibleDeniability: This was the reason why they were allowed to bring Nick to Stargate [=HQ=] to see the crystal skull. He as a disgraced archaeologist whose theories were discredited and had been in a psychiatric hospital for about 20 years. Who would believe him?
* PlausibleDeniability: This was the reason why they were allowed to bring Nick to Stargate [=HQ=] to see the crystal skull. He as a disgraced archaeologist whose theories were discredited and had been in a psychiatric hospital for about 20 years. Who would believe him?
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* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: After Daniel disappears, Teal'c returns to the planet to search for him as soon as he is physically able to do so, despite not getting a clean bill of health from Fraiser. Daniel thanks him for this, realizing that he may not have been able to get back to earth Earth if Teal'c hadn't done so.
* PlausibleDeniability: This was the reason why they were allowed to bring Nick to Stargate[=HQ=] HQ to see the crystal skull. He as a disgraced archaeologist whose theories were discredited and had been in a psychiatric hospital for about 20 years. Who would believe him?
* PlausibleDeniability: This was the reason why they were allowed to bring Nick to Stargate
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Neither Daniel's grandfather nor the giant aliens are mentioned again until season ''Ten,'' fully seven years later!
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Neither Aside from an oblique reference to a Dutch grandfather [[Recap/StargateSG1S4E2TheOtherSide two episodes later]], neither Daniel's grandfather nor the giant aliens are mentioned again until season ''Ten,'' fully seven years later!
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* EndOfAnEra: Meta Example. This was the final episode of ''SG-1'' to be shot on 15 mm film (which had been the celluloid norm since the Pilot). Beginning with the next episode, ''SG-1'' would upgrade to 35 mm film.
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* EndOfAnEra: Meta Example. This was the final episode of ''SG-1'' to be shot on 15 16 mm film (which had been the celluloid norm since the Pilot). Beginning with the next episode, ''SG-1'' would upgrade to 35 mm film.
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* ChromaKey: The cavern has ''[[SpecialEffectFailure not]]'' aged well since 2000.
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* IntangibleMan: Daniel is rendered intangible thanks to Teal'c zatting the crystal skull as it started to activate.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Daniel jumps to the conclusion that he's dead when he realizes that he hasn't been hungry or thirsty since getting knocked out of phase.
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%% * WrongGenreSavvy: Daniel jumps to the conclusion that he's dead when he realizes that he hasn't been hungry or thirsty since getting knocked out of phase.
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* PlausibleDeniability: This was the reason why they were allowed to bring Nick to Stargate HQs to see the crystal skull. He as a disgraced archaeologist whose theories were discredited and had been in a psychiatric hospital for about 20 years. Who would believe him?
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* PlausibleDeniability: This was the reason why they were allowed to bring Nick to Stargate HQs [=HQ=] to see the crystal skull. He as a disgraced archaeologist whose theories were discredited and had been in a psychiatric hospital for about 20 years. Who would believe him?
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* MathematiciansAnswer: Teal'c is quite matter-of-fact when trying to convince Gen. Hammond to send him back to the planet:
--> '''Hammond''': And if that thing zaps you to wherever it sent Dr. Jackson?
--> '''Teal'c''': Then I will have succeeded in locating him.
--> '''Hammond''': And if that thing zaps you to wherever it sent Dr. Jackson?
--> '''Teal'c''': Then I will have succeeded in locating him.
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* Foreshadowing: The fact that Nicholas can see Daniel is brought up before it's even mentioned, because Nicholas looks right at him and makes eye contact when Daniel enters the meeting room.
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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: The fact that Nicholas can see Daniel is brought up before it's even mentioned, because Nicholas looks right at him and makes eye contact when Daniel enters the meeting room.
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* Foreshadowing: The fact that Nicholas can see Daniel is brought up before it's even mentioned, because Nicholas looks right at him and makes eye contact when Daniel enters the meeting room.
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* CrystalSkull: Duh.
** Incidentally, many crystal skulls are now believed to be fakes manufactured in 19th century Germany. The episode possibly makes a nod to this when Rothman suggests a 19th century German origin for the crystal skull from [=P7X-377=].
** Incidentally, many crystal skulls are now believed to be fakes manufactured in 19th century Germany. The episode possibly makes a nod to this when Rothman suggests a 19th century German origin for the crystal skull from [=P7X-377=].
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* CrystalSkull: Duh.
**Duh. Incidentally, many crystal skulls are now believed to be fakes manufactured in 19th century Germany. The episode possibly makes a nod to this when Rothman suggests a 19th century German origin for the crystal skull from [=P7X-377=].
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* ConspicuousCG: Every time the team crosses the ledge over the cavern where the skull is kept.
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** Incidentally, many crystal skulls are now believed to be fakes manufactured in 19th century Germany. The episode possibly makes a nod to this when Rothman suggests a 19th century German origin for the crystal skull from P7X-377.
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** Incidentally, many crystal skulls are now believed to be fakes manufactured in 19th century Germany. The episode possibly makes a nod to this when Rothman suggests a 19th century German origin for the crystal skull from P7X-377.[=P7X-377=].
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* PlausibleDeniability: This was the reason why they were allowed to bring Nick to Stargate HQs to see the crystal skull. He as a disgraced archaeologist whose theories were discredited and had been in a psychiatric hospital for about 20 years. Who would believe him?
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It's not a subversion because the knowledge he was fostered came first. It's the revelation he has any living family at all that's the later reveal. However, the trope is then discussed when the reveal is made.
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* RaisedByGrandparents: In a subversion, it's revealed that Ballard was too busy travelling the world to take in Daniel after his parents' death, and had him put into foster care instead. Daniel is still a little bitter about this.
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* RaisedByGrandparents: In a subversion, it's revealed Discussed. It's been known from the very beginning of the show that Daniel went through foster care because his parents died when he was young. This episode reveals that he does have a living grandfather, but was not raised by him because Ballard was too busy travelling the world to take in look after him. It was that decision that put Daniel after his parents' death, and had him put into foster care instead. care; Daniel is still a little bitter about this.that.
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* GenerationXerox: Both Daniel and his grandfather are once-respected archaeologists who were laughed right out of academia for their outlandish theories that would later turn out to be true. Tragically, neither of them believed the other's story which is why they're estranged for so many years until this event makes them realise they were both telling the truth.
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* GenerationXerox: Both Daniel and his grandfather are once-respected archaeologists who were laughed right out of academia for their outlandish theories that would later turn out to be true. Tragically, neither of them believed the other's story which is why they're estranged for so many years until this event makes them realise they were both telling the truth.
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* GenerationXerox: Both Daniel and his grandfather are once-respected archaeologists who were laughed right out of academia for their outlandish theories that would later turn out to be true.
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* GenerationXerox: Both Daniel and his grandfather are once-respected archaeologists who were laughed right out of academia for their outlandish theories that would later turn out to be true. Tragically, neither of them believed the other's story which is why they're estranged for so many years until this event makes them realise they were both telling the truth.
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-->-- '''Dr. Daniel Jackson''' (in a rare instance of WrongGenreSavvy)
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-->-- '''Dr. Daniel Jackson''' (in a rare instance of WrongGenreSavvy)
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-->'''Dr. Daniel Jackson, in a rare instance of WrongGenreSavvy.'''
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-->'''Teal'c:''' Dr. Fraiser believes you are not strong enough to undertake such a mission.
-->'''O'Neill:''' Yeah, whatever.
-->''[He attempts to get out of bed and promptly collapses on the floor.]''
-->'''Teal'c:''' Dr. Fraiser is usually correct in such matters.
-->'''O'Neill:''' Yeah, whatever.
-->''[He attempts to get out of bed and promptly collapses on the floor.]''
-->'''Teal'c:''' Dr. Fraiser is usually correct in such matters.
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-->'''Teal'c:''' Dr. Fraiser believes you are not strong enough to undertake such a mission.
-->'''O'Neill:'''mission.\\
'''O'Neill:''' Yeah,whatever.
-->''[Hewhatever.\\
''[he attempts to get out of bed and promptly collapses on thefloor.]''
-->'''Teal'c:'''floor]''\\
'''Teal'c:''' Dr. Fraiser is usually correct in such matters.
-->'''O'Neill:'''
'''O'Neill:''' Yeah,
-->''[He
''[he attempts to get out of bed and promptly collapses on the
-->'''Teal'c:'''
'''Teal'c:''' Dr. Fraiser is usually correct in such matters.
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-->'''O'Neill:''' Daniel said you should come along to make it work.
-->'''Daniel:''' Wait, I never sad that. You're taking advantage of me.
-->'''Ballard:''' [[FlatYes Yes.]]
-->'''Daniel:''' Wait, I never sad that. You're taking advantage of me.
-->'''Ballard:''' [[FlatYes Yes.]]
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-->'''O'Neill:''' Daniel said you should come along to make it work.
-->'''Daniel:'''work.\\
'''Daniel:''' Wait, I never sad that. You're taking advantage ofme.
-->'''Ballard:'''me.\\
'''Ballard:''' [[FlatYes Yes.]]
-->'''Daniel:'''
'''Daniel:''' Wait, I never sad that. You're taking advantage of
-->'''Ballard:'''
'''Ballard:''' [[FlatYes Yes.]]
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-->'''Daniel:''' Repeat what I'm saying: I'm standing right beside you.
-->'''Ballard:''' He's standing right beside me.
-->'''O'Neill:''' He's lost a few pounds.
-->'''Daniel:''' ''[to himself]'' Jack, don't be an ass.
-->'''Ballard:''' Jack, don't be an ass.
-->'''O'Neill:''' ...Daniel?
-->'''Ballard:''' He's standing right beside me.
-->'''O'Neill:''' He's lost a few pounds.
-->'''Daniel:''' ''[to himself]'' Jack, don't be an ass.
-->'''Ballard:''' Jack, don't be an ass.
-->'''O'Neill:''' ...Daniel?
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-->'''Daniel:''' Repeat what I'm saying: I'm standing right beside you.
-->'''Ballard:'''you.\\
'''Ballard:''' He's standing right besideme.
-->'''O'Neill:'''me.\\
'''O'Neill:''' He's lost a fewpounds.
-->'''Daniel:'''pounds.\\
'''Daniel:''' ''[to himself]'' Jack, don't be anass.
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'''Ballard:''' Jack, don't be anass.
-->'''O'Neill:''' ...ass.\\
'''O'Neill:''' ...Daniel?
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'''Ballard:''' He's standing right beside
-->'''O'Neill:'''
'''O'Neill:''' He's lost a few
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'''Daniel:''' ''[to himself]'' Jack, don't be an
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'''Ballard:''' Jack, don't be an
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'''O'Neill:''' ...Daniel?
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-->'''Rothman:''' [[CaptainObvious Well, it -- it's a crystal skull.]]
-->'''Hammond:''' We knew that, Doctor.
-->'''Hammond:''' We knew that, Doctor.
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-->'''Rothman:''' [[CaptainObvious Well, it -- it's a crystal skull.]]
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'''Hammond:''' We knew that, Doctor.
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'''Hammond:''' We knew that, Doctor.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Daniel jumps to the conclusion that he's dead when he realizes that he hasn't been hungry or thirsty since getting knocked out of phase.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Daniel jumps to the conclusion that he's dead when he realizes that he hasn't been hungry or thirsty since getting knocked out of phase.phase.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Neither Daniel's grandfather nor the giant aliens are mentioned again.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Neither Daniel's grandfather nor the giant aliens are mentioned again.again until season ''Ten,'' fully seven years later!
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->''"Wait a minute, I'm not hungry or thirsty. Why not? ...Because I'm dead?!"''
-->'''Dr. Daniel Jackson, in a rare instance of WrongGenreSavvy.'''
Daniel is rendered invisible and intangible after being exposed to radiation from a CrystalSkull found on another planet, and is forced to seek help from the only other person with experience of such technology -- his estranged grandfather, the archaeologist Dr. Nicholas Ballard.
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!!"Crystal Skull" provides examples of the following tropes:
* AFatherToHisMen: Demonstrated when Daniel overhears Hammond on the phone with his granddaughter, telling her that he can't come to her school play because "a very close friend of his is lost and needs his help."
* AdventurerArchaeologist: It's implied that Nicholas Ballard was one in his youth, though his GloryDays are now long behind him.
* ConspicuousCG: Every time the team crosses the ledge over the cavern where the skull is kept.
* CrystalSkull: Duh.
* DeadpanSnarker: Daniel really dials up the snark in this episode due to his increasing frustration over his inability to make himself seen or heard.
* EnemyMine: When the alien appears it says something in Mayan that apparently translates to "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." Daniel realizes that the "enemy" they're referring to is the Goa'uld when the skull fails to transport Teal'c and uses this to earn their trust.
* FirstNameBasis: The rest of the team seem to find it a little odd that Daniel refers to his grandfather as "Nick", to which Daniel replies that Nick had always insisted on it, even when he was a young child.
* GenerationXerox: Both Daniel and his grandfather are once-respected archaeologists who were laughed right out of academia for their outlandish theories that would later turn out to be true.
* IWarnedYou: When O'Neill attempts to leave the infirmary while still suffering the effects of radiation sickness:
-->'''Teal'c:''' Dr. Fraiser believes you are not strong enough to undertake such a mission.
-->'''O'Neill:''' Yeah, whatever.
-->''[He attempts to get out of bed and promptly collapses on the floor.]''
-->'''Teal'c:''' Dr. Fraiser is usually correct in such matters.
* ItsAllMyFault: Defied by Daniel when Ballard tries to tell him he wasn't to blame for the death of his parents:
-->'''Daniel:''' I was eight years old, how could it be my fault?
* {{Malaproper}}: O'Neill calls neutrinos "nintendos" at one point. Although knowing O'Neill it's likely a case of ObfuscatingStupidity.
* MultitaskedConversation: Ballard pulls this when Daniel calls him out for manipulating him, responding in such a way that O'Neill thinks he's talking to ''him'':
-->'''O'Neill:''' Daniel said you should come along to make it work.
-->'''Daniel:''' Wait, I never sad that. You're taking advantage of me.
-->'''Ballard:''' [[FlatYes Yes.]]
* TheNapoleon: O'Neill calls Fraiser a "Napoleonic power-monger", as a reference to both her height and the iron fist with which she rules the infirmary.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: After Daniel disappears, Teal'c returns to the planet to search for him as soon as he is physically able to do so, despite not getting a clean bill of health from Fraiser. Daniel thanks him for this, realizing that he may not have been able to get back to earth if Teal'c hadn't done so.
* RaisedByGrandparents: In a subversion, it's revealed that Ballard was too busy travelling the world to take in Daniel after his parents' death, and had him put into foster care instead. Daniel is still a little bitter about this.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: O'Neill is inclined to believe that Daniel is present and communicating through his grandfather only when Daniel insults him:
-->'''Daniel:''' Repeat what I'm saying: I'm standing right beside you.
-->'''Ballard:''' He's standing right beside me.
-->'''O'Neill:''' He's lost a few pounds.
-->'''Daniel:''' ''[to himself]'' Jack, don't be an ass.
-->'''Ballard:''' Jack, don't be an ass.
-->'''O'Neill:''' ...Daniel?
* StayWithTheAliens: Ballard decides to stay behind when the aliens request that he join them, as he's spent the last thirty years trying to prove that the crystal skull works.
* StupidScientist: Rothman is portrayed as such in his attempts to figure out how the skull works, offering increasingly unhelpful suggestions while Daniel snarks at him and the rest of SG-1 grow ever more impatient. Even ''[[ButtMonkey Siler]]'' gets fed up with him.
-->'''Rothman:''' [[CaptainObvious Well, it -- it's a crystal skull.]]
-->'''Hammond:''' We knew that, Doctor.
* TheyCalledMeMad: Much like his grandson, Ballard was ridiculed for his theories involving aliens, though he took it a step further than Daniel and suffered a mental breakdown that got him committed to a psychiatric hospital as a result. For added irony, neither Daniel nor his grandfather believed the other's theory and dismissed each other as insane, while in actual fact they were ''both'' right.
* TrickDialogue: An odd example where both Daniel and Ballard are present, but Daniel assumes Ballard can't see him and is merely thinking aloud while Ballard believes Daniel to be a hallucination. They actually manage to have an entire conversation in this manner before they realize they're responding to one another.
* TrustPassword: Daniel has Ballard mention Kayla's school play to convince Hammond that he's in the room, since Hammond believed himself to be alone in his office when he had that particular phone call.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Neither Daniel's grandfather nor the giant aliens are mentioned again.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Daniel jumps to the conclusion that he's dead when he realizes that he hasn't been hungry or thirsty since getting knocked out of phase.
-->'''Dr. Daniel Jackson, in a rare instance of WrongGenreSavvy.'''
Daniel is rendered invisible and intangible after being exposed to radiation from a CrystalSkull found on another planet, and is forced to seek help from the only other person with experience of such technology -- his estranged grandfather, the archaeologist Dr. Nicholas Ballard.
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!!"Crystal Skull" provides examples of the following tropes:
* AFatherToHisMen: Demonstrated when Daniel overhears Hammond on the phone with his granddaughter, telling her that he can't come to her school play because "a very close friend of his is lost and needs his help."
* AdventurerArchaeologist: It's implied that Nicholas Ballard was one in his youth, though his GloryDays are now long behind him.
* ConspicuousCG: Every time the team crosses the ledge over the cavern where the skull is kept.
* CrystalSkull: Duh.
* DeadpanSnarker: Daniel really dials up the snark in this episode due to his increasing frustration over his inability to make himself seen or heard.
* EnemyMine: When the alien appears it says something in Mayan that apparently translates to "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." Daniel realizes that the "enemy" they're referring to is the Goa'uld when the skull fails to transport Teal'c and uses this to earn their trust.
* FirstNameBasis: The rest of the team seem to find it a little odd that Daniel refers to his grandfather as "Nick", to which Daniel replies that Nick had always insisted on it, even when he was a young child.
* GenerationXerox: Both Daniel and his grandfather are once-respected archaeologists who were laughed right out of academia for their outlandish theories that would later turn out to be true.
* IWarnedYou: When O'Neill attempts to leave the infirmary while still suffering the effects of radiation sickness:
-->'''Teal'c:''' Dr. Fraiser believes you are not strong enough to undertake such a mission.
-->'''O'Neill:''' Yeah, whatever.
-->''[He attempts to get out of bed and promptly collapses on the floor.]''
-->'''Teal'c:''' Dr. Fraiser is usually correct in such matters.
* ItsAllMyFault: Defied by Daniel when Ballard tries to tell him he wasn't to blame for the death of his parents:
-->'''Daniel:''' I was eight years old, how could it be my fault?
* {{Malaproper}}: O'Neill calls neutrinos "nintendos" at one point. Although knowing O'Neill it's likely a case of ObfuscatingStupidity.
* MultitaskedConversation: Ballard pulls this when Daniel calls him out for manipulating him, responding in such a way that O'Neill thinks he's talking to ''him'':
-->'''O'Neill:''' Daniel said you should come along to make it work.
-->'''Daniel:''' Wait, I never sad that. You're taking advantage of me.
-->'''Ballard:''' [[FlatYes Yes.]]
* TheNapoleon: O'Neill calls Fraiser a "Napoleonic power-monger", as a reference to both her height and the iron fist with which she rules the infirmary.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: After Daniel disappears, Teal'c returns to the planet to search for him as soon as he is physically able to do so, despite not getting a clean bill of health from Fraiser. Daniel thanks him for this, realizing that he may not have been able to get back to earth if Teal'c hadn't done so.
* RaisedByGrandparents: In a subversion, it's revealed that Ballard was too busy travelling the world to take in Daniel after his parents' death, and had him put into foster care instead. Daniel is still a little bitter about this.
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: O'Neill is inclined to believe that Daniel is present and communicating through his grandfather only when Daniel insults him:
-->'''Daniel:''' Repeat what I'm saying: I'm standing right beside you.
-->'''Ballard:''' He's standing right beside me.
-->'''O'Neill:''' He's lost a few pounds.
-->'''Daniel:''' ''[to himself]'' Jack, don't be an ass.
-->'''Ballard:''' Jack, don't be an ass.
-->'''O'Neill:''' ...Daniel?
* StayWithTheAliens: Ballard decides to stay behind when the aliens request that he join them, as he's spent the last thirty years trying to prove that the crystal skull works.
* StupidScientist: Rothman is portrayed as such in his attempts to figure out how the skull works, offering increasingly unhelpful suggestions while Daniel snarks at him and the rest of SG-1 grow ever more impatient. Even ''[[ButtMonkey Siler]]'' gets fed up with him.
-->'''Rothman:''' [[CaptainObvious Well, it -- it's a crystal skull.]]
-->'''Hammond:''' We knew that, Doctor.
* TheyCalledMeMad: Much like his grandson, Ballard was ridiculed for his theories involving aliens, though he took it a step further than Daniel and suffered a mental breakdown that got him committed to a psychiatric hospital as a result. For added irony, neither Daniel nor his grandfather believed the other's theory and dismissed each other as insane, while in actual fact they were ''both'' right.
* TrickDialogue: An odd example where both Daniel and Ballard are present, but Daniel assumes Ballard can't see him and is merely thinking aloud while Ballard believes Daniel to be a hallucination. They actually manage to have an entire conversation in this manner before they realize they're responding to one another.
* TrustPassword: Daniel has Ballard mention Kayla's school play to convince Hammond that he's in the room, since Hammond believed himself to be alone in his office when he had that particular phone call.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Neither Daniel's grandfather nor the giant aliens are mentioned again.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Daniel jumps to the conclusion that he's dead when he realizes that he hasn't been hungry or thirsty since getting knocked out of phase.
