History Series / BattlestarGalacticaReimagined

* BerserkButton: Commander Adama whenever you try to mess with Galactica or its crew.
** Sharon if anyone threatens her daughter.
** Coming between Laura Roslin and someone she loves is ''not'' a safe place to stand. [[spoiler:Especially if that someone is William Adama, aka the love of her life.]] Or to put it in her words: "''I swear it! I'M COMING FOR ALL OF YOU!!!''"

* GeneralRipper: Admiral Cain.

** Cavil. The genocide of the colonies was brought about because he thought his parents loved humans more than him. However, he decides to go so overboard with this that he just comes across as a whiny brat who uses the excuse as a shallow pretext for his own murderous urges instead. In probably his most despicable act, he knowingly raped his Cylon mother, yet ''still'' has the gal to blame her for his own actions when she offers her sadistic son a chance at redemption.

* ContinuityNod: The Cylons use the Infinity symbol of the Soldiers of the One from ''{{Caprica}}'' during a funeral service in "Islanded in a Stream of Stars".

* GrowBeyondTheirProgramming: The original Cylons went beyond their programming, though prequel ''{{Caprica}}'' implies it's because [[spoiler: all of the Cylons are descended from Avatar Zoe's code.]]

* SpinOff: ''{{Caprica}}'', a [[GenreShift family drama]] set fifty years prior to its parent series.

* CanadianSeries: The Canadian involvement in this series (and references, I'm talking to all you C-Bucs fans) is undeniable.

** Episode 10 of Season One features [[spoiler: Head Six explaining herself as being 'an angel of God.]] The last ''thirty seconds'' of the ''series'' pays this off, when it's revealed that [[spoiler: she wasn't lying. It's literally true.]]

* ContinuityReboot: The entire new series is a reboot of the franchise.

** Although they did encounter a lot of planets[[note]](Kobol and New Caprica, to name two)[[/note]] in the series the "jump" method of travel obscured the distances; many of the hops were described as requiring several jumps.

* MultipleReferencePun: In the series finale, [[spoiler:Starbuck and Apollo's assault/rescue teams meet up on the enemy spaceship after getting separated. When Apollo asks where Starbuck was, she says, "Stopped for coffee."]] We should be surprised that the writers didn't try this one ''much'' earlier in the series.

-->'''Starbuck:''' And if you were wondering... I will definately hit a cripple. That goes for anyone else. [walks off]

** Within-new-series example: when Lee takes command of the Pegasus in series 2, he teases Kara about not coming to be his CAG, and she says she'll settle for being CAG of Galactica. However, in ''Razor'', which shows the start of his command in more detail, he does install her as acting CAG of Pegasus (because, er, the plot needs her to be present) and she subsequently asks for a transfer back to Galactica.

** The [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquer Kodiak]] can be briefly seen during the series Finale

** The lack of technobabble and the downscaling of technology in general were probably deliberate moves by Moore, who was [[TakeThat fed up with]] TechnoBabble [[TakeThat being used to solve everything on]] Series/StarTrekVoyager.

* LiarRevealed: In the miniseries, Laura calls out Adama on there being no secret map to the location of Earth, but goes along with the lie since it gave the survivors hope and direction.

* YouLookFamiliar: Ryan Robbins, who plays the officer that gets blown up along with Armistice Station in the opening scene of the Miniseries, later reappears in Seasons 3 and 4 as Charlie Connor. Of course, he was only on screen as the Armistice Officer for less than five minutes and was under heavy age-enhancing stipple makeup, making him barely recognizable.

* ActingForTwo: 'Copies' of the Cylon models, significantly Boomer/Athena. "Head" characters like Baltar also had to play for two. And of course, Number Six is both a Cylon and a head character, which meant scores of disparate characters played by the same actress.

* SureWhyNot: After stumbling across a fanfic that teased with the idea of a Helo/Racetrack pairing, the actress portraying the Raptor pilot decided to incorporate the unrequited feelings for Helo and the jealousy towards his wife into her character's backstory.

->''"[[CreatingLife The Cylons were created by man.]] [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters They rebelled.]] [[MechanicalEvolution They evolved.]] [[TheyLookLikeUsNow They look - and feel - human.]] [[TomatoInTheMirror Some are programmed to believe they are human.]] [[MesACrowd There are many copies.]] [[AllBlueEntry And they have]] [[EvilPlan a plan.]]"''

** When questioned about the sexuality of the Cylons in general, [[WordOfGod Ronald D. Moore]] said, "We sort of always talked about the Cylons being basically bisexual in all formats. They didn't really have gender roles[...]." Could count as WordOfGay in the case of the male models since there is little to no in-series indication of their bisexuality.

** Not that odd if you think about it. [[spoiler:Most people [[FridgeBrilliance don't care about celebrities' childhoods, so his background wouldn't be too hard to cover up]], especially if a couple were brainwashed into saying he was their son.]]

* DevelopmentHell: Seems to be SyFy's strategy with regards to ''Blood & Chrome''. The network has been flip-flopping over whether the series will be on TV or online, and are being entirely silent on a release date (even though the actual filming and visual effects are done). But you [[SarcasmMode can't blame SyFy]], it's not like [[NetworkDecay science fiction is their "thing" after all]] ... After a long time, the first two mini-episodes were released online in November 2012.

* [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Getting Crap Past The DRADIS]]: The word "Frak", invented by the original series (though spelled different) as a stand-in for the F-word, is now used so liberally (along with [[UnusualEuphemism other stand-in words]]) that the whole crew now [[ClusterFBomb curse like]] [[FridgeBrilliance sailors]]. Parodied in [[http://video.adultswim.com/robot-chicken/frakking-galactica.html this Robot Chicken sketch]].

** [[WordOfGod Bodie Olmos]], Hot Dog's actor, has suggested that it's the first option, and in fact that Hot Dog has been familiar with Vipers his whole life, his father having piloted a Viper in the first Cylon War. He goes on to state that this is one of the reasons why Hot Dog never changes from the outdated Mark II Viper to the newer Mark VII-- he prefers to fly the craft that his father flew.

* TooSoon: Completely inverted: The show is fearless about taking on sensitive topical subjects.

** Remember Apollo's brother Zak, who Starbuck used to date? Neither do they after a while.

* ArtificialHuman: The Cylons

*** Her inauguration on board Colonial One deliberately emulates the inauguration of American president LyndonJohnson in the wake of JohnFKennedy's assassination. ''Babylon 5'' also used this imagery with the inauguration of [[PresidentEvil President Clarke]].

** During the assault on the Cylon Colony in the series finale, one of the Fours inspecting Hera says "I think you overestimate their chances" when Boomer is worried about the colonials succeeding. Grand Moff Tarkin said the exact same thing during the Rebel attack on the Death Star in [[StarWars A New Hope]].

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In the first season, the Cylons' spines glowed red when they had sex. This was eventually dropped. Additionally, in the miniseries, some words (DRADIS, Gaeta's name, etc.) were pronounced differently than they ended up being pronounced in the show itself.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The "Final Five" Cylons are much, much older than they look.