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The Team Cleanup: ZCE


* TheTeam: The cadets, the two adults, and Thelma form the crew of the Christa.
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* TroublesomePet: In "All You Can Eaty", Rosie gets a new pet named Eaty, who is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, devouring everything it can get its hands on, including parts of the ''Christa''.
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Has a [[Characters/SpaceCases Character Sheet]]. Also has an entertaining [[http://community.livejournal.com/rigelianculture/88117.html off-site pictorial series summary]].

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Has a [[Characters/SpaceCases Character Sheet]]. Also has an entertaining [[http://community.livejournal.com/rigelianculture/88117.html off-site pictorial series summary]].

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* RedOniBlueOni: Harlan (hotblooded and agressive) and Radu (calm headed and shy).

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* RedOniBlueOni: Harlan (hotblooded and agressive) aggressive) and Radu (calm headed and shy).


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* WholePlotReference:
** "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Court" is a RashomonStyle episode in which the crew try to determine who is at fault for an accident.
** "The Impossible Dram" is heavily inspired by ''Literature/DonQuixote'', as Catalina aids a self-styled knight-errant in hunting a dragon that is supposedly hidden aboard the ''Christa''.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Spung are all evil.
** Except Elmira.
* AndStarring: Paul Boretski as Commander Seth Goddard
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Radu in the second episode, albeit virus-induced.

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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Spung are all evil.
** Except
evil, with the exception of Elmira.
* AndStarring: Paul Boretski as Commander Seth Goddard
Goddard.
* ArrowCatch: In the episode "King of the Hill", Thelma catches an arrow right before it hits Harlan.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Radu is one of the nicest, most gentle characters on the show, but in the second episode, albeit virus-induced.he is infected with a virus that causes hallucinations and paranoia, resulting in him lashing out at what he believes to be hostile aliens impersonating his friends and manages to inflict some serious damage on Thelma. As Goddard notes, you ''really'' do not want to try and fight an Andromedan.



** Catalina appears to be one at first, habitually talking to her imaginary friend Suzee. [[spoiler: It turns out Suzee is real but from another dimension.]]

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** Catalina appears to be one at first, habitually talking to her imaginary friend Suzee. [[spoiler: It [[spoiler:It turns out Suzee is real but from another dimension.]]



* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The theme song was a duet with Walter Jones & Lisa La Shawn.

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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The theme song was a duet with Walter Jones & and Lisa La Shawn.
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* DeliriousMisidentification: One episode saw Radu and Bova trapped on a shuttle and running out of oxygen. Suffering from oxygen starvation, Radu starts hallucinating that Bova is Suzee, who's back on the ship.

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I believe "Desperately Seeking Suzee" (from the 1985 movie "Desperately Seeking Susan") and "Who Goes Where" are not song references.. A couple are 70s songs but I don't think any are 50s.


* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every episode title in Season 1 is a riff on a popular song from the 50's or 60's.

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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every Most episode title titles in Season 1 is are a riff on a popular song from the 50's 60s or 60's.70s.
** This occasionally shows up in season 2 as well: "Both Sides Now" is a Joni Mitchell song.
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* ExpositoryThemeTune: As quoted above. In the first season the original opening theme was orchestral, with a narrator (Creator/HarlanEllison) giving a preamble, and the theme tune was used over the closing credits. The closing theme moved to the opening in the second season, re-recorded to fit Catalina's replacement and new descriptions of the characters. It was further re-recorded for first season episodes after the series ended, but with Catalina featured in, and a new opening sequence was created, according to Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}, making the original opening a truer example of KeepCirculatingTheTapes.

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* ExpositoryThemeTune: As quoted above. In the first season the original opening theme was orchestral, with a narrator (Creator/HarlanEllison) giving a preamble, and the theme tune was used over the closing credits. The closing theme moved to the opening in the second season, re-recorded to fit Catalina's replacement and new descriptions of the characters. It was further re-recorded for first season episodes after the series ended, but with Catalina featured in, and a new opening sequence was created, according to Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}, Website/{{Wikipedia}}, making the original opening a truer example of KeepCirculatingTheTapes.
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* FiveTokenBand: [[RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE!]] There's a Mercurian, a Uranian, a Titanian [[spoiler:(who gets replaced by whatever Suzee is in Season 2)]], an Andromedan and the human is an African-American. A pretty diverse group.

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* FiveTokenBand: [[RecycledINSPACE [[JustForFun/RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE!]] There's a Mercurian, a Uranian, a Titanian [[spoiler:(who gets replaced by whatever Suzee is in Season 2)]], an Andromedan and the human is an African-American. A pretty diverse group.
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* DiseaseBleach: Actually happens to Christa itself in the season 2 premiere as it's organic like exterior is burnt by the atmosphere of the planet as they crash leaving it a dull metallic color. This is actually a permanent change as even when they repair the ship and leave the planet the color damage remains for the rest of the show.
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* NiceHat: Rosie wore one that helped her regulate her high body temperature in the first season. She ditched it later on as a sign of maturation and better control over one's heat powers for her race.

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I Ate What clean up. The trope is when a character eats something, unaware of what they are consuming, and then reacts in disgust after they find out what it is. Misuse will be deleted or moved to another trope when applicable. Administrivia.Zero Context Examples will be removed or commented out depending on the amount of context within the entry.


* HumanityEnsues: During the PhysicalAttributeSwap episode, Thelma was switched with Suzee and became... whatever Suzee is. She was upset about this since the combination of new emotions and being mentally cut off from Christa was too much for her to handle.
* IAteWhat: A comedic example, though we never find out what the mystery substance is. The ''Christa'' is stranded on a planet and three of the cast are sitting around a fire, where the following exchange occurs.
--> '''Harlan:''' Ugh! What is that?
--> '''Bova:''' Don't know. I found it over there. On the ground.
--> '''Harlan:''' ...Why are you cooking something that's not even ''food''?
--> '''[[DeadpanSnarker Bova]]:''' Why are you ''eating'' something that's not even food?
** Miss Davenport once ate some fudge made by Rosie and Bova, which has unknowingly been made with glue instead of marshmallow sauce.

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* HumanityEnsues: During the PhysicalAttributeSwap episode, Thelma was switched with Suzee and became... whatever Suzee is. She was upset about this since the combination of new emotions and being mentally cut off from Christa was too much for her to handle.
* IAteWhat: A comedic example, though we never find out what the mystery substance is. The ''Christa'' is stranded on a planet and three of the cast are sitting around a fire, where the following exchange occurs.
--> '''Harlan:''' Ugh! What is that?
--> '''Bova:''' Don't know. I found it over there. On the ground.
--> '''Harlan:''' ...Why are you cooking something that's not even ''food''?
--> '''[[DeadpanSnarker Bova]]:''' Why are you ''eating'' something that's not even food?
** Miss Davenport once ate some fudge made by Rosie and Bova, which has unknowingly been made with glue instead of marshmallow sauce.

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