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* JustFollowingOrders: Naird considers it, but ultimately [[DefiedTrope defies]] carrying out an unlawful attack on this logic.
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* JustFollowingOrders: Naird considers it, but ultimately [[DefiedTrope defies]] carrying out an unlawful unprovoked attack on this logic.logic. He points out it is not treason to disobey an unlawful order.
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--> '''Grabaston''': General Naird! You were ordered to order an attack, and I am ordering you to obey that order!
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* JustFollowingOrders: Naird considers it, but ultimately [[DefiedTrope defies]] carrying out an unlawful attack on this logic.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite all their JerkJock bluster about the supremacy of their service branches, hard-ons for their high tech weapons, and aggressive national pride at the sight of the Apollo 11 flag getting desecrated, all but one of the Joint Chiefs reacts with incredulity and dawning horror at the idea that the higher ups might be serious about an armed attack on the Chinese science base, pointing out that breaking treaties, starting a war, and committing war crimes are things "you should never, ever do". Unfortunately [[InvertedTrope the exception]] is Air Force chief Gen. Grabaston, Naird's [[TheRival rival]], former boss, and the one most well-placed to take over Space Force and carry out the attack.
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* ThatsAnOrder: [[PlayedForLaughs Played For Laughs]] during the launch:
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* ThatsAnOrder: ThatsAnOrder:
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** PlayedForDrama, albeit phrased for laughs, in the finale:
--> '''Grabaston''': General Naird! You were ordered to order an attack, and I am ordering you to obey that order!
--> '''Grabaston''': General Naird! You were ordered to order an attack, and I am ordering you to obey that order!
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* FlippingTheBird: General Grabaston does this to Duncan when he challenges the general to present a Space Force ID to enter the base...in a way that resembles a rocket launch.
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* MeaningfulEcho: Ali disobeys Naird and refuses to land her helicopter against regulations while shuttling him around in the pilot episode, so Naird tells her she's on "thin ice, Captain". In the season finale, when he disobeys orders himself and brings her in on the plan, she responds "thin ice, General, thin ice" in agreement.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Brad is usually cheerful and harmless, but when Naird asks what's worse than a ToiletPaperPrank but not as bad as a home invasion/murder, Brad suggests a home invasion where they only ''think'' they're going to be murdered, so they have to deal with the trauma forever.
--> '''Naird''': ''Jesus'', Brad, no wonder my dogs are scared of you.
--> '''Naird''': ''Jesus'', Brad, no wonder my dogs are scared of you.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: Ali. She swings like a pendulum between what her backstory strongly implies and what her current situation demands for comedy. She's got a degree in mathematics, but inexplicably isn't capable of undestanding the fundamentals behind botany so she needs Chan. She's a US military officer, but (also inexplicably) can't hit anything with a BB gun unlike the Staff Sergeant.
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* DependingOnTheWriter: Ali. She swings like a pendulum between what her backstory strongly implies and what her current situation demands for comedy. She's got a degree in mathematics, but inexplicably isn't capable of undestanding understanding the fundamentals behind botany so she needs Chan. She's a US military officer, but (also inexplicably) can't hit anything with a BB gun unlike the Staff Sergeant.
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* FunWithAcronyms: BWAM: Black Women, Asian Men.
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* FunWithAcronyms: BWAM: BWAM - Black Women, Asian Men.
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* TheGhost: The President, usually referred to solely as POTUS (but implied to be UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump) is frequently implied to approve projects that make little sense.
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* TheGhost: TheGhost:
** The President, usually referred to solely as POTUS (but implied to be UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump) is frequently implied to approve projects that make littlesense.sense.
** Naird pretty casually mentions "my dogs" in the first season finale. They are never shown or referred to at any other time, despite it being a bit late for EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.
** The President, usually referred to solely as POTUS (but implied to be UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump) is frequently implied to approve projects that make little
** Naird pretty casually mentions "my dogs" in the first season finale. They are never shown or referred to at any other time, despite it being a bit late for EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.
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* ToiletPaperPrank: They seriously consider doing this to the Chinese moon base as retaliation for running over the Apollo 11 flag.
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* LameComeback: Naird multiple times struggles for comebacks, occasionally resorting to just repeating the same threat or diss back at his rival.
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Justified. Naird doesn't dare seek professional help for his numerous issues, because if he seems the least bit psychologically unstable he can lose his security clearance.
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* ThereAreNoTherapists: Justified. Naird ThereAreNoTherapists:
** Justified for Naird, who doesn't dare seek professional help for his numerous issues, because if he seems the least bit psychologically unstable he can lose his securityclearance.clearance.
** Averted for RuleOfFunny by the Chief of Naval Operations, who says she talks with her therapist all the time about how frustrating it is not having an excuse to use all the Navy's cool weapons.
** Justified for Naird, who doesn't dare seek professional help for his numerous issues, because if he seems the least bit psychologically unstable he can lose his security
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* LongDistanceRelationship: Downplayed since Ali and Chan were only just starting to get close to each other, yet exaggerated because Ali literally leaves the planet. They're clearly maintaining their burgeoning relationship though, as Ali continues to confide in him during the flight to the moon, and Chan shows an especially loving pride for her accomplishment.
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* EmbarrassingCoverUp: In a variation that's more embarrassing for the person Naird is explaining himself to, he tells Chan he doesn't want to carpool to Denver with him because he finds him "grating". The truth is that he's actually going to a conjugal visit with his wife, not Denver.
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* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: In "It's Good to be Back on the Moon", after Ali spends the whole episode debating and settling on the episode title as her first words to say upon stepping out onto the lunar surface, to honor America's return after many decades, complete with swelling music and DrumRoll, Ali declares "It's good to be ''[[OpenMouthInsertFoot black]]'' on the moon. [[OhCrap Oh, goddammit]]."
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* OpenMouthInsertFoot: "It's good to be black on the moon."
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Honestly what this is really getting at is something like Sherlock Scan on a less consistent basis, or Eureka Moment based on spotting clues rather than logical analysis of known information, or Spotting The Thread but not being about impersonation. But there doesn't seem to be a Revealing Clue trope, so I think this comes closest.
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* SayingTooMuch: Naird is surprisingly perceptive at spotting this even when it's subtle.
** In the pilot, Dr. Chan reveals his overly conservative attitude when he explains he's carrying an umbrella, despite it being a sunny day, leading Naird to deduce the rocket launch would likely be just fine despite the not-quite-perfect conditions.
** In the penultimate episode of season 1, Naird latches onto his Chinese counterpart's mention of heavy equipment, leading the team to find the drilling operation they started in secret.
** In the pilot, Dr. Chan reveals his overly conservative attitude when he explains he's carrying an umbrella, despite it being a sunny day, leading Naird to deduce the rocket launch would likely be just fine despite the not-quite-perfect conditions.
** In the penultimate episode of season 1, Naird latches onto his Chinese counterpart's mention of heavy equipment, leading the team to find the drilling operation they started in secret.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: When Naird asks his Chinese counterpart about his children, he reminds him he only has one child with "you know our policy". In real life the One Child Policy was reverted to a two child policy in 2015.
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* PrisonRape: Maggie casually tells her daughter [[spoiler:she's dating a guard at her prison]], and clearly considers it consensual and desirable. Legally and morally, however, a guard having a sexual relationship with a prisoner is rape.
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Not sure if this is the right trope, as there's a few related ones. It's not as distinct as Role Reversal but it's certainly a deliberate switch of character behavior for the episode.
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* PerspectiveReversal: Generally, Dr. Mallory is the pacifist and General Naird's instinct is to drop bombs on things, but after a Chinese counterpart refuses to resolve a disagreement reasonably for the sake of scientific progress and slights Mallory personally, he becomes a vocal proponent of provoking a violent conflict with China, and Naird has to be the restrained one.
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* TrialBalloonQuestion: Mark asks Erin how she would feel if he started dating, despite still being married to her incarcerated mother. Erin reacts with horror, and naturally that's when Mark's new love interest comes down the stairs after staying over the previous night.
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* Malaproper: "Stop the rocket! Abortion!" Eddie, the last-minute moon colonist recruit, is not well-trained, nor does he seem to have that capacity.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: A very dark example which is quite obvious but still not the main focus of the scene - when Mark is on the phone with his father, his parents' home nurse is giving CPR to his mother in the bed behind him.
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* AffectionateNickname: "Bug" for Naird's daughter. Arguably a sign that he still views her as a cuter, younger child and isn't recognizing or supporting her development as a teenager.
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* AffectionateNickname: "Bug" for Naird's daughter.daughter Erin. Arguably a sign that he still views her as a cuter, younger child and isn't recognizing or supporting her development as a teenager.
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* AffectionateNickname: "Bug" for Naird's daughter. Arguably a sign that he still views her as a cuter, younger child and isn't recognizing or supporting her development as a teenager.
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* CaptainObvious: When Mallory points out Naird's "code" for getting laid may have been broken after some particularly unsubtle comments from another scientist and a roomful of people staring at him, winking, and giving thumbs up, Naird just replies "no shit".
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* UnusualEuphemism: Flossing and a dentist appointment for ADateWithRosiePalms and a conjugal visit, respectively.
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* UnusualEuphemism: Flossing and a UnusualEuphemism:
** A dentist appointment for a conjugal visit, and "flossing" for ADateWithRosiePalmsand a in one episode.
** Visiting Denver for another conjugal visit,respectively.complete with references to "going downtown".
** A dentist appointment for a conjugal visit, and "flossing" for ADateWithRosiePalms
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* RealWomenDontWearDresses: The Chief of Naval Operations, played by Creator/JaneLynch, does not appreciate being treated any differently than the male Joint Chiefs.
--> '''Chief of Naval Operations:''' Refer to my gender again and I'll [[DisproportionateRetribution fuck you in the ass]].
--> '''Chief of Naval Operations:''' Refer to my gender again and I'll [[DisproportionateRetribution fuck you in the ass]].
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* SituationalSexuality: Unclear if this is the case for [[spoiler: Maggie]], or if [[spoiler: she]] is actually bi.
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* SituationalSexuality: Unclear if it's this is the case or just bisexuality for [[spoiler: Maggie]], or if [[spoiler: she]] Maggie]].
* SkewedPriorities: A low-key example when Erin isactually bi.on the phone with her senile grandfather; as her battery dips to about 1% she has to remind him that his daughter-in-law is in prison.
--> '''Grandpa:''' Oh honey, you've ''got'' to charge your phone!
* SkewedPriorities: A low-key example when Erin is
--> '''Grandpa:''' Oh honey, you've ''got'' to charge your phone!
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The mentioned Casting Gag isn't really a gag; Ben Schwartz is just playing similar roles he's played before. This is simply Typecasting (which is trivia). Also, the writeup didn't really explain the connection clearly anyway.
** The Joint Chiefs of Staff of the show only seem to include the chiefs of the four well-known service branches (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force), the new Space Force chief, and the Coast Guard commandant. It seems to be missing the Chief of the National Guard Bureau (elevated to the Joint Chiefs in 2012 in real life), as well as the Chairman and Vice Chairman, which are separate positions from the individual service branch Chiefs. Also, the Coast Guard commandant is considered a "non-member attendee" by invitation only, which makes his presence conspicuous in the absence of the other members, but is perhaps reflected by the [[RuleOfFunny great disdain they show for him]].
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* ButtMonkey: The Coast Guard. None of the other armed forces commanders have any respect for the Coast Guard, and the show never misses an opportunity to make a joke at their expense.
* CastingGag: Fuck Tony's actor is playing a Manchild who is an ass to his coworkers.
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* ButtMonkey: The Coast Guard. None of the other armed forces commanders have any respect for the Coast Guard, and the show never misses an opportunity to make a joke at their expense.
* CastingGag: Fuck Tony's actor is playing a Manchild who is an ass to his coworkers.expense. Even the [[CastingGag casting]] gives them less attention, as the other chiefs of service branches are all played by higher-profile actors.
* CastingGag: Fuck Tony's actor is playing a Manchild who is an ass to his coworkers.
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Judging whether the brattiness is justified seems like Natter Bait, let's just agree that she can certainly be bratty. Also the example quote seems more neglected than bratty if she really does only see him for 40 seconds a day; let's use a more blatantly bratty one.
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Erin can come across as this on several occasions, considering he is literally setting up a new branch of the military.
--> '''Erin''': I got forty seconds with my father. You really think that number's gonna go up when you start fucking around?
--> '''Erin''': I got forty seconds with my father. You really think that number's gonna go up when you start fucking around?
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* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Erin can come across as this on several occasions, considering he is literally setting up a new branch of the military.
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--> '''Mark''': Ditching first period just to see me off?
--> '''Erin''': No, I gotforty seconds with my father. You really think that number's gonna go up when you start fucking around?suspended. Gave a teacher the finger.
--> '''Mark''': Ditching first period just to see me off?
--> '''Erin''': No, I got
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* ExtendedDisarming: Parodied in a case that would be minor if it wasn't regarding ''cell phones'' - F. Tony hands over his phone to adhere to an NDA, then his nemesis demands the extra one from his ankle holster, which he pretends not to know about at first but begrudgingly gives up.
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* UnitConfusion: The space ice cream stand has an "out for a lunch break" sign that says "back in five lightyears".
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Mallory expresses sympathy for Naird's cancelled dentist appointment, and Naird replies "I'll floss later". The dentist appointment was code for the conjugal visit Naird was supposed to have with his wife.
* UnusualEuphemism: Flossing and a dentist appointment for ADateWithRosiePalms and a conjugal visit, respectively.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Naird and Mallory might argue with each other on every single point of Space Force's mission, but they share a deep respect and appreciation for each other.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Naird and Mallory might argue with each other on every single point of Space Force's mission, but they share a deep respect and appreciation for each other.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Naird and Mallory might argue with each other on every single point of Space Force's mission, but they share a deep respect and appreciation for each other.
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** In his first mission he pushes to get a satellite launched despite the objections to the entire science team involved. When the launch goes well and Adrian questions how he could have known it was going to work without understanding any of the science, Naird points out one of the scientists brought an umbrella with him when the day was perfectly clear, suggesting to him they are far too cautious for their own good and likely would kept postponing the launch indefinitely.
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* FunWithAcronyms: BWAM: [[spoiler: Black Women, Asian Men]].
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* FunWithAcronyms: BWAM: [[spoiler: Black Women, Asian Men]].Men.
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** Tony "Fuck Tony" Scarapiducci name and job (Public Affairs) is Tony Scaramucci.
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** Tony "Fuck Tony" Scarapiducci name and job (Public Affairs) is a combination of former White House Communications Director Tony Scaramucci.Scaramucci and social media influencer @fuckjerry.
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** While likely not based on a specific individual, Fuck Tony's nickname seems to be a ShoutOut to the popular Instagram influencer account @fuckjerry, which has done social media work for political figures in the past.
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* RaceFetish: Chan mentions his preference for [[spoiler:black women]], or at least, their supposed compatibility with Asian men, a full episode before [[spoiler:Ali asks him to tutor her]].
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* RaceFetish: Chan mentions his preference for [[spoiler:black women]], black women, or at least, their supposed compatibility with Asian men, a full episode before [[spoiler:Ali Ali asks him to tutor her]].her.
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It premiered on Netflix on May 29, 2020. In November 2020, it was renewed for a second season.
