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* SayMyName: When Sheppard confronts Kolya, you can rest assured he will call out his name in a long loud scream.
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* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: Wraith Queens are generally less physically powerful than their subordinates, although their telepathic skills are usually much stronger. The Wraith 'King' in "Sateda" on the other hand is by far the strongest member of his hive. After Ronon kills off increasingly bigger waves of Wraith hunters and warriors that his enemy sends after him, he taunts him to come down himself. The Wraith takes the challenge, and quickly curbstomps Ronon, forcing Beckett to kill him ''with a drone weapon''. Considering the fierce nature of Wraith society this may even be an inversion, in that he might be King precisely ''[[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership because]]'' [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership he's so strong]].
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* RankScalesWithAsskicking: PlayedWith. Wraith Queens are generally less physically powerful than their subordinates, although their telepathic skills are usually much stronger. The Wraith 'King' in "Sateda" on the other hand is by far the strongest member of his hive. After Ronon kills off increasingly bigger waves of Wraith hunters and warriors that his enemy sends after him, he taunts him to come down himself. The Wraith takes the challenge, and quickly curbstomps Ronon, forcing Beckett to kill him ''with a drone weapon''. Considering the fierce nature of Wraith society this may even be an inversion, in that he might be King precisely ''[[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership because]]'' [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership he's so strong]].
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* NippleAndDimed: Subverted. Rodney was known for having pokies in early seasons.
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* FanserviceCharacters: About all of the main characters are attractive. John, Rodney, Elizabeth, Teyla, Ronon, the list goes on.
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* TheNicknamer: John Sheppard give snames to the various Wraith they meet, including Steve, Bob, Todd, and Michael. (The Wraith either don't have names or don't tell Humans their names, so Sheppard generally gives them very ordinary, human nicknames to make up for it). Lt. Ford tries to name a lot of things, but he is repeatedly shot down by the master (aforementioned John Sheppard), most notably in the debate between calling the Lantian Shuttle "Gate Ship" (It's a ship that goes through the 'Gate!) or Sheppard's version: Puddle Jumper. Sheppard wins out in the end. The "Gate Ship" name turns out to be a favorite of [[InsufferableGenius McCay]]'s, and, in an alternate timeline, this is the name he gives to the one created by Janus. Also, it's implied that this is the original Lantian name for the craft.
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*** And Sheppard generally insisting "we can name it later" when ''anyone'' finds new technology.
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* SubmersibleSpaceship: The eponymous lost city of {{Atlantis}} turns out to be a city-sized spaceship that was deliberately abandoned and submerged to the bottom of an ocean. {{Justified|Trope}} by the fact that the city's energy shield is what protects it from the ocean pressure while underwater, and what prevents air from leaving the city while in space. However, after the Atlantis expedition finds the city, they quickly discover that the shield's power is nearly depleted and that its failure threatens to cause a massive flood.
* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: The whole setting of the Pegasus Galaxy was created specifically to avoid having the Expedition getting bailed out of crisis bySG-.SG-1.
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* TenThousandYears: the Earth-Atlantis Expedition returns to Atlantis and the Pegasus Galaxy 10,000 years after the Lanteans lost the Wraith war, sank Atlantis, and retreated back through the Stargate to Earth.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:Carson's clone never knew he was a clone until he]] managed to make it back to Atlantis.
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* HandshakeOfDoom: In season 4, the Wraith "Todd" forges an alliance with the Atlantis expedition against the Asurans. He offers to shake hands with Colonel Carter, which Wraith use to drain their victims of their lifeforce. It's just a [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor morbid joke on his part]].
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* MagicSquarePuzzle: [[Recap/StargateAtlantisS01E16TheBrotherhood "The Brotherhood"]] is all about this puzzle. First version, the eight pieces of movable numbers are arranged in a grid square over a wide area of land. In the final puzzle, nine pieces with the numbers 1-9 were placed. One piece fits into a certain slot in the middle of the grid, and the eight others were placed around it. After witnessing one Mook get killed by an incorrect arrangement, Sheppard solves the puzzle by realizing that the numbers 1-9 can be placed in a grid to add up to 15 in all directions. Of course, there's a certain element of FridgeLogic to the fact that quite a few different such arrangements are possible, but one can HandWave this by claiming that any of them would have worked.
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** Not to mention most of the heroes from Earth have a bucketload of qualifications between them: McKay (a [=PhD=] in physics, another in mechanical engineering and one of the top scientists on earth), Zelenka (barely a step behind him), Elizabeth (two [=PhDs =]and a top UN negotiator before Atlantis) and Carson (top level medical doctor).
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** Not to mention most of the heroes from Earth have a bucketload of qualifications between them: McKay [=McKay=] (a [=PhD=] in physics, another in mechanical engineering and one of the top scientists on earth), Zelenka (barely a step behind him), Elizabeth (two [=PhDs =]and a top UN negotiator before Atlantis) and Carson (top level medical doctor).
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** The jackets that expedition members wear also seem to have some correlation to their area of expertise; black for military (like Sheppard), yellow for medical (like Keller), blue for scientific (like Mckay), green for technicians (like Chuck) and red for operations/command (like Weir).
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* PressureSensitiveInterface: An abandoned ship carrying the heroes that autonomously travels through parallel universes meets a universe full of hostile aliens, facing them to attack. Needless to say, Ronan is jamming on the rail gun button, then Sheppard says, "Take it easy, Chewy."
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* PressureSensitiveInterface: An In [[Recap/StargateAtlantisS05E04TheDaedalusVariations "The Daedalus Variations"]], the crew boards an abandoned ship carrying identified as the heroes that ''Daedalus''. It autonomously travels through parallel universes and eventually meets a universe one full of hostile aliens, facing them to attack. Needless to say, Ronan is jamming on the rail gun button, then Sheppard says, "Take it easy, Chewy."
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* BlueMeansSmartOne: Scientists of the Atlantis expedition wear blue-accented uniforms.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Or rather Vancouver, par for the course for ''Stargate''.
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* DramaPreservingHandicap: For the first season, Atlantis is cut off from Earth due to the lack of ZPM
"batteries' to power the Stargate to the level necessary to dial an eight-chevron address, and are also facing the potential threat of a Wraith assault when the city doesn't have the power to operate most of its defences. The mid-season two-parter focuses on them finding a way to operate the city's shields in the absence of a ZPM when faced with a devastating storm, forcing them to use a complex alternative involving powering the shields with lightning that requires them to evacuate most of the city. These issues are removed from the start of the second season; while power is still a concern, the expedition are able to acquire at least one ZPM at a time to sustain the city's essential systems.
"batteries' to power the Stargate to the level necessary to dial an eight-chevron address, and are also facing the potential threat of a Wraith assault when the city doesn't have the power to operate most of its defences. The mid-season two-parter focuses on them finding a way to operate the city's shields in the absence of a ZPM when faced with a devastating storm, forcing them to use a complex alternative involving powering the shields with lightning that requires them to evacuate most of the city. These issues are removed from the start of the second season; while power is still a concern, the expedition are able to acquire at least one ZPM at a time to sustain the city's essential systems.
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ZPM "batteries' to power the Stargate to the level necessary to dial an eight-chevron address, and are also facing the potential threat of a Wraith assault when the city doesn't have the power to operate most of its defences. The mid-season two-parter focuses on them finding a way to operate the city's shields in the absence of a ZPM when faced with a devastating storm, forcing them to use a complex alternative involving powering the shields with lightning that requires them to evacuate most of the city. These issues are removed from the start of the second season; while power is still a concern, the expedition are able to acquire at least one ZPM at a time to sustain the city's essential systems.
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** This makes the line, "Spinning is ''so'' much cooler than not spinning!" from [[Series/StargateSG1 SG-1's]] 200th episode even funnier, since "200" aired a few years after Atlantis started and the line is probably a light-hearted jab at Atlantis.
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** This makes the line, "Spinning is ''so'' much cooler than not spinning!" from [[Series/StargateSG1 SG-1's]] 200th episode even funnier, since "200" aired a few years after Atlantis started and the line is probably a light-hearted jab at Atlantis. Funnily enough, the Milky Way gates don't spin either - not even the inside ring... except for manually dialling, and yes, the Earth's Stargate which doesn't use a DHD (hinting that the SGC's dialling system actually simulates a manual dial, rather than a proper DHD-style dial). Which gives the weird result that both gate systems look more advanced than the other... from certain points of view.
