Line #5 Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E12BrideOfChaotica


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3	->''"And remember... you're the Queen!"''
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5	[[WhenDimensionsCollide Aliens from a photonic universe]] mistake ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton'' for reality and go to war with Dr. Chaotica. Captain Janeway must enter the holodeck program as the sultry Queen Arachnia to put a stop to things.
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7	!!This episode has the following tropes:
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9	* AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle / TrrrillingRrrs: Doctor Chaotica, because EvilIsHammy.
10	-->[="I'm afrrraid your SEC-cretarrry has alrrready been prrromised to Queen ArrrrACK-nia as a SUPrrreeeeme sACKrrrrifice!"=]
11	* AllPlanetsAreEarthLike: Proton opens the hatch on his rocketship (which has no airlock) without even checking the atmosphere. Maybe he was just playing the odds on ''Franchise/StarTrek''. Or maybe the ship doesn't need an airlock because [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace Captain Proton Can Breathe In Space!]], as seen in "Thirty Days".
12	* AmericaTakesOverTheWorld & OneWorldOrder: The President of Earth.
13	* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Chaotica is suspicious of Arachnia's intentions, so demands she marry him as absolute proof of her commitment. When the impetuous harlot proves herself in league with Proton...
14	-->'''Chaotica:''' Don't worry my dear, I wouldn't kill my bride...till ''after'' my wedding night! ''(EvilLaugh)''
15	* AndYouThoughtItWasReal: Because the aliens are photonic beings, they think the holodeck is real and the Voyager crew are hallucinations designed to trick them.
16	** Conversely, though, from the aliens' point of view [[AndYouThoughtItWasAGame it actually]] ''[[AndYouThoughtItWasAGame is]]'' [[AndYouThoughtItWasAGame real]], since Chaotica's holographic Death Ray is genuinely lethal to them. The fact that Chaotica and his minions are computer-generated simulations rather than actual photonic lifeforms doesn't make that any less true. It is also why The Doctor (under the guise of the "President of Earth") is the only one able to convince them to stand down and let "Captain Proton" defeat Chaotica: as a holographic lifeform, the photonic aliens would believe him to be as "real" as them.
17	* AnotherDimension: The "Fifth Dimension" (as Chaotica dubs it) is based on energy. As a result the aliens think the holoprogram is real, whereas ''Voyager'' and its crew don't show up on their sensors, making it impossible to convince the aliens to stop fighting.
18	* AppliedPhlebotinum: Arachnia's vial of [[LoveIsInTheAir irresistible pheromones]]. Dr Chaotica's [[DeflectorShields Lightning Shield]].
19	* BigBad: [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Doctor]] [[EmperorScientist Chaotica]], [[TheMagnificent Ruler of the Cosmos!]]
20	* BlackAndWhiteMorality:
21	-->'''Paris:''' I've been studying [[ZeeRust how past generations viewed the future]].\
22	'''Janeway:''' And?\
23	'''Paris:''' It didn't work out quite as [[{{Pun}} black and white]] as they imagined.
24	* BreatherEpisode: After the intense "Latent Image".
25	* BumblingSidekick[=/=]ProfessionalButtKisser: Chaotica's sycophantic henchman Lonzak.
26	* ChainedToARock: Constance Goodheart is tied to a pillar prior to her being presented to Queen Arachnia as a "supreme sacrifice". Later Arachnia ends up there too.
27	* CliffhangerCopout: Paris and Kim are watching a recap of last week's Proton episode, which shows their rocketship destroyed by Chaotica's fiendish Death Ray.
28	-->'''Kim:''' We didn't burst into flame in the last chapter! Why are these recaps so inaccurate?
29	-->'''Paris:''' Well they brought people back to the theaters.
30	-->'''Kim:''' Cliffhangers!
31	-->'''Paris:''' The lost art of hyperbole.
32	** Though that's, bizarrely, actually the ''reverse'' of a Cliffhanger Copout, since normally apparent death in one episode would be downplayed in the next.
33	* CommLinks: Lonzak has one on his wrist.
34	* ContinuityNod: When Paris says that someone will have to play Arachnia in the holoprogram, the others in the room seem to assume that the role will fall to Seven. However, Paris knows that Seven's not right for the part. Sure, she's good-looking, but she won't properly embrace the role of Queen of the Spider-People. How does he know this? Because in [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E1Night "Night"]], he had talked a reluctant Seven into playing Constance Goodheart. But when she was accosted by Satan's Robot, instead of playing along as the DamselInDistress, she coolly disabled it by opening an access panel and [[AreTheseWiresImportant ripping out a wire]].
35	* CoolChair: Janeway sits in Chaotica's throne. "Somehow I feel comfortable here."
36	* CrashingThroughTheHarem: Lampshaded; it's part of the program to [[SlaveLiberation liberate]] Chaotica's [[BeautifulSlaveGirl slave girls]] during a DungeonBypass.
37	* DamselOutOfDistress:
38	-->'''Paris:''' I was about to say "Captain Proton to the rescue!" but I see you have everything under control.\
39	'''Janeway:''' I'm the Queen, remember?
40	* DeadpanSnarker: Tuvok constantly drops snide comments about Tom's holoprogram.
41	* DeathRay: Which is called exactly that. Much cooler than WeaponOfMassDestruction, come to think of it.
42	* DenserAndWackier: Unquestionably the ''silliest'' episode of ''Voyager.'' Well, except maybe for [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E15Threshold "Threshold"]]. So unquestionably the most ''intentionally'' silly episode.
43	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Buster and Proton are meant to infiltrate the Fortress of Doom via the [[SecretUndergroundPassage "underground caverns".]]
44	* DisintegratorRay: Just to [[SacrificialLamb show the stakes]], Lonzak executes one of the photonic aliens with his raygun.
45	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Tom trying to explain his enthusiasm for his hobby to his bemused co-workers is familiar to geeks everywhere.
46	* DontTouchItYouIdiot: The Doctor is told to activate the Destructo beam. He reaches for a button and Satan's Robot blares a warning, causing Tom and Harry to shout in unison, "The other panel!" Presumably he was about to activate the SelfDestructMechanism mentioned in "Night".
47	* DopeSlap: Paris gives this to Satan's Robot when it scares off the alien they're trying to make FirstContact with. The Robot shambles off muttering sulkily about alien invaders.
48	* DudeNotFunny: When a visit to Astrometrics reveals that none of ''Voyager'''s propulsion systems can get them out of their situation, Tom snarks "Maybe we should just get out and push," causing Janeway to tilt her head at him in exasperation.
49	* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: Satan's Robot whenever it sustains damage.
50	* EnergyBeings: The aliens are from a photonic universe.
51	* EvilLaugh: In one case done along with the TitleDrop.
52	* TheEndOrIsIt: The episode concludes with Dr. Chaotica dying, whereupon music plays on an imagizer and the words {{THE END}} appear... followed by a question mark and Chaotica's EvilLaugh. Sure enough Chaotica returns to menace Janeway one more time in "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E10Shattered Shattered]]".
53	* FacelessGoons: Chaotica's "Army of Evil". Justified when Tom Paris mentions the DressingAsTheEnemy trick in his original plan to enter the Fortress of Doom, so he'd make sure the guards had concealed faces when writing the holoprogram.
54	* FacialDialogue: Janeway does a lot of it in this episode:
55	** You can see the calm wash over her when she drinks coffee.
56	** She puts on an expression of mock seriousness while Tom is explaining the Captain Proton holo-program to her, while Chakotay and Seven (or possibly just Robert Beltran and Jeri Ryan) exchange smirks in the background.
57	** Her "wtf?" face as she goes over the specs for her Queen Arachnia costume is a wonder to behold.
58	* FamedInStory: Chaotica is insulted that the photonic aliens don't recognize him on sight, though that could just be his cosmic ego.
59	* FeetFirstIntroduction: The Doctor as The President of Earth.
60	* FemmeFatale: Queen Arachnia, along with DarkActionGirl. Presumably she's a villain from a previous chapter who made a HeelFaceTurn after [[VillainessesWantHeroes falling for Proton]] or having [[IOweYouMyLife our heroes save her life]].
61	* FinishingEachOthersSentences: Though it's more a sign of Seven's arrogance than an indicator that she's on the same page as her captain.
62	* GenreSavvy: Tom Paris knows something's gone wrong on the holodeck because Constance Goodheart has been killed, and that [[PlotArmor never happens to the Good Guys]]. Likewise he tries to warn Captain Janeway of Chaotica's fondness for [[SomeKindOfForcefield hidden traps]], but she falls into one anyway.
63	* GotVolunteered: Janeway gets roped into playing Arachnia by Tom Paris. Before that, everyone else (Janeway included) assumed it would be Seven.
64	* HamToHamCombat: Chaotica vs Arachnia or Lonzak.
65	* HeelFaceTurn: Satan's Robot ends up 'helping' our heroes. Presumably this also happened with [[VillainessesWantHeroes Queen Arachnia]] in previous chapters, which is why she's helping Proton now.
66	* HighCollarOfDoom: Arachnia wears a pretty big one, in a spiderweb pattern.
67	* HolodeckMalfunction: Different from the usual -- the characters can move in and out of the program freely by using a site-to-site transport, and the safety protocols are working fine (note the scene where Janeway laughs off a raygun blast). They just can't turn the program off, and despite the safeties, the ray guns are lethal to a race of photonic aliens, which forces the crew to play along and defeat Chaotica before the aliens' counterattack destroys the Voyager and/or draws it deeper into subspace.
68	* IComeInPeace:
69	** On being confronted by Lonzak and his FacelessGoons, the aliens respond, "We mean you no harm." Lonzak's [[SeizeThem response is predictable.]]
70	** Tom and Tuvok try to establish FirstContact with a photonic alien and explain it's all a misunderstanding, but they don't show up on his EverythingSensor so he thinks it's a trick. The KillerRobot barging towards him doesn't help matters. Eventually the Doctor (who as a hologram is made of photonic energy) does the job successfully.
71	* IKissYourHand: Dr. Chaotica does this to Queen Arachnia in his usual LargeHam manner after she strides majestically into his throne room. As Arachnia is being played by Captain Janeway, she's not impressed. When he tries it again later, [[KissDiss she walks off just as he's bending down to kiss]].
72	* IKnowKarate: Janeway karate-chops the {{mook}} manning the Death Ray.
73	* IResembleThatRemark: B'Elanna snarks that Doctor might enter the program as "Emperor of the Universe". Unconscious of any irony, the Doctor replies that he'll have to "scale back his role in the interests of credibility. I'll be the [[TakeOverTheWorld President of Earth]]."
74	* IdiosyncraticWipes: As per the Republic Film serials.
75	* {{Incoming}}: Doc says this just before a Death Ray blast rocks the rocketship.
76	* IncomingHam:
77	-->'''Lonzak:''' [[NoIndoorVoice HALT! IN THE NAME OF CHAOTICA!]]
78	* InnocentAliens:
79	-->'''Chaotica:''' You have invaded my planet. Why?\
80	'''Photonic Alien:''' [[FirstContact To contact other photonic lifeforms. To learn from them.]]\
81	'''Chaotica:''' Are you alone or [[EvilCannotComprehendGood are you the vanguard of an invading army]]?\
82	'''Alien:''' [[BoldExplorer We are explorers]].
83	* InsistentTerminology: Tom rigidly sticks to using all the Captain Proton descriptions for things, and coaches Janeway on the differences from their own lingo. He does this even when it is not necessary.
84	-->'''Janeway:''' [[LetMeGetThisStraight Let me get this straight.]] Transdimensional aliens have mistaken your Captain Proton simulation for reality.\
85	'''Paris:''' Yes, ma'am.\
86	'''Janeway:''' And now an armed conflict has broken out between these aliens and Chaotica's holographic army.\
87	'''Paris:''' ''[deadpan]'' Yes, ma'am. His Army of Evil.
88	* KilledMidSentence: Lonzak is raygunned by Proton and Buster as he's hamming his way through his Roaring Speech of Revenge. They were kinda busy with the invading holographic aliens.
89	-->''"Surprised? [[NotQuiteDead You thought I had perished]] in that [[NoodleIncident den of crocodiles]]. I SURVIVED! CLINGING to the thought that I would ONE DAY-- ''Arrrrgh!''"''
90	* KneelBeforeZod: Lonzak demands the photonic aliens kneel before his majesty. They've no idea what he's talking about.
91	* LargeHam: In classic {{Camp}} fashion, of course. The entire ''Captain Proton'' program is a WorldOfHam, and even Janeway gets into it, chewing some major scenery as Queen Arachnia.
92	* LetMeGetThisStraight: Captain Janeway summing up the incredible situation they've gotten into.
93	* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: When Harry discovers the aliens' portal on the holodeck, the melodramatic Captain Proton music fades out and is replaced by normal ''Voyager'' background music.
94	* LovePotion: While [[ChainedToARock Tied to a Pillar]] Janeway uses Arachnia's vial of "irresistible pheromones" to make Dr. Chaotica release her. Unfortunately Chaotica moves out of sniffing range, leaving her to get slobbered over by his ugly henchman Lonzak instead.
95	* TheMenInBlack: The alien MIB version -- two photonic aliens appear on the holodeck dressed as grey-suited men in fedoras. They speak in a stilted manner and though dressed like humans of the 1930's are unfamiliar with their society, mistaking the holodeck characters for EnergyBeings like themselves and assuming the supervillains they encounter are a genuine threat.
96	* MiniGame: When you remember that ''Captain Proton'' is essentially a video game, repairing Satan's Robot is clearly one of these. Tuvok almost grudgingly compliments Paris on his knowledge of 20th century technology, but Tom's repairs of the robot's innards are probably as accurate as most other HollywoodHacking, especially considering ''Captain Proton'''s source material.
97	* MoreThanThreeDimensions: No, there's five!
98	* MustHaveCaffeine:
99	-->'''Captain Janeway:''' Coffee. Black.\
100	'''Neelix:''' I'm sorry, Captain, we lost two more replicators this morning--\
101	'''Janeway:''' Listen to me VERY carefully, because I'm only going to say this once: ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Coffee]].'' '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Black]].'''''\
102	'''Neelix:''' Yes, ma'am.
103	** Then, when Neelix tries to say something, Janeway says what every coffee drinker lives by: "Coffee first!" As Neelix waits patiently, you can almost ''see'' the caffeine flooding into Janeway's bloodstream.
104	** And ''then'', after Janeway returns to the bridge -- leaving Neelix to deal with scheduling the crew's use of the remaining functioning toilets and sonic showers -- he drains the rest of her cup. Evidently she's not the only one in need of caffeine right now.
105	* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning:
106	-->'''Chaotica:''' Arachnia, death as you know it has no hold on me. My defeat is but a temporary setback. I shall return to seek my revenge.\
107	'''Janeway:''' He doesn't give up, does he?\
108	'''Paris:''' They never do.
109	* NeverTrustATrailer: An InUniverse version (see CliffhangerCopout).
110	* NobodyPoops: Averted.
111	-->'''Neelix:''' Replicators aren't the only systems of convenience offline. We've only got four functioning lavatories for a ship of a hundred and fifty people.\
112	'''Janeway:''' I see.\
113	'''Neelix:''' Needless to say, lines are beginning to form. If we don't get unstuck soon we may have a serious problem on our hands. [[BizarreAlienBiology Especially with the Bolians.]] All but three sonic showers are offline, too. In another couple of days...\
114	'''Janeway:''' I get the idea.
115	* NoSell: Because the holodeck safeties are still working, the weapons on the holodeck are useless against the crew, as seen when Janeway laughs off being shot with a ray gun. Paris warns, however, that forcefields and other, non-lethal restraints will work, which Chaotica uses to capture Janeway when shooting her fails.
116	* NotSoAboveItAll:
117	** Janeway gives her famous DeathGlare to Tom after she's roped into playing Arachnia, but finds herself quite getting into the role, enjoying the feeling of sitting on a throne and gleefully hamming it up. "HA! You're no match for Arachnia!"
118	** Likewise the Doctor enjoys playing the President of Earth, despite dismissing the program as a 'frivolous fantasy' in "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E1Night Night]]".
119	* NumberedHomeworld[=/=]XMakesAnythingCool: Planet X.
120	* OffTheRails:
121	** Tom and Harry just shoot Lonzak in the middle of his speech since they don't have time to play along.
122	** Proton is supposed to rescue Queen Arachnia at the climax of the chapter, but of course [[DamselOutOfDistress Janeway just rescues herself.]]
123	* OtherStockPhrases:
124	** Yet again Harry says, "You'll never get away with this!"
125	** Although she doesn't deliver the line straight, Janeway notes that when you want something done right, [[SurroundedByIdiots you've got to do it yourself.]]
126	* ParodyEpisode: An AffectionateParody of the early sci-fi serials like ''ComicStrip/BuckRogers'', ''Commando Cody'' and ''[[Film/FlashGordonSerial Flash Gordon]]''.
127	* PercussiveMaintenance
128	** When the controls fail and the rocketship [[ItsGoingDown starts to crash]], Tom and Harry pound the console in a [[LargeHam suitably dramatic manner]].
129	** Tom repairs Satan's Robot, but it takes a whack to get it fully operational.
130	* PhallicWeapon: Arachnia strokes the barrel of the DeathRay in a [[TheVamp sensual manner]].
131	-->'''Janeway:''' Oh, it looks like a... formidable weapon.
132	-->'''Chaotica:''' [[CompensatingForSomething The most powerful in the cosmos!]]
133	* PlotArmor: When Tom finds Captain Proton's sidekick Constance Goodheart dead, he realizes the program has gone seriously OffTheRails since this trope is not in play anymore.
134	* PreviouslyOn: The episode starts with a cliffhanger recap of the ShowWithinAShow in the style of a [[{{Retraux}} 1930's Republic film serial]]. We then cut to Tom Paris and Harry Kim watching the recap on the imagizer, and complaining that the [[NeverTrustATrailer scene of their rocketship bursting into flame never actually happened]].
135	* {{Pun}}:
136	** The Doctor's performance as the President was unimpeachable.
137	** The DeliberatelyMonochrome world of ''Captain Proton'' presents a black and white view of the future.
138	** When Arachnia spots her pheromones on a pedestal in Chaotica's lair, she quips, "I didn't realize you were the ''scent''-imental type."
139	* RaygunGothic: The holo-program has this style.
140	* RecklessGunUsage: Harry and Tom point their {{ray gun}}s (with fingers inside the trigger guards) at each other while standing in the hatchway of Proton's rocketship. Possibly a ShoutOut to this trope in {{B Movie}}s like ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace''.
141	* RecycledSet: {{Lampshaded}} InUniverse when Harry Kim points out that "Planet X" looks identical to "The Mines of Mercury" that they visited in the last adventure. Tom replies that sets were expensive in the days when you couldn't just create them on the holodeck.
142	* RedShirt: The alien with a non-speaking part is the one that Lonzak chooses to execute.
143	* RepeatAfterMe: Tom starts ranting how he's never going to play this holoprogram again. Satan's Robot repeats the end of every sentence, even when Tom says that the first thing he's going to do is delete the robot.
144	* RetroRocket: Doesn't get much more retro than this.
145	* ReversePolarity:
146	-->'''Torres:''' Basically, we've [[SpaceIsAnOcean run aground]] on a [[NegativeSpaceWedgie subspace sandbar]]. I've tried realigning the warp field, reversing hull polarity...\
147	'''Paris:''' [[TheTriple Maybe we should just get out and push.]]
148	* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The Doctor claims his performance in talking to the photonic aliens was "unimpeachable." That's probably the closest thing to a [[UsefulNotes/BillClinton Clinton]] joke ''Star Trek'' ever had. This, of course, aired soon after Clinton was impeached.
149	* RuleOfSymbolism: The scene where Janeway, Seven of Nine and B'Elanna Torres brainstorm in Astrometrics, while holodeck hero Tom Paris makes sidekick-like quips from the sidelines. It's obvious which sex wears the pants in the [=24th=] Century!
150	* ScienceFictionWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Often invoked. As Tom points out, the 1930s vision of the future didn't really pan out like people back then envisioned; certainly not the way it did in the Franchise/TrekVerse.
151	** Captain Proton travels millions of miles to Planet X!
152	** Chaotica identifies himself as "Ruler of the Cosmos" though [[CompensatingForSomething that's clearly an ego thing]].
153	* ScreamingWoman: Constance Goodheart continues her RunningGag, in deliberate contrast to the [[DarkActionGirl heroics allowed in a former villainness]] like Arachnia.
154	* ScreenShake: Whenever Proton's rocketship is hit by the Death Ray.
155	* SeizeThem:
156	-->'''Lonzak:''' [[WelcomeToCorneria Halt, in the name of Chaotica!]]\
157	'''Alien explorer:''' [[WeComeInPeace We mean no harm.]]\
158	'''Lonzak:''' Seize them! ''[activates SuperWristGadget]'' Lower the drawbridge. We are bringing prisoners.
159	* SelfDisposingVillain: After being stunned by Captain Janeway, Chaotica hauls himself up using his Death Ray only to get zapped when Proton fires his Destructo Beam at it.
160	* ASharedSuffering: Chaotica gets all teary-eyed over TheChainsOfCommanding when you're SurroundedByIdiots. Captain Janeway can empathize.
161	-->'''Chaotica:''' Oh, Arachnia, my love, my life! How well you understand our plight. If it weren't beneath my dignity, I...[[ManlyTears I would weep]]. How I've longed for someone who would understand.\
162	'''Janeway:''' We have a saying on Arachnia. [[LonelyAtTheTop It's lonely at the top]].
163	* SharpDressedMan: The Doctor cuts a nice figure in his double-breasted suit while playing the "President of Earth."
164	* ShoutOut:
165	** Proton's rocketship is similar to that used by ''[[Film/FlashGordonSerial Flash Gordon]]'', while Dr Chaotica largely appears to be a Ming the Merciless {{expy}}, right down to the castle and its defenses.
166	** Satan's Robot is the "Republic Robot", an [[PropRecycling overused prop]] in various [[FilmSerial Republic serials]] including ''[[http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=kGmDbkndsIU Mysterious Doctor Satan]]''.
167	** Proton's leather jacket with {{jetpack}} controls are the same as those used by Commando Cody, aka The Rocketman.
168	** Planet X is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planets_beyond_Neptune#Planet_X hardly new]] in BMovie sci-fi such as ''The Man from Planet X'' (1951), as well as the parody ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgersInTheTwentyFourthAndAHalfCentury''.
169	** The aliens come from a [[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 Fifth Dimension]].
170	* SmokingBarrelBlowout: Harry does this with his RayGun after the above-mentioned scene with Lonzak.
171	* SomeKindOfForcefield: When Arachnia reveals whose side she's really on, Lonzak traps her inside a forcefield. Cut to Arachnia [[ChainedToARock chained to a pillar]].
172	* SpaceIsAnOcean: Probably the pinnacle of this trope in all of fiction, with ''Voyager'' "running aground" on a "subspace sandbar." Fortunately this is a silly episode anyway, so it can be overlooked.
173	* SplashOfColor: Tom and Harry realise there's something wrong with the program when they see an energy portal leaking color into their DeliberatelyMonochrome world.
174	* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Constance Goodheart in the PreviouslyOn teaser. Chaotica shows it off proudly to his intended. "The Cradle of Persuasion. It's fully modified: brain probe, pain modulator."
175	* SupervillainLair: Doctor Chaotica's [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom Fortress of Doom]].
176	* SureLetsGoWithThat: The aliens think the holo-program is real, so it's easier to play along than try and convince them it's not.
177	* SurroundedByIdiots: Lonzak's bungling gives Chaotica a frequent opportunity to emote his famous "[[YouFool FOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLL!]]" line. Lampshaded when Janeway is trying to get Chaotica to lower his [[DeflectorShields Lightning Shield]] so Captain Proton can attack.
178	-->'''Chaotica:''' ''(suspicious)'' Why this preoccupation with the Shield?
179	-->'''Janeway:''' Oh, forgive me. It's just that, as a [[TheCaptain fellow ruler]] of the cosmos, [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything I often have to do things myself]].
180	-->'''Chaotica:''' Ah. Because of the incompetence of your inferiors, no doubt!
181	-->'''Janeway:''' [[DesignatedHero Something like that.]]
182	* SwissCheeseSecurity: Tuvok notes dryly when a photonic alien strolls into Proton's rocketship, "I assume there's no lock on the hatch?" Tom replies that it was a simpler time. Well that would explain ''Literature/TheColdEquations'' anyway.
183	* TechnoBabble: Parodied. Tom delivers this line completely straight-faced.
184	-->'''Tom:''' The Destructo-beam on my rocketship can disable the death ray, but only if someone gets inside the Fortress of Doom and can shut down the lightning shield.
185	* TelegraphGagSTOP: A message arrives via the SubspaceAnsible on Proton's rocket ship. It looks [[AnachronismStew suspiciously like a teletype machine]].
186	-->'''Paris:''' It's a message to Captain Proton from the President of Earth. ''Intercepted communications between Doctor Chaotica and Arachnia STOP. Chaotica at war with aliens from Fifth Dimension STOP. Must strike now to disable Death Ray--''\
187	'''Tuvok:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Stop.]] Please summarize the message.
188	* TitleDrop: Chaotica says to Janeway in her Arachnia role, "And so, my dear, the day you have always dreamed of has arrived... the day you become Bride of Chaotica!"
189	* UnholyMatrimony: Chaotica and Arachnia [[WeCanRuleTogether will rule together!]]
190	* VideoPhone: Imagizers, which use the same activation sound effect as in ''[[Film/FlashGordonSerial Flash Gordon]]''.
191	* VillainousCrush: Chaotica is obsessed with Arachnia, which is why Janeway has to play the character, as she's the only one who can convince him to drop the Lightning Shield so Proton can attack.
192	* WeCanRuleTogether:
193	-->'''Chaotica:''' Such passion, such strength. Together we could conquer the universe. End this madness, and you may yet live to be my Bride.
194	-->'''Janeway:''' I don't know how to tell you this ''(shoots him)'' but the wedding's off.
195	* WeWillMeetAgain: And they do, in "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E10Shattered Shattered]]".
196	* WelcomeToCorneria: As with other holodeck programs we've seen on ''Voyager'', new players entering the program are greeted by the same dialogue, in this case by Lonzak and his two minions. Players can either choose to be taken prisoner and brought directly to Chaotica, or fight Lonzak and then sneak into the Fortress of Doom via the SecretUndergroundPassage.
197	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The war between Chaotica and the photonic aliens costs many of them their lives, as holodeck weapons are real to them. (At one point, their envoy gives the death toll as 53, and that's just halfway through the episode, so it presumably continues to climb.) However, the ''Voyager'' crew never seem remotely perturbed that dozens of sentient beings have died as a result of their actions; they're only ever concerned with their own inconvenience. Even the [[ProjectedMan Doctor]], who remarks that a universe populated entirely by photonic beings is "rather appealing", doesn't seem bothered by it.
198	* WhyAreYouLookingAtMeLikeThat: Tom Paris explains that somebody has to go into the Captain Proton holoprogram and take on the role of seductive villainess Queen Arachnia. Everyone in the room looks at a nonplussed Seven of Nine... except Paris, who's looking straight at Janeway. Janeway's amusement with this idea fades immediately.
199	* WithThisRing: Janeway is presented with an EnormousEngagementRing...[[ItsAllAboutMe to be presented to his majesty, Dr. Chaotica]].
200	* WorldOfHam: With the exception of [[SurroundedByIdiots Tuvok]], all the crewmembers who enter the program can't resist hamming it up splendidly.
201	* YouFool: "You [=FoooooOOOOOLLLLLLLLL=]!" Chaotica often admonishes his minions in this fashion.
202	* YouHaveFailedMe: Chaotica isn't impressed when Lonzak returns without Proton, and sics his KillerRobot on him. Fortunately Lonzak placates his boss with his capture of the photonic aliens.
203	* YouJustRuinedTheShot: Aliens mistake the simulation for reality and go to war with Chaotica.

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