History Awesome / StarTrekVoyager

* Huge meta-awesome for [[Creator/JeriRyan Jeri Ryan]] in "Body and Soul". To quote [[Creator/RogerEbert Roger Ebert]] on the whole FreakyFridayFlip idea: "Requires actors to confront an actor's nightmare, i.e., acting as if they were another actor." - made worse if it's a character that's been on screen for 6.5 years at the time and both the viewers and the "main" actor are deeply familiar with it. And Ryan ''still'' absolutely nails the [[Creator/RobertPicardo Robert Picardo]]-as-the-Doctor performance, down to the subtle facial tics.

* As mentioned in YMMV, ''Jeri Freaking Ryan''. Yes, she was added to the cast as a shameless bit of {{Fanservice}} to spike the ratings because SexSells, but either the casting department knew ''exactly'' what they were doing or they got ''insanely'' lucky. Jeri Ryan is a very talented actress, enabling the writers to tell some really good Seven-centric stories and let her show her acting chops. Seven of Nine: [[JustForFun/ComeForTheXStayForTheY come for the epic boobs, stay for the epic]] CharacterDevelopment.

* In "Dark Frontier," Harry designs a torpedo to be beamed to a Borg vessel, which destroys it. How the hell was this guy never promoted?!

* Huge meta-awesome for [[Creator/JeriRyan Jeri Ryan]] in "Body and Soul". To quote [[Creator/RogerEbert Roger Ebert]] on the whole FreakyFridayFlip idea: "Requires actors to confront an actor's nightmare, i.e., acting as if they were another actor." - made worse if it's a character that's on screen for 6.5 years at the time and both the viewers and the "main" actor are deeply familiar with it. And Ryan ''still'' absolutely nails the [[Creator/RobertPicardo Robert Picardo]]-as-the-Doctor performance, down to the subtle facial tics.

** Macrocosm is basically Voyager's answer to [[Film/Aliens]]. Janeway doesn't try to get along with the macrovirus and her only scientific interest is learning how to kill it.

* "The Thaw" is a particularly cherished moment of awesome by Janeway fans. Several people are stuck hooked up to a virtual reality that is being run by a personification of the emotion of fear, who can only exist as long as there are terrified people connected to the system. Janeway manages to convince it into a "hostage exchange" where she takes the place of everyone else it's got in the simulation, then once everyone else is safely free, she reveals that she tricked Fear with a computer-generated Janeway, and isn't really connected. As Fear begins to [[CessationOfExistence fade away into nonexistence,]] the computer-generated Janeway manages to cram KickTheSonOfABitch into a mere two words:

** For some meta awesome, in Real Life at the time, there were some very serious debates going on as to whether Sex Ed had any place being taught in American public schools, with the main argument for it basically being against perpetuating ignorance (and that [=STDs=] had recently become much more common and dangerous).

* The opening scene of "Relativity", showing off the Utopia Planitia shipyards, with two dozen (or more) drydocks in orbit of Mars holding ships in various stages of construction before panning across to ''Voyager'' herself. Also a meta-MOA for the VFX artists, as the original script only called for Voyager to be seen. They were so excited about the possibility of showing Utopia Planitia that they started creating the shipyards on their own time and begged the producers to expand the scene.[[/folder]]

* "Body And Soul" is mostly a [[Funny/StarTrekVoyager CMOF]], but it's also a meta-[=MOA=] for Jeri Ryan, who is utterly ''perfect'' emulating Robert Picardo's Doctor mannerisms.
** Okay, in-universe: for Janeway fans who can't get enough of her {{Badass Boast}}s, "Body And Soul" has this winner, when an official of the Lokirrims demands to inspect the ship for photonics. Janeway is just ''not'' in the mood for this shit today.
--->'''Janeway:''' Your sensors should confirm they've been deactivated.\\
'''Lokirrim Captain:''' You're still required to submit to inspection.\\
'''Janeway:''' Your sensors should also confirm that our weapons are ready to fire. We're both reasonable people. I suggest a compromise. Your vessel will escort us through Lokirrim territory. That way, you can keep an eye on us, make sure we don't reactivate our holodecks. The other alternative is, we destroy your ship.\\
'''Lokirrim Captain ([[OhCrap suddenly looking a bit uncomfortable]]):''' [[KnowWhenToFoldEm Your proposal is acceptable.]] ''[Transmission ends]'' \\
'''Janeway (sits back down in her chair):''' Sometimes diplomacy requires a little sabre rattling. ''[Chakotay smirks]'' Begin long range scans.

** Though they have [[RealityIsUnrealistic bad trigger discipline]]. See "Scorpion". Keep your finger ''out'' of that trigger guard, Harry!
* Meta-awesome: many episodes that prominently features Neelix, such as "Jetrel" and "Mortal Coil" are amazing SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct moments for Ethan Phillips, who may have garnered a hatedom, but was a truly underrated performer.

* "The Thaw" is a particularly cherished moment of awesome by Janeway fans. Several people are stuck hooked up to a virtual reality that is being run by a personification of the emotion of fear, who can only exist as long as there are terrified people connected to the system. Janeway manages to convince it into a "hostage exchange" where she takes the place of everyone else it's got in the simulation, then once everyone else is safely free, she reveals that she tricked Fear with a computer-generated Janeway, and isn't really connected. As Fear begins to fade away into nonexistence he whimpers "I'm afraid," to which Janeway responds with a cold "I know."
** From the same episode, the Doctor's handling in his first encounter with the Clown.

* One for [[BigBad Henry Sterling]] from "Future's End": A hippie on a camping trip in the 60s, he witnessed the crashing of a 29th century timeship. Over the next 30 years, he cannabalizes the ship kick starting the Computer Age of the late 20th Century and creating a multimillion dollar coporation. To put this in perspective, a man of the mid-20th Century figured out technology literally a ''1,000'' years from his species' future.

* In the episode "Blood Fever", B'Elanna takes one of the boldest steps of female empowerment shown in any ''Star Trek'' series by naming ''herself'' as her champion against Vorik. And by [[EntitledToHaveYou the way he treated her]] in his ''pon farr'', particularly since he ended up infecting '''''her''''' with it, he definitely had it coming. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hruBVOLHo0c B'elanna pretty much wins the fight, too.]]

** Fridge Awesome: Think of all the times Vulcans have been established to have great strength, up to three times stronger than humans. B'elanna is only part-Klingon, but armed with some righteous fury, B'elanna still matches Vorik punch for punch, because B'elanna Torres is a ''boss.''
** In the same episode, the Doctor is at his no-bullshit best when trying to treat Vorik's ''pon farr.'' With limited information available to him, he turns to Tuvok, as Vulcan a Vulcan as you can get. Tuvok gets prudish and refuses, not wanting to get involved with what most of his race considers a ''private'' matter. The Doctor's comeback belongs here.

** Not to be outdone, Janeway is the one to finally corner the masterminds at the end with a phaser, and tell them to set things right, or she'll leave their sorry asses in a ''frozen wasteland.''

-->'''[[Blog/MarkDoesStuff Mark Oshiro]]:''' Like... [[EvilIsPetty that is]] ''[[EvilIsPetty petty.]]'' I respect that!

** Bonus points for his BadassBoast to Unferth, after the latter has killed [[spoiler:Freya]].

* "The Thaw" is a particularly cherished moment of awesome by Janeway fans. Several people are stuck hooked up to a virtual reality that is being run by a personification of the emotion of fear, who can only exist as long as there are terrified people connected to the system. Janeway manages to convince it into a "hostage exchange" where she takes the place of everyone else it's got in the simulation, then [[spoiler:once everyone else is safely free, she reveals that she tricked Fear with a computer-generated Janeway, and isn't really connected. As Fear begins to fade away into nonexistence he whimpers "I'm afraid," to which Janeway responds with a cold "I know."]]

* Neelix and the Doctor [[spoiler:saving several of their crewmates from holographic Nazis by attacking them with a group of drunken holographic Klingons]] in "The Killing Game" was pretty awesome.

* Ensign Harry Kim, "Timeless." Unfortunately, it's pretty much [[ADayInTheLimelight the only episode]] for the Ensign to shine this brightly, but it's a doozy - fifteen years in the future, an older, grayer Harry finds the remains of what once was the USS ''Voyager'' and [[spoiler: uses some of Seven's old Borg tech to [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong change the past]] and [[UndyingLoyalty save his friends from a crash landing.]]]] Also features perhaps [[DyingMomentOfAwesome the most satisfying]] BigYes in the entire franchise.

-->[[spoiler:'''Kashyk''':]] You created false readings!

** [[spoiler: When Admiral Janeway starts revealing the future to her younger Captain-self, who is uninterested for the most part for fear of violating the [[HonorBeforeReason Temporal Prime Directive]], until that is, she hears about Tuvok's inevitable fall from sanity:]]

** [[spoiler: ''Voyager'' equipping its armor from the future and transphasic torpedoes. For the Borg, ''[[CurbStompBattle resistance is futile]]''.]]

--->'''Captain Janeway:''' [[ScrewDestiny TO HELL WITH IT!]]

* In "The Q and the Grey", Neelix chewing out Q.
-->'''Q''': "You, bar rodent, another one of these fruity concoctions."
-->'''Neelix''': "Not unless you tell me why you're bothering Captain Janeway."
-->'''Q''': "Captain Janeway. Now, that's a subject I want to discuss. Tell me, what are some of her favorite things? Chocolate truffles? Stuffed animals? Erotic art?"
-->'''Neelix''': "You can't bribe Captain Janeway."
-->'''Q''': "Oh no? Isn't that what you do?"
-->'''Neelix''': "What are you talking about?"
-->'''Q''': "I understand that you acquire things for her, create little interesting diversions, prepare little tasty treats. After all, why else would she be so fond of your fur-lined face?" ''(hits Neelix's whiskers)''
-->'''Neelix''': "Do you want to know what Captain Janeway likes about me? I'll tell you. I am respectful, loyal, and most of all, sincere. And those are qualities which someone like you could never hope to possess."

** Just the fact that Naomi went through all the trouble of plotting her own rescue operation for Seven, and submitted it to the captain. You just know this kid has a bright future.

* Captain Janeway's Crowning Credo Of Awesome, in response to Naomi Wildman in "Dark Frontier":

-->'''Janeway (getting up from her desk):''' There are three things to remember about being a starship captain: keep your shirt tucked in, [[GoingDownWithTheShip go down with the ship...]] [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind and never abandon a member of your crew.]]

** Neelix got one in that episode too. After the man who took the Doctor from ''Voyager'' is put in the brig and Tuvok threatens a mind-meld with him to extract the information, Neelix one-ups him, and brings the prisoner some food..... which is loaded with enough Talaxian root to give him at least 30 long hours of gastrointestinal pains. Unless, of course, he feels like trading information for an antidote. [[BewareTheSillyOnes Damn, Neelix.]]
*** Neelix finishes by pointing out that Tuvok's approach was as bad as his own.

-->'''Janeway:''' Your sensors should confirm they've been deactivated.
-->'''Lokirrim Captain:''' You're still required to submit to inspection.
-->'''Janeway:''' Your sensors should also confirm that our weapons are ready to fire. We're both reasonable people. I suggest a compromise. Your vessel will escort us through Lokirrim territory. That way, you can keep an eye on us, make sure we don't reactivate our holodecks. The other alternative is, we destroy your ship.
-->'''Lokirrim Captain (suddenly looking a bit uncomfortable):''' [[KnowWhenToFoldEm Your proposal is acceptable.]] ''[Transmission ends]''
-->'''Janeway (sits back down in her chair):''' Sometimes diplomacy requires a little sabre rattling. ''[Chakotay smirks]'' Begin long range scans.

** Same episode: the Hirogen "Commandant" [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped deconstructing Nazi ideals]] and harassing a holo-Nazi about it.

* "Rise" is a great moment for Neelix. After their shuttlecraft is damaged on an away mission, Neelix gets himself, Tuvok, a couple of [[RubberForeheadAliens Nezu]] scientists and a foundry worker, into a carriage attached to a tether, that will take them up high enough to get a signal to ''Voyager.'' But when one of the scientists is poisoned and murdered, Neelix insists on getting to the roof of the carriage to find out what he was so desperate to find before he died. Tuvok finds this frivolous, as he's treated all Neelix's actions for the entire mission, and brushes him off. Suddenly, normally nice guy Neelix finally gets tired of Tuvok's verbal abuse and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tears into him.]] (Bonus points for the foundry worker, Lillias, validating his frustrations.)

-->'''Neelix (at his RageBreakingPoint):''' You're '''''going to listen to me!''''' ''[stops the carriage]''

-->'''Neelix:''' I'll tell you who's being emotional. You! You hide it beneath that Vulcan calm but truth is, you're filled with contempt and sarcasm, and I'm tired of being the target of all your hostility.

-->'''Neelix:''' That's right! That's exactly what I'm talking about! You have no feelings for me, but you have feelings against me. For three years you've ridiculed me and made it obvious to everyone that you have no respect for me. And I've tolerated it. You know why? You know why? Because you are smarter than I am, Tuvok, and more logical, stronger, superior in almost every way. And I admire you. But you don't have any instincts, have any [[GutFeeling gut feelings,]] and you don't really understand people. But non-Vulcans have feelings and they have to listen to them, and I've got to listen to mine, And right now they're telling me we need to get up on that roof and find out what the Doctor was talking about.

** Even more bonus points: Neelix was correct. When Tuvok finally listened to him and went to the roof, he found a data storage device that revealed information about a colonizing alien force, that was planning an invasion of the Nezu colony. This caused TheMole to reveal himself, whom was eventually [[IFellForHours dispatched by Tuvok,]] and the information on the device eventually helped uncover the entire plot and allowed ''Voyager'' to easily defeat the hostile invasion force. All because Tuvok and Neelix finally put aside their differences.

** To further expand on the awesomeness of this moment, is the rant that the enraged Captain gives the alien leader, whose expression at the realization is the epitome of [[OhCrap Oh Crap!]]:
-->'''Janeway''':"That's what you were trying to accomplish, wasn't it? Hmm? Pumping up my dopamine levels to push me to the edge, keeping me awake for four days straight with the constant pain of your devices drilling into my skull. Well, [[GoneHorriblyRight this is the culmination of your work]], and – guess what – you're going to be right here to collect the final data."