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* BemoaningTheNewBody:
** In "[[Recap/FarscapeS01E09DNAMadScientist DNA Mad Scientist]]", Aeryn finds herself being slowly mutated into a Pilot by Namtar's experiments and hating every second of it. For one thing, Pilots have more impressive senses than Sebaceans, and Aeryn is left so debilitated by SensoryOverload that ''Moya's'' Pilot has to advise her on how to filter out all the noise. The physical mutations are equally torturous, to the point that Aeryn finally breaks down and [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness admits to being terrified]] after finding [[BodyHorror Pilot arms growing out of her stomach]].
** "[[Recap/FarscapeS02E09OutOfTheirMinds Out of Their Minds]]" features the entire crew of ''Moya'' (except for Zhaan) being [[FreakyFridayFlip body-swapped by a freak accident]]. Nobody aboard is entirely comfortable with this, though Aeryn and Rygel are the most aggravated by their new bodies: Rygel, who's stuck in Crichton's body, is irritated by the fact that he's constantly stumbling around on his human-sized legs and needs a tutorial on how to urinate. Meanwhile, Aeryn is stuck in Rygel's body and frustrated at the loss of independence that comes with being smaller than everyone else ''and'' having arms too short for manual labour. She's even ''more'' annoyed when Crichton gets over his uncertainty over being trapped in ''Aeryn's'' body and [[ManIFeelLikeAWoman starts playing around with her breasts]].
** Downplayed in "[[Recap/FarscapeS02E13LookAtThePrincessTheMalteseCrichton Look at the Princess Part 3: The Maltese Crichton]]." Here, Crichton has been [[TakenForGranite transformed into a metal statue]] as part of his marriage to Princess Katralla; when the crew get around to asking him (via psychic headset) how he feels, Crichton isn't in any pain, but remarks "I'd really like to pick my nose."
** In "[[Recap/FarscapeS03E16RevengingAngel Revenging Angel]]", Crichton finds himself on AdventuresInComaland; as such, he uses the imaginary setting to [[ToonTransformation turn Harvey into a cartoon]] when the neural clone starts getting on his nerves. Harvey isn't happy with his new form, especially since it looks really silly and gives him a comical falsetto voice... and he's even less happy when he finds out that the cartoon format means that Crichton can [[AnvilOnHead drop 1000-ton weights on him at will]].
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* AnimatedEpisode: "Recap/FarscapeS03E16RevengingAngel Revenging Angel" has Crichton get hit in the head by D'Argo during an argument, causing him to spend the bulk of the episode hallucinating himself and D'Argo in a RoadRunnerVsCoyote-style cartoon.

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* AnimatedEpisode: "Recap/FarscapeS03E16RevengingAngel "[[Recap/FarscapeS03E16RevengingAngel Revenging Angel" Angel]]" has Crichton get hit in the head by D'Argo during an argument, causing him to spend the bulk of the episode hallucinating himself and D'Argo in a RoadRunnerVsCoyote-style cartoon.
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* AnimatedEpisode: "Recap/FarscapeS03E16RevengingAngel Revenging Angel" has Crichton get hit in the head by D'Argo during an argument, causing him to spend the bulk of the episode hallucinating himself and D'Argo in a RoadRunnerVsCoyote-style cartoon.
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** The Scarrans however, at least according to Scorpius (who, though biased, has shown a strong understanding of Scarran nature), play this trope straight.

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** The Scarrans however, at least according to Scorpius (who, though biased, has shown a strong understanding of Scarran nature), play this trope straight. We do, however, see at least two races (the Kalish and Charrid) who serve in their empire (with varying degrees of willingness), indicating that don't wipe out ''everyone'' they come across.
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* AllLovingHero: Zhaan fits this, as long as you don't do something stupid... like [[BerserkButton threaten her adoptive family]]. Pilot and Moya are also ''incredibly'' tolerant of pretty much anything and everything you can throw at them... until you [[BewareTheNiceOnes try to hurt their crew]] or, God help you, [[TooDumbToLive try to hurt Moya's baby]].
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* ClingySleepers: "Thank God it's Friday... Again", Crichton and Zhaan find themselves in a ThereIsOnlyOneBed situation and, at John's insistence (Zhaan is from a culture that is [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl much more relaxed]] about nudity and physical contact) sleep on opposite sides of the mattress. When they wake up, John has snuggled up to Zhaan, and she is amused by his embarrassment.

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--> You can view the main page [[Series/{{Farscape}} HERE!]]
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* AbsoluteXenophobe: Subverted with the Peacekeepers. They are initially presumed to be this: however, though they are extremely xenophobic - particularly around new species - and opposed to hybrids on general principle, they aren't really true examples of this trope in that they are more interested in conquest than genocide. However, even their usual reputation for xenophobia is largely due to regulations that not all Peacekeepers pay attention to: quite a few frontier officers and captains have been seen flirting with alien females, and some aliens and hybrids (like Scorpius) have managed to attain high office in Peacekeeper command.

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* AbsoluteXenophobe: Subverted with the Peacekeepers. They are initially presumed to be this: however, though they are extremely xenophobic - -- particularly around new species - and opposed to hybrids on general principle, they aren't really true examples of this trope in that they are more interested in conquest than genocide. However, even their usual reputation for xenophobia is largely due to regulations that not all Peacekeepers pay attention to: quite a few frontier officers and captains have been seen flirting with alien females, and some aliens and hybrids (like Scorpius) have managed to attain high office in Peacekeeper command.



* CloningBlues: Is it even possible to count the number of times Crichton has been cloned and/or replicated? Let us try...
** Early on, all of Moya's crew were cloned by space roaches who used them as drones. The vast majority seem to have been of Crichton.
** Once more, Crichton is replicated by interdimensional aliens, this time with one being hyper-advanced, and the other resembling sasquatch. Both react in their own way with shock at their predicament because their memories are the same as the original up to the moment of their creation. The sasquatch one kills the advanced one because he was going to let the others be collected, considering himself more important than the others, then sacrifices himself for the sake of the original.
** Scorpius produces a neural clone of Crichton in order to get at all that juicy wormhole knowledge trapped inside.
** And last, but not least, is Crichton's "twin". To the end, we're never sure of which one is the original, or even if either technically even is the original.
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* BareYourMidriff: Aeryn, Chiana, Jool and Sikozu have all worn such outfits.
** If you stop to look at it, Jool's bellybutton is very much unlike a human's.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Rygel farts helium. For this to make the slightest bit of sense, nuclear reactions would have to be a normal part of his digestive process.
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* AlienLunch: The crew of Moya subsists mostly on "[[FutureFoodIsArtificial food cubes]]", which allegedly supply all of your basic needs. John adapts to the new food fairly quickly by necessity.
** On occasions when they actually had money, they'd eat a variety of interestingly colored alien foods, some of which Crichton described as...[[{{Understatement}} not particularly tasty]].

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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Could a villain ''have'' a better name than "Scorpius"? "Akhna" and "Xhalax" sound pretty badass, too.
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* CasualDangerDialog: Frequently. Reasonable in the case of the alien convicts, not so much for John Crichton, whose grip on his sanity is sometimes in doubt.

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* CasualDangerDialog: CasualDangerDialogue: Frequently. Reasonable in the case of the alien convicts, not so much for John Crichton, whose grip on his sanity is sometimes in doubt.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Commandant Mele-on-Grayza. There was a reason Crichton nicknamed her "Commandant Cleavage" after all. When called out on it by Akhna (the female Scarran War Minister), Grayza replied "Would you have a weapon in your armory and leave it unused out of squeamish good taste?"
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** We never do see Rygel regain his throne within the context of the series; ''Peacekeeper Wars'' ends with him intending to return to Hyneria with Chiana and D'Argo ([[spoiler:prior to D'Argo's death]]) to seize back his throne from his cousin. The plot is only ever followed-up on in the comics.
** ''Peackeeper Wars'' also dropped all mention of Chiana's developing precognitive abilities, a recurring thread in the third and fourth seasons, and the blindness she suffered at the end of the fourth season was dealt with by having her eyes replaced offscreen just before the miniseries begins.

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** We never do see Rygel regain his throne within the context of the series; ''Peacekeeper Wars'' ends with him intending to return to Hyneria with Chiana and D'Argo ([[spoiler:prior to D'Argo's death]]) to seize back his throne from his cousin. After "[[Recap/FarscapeS03E18Fractures Fractures]]" introduced a second Hynerian the crew realised that working with multiple puppets at once was a technical nightmare, and that having to do an entire planet of Hynerians would be impossible. The plot is only ever followed-up on in storyline was eventually picked up by the comics.
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** ''Peackeeper Wars'' also dropped all mention of Chiana's developing precognitive abilities, a recurring thread in the third and fourth seasons, and the seasons. The blindness she suffered at the end of the fourth season was dealt with by having her eyes replaced offscreen just before the miniseries begins.
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* AlienCatnip: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mQzmK670yI this scene]] of “Kansas”, the cast are visiting Earth during Halloween, and Rygel discovers human candy. High on the candy, he asks John, "How illegal is this dren? You've gotta get me more! I don't care what it costs!" In a later episode ("A Constellation of Doubt"), Rygel even comments that most species consider refined sucrose to be an addictive poison. So it's existence wasn't unknown to him, but he was unprepared for the abundance. As Earth isn't that [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad politically correct]] ''[[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1290118/Hospitals-ban-sugar-tea-machines-poses-health-risk.html quite]]'' '''[[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,485504,00.html yet]]''', it's available everywhere, and Rygel is indulging himself. To humans, it’s a cheap high. To aliens who are not used to being able to pick up hundreds of calories in the palm of their hand? Alien Catnip.

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* AlienCatnip: In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mQzmK670yI this scene]] of “Kansas”, the cast are visiting Earth during Halloween, and Rygel discovers human candy. High on the candy, he asks John, "How illegal is this dren? You've gotta get me more! I don't care what it costs!" In a later episode ("A Constellation of Doubt"), Rygel even comments that most species consider refined sucrose to be an addictive poison. So it's existence wasn't unknown to him, but he was unprepared for the abundance. As Earth isn't that [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad [[PoliticalOvercorrectness politically correct]] ''[[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1290118/Hospitals-ban-sugar-tea-machines-poses-health-risk.html quite]]'' '''[[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,485504,00.html yet]]''', it's available everywhere, and Rygel is indulging himself. To humans, it’s a cheap high. To aliens who are not used to being able to pick up hundreds of calories in the palm of their hand? Alien Catnip.
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* BackgroundMusic: Lampshaded in one episode which has Crichton humming along with the show's music while on a bad trip.
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* BadassBeard: D'Argo and Crais. Braca grows a goatee in time for ''The Peacekeeper Wars''.
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* BilingualDialogue: Talyn - as well as the various [=DRD=]s - communicate via [[StarWars R2-D2]]-like bleeps and bloops.
* BioAugmentation: [=NamTar=] from "DNA Mad Scientist."

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* BilingualDialogue: Talyn - as well as the various [=DRD=]s - communicate via [[StarWars [[Franchise/StarWars R2-D2]]-like bleeps and bloops.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: It sure was lucky that the crew happened to land on Earth in the 1980s just when Halloween came around, so they could (nearly) get away with being aliens on an Earth which had only seen ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and the first ''StarWars''.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: It sure was lucky that the crew happened to land on Earth in the 1980s just when Halloween came around, so they could (nearly) get away with being aliens on an Earth which had only seen ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and the first ''StarWars''.''Film/ANewHope''.



* ConverseWithTheUnconscious: The final scene of ''Peacekeeper Wars''.
* CoolStarship: Any capital ship shown, and of course Moya.

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** ''Peackeeper Wars'' also dropped all mention of Chiana's developing precognitive abilities, a recurring thread in the third and fourth seasons, and the blindness she suffered at the end of the fourth season was dealt with by having her eyes replaced offscreen just before the miniseries begins.
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* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: Frequently. Spiritual and educated TeamMom and TheMedic Zhaan was replaced by Stark on the spiritual side and Jool on TheSmartGuy side. But Stark is CrazyAwesome compared to Zhaan's composed serenity, while Jool is a bratty [[TheLoad load]]. Jool was later replaced by Sikozu, a KnowNothingKnowItAll, and Stark by Noranti, a CloudCuckoolander CoolOldLady.

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* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: Frequently. Spiritual and educated TeamMom and TheMedic Zhaan was replaced by Stark on the spiritual side and Jool on TheSmartGuy side. But Stark is CrazyAwesome CrazyIsCool compared to Zhaan's composed serenity, while Jool is a bratty [[TheLoad load]]. Jool was later replaced by Sikozu, a KnowNothingKnowItAll, and Stark by Noranti, a CloudCuckoolander CoolOldLady.

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* ChildSoldiers / TheSpartanWay: For Peacekeepers, the brutal training process begins at an early age; recruits are taken from the children of their own soldiers, or from [[{{conscription}} conscripts]] taken from farming communes loyal to the Peacekeepers, as seen in Crais' flashbacks.

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* ChildSoldiers / TheSpartanWay: For Peacekeepers, the brutal training process begins at an early age; recruits are taken from the children of their own soldiers, or from [[{{conscription}} conscripts]] {{conscript|ion}}s taken from farming communes loyal to the Peacekeepers, as seen in Crais' flashbacks.



** Sikozu is an embodiment of this trope, her only consistent trait (besides her arrogance) being her penchant for serving no master but herself. Close to the end of the fourth season, however, she looked to be outgrowing this character flaw--[[spoiler:only for the Scarrans to employ her as a spy during the miniseries]].

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** Sikozu is an embodiment of this trope, her only consistent trait (besides her arrogance) being her penchant for serving no master but herself. Close to the end of the fourth season, however, she looked to be outgrowing this character flaw--[[spoiler:only flaw -- [[spoiler:only for the Scarrans to employ her as a spy during the miniseries]].



* {{Constellations}}: It had the villain [[MagnificentBastard Scorpius]], which is also the name of a zodiac constellation (in the sky of a planet nowhere near the region of space ''Farscape'' was set in), as well as a [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Name To Run Away From Really Fast]].
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: An in-universe example occurs in "The Ugly Truth", where in addition to [[RashomonStyle each character's version of the destruction of the Plokavian ship being slightly different]], various character traits are exaggerated as well, depending on the teller's own bias towards the others. Zhaan for example, is revealed to consider D'Argo as TheBrute and Crichton as an IdiotHero. Meanwhile D'Argo sees Zhaan as so StupidNeutral that she's paralyzed with permanent indecision, and Chrichton as his loyal sidekick.

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: An in-universe example occurs in "The Ugly Truth", where in addition to [[RashomonStyle each character's version of the destruction of the Plokavian ship being slightly different]], various character traits are exaggerated as well, depending on the teller's own bias towards the others. Zhaan for example, is revealed to consider D'Argo as TheBrute and Crichton as an IdiotHero. Meanwhile D'Argo sees Zhaan as so StupidNeutral that she's paralyzed with permanent indecision, and Chrichton Crichton as his loyal sidekick.
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* CurseCutShort: When John accidentally overloads Aeryn's pulse rifle in "Throne for a Loss", he responds with an "Oh shi-" before throwing it away. Apparently, the lack of a "t" is all that is needed to [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar get it past the radar.]]

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* CurseCutShort: When John accidentally overloads Aeryn's pulse rifle in "Throne for a Loss", he responds with an "Oh shi-" before throwing it away. Apparently, the lack of a "t" is all that is needed to [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar get it past the radar.]]
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** Once more, Crichton is replicated by interdimensional aliens, this time with one being hyper-advanced, and the other resembling sasquatch. The sasquatch one kills the advanced one because he was going to let the others be collected, considering himself more important than the others, then sacrifices himself for the sake of the original.

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** Once more, Crichton is replicated by interdimensional aliens, this time with one being hyper-advanced, and the other resembling sasquatch. Both react in their own way with shock at their predicament because their memories are the same as the original up to the moment of their creation. The sasquatch one kills the advanced one because he was going to let the others be collected, considering himself more important than the others, then sacrifices himself for the sake of the original.

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* CuttingBackToReality:
** In "Rhapsody In Blue," a group of Delvian priests use their Enlightenment Superpowers to keep the crew preoccupied with illusions while they deal with Zhaan. In one case, they convince Aeryn that her pulse rifle has been smashed to bits, but a quick cut to D'Argo's perspective reveals that it's actually still intact. D'Argo exasperatedly tries to get her to see through the illusion by picking up the rifle and giving it back to her, but she only perceives it as him giving her the broken-off scope.
-->'''Aeryn:''' [''obliviously shaking the entire rifle''] I don't have any training to use this bit!
** "Crackers Don't Matter" features the crew of Moya being driven insane by the influence of the Monster of the Week; Crichton's form of this manifests as an imaginary Scorpius following him around and urging him to kill his friends. Naturally, this results in several scenes in which Crichton angrily points a gun at Scorpius, only for the camera to cut to the perspective of D'Argo or Aeryn, both of whom can clearly see that Crichton is talking to someone who isn't there.
** The imaginary Scorpius appears again in "Beware Of Dog," at one point being seen lurking menacingly behind Aeryn. Crichton is so freaked out he draws his pistol and opens fire, scaring the crap out of Aeryn - as a cut from a third-person perspective reveals that Crichton had just shot at the bulkhead right next to her for no reason whatsoever.
** The conflict between Crichton and the imaginary Scorpius AKA Harvey comes to a head in "Die Me Dichotomy," in which Harvey appears to him in a mirror, taunting him. Pushed to the absolute limit of his sanity, Crichton smashes the mirror - only for it to reappear intact with Harvey still mocking him; Crichton ends up breaking the mirror about five or six times before Aeryn drags him away, whereupon a cut to reality reveals that he actually destroyed the mirror on his first try and he's been punching the wall behind it on every other attempt.
** In "The Choice," a chronically-depressed Aeryn begins imagining a ghostly version of Crichton [[spoiler: after the one she's been in love with for most of the season dies]]. At one point, the two of them share a kiss - only for a cut to reveal that nothing has changed and Aeryn is still alone. The episode ends with Aeryn finally managing to come to terms with her grief, but tells the illusory Crichton he has to leave as a result; her ImaginaryFriend sadly turns his back on her, and a cut reveals that Aeryn is once again alone.
** Noranti doses Crichton with a hallucinogenic powder in "Dog With Two Bones" in an effort to show him the potential results of returning to Earth; consequently, the action cuts between his activities in the hallucination and what he's actually doing: in one case, he imagines himself dancing with Aeryn at his wedding, when he's really dancing with Noranti; in another case, the sudden arrival of Peacekeepers at the wedding results in him drawing his pistol and shooting at inanimate objects in the real world.

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