History Farscape / TropesAToC

** After removing the neurochip from Crichton's brain, Scorpius finds that there's a large chunk of cerebral tissue clinging to it. This doesn't deter him from eating the brain matter in a single bite.

* BlipVert: In the series finale, the PreviouslyOn segment was a blipvert featuring (almost) every episode of the series.

* BlessedWithSuck: Chiana gets the ability to see into the future, and is able to use it to help the crew several times. Using it also leaves her temporarily blind for increasing amounts of time, until it's implied to be permanent. She also relates that she once used it to win in a casino, only for the owners to decide she had to be cheating, take her winnings and torture her.

** ** Don't forget Maldis made a reappearance.

** Don't forget Maldis made a reappearance.

* AbnormalAmmo: "Chakan oil" is used as ammunition for [[EnergyWeapons pulse pistols]]. The stuff is apparently [[EdibleAmmunition somewhat tasty]], as both John and Aeryn are shown licking their cartridges to check the power levels.
** The wormhole weapons in ''Farscape'' can shoot a) black holes that grow exponentially or b) pull chunks of matter out of stars and then fire them at a target.

** In the Season 4 episode "Prayer" Jason Clarke is billed as the Scarran officer, Captain Jenek. He also played the role of Lechner [[spoiler: (Aeryn's fake lover)]] in the flashback sequences in the same episode.
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Crichton gets nabbed by Sykaran resistance fighters who inject a worm into his belly. While not particularly pleasant, the parasite feeds on the mind-controlling drug contained within the Sykarans' food, allowing Crichton to [[TheInfiltration blend in]] amongst the cult without abandoning his free will.

** The doctor in "Coup By Clam" is awfully friendly for an extortionist and blackmailer. He even offers to refund 2/3rds of the money the crew pays him when he discovers he can't actually help 2/3rds of the crew he had poisoned. That doesn't stop him from getting his just rewards by the end of the episode, however.

* AirVentPassageway: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that diminutive Rygel often uses air ducts and service tunnels to travel when the ship is under siege, or whenever he's feeling particularly paranoid.

* 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.

* AmoralAttorney: Ja Rhumann, senior partner at Litigra's ruling law firm.

* AntiVillain: Crais becomes this not long after Scorpius takes over as BigBad; after he is [[spoiler: booted out of the Peacekeepers]] and manages to accept Crichton's innocence in his brother's death, he becomes more or less an AntiHero.

* AProtagonistShallLeadThem: Happens to [[spoiler: Aeryn]] and the [[spoiler: disillusioned Peacekeepers, suffering from massive desertion under Grayza's command]] after the wormhole weapon demonstration of PK Wars.

* AWizardDidIt: Chiana lampshades the trope after attempting to explain how a wizard actually managed to do something after she notices Rygel was not following what she was saying.

-->'''Crichton''': ''(to Scorpius)'' [[KryptoniteFactor Kryptonite]], [[SilverBullet silver bullet]], [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]. What's it gonna take to keep you in the grave?\\

* BackwardsFiringGun: An episode in which Crichton imagines himself in a ''LooneyTunes'' cartoon has him pulling this trick by sliding the sight forwards on D'Argo's shotgun. An angry D'Argo swops the barrel round, only to shoot himself a second time.

* BallsOfSteel: Used in the episode "Hot to Katratzi", where Chiana confronts a Scarran who had captured her earlier. After verifying his identity, she asks him if Scarrans have mivonks, and abruptly knees him in the groin before he has a chance to respond. As she lies on the floor clutching her knee in pain, the Scarran informs her that they do have them, but they're not external.

* BattleCouple: John and Aeryn. Less in the beginning (Crichton had a lot of learning to do in regards to how to fight in this new environment), but by the end of the series they perform very well as a unit.

* BerserkerTears: "The Way We Weren't" climaxes with Crichton and Aeryn making a full frontal charge on Pilot in order to regain control of Moya. Aeryn has a tear lingering on the very lip of her eyelid during the entire charge.

* BetweenMyLegs: When Chiana goes to ambush Crichton in the cargo bay ("Durka Returns"), we see Crichton framed between her legs. Additionally, Natira's first proper introduction starts when she approaches a captured D'Argo ("Liars, Guns and Money - A Not So Simple Plan"), who we see framed between her legs.

-->'''Crichton:''' No... no I can't.

-->'''[[MagnificentBastard Scorpius:]]''' Don't need {{Translator Microbes}} for that one, do we?

* BlatantLies: Gilina first starts to get the hint that she's a HopelessSuitor when Crichton refuses her offer to break him out of Peacekeeper custody, instead insisting that they return to Moya and cure Aeryn. Gilina wonders why John would rather save Aeryn than himself, and worries that it's because he loves Aeryn. Chiana shoots this down, (erroneously, and she knows it) assuring Gilina that Crichton loves only her, and thus keeping Gilina focused on her task.

* BreatherEpisode: Season 3 has "Revenging Angel", which is mostly done in the style of a LooneyTunes cartoon, wedged between two episodes dealing with the death of [[spoiler:one of the Crichtons]].

* BrokenPedestal: Aeryn racks up a few, including Durka (highly-decorated Peacekeeper general, later revealed as a MilesGloriosus who sacrificed his entire crew to save himself) and Sub-Officer Dacon, who died in the line of duty after a very successful career and became a hero to all Sebeceans (When Aeryn meets him in the past, however, Dacon's just an army cook with an overly-modest commanding officer).

* ButtMonkey: John Crichton. Also Stark. Well, by the end of the series, you can definitely look back and go, "dammit he went through ''a'' '''lot'''". Not only is he a Slave, he's a Stykera (a Banik holy person). Their entire purpose is to guide people to death, [[NightmareFuel experiencing their last moments]]. That has honestly got to be one of the worst abilities in existence. And it shows. Stark is twenty-five different types of insane.

** "Through the Looking Glass" finds John and Aeryn aboard an alternate, blue-tinted Moya which is being flooded with an ear-splitting noise. During their failed attempt to communicate, Aeryn gestures to her ringing ears, to which an impatient John answers with a thumbs-up while mouthing the words, "I ''got'' that!"

** Does {{Claudia Black}}'s lizard-like [[FetishFuel tongue trick]] count as a skill?
* 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.

* ChangedMyJumper: Where to even start? In "Kansas", the Moya crew [[spoiler: tries to blend in on Earth, but fail spectacularly: the women all dress like {{New Age Retro Hippie}}s (with Aeryn as a dead-ringer for {{Cher), while D'Argo gets stuck with a football jersey]].
* [[ChangedMyMindKid Changed My Mind, Kid]]: Despite parting ways with John and Aeryn on the Gammack base, Gilina reappears just as Scorpius grabs Crichton from behind, intent on dragging him back to the Aurora Chair and learning his secrets. [[spoiler:Subverted when Gilina is too slow on the draw and gets fatally shot by Scorpius]].

* {{Chekhovs Gunman}}: In "Liars, Guns, and Money," many of the MonsterOfTheWeek villains from the first two seasons turn out to have skills that make them perfect for robbing a shadow depository. Unfortunately, by the time Crichton and co track them down, most of them are a) [[TheAtoner reformed]], b) recovering from serious injuries, c) under new management, or d) just plain stupid.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: 'Cash in your chips and throw everybody to the wolves' is basically Rygel's default setting. Furlow and Gunchlk also seem have no sense of honor whatsoever (though Furlow is miles ahead in terms of intelligence).
** 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]].

* ClipShow: Averted. The entire point of the Aurora Chair was originally to allow for a clip show to curtail ''Farscape's'' budget. As so often happens on the show, the producers took a cost-saving measure and ended up going ''over'' budget with it ("Nerve").
* CloneDegeneration: Implied with Kaarvok's ex-Peacekeeper minions (the "Xarai"), some of whom have "twinned" dozens of times, reducing them to gibbering maniacs (Kaarvok admits he may have twinned some of them a [[{{CaptainObvious}} bit too often]]). It's unclear whether his is a direct result of the twinning process, or the trauma of seeing oneself [[SanitySlippage repeatedly split into two and eaten]].

* ConspiracyTheorist: The Orlando sheriff who encounters the aliens in 1985 in ''Kansas'' has become this by ''Terra Firma'' (thanks to Noranti not having enough time to erase his memories). We get to see a TV show in ''A Constellation of Doubts'' in which he reveals his theory: cThe aliens have implanted neurochips into humanity to make us eat fatty foods to make us fat and unable to fight back against alien invasion. His case is not helped by his aluminum-foil lined baseball cap and remarkably accurate Jack O'Lantern carved to look like Rygel.
* ContemplativeBoss: Scorpius and Grayza both indulge in this form time to time.

-->'''Aeryn:''' You know what I give ''you'', Crais? Your life. I will [[MindRape make you watch...your life.]]"
** In "Die Me, Dichotomy", Crichton finds a doctor able to remove the Neural Chip implanted in his brain by Scorpius. But it's tangled with the speech center of his brain, so removing the chip meant removing his ability to speak coherently. Midway through the operation, Scorpius waltzes in, incapacitates the surgeon, takes the chip, and leaves John strapped to the operating table, completely unable to speak.

* CuteMachines: The [=DRDs=] are adorable little repair bots.

-->'''Chiana:''' ''(translating)'' Something about his corpse and a-- body function.

* ADayAtTheBizarro: "John Quixote" is nuts even by the standards of the show, and this is the show that has had episodes that combine MindScrew, MindProbe and MindRape. Crichton and Chiana play some sort of virtual reality game based off of John's own previous adventures and listing all the ways it's just plain wrong would take too long.

* BLAMEpisode: "John Quixote" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" (to an extent).
** "John Quixote" definitely. "Won't Get Fooled Again" was firmly part of the series' MythArc, as it featured an illusory Earth and heavy interaction between John and Harvey, was the first episode to fully [[TheReveal reveal just why John has apparently been having hallucinations of Scorpius for some time]], and was frequently referred back to in future episodes.

* ChainedToABed: This is ''Farscape''; but of course. However, Crichton subverts it in the "What Was Lost" two-parter while being interrogated by Commandant Grayza, the fourth season's BigBad; her intel-gathering involves pheromone-assisted rape, and [[RapeIsOkWhenItIsFemaleOnMale it is most definitely not okay]]. However, after dosing himself with a stimulant to resist Grayza's pheromones, Crichton suggests that the next round involve bondage; as a result, Commandant Cleavage is left tied to the bed, humiliated and seeking revenge.

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

* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Crichton in ''Peacekeeper Wars''.

* AbnormalAmmo: "Chakran oil" is used as ammunition for [[EnergyWeapons pulse pistols]]. The stuff is apparently [[EdibleAmmunition somewhat tasty]], as both John and Aeryn are shown licking their cartridges to check the power levels.

** In the Season 4 episode "Prayer" Jason Clarke is billed as the Scarran officer, Captain Jenek. He also played the role of Aeryn's fake lover, Lechner, in the flashback sequences in the same episode.

* ChristmasEpisode: "Terra Firma". The green-scaled MonsterOfTheWeek, Skreeth, even bears a not-so-subtle resemblance to [[HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas the Grinch]].

** The doctor in "Coup By Clan" is awfully friendly for an extortionist and blackmailer. He even offers to refund 2/3rds of the money the crew pays him when he discovers he can't actually help 2/3rds of the crew he had poisoned. That doesn't stop him from getting his just rewards by the end of the episode, however.

** Velorek. Tortured and killed thanks to Aeryn.

* BetaCouple: D'Argo and Chiana, though theirs is a tempestuous, mostly physical relationship that's more off than on [[spoiler: and is ultimately doomed]]. Nevertheless, it does develop into genuine love (although Chiana is extremely afraid of commitment) and both Chiana and D'Argo often dispense relationship advice to Crichton and Aeryn. A (marginally) less dysfunctional example is the tragically brief relationship between [[spoiler: Stark and Zhaan]].

** Aeryn's one-liners are about quality over quantity; In ''Peacekeeper Wars'', Aeryn probably has the best one in the whole series. Minutes after she gives birth, she shoots Ahkna -- the Scarran who previously tortured Aeryn to unlock the secrets behind the baby's DNA -- [[BoomHeadshot squarely in the head]] and deadpans "It's a boy. In case you were wondering." Do. Not. Fuck with [[MamaBear Mama Bearyn]].
*** Actually, I think that was Captain Jennik, and he got nuked.