History Film / StargateContinuum

* DeathByIrony: The execution of the alternate Apophis. Not only is Apophis dying once again thanks to a defecting Teal'c, but on a Meta level, the original BigBad of ''SG-1'' dies his final death at the hands of the show's final BigBad.

* ListOfTransgressions: SG-1 is asked to be present at the execution of (probably) the last Ba'al clone. Apparently the Tok'ra felt the need to list ALL of his crimes.

** Ironically, and in ''SG-1'' tradition, ''Continuum'' could initially have been a SeriesFauxnale. The hope was that ''Ark of Truth'' and ''Continuum'' would kick off a series of ongoing ''SG-1'' TV Movies. Unfortunately, their release coincidence with the beginning of the Great Recession and the bottom falling out of the Direct-to-Video market.

* ContinuityOverlap: A complicated example. Since ''Continuum'' and ''The Ark of Truth'' were shot back-to-back,they were both intended to take place after the conclusion of ''SG-1'', but prior to the ''Stargate Atlantis'' Season Four premiere (wherein Carter joined the Atlantis Expedition). However, as the film's release was ultimately pushed back nearly a year, ''Continuum'' now takes place following the ''Atlantis'' Season Five premiere (wherein Carter returns from the Pegasus Galaxy to attend Ba'al's Extraction and execution).

* ContinuityOverlap: A complicated example. Since ''Continuum' and ''The Ark of Truth'' were shot back-to-back,they were both intended to take place after the conclusion of ''SG-1'', but prior to the ''Stargate Atlantis'' Season Four premiere (wherein Carter joined the Atlantis Expedition). However, as the film's release was ultimately pushed back nearly a year, ''Continuum'' now takes place following the ''Atlantis'' Season Five premiere (wherein Carter returns from the Pegasus Galaxy to attend Ba'al's Extraction and execution).

* BackForTheFinale: As the conclusion of the Goa'uld storyline, many of the show's recurring System Lords return thanks to the miracle of resurrection-by-time travel. Don Davis and William Devane also reprise alternate versions of Hammond and President Hayes for their final franchise appearances.
characters had all been bumped off over the course of the series) return

''Stargate Continuum'' is the second direct-to-DVD film based on ''Series/StargateSG1'' and the third movie in the Franchise/StargateVerse overall.

* GrandfatherParadox: Inverted, where Cam Mitchell winds up going back in time, and eventually (ten years down the road) keeping his Grandfather alive as a way of [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong setting right what Ba'al had messed up]]. Said paradox is directly referenced before, when Mitchell finds out that he doesn't exist in new timeline because Ba'al killed his grandfather.

* EvilLearnsOfOutsideContext: Ba'al uses a TimeMachine to stop the Stargate program from ever getting off the ground and restores the former Goa'uld Empire with himself at its helm. However, [[PragmaticVillainy his weird behavior]] ([[AlwaysChaoticEvil for a Goa'uld]]) causes his minions to get very suspicious of him and Queen Qetesh actually assassinates him. After learning of the time machine and ordering the rest of the Fleet to wipe out the Earth rather than make a deal with them like Ba'al intended, she attempts to seize it for herself and rewrite history even further.

** The same for the original Ba'al. He puts into action an ambitious plan that involves creating a system to monitor thousands of planetary systems and a computer network to determine [[spoiler:where in time each specific solar flare on which specific planet will send someone who walks through, along with a plan to then dominate all the System Lords in the past, puts his plan into action perfectly after the final clone is killed, finds out it has worked perfectly. He is then immediately shot in the head by Mitchell after he steps out of the gate in 1939 to begin the 2nd part of the plan.]]

* EmergencyRefuelling: The heroes refuel their plane before trying to head to the other Stargate in an attempt to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong. However, shortly after they refuel, the tanker gets taken out by an OrbitalBombardment. Later, Mitchell complains about getting shorted in the fuel tank by the last tanker.

* RedHerring: Major Davis can be seen walking into Stargate Command during the opening sequence. Considering he was normally the bearer of bad news on the show, you'd expect him to have a major part in the plot to follow. Nope. He's just a walk-on.

** The same for the original Ba'al. He puts into action an ambitious plan that involves creating a system to monitor thousands of planetary systems and a computer network to determine [[spoiler:where in time each specific solar flare on which specific planet will send someone who walks through, along with a plan to then dominate all the System Lords in the past, puts his plan into action perfectly after the final clone is killed, finds out it has worked perfectly. He is then immediately shot in the head by Mitchell as he goes through the gate.]]

** O'Neill refuses to buy it, partly because what Daniel tries to use as proof -- O'Neill's son, Jack, shooting himself -- didn't happen in the alternate timeline.

* TheTimeTravellersDilemma: Explicitly referenced, and this is why SG-1 isn't allowed to revert the timeline -- [[spoiler:but obviously, they do it anyway.]] Of course since they've proved they live in a multi-verse where every possible thing that can happen will happen, it's strange that no-one ever seems to suggest moving via Quantum Mirror as a solution.

** SG-1 certifies and laminates their BadassCrew card when the four of them get wasted one-by-one holding off Qetesh's Jaffa hordes.

* HideYourPregnancy: Claudia Black was pregnant while filming, so they filmed her character in loose dresses, from certain angles, and holding a {{BFG}}, to hide it.

* ReforgedIntoAMinion: Before his execution, Baal notes that he regrets that Teal'c never became his First Prime. In the altered timeline, he persuaded Teal'c into serving him instead of Apophis before he became the latter's First Prime, with the promise of a Free Jaffa nation within his empire.

* BaitAndSwitch: There's a bit during Baal's introduction as the newly self-appointed emperor of the entire Goa'uld Domain where he shouts "Bring in the prisoner!", succeeded by the camera following Teal'c walking into the throne room and positioned in a way that implies Teal'c has been captured by Baal's forces. Die-hard fans of the shows should already notice things are up because Teal'c actually has Baal's golden sigil engraved on his forehead, not that of his former master Apophis. Indeed, Apophis is the real prisoner, who has been captured by Teal'c after he defected to Baal.