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* BloodBrothers: Nemo and Odisseus refer to each other by this title.
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* NiceHat: Played with. Nemo wears a bowler hat for the first third or so of ''Hull Damage'' and thinks it's this trope. He is the '''only''' one to think so.
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* BlindJump: Alluded to in several occasions – Bel8 uses “dirty jumps”, implied to be blind jumps that don’t use warpgates, the standard means of faster than light travel in the galaxy.
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* BlindJump: Alluded to in several occasions – Bel8 [=Bel8=] uses “dirty jumps”, implied to be blind jumps that don’t use warpgates, the standard means of faster than light travel in the galaxy.
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Notable characters include the impulsive, rash and thrill-seeking [[TheCaptain Captain]] Nemo; his dour, mirthless bounty hunter first mate Moira Quicksilver; the mercenary and untrustworthy cut-purse Flask; the big furry otter-like mechanic Odisseus; the reluctant, kidnapped navigator Bel8, the sexy automated weapon system "Ishmael"; and the personality-less, nearly robotic six-year-old Gideon.
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Notable characters include the impulsive, rash and thrill-seeking [[TheCaptain Captain]] Nemo; his dour, mirthless bounty hunter first mate Moira Quicksilver; the mercenary and untrustworthy cut-purse Flask; the big furry otter-like mechanic Odisseus; the reluctant, kidnapped navigator Bel8, [=Bel8=], the sexy automated weapon system "Ishmael"; and the personality-less, nearly robotic six-year-old Gideon.
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%%* CowerPower: Gideon behind Bel8 [=Bel8=] in “When His Canvas is Rent”
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* AllWorkVsAllPlay: Moira and Nemo, respectively
* AnnouncerChatter: 46th Annual Khali Rhon Classic in “The Coming Dawn”
* AnimalsHateHim: Flask (more specifically Odisseus)
* AnsweringEcho: The Watchers of the Dawn in “The Coming Dawn”
* AnnouncerChatter: 46th Annual Khali Rhon Classic in “The Coming Dawn”
* AnimalsHateHim: Flask (more specifically Odisseus)
* AnsweringEcho: The Watchers of the Dawn in “The Coming Dawn”
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* AsteroidThicket: “Calm Waters Won’t A Skillful Sailor Make”
* AvengersAssemble: “The Coming Dawn”
* Backstory
* BadassCrew
* BadassDriver: Flask
* BadassLongcoat: Moira. Nemo as well, on occasion.
* AvengersAssemble: “The Coming Dawn”
* Backstory
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* BerserkButton: [[spoiler:Implying he works for the Empire]] seems to do this to Nemo in “Mantled In Mist”
** ''Glactic Menace'' reveals another one of Nemo's: Being told "Piracy is pointless."
* BlankSlate: Gideon
** ''Glactic Menace'' reveals another one of Nemo's: Being told "Piracy is pointless."
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* BoisterousBruiser: Ishmael
* BornLucky: Nemo.
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* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Odisseus
* CarCushion: "The Line Between Angler and Prey" (albeit, an aircar)
* CarnivalOfKillers: "The Line Between Angler and Prey"
* CasualDangerDialog: Nemo. All the time. Much to the chagrin of his crew.
* CasualInterstellarTravel: Warpgate System
* ChronicVillain: Nemo
* CarCushion: "The Line Between Angler and Prey" (albeit, an aircar)
* CarnivalOfKillers: "The Line Between Angler and Prey"
* CasualDangerDialog: Nemo. All the time. Much to the chagrin of his crew.
* CasualInterstellarTravel: Warpgate System
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* ContractOnTheHitman: [[spoiler:Moira]] in "The Line Between Angler and Prey"
* CowerPower: Gideon behind Bel8 in “When His Canvas is Rent”
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* DrowninMySorrows: Nemo in “The Coming Dawn” and “Mantled In Mist”
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* GotVolunteered: Bel8
* GunpointBanter: Frequently. Nemo is fond of this.
* GunsAkimbo: Moira (Righty & Lefty)
* GunshipRescue: Ishmael in "Call Me Ishmael" and "When His Canvas Is Rent".
* TheGunslinger: Moira
* GunpointBanter: Frequently. Nemo is fond of this.
* GunsAkimbo: Moira (Righty & Lefty)
* GunshipRescue: Ishmael in "Call Me Ishmael" and "When His Canvas Is Rent".
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* ImpossibleMissionCollapse: Multiple uses. "Call Me Ishmael", "Up Jumps A Crab" and "When His Canvas Is Rent".
* ImprobablePilotingSkills: Nemo
* IndyPloy: Nemo’s preferred tactic, albeit not always by choice.
* ImprobablePilotingSkills: Nemo
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* OpenSaysMe: Odisseus in “The Coming Dawn” and “Mantled in Mist.”
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* SpacePirates
* SpaceshipGirl: The Unconstant Lover (although, in part, Ishmael herself exemplifies this trope.)
** [[spoiler: Dialogue near the end of "The Line Between Angler and Prey" indicates this is what Gideon was ''meant'' to be, had circumstances been different. [[ContinuityNod You'd never know it without paying attention to details in "My Heart As A Stowaway"]].]]
* TagalongKid: Gideon
* TeamPet: Odisseus
* TheBigGuy: Ishmael
* TheChick: Flask
* TheLancer: Moira
* SpaceshipGirl: The Unconstant Lover (although, in part, Ishmael herself exemplifies this trope.)
** [[spoiler: Dialogue near the end of "The Line Between Angler and Prey" indicates this is what Gideon was ''meant'' to be, had circumstances been different. [[ContinuityNod You'd never know it without paying attention to details in "My Heart As A Stowaway"]].]]
* TagalongKid: Gideon
* TeamPet: Odisseus
* TheBigGuy: Ishmael
* TheChick: Flask
* TheLancer: Moira
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* TheSmartGuy: Bel8
* TheyHaveTheScent: Odisseus in “Up Jumps A Crab” and “When His Canvas Is Rent”.
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* WantedPoster: Nemo keeps a copy of his on the fridge in the ''Lover's'' galley during the novels.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Nemo acts irreverantly on a regular basis, but is in fact shockingly intelligent and cunning about quite a few things, such as the Spith in "Up Jumps A Crab" or finding the weaknesses in a supposedly invincible Imperial battleship in the novel ''Hull Damage''.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Nemo acts irreverantly '''Nemo.''' Between the audio drama and the novels, the man banters, seems to pay little to no attention, has (according to the novels) ''locked himself out of his own spaceship'', and has a fixation on hats. He also knows about the Spith in ''Up Jumps a regular basis, but Crab'', brings down a ship of the supposedly invincible ''Pylon''-class [[spoiler: (twice)]], reacts to an ad claiming "Piracy is in fact shockingly Pointless" by [[spoiler: assembling the "Freebooter Fleet" and leading the sacking of the ports used by the company responsible]], and [[steals a prototype cloaking device from both the Imperium and the Watchers, while telling off the Imperium noble who also happens to be his contact with the watchers.]] The man is much, ''much'' more intelligent and cunning about quite a few things, such as the Spith in "Up Jumps A Crab" or finding the weaknesses in a supposedly invincible Imperial battleship in the novel ''Hull Damage''.than he lets on.
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* BadassLongcoat: Moira
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* BadassLongcoat: MoiraMoira. Nemo as well, on occasion.
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* BeleagueredAssistant: Most of the crew can play this trope opposite Nemo (with the exception of Ishmael.)
* Berserk Button: [[spoiler:Implying he works for the Empire]] seems to do this to Nemo in “Mantled In Mist”
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* BeleagueredAssistant: Most of the crew can play this trope opposite Nemo (with the exception of Ishmael.)
Ishmael).
*Berserk Button: BerserkButton: [[spoiler:Implying he works for the Empire]] seems to do this to Nemo in “Mantled In Mist”Mist”
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* KnownOnlyByTheirNickname: Nemo is almost never referred to by his birth name of Nehel Morel.
* NiceHat: Played with. Nemo wears a bowler hat for the first third or so of ''Hull Damage'' and thinks it's this trope. He is the '''only''' one to think so.
* NiceHat: Played with. Nemo wears a bowler hat for the first third or so of ''Hull Damage'' and thinks it's this trope. He is the '''only''' one to think so.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: An odd take in the second of the ''Bad Space'' novels. Nemo's response to an advertisement of an Imperium-backed liner and shipping company claiming "Piracy is pointless"? [[spoiler: Assemble a small pirate fleet and start sacking the ports of call along that company's route into the Outer Ring and Bad Space.]]
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A monthly science fiction audio drama {{Podcast}}, produced and distributed by [[http://www.whoisnemo.com/ An Art Lawful Productions]], that both honors and subverts the classic SpaceOpera genre. It seems to possibly have been converted into a book series, since that's where the link above now leads.
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A monthly science fiction audio drama {{Podcast}}, produced and distributed by [[http://www.whoisnemo.com/ An Art Lawful Productions]], that both honors and subverts the classic SpaceOpera genre. It seems to possibly have The series itself has been converted into canceled due to changes in the creator's life, though it's been continued with a book series, since that's where series of (apparent) prequel novels, which the link above now leads.
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** The novels reveal Odi to be this as well, since his dialogue is translated and we can understand him.
* GilliganCut: The first novel has a beautiful example when Nemo attacks a capital ship. Bel8 (then in the employ of the Imperial Navy) has his targeting solution thrown by a suddenly evading, semi-stelthed ''Unconstant Lover'', and comments that the captain must be a strategic genius. Cut to the ''Lover'', where it's revealed the dodge is the result of a mechanical failure and [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl Nemo is screaming like a little girl.]]
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''The Endless Night'' follows the rough-and-tumble crew of the interstellar cargo freighter, [[CoolSpaceship The Unconstant Lover]]. Unlike similar premises aboard Franchise/StarTrek’s Enterprise or {{Firefly}}’s Serenity, the crew of the Lover are successful pirates, hardened criminals and remorseless murderers. The show gleefully subverts the ethics of traditional space opera, detailing the criminal exploits of the ship’s somewhat hapless crew as they raid, pillage and plunder across the galaxy.
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''The Endless Night'' follows the rough-and-tumble crew of the interstellar cargo freighter, [[CoolSpaceship The Unconstant Lover]]. Unlike similar premises aboard Franchise/StarTrek’s Enterprise or {{Firefly}}’s {{Series/Firefly}}’s Serenity, the crew of the Lover are successful pirates, hardened criminals and remorseless murderers. The show gleefully subverts the ethics of traditional space opera, detailing the criminal exploits of the ship’s somewhat hapless crew as they raid, pillage and plunder across the galaxy.
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A monthly science fiction audio drama {{Podcast}}, produced and distributed by [[http://www.whoisnemo.com/ An Art Lawful Productions]], that both honors and subverts the classic SpaceOpera genre. Doesn't seem to exist on the internet any more, as the page previously linked to here is now an advert for server space.
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A monthly science fiction audio drama {{Podcast}}, produced and distributed by [[http://www.whoisnemo.com/ An Art Lawful Productions]], that both honors and subverts the classic SpaceOpera genre. Doesn't seem It seems to exist on possibly have been converted into a book series, since that's where the internet any more, as the page previously linked to here is link above now an advert for server space.
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A monthly science fiction audio drama {{Podcast}}, produced and distributed by [[http://www.whoisnemo.com/ An Art Lawful Productions, Productions]], that both honors and subverts the classic SpaceOpera genre. Doesn't seem to exist on the internet any more, as the page previously linked to here is now an advert for server space.
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''The Endless Night'' follows the rough-and-tumble crew of the interstellar cargo freighter, [[CoolSpaceship The Unconstant Lover]]. Unlike similar premises aboard StarTrek’s Enterprise or {{Firefly}}’s Serenity, the crew of the Lover are successful pirates, hardened criminals and remorseless murderers. The show gleefully subverts the ethics of traditional space opera, detailing the criminal exploits of the ship’s somewhat hapless crew as they raid, pillage and plunder across the galaxy.
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''The Endless Night'' follows the rough-and-tumble crew of the interstellar cargo freighter, [[CoolSpaceship The Unconstant Lover]]. Unlike similar premises aboard StarTrek’s Franchise/StarTrek’s Enterprise or {{Firefly}}’s Serenity, the crew of the Lover are successful pirates, hardened criminals and remorseless murderers. The show gleefully subverts the ethics of traditional space opera, detailing the criminal exploits of the ship’s somewhat hapless crew as they raid, pillage and plunder across the galaxy.
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''The Endless Night'' follows the rough-and-tumble crew of the interstellar cargo freighter, [[CoolSpaceship The Unconstant Lover]]. Unlike similar premises aboard StarTrek’s Enterprise or {{Firefly}}’s Serenity, the crew of the Lover are successful pirates, hardened criminals and remorseless murderers. The show gleefully subverts the ethics of traditional space opera, detailing the criminal exploits of the ship’s somewhat hapless crew as they raid, pillage and plunder across the galaxy.
The show keeps a delicate balance between comedy and drama and is set in a grim and bloody galaxy ruled by [[TheEmpire The Endless Empire]]. Most of the show’s episodes, thus far, deal with the crew’s employment under the terrorist faction known as the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Watchers of the Dawn]]. Subplots mostly center on the often rough inter-crew relations.
Notable characters include the impulsive, rash and thrill-seeking [[TheCaptain Captain]] Nemo; his dour, mirthless bounty hunter first mate Moira Quicksilver; the mercenary and untrustworthy cut-purse Flask; the big furry otter-like mechanic Odisseus; the reluctant, kidnapped navigator Bel8, the sexy automated weapon system "Ishmael"; and the personality-less, nearly robotic six-year-old Gideon.
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This show provides examples of:
* AllWorkVsAllPlay: Moira and Nemo, respectively
* AnnouncerChatter: 46th Annual Khali Rhon Classic in “The Coming Dawn”
* AnimalsHateHim: Flask (more specifically Odisseus)
* AnsweringEcho: The Watchers of the Dawn in “The Coming Dawn”
* TheApprentice: Gideon’s tutelage under Bel8
* AsteroidThicket: “Calm Waters Won’t A Skillful Sailor Make”
* AvengersAssemble: “The Coming Dawn”
* Backstory
* BadassCrew
* BadassDriver: Flask
* BadassLongcoat: Moira
* BaddieFlattery: [[spoiler:Griffon]], despite current sentiments, seems to really admire Nemo.
* BashBrothers: Nemo and Moira
* TheBattlestar: Imperial Cruiser Asterius in “My Heart As A Stowaway”
* BeleagueredAssistant: Most of the crew can play this trope opposite Nemo (with the exception of Ishmael.)
* Berserk Button: [[spoiler:Implying he works for the Empire]] seems to do this to Nemo in “Mantled In Mist”
* BlankSlate: Gideon
* BlindJump: Alluded to in several occasions – Bel8 uses “dirty jumps”, implied to be blind jumps that don’t use warpgates, the standard means of faster than light travel in the galaxy.
* BloodBrothers: Nemo and Odisseus refer to each other by this title.
* BoardingParty: Subverted in “Up Jumps A Crab” when [[spoiler:there’s no one aboard the Odonata.]]
* BoisterousBruiser: Ishmael
* BornLucky: Nemo
* BountyHunter: Moira and the supporting cast of “The Line Between Angler and Prey”
* BreakTheBadass: Moira’s fear of [[spoiler:Dmitri Ilyriov and The Scar]] in "Call Me Ishmael" and [[spoiler:the Spith]] in "Up Jumps A Crab"
* TheBridge: Though the helm is most often the setting for scenes aboard the Lover, the trope is somewhat subverted in that most of the crew meetings either occur in the galley (“My Heart As A Stowaway”) or the gundeck (“Up Jumps A Crab”).
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Odisseus
* CarCushion: "The Line Between Angler and Prey" (albeit, an aircar)
* CarnivalOfKillers: "The Line Between Angler and Prey"
* CasualDangerDialog: Nemo. All the time. Much to the chagrin of his crew.
* CasualInterstellarTravel: Warpgate System
* ChronicVillain: Nemo
* ClosertoEarth: Moira largely fits this trope, though she hardly claims the moral high ground to the male crew members. It could possibly even apply to Ishmael.
* ContractOnTheHitman: [[spoiler:Moira]] in "The Line Between Angler and Prey"
* CowerPower: Gideon behind Bel8 in “When His Canvas is Rent”
* DeflectorShields: Comes in two varieties – bombard shields, which deflect physical objects and ray shields, which deflect energy weapons.
* DrowninMySorrows: Nemo in “The Coming Dawn” and “Mantled In Mist”
* FiveManBand
* FutureSlang
* GotVolunteered: Bel8
* GunpointBanter: Frequently. Nemo is fond of this.
* GunsAkimbo: Moira (Righty & Lefty)
* GunshipRescue: Ishmael in "Call Me Ishmael" and "When His Canvas Is Rent".
* TheGunslinger: Moira
* HeroStoleMyBike: [[spoiler:Nemo and Moira]] in "The Line Between Angler and Prey", though, in this example, the bike was an [spoiler:aircar].
* ImpossibleMissionCollapse: Multiple uses. "Call Me Ishmael", "Up Jumps A Crab" and "When His Canvas Is Rent".
* ImprobablePilotingSkills: Nemo
* IndyPloy: Nemo’s preferred tactic
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Nemo in "Call Me Ishmael"
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: The crew works on behalf of the Watchers, though not on any political grounds
* OpenSaysMe: Odisseus in “The Coming Dawn” and “Mantled in Mist.”
* ShaggySearchTechnique: Discovering [[spoiler:Gideon]] in “My Heart As A Stowaway”.
* SkeletonCrew: [[spoiler:The Odonata]] in "Up Jumps A Crab", where the crew had already been killed [[spoiler:by Spith, who then turn on Nemo and the others]].
* SoftGlass: Bounty Hunters in “The Line Between Angler and Prey”
* SpaceIsAnOcean: This trope is particularly present, in the decidedly nautical theme of character names and episode titles.
* SpacePirates
* SpaceshipGirl: The Unconstant Lover (although, in part, Ishmael herself exemplifies this trope.)
* TagalongKid: Gideon
* TeamPet: Odisseus
* TheBigGuy: Ishmael
* TheChick: Flask
* TheLancer: Moira
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Moira, to some extent, with her bounty hunting. Though, in all fairness, it’s implied that she’s retired.
* TheSmartGuy: Bel8
* TheyHaveTheScent: Odisseus in “Up Jumps A Crab” and “When His Canvas Is Rent”.
* ToCatchHeroesHireVillains: Basically the foundation of the series. The Watchers hire dangerous murderers to do their dirty work [[spoiler:and are surprised and outraged at all their dangerous murder.]]
* TokenNonHuman: Odisseus
* VillainProtagonist: Nemo, Moira, Flask
* WatchingTroyBurn: [[spoiler:The Unconstant Lover]] in “When His Canvas Is Rent”.
* WelcomeEpisode: Flask, Bel8
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''The Endless Night'' follows the rough-and-tumble crew of the interstellar cargo freighter, [[CoolSpaceship The Unconstant Lover]]. Unlike similar premises aboard StarTrek’s Enterprise or {{Firefly}}’s Serenity, the crew of the Lover are successful pirates, hardened criminals and remorseless murderers. The show gleefully subverts the ethics of traditional space opera, detailing the criminal exploits of the ship’s somewhat hapless crew as they raid, pillage and plunder across the galaxy.
The show keeps a delicate balance between comedy and drama and is set in a grim and bloody galaxy ruled by [[TheEmpire The Endless Empire]]. Most of the show’s episodes, thus far, deal with the crew’s employment under the terrorist faction known as the [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters Watchers of the Dawn]]. Subplots mostly center on the often rough inter-crew relations.
Notable characters include the impulsive, rash and thrill-seeking [[TheCaptain Captain]] Nemo; his dour, mirthless bounty hunter first mate Moira Quicksilver; the mercenary and untrustworthy cut-purse Flask; the big furry otter-like mechanic Odisseus; the reluctant, kidnapped navigator Bel8, the sexy automated weapon system "Ishmael"; and the personality-less, nearly robotic six-year-old Gideon.
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This show provides examples of:
* AllWorkVsAllPlay: Moira and Nemo, respectively
* AnnouncerChatter: 46th Annual Khali Rhon Classic in “The Coming Dawn”
* AnimalsHateHim: Flask (more specifically Odisseus)
* AnsweringEcho: The Watchers of the Dawn in “The Coming Dawn”
* TheApprentice: Gideon’s tutelage under Bel8
* AsteroidThicket: “Calm Waters Won’t A Skillful Sailor Make”
* AvengersAssemble: “The Coming Dawn”
* Backstory
* BadassCrew
* BadassDriver: Flask
* BadassLongcoat: Moira
* BaddieFlattery: [[spoiler:Griffon]], despite current sentiments, seems to really admire Nemo.
* BashBrothers: Nemo and Moira
* TheBattlestar: Imperial Cruiser Asterius in “My Heart As A Stowaway”
* BeleagueredAssistant: Most of the crew can play this trope opposite Nemo (with the exception of Ishmael.)
* Berserk Button: [[spoiler:Implying he works for the Empire]] seems to do this to Nemo in “Mantled In Mist”
* BlankSlate: Gideon
* BlindJump: Alluded to in several occasions – Bel8 uses “dirty jumps”, implied to be blind jumps that don’t use warpgates, the standard means of faster than light travel in the galaxy.
* BloodBrothers: Nemo and Odisseus refer to each other by this title.
* BoardingParty: Subverted in “Up Jumps A Crab” when [[spoiler:there’s no one aboard the Odonata.]]
* BoisterousBruiser: Ishmael
* BornLucky: Nemo
* BountyHunter: Moira and the supporting cast of “The Line Between Angler and Prey”
* BreakTheBadass: Moira’s fear of [[spoiler:Dmitri Ilyriov and The Scar]] in "Call Me Ishmael" and [[spoiler:the Spith]] in "Up Jumps A Crab"
* TheBridge: Though the helm is most often the setting for scenes aboard the Lover, the trope is somewhat subverted in that most of the crew meetings either occur in the galley (“My Heart As A Stowaway”) or the gundeck (“Up Jumps A Crab”).
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Odisseus
* CarCushion: "The Line Between Angler and Prey" (albeit, an aircar)
* CarnivalOfKillers: "The Line Between Angler and Prey"
* CasualDangerDialog: Nemo. All the time. Much to the chagrin of his crew.
* CasualInterstellarTravel: Warpgate System
* ChronicVillain: Nemo
* ClosertoEarth: Moira largely fits this trope, though she hardly claims the moral high ground to the male crew members. It could possibly even apply to Ishmael.
* ContractOnTheHitman: [[spoiler:Moira]] in "The Line Between Angler and Prey"
* CowerPower: Gideon behind Bel8 in “When His Canvas is Rent”
* DeflectorShields: Comes in two varieties – bombard shields, which deflect physical objects and ray shields, which deflect energy weapons.
* DrowninMySorrows: Nemo in “The Coming Dawn” and “Mantled In Mist”
* FiveManBand
* FutureSlang
* GotVolunteered: Bel8
* GunpointBanter: Frequently. Nemo is fond of this.
* GunsAkimbo: Moira (Righty & Lefty)
* GunshipRescue: Ishmael in "Call Me Ishmael" and "When His Canvas Is Rent".
* TheGunslinger: Moira
* HeroStoleMyBike: [[spoiler:Nemo and Moira]] in "The Line Between Angler and Prey", though, in this example, the bike was an [spoiler:aircar].
* ImpossibleMissionCollapse: Multiple uses. "Call Me Ishmael", "Up Jumps A Crab" and "When His Canvas Is Rent".
* ImprobablePilotingSkills: Nemo
* IndyPloy: Nemo’s preferred tactic
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Nemo in "Call Me Ishmael"
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: The crew works on behalf of the Watchers, though not on any political grounds
* OpenSaysMe: Odisseus in “The Coming Dawn” and “Mantled in Mist.”
* ShaggySearchTechnique: Discovering [[spoiler:Gideon]] in “My Heart As A Stowaway”.
* SkeletonCrew: [[spoiler:The Odonata]] in "Up Jumps A Crab", where the crew had already been killed [[spoiler:by Spith, who then turn on Nemo and the others]].
* SoftGlass: Bounty Hunters in “The Line Between Angler and Prey”
* SpaceIsAnOcean: This trope is particularly present, in the decidedly nautical theme of character names and episode titles.
* SpacePirates
* SpaceshipGirl: The Unconstant Lover (although, in part, Ishmael herself exemplifies this trope.)
* TagalongKid: Gideon
* TeamPet: Odisseus
* TheBigGuy: Ishmael
* TheChick: Flask
* TheLancer: Moira
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Moira, to some extent, with her bounty hunting. Though, in all fairness, it’s implied that she’s retired.
* TheSmartGuy: Bel8
* TheyHaveTheScent: Odisseus in “Up Jumps A Crab” and “When His Canvas Is Rent”.
* ToCatchHeroesHireVillains: Basically the foundation of the series. The Watchers hire dangerous murderers to do their dirty work [[spoiler:and are surprised and outraged at all their dangerous murder.]]
* TokenNonHuman: Odisseus
* VillainProtagonist: Nemo, Moira, Flask
* WatchingTroyBurn: [[spoiler:The Unconstant Lover]] in “When His Canvas Is Rent”.
* WelcomeEpisode: Flask, Bel8
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