History Recap / BattlestarGalactica2003ThePlan

He heads over to ''Galactica'' and takes up work as a priest in the ship's chapels. He hands out flyers to interested civilians and eventually reunites with many of the Cylon infiltrators, including Shelly, a copy of Leoben and a Doral copy. Cavil muses over how the plan hasn't entirely worked, and that they will have to work together to sabotage the fleet.

* AscendedExtra: After just having a few brief scenes in the opening [[Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003S00E01MiniseriesPart1 miniseries]], the character of Giana O'Niell comes back in a much more prominent role. Borders on RememberTheNewGuy, as her part in the miniseries is largely forgettable, and we are led to believe that after that she was working on ''Galactica'' as a mechanic on Tyrol's deck crew up to at least "[[Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003S02E19LayDownYourBurdensPart1 Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]", even though she was never seen in any regular episodes of the series.

[[Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003S02E20LayDownYourBurdensPart2 Several months later]], Cavil is still trying to get Anders to forgive the Cylons and stop mourning the dead as the latter leads the dwindling resistance movement through a forest. Anders replies that death doesn't change his respect for the fallen. The group reunites with Kara and others, who have come to rescue them, and they are immediately onset by Cylon mortar fire.

At a distance, Cavil goes to shoot Kara and Anders, but realizes that Anders's argument is true. He walks off into the forest and finds a copy of Six, who tells him that the Cylons agreed to a ceasefire. Cavil delivers the message to the group the next morning after the bombings have stopped.

* ActorAllusion: The young boy John who befriends Cavil is wearing an exact copy of the clothing Dean Stockwell wore in "The Boy with Green Hair".

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When ''Galactica''-Cavil calls out a copy of Doral for walking around in the Fleet in that jacket after another Doral was already found and outed by the ''Galactica'' crew, the one Cavil is talking to says that no one will recognize him… [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne because his jacket is teal, not burgundy]].

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Caprica Cavil comes to believe that trying to wipe out mankind was a mistake, and vows to preach this to the other Cylons after resurrection. Unfortunately, ''Galactica''-Cavil doesn't want to give him the opportunity, and plans to box him when they get back.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Tough Six delivers one against the Cylons as a whole when ''Galactica''-Cavil asks her to deliver a progress report.

* DrivenToSuicide: The copy of Simon airlocks himself rather than carry out his orders to destroy the vessel he was on, as he wanted to save his human wife and child.

** ''Galactica''-Cavil is genuinely confused (and frustrated) at how easily the other Cylon agents come to sympathize with the humans they are supposed to be wiping out.

'''''Galactica''-Cavil''': [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Oh no. Please don't.]]\\

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: ''Galactica''-Cavil is genuinely confused (and frustrated) at how easily the other Cylon agents come to sympathize with the humans they are supposed to be wiping out.

* ThePowerOfLove: Tough Six points out to Cavil in the ReasonYouSuckSpeech below that all of their compatriots' failures (except Doral's) have been due to love in one way or another, concluding with, "You can't declare war on love."

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When ''Galactica''-Cavil calls out a copy of Doral for walking around in the fleet after another Doral was already found and outed by the ''Galactica'' crew, the one Cavil is talking to says that no one will recognize him… [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne because his jacket is teal, not burgundy]].

* OneSteveLimit: Averted; the young human boy who attempts to befriend Fleet Cavil is also named John, which no doubt plays a role in Cavil's decision to KickTheMoralityPet, since he hates his own given name.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted; the young human boy who attempts to befriend Fleet Cavil is also named John, which no doubt plays a role in Cavil's decision to KickTheMoralityPet.

* ActorAllusion: The young boy who befriends Cavil is wearing an exact copy of the clothing Dean Stockwell wore in "The Boy with Green Hair".

* MoralityPet: Subverted. A young boy attempts to befriend Cavil. Cavil seems to be warming up to him, but immediately after agreeing that they're now friends, Cavil stabs the boy to death, telling him "friends let you down."

* HumiliationConga: John's attempt to rally the other human Cylons to destroy the Fleet turns into one disaster after another, leading to him getting chewed out by a copy of Six afterwards.

* KickTheDog: Cavil murdering John.

* OrbitalBombardment: The Cylons' bombing of the Colonies
* ParentalSexualitySquick: Caprica Cavil is disgusted listening to Anders and Starbuck have sex.

'''Tough Six''': Oh, come on, it is spectacular. Doral blew himself up, causing minor damage to a minor hallway. And Boomer jettisoned the water, and then, she ''personally'' found loads more water. And then she shot Adama, but not very accurately, since she loved him. And then, Leoben, he got obsessed with Kara Thrace, and then was captured and airlocked. And my sister Six utterly failed to discredit Baltar and his dreamy hair, and destroyed our frakkin' cover in the process. And now Simon… Simon killed himself, really killed himself, out of resurrection range, without blowing up the ship that he lived on because he couldn't imagine life without his little human wife and his little human daughter because he loves them…

* DirtyOldMan: Cavil makes out with Boomer after ordering her to kill Adama.

'''Tough Six''': Oh, come on, it is spectacular. Doral blew himself up, causing minor damage to a minor hallway. And Boomer jettisoned the water, and then, she personally found loads more water. And then she shot Adama, but not very accurately, since she loved him. And then, Leoben, he got obsessed with Kara Thrace, and then was captured and airlocked. And my sister Six utterly failed to discredit Baltar and his dreamy hair and destroyed our frakkin' cover in the process. And now Simon… Simon killed himself, really killed himself, out of resurrection range, without blowing up the ship that he lived on because he couldn't imagine life without his little human wife and his little human daughter because he loves them…

On ''Galactica'', the Caprica copy of Cavil and "John Cavil" are both apprehended and ordered to be airlocked. As they are walking to the airlock, Caprica Cavil tells John that the attack was a mistake and that the destruction has only caused the Final Five to love humanity more than they already do.

John tells him that there is a Resurrection Ship in range, and that Caprica Cavil will be boxed and he will take charge of destroying the fleet. The airlock depressurizes, and both hold hands as they float into space…

On ''Galactica'', the Caprica copy of Cavil and "John Cavil" are both apprehended and ordered to be airlocked. As they are walking to the airlock, Caprica-Cavil tells John that the attack was a mistake and that the destruction has only caused the Final Five to love humanity more than they already do.

John tells him that there is a Resurrection Ship in range, and that Caprica-Cavil will be boxed and he will take charge of destroying the fleet. The airlock depressurizes, and both hold hands as they float into space…

* AllThereInTheManual: The copy of Six who works as a prostitute is only given her nickname, "Tough-Six", in the film's script.

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Caprica-Cavil comes to believe that trying to wipe out mankind was a mistake, and vows to preach this to the other Cylons after resurrection. Unfortunately, ''Galactica''-Cavil doesn't want to give him the opportunity, and plans to box him when they get back.
* HeelFaceTurn: "Caprica-Cavil", who is merciful and expresses remorse for the Cylons' actions before John Cavil boxes him.
* HumiliationConga: John's attempt to rally the other human Cylons to destroy the fleet turns into one disaster after another, leading to him getting chewed out by a copy of Six afterwards.

* OlderThanTheyThink: In-universe; while Boomer's voting to lobotomize the Raiders was thought to be the first time that an individual Cylon had refused to vote with its line, we find out here that Caprica-Cavil would have voted against his own line in favor of offering a truce to the Colonials, had he been given the opportunity to vote (not that it would have changed the outcome of the vote).
* OnceMoreWithClarity: Several scenes throughout the series are reshown, with additional context and/or dialogue that clarifies the Cylons' plan and actions of other characters.

%%* POVSequel
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Tough-Six delivers one against the Cylons as a whole when ''Galactica''-Cavil asks her to deliver a progress report.
-->'''Tough-Six''': You want a progress report? I'll give you a frakkin' progress report.\\

'''Tough-Six''': Oh, come on, it is spectacular. Doral blew himself up, causing minor damage to a minor hallway. And Boomer jettisoned the water, and then, she personally found loads more water. And then she shot Adama, but not very accurately, since she loved him. And then, Leoben, he got obsessed with Kara Thrace, and then was captured and airlocked. And my sister Six utterly failed to discredit Baltar and his dreamy hair and destroyed our frakkin' cover in the process. And now Simon… Simon killed himself, really killed himself, out of resurrection range, without blowing up the ship that he lived on because he couldn't imagine life without his little human wife and his little human daughter because he loves them…

The events of ''Galactica''’s initial reports about the attack and escape are shown. As Bill returns to his office after jumping away from Ragnar Anchorage, he finds a note telling him that there are 12 Cylon models. It is revealed that Baltar left the note for him.

Leoben creates a makeshift communications jammer, which he uses to tap into the fleet's wireless systems. As he listens to Kara's radio chatter during a Cylon engagement, he muses to Cavil that she’s an angel. Afterwards, Doral is given a suicide vest with explosives to cause damage if he's discovered, and Shelly is told to discredit Baltar.

Giana O'Neill comes to work on ''Galactica'' as a deckhand, and it is revealed that her husband is a copy of Simon. Cavil visits the family aboard the freighter ''Cybele''. When they're alone, Simon pointedly asks if Cavil has a plan. The latter tells him that he is frustrated by the humanoid Cylons’ failure to destroy the fleet, and says that he wants to have Simon blow up the ''Cybele''.

At a distance, Cavil goes to shoot Kara and Anders, but realizes that Anders’s argument is true. He walks off into the forest and finds a copy of Six, who tells him that the Cylons agreed to a ceasefire. Cavil delivers the message to the group the next morning after the bombings have stopped.

On ''Galactica'', the Caprica copy of Cavil and “John Cavil” are both apprehended and ordered to be airlocked. As they are walking to the airlock, Caprica-Cavil tells John that the attack was a mistake and that the destruction has only caused the Final Five to love humanity more than they already do.

* ActorAllusion: The young boy who befriends Cavil is wearing an exact copy of the clothing Dean Stockwell wore in “The Boy with Green Hair”.
* AllThereInTheManual: The copy of Six who works as a prostitute is only given her nickname, “Tough-Six”, in the film's script.

* AscendedExtra: After just having a few brief scenes in the opening [[Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003S00E01MiniseriesPart1 miniseries]], the character of Giana O'Niell comes back in a much more prominent role. Borders on RememberTheNewGuy, as her part in the miniseries is largely forgettable, and we are led to believe that after that she was working on ''Galactica'' as a mechanic on Tyrol’s deck crew up to at least "[[Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003S02E19LayDownYourBurdensPart1 Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]", even though she was never seen in any regular episodes of the series.
* AutobotsRockOut: Inverted; the attack on the Twelve Colonies is scored to the rock song “[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDAedoUZPNE Apocalypse]]”.

* BigBudgetBeefUp

* FixFic: The plot attempts to make sense of the Cylons’ actions over the course of the series and work it into a semi-coherent narrative, after the production team was accused by fans of not answering the most important questions about the Cylons’ plan for the fleet.

* HeelFaceTurn: “Caprica-Cavil”, who is merciful and expresses remorse for the Cylons’ actions before John Cavil boxes him.

* InMediasRes: The episode uses a framing device from “Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 2” to explain the genesis behind the Cylon attack on the Colonies and Cavil’s actions.

* LoveMakesYouDumb: Discussed. John Cavil wants the Final Five to admit that they made a mistake when they decided to embrace humanity. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain It doesn't work]]; he later learns that the only thing the attack did was strengthen the Five’s love for humanity.

* MoralityPet: Subverted. A young boy attempts to befriend Cavil. Cavil seems to be warming up to him, but immediately after agreeing that they’re now friends, Cavil stabs the boy to death, telling him "friends let you down."

* OlderThanTheyThink: In-universe; while Boomer’s voting to lobotomize the Raiders was thought to be the first time that an individual Cylon had refused to vote with its line, we find out here that Caprica-Cavil would have voted against his own line in favor of offering a truce to the Colonials, had he been given the opportunity to vote (not that it would have changed the outcome of the vote).
* OnceMoreWithClarity: Several scenes throughout the series are reshown, with additional context and/or dialogue that clarifies the Cylons’ plan and actions of other characters.
* POVSequel

--> '''Tough-Six''': You want a progress report? I'll give you a frakkin’ progress report.
--> '''''Galactica''-Cavil''': [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Oh no. Please don't.]]
--> '''Tough-Six''': Oh, come on, it is spectacular. Doral blew himself up, causing minor damage to a minor hallway. And Boomer jettisoned the water, and then, she personally found loads more water. And then she shot Adama, but not very accurately, since she loved him. And then, Leoben, he got obsessed with Kara Thrace, and then was captured and airlocked. And my sister Six utterly failed to discredit Baltar and his dreamy hair and destroyed our frakkin’ cover in the process. And now Simon… Simon killed himself, really killed himself, out of resurrection range, without blowing up the ship that he lived on because he couldn’t imagine life without his little human wife and his little human daughter because he loves them…
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: The copy of Simon that’s married to Giana vents himself into space after refusing to destroy the ship his family are living on. He did this in the knowledge that the Colonial Fleet was out of range of a Resurrection Ship at that moment, so his death would be permanent.

* StockQuotes: The nonsense babbled by a [[MadOracle Hybrid]] as they’re about to nuke the 12 Colonies includes the line, “The centre holds; the falcon hears the falconer.” (the actual quote from Yeats’s poem ''Literature/TheSecondComing'' is “the centre cannot hold” and “the falcon cannot hear the falconer”). Presumably a statement that, for the Cylons at least, their plan is coming together, as opposed to things falling apart (which happens later on).

* SurroundedByIdiots: Cavil’s opinion of the other Cylon models, especially after Simon defies his orders and offs himself instead of blowing up the ''Cybele''.

* TitleDrop: On Brother Cavil’s religious flyers, and subsequently in spoken lines by the Cylons.
* TogetherInDeath: The two copies of Cavil hold hands as they’re ejected out of ''Galactica''’s airlock.
* VillainEpisode: The film mainly focus on Cavil’s activities during the series.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Giana’s whereabouts after the events of the film are unknown.

* MoralityPet: Subverted. A young boy attempts to befriend Cavil. Cavil seems to be warming up to him, but immediately after agreeing that they’re now friends, Cavil stabs the boy to death, telling him "“riends let you down.”

Two copies of Cavil are led through Galactica's hallways after one was discovered by [[Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003S02E20LayDownYourBurdensPart2 Kara, Helo and the resistance on the surface of Caprica]]. One begins explaining to the other, John Cavil, how the attack on the Colonies was a mistake...

Shortly after, a fleet of Cylon Basestars warps into Caprica's orbit and a Hybrid accesses the Colonial mainframe. At the same time, various individuals are going about their day - Tory Foster is driving to work, Anders and the Caprica Buccaneers are training in the Delphi mountains and Ellen begins talking to Cavil about whether humanity needs to change.

On Delphi, Tory escapes on an evac Raptor, along with a copy of Simon carrying a little girl, Cavil and an unconscious Ellen on Gemenon, and [[Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003S01E07SixDegreesOfSeparation Shelly Godfrey on Canceron]]. On Colonial One, a woman named Giana exits an evac Raptor and asks Lee Adama if he's heard of her husband's whereabouts.

The events of Galactica's initial reports about the attack and escape are shown. As Bill returns to his office after jumping away from Ragnar Anchorage, he finds a note telling him that there are 12 Cylon models. It is revealed that Baltar left the note for him.

[[Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003S01E0133 Five days later]], Ellen wakes up onboard the Rising Star during the relentless Cylon attacks. She asks Cavil to look for Saul. After she goes back to sleep, he muses to himself about keeping her alive so she can understand her mistake of supporting humanity.

He heads over to Galactica and takes up work as a priest in the ship's chapels. He hands out flyers to interested civilians and eventually reunites with many of the Cylon infiltrators, including Shelly, a copy of Leoben and a Doral copy. Cavil muses over how the plan hasn't entirely worked, and that they will have to work together to sabotage the fleet.

Leoben creates a makeshift communications jammer, which he uses to tap into the fleet's wireless systems. As he listens to Kara's radio chatter during a Cylon engagement, he muses to Cavil that she's an angel. Afterwards, Doral is given a suicide vest with explosives to cause damage if he's discovered, and Shelly is told to discredit Baltar.

Shelly airlocks herself from Galactica after speaking about her failure with Cavil, and Leoben sees visions of Kara on New Caprica and her death while being interrogated onboard the Gemenon Traveler before he's airlocked too.

Giana O'Neill comes to work on Galactica as a deckhand, and it is revealed that her husband is a copy of Simon. Cavil visits the family aboard the freighter ship Cybele. When they're alone, Simon pointedly asks if Cavil has a plan. The latter tells him that he is frustrated by the human Cylons' failure to destroy the fleet, and says that he wants to have Simon blow up the Cybele.

[[Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003S01E13KobolsLastGleamingPart2 Boomer is asked to destroy a Basestar with a nuclear payload]], and shoots Bill in the chest after completing her mission. Simon visits Cavil and tells him that he will blow up the Cybele if his family is allowed to live, but Cavil warns him not to take chances or leave witnesses.

Simon apologizes to Giana for his actions before. While she sleeps, he rigs an airlock on the Cybele and ejects himself into space outside of the range of a Resurrection Ship.

Afterwards, the surviving human Cylons weigh their options. One copy of Six rails at Cavil for his misguided attempts to destroy the fleet, and tells him that he can't fight a war on love. Giana is also questioned by Saul and Tyrol, and tells both of them that she believes Simon was a Cylon. They are eventually proven right when Starbuck [[Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003S02E05TheFarm returns from Caprica]] and tells the command crew of Simon's identity.

Cavil decides to take in the young runaway, and counsels Tyrol afterwards on his [[Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003S02E19LayDownYourBurdensPart1 beating of Cally]]. Some time later, the young boy visits again and tells Cavil that his name is John. Cavil stabs the boy with a knife after telling him that friends are dangerous things, and hides the body...

At a distance, Cavil goes to shoot Kara and Anders, but realizes that Anders' argument is true. He walks off into the forest and finds a copy of Six, who tells him that the Cylons agreed to a ceasefire. Cavil delivers the message to the group the next morning after the bombings have stopped.

On Galactica, the Caprica copy of Cavil and "John Cavil" are both apprehended and ordered to be airlocked. As they are walking to the airlock, Caprica-Cavil tells John that the attack was a mistake and that the destruction has only caused the Final Five to love humanity more than they already do.

John tells him that there is a Resurrection Ship in range, and that Caprica-Cavil will be boxed and he will take charge of destroying the fleet. The airlock depressurizes, and both hold hands as they float into space...

* ActorAllusion: The young boy who befriends Cavil is wearing an exact copy of the clothing Dean Stockwell wore in "The Boy with Green Hair".
* AllThereInTheManual: The copy of Six who works as a prostitute is only given her nickname, "Tough-Six", in the film's script.

* AscendedExtra: After just having a few brief scenes in the opening [[Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003S00E01MiniseriesPart1 miniseries]], the character of Giana O'Niell comes back in a much more prominent role. Borders on RememberTheNewGuy, as her part in the miniseries is largely forgettable, and we are led to believe that after that she was working on Galactica as a mechanic on Tyrol's deck crew up to at least "[[Recap/BattlestarGalactica2003S02E19LayDownYourBurdensPart1 Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]", even though she was never seen in any regular episodes of the series.
* AutobotsRockOut: Inverted - the attack on the Twelve Colonies is scored to the rock song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDAedoUZPNE Apocalypse]]".

* CallForward: The Battlestar Pegasus can briefly be seen during the attack on the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Galactica-Cavil calls out a copy of Doral for walking around in the fleet after another Doral was already found and outed by the Galactica crew, the one Cavil is talking to says that no one will recognize him... [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne because his jacket is teal, not burgundy]].

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Galactica-Cavil is genuinely confused (and frustrated) at how easily the other Cylon agents come to sympathize with the humans they are supposed to be wiping out.
* FixFic: The plot attempts to make sense of the Cylon's actions over the course of the series and work it into a semi-coherent narrative, after the production team was accused by fans of not answering the most important questions about the Cylon's plan for the fleet.

* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Caprica-Cavil comes to believe that trying to wipe out mankind was a mistake, and vows to preach this to the other Cylons after resurrection. Unfortunately, Galactica-Cavil doesn't want to give him the opportunity, and plans to box him when they get back.
* HeelFaceTurn: "Caprica-Cavil", who is merciful and expresses remorse for the Cylons' actions before John Cavil boxes him.

* InMediasRes: The episode uses a framing device from "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part 2" to explain the genesis behind the Cylon attack on the Colonies and Cavil's actions.

* LoveMakesYouDumb: Discussed. John Cavil wants the Final Five to admit that they made a mistake when they decided to embrace humanity. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain It doesn't work]] - he later learns that the only thing the attack did was strengthen the Five's love for humanity.

* MoralityPet: Subverted. A young boy attempts to befriend Cavil. Cavil seems to be warming up to him, but immediately after agreeing that they're now friends, Cavil stabs the boy to death, telling him "Friends let you down."

* OlderThanTheyThink: In-universe; while Boomer's voting to lobotomize the Raiders was thought to be the first time that an individual Cylon had refused to vote with its line, we find out here that Caprica!Cavil would have voted against his own line in favor of offering a truce to the Colonials, had he been given the opportunity to vote (not that it would have changed the outcome of the vote).
* OnceMoreWithClarity: Several scenes throughout the series are reshown, with additional context and/or dialogue that clarifies the Cylons' plan and actions of other characters.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Tough-Six delivers one against the Cylons as a whole when Galactica-Cavil asks her to deliver a progress report.
--> '''Tough-Six''': You want a progress report? I'll give you a frakkin' progress report.
--> '''Galactica-Cavil''': [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Oh no. Please don't.]]
--> '''Tough-Six''': Oh, come on, it is spectacular. Doral blew himself up, causing minor damage to a minor hallway. And Boomer jettisoned the water, and then, she personally found loads more water. And then she shot Adama, but not very accurately, since she loved him. And then, Leoben, he got obsessed with Kara Thrace, and then was captured and airlocked. And my sister Six utterly failed to discredit Baltar and his dreamy hair and destroyed our frakkin' cover in the process. And now Simon... Simon killed himself, really killed himself, out of resurrection range, without blowing up the ship that he lived on because he couldn't imagine life without his little human wife and his little human daughter because he loves them...
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: The copy of Simon that's married to Giana vents himself into space after refusing to destroy the ship his family are living on. He did this in the knowledge that the Colonial Fleet was out of range of a Resurrection Ship at that moment, so his death would be permanent.

* StockQuotes: The nonsense babbled by a [[MadOracle Hybrid]] as they're about to nuke the 12 Colonies includes the line, "The centre holds; the falcon hears the falconer." (the actual quote from Yeat's poem ''Literature/TheSecondComing'' is "the centre cannot hold" and "the falcon cannot hear the falconer"). Presumably a statement that, for the Cylons at least, their plan is coming together, as opposed to things falling apart (which happens later on).

* SurroundedByIdiots: Cavil's opinion of the other Cylon models, especially after Simon defies his orders and offs himself instead of blowing up the ''Cybele''.

* TitleDrop: On Brother Cavil's religious flyers, and subsequently in spoken lines by the Cylons.
* TogetherInDeath: The two copies of Cavil hold hands as they're ejected out of Galactica's airlock.
* VillainEpisode: The film mainly focus on Cavil's activities during the series.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Giana's whereabouts after the events of the film are unknown.

* MoralityPet: Subverted. A young boy attempts to befriend Cavil. Cavil seems to be warming up to the boy, but immediately after agreeing that they're now friends, Cavil stabs the boy to death, telling him "Friends let you down."

* SawItInAMovieOnce: We see the Caprica resistance try one of their literal HollywoodTactics fail against the Cylons.

* WatchingTroyBurn: Anders and Tory watching the destruction of Caprica and Delphi, respectively.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: The copy of Simon that's married to Giana vents himself into space after refusing to destroy the ship his family are living on. He did this in the knowledge that the Fleet was out of range of a Resurrection Ship at that moment, so his death would be permanent.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: The copy of Simon that's married to Giana vents himself into space after refusing to destroy the ship his family are living on.

* InfantImmortality: Averted. Cavil stabs a boy to death just after learning his name.

--> '''Galactica-Cavil''': Oh no. Please don't.

* StockQuotes: The nonsense babbled by a [[MadOracle Hybrid]] as they're about to nuke the 12 Colonies includes the line, "The centre holds; the falcon hears the falconer." (the actual Yeats line is "the centre cannot hold" and "the falcon cannot hear the falconer"). Presumably a statement that, for the Cylons at least, their plan is coming together, as opposed to things falling apart (which happens later on).

* StockQuotes: Part of the Hybrid's MadOracle babble includes a deliberate misquote of Yeat's poem "The Second Coming" (the actual line is: '' The falcon cannot hear the falconer. Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.)

* RememberTheNewGuy: Giana O'Neill was supposedly present among the refugees that arrived on Colonial One just after the first attack, and was working on Galactica as a mechanic up to at least "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I", yet she is never seen in any episode prior to the film.

* LogoJoke: The planet in the Universal logo (originally Earth) is replaced by Caprica itself.