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* TheAssimilator: The Virus retains its victims' brain patterns.


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* DarkerAndEdgier: A lethal, sapient, seemingly incurable virus; a zombie and onscreen arm amputation? Definitely one of the darker episodes.
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[[caption-width-right:1000:"Time for your species to check out, Davey!"]]


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* GenkiGuy: The Epideme Virus, via the Universal Translator, has the persona of a boundlessly jovial game show host.


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* TakingYouWithMe: Resigned to the seemingly inevitable, Lister, with 40 lbs of Incinerex, boards an escape pod.
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* MomentKiller: Kryten, thinking Kochanski's slipped into Lister's quarters for a bit of late-night nookie, shows up to perform an emergency dust. When he can't find any navigation officers, he descends into screaming mania, which brings in an irate Kristine wanting to know what's going on. He's more successful at the end of the episode, when Kochanski kisses Lister after getting rid of the virus, and he immediately gets between them to "disinfect" Lister.
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* {{Fainting}}: The Cat's reaction to Kochanski cutting off "her" arm. He points incredulously then keels over, and is left lying on the floor still frozen in that position.

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* {{Fainting}}: FaintInShock: The Cat's reaction Cat reacts to Kochanski cutting off "her" arm.her own arm by fainting. He points incredulously then keels over, and is left lying on the floor still frozen in that position.

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** And for all its supposed intelligence, the Epideme virus never really considered [[AndThenWhat where his next hosts would come from]], what with [[WhatAnIdiot infecting the last known human male]]. Say what you will about Lister's [[TrademarkFavoriteFood curry obsession]]; at least he's rationing them.

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** And for all its supposed intelligence, the Epideme virus never really considered [[AndThenWhat where his next hosts would come from]], what with [[WhatAnIdiot infecting the last known human male]].male. Say what you will about Lister's [[TrademarkFavoriteFood curry obsession]]; at least he's rationing them.



'''Lister:''' You haven't saved my life.

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'''Lister:''' You haven't saved my life.life.
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* AmputationStopsTheSpread: Kryten and Kochanski's solution to save Lister from the fatal Epideme virus is to force the virus into his arm and then cut his arm off it doesn't work.

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* AmputationStopsTheSpread: AmputationStopsSpread: Kryten and Kochanski's solution to save Lister from the fatal Epideme virus is to force the virus into his arm and then cut his arm off it doesn't work.
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* AmputationStopsTheSpread: Kryten and Kochanski's solution to save Lister from the fatal Epideme virus is to force the virus into his arm and then cut his arm off it doesn't work.
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* MonsterInTheIce: The crew finds an abandoned ship in the middle of an astro-glacier, with one of the dead bodies contained within being completely encased in ice. As it turns out, said ice block contains a corpse that is reanimated by an AffablyEvil sapient virus contained within that freezes its victims when there is no one else to infect.
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* NotSoDifferent: Epideme tries to claim as such to Lister. After all, Lister kills another living being to go on living himself, in his case, a chicken he curried. Lister tries in vain to prove he has more worth to the universe than a chicken.

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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Epideme tries to claim as such to Lister. After all, Lister kills another living being to go on living himself, in his case, a chicken he curried. Lister tries in vain to prove he has more worth to the universe than a chicken.
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** And for all its supposed intelligence, the Epideme virus never really considered [[AndThenWhat where his next hosts would come from]], what with [[WhatAnIdiot infecting the last known human male]]. Say what you will about Lister's [[TrademarkFavoriteFood curry obsession]]; at least he's rationing them.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Discussed. Lister asks the Virus how it can justify killing human beings. Epideme asks about Lister's chicken curry he had the night before.
-->'''Epideme:''' He died so you could keep on living. Is that any different from what I'm doing?\\
'''Lister:''' Of course it is! I have certain qualities that elevate me above poultry! I can think! I can play the guitar!\\
'''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Cat]]:''' [[DreadfulMusician Better than a chicken]]? Are you crazy?
** Of course, Lister can wash his hands off that, as he didn't personally kill the chicken and he is a man who despises the act of killing, while the Epideme virus is clearly enjoying its work and doesn't want to stop.



* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Even when Kochanski and Kryten come up with a way to save Lister, they still can't help bickering with one another.

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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Even when Kochanski and Kryten come up with a way to save Lister, they still can't help bickering with one another.another.
* VerbalBackspace: Lister is despondent over the loss of his right arm... but at least they saved his life.
--> '''Kryten:''' (starts whining in despair)\\
'''Lister:''' You haven't saved my life.
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* ShoutOut: Epideme briefly sings a snippet of "God Save The Queen". This is part of the Epideme's "television" shtick, referencing to the fact that, at the time, the BBC would play the national anthem right before shutting off broadcast for the night. As it's now been a 24 hour service for years, this may be lost on younger viewers.

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* ShoutOut: Epideme briefly sings a snippet of "God Save The Queen". This is part of the Epideme's "television" shtick, referencing referring to the fact that, at the time, the BBC would play the national anthem right before shutting off broadcast for the night. As it's now been a 24 hour service for years, this may be lost on younger viewers.
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* ShoutOut: Epideme briefly sings a snippet of "God Save The Queen". This is part of the epideme's "television" shtick, referencing to the fact that, at the time, the BBC would play the national anthem right before shutting off broadcast for the night. As it's now been a 24 hour service for years, this may be lost on younger viewers.

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* ShoutOut: Epideme briefly sings a snippet of "God Save The Queen". This is part of the epideme's Epideme's "television" shtick, referencing to the fact that, at the time, the BBC would play the national anthem right before shutting off broadcast for the night. As it's now been a 24 hour service for years, this may be lost on younger viewers.
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-->'''Epideme:''' Zippo! ''Eeeeeasy''. Ask me a ''hard'' one.

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-->'''Epideme:''' Zippo! Zeppo! ''Eeeeeasy''. Ask me a ''hard'' one.



* ShoutOut: Epideme briefly taunts Lister by singing a snippet of "God Save The Queen".

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* ShoutOut: Epideme briefly taunts Lister by singing sings a snippet of "God Save The Queen".Queen". This is part of the epideme's "television" shtick, referencing to the fact that, at the time, the BBC would play the national anthem right before shutting off broadcast for the night. As it's now been a 24 hour service for years, this may be lost on younger viewers.

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* NotHyperbole: Kochanski tells Lister she wouldn't sleep with him if he was the last man alive. Which in fact he is. "I rest my case."

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Kochanski tells Lister she wouldn't sleep with him if he was the last man alive. Which in fact he is. "I rest my case."

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* GodzillaThreshold: To get rid of Epideme, Lister first concedes to having his arm cut off, and then to letting the others stop his heart and medically kill him.

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To get rid of Epideme, Lister first concedes to having his arm cut off, and then to letting the others stop his heart and medically kill him.him.
** "They flamed the entire planet to try and stop me..."


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** Kochanski tells Lister she'll never speak to him again if he goes ahead with his HeroicSacrifice. Lister just grins and walks out the airlock.
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* NotHyperbole: Kochanski informs she wouldn't sleep with Lister if he was the last man alive. Which in fact he is.

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* NotHyperbole: Kochanski informs tells Lister she wouldn't sleep with Lister him if he was the last man alive. Which in fact he is. "I rest my case."

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-->'''Epideme:''' David, c'mon. You caught a virus, it's fatal. It happens. Doesn't mean we can't be friends.



* BrutalHonesty: Epideme bluntly tells Lister that absorbing him won't be a career highlight.
* ContinuityNod: Lister's appalling guitar skills do him no favors re: his continued existence.



* NotHyperbole: Kochanski informs she wouldn't sleep with Lister if he was the last man alive. Which in fact he is.



* NotSoDifferent: Epideme tries to claim as such to Lister. After all, Lister kills another living being to go on living himself, in his case, a chicken he curried. Lister tries in vain to prove he has more worth to the universe than a chicken.



* SomethingWeForgot: After Kochanski defeats the Epideme virus, she and Kryten walk out triumphantly discussing what they just accomplished... only to remember Lister is dead and needs to be revived.

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* ShoutOut: Epideme briefly taunts Lister by singing a snippet of "God Save The Queen".
* SomethingWeForgot: After Kochanski defeats the Epideme virus, she and Kryten walk out triumphantly discussing what they just accomplished... only to remember Lister is dead and needs to be revived.revived.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Even when Kochanski and Kryten come up with a way to save Lister, they still can't help bickering with one another.
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* BigNo: The Virus, after realizing Kochakski has fatally tricked it.
* EvilGloating: "And the big showbiz news today is that, as expected, the long-running virus, Epideme, has been renewed for another season!"
* {{Fainting}}: The Cat's reaction to Kochanski cutting off "her" arm. He points incredulously then keels over, and is left lying on the floor still frozen in that position.


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* PreMortemOneLiner: Kochanski's response to the above-listed EvilGloating: "Wrong, bughead! You're axed!"
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* AffablyEvil: The Epideme Virus, evil though it may be, is pretty polite.


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* GoneHorriblyWrong: The Epideme virus was intended to be a replacement to the nicotine patch. Unfortunately, it not only stops the brain thinking it needs nicotine, but also from thinking it needs oxygen. Plus, it absorbs the intelligence of whomever it kills, making it that much harder to stop.
* HopeSpot: The Virus lets Lister know about a potential cure, so that ''Starbug'' will make the effort to go to it, rather than let Lister kill himself to get rid of it.
* KillItWithFire: An entire planet was flamed by the Starcorps to get rid of the virus. And it would've worked, if it hadn't left on a medical engineer.
* LargeHam: Epideme. You'd be forgiven for thinking it kills its victims by overacting.
-->'''Kryten:''' Who ''was'' the fourth Marx brother?
-->'''Epideme:''' Zippo! ''Eeeeeasy''. Ask me a ''hard'' one.
-->'''Kryten:''' A hard one?
-->'''Epideme:''' A HAAAAAAAAAAARRRRD ONE-UH!
* NotQuiteTheRightThing: Kochanski and Kryten flub up flushing the virus, making it go into the wrong arm. The effort buys Lister a few hours more life, but he's still down his favourite arm.

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* Zigzagged when it seems Kochanski has done the same to herself to kill Epideme once and for all, but subverted when she was actually using a corpse's arm injected with bio-fluids as a decoy.
* GodzillaThreshold: To get rid of Epideme, Lister first concedes to having his arm cut off, and then to letting the others stop his heart and medically kill him.

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* ** Zigzagged when it seems Kochanski has done the same to herself to kill Epideme once and for all, but subverted when she was actually using a corpse's arm injected with bio-fluids as a decoy.
* GodzillaThreshold: To get rid of Epideme, Lister first concedes to having his arm cut off, and then to letting the others stop his heart and medically kill him.him.
* SomethingWeForgot: After Kochanski defeats the Epideme virus, she and Kryten walk out triumphantly discussing what they just accomplished... only to remember Lister is dead and needs to be revived.
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When Lister catches a sentient, mind-absorbing virus, he is forced to make some hard decisions about how to escape its infection with his life.

!!This episode contains examples of:
* AnArmAndALeg:
** Kochanski cuts off one of Lister's arms in an attempt to cure him of Epideme.
* Zigzagged when it seems Kochanski has done the same to herself to kill Epideme once and for all, but subverted when she was actually using a corpse's arm injected with bio-fluids as a decoy.
* GodzillaThreshold: To get rid of Epideme, Lister first concedes to having his arm cut off, and then to letting the others stop his heart and medically kill him.

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