History Recap / RedDwarfSeasonVQuarantine

* InsaneTrollLogic: The reason Rimmer gives for not freeing others from quarantine:

->What happened to me? Where am I?\\
Quarantine!\\
But don't worry.\\
We're here to entertain ya!

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-->'''Rimmer:''' ''Because the King of the Potato People won't let me. I begged him. I got down on my knees and wept. He wants to keep you here. Keep you here for ten years.

Soon enough, however, the virus she's infected with causes her to die. The boys go back to ''Red Dwarf'', having taken some samples of Langstrom's research from before she went mad, about "positive" virus, including ones that induce joy, and even a distilled version of luck itself. As they get close to the ship, Holly has some alarming news. Starbug is being directed toward the quarantine docking bay. Rimmer claims he's just making sure the trio haven't come down with anything. They obviously haven't, but Rimmer insists on playing everything absolutely by the book. This means leaving them in quarantine for ''months''. It gets worse on arrival. There's only one bunk, because neither the Cat or Kryten are Jupiter Mining Corps crewmembers. In terms of entertainment, Rimmer's supplied them a filled-in crossword, a Chess set with 31 missing pieces, a knitting magazine, a wallpapering video, and constantly looping tango music. And for breakfast, lunch and dinner, it's sprouts, despite sprouts making Lister sick.

Five days later, and things aren't going well. The Cat's arm is broken, Lister's got a swollen eye, and Kryten's had to spend two hours bashing his head back into shape. Lister is trying to maintain a positive attitude, but Kryten and the Cat are at each other's throats, and Lister's constant declarations that they'll "get through this" are really not helping. Things steadily get worse, until Kryten realises that they've been in quarantine for five days, and no-one's crazy. Since Rimmer's playing by the book, they have the excuse they need to get out. They've nailed him!

Then Rimmer makes himself known. And it's immediately obvious that something's... not entirely right with our favourite smeghead. Maybe it's the CreepyMonotone, or is it something else?

Well, how about they use the luck virus to escape? They do, and plan to go to the holo-suite, to try and purge the virus out of Rimmer before he dies. But unfortunately, Rimmer and his puppet friend Mr. Flibble are waiting for them. A dramatic chase occurs, as Rimmer and Mr. Flibble try frying the trio with their hex vision. They manage to outrun the mad hologram, but as they hide, Rimmer uses the virus-granted telepathy to retrieve a fire axe, and toss it at Kryten. Fortunately, as an android, it doesn't do too much, though he does start spouting gibberish, having to smash his head against the wall so he can ''WIN SELF-DETERMINATION FOR THE SOUTH MOLDAVIAN PEOPLE!'' A few more rounds of head-bashing fixes the problem.

'''The Cat:''' ''(yelling so Rimmer can hear)'' Aye, aye, sir! Scouter launcher, ''sir!''

** Lister tries humouring Rimmer's madness, but when Rimmer asks him if he's serious, Lister's expression drops.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Normally, Kryten is utterly subservient to humans, and Lister specifically. Five days in quarantine with him and the Cat has Kryten so on edge he implicitly threatens to kill Lister for his disgusting habits.

** The Cat refers to Kryten as "Frankenstein" while they're bickering. Kryten points out the idea that Frankenstein was the monster rather than the doctor who created it is a common misconception, held by "all truly stupid people".

* InsaneTrollLogic: The reason Rimmer gives for not freeing others from quarantine, "Because the King of the Potato People won't let me. I begged him. I got down on my knees and wept. He wants to keep you here. Keep you here for ten years".

* AxCrazy: The Holovirus causes any holograms exposed to it to become violently insane, as the actions of Langstrom and Rimmer can easily attest to.

* EvilSoundsDeep: A subtle variant: during the scene where Rimmer reveals he's been watching the quarantined crew for "two, maybe three hours", his CreepyMonotone voice is noticably lower than it is when he's with Mr. Flibble.

* InsaneTrollLogic: The reason Rimmer gives for not freeing others from quarantine, "Because the King of the Potato People won't let me. I begged him. I got down on my knees and wept. He wants to keep you here. Keep you here for ten years."

** The Cat refers to Kryten as "Frankenstein" while they're bickering. Kryten points out the idea that Frankenstein was the monster rather than the doctor who created it is a common misconception, held by "all truly stupid people."

The boys from the Dwarf are exploring an icy planet, having found a scientific outpost there. Rimmer's attempts at getting Lister and the Cat to do as he says are going nowhere, with them deferring to Kryten instead. Since the only sciencist there is a hologram, Kryten insists Rimmer go back to the Dwarf, since Holly can only generate one hologram at a time. Kryten's use of the Space Corps Directives has Rimmer asking if these legendary rules ''even exist'', so Holly gives him the rule-book as the others leave.

Lister rallies Kryten and the Cat, figuring Rimmer is using the rulebook to make their lives living hell and make them turn on one another. So, as the Boys From The Dwarf, they vow not to let it get to them.

* AllGravityIsTheSame: Kryten's readout at the start mentions Langstrom's Planet as having 1.5G gravity but the gang are able to walk ok despite being one and a half times their usual weight.

** The Cat refers to Kryten as "Frankenstein" while they're bickering. Kryten points out the idea that Frankenstein was the monster rather than the doctor who created it is a common misconception, held by "all truly stupid people. "

** The Cat refers to Kryten as "Frankenstein" while they're bickering. Kryten points out the idea that Frankenstein was the monster rather than the doctor who created it is a common misconception, adding that it's only held by the most "truly stupid" of people.

** The Cat refers to Kryten as "Frankenstein" while they're bickering. Kryten points out this is a common misconception, adding that it's only held by the most "truly stupid" of people.

-->'''Rimmer:''' I'm sitting here wearing a red and white checked gingham dress... and army boots... you think that's unamiss?

* BotheringByTheBook: Rimmer, having gotten his hands of the Space Corps Directive handbook, proceeds to use it to make Lister, Kryten and the Cat's lives a living hell.