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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: It's ''[[UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin Vladimir]]'' [[UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin Lenin]] not ''Nikolai'' Lenin, Professor.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: It's ''[[UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin Vladimir]]'' [[UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin Lenin]] Lenin]], not ''Nikolai'' Lenin, Professor.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: It's ''[[UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin Vladimir]]'' [[UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin Lenin]], not ''Nikolai'' Lenin, Professor.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: It's ''[[UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin Vladimir]]'' [[UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin Lenin]], Lenin]] not ''Nikolai'' Lenin, Professor.Professor.
* AsHimself: Judge Joseph Wapner appears as himself during Rembrandt's trial.
* AsHimself: Judge Joseph Wapner appears as himself during Rembrandt's trial.
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* KangarooCourt: Rembrandt is quickly sentenced in a televised show trial of the People's Court, which is quite literally ''Series/ThePeoplesCourt''.
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** Ross J. Kelly in Soviet World. He is interrogating Rembrandt when he recognizes him from the ambulance chaser commercial in Prime Earth, when, being a KGB interrogator, his identity should be secret.
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* AlternateHistory: The point of divergence here is that America lost the UsefulNotes/KoreanWar, which started the domino effect until finally the American economy collapsed and the country was annexed by the Soviets.
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* AlternateHistory: The point of divergence here is that America lost the UsefulNotes/KoreanWar, which started the domino effect until finally the American economy collapsed and the country was annexed by the Soviets. The novelization adds information revealing that the changes went back further, at least to World War II. (Franklin Roosevelt surviving his fourth term, for example.)
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* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: A DeletedScene mentions that Ronald Reagan was the Mayor of San Francisco in 1995 and that he was best known as an actor for playing the first Howard "Mr. C" Cunningham in ''Series/HappyDays''.
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* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: A DeletedScene mentions that Ronald Reagan UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan was the Mayor of San Francisco UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco in 1995 1994 and that he was best known as an actor for playing the first Howard "Mr. C" Cunningham in ''Series/HappyDays''.
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* DeadAlternateCounterpart: In the Soviet dominated world, Rembrandt's double was killed in the Detroit Uprising in 1982. Wade's double, a leader of the resistance, is later killed.
** The trope is also inverted with the very much alive double of Quinn's father in the final scene.
** The trope is also inverted with the very much alive double of Quinn's father in the final scene.
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* DeadAlternateCounterpart: In the Soviet dominated world, Rembrandt's double was killed in the Detroit Uprising in 1982. Wade's double, a leader of the resistance, is later killed. \n** The trope is also inverted with the very much alive double of Quinn's father in the final scene.
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* BrilliantButLazy: Quinn shows shades of this. He's focused on in his experiments than schoolwork and reads unassigned papers because they interest him, but he passes up the chance to correctly answer Arturo's question during class.
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* HeroicVow: "Trust me. I'm gonna get you home."
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* IronicEcho: Over the possibility of them kissing, Quinn says he and Wade are buds. Later, when Quinn asks what she was doing with Wilkins, she gladly repeats the line to him.
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* OhCrap:
** Played for laughs when Arturo sees the solved equation.
** Quinn when he thinks Wade has been killed.
** The final scene.
--->'''Michael:''' Did I miss anything?\\
'''Quinn:''' Hello... Dad.
* PetTheDog: Arturo comforts Quinn after he expresses regret over disappearing on his mother.
** Played for laughs when Arturo sees the solved equation.
** Quinn when he thinks Wade has been killed.
** The final scene.
--->'''Michael:''' Did I miss anything?\\
'''Quinn:''' Hello... Dad.
* PetTheDog: Arturo comforts Quinn after he expresses regret over disappearing on his mother.
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* YankTheDogsChain: The final scene is this for the Sliders.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: It's ''[[UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin Vladimir]]'' [[UsefulNotes/VladimirLenin Lenin]], not ''Nikolai'' Lenin, Professor.
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* ViewersLikeYou: While channel surfing in Soviet World, we see a pledge drive for PBS where the viewer is asked to give money...or else.
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* HisNameIs: Quinn's double is barely able to tell him not to alter the timer during a slide, but doesn't explain what will happen if he does.
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* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: A DeletedScene mentions that Ronald Reagan was the Mayor of San Francisco in 1995 and that he was best known as an actor for playing the first Howard "Mr. C" Cunningham in ''Series/HappyDays''.
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* InvadedStatesOfAmerica: The US has been occupied by the [[Russia Takes Over the World Soviet Union]] for decades.
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* InvadedStatesOfAmerica: The US has been occupied by the [[Russia Takes Over the World Soviet Union]] Union for decades.
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* AllohistoricalAllusion: In one of the worlds visited by Quinn's double, the Chicago Cubs had won three consecutive World Series by 1994.
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* EndlessWinter: The first world that the sliders visit is a frigid wasteland. Professor Arturo speculates that it was caused by either nuclear war or an ecological disaster.
* InvadedStatesOfAmerica: The US has been occupied by the [[Russia Takes Over the World Soviet Union]] for decades.
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-->'''Quinn:''' There's bound to be worlds where they've outlawed war or cured cancer.
-->'''Arturo:''' And worlds where they've perfected war and developed new cancers.
-->'''Arturo:''' And worlds where they've perfected war and developed new cancers.
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Pavel Kurlienko's Russian borders on this. Surprisingly, in the French dub, the Russian dialogue has been rewritten and is pretty much flawless.
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* BizarroUniverse: Quinn's first slide. Americans are emigrating to Mexico, UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy is still president, and ''Music/ElvisPresley'' is still alive (as well as Creator/MarilynMonroe)!
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* BizarroUniverse: Quinn's first slide. Americans are emigrating to Mexico, Earth is going through global cooling, UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy is still president, and ''Music/ElvisPresley'' is still alive (as well as Creator/MarilynMonroe)!
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* BizarroUniverse: Quinn's first slide. Americans are emigrating to Mexico, UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy is still president, and ''Music/ElvisPresley'' is still alive (as well as Creator/MarilynMonroe)!
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Physics student Quinn Mallory accidentally unlocks the gateway to a parallel universe. He invites his physics professor Maximillian Arturo and his friend Wade Wells along for a ride, but an accident sends the three of them, along with rebounding singer Rembrandt Brown, to an Earth in the middle of an ice age. Another mishap results in our heroes landing on a world where Russia rules America.
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Physics student Quinn Mallory accidentally unlocks the gateway to a parallel universe. universes. He invites his physics professor professor, Maximillian Arturo Arturo, and his friend friend, Wade Wells Wells, along for a ride, but an accident sends the three of them, along with rebounding singer Rembrandt Brown, to an altenate Earth that's in the middle of an ice age. Another mishap results in our heroes landing on a world where Russia rules America.
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* AlternateHistory: The point of divergence here is that America lost the Korean War, which started the domino effect until finally the American economy collapsed and the country was annexed by the Soviets.
* AmazingFreakingGrace: The first of many uses of Cleavant Derrick's [[TheCastShowoff beautiful singing voice]].
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* AlternateHistory: The point of divergence here is that America lost the Korean War, UsefulNotes/KoreanWar, which started the domino effect until finally the American economy collapsed and the country was annexed by the Soviets.
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* DramaticShattering: Quinn drops his glass at the end.
end after his father, who's been dead for years on Earth Prime, walks into the house.
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* TwistEnding: The Sliders seem to get home...until Quinn's dead father father, Michael, walks in alive and well.
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* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Wade's double on the Communist Earth is romantically involved with a black member of the resistance.
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* MeanBoss: Mr. Hurley, Quinn and Wade's arrogant boss at the computer store. Quinn's double remarks that Hurley's a jerk on every other parallel world.
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Physics student Quinn Mallory accidentally unlocks the gateway to a parallel universe. He invites his physics professor Maximillian Arturo and his friend Wade Wells along for a ride, but an accident sends the three of them, along with rebounding singer Rembrandt Brown, to an Earth in the middle of an ice age. Another mishap results in our heroes landing on a world where Russia rules the world.America.
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* PilotMovie: The two-parter is a coherent story on its own, and the series really starts with the movie's TwistEnding.
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While researching anti-gravity, physics student Quinn Mallory instead uncovers the gateway to a parallel universe. He invites his physics professor Maximillian Arturo and his friend Wade Wells along for a ride, but an accident sends the three of them, along with passing singer Rembrandt Brown, to an Earth in the middle of an ice age. Another mishap results in our heroes landing on a world where Russia rules the world.
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Originally aired March 22, 1995
Teleplay by Tracy Torme and Robert K. Weiss
Story by Tracy Torme
Directed by Andy Tennant
While researching anti-gravity, physics student Quinn Mallory instead uncovers the gateway to a parallel universe. He invites his physics professor Maximillian Arturo and his friend Wade Wells along for a ride, but an accident sends the three of them, along with passing singer Rembrandt Brown, to an Earth in the middle of an ice age. Another mishap results in our heroes landing on a world where Russia rules the world.
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!!Tropes present in the episode:
%%* DramaticShattering
* LaResistance: On the Communist Earth, Wade's double is the leader of the American resistance.
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Teleplay by Tracy Torme and Robert K. Weiss
Story by Tracy Torme
Directed by Andy Tennant
While researching anti-gravity, physics student Quinn Mallory instead uncovers the gateway to a parallel universe. He invites his physics professor Maximillian Arturo and his friend Wade Wells along for a ride, but an accident sends the three of them, along with passing singer Rembrandt Brown, to an Earth in the middle of an ice age. Another mishap results in our heroes landing on a world where Russia rules the world.
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!!Tropes present in the episode:
%%* DramaticShattering
* LaResistance: On the Communist Earth, Wade's double is the leader of the American resistance.
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