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* AccidentalMurder: When talking about the fallout between his father and Thomas Malone, Reed remarks that there was an argument and "Mr. Malone fell and hit his head."
* UsefulNotes/{{Amish}}: Michener's community has shades of this, though they never identify themselves as such. Notably, they practice the concept of "Shunning" (specifically Jenny's punishment for helping the exiles).
* ArbitrarySkepticism: One of the locals openly doubts Quinn's claims of sliding despite living in a world where electric tornadoes ravaged the world.
* EvilLuddite: Michener turned into this. He used to be a scientist, but he embraced this after the tornadoes destroyed the world. Ranting about technology being a tool of the Devil, he dismantles the timer and exiles the three male Sliders for bringing harm to his community.
* TheExile: Michener does this to those who disobey his rules. His son, Reed, was also exiled because he learned the truth behind the tornadoes. Reed went on to lead the various exiles and work towards finding them shelter and food.
* HarmfulToMinors: Parodied. Wade says she considered ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' horrific when she saw it as a kid.
-->'''Wade:''' My folks used to make me watch ''The Wizard of Oz'' every year on TV like it was a special event. Flying monkeys, poison poppies, tornadoes, witches--[[SarcasmMode good family fun]]. I couldn't sleep for a week.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Reed explains that he confronted his father with the truth. Soon afterwards, he was taken out into the desert by six mooks, beaten, and left for dead.
* {{Hypocrite}}: For all of Michener's lecturing, he was the one who ruined the world and is implied to have killed his partner.
* UsefulNotes/{{Amish}}: Michener's community has shades of this, though they never identify themselves as such. Notably, they practice the concept of "Shunning" (specifically Jenny's punishment for helping the exiles).
* ArbitrarySkepticism: One of the locals openly doubts Quinn's claims of sliding despite living in a world where electric tornadoes ravaged the world.
* EvilLuddite: Michener turned into this. He used to be a scientist, but he embraced this after the tornadoes destroyed the world. Ranting about technology being a tool of the Devil, he dismantles the timer and exiles the three male Sliders for bringing harm to his community.
* TheExile: Michener does this to those who disobey his rules. His son, Reed, was also exiled because he learned the truth behind the tornadoes. Reed went on to lead the various exiles and work towards finding them shelter and food.
* HarmfulToMinors: Parodied. Wade says she considered ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' horrific when she saw it as a kid.
-->'''Wade:''' My folks used to make me watch ''The Wizard of Oz'' every year on TV like it was a special event. Flying monkeys, poison poppies, tornadoes, witches--[[SarcasmMode good family fun]]. I couldn't sleep for a week.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Reed explains that he confronted his father with the truth. Soon afterwards, he was taken out into the desert by six mooks, beaten, and left for dead.
* {{Hypocrite}}: For all of Michener's lecturing, he was the one who ruined the world and is implied to have killed his partner.
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* LuddWasRight: The community lives the simple farming life, with Michener often pontificating on appeal to tradition and living a pure life. Crosses into a Technically advanced society as Dystopia, as we learn the tornadoes are the result of Michener's experiments and that this world was originally more advanced. Also, the trope is somewhat justified as modern technology (or at least the timer) disrupts the community's natural protection against the tornadoes.
* MundaneUtility: Thomas Malone (Michener's partner) originally developed these electric tornadoes as this, such as for architectural projects. Then the government got involved and priorities changed.
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** Arturo recalls working with Thomas Malone years ago.
** Rembrandt references an unpleasant concert in Texas.
--->'''Rembrandt:''' Those cowboys just didn't get Motown.
* ProperlyParanoid: In the desert, the group was ready to drink from a pool of water, but then Quinn noticed the dead animals with burn marks littered around it. The group discovers that the water is electrified.
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* WaterTorture: Wade is subjected to the dunking version of this. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial It's certainly not so viewers could see Sabrina Lloyd in a wet t-shirt.]]
* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/{{Twister}}'', though according to Tracy Tormé, the writers were skittish about being too similar.
* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/{{Twister}}'', though according to Tracy Tormé, the writers were skittish about being too similar.
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Guest star Corey Feldman (Reed Michener) previously co-starred with Jerry O'Connell Creator/JerryOConnell (Quinn) in ''Film/StandByMe''. They even do the handshake from said movie.
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Guest star Corey Feldman (Reed Michener) previously co-starred with Jerry O'Connell (Quinn) in ''Film/StandByMe''. They even do the handshake from said movie.
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Originally aired October 4, 1996
Written by Scott Smith Miller
Directed by Oscar L. Costo
The Sliders arrive on a world plagued by powerful electromagnetic tornadoes have almost completely wiped out the population; to make matters worse, they cause the timer to malfunction. They seek refuge in a secluded, Amish-like village ruled by a despotic farmer who confiscates the timer and keeps Wade prisoner while exiling Quinn, Rembrandt and Arturo to the desert.
Written by Scott Smith Miller
Directed by Oscar L. Costo
The Sliders arrive on a world plagued by powerful electromagnetic tornadoes have almost completely wiped out the population; to make matters worse, they cause the timer to malfunction. They seek refuge in a secluded, Amish-like village ruled by a despotic farmer who confiscates the timer and keeps Wade prisoner while exiling Quinn, Rembrandt and Arturo to the desert.
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Guest star Corey Feldman (Reed Michener) previously co-starred with Jerry O'Connell (Quinn) in ''Film/StandByMe''.
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* VillainOfTheWeek: Franklin Michener
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