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* StarfishLanguage: Tholian sounds like a string of shrill squeals and clicks.

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* StarfishLanguage: Tholian sounds like a string of shrill squeals and clicks. Even when it's run through the translator, it sounds kinda like a CD that keeps skipping.
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** Doubles as a hilarious GenreBlindness gag when resident Brit Malcolm Reed is quite nonplussed at the idea of a ship bigger on the inside. Someone never hid behind the couch from Daleks as a kid, apparently.

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* CallBack: In [[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E015CeaseFire the last episode]], T'Pol and Soval discuss humans seeming to obsess over their ears. Archer again talks about the Vulcan ears when talking about a human/Vulcan hybrid.

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** It's very subtle, but back in the pilot, Klaang apparently said something about Tholia. It didn't mean anything back then, but now it turns out that the Tholians are players in the Temporal Cold War.
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In [[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E015CeaseFire the last episode]], T'Pol and Soval discuss humans seeming to obsess over their ears. Archer again talks about the Vulcan ears when talking about a human/Vulcan hybrid.
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* StarfishLanguage: Tholian sounds like a string of shrill squeals and clicks.
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-->'''Trip:''' Suppose you could look into some future book and find out the name of the woman you're going to marry. Would you want to know it?\\
'''Malcolm:''' Absolutely. Think of all the awkward first dates I could avoid. ''(chuckles)''\\
'''Trip:''' Fine. So one day you meet Jane Doe. You go out a few times, and you pop the question. She says "I do," and the two you live happily ever after.\\
'''Malcolm:''' Sounds perfect.\\
'''Trip:''' Now, did you marry her for love, or because some book told you to?\\
'''Malcolm:''' If we live happily ever after, what difference does it make?
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: The Pod and its occupant play a part in a story arc in VideoGame/StarTrekOnline which gives him a name, a backstory of a sort, an identification for that other species in his DNA, as well as his ultimate fate, and why he ends up here and now.

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* EvilVsEvil: The Suliban vs. the Tholians, with the NX-01 disabled. Ultimately, the Tholians beat them.

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* EvilVsEvil: The Suliban vs. the Tholians, with the NX-01 disabled. Ultimately, the Tholians beat them.triumph.



* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: The Suliban are soundly defeated by the Tholians.



* RiddleForTheAges: Why the Tholians want the future ship isn't explained, though Archer speculates they're working for another faction in the Temporal Cold War.



-->'''T'Pol:''' It's unlikely we could reproduce. (off Archer's look) Humans and Vulcan.

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-->'''T'Pol:''' It's unlikely we could reproduce. (off Archer's look) Humans and Vulcan.Vulcan.
* TheGhost: No Tholians are shown in the episode.
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* NotWorthKilling: Once the pod vanishes, the Tholians leave without further harassing ''Enterprise''. They also didn't destroy the ''Tal'Kir'', presumabl knocking it out of commission with the same weapon they stopped ''Enterprise'' with.

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* NotWorthKilling: Once the pod vanishes, the Tholians leave without further harassing ''Enterprise''. They also didn't destroy the ''Tal'Kir'', presumabl presumably knocking it out of commission with the same weapon they stopped ''Enterprise'' with.
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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: InUniverse--Malcolm's clearly not up on his dino-studies.
--> '''Trip:''' Now if I had a chance to see the past, I'd jump at it. I always wanted to meet a ''Stegosaurus''.\\
'''Malcolm:''' He'd probably make a quick meal of you.\\
'''Trip:''' The ''Stegosaurus'' was an herbivore.
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** Also later when the Enterprise crew reaches the Vulcan ship sent to assist them, only to realize it's already been attacked and disabled.
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* AbortedArc: At the time of airing, it was mused by the writers that the Tholians would become players in the Temporal Cold War and make return appearances. Any such plans were quickly dropped, though, when the writers embarked on the Xindi arc.


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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: While discussing time travel with Reed, Trip says he'd jump at the chance to travel to the past--saying he always wanted to see the dinosaurs.
* EvilVsEvil: The Suliban vs. the Tholians, with the NX-01 disabled. Ultimately, the Tholians beat them.


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* NothingIsScarier: After fending off the first Suliban and Tholian attacks, Archer quietly wonders who else out there thinks they have a claim on the future ship.
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* {{EMP}}: The Tholians have a weapon which disables any ship it hits, knocking out engines, weapons, defenses, and main power.


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* NotWorthKilling: Once the pod vanishes, the Tholians leave without further harassing ''Enterprise''. They also didn't destroy the ''Tal'Kir'', presumabl knocking it out of commission with the same weapon they stopped ''Enterprise'' with.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Daniels' future database has schematics for a Klingon ''Raptor''-class ship, an ''Intrepid''-class starship (possibly the [[Series/StarTrekVoyager USS Voyager]] itself), an ''Intrepid''-class aeroshuttle, the Mir space station, the US space shuttle, a Nygean ship, a Romulan ''D'deridex''-class warbird, a ''Nova''-class starship, the unnamed ship that attacked ''Enterprise'' in [[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E03FightOrFlight "Fight or Flight"]], and an upside-down Suurok-class starship. Also in the database is an excerpt from President George W. Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: Daniels' future database has schematics for a Klingon ''Raptor''-class ship, an ''Intrepid''-class starship (possibly the [[Series/StarTrekVoyager USS Voyager]] itself), an ''Intrepid''-class aeroshuttle, the Mir space station, the US space shuttle, a Nygean ship, a Romulan ''D'deridex''-class warbird, a ''Nova''-class starship, the unnamed alien ship that attacked ''Enterprise'' in [[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E03FightOrFlight "Fight or Flight"]], and an upside-down Suurok-class a Vulcan ''Suurok''-class starship. Also in the database is an excerpt from President George W. Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Daniels' future database has schematics for a Klingon ''Raptor''-class ship, an ''Intrepid''-class starship (possibly the [[Series/StarTrekVoyager USS Voyager]] itself), an ''Intrepid''-class aeroshuttle, the Mir space station, the US space shuttle, a Nygean ship, a Romulan ''D'deridex''-class warbird, a ''Nova''-class starship, the unnamed ship that attacked ''Enterprise'' in [[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E03FightOrFlight "Fight or Flight"]], and an upside-down Suurok-class starship. Also in the database is an excerpt from President George W. Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address.
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: T'Pol's stubborn insistence that time travel is impossible, despite having a time machine sitting in the launch bay, a dead human pilot with several generations of alien DNA in his genome, and being shown Daniels' holographic database with information on ships that haven't been built yet.
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* HalfHumanHybrid: The corpse in the pod has human, Vulcan, Rigellian, and Terellian DNA, among others.

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* HalfHumanHybrid: HeinzHybrid: The corpse in the pod has human, Vulcan, Rigellian, and Terellian DNA, among others.

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* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Discussed. While talking about time travel, Trip asks Malcolm if he would travel to the future and learn the identity of a theoretical wife. Malcolm says he would on the grounds that it would save him trouble, but Trip says he'd only be getting married to said woman because a book told him to.



* CallBack: In [[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E015CeaseFire the last episode]], T'Pol and Soval discuss humans seeming to obsess over their ears. Archer again talks about the Vulcan ears when talking about a human/Vulcan hybrid.



-->'''Archer:''' If a human and a Vulcan did have a child, I wonder if he'd have pointed ears.



* GroundhogDayLoop: A {{Downplayed}} example--anyone standing next to the pod might end up repeating the last few minutes.
* HalfHumanHybrid: The corpse in the pod has human, Vulcan, Rigellian, and Terellian DNA, among others.
* HopeSpot: Under pursuit by the Suliban, ''Enterprise'' manages to reach the ''Tal'Kir''--only to find her disabled by the Tholians.
* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: Archer decides to destroy the pod rather than let the Tholians capture it. Unfortunately, they successfully grab it and prevent its destruction--and then the pod, the corpse, and the distress beacon that Trip recovered mysteriously vanish...


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* FromBadToWorse: Pursued by Suliban, ''Enterprise'' reaches the ''Tal'Kir''--finding it disabled. Shortly afterwards, the Tholians reveal themselves.
* GroundhogDayLoop: A {{Downplayed}} example--anyone standing next to the pod might end up repeating the last few minutes. After several loops, the afflicted characters begin to notice what's happening. Also, time proceeds normally for those not stuck in the loop.
* HalfHumanHybrid: The corpse in the pod has human, Vulcan, Rigellian, and Terellian DNA, among others.
* HopeSpot: Under pursuit by the Suliban, ''Enterprise'' manages to reach the ''Tal'Kir''--only to find her disabled by the Tholians.
* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: Archer decides to destroy the pod rather than let the Tholians capture it. Unfortunately, they successfully grab it and prevent its destruction--and then the pod, the corpse, and the distress beacon that Trip recovered mysteriously vanish...
* OhCrap: Trip and Malcolm when they realize the ship is causing them to relive the same few minutes.
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-->'''T'Pol:''' It's unlikely we could reproduce. (off Archer's look) Humans and Vulcans, I mean.

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-->'''T'Pol:''' It's unlikely we could reproduce. (off Archer's look) Humans and Vulcans, I mean.Vulcan.
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* ForgottenPhlebotinum: Averted; the database from the future is retrieved from Daniel's sealed quarters.
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-->'''T'Pol:''' It's unlikely we could reproduce. (off Archer's look) Humans and Vulcan, I mean.

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-->'''T'Pol:''' It's unlikely we could reproduce. (off Archer's look) Humans and Vulcan, Vulcans, I mean.
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* CallForward: The discovery of a HalfHumanHybrid.

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* CallForward: The discovery of a Vulcan HalfHumanHybrid.



-->'''T'Pol:''' It's unlikely we could reproduce. (off Archer's look) Humans and Vulcan, I mean.

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-->'''T'Pol:''' It's unlikely we could reproduce. (off Archer's look) Humans and Vulcan, I mean.

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* CallForwarding: The discovery of a HalfHumanHybrid.

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* CallForwarding: CallForward: The discovery of a HalfHumanHybrid.



* ShoutOut: The design of the pod's lower level is [[Series/DoctorWho remarkably similar to a TARDIS control room]].

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* ShoutOut: The design of the pod's lower level is [[Series/DoctorWho remarkably similar to a TARDIS control room]].room]].
* ThatCameOutWrong
-->'''T'Pol:''' It's unlikely we could reproduce. (off Archer's look) Humans and Vulcan, I mean.
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* CallForwarding: The discovery of a HalfHumanHybrid.
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* ContinuityNod: It's initially believed that the corpse is Zefram Cochrane. In TOS, it was mentioned the Cochrane disappeared to parts unknown in the early 22nd Century.

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* ContinuityNod: It's initially believed that the corpse is Zefram Cochrane. In TOS, it was mentioned the that Cochrane disappeared to parts unknown in the early 22nd Century.
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* ContinuityNod: It's initially believed that the corpse is Zefram Cochrane. In TOS, it was mentioned the Cochrane disappeared to parts unknown in the early 22nd Century.
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* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: Archer decides to destroy the pod rather than let the Tholians capture it. Unfortunately, they successfully grab it and prevent its destruction--and then the pod, the corpse, and the distress beacon that Trip recovered mysteriously vanish...

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* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: Archer decides to destroy the pod rather than let the Tholians capture it. Unfortunately, they successfully grab it and prevent its destruction--and then the pod, the corpse, and the distress beacon that Trip recovered mysteriously vanish...vanish...
* ShoutOut: The design of the pod's lower level is [[Series/DoctorWho remarkably similar to a TARDIS control room]].
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* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: Archer decides to destroy the pod rather than let the Tholians capture it. Unfortunately, they successfully grab it and prevent it's destruction--and then the pod, the corpse, and the distress beacon that Trip recovered mysteriously vanish...

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* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: Archer decides to destroy the pod rather than let the Tholians capture it. Unfortunately, they successfully grab it and prevent it's its destruction--and then the pod, the corpse, and the distress beacon that Trip recovered mysteriously vanish...
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* HalfHumanHybrid: The corpse in the pod has human, Vulcan, Rigellian, and Terellian DNA, among others.

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* HalfHumanHybrid: The corpse in the pod has human, Vulcan, Rigellian, and Terellian DNA, among others.others.
* HopeSpot: Under pursuit by the Suliban, ''Enterprise'' manages to reach the ''Tal'Kir''--only to find her disabled by the Tholians.
* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: Archer decides to destroy the pod rather than let the Tholians capture it. Unfortunately, they successfully grab it and prevent it's destruction--and then the pod, the corpse, and the distress beacon that Trip recovered mysteriously vanish...
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* CurbStompBattle: The Tholians effortlessly stomp ''Enterprise'', the ''Tal'Kir'', and the Suliban.
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''Enterprise'' finds a pod from the future--and runs into those who want to get their hands on it.

!! Tropes in this episode include:

* BiggerOnTheInside: The pod is small enough to fit inside the launch bay, yet it has another level inside.
* GroundhogDayLoop: A {{Downplayed}} example--anyone standing next to the pod might end up repeating the last few minutes.
* HalfHumanHybrid: The corpse in the pod has human, Vulcan, Rigellian, and Terellian DNA, among others.

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