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* DisproportionateRetribution: Despite the dangers and risks illustrated, we still are never are given a clear rationale as to why travelling to Talos IV is the only death penalty offence in Starfleet.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Despite the dangers and risks illustrated, we still are never are given a clear rationale as to why travelling to Talos IV is the only death penalty offence in Starfleet. The appearance of the illusory Commodore Mendez on the shuttle, however, suggests that the Talosians can affect the minds of humans light years away from them, possibly explaining why the Federation doesn't want to risk [[BullyingADragon seriously attracting their attention]].
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* BottleEpisode: The non-flashback scenes take place completely on the ''Enterprise'', and even then the action is confined to just the briefing room.

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* BottleEpisode: The non-flashback scenes take place completely on the ''Enterprise'', and even then the action is confined to just the briefing room. Additionally, in combination with Part I, almost exactly half of the footage shown is pulled from "The Cage", meaning the production team effectively made two episodes for the price of one.
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* BottleEpisode: The episode takes place completely on the ''Enterprise'', and even then the action is confined to just the briefing room.

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* BottleEpisode: The episode takes non-flashback scenes take place completely on the ''Enterprise'', and even then the action is confined to just the briefing room.room.
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* BiologyTropes: One of the main reasons that Number One threatened the Talosians was that she felt that it was wrong to build an entire race to live as slaves. Here, Spock realized that this would not happen; Vina (a middle-aged woman during the original mission thirteen years prior) would be well past child-bearing years and Pike's injuries almost guarantee he would not be able to father actual children.
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* PoweringVillainRealization: Pike realizes that the Talosians cannot read strong, violent thoughts, and also that they rely on him to supply the imaginations they use to fuel the illusions they attempt to trap him in. So he sits in his cell, stewing in hatred and anger until the Keeper gets careless and Pike seizes him.
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* HornyDevils: Orion slave girls are described as vicious, animal-like and irresistible to any man.

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* HornyDevils: GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Orion slave girls are described as vicious, animal-like and irresistible to any man.

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