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* ActionSurvivor: Dr Helen Noel doesn't have the skills to fight security mooks and sabotage high-voltage circuits, but she saves the day anyway.
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* ActionSurvivor: Dr Helen Noel doesn't have the skills to fight security mooks and sabotage high-voltage power circuits, but she saves the day anyway.
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* BigElectricSwitch: A [[BigRedButton red double-handed]] switch is used to shut off the forcefield. Good thing too, as Helen might not otherwise have known how to CutTheJuice. When Spock shuts down the forcefield properly, he breaks open a locked cabinet and just flicks off a row of switches instead.
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* BigElectricSwitch: A [[BigRedButton red double-handed]] switch is used to shut off the forcefield. Good thing too, as Helen might not otherwise have known how to CutTheJuice. When Spock shuts down the forcefield properly, he breaks open a locked cabinet and [[BoringButPractical just flicks off a row of switches instead.instead]].
* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: Dr Noel knows nothing about hyper-voltage power circuits as she's not an engineer. Though the line is not delivered straight as the TropeNamer is not present.
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** Kirk sends Helen down the air shaft to CutTheJuice even though she knows nothing about high-voltage megavoltage power circuits systems and could get killed cross-circuiting short-circuiting the wrong wire. She decides that [[FateWorseThanDeath anything is better than waiting to be treated by Dr Adams]].
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* BigElectricSwitch: A red double-handed switch is used to shut off the forcefield. Good thing too, as Helen might not otherwise have known how to CutTheJuice.
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* BigElectricSwitch: A [[BigRedButton red double-handed double-handed]] switch is used to shut off the forcefield. Good thing too, as Helen might not otherwise have known how to CutTheJuice. When Spock shuts down the forcefield properly, he breaks open a locked cabinet and just flicks off a row of switches instead.
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** The Vulcan mind-meld is presented in this manner, with Spock manipulating pressure points on Gelder's face to affect his nerves and blood vessels, which he warns could be dangerous to him.
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** The Rather than a purely-telepathic act as portrayed in later years, the Vulcan mind-meld is presented in this manner, with initially involves Spock manipulating pressure points on Gelder's face to affect his nerves and blood vessels, which he warns could be dangerous to him.induce a relaxed state susceptible to a MentalFusion.
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* FakeMemories: Adams can empty a person's mind and implant new memories or attitudes there. Needless to say such a technique can be used not only to [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood remove traumatic memories that lead to crime or mental illness]], but also to [[MadScience adjust a prisoners' personality or memory according to Adams' whim]].
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* AgonyBeam: There's a MindRape machine that looks like a sun lamp shining on a hair-salon chair. And Kirk isn't even strapped in. He '''could''' just stand up and walk off, but apparently it's so intense that he only sits there writhing in pain as a sort of post-hypnotic suggestion is used on him.
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* AgonyBeam: There's a MindRape machine that looks like a [[NoBudget sun lamp shining on a hair-salon chair.chair]]. And Kirk isn't even strapped in. He '''could''' just stand up and walk off, but apparently it's so intense that he only sits there writhing in pain as a sort of post-hypnotic suggestion is used on him.
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* KarmicDeath: Adams dies by having his mind completely wiped [[HoistByHisOwnPetard
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* KarmicDeath: Adams dies by having his mind completely wiped [[HoistByHisOwnPetard
[[HoistByHisOwnPetard by the same machine that he used on Van Gelder and Kirk.]]
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* TestedOnHumans: Dr Adams is delighted at having had two 'normal' subjects (Kirk and Van Gelder) to test his machine on.
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: The fate of Dr. Adams. The complete lack of any mental stimulation at all made his brain shut completely down.
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: The fate of Dr. Adams. Adams, who is alone in the brainwashing room when the power is suddenly turned on again. The complete lack of any mental stimulation at all made all--because there's no-one manning the console--makes his brain shut completely down.down completely.
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* ThatWomanIsDead: Lethe's response when asked WhatAreYouInFor
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* ThatWomanIsDead: Lethe's response when asked WhatAreYouInForWhatAreYouInFor The real reason would be she could not recall her original life thanks to being brainwashed.
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** Averted when Spock is about to start the mind meld; he assures Bones that it's not hypnotism and he won't be affected just by observing.
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** Averted when When Spock is about to start the mind meld; meld, he assures Bones that it's not hypnotism and he won't be affected just by observing.observing. The script originally called for Spock to hypnotise van Gelder, but it was worried that some ''viewers'' might be easily hypnotised, so the fictional "Vulcan mind meld" was created.
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* MoreHypnotizableThanHeThinks: Had Kirk try out the Neural Neutralizer, complete with him not realizing he blanked out for a second when it was turned on.
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** Had Kirk try out the Neural Neutralizer, complete with him not realizing he blanked out for a second when it was turnedon.on.
** Averted when Spock is about to start the mind meld; he assures Bones that it's not hypnotism and he won't be affected just by observing.
** Had Kirk try out the Neural Neutralizer, complete with him not realizing he blanked out for a second when it was turned
** Averted when Spock is about to start the mind meld; he assures Bones that it's not hypnotism and he won't be affected just by observing.
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** Averted at first however; when Kirk tells Helen to give him a fake memory, [[WishFulfillment she chooses one]] where [[BridalCarry he sweeps Helen off her feet]] after the Christmas party [[RelationshipSue regardless of what the crew might think]]. However even in this fantasy she accepts that Kirk [[TheCasanova doesn't genuinely love her]], and is horrified when Dr Adams implants the suggestion in Kirk's mind.
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** Averted at first however; first; when Kirk tells Helen to give him a fake memory, [[WishFulfillment she chooses one]] where [[BridalCarry he sweeps Helen off her feet]] after the Christmas party [[RelationshipSue regardless of what the crew might think]]. However even in this fantasy she accepts that Kirk [[TheCasanova doesn't genuinely love her]], and is horrified when Dr Adams implants the suggestion in Kirk's mind.
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** Kirk sends Helen down the air shaft to CutTheJuice even though she knows nothing about high-voltage power circuits. She decides that [[FateWorseThanDeath anything is better than waiting to be treated by Dr Adams]].
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** Kirk sends Helen down the air shaft to CutTheJuice even though she knows nothing about high-voltage power circuits.circuits and could get killed cross-circuiting the wrong wire. She decides that [[FateWorseThanDeath anything is better than waiting to be treated by Dr Adams]].
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* ActionSurvivor: Dr Helen Noel doesn't have the skills to fight security mooks and sabotage high-voltage circuits, but she saves the day anyway.
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* CatScare: Aware there's an escaped prisoner on the loose, Kirk and Bones flinch when the turbolift opens behind them only to admit a RedShirt who takes up position by the door. [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy Which leaves him in an excellent position to be knocked unconscious]] when a phaser-wielding maniac charges through the turbolift door later on.
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* GirlOfTheWeek: Dr. Helen Noel. She was one InUniverse too, as the captain had an after-party fling with her that he hasn't followed up on.
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Dr. Helen Noel is one of the Enteprise's psychiatrist'''s'''. So, [[PlotHole why Bones isn't assisted by any of them]] for the puzzling case of Van Gelder?
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* PlotHole: Dr. Helen Noel is one of the Enteprise's psychiatrist'''s'''. So, why Bones isn't assisted by any of them for the puzzling case of Van Gelder?
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* NotSoDire: Helen backs off in alarm as a BrainwashedAndCrazy Kirk advances towards her. Turns out he's actually spotted the [[AirVentEscape air vent]] she's standing in front of.
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* ExpositoryPronoun: Van Gelder refers to himself as "we" after forming a MentalFusion with Spock.
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** Averted at first however; when Kirk tells Helen to give him a fake memory, [[WishFulfillment she chooses one]] where [[BridalCarry he sweeps Helen off her feet]] after the Christmas party and takes Helen to his quarters to make love. However even in this fantasy she accepts that Kirk [[TheCasanova doesn't genuinely love her]], and is horrified when Dr Adams implants the suggestion in Kirk's mind.
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** Averted at first however; when Kirk tells Helen to give him a fake memory, [[WishFulfillment she chooses one]] where [[BridalCarry he sweeps Helen off her feet]] after the Christmas party and takes Helen to his quarters to make love.[[RelationshipSue regardless of what the crew might think]]. However even in this fantasy she accepts that Kirk [[TheCasanova doesn't genuinely love her]], and is horrified when Dr Adams implants the suggestion in Kirk's mind.
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* TheLudovicoTechnique: The moment Kirk leaves the room after discussing the neural neutralizer, the operator cranks up the intensity and tells the inmate inside that he must forget everything that he's heard, or he will experience intense pain the more he tries to remember it. This technique was apparently used on Van Gelder, as we see him cringing in agony every time he tries to remember his name.
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* TheLudovicoTechnique: The moment Kirk leaves the room after discussing the neural neutralizer, the operator cranks up the intensity and tells the inmate inside that he must forget everything that he's heard, or he will experience intense pain the more he tries to remember it. This technique was apparently used on Van Gelder, as we see him cringing in agony every time he tries to remember his name.name or what was done to him.
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* TheMcCoy: Helen takes on this role while down on the colony, while Kirk takes on [[TheSpock a more detached, questioning behaviour]] in response.
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* TheMcCoy: Helen takes on this role while down on the colony, while Kirk takes on [[TheSpock a more detached, questioning behaviour]] persona]] in response.
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* GenderMisdirection: Bones explains that Dr Noel is waiting for Kirk in the transporter room. When he gets there, he's shocked to find ''Helen'' Noel, a girl he had a romantic fling with after a party. [[TheGadfly It's implied that Bones is deliberately pranking Kirk]], who does not find it amusing.
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* GenderMisdirection: Bones explains that Dr Noel is waiting for Kirk in the transporter room. When he gets there, he's shocked to find ''Helen'' Noel, a girl he had a [[NewOldFlame romantic fling fling]] with after a party. [[TheGadfly It's implied that Bones is deliberately pranking Kirk]], who does not find it amusing.
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* AirVentPassageway: Helen is sent down the air shaft because she'll fit more easily. [[InformedAbility It appears big enough for Kirk too]], but he's hauled off by the guards for further experimentation [[ItsUpToYou so it's up to her anyway.]]
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* AirVentPassageway: Helen is sent down the air shaft because she'll fit more easily. [[InformedAbility [[InformedAttribute It appears big enough for Kirk too]], but he's hauled off by the guards for further experimentation [[ItsUpToYou so it's up to her anyway.]]
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* AirVentPassageway: Helen is sent down the air shaft because she'll fit more easily. [[InformedAbility It appears big enough for Kirk too, too]], but he's hauled off by the guards for further experimentation [[ItsUpToYou so it's up to her anyway.]]
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** Averted at first however; when Kirk tells Helen to give him a fake memory, [[WishFulfillment she chooses one]] where [[BridalCarry he sweeps Helen off her feet]] after the Christmas party and takes Helen to his quarters to make love. However even in this fantasy she accepts that Kirk [[GirlOfTheWeek doesn't genuinely love her]], and is horrified when Dr Adams implants the suggestion in Kirk's mind.
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** Averted at first however; when Kirk tells Helen to give him a fake memory, [[WishFulfillment she chooses one]] where [[BridalCarry he sweeps Helen off her feet]] after the Christmas party and takes Helen to his quarters to make love. However even in this fantasy she accepts that Kirk [[GirlOfTheWeek [[TheCasanova doesn't genuinely love her]], and is horrified when Dr Adams implants the suggestion in Kirk's mind.
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* HumanGuineaPig: Kirk decides to secretly try out the neutraliser himself. This turns out to be a mistake as Dr Adams catches him there and decides to use it for real.
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** Dr. Van Gelder is felled by Spock applying the Vulcan neck pinch. Averted earlier when Gelder karate-chops the transporter crewman.
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** Dr. Van Gelder is felled by Spock applying the Vulcan neck pinch. Averted earlier when Gelder karate-chops the transporter crewman.crewman, and Kirk later chops a mook.
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* AirVentPassageway: How Dr. Noel makes her escape to find the circuit breaker that will turn off the neuralizer.
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* AirVentPassageway: How Dr. Noel makes Helen is sent down the air shaft because she'll fit more easily. It appears big enough for Kirk too, but he's hauled off by the guards for further experimentation [[ItsUpToYou so it's up to her escape to find the circuit breaker that will turn off the neuralizer. anyway.]]
* BigElectricSwitch: A red double-handed switch is used to shut off the forcefield. Good thing too, as Helen might not otherwise have known how to CutTheJuice.
* ChekhovsGun: The forcefield that prevents beaming in the opening scene becomes a plot point when Kirk and Helen's lives are in danger.
* CutPhoneLines: When Dr Adams forces Kirk to hand over his communicator, Kirk tries to call for help instead, but the forcefield prevents his signal going through.
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* {{Expy}}: The Neural Neutralizer works a lot like TheLudovicoTreatment from ''Literature/AClockworkOrange''.
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** Van Gelder urges Spock to proceed with the mind meld, despite being warned that it could be dangerous to a human.
** Realising that Dr Adams is hardly going to tell him the truth if there is something wrong with the neutralizer, Kirk decides to try it out on himself.
** Kirk sends Helen down the air shaft to CutTheJuice even though she knows nothing about high-voltage power circuits. She decides that [[FateWorseThanDeath anything is better than waiting to be treated by Dr Adams]].
** Van Gelder urges Spock to proceed with the mind meld, despite being warned that it could be dangerous to a human.
** Realising that Dr Adams is hardly going to tell him the truth if there is something wrong with the neutralizer, Kirk decides to try it out on himself.
** Kirk sends Helen down the air shaft to CutTheJuice even though she knows nothing about high-voltage power circuits. She decides that [[FateWorseThanDeath anything is better than waiting to be treated by Dr Adams]].
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** Averted at first however; when Kirk tells Helen to give him a fake memory, she chooses one where he sweeps Helen off her feet after the Christmas party and takes Helen to her quarters to make love. However even in this fantasy she accepts that Kirk [[GirlOfTheWeek doesn't genuinely love her]], and is horrified when Dr Adams implants the suggestion in Kirk's mind.
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** Averted at first however; when Kirk tells Helen to give him a fake memory, [[WishFulfillment she chooses one one]] where [[BridalCarry he sweeps Helen off her feet feet]] after the Christmas party and takes Helen to her his quarters to make love. However even in this fantasy she accepts that Kirk [[GirlOfTheWeek doesn't genuinely love her]], and is horrified when Dr Adams implants the suggestion in Kirk's mind.
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* BigDamnKiss: Kirk plants one on Noel. She reluctantly tells him that he was only hypnotized to think he was in love with her.
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* {{Expy}}: The Neural Neutralizer works a lot like the Ludovico Treatment from ''Literature/AClockworkOrange''.
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* FamedInStory: Kirk is an admirer of Dr Adams who has revolutionised the penal system, though he's never met the man. To his credit when investigating Bones suspicions, Kirk maintains a proper level of skepticism even though Helen shares this admiration.
* FamedInStory: Kirk is an admirer of Dr Adams who has revolutionised the penal system, though he's never met the man. To his credit when investigating Bones suspicions, Kirk maintains a proper level of skepticism even though Helen shares this admiration.
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* GenderMisdirection: Bones explains that Dr Noel is waiting for Kirk in the transporter room. When he gets there, he's shocked to find ''Helen'' Noel, a girl he had a romantic fling with after a party. [[TheGadfly It's implied that Bones is deliberately pranking Kirk.]]
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-->'''Van Gelder:''' He can reshape any mind he chooses. He used it to erase our memories, put his own thoughts there. He was surprised it took so much power. We fought him, remember? But we grew so tired, our minds so blank, so open, that any thought he placed there became our thoughts. Our minds so empty like a sponge, needing thoughts, begging. Empty. Loneliness. So lonely to be sitting there empty, wanting any word from him.
