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These tropes are about when an younger actor is expected to pass as older, not a younger actor layered in thick makeup.
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* HollywoodOld: Admiral Jameson is so obviously a young guy in makeup in the early scenes that there's no doubt what's going to happen.
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* PlayingGertrude: Clayton Rohner was only 27 when he played the elderly Admiral Jameson (only because said admiral de-aging back to his 20's is a major plot point).
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* EasilyForgiven: Zig-zagged; when Jameson admits how he actually rescued the hostages, Picard is momentarily shocked, but quickly lays the fault for the civil war firmly at Karnas' feet. Karnas himself has absolutely no intention of forgiving Jameson, however, and only holds off on blowing a hole in his torso as an act of CruelMercy so that he can suffer an even more agonizing death from his overdose of the de-ageing drug. Jameson's death in turns renders it academic as to how Starfleet would have dealt with his actions.
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* EveryScarHasAStory: Jameson and Karnas cut themselves to seal their bargain. When Karnas is skeptical of the younger Jameson's identity, he demands to see the scar.
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* EveryScarHasAStory: Jameson and Karnas cut themselves to seal their bargain. When Karnas is skeptical of the younger Jameson's identity, he demands to see the scar. Only once he sees that scar does he accept that the man standing before him is Jameson.
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* KarmaHoudini: Karnas doesn't appear to face any consequences for helping to cause a civil war, taking the Federation ambassador and his staff hostage and then threatening to torture them to death, luring Jameson to the planet with the express intention of killing him, and only holding off on actually going through with it because it would be a MercyKill next to what the drug was doing to him. The only thing that happens is Picard briefly admonishing him for his role in causing the war, and even then Karnas blows it off.
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* KarmaHoudini: Karnas doesn't appear to face any consequences for helping to cause a civil war, taking the Federation ambassador and his staff hostage and then threatening to torture them to death, luring Jameson to the planet with the express intention of killing him, and only holding off on actually going through with it because it would be a MercyKill next to what the drug was doing to him. (Being a planetary head of state probably protects him from prosecution.) The only thing that happens is Picard briefly admonishing him for his role in causing the war, and even then Karnas blows it off.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: The de-aging serum that Jameson takes succeeds in reverting him back to the age he wants...and then continues reverse-aging him until it reverts him back to an adolescent that Karnas doesn't recognize.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: The de-aging serum that Jameson takes succeeds in reverting him back to the age he wants...and then continues reverse-aging him until it reverts him back to an adolescent a much younger man that Karnas doesn't recognize.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: The de-aging serum that Jameson takes succeeds in reverting him back to the age he wants...and then continues reverse-aging him until it reverts him back to an adolescent that Karnas doesn't recognize.
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* DeathByDeaging: The strains of the changes Jameson being de-aged end up killing him.
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* DeathByDeaging: The strains of the changes Jameson suffers from being de-aged end up killing him.
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* InsaneAdmiral: Jameson is the first (but certainly not last) to appear on TNG. While one could perhaps chalk down his decision to give weapons to both Karnas and his rivals as a poor decision made in a difficult situation, his belief that he needs to turn himself back into a young man for the mission to succeed is definitely some Grade-A insanity.
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* InsaneAdmiral: Jameson is the first (but certainly not last) to appear on TNG. While one could perhaps chalk down his decision to give weapons to both Karnas and his rivals as a poor decision made in a difficult situation, his belief that he needs to turn himself back into a young man for the this mission to succeed (and doing so by OD'ing on a dangerous drug) is definitely some Grade-A insanity.
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* PlayingGertrude: Clayton Rohner was only 27 when he played the elderly Admiral Jameson.
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* PlayingGertrude: Clayton Rohner was only 27 when he played the elderly Admiral Jameson.Jameson (only because said admiral de-aging back to his 20's is a major plot point).
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* DeathByDeaging: The strains of the changes Jameson being de-aged end up killing him.
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* TwoOfYourEarthMinutes: Karnas claims that the terrorists have given Jameson six Earth days to respond.
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* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: As usual, the assault team (save for Admiral Jameson) consists entirely of main characters, including TheCaptain himself, rather than a team of specialized SpaceMarines.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Aside from the questionable wisdom of taking a double dose of a de-ageing drug that is established to have a high mortality rate at the best of times, Jameson evidently didn't consider that it might end up making him look so young that Karnas wouldn't even recognise him.
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** Aside from the questionable wisdom of taking a double dose of a de-ageing drug that is established to have a high mortality rate at the best of times, Jameson evidently didn't consider that it might end up making him look so young that Karnas wouldn't even recognisehim.him.
** Jameson also failed to consider that the civil war he helped to set off would last for decades and cost millions of lives, instead of being a quick brush fire as he'd hoped.
** Aside from the questionable wisdom of taking a double dose of a de-ageing drug that is established to have a high mortality rate at the best of times, Jameson evidently didn't consider that it might end up making him look so young that Karnas wouldn't even recognise
** Jameson also failed to consider that the civil war he helped to set off would last for decades and cost millions of lives, instead of being a quick brush fire as he'd hoped.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Despite his InsaneAdmiral tendencies, Jameson admits that the civil war on Mordan was largely his fault.
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The ''Enterprise'' transports a legendary geriatric admiral who must once again negotiate a hostage situation involving a man from decades earlier in his career. While the Admiral is mysteriously growing younger by the day, a dark secret from his past threatens to not only kill him but potentially the hostages as well.
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The ''Enterprise'' transports a legendary geriatric admiral who must once again negotiate a hostage situation HostageSituation involving a man from decades earlier in his career. While the Admiral is mysteriously growing younger by the day, a dark secret from his past threatens to not only kill him but potentially the hostages as well.
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* WhatTheHellHero: 45 years earlier, Jameson gave in to Karnas and supplied him with weapons in exchange for the passengers of a starliner he had captured. Jameson then turned around and armed Karnas's enemies with the same weapons, plunging Mordan IV into decades of civil war.
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* WhatTheHellHero: 45 years earlier, Jameson gave in to Karnas and supplied him with weapons in exchange for the passengers of a starliner he had captured. Jameson then turned around and armed Karnas's enemies with the same weapons, weapons in an attempt to restore the BalanceOfPower, plunging Mordan IV into decades of civil war.
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* AsYouKnow:
-->'''Data:''' Their phasers, sir. Set on kill
-->'''Picard:''' [[LampshadeHanging Thank you, Mr. Data. I have heard the sound before.]]
-->'''Data:''' Their phasers, sir. Set on kill
-->'''Picard:''' [[LampshadeHanging Thank you, Mr. Data. I have heard the sound before.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: Karnas doesn't appear to face any consequences for helping to cause a civil war, talking the Federation ambassador and his staff hostage and then threatening to torture them to death, luring Jameson to the planet with the express intention of killing him, and only holding off on actually going through with it because it would be a MercyKill next to what the drug was doing to him. The only thing that happens is Picard briefly admonishing him for his role in causing the war, and even then Karnas blows it off.
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* KarmaHoudini: Karnas doesn't appear to face any consequences for helping to cause a civil war, talking taking the Federation ambassador and his staff hostage and then threatening to torture them to death, luring Jameson to the planet with the express intention of killing him, and only holding off on actually going through with it because it would be a MercyKill next to what the drug was doing to him. The only thing that happens is Picard briefly admonishing him for his role in causing the war, and even then Karnas blows it off.
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** This element could be seen as a {{Deconstruction}} of Kirk's actions in the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS]]'' episode [[Recap/StarTrekS2E19APrivateLittleWar "A Private Little War"]].
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* KarmaHoudini: Karnas doesn't appear to face any consequences for helping to cause a civil war, talking the Federation ambassador and his staff hostage and then threatening to torture them to death, luring Jameson to the planet with the express intention of killing him, and only holding off on actually going through with it because it would be a MercyKill next to what the drug was doing to him. The only thing that happens is Picard briefly admonishing him for his role in causing the war, and even then Karnas blows it off.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Aside from the questionable wisdom of taking a double dose of a de-ageing drug that is established to have a high mortality rate at the best of times, Jameson evidently didn't consider that it might end up making him look so young that Karnas wouldn't even recognise him.
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* InsaneAdmiral: Jameson is the first (but certainly not last) to appear on TNG.
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* InsaneAdmiral: Jameson is the first (but certainly not last) to appear on TNG. While one could perhaps chalk down his decision to give weapons to both Karnas and his rivals as a poor decision made in a difficult situation, his belief that he needs to turn himself back into a young man for the mission to succeed is definitely some Grade-A insanity.
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* HomeByChristmas: Jameson believed that the war would only last a year rather than four decades.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Boy, when Clayton Rohner reaches his late eighties, this make-up will look really, really awkward. (Not that it doesn't look awkward now, but still)]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Boy, when Clayton Rohner reaches his late eighties, this make-up will look really, really awkward. (Not that it doesn't look awkward now, but still)]]
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* AbsenteeActor: No Wesley this week.
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* PlayingGertrude: Clayton Rohner was only 27 when he played the elderly Admiral Jameson.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The "arms for hostages" element was inspired by the Iran-Contra scandal.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The "arms for hostages" element was inspired by the Iran-Contra scandal.
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* ContinuityNod: Among Karnas's WallOfWeapons is a phaser from the original series.
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* WallOfWeapons: Behind Karnas's desk. Karnas goes to shoot Jameson with one ([[{{Irony}} provided by Jameson years before]]), but changes his mind.
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* AntagonistInMourning: After Jameson dies Karnas visibly deflates, quietly agreeing to release the hostages he took. He even permits Jameson to be buried on Mordan IV.
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* AntagonistInMourning: After Jamesondies dies, Karnas visibly deflates, quietly agreeing to release the hostages he took. He even permits Jameson to be buried on Mordan IV.
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* AntagonistInMourning: After Jameson
* FountainOfYouth: A mysterious elixir from the planet Cerberus II that Admiral Jameson discovered during his career has anti-aging properties, but not without pain and risk of dying. Jameson planned to slowly restore his youth and that of his wife so they could have the life they missed while he was in the service, but when the opportunity to take the field again comes up, Jameson jumps at the chance and takes the full amount of both doses, which is too much for his body to handle.
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* WhatTheHellHero: 45 years earlier, Jameson gave in to Karnas and supplied him with weapons in exchange for the passengers of a starliner he had captured. Jameson then turned around and armed Karnas's enemies with the same weapons, plunging Mordan IV into decades of civil war.
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* PerilousOldFool: Admiral Jameson, feeble and wheelchair-bound, nevertheless is eager for the chance to command a mission again. He tries to avoid the perils of being old in the military by taking a FountainOfYouth drug, and instead falls victim to the drug's side-effects.
* WhatTheHellHero: 45 years earlier, Jameson gave in to Karnas and supplied him with weapons in exchange for the passengers of a starliner he had captured. Jameson then turned around and armed Karnas's enemies with the same weapons, plunging Mordan IV into decades of civilwar.war.
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* CruelMercy: Karnas decides not to shoot Jameson, but instead watches him die from the drug OD.
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* AntagonistInMourning: After Jameson dies Karnas visibly deflates, quietly agreeing to release the hostages he took. He even permits Jameson to be buried on Mordan IV.
--> '''Karnas:''' Rest, Jameson. Your long night... and mine, are over.
* CruelMercy: Karnas decides not to shoot Jameson, but insteadwatches lets him die from the drug OD.he took as a better revenge.
--> '''Karnas:''' Rest, Jameson. Your long night... and mine, are over.
* CruelMercy: Karnas decides not to shoot Jameson, but instead
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* WhatTheHellHero: 45 years earlier, Jameson gave in to Karnas and supplied him with weapons in exchange for the passengers of a starliner he had captured. Jameson then turned around and armed Karnas's enemies with the same weapons, plunging Mordan IV into decades of civil war.
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* CruelMercy: Karnas decides not to shoot Jameson, but instead watches him die from the drug OD
* CruelMercy: Karnas decides not to shoot Jameson, but instead watches him die from the drug OD
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* CruelMercy: Karnas decides not to shoot Jameson, but instead watches him die from the drugODOD.
* EveryScarHasAStory: Jameson and Karnas cut themselves to seal their bargain. When Karnas is skeptical of the younger Jameson's identity, he demands to see the scar.
* CruelMercy: Karnas decides not to shoot Jameson, but instead watches him die from the drug
* EveryScarHasAStory: Jameson and Karnas cut themselves to seal their bargain. When Karnas is skeptical of the younger Jameson's identity, he demands to see the scar.
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* InsaneAdmiral: Jameson is the first (but certainly not last) to appear on TNG.TNG.
* WhatTheHellHero: 45 years earlier, Jameson gave in to Karnas and supplied him with weapons in exchange for passengers of a starliner he had captured. Jameson then turned around and armed Karnas's enemies with the same weapons, plunging Mordan IV into decades of civil war.
* WhatTheHellHero: 45 years earlier, Jameson gave in to Karnas and supplied him with weapons in exchange for passengers of a starliner he had captured. Jameson then turned around and armed Karnas's enemies with the same weapons, plunging Mordan IV into decades of civil war.
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* ImmortalitySeekerImmortalitySeeker: Fatally {{Deconstructed}} for Jameson.
* InsaneAdmiral: Jameson is the first (but certainly not last) to appear on TNG.
* InsaneAdmiral: Jameson is the first (but certainly not last) to appear on TNG.
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* CruelMercy: Karnas decides not to shoot Jameson, but instead watches him die from the drug OD
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Jameson after OD'ing on the youth drug.
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* HollywoodOld: The admiral is so obviously a young guy in makeup in the early scenes that there's no doubt what's going to happen.
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* HollywoodOld: The admiral Admiral Jameson is so obviously a young guy in makeup in the early scenes that there's no doubt what's going to happen.happen.
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* ImmortalitySeeker
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* HollywoodOld: The admiral is so obviously a young guy in makeup in the early scenes that it's obvious what's going to happen.
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* HollywoodOld: The admiral is so obviously a young guy in makeup in the early scenes that it's obvious there's no doubt what's going to happen.
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* HollywoodOld: The admiral is so obviously a young guy in makeup in the early scenes that it's obvious what's going to happen.
* HollywoodOld: The admiral is so obviously a young guy in makeup in the early scenes that it's obvious what's going to happen.
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