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* InstantDeathStab: Worf and Wesley are both stabbed through the abdomen. In Worf's case at least, it's clear that he dies within seconds.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Q is still being written as a largely hostile SufficientlyAdvancedAlien, who here is revealed to be acting out of concern that humanity will someday surpass the Q. It wouldn't be until his next appearance that he evolved into the TricksterMentor that he would act as for the rest of the show's run.
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* UpToEleven: Q adopts a French Field Marshal's uniform just because it lets him go one rank above admiral.
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* AbsenteeActor: Deanna Troi does not appear in this episode.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: When Worf blows off the Klingon woman that Riker creates, he says that she is from a world now alien to him. While this is the first, albeit indirect acknowledgement that Worf was raised among humans, future episodes show him to be ''extremely'' proud of his Klingon heritage, and even blowing off the idea of dating any non-Klingon (albeit he'd later backtrack on that). He'd probably still have rejected the woman, but because there'd be no challenge in seducing someone specifically created to please him.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** When Worf blows off the Klingon woman that Riker creates, he says that she is from a world now alien to him. While this is the first, albeit indirect acknowledgement that Worf was raised among humans, future episodes show him to be ''extremely'' proud of his Klingon heritage, and even blowing off the idea of dating any non-Klingon (albeit he'd later backtrack on that). He'd probably still have rejected the woman, but because there'd be no challenge in seducing someone specifically created to pleasehim.him.
** One of Q's lines implies that the peace between the Klingons and Federation came about as the result of the former suffering a devastating military defeat at the hands of the latter. It would later be established in ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' that the impetus for peace was the explosion of the Praxis moon rendering it unviable for the Klingons to maintain their military.
** When Worf blows off the Klingon woman that Riker creates, he says that she is from a world now alien to him. While this is the first, albeit indirect acknowledgement that Worf was raised among humans, future episodes show him to be ''extremely'' proud of his Klingon heritage, and even blowing off the idea of dating any non-Klingon (albeit he'd later backtrack on that). He'd probably still have rejected the woman, but because there'd be no challenge in seducing someone specifically created to please
** One of Q's lines implies that the peace between the Klingons and Federation came about as the result of the former suffering a devastating military defeat at the hands of the latter. It would later be established in ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' that the impetus for peace was the explosion of the Praxis moon rendering it unviable for the Klingons to maintain their military.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: When Worf blows off the Klingon woman that Riker creates, he says that she is from a world now alien to him. While this is the first, albeit indirect acknowledgement that Worf was raised among humans, future episodes show him to be ''extremely'' proud of his Klingon heritage, and even blowing off the idea of dating any non-Klingon (albeit he'd later backtrack on that). He'd probably still have rejected the woman, but because there'd be no challenge in seducing someone specifically created to please him.
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* AbsenteeActor: Counsellor Troi.
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* DeathOfAChild: At the end, Riker goes on a rescue away mission where a cave-in has happened. Among the fatalities was a young girl and Riker decides not to bring her back to life as he now has the power of the Q, though that decision weighed heavily on him.
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* DeathOfAChild: At Near the end, Riker goes on a rescue away mission where a cave-in has happened. Among young girl is among the fatalities was from a young girl and cave-in. Riker decides not to use his Q power to bring her back to life as he now has the power of the Q, life, though that the decision weighed weighs heavily on him.
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* RashPromise: Picard asks the Q-empowered Riker to promise not to use these new powers, and he does. It doesn't take long before he regrets it, as on an away mission he finds a recently deceased child that he could save if it weren't for this vow.
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* RashPromise: Picard asks the Q-empowered Riker to promise not to use these new powers, and he does. It doesn't take long before he regrets it, as on an away mission he finds a recently deceased child that he could save if it weren't for this that vow.
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* TemptingFate: Data notes how their phasers are vastly superior to French muskets. Turns out the "vicious animal things" are using energy weapons.
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* TemptingFate: Data notes how their phasers are vastly superior to French muskets. Turns out that the "vicious animal things" are using energy weapons.weapons that just look like muskets.
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* WhatTheHellHero: We know Picard hates children, but did he just give Riker a pat on the back for ''not'' using his powers to save a dying child?
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* WhatTheHellHero: We know that Picard hates children, but did he just give Riker a pat on the back for ''not'' using his powers to save a dying child?
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* YourHeartsDesire: Q encourages Riker to give his friends on the Enterprise what they most desire. [[BatmanGambit Captain Picard tells him to go ahead.]] However Data rejects the opportunity to BecomeARealBoy because it would be no more real to him than his android self. Wesley is made an adult, but he says [[ItsTheJourneyThatCounts he would prefer to grow up naturally]]. Geordi's blindness is cured, but even though he's smitten by the sight of Tasha Yar's beauty [[DealWithTheDevil he doesn't want to owe Q any favors]]. And Worf is offered a Klingon mate whom he rejects as [[YouCantGoHomeAgain she's from a world that's now alien to him.]]
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* YourHeartsDesire: Q encourages Riker to give his friends on the Enterprise ''Enterprise'' what they most desire. [[BatmanGambit Captain Picard tells him to go ahead.]] However Data rejects the opportunity to BecomeARealBoy because it would be no more real to him than his android self. Wesley is made an adult, but he says that [[ItsTheJourneyThatCounts he would prefer to grow up naturally]]. Geordi's blindness is cured, but even though he's smitten by the sight of Tasha Yar's beauty beauty, [[DealWithTheDevil he doesn't want to owe Q any favors]]. And Worf is offered a Klingon mate mate, whom he rejects as [[YouCantGoHomeAgain she's from a world that's now alien to him.]]
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* YourHeartsDesire: Q encourages Riker to give his friends on the Enterprise what they most desire. [[BatmanGambit Captain Picard tells him to go ahead.]] Wesley is made an adult, but he rejects this because [[ItsTheJourneyThatCounts he wants to grow up naturally]]. Geordi is given his sight, but even though [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman he's smitten by the sight of Tasha]] [[DealWithTheDevil he doesn't want to owe Q any favours]]. Worf is offered a Klingon mate whom he rejects as [[YouCantGoHomeAgain she's from a world that's now alien to him.]]
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* YourHeartsDesire: Q encourages Riker to give his friends on the Enterprise what they most desire. [[BatmanGambit Captain Picard tells him to go ahead.]] However Data rejects the opportunity to BecomeARealBoy because it would be no more real to him than his android self. Wesley is made an adult, but he rejects this because says [[ItsTheJourneyThatCounts he wants would prefer to grow up naturally]]. Geordi Geordi's blindness is given his sight, cured, but even though [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman he's smitten by the sight of Tasha]] Tasha Yar's beauty [[DealWithTheDevil he doesn't want to owe Q any favours]]. favors]]. And Worf is offered a Klingon mate whom he rejects as [[YouCantGoHomeAgain she's from a world that's now alien to him.]] ]]
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* YourHeartsDesire: Q encourages Riker to give his friends on the Enterprise what they most desire. [[BatmanGambit Captain Picard tells him to go ahead.]] Wesley is made an adult, but he rejects this because [[ItsTheJourneyThatCounts he wants to grow up naturally]]. Geordi is given his sight, but even though he's smitten by the site of Tasha Yar [[DealWithTheDevil he doesn't want to owe Q any favours]]. Worf is offered a Klingon mate whom he rejects as [[YouCantGoHomeAgain she's from a world that's now alien to him.]]
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* YourHeartsDesire: Q encourages Riker to give his friends on the Enterprise what they most desire. [[BatmanGambit Captain Picard tells him to go ahead.]] Wesley is made an adult, but he rejects this because [[ItsTheJourneyThatCounts he wants to grow up naturally]]. Geordi is given his sight, but even though [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman he's smitten by the site sight of Tasha Yar Tasha]] [[DealWithTheDevil he doesn't want to owe Q any favours]]. Worf is offered a Klingon mate whom he rejects as [[YouCantGoHomeAgain she's from a world that's now alien to him.]]
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* YourHeartsDesire: Q encourages Riker to give his friends on the Enterprise what they most desire. [[BatmanGambit Captain Picard tells him to go ahead.]] Wesley is made an adult, but he rejects this because [[ItsTheJourneyThatCounts he wants to grow up naturally]]. Geordi is given his sight, but even though he's smitten by the site of Tasha Yar [[DealWithTheDevil he doesn't want to owe Q any favours]]. Worf is offered a Klingon mate whom he rejects as [[YouCantGoHomeAgain she's from a world that's now alien to him.]]
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* RashPromise: Picard asks the Q-empowered Riker to promise not to use these new powers, and he does. It doesn't take long before he regrets it, as on an away mission he finds a recently deceased child that he could save if it weren't for this vow.
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* FantasticAesop: The show plays Failed Metaphor straight in the episode. Commander Riker is granted god-like power by the god-like Q. But using these new powers to save colonists who are in danger? Resurrecting a girl who died? Can't have that, now.
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* ItsOkayToCry: Q puts Tasha into a "penalty box" and threatens to kill her if someone else makes a penalty. She cries, and is embarrassed about it, but Picard says that crying in the penalty box is fine.
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'''Original air date:''' November 23, 1987
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* InfantImmortality: Averted, and Riker's promise ensures that it sticks.
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I removed the "Early Instalment Weirdness" examples. The first of these had Q saying the Federation had conquered the Klingons. The closest line I could find was Q saying the Federation defeated the Klingons. Arguably later events established that the Federation never really defeated them but the Klingons were forced to accept a peace they didn’t want and given Q would probably call that being defeated (rather than something more polite) I don’t know if that’d count as Early Instalment Weirdness. The others were about Worf refusing to drink with his enemy and about Riker with using his powers with a wave of his hand, both then including justifying edits about how these were actually consistent with what was shown later and establishing they weren’t actually Early Instalment Weirdness.
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** Q says that the Klingons have been ''conquered'' by the Federation.
** Worf tosses the drink that Q makes for him, which the latter says is due to the Klingon code saying "drink not with thine enemy." The [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E26S5E1Redemption "Redemption"]] two-parter would show Klingons more than willing to drink with their enemies.[[note]]But then, it would be shown that Worf follows the rules of Klingon society far more strictly than most Klingons. Even he is aghast to see Klingons drinking with their enemies. A Klingon spy would also refuse to drink with the crew in [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E21TheDrumhead "The Drumhead"]] for this reason as well.[[/note]]
** Riker uses his Q powers by waving his hands rather than snapping his fingers.[[note]]Of course, Quinn in VOY's "Death Wish" is showing using his powers in a similar way.[[/note]]
** Q says that the Klingons have been ''conquered'' by the Federation.
** Worf tosses the drink that Q makes for him, which the latter says is due to the Klingon code saying "drink not with thine enemy." The [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E26S5E1Redemption "Redemption"]] two-parter would show Klingons more than willing to drink with their enemies.[[note]]But then, it would be shown that Worf follows the rules of Klingon society far more strictly than most Klingons. Even he is aghast to see Klingons drinking with their enemies. A Klingon spy would also refuse to drink with the crew in [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E21TheDrumhead "The Drumhead"]] for this reason as well.[[/note]]
** Riker uses his Q powers by waving his hands rather than snapping his fingers.[[note]]Of course, Quinn in VOY's "Death Wish" is showing using his powers in a similar way.[[/note]]
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* NoManShouldHaveThisPower: Q turns Riker into a RealityWarper, if not a PhysicalGod. This is the conclusion that Picard, and later Riker, come to, so Riker refuses to use his power.
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* SmugSuper: Riker starts acting like a cocky {{Jerkass}} once he realizes what power he has been given.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Wesley tries to help the impaled Worf, but gets impaled himself. As previously mentioned, Picard demands that Riker let a little girl remain dead despite having the power to save her.
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** Wesley tries to help the impaled Worf, but gets impaledhimself. As previously mentioned, himself.
** Picard demands that Riker let a little girl remain dead despite having the power to save her.
** Wesley tries to help the impaled Worf, but gets impaled
** Picard demands that Riker let a little girl remain dead despite having the power to save her.
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** Q says that the Klingons have been ''conquered'' by the Federation.
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** The first shot, depicting medical crewmembers hurrying out of sickbay, is recycled from the pilot, "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1Encounter at Farpoint Encounter at Farpoint]]".
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** The first shot, depicting medical crewmembers hurrying out of sickbay, is recycled from the pilot, "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1Encounter at Farpoint "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1EncounteratFarpoint Encounter at Farpoint]]".
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** The first shot, depicting medical crewmembers hurrying out of sickbay, is recycled from the pilot, "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1Encounter at Farpoint Encounter at Farpoint]]".
** The vfx shots of the ''Enterprise'' stopped by Q's net are also taken from the pilot.
** The first shot, depicting medical crewmembers hurrying out of sickbay, is recycled from the pilot, "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1Encounter at Farpoint Encounter at Farpoint]]".
** The vfx shots of the ''Enterprise'' stopped by Q's net are also taken from the pilot.
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* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Riker gives Geordi actual eyes, which lets him appreciate Tasha's attractiveness, but Geordi asks to stay blind, saying "I don't like where it came from."
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* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Riker gives Geordi actual eyes, which lets him appreciate Tasha's attractiveness, but Geordi [[KeepingTheHandicap asks to stay blind, blind]], saying "I don't like where it came from."
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** Riker uses his Q powers by waving his hands rather than snapping his fingers.
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** Riker uses his Q powers by waving his hands rather than snapping his fingers.[[note]]Of course, Quinn in VOY's "Death Wish" is showing using his powers in a similar way.[[/note]]
