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* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Geordi inadvertently helps do this to Moriarty.
-->'''Moriarty:''' Does he [Data] have life? He's a machine. But is that all he is?
-->'''Picard:''' No. He is more.
-->'''Moriarty:''' Exactly. Is the definition of life ''cogito ergo sum''? "I think, therefore I am."
-->'''Picard:''' Yes, that is one possible definition.
-->'''Moriarty:''' It is the most important one, and for me the only one that matters. You or someone asked your computer to program a nefarious fictional character from 19th century London and that is how I arrived. But I am no longer that creation. I am no longer that evil character, I have changed. I am alive, and I am aware of my own consciousness.
-->'''Moriarty:''' Does he [Data] have life? He's a machine. But is that all he is?
-->'''Picard:''' No. He is more.
-->'''Moriarty:''' Exactly. Is the definition of life ''cogito ergo sum''? "I think, therefore I am."
-->'''Picard:''' Yes, that is one possible definition.
-->'''Moriarty:''' It is the most important one, and for me the only one that matters. You or someone asked your computer to program a nefarious fictional character from 19th century London and that is how I arrived. But I am no longer that creation. I am no longer that evil character, I have changed. I am alive, and I am aware of my own consciousness.
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Nice Hat is now dewicked
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* NiceHat: Several throughout the episode, starting with Data's obligatory deerstalker and culminating in Picard's very fine silk top hat.
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* AbsenteeActor: No Wesley in this one.
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* DamselInDistress: Dr. Pulaski is kidnapped by Moriarty, requiring the crew to go back inside the holodeck and resce her.
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* CluelessMystery: Discussed. At first, all the holodeck does is present Holmes' actual cases or mashups of them, and Data is able to solve them instantly without any clues because he has the stories all memorized. [=LaForge=] and Pulaski argue this isn't really in the spirit of Holmesian detection. It's only after the participants ask for an original Holmes-like mystery that Data engages in actual investigation and deduction.
* DamselInDistress: Dr. Pulaski is kidnapped by Moriarty, requiring the crew to go back inside the holodeck andresce rescue her.
* DamselInDistress: Dr. Pulaski is kidnapped by Moriarty, requiring the crew to go back inside the holodeck and
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Data (as Sherlock Holmes) identifies a man's killer as his disgruntled wife, who strangled him with her necklace, pointing out that what Geordi (as Watson) took to be finger impressions on the man's throat are too evenly spaced for human fingers, but entirely consistent with the beads on the necklace.
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Misuse
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* RefrainFromAssuming: This episode's title is almost universally misstated as "Elementary, ''My'' Dear Data".
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'''Original air date:''' December 5, 1988
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Trope is In Universe examples only
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La Forge tells the computer to create a character capable of defeating Data. Thus the character of Dr. Moriarty suddenly gains [[YouKeepUsingThatWord sentience]] (sapience), and kidnaps Dr. Pulaski. Data figures out where she's been taken and encounters Moriarty, who has learned all about the Arch command to summon the holodeck controls, and has thus learned all about the ''Enterprise''.
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La Forge tells the computer to create a character capable of defeating Data. Thus the character of Dr. Moriarty suddenly gains [[YouKeepUsingThatWord sentience]] sentience (sapience), and kidnaps Dr. Pulaski. Data figures out where she's been taken and encounters Moriarty, who has learned all about the Arch command to summon the holodeck controls, and has thus learned all about the ''Enterprise''.
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* BehindTheBlack: When Data walks up to Geordi and asks what his assistant could have meant by stating that he's "standing beside the ''Invincible''," Geordi points to the massive model of a sailboat that was just off frame, in full view of Data.
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* BehindTheBlack: When Data walks up to Geordi and asks what his assistant could have meant by stating that he's "standing beside the ''Invincible''," Geordi points to the massive model of a sailboat that was just off frame, in full view of Data. Considering that the rest of the episode is all about Data's ability to make deductions, you'd think he would have figured it out.
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* DamselInDistress: Dr. Polaski is kidnapped by Moriarty, requiring the crew to go back inside the holodeck and resce her.
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* DamselInDistress: Dr. Polaski Pulaski is kidnapped by Moriarty, requiring the crew to go back inside the holodeck and resce her.
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* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: A discussed trope. Geordi is disappointed by how easily Data solves their first mystery. He and Polaski explain that there has to be a risk of failure for any enterprise to be rewarding.
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* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: A discussed trope. Geordi is disappointed by how easily Data solves their first mystery. He and Polaski Pulaski explain that there has to be a risk of failure for any enterprise to be rewarding.
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** Once again, Dr. Polaski argues rather mercilessly that Data does not have real intelligence and is simply a machine that regurgitates facts.
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** Once again, Dr. Polaski Pulaski argues rather mercilessly that Data does not have real intelligence and is simply a machine that regurgitates facts.
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* BehindTheBlack: When Data walks up to Geordi and asks what his assistant could have meant by stating that he's "standing beside the ''Invincible''," Geordi points to the massive model of a sailboat that was just off frame, in full view of Data.
* DamselInDistress: Dr. Polaski is kidnapped by Moriarty, requiring the crew to go back inside the holodeck and resce her.
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* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: Geordi is disappointed by how easily Data solves their first mystery, so he tells the computer to create a new antagonist that could challenge Data.
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* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: A discussed trope. Geordi is disappointed by how easily Data solves their first mystery, so he tells the computer to create a new antagonist mystery. He and Polaski explain that could challenge Data.there has to be a risk of failure for any enterprise to be rewarding.
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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Moriarty insists on his right to exist, as he is fully self-aware and in all respects a sapient being save that he lacks a physical body.
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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: WhatMeasureIsANonHuman:
** Once again, Dr. Polaski argues rather mercilessly that Data does not have real intelligence and is simply a machine that regurgitates facts.
** Moriarty insists on his right to exist, as he is fully self-aware and in all respects a sapient being save that he lacks a physical body.
** Once again, Dr. Polaski argues rather mercilessly that Data does not have real intelligence and is simply a machine that regurgitates facts.
** Moriarty insists on his right to exist, as he is fully self-aware and in all respects a sapient being save that he lacks a physical body.
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Moving to headscratchers
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* PlotHole:
** If Moriarty, as a holographic construct, can't leave the holodeck, how does Data take Moriarty's drawing of the ''Enterprise'' out to show to Picard? The original shooting script [[WhatCouldHaveBeen addressed this]], but the final scene was cut.
** Also, Moriarty is clearly shown to become aware of the arch ''before'' Geordi asks for an opponent capable of defeating Data. This is necessary for the story, as he wouldn't be able to control the arch unless he first heard Geordi call for it, but it doesn't make any sense, as he should still just be another automated image at this point.
** If Moriarty, as a holographic construct, can't leave the holodeck, how does Data take Moriarty's drawing of the ''Enterprise'' out to show to Picard? The original shooting script [[WhatCouldHaveBeen addressed this]], but the final scene was cut.
** Also, Moriarty is clearly shown to become aware of the arch ''before'' Geordi asks for an opponent capable of defeating Data. This is necessary for the story, as he wouldn't be able to control the arch unless he first heard Geordi call for it, but it doesn't make any sense, as he should still just be another automated image at this point.
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* PlotHole: If Moriarty, as a holographic construct, can't leave the holodeck, how does Data take Moriarty's drawing of the ''Enterprise'' out to show to Picard? The original shooting script [[WhatCouldHaveBeen addressed this]], but the final scene was cut.
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* PlotHole: PlotHole:
** If Moriarty, as a holographic construct, can't leave the holodeck, how does Data take Moriarty's drawing of the ''Enterprise'' out to show to Picard? The original shooting script [[WhatCouldHaveBeen addressed this]], but the final scene wascut.cut.
** Also, Moriarty is clearly shown to become aware of the arch ''before'' Geordi asks for an opponent capable of defeating Data. This is necessary for the story, as he wouldn't be able to control the arch unless he first heard Geordi call for it, but it doesn't make any sense, as he should still just be another automated image at this point.
** If Moriarty, as a holographic construct, can't leave the holodeck, how does Data take Moriarty's drawing of the ''Enterprise'' out to show to Picard? The original shooting script [[WhatCouldHaveBeen addressed this]], but the final scene was
** Also, Moriarty is clearly shown to become aware of the arch ''before'' Geordi asks for an opponent capable of defeating Data. This is necessary for the story, as he wouldn't be able to control the arch unless he first heard Geordi call for it, but it doesn't make any sense, as he should still just be another automated image at this point.
