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* ContinuityNod: Deanna Troi comments that Picard is struggling to understand Data and Lal's connection because he's never been a parent, the comment obviously implies she ''does'' understand, alluding to her experience in [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E1TheChild ''The Child'']].
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* ContinuityNod: Deanna Troi comments that Picard is struggling to understand Data and Lal's connection because he's never been a parent, the comment obviously implies she ''does'' understand, alluding to her brief experience as a mother in [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E1TheChild ''The Child'']].Child'']].
** A much bigger one is also made to Picard helping establish the rights of androids as sentient beings in [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E9TheMeasureOfAMan "The Measure of a Man"]].
** A much bigger one is also made to Picard helping establish the rights of androids as sentient beings in [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E9TheMeasureOfAMan "The Measure of a Man"]].
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* ContinuityNod: Deanna Troi comments that Picard is struggling to understand Data and Lal's connection because he's never been a parent, the comment obviously implies she ''does'' understand, alluding to her experience in [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E1TheChild ''The Child'']].
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* ParentsAsPeople: As parenthood is a major theme of the episode, it gets brought up. Haftel himself is a parent and he admits it was only with great difficulty that he figured out how to best be a father and let his children spread their own wings, it's part of what makes him biased against Data and Lal staying together. While he struggles to consider them a true family due to being androids, he still feels that if they ''are'' to be considered father and daughter, that their co-dependency will only be harmful in the long run.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Although Admiral Haftel wishes to confiscate Lal, when her program begins breaking down he immediately offers his cybernetics expertise to help Data try and save her life and is genuinely saddened when the two of them fail to do so.
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'''Deanna Troi:''' ''[concerned, sensing Lal's fear]'' [[FirstTimeFeeling You '''''are''''' scared, aren't you?!]]
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'''Deanna Troi:''' ''[concerned, suddenly sensing Lal's fear]'' [[FirstTimeFeeling You '''''are''''' scared, [[FirstTimeFeeling scared]], aren't you?!]]you?!
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"'Deanna Troi:''' ''[concerned, sensing Lal's fear]'' [[FirstTimeFeeling You '''''are''''' scared, aren't you?!]]
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* WhamLine: Something that Troi says that signifies trouble:
-->'''Lal:''' Troi... Admiral--... Admiral--... An admiral from Starfleet has come to take me away... Troi. I am... ...scared.\\
"'Deanna Troi:''' ''[concerned, sensing Lal's fear]'' [[FirstTimeFeeling You '''''are''''' scared, aren't you?!]]
-->'''Lal:''' Troi... Admiral--... Admiral--... An admiral from Starfleet has come to take me away... Troi. I am... ...scared.\\
"'Deanna Troi:''' ''[concerned, sensing Lal's fear]'' [[FirstTimeFeeling You '''''are''''' scared, aren't you?!]]
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* BarbieDollAnatomy: Lal's first form is a genderless, golden-skinned being with no genitalia or sexual characteristics. This was intentional on Data's part, he wanted Lal to be able to choose his/her own species, gender, and appearance.
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* BarbieDollAnatomy: Lal's first form is a genderless, golden-skinned being with no genitalia or sexual characteristics. This was intentional on Data's part, he wanted Lal to be able to choose his/her own species, gender, [[AdoptingTheGenderBinary gender]], and appearance.
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* FrightDeathtrap: Lal's positronic brain suffers from a cascade failure after experiencing her FirstTimeFeeling fear when Admiral Haftel threatens to separate her from Data. The damage leads to a total systems failure.
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A great line, but that happens later.
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-->'''Picard:''' Order a man to hand his child over to the state? Not while I'm his captain.
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** Of course, Haftel should be familiar with the existence of Lore, but for some reason he's never brought up in the narrative.
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* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Data, particularly with respect to Riker.
-->'''Data:''' Commander--What are your intentions towards my daughter?\\
'''Riker:''' Your ''daughter''!?
-->'''Data:''' Commander--What are your intentions towards my daughter?\\
'''Riker:''' Your ''daughter''!?
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* OverprotectiveDad: Data, particularly with respect to Riker.
-->'''Data:''' Commander--What are your intentions towards my daughter?\\
'''Riker:''' Your ''daughter''!?
-->'''Data:''' Commander--What are your intentions towards my daughter?\\
'''Riker:''' Your ''daughter''!?
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-->'''Picard:''' Order a man to hand his child over to the state? Not while I'm his Captain.
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-->'''Picard:''' Order a man to hand his child over to the state? Not while I'm his Captain.captain.
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Dewicked trope
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* AdultFear: The horrible truth that the government has come for your child to take them away and perform experiments on them. Partially subverted in that Data is an emotionless android and thus cannot feel fear, but Lal and Picard certainly do.
