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* PhlebotinumProofRobot: Since Data is an android and thus immune to the game due to having no brain per se, Dr. Crusher, while being brainwashed by it, turns him off. Luckily, Wesley Crusher succeeded in re-enabling him before being forced into this game.
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* PhlebotinumProofRobot: Since Data is an android and thus immune to the game due to having no brain per se, Dr. Crusher, while being brainwashed by it, turns him off. Luckily, Wesley Crusher succeeded in re-enabling him before being forced into this to play the game.
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** Wesley goes to Engineering to execute ThePlan, sees Robin at her console and starts telling her about it...and then sees the blank look on her face...
--->'''Wesley:''' ...Robin?\\
--->'''Wesley:''' ...Robin?\\
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** Wesley goes to Engineering to execute ThePlan, sees Robin at her console and starts telling her about it... and then sees the blank look on her face...
--->'''Wesley:''' ... Robin?\\
--->'''Wesley:''' ... Robin?\\
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--> '''Riker:''' Would you like me to leave the two of you alone?
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-->'''Troi:''' I never met a chocolate I didn't like.
-->'''Riker:''' Doesn't it taste good?
-->'''Troi:''' Of course it does, but it's not just a matter of taste. It's the whole experience. First of all, you have to spoon the fudge around the rim, leaving only ice cream in the middle. Then, you gently spoon the ice cream around the sides, like you're sculpting it. Relish every bite. Make every one an event. And then, with the last spoonful, close your eyes.
-->'''Riker:''' I had no idea it was such a ritual.
-->'''Troi:''' [[SeriousBusiness Chocolate is a serious thing]].
-->'''Riker:''' Doesn't it taste good?
-->'''Troi:''' Of course it does, but it's not just a matter of taste. It's the whole experience. First of all, you have to spoon the fudge around the rim, leaving only ice cream in the middle. Then, you gently spoon the ice cream around the sides, like you're sculpting it. Relish every bite. Make every one an event. And then, with the last spoonful, close your eyes.
-->'''Riker:''' I had no idea it was such a ritual.
-->'''Troi:''' [[SeriousBusiness Chocolate is a serious thing]].
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-->'''Troi:''' I never met a chocolate I didn't like.
-->'''Riker:'''like.\\
'''Riker:''' Doesn't it tastegood?
-->'''Troi:'''good?\\
'''Troi:''' Of course it does, but it's not just a matter of taste. It's the whole experience. First of all, you have to spoon the fudge around the rim, leaving only ice cream in the middle. Then, you gently spoon the ice cream around the sides, like you're sculpting it. Relish every bite. Make every one an event. And then, with the last spoonful, close youreyes.
-->'''Riker:'''eyes.\\
'''Riker:''' I had no idea it was such aritual.
-->'''Troi:'''ritual.\\
'''Troi:''' [[SeriousBusiness Chocolate is a seriousthing]]. thing.]]
-->'''Riker:'''
'''Riker:''' Doesn't it taste
-->'''Troi:'''
'''Troi:''' Of course it does, but it's not just a matter of taste. It's the whole experience. First of all, you have to spoon the fudge around the rim, leaving only ice cream in the middle. Then, you gently spoon the ice cream around the sides, like you're sculpting it. Relish every bite. Make every one an event. And then, with the last spoonful, close your
-->'''Riker:'''
'''Riker:''' I had no idea it was such a
-->'''Troi:'''
'''Troi:''' [[SeriousBusiness Chocolate is a serious
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* RubberForeheadAliens: Etana Jol the Ktarian is still human-looking enough to seduce Riker, though her design makes her look a little like [[Film/{{Mask}} Rocky Dennis]].
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* RubberForeheadAliens: Etana Jol the Ktarian is still human-looking enough to seduce Riker, though her design makes her look a little like [[Film/{{Mask}} [[Film/Mask1985 Rocky Dennis]].
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--> '''Picard:''' Quomodo tua Latinitas est?[[note]]"How's your Latin?"[[/note]]\\
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* PhlebotinumProofRobot: Since Data is an android and thus immune to the game due to having no brain per se, Dr. Crusher, while being brainwashed by it, turns him off. Luckily, Wesley Crusher succeeded in re-enabling him before being forced into this game.
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* BlindedByTheLight: Data snaps the crew from their trance by flashing lights in their eyes.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Ktarians are later revealed to be Federation members and the next Ktarian character who is seen (well, half-Ktarian) looks absolutely nothing like Etana Jol in any way.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** Ktarians are later revealed to be Federation members and the next Ktarian character who is seen (well, half-Ktarian) looks absolutely nothing like Etana Jol in anyway.way.
** This episode features the first official appearance of the TNG-era Starfleet cadet uniform (in "Allegiance", Mitena Haro is introduced as a cadet, but since she wasn't who she seemed, it isn't clear whether she was wearing a legitimate uniform): a predominantly black two-piece jumpsuit with red shoulders, which would resemble the uniforms later featured on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' and ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. However, Wesley's uniform lacks the pips indicating the cadet's class year seen in subsequent episodes.
** Ktarians are later revealed to be Federation members and the next Ktarian character who is seen (well, half-Ktarian) looks absolutely nothing like Etana Jol in any
** This episode features the first official appearance of the TNG-era Starfleet cadet uniform (in "Allegiance", Mitena Haro is introduced as a cadet, but since she wasn't who she seemed, it isn't clear whether she was wearing a legitimate uniform): a predominantly black two-piece jumpsuit with red shoulders, which would resemble the uniforms later featured on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' and ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. However, Wesley's uniform lacks the pips indicating the cadet's class year seen in subsequent episodes.
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* FlashinthePanFad: Discussed. Robin Lefler initially thinks The Game is just a passing craze. "It's a fad. This week it's popular, next week we won't even know it existed."
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* FlashinthePanFad: Discussed. Robin Lefler initially thinks The Game is just a passing craze. "It's a fad. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall This week it's popular, next week we won't even know it existed."existed]]."
* FoodPorn: Troi enjoys a chocolate sundae in Ten Forward, and goes into surprising detail about how she eats it.
-->'''Troi:''' I never met a chocolate I didn't like.
-->'''Riker:''' Doesn't it taste good?
-->'''Troi:''' Of course it does, but it's not just a matter of taste. It's the whole experience. First of all, you have to spoon the fudge around the rim, leaving only ice cream in the middle. Then, you gently spoon the ice cream around the sides, like you're sculpting it. Relish every bite. Make every one an event. And then, with the last spoonful, close your eyes.
-->'''Riker:''' I had no idea it was such a ritual.
-->'''Troi:''' [[SeriousBusiness Chocolate is a serious thing]].
* FoodPorn: Troi enjoys a chocolate sundae in Ten Forward, and goes into surprising detail about how she eats it.
-->'''Troi:''' I never met a chocolate I didn't like.
-->'''Riker:''' Doesn't it taste good?
-->'''Troi:''' Of course it does, but it's not just a matter of taste. It's the whole experience. First of all, you have to spoon the fudge around the rim, leaving only ice cream in the middle. Then, you gently spoon the ice cream around the sides, like you're sculpting it. Relish every bite. Make every one an event. And then, with the last spoonful, close your eyes.
-->'''Riker:''' I had no idea it was such a ritual.
-->'''Troi:''' [[SeriousBusiness Chocolate is a serious thing]].
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Music/{{Queen}} "Play the game, everybody play the game..."]]]]
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* ForcedAddiction: The entire plot hinges on the Ktarians getting the ''Enterprise'' crew addicted to the game and becoming unwittingly pawns in their plan to distribute it throughout the Federation.
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* LotusEaterMachine.
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* LotusEaterMachine.LotusEaterMachine: The Game is a head-mounted holographic “game”, which is slowly brainwashing the user to do whatever they’re commanded to do. The more they play, the more entranced they become.
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* FantasticDrug: The Game. It stimulates the pleasure center of the brain while it also does something to the part of the brain that controls higher reasoning.
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Wes meets Lefler in Engineering, and discovers that she's been compromised (off-screen) when she tries to foist the Game upon him. Wesley initiates a lengthy game of cat-and-mouse with the crew, but is eventually caught, brought to the bridge, and forced to play the Game. At that moment, Data steps onto the bridge, lowers the lights and flashes a strobe into everyone's eyes, bringing them back to normal. Wesley reveals that sometime in the interim, he had repaired Data and played the cat-and-mouse [[WeNeedADistraction to give Data time to come up with a way to circumvent the brainwashing]]. The cleansing strobe effect has already been sent throughout the ship, and Crusher is sent to help the remaining stragglers.
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Wes meets Lefler in Engineering, and discovers that she's been compromised (off-screen) when she tries to foist the Game upon him. Wesley initiates a lengthy game of cat-and-mouse with the crew, but is eventually caught, brought to the bridge, and forced to play the Game. At that moment, Data steps onto the bridge, lowers the lights and flashes a strobe into everyone's eyes, bringing them back to normal. Wesley reveals that sometime in the interim, he had repaired Data and played the cat-and-mouse [[WeNeedADistraction to give Data time to come up with a way to circumvent the brainwashing]]. The cleansing strobe effect has already been sent throughout the ship, and Dr. Crusher is sent to help the remaining stragglers.
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'''Original air date:''' October 28, 1991
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
** Dr. Crusher is embarrassed when Wesley catches her doing something very pleasurable by herself.
** Even more apparent when the episode reveals that The Game stimulates the pleasure centers of the brain, complete with users gasping and twitching, making it a very literal form of 'mental masturbation.'
** Dr. Crusher is embarrassed when Wesley catches her doing something very pleasurable by herself.
** Even more apparent when the episode reveals that The Game stimulates the pleasure centers of the brain, complete with users gasping and twitching, making it a very literal form of 'mental masturbation.'
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
** Dr. Crusher is embarrassed when Wesley catches her doing something very pleasurable by herself.
** Even more apparent when the episode reveals thatDoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Game stimulates the pleasure centers of the brain, complete with users gasping game's euphoric effects and twitching, making it a very literal form addictive nature are supposed to be reminiscent of 'mental masturbation.'narcotic drugs.
** Dr. Crusher is embarrassed when Wesley catches her doing something very pleasurable by herself.
** Even more apparent when the episode reveals that
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* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: We don't find out until after the plan has succeeded that Wesley was serving as a distraction while Data worked out a way to end the Game's effects.
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* BehindTheBlack: Picard has a version of the Game sitting on his display mount, just off-camera, during his entire conversation with Wesley. Wesley should have been able to see it from his perspective.
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* FailedASpotCheck:
** When Wesley contacts Picard to discuss his concerns regarding the game, we see Picard putting an object off to the side on his display mount. Turns out it is the game, and Wesley should have seen that Picard was already compromised.
** Later when Wesley uses a phaser to distract several guards, he enters a room to hide from them as they pass by. The door is open when the guards pass, but they clearly ignore a suspiciously open door to deactivate the phaser.
** When Wesley contacts Picard to discuss his concerns regarding the game, we see Picard putting an object off to the side on his display mount. Turns out it is the game, and Wesley should have seen that Picard was already compromised.
** Later when Wesley uses a phaser to distract several guards, he enters a room to hide from them as they pass by. The door is open when the guards pass, but they clearly ignore a suspiciously open door to deactivate the phaser.
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* FailedASpotCheck:
** When Wesley contacts Picard to discuss his concerns regarding the game, we see Picard putting an object off to the side on his display mount. Turns out it is the game, and Wesley should have seen that Picard was already compromised.
**FailedASpotCheck: Later when Wesley uses a phaser to distract several guards, he enters a room to hide from them as they pass by. The door is open when the guards pass, but they clearly ignore a suspiciously open door to deactivate the phaser.
** When Wesley contacts Picard to discuss his concerns regarding the game, we see Picard putting an object off to the side on his display mount. Turns out it is the game, and Wesley should have seen that Picard was already compromised.
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