History Recap / StarTrekVoyagerS2E1The37s

->''"In the meantime, I suggest we all brush up on ancient Earth. We're about to meet a bit of our history."''

** If Warp 9.9 is four billion miles per second, then Voyager could get home in under three and a half years, not seventy. This is {{handwave}}d by fans as Voyager only being able sustain this speed [[HyperspeedEscape for a short burst]].

* ShowDontTell: This episode is a violator of that principle, as the characters tell us about the cities on the planet that Voyager visited, but none of them are ever shown.

* BBCQuarry: Voyager lands in the US version (CBS Quarry?).

* QuickNip: Noonan [[INeedAFreakingDrink keeps drinking from his hip flask]].

->''In the meantime I suggest we all brush up on ancient Earth. We're about to meet a bit of our history.''

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: VOY excessively uses the word "ancient" in this episode to describe the 20th Century. Website/SFDebris pointed out how ridiculous this is, considering that Amelia Earhart's plane is only a few years older than the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. So, a historical timeframe encompasses chariots and thermonuclear weapons.

-->'''Amelia:''' Put yourself in my shoes, Captain. If you were me, would you believe your story?

* SpoilerOpening: "Sharon Lawrence as Amelia Earhart". Sure would have been a great twist!

* SpoilerOpening: "Sharon Lawrence as Amelia Earhart".

** If Warp 9.9 is four billion miles per second, then Voyager could get home in under three and a half years, not seventy.

* TomTheDarkLord: The MalevolentMaskedMen who fire on our heroes introduce themselves as John Evansville and Karen Berlin.

* TomTheDarkLord: The FacelessGoons who fire on our heroes do a DramaticUnmask and introduce themselves as John Evansville and Karen Berlin.

* HumansAreSuperior: The Briori kidnapped over 300 humans from Earth in 1937 to use as slaves, but they successfully revolted, appropriating the alien weapons and technology for themselves.

''Voyager'' encounters a planet where humans who have been abducted around the time of World War II were taken to, one of them being a famous figure -- Amelia Earhart.

!!This episode provides examples of

* AllPlanetsAreEarthlike: After a big fuss is made about having to land Voyager due to the hostile weather conditions, the away team walks about unprotected under sunny skies.

* CordonBleughChef: Averted thankfully when Neelix prepares a meal for his Japanese guest.
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: The episode proves that the legend of Amelia Earhart being abducted by aliens was right after all.
** And she was also on a spy mission when she disappeared.

* DyingDeclarationOfLove: When the 37s are discovered, Fred Noonan (Amelia Earhart's navigator) gets shot in the chest and taken to sickbay. Thinking he will die, he confesses his love to Earhart. [[NotSoFinalConfession However, he is then healed by the Doctor]] and embarrassed, tries to take back his confession.
* FacelessGoons: Only they turn out to be the descendants of the human slaves on making a DramaticUnmask.
* FanOfThePast: Paris identifies the chemicals that make up gasoline, and the year and model of the truck. Janeway is quite a fan of one of the first female aviators.

** ''Voyager'' found a colony of abducted humans, who made their own city at that planet. What now? Continue the journey to Earth, or stay behind at this new planet? All the crew was allowed to decide individually. No one abandoned the ship.
** Conversely, it seemed like Amelia Earhart wanted to fly on ''Voyager'', but decided that she was going to stay along with the other 37s that were awakened.

* ShowDontTell: This episode is a violator of that principle, as the characters tell us about the cities on the planet that ''Voyager'' visited, but none of them are ever shown.

* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: The human slaves rose up and overthrew the Briori, [[HumansAreSuperior who never returned again]].

* WeComeInPeaceShootToKill: A conflict breaks out because the human descendants assume the alien slavers have come back again. Janeway is able to reason with them at phaser point.

* AllPlanetsAreEarthlike: After a big fuss is made about having to land Voyager due to the hostile weather conditions, the away team walks about unprotected under the sunny skies.

* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: The human slaves rose up and overthrew the Benari.

** If Warp 9.9 is four billion miles per second, then Voyager could get home in under three and a half years.

** If Warp 9.9 is four billion miles per second, then Voyager could get home in less than three and a half years.

* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Think about it. ''Really'' think about it. Aliens that can go at practical speeds across the galaxy to enslave humans, despite the many stronger aliens that were right in the Delta Quadrant. On top of that, no one else has ever heard of these aliens?

* RagnarokProofing: There's still fuel and water in the truck, so Tom is able to start the truck. Such liquids would have boiled off in a vacuum, and certainly wouldn't last 400 years.

* AlienAbduction

* WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture / SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Think about it. ''Really'' think about it. Aliens that can go at practical speeds across the galaxy to enslave humans, despite the many stronger aliens that were right in the Delta Quadrant. On top of that, no one else has ever heard of these aliens?