History Recap / StarTrekVoyagerS3E25S4E1Scorpion

* DudeWheresMyReward: Leonardo tells Janeway of how he painted a portrait of a cardinal's nephew, making him look "[[UpperClassTwit far more heroic than nature ever intended]]," and was only paid with "the cardinal's eternal gratitude."
--> '''Leonardo:''' In other words, ''signorina'', less than nothing.

* CuteMonsterGirl: Q described the first Borg drone we encounters as "neither a he nor a she". Seven of Nine is [[MsFanservice very much a she]]; even full Borg assimilation can't hide her great...implants. Apparently breasts are not irrelevant despite the existence of Borg maturation chambers.

* CuteMonsterGirl: Even full Borg assimilation can't hide Seven's great…implants. Apparently breasts are not irrelevant, despite the existence of Borg maturation chambers.

* ThatManIsDead

* MaleGaze: The final shot of "Scorpion, Part Two", with pre-catsuit Seven lying on the biobed while the camera tracks across her [[BoobsOfSteel prominent Borg implants]]. We also get a lingering shot of Kes' tush in her blue velvet FutureSpandex.

-->''Chakotay:'' My God!

* CurbStompBattle: Species 8472 is winning their war against the Borg

* {{Technobabble}}
-->'''B'elanna:''' Perhaps I can [beam Chakotay, Tuvok and Kim] out if I get a skeletal lock on them...\\
'''Janeway:''' A "skeletal lock"?\\
'''B'Elanna:''' You know, lock on to the mineral concentration in their bones.\\
'''Janeway:''' (beat) I didn't know you could do that.\\
'''B'Elanna:''' I...[[IndyPloy came up with it just now]].

* RogerRabbitEffect: With the improvements in CGI, the producers decides to have an alien that wasn't a ManInARubberSuit or the usual RubberForeheadAliens, and created Species 8472.

* PlotdrivenBreakdown: When Voyager encounters the armada of Borg cubes, they can't do a HyperspeedEscape as the subspace turbulence from all those transwarp-powered cubes is collapsing their warp field.

* PrayerIsALastResort: Subverted; Leonardo suggests that 'Catarina' accompany him to a church and they pray for guidance. [[OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions Janeway politely turns down the offer]], but then has a EurekaMoment. What if she made a DealWithTheDevil instead?

* SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfVelocity: The fifteen cubes destroyed by species 8472 in the first part of the episode are found to be about 5.2 light years from Voyager's position. Captain Janeway orders to lay in a course to their position at warp two. According to [[http://en.memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Warp_factor Memory Alpha]], warp two is around 8-10 times the speed of light. Traveling 5.2 light years at that speed would have taken about six months.

* PrayerIsALastResort: Subverted; Leonardo suggests that 'Katrina' accompany him to a church and they pray for guidance. [[OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions Janeway politely turns down the offer]], but then has a EurekaMoment. What if she made a DealWithTheDevil instead?

* The47Society: Species 8-47-2.

* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Captain Janeway plans a temporary alliance with the Borg in order to combat Species 8472. When she asks for Chakotay's personal opinion, he relates the parable of "The Scorpion and The Frog", though with a fox in place of the frog. Oddly, the story as told is more tragic than the normal telling, with the scorpion apologizing for being unable to help its nature, when the Borg would have no such compunctions.

-->'''Seven:''' When your Captain first approached us, we suspected that an agreement with humans would prove impossible to maintain. [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill You are erratic, conflicted, disorganised. Every decision is debated, every action questioned. Every individual entitled to their own small opinion.]] You lack harmony, cohesion... greatness. It will be your undoing.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Chakotay ignores the Doctor's GallowsHumor and snaps at B'Elanna, showing just how unhappy he is at being anywhere near the Borg.
** Furthermore, near the beginning of the two-parter, Voyager encounters FIFTEEN Borg Cubes closing in behind them...who proceed to more or less IGNORE the starship belonging to one of their primary assimilation targets.