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* InconvenientHippocraticOath: Having been programmed in a Federation in the midst of war, the Mark Two is unwilling to treat an enemy soldier.
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* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: The Mark Two carries on the noble tradition.
-->'''EMH-1:''' We need to retake the ship!
-->'''EMH-2:''' I'm a doctor, not a commando.
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-->'''EMH-2:''' ''({{beat}})''' [[Series/DeepSpaceNine Long story]].

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-->'''EMH-2:''' ''({{beat}})''' ''({{beat}})'' [[Series/DeepSpaceNine Long story]].
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* ItsALongStory
-->'''EMH-1:''' Is the Federation at war with the Romulans?
-->'''EMH-2:''' No. The Romulans haven't gotten involved in our fight with the Dominion.
-->'''EMH-1:''' [[ContinuityLockOut The who?]]
-->'''EMH-2:''' ''({{beat}})''' [[Series/DeepSpaceNine Long story]].

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Seven says the Prometheus will move out of range in 41 minutes, which is about how long the episode still has to run.



* RealTime: Played with; Seven says the Prometheus will move out of range in 41 minutes, which is about how long the episode still has to run.

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* RealTime: Played with; Seven says PuttingAHandOverHisMouth: Doc does this to the Prometheus will move out of range in 41 minutes, EMH-2 when he's about to tell the computer to sound the intruder alert, which is about how long would let every Romulan on the episode ship know a Starfleet officer was still has to run.active.
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A vast communications relay gives Voyager a narrow window of opportunity to communicate with a Starfleet vessel, so the Doctor is transmitted to the Alpha Quadrant. Unfortunately the vessel has been seized by Romulan commandos, and the Doctor must gain the co-operation of its Emergency Medical Hologram (Mark Two) to take back the ship. HilarityEnsues.

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A vast communications relay gives Voyager a narrow window of opportunity to communicate with a Starfleet vessel, so the Doctor is transmitted to the Alpha Quadrant. Unfortunately the vessel is an experimental prototype that has been seized by Romulan commandos, and the Doctor must gain the co-operation of its Emergency Medical Hologram (Mark Two) to take back the ship. HilarityEnsues.

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* CatchPhrase
-->'''EMH-2:''' Please state the nature of the medical emergency...what the hell are you doing in my sickbay?
-->''(EMH-1 responds with FascinatingEyebrow)''



** And later when the Doctor finds an injured Starfleet officer on board that vessel.
-->"Romulans..."

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** And later when the Doctor finds an injured Starfleet officer AlmostDeadGuy on board that vessel.
-->"Romulans..."they've taken over the ship!"

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* ProjectedMan
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* ActionSurvivor: EMH-2's first reaction to hearing that Romulans have taken over is to switch himself off. He's so inept at anything outside his programming he can't even climb into a Jeffries tube properly, but when the Doctor is captured he quickly thinks up a clever plan to rescue him.
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* RealTime: Played with; Seven says the Prometheus will move out of range in 41 minutes, which is about how long the episode still has to run.
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* SnarkToSnarkCombat: EMH Mark One versus EMH Mark Two.

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* SnarkToSnarkCombat: EMH Mark One EMH-1 versus EMH Mark Two.EMH-2.
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** The EMH being upgraded due to its lousy social skills, and the Doctor being transmitted to the Alpha Quadrant.

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** The EMH being upgraded due to its lousy social skills, and skills (and the Doctor being transmitted to the Alpha Quadrant.Quadrant) become relevant in Season 6's "Lifeline".
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** The EMH being upgraded due to its lousy social skills, and the Doctor being transmitted to the Alpha Quadrant.

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* WhamEpisode / NothingIsTheSameAnymore

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* WhamEpisode / NothingIsTheSameAnymoreWhamLine
-->'''Janeway:''' A ship. What's so special about it?
-->'''Seven:''' I've analysed the warp signature. It's a Starfleet vessel.
** And later when the Doctor finds an injured Starfleet officer on board that vessel.
-->"Romulans..."



* YouAreNotAlone

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* YouAreNotAloneYouAreNotAlone / NothingIsTheSameAnymore

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* NeverGiveTheCaptainAStraightAnswer: Seven, due to her NoSocialSkills set.

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* NeverGiveTheCaptainAStraightAnswer: Seven, Seven; justified due to her NoSocialSkills set.set.
-->'''Janeway:''' I've been 'summoned'. Any guesses what this is about?
-->'''Chakotay:''' None.
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** Plenty with the two EMH's snarking each other for being [[NotSoDifferent arrogant and out of their depth]].
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* EmbarrassingRescue
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A vast communications relay gives Voyager a narrow window of opportunity to communicate with a Starfleet vessel in the Alpha Quadrant, so the Doctor is transmitted onto the vessel. Unfortunately the vessel has been seized by Romulan commandos, and the Doctor must gain the co-operation of the Emergency Medical Hologram (Mark Two) to take back the ship. HilarityEnsues.

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A vast communications relay gives Voyager a narrow window of opportunity to communicate with a Starfleet vessel in the Alpha Quadrant, vessel, so the Doctor is transmitted onto to the vessel. Alpha Quadrant. Unfortunately the vessel has been seized by Romulan commandos, and the Doctor must gain the co-operation of the its Emergency Medical Hologram (Mark Two) to take back the ship. HilarityEnsues.
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A vast communications relay gives Voyager a window of opportunity to communicate with a Starfleet vessel in the Alpha Quadrant, so the Doctor is transmitted onto the vessel. Unfortunately the vessel has been seized by Romulan commandos, and the Doctor must gain the co-operation of the Emergency Medical Hologram (Mark Two) to take back the ship. HilarityEnsues.

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A vast communications relay gives Voyager a narrow window of opportunity to communicate with a Starfleet vessel in the Alpha Quadrant, so the Doctor is transmitted onto the vessel. Unfortunately the vessel has been seized by Romulan commandos, and the Doctor must gain the co-operation of the Emergency Medical Hologram (Mark Two) to take back the ship. HilarityEnsues.

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* FutureMeAnnoysMe: The AI version; the Doctor does not like his upgraded model.


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* OtherMeAnnoysMe: The AI version; the Doctor does not like his upgraded model.

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* WhamEpisode / NothingIsTheSameAnymore
* WhileYouWereInDiapers: "I was saving Voyager from annihilation when you were only a gleam in your programmer's eye!"


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* WhileYouWereInDiapers: "I was saving Voyager from annihilation when you were only a gleam in your programmer's eye!"
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* BifurcatedWeapon: A spaceship-sized version!


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* FutureMeAnnoysMe: The AI version; the Doctor does not like his upgraded model.

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* FriendOrFoe: Starfleet attacks the Prometheus after the EMH's have already taken it back, then EMH-2 accidentally torpedoes a Defiant-class vessel.
--> '''EMH Mark 1''': You hit the wrong ship!
--> '''EMH Mark 2''': It wasn't my fault!
--> '''EMH Mark 1''': Well then whose fault was it, the torpedo's? You're supposed to tell it what to do!



* LostTechnology: Voyager comes across a vast abandoned network of ancient relay stations (each powered by its own black hole!) enabling them to make contact with Starfleet on the other side of the galaxy.

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* LostTechnology: Voyager comes across a vast abandoned network of ancient relay stations (each over 100,000 years old, each powered by its own black hole!) enabling them to make contact with Starfleet on the other side of the galaxy.hole!



* UnfriendlyFire: Starfleet attack the Prometheus after the EMH's have taken it back, then EMH-2 accidentally torpedoes a Starfleet vessel.
--> '''EMH Mark 1''': You hit the wrong ship!
--> '''EMH Mark 2''': It wasn't my fault!
--> '''EMH Mark 1''': Well then whose fault was it, the torpedo's? You're supposed to tell it what to do!

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* UnfriendlyFire: Starfleet attack the Prometheus after the EMH's have taken it back, then EMH-2 accidentally torpedoes a Starfleet vessel.
--> '''EMH Mark 1''': You hit the wrong ship!
--> '''EMH Mark 2''': It wasn't my fault!
--> '''EMH Mark 1''': Well then whose fault was it, the torpedo's? You're supposed to tell it what to do!
YouAreNotAlone
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* WhamEpisode / NothingIsTheSameAnymore

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* CallBack: The Doctor [[ObfuscatingStupidity adopts his Season One restricted personality]] when interacting with the Romulans.
* DieHardOnAnX



* WhileYouWereInDiapers: "I was saving Voyager from annihilation when you were only a gleam in your programmer's eye!"



* UnfriendlyFire

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* UnfriendlyFireUnfriendlyFire: Starfleet attack the Prometheus after the EMH's have taken it back, then EMH-2 accidentally torpedoes a Starfleet vessel.
--> '''EMH Mark 1''': You hit the wrong ship!
--> '''EMH Mark 2''': It wasn't my fault!
--> '''EMH Mark 1''': Well then whose fault was it, the torpedo's? You're supposed to tell it what to do!
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->'''EMH 2:''' Ah yes, you're the Mark One EMH. The ''inferior'' programme.
->'''EMH 1:''' Inferior?!
->'''EMH 2:''' Beady eyes, terrible bedside manner. I recognise you.

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->'''EMH -->'''EMH 2:''' Ah yes, you're the Mark One EMH. The ''inferior'' programme.
->'''EMH -->'''EMH 1:''' Inferior?!
->'''EMH -->'''EMH 2:''' Beady eyes, terrible bedside manner. I recognise you.

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* BeadyEyedLoser
->'''EMH 2:''' Ah yes, you're the Mark One EMH. The ''inferior'' programme.
->'''EMH 1:''' Inferior?!
->'''EMH 2:''' Beady eyes, terrible bedside manner. I recognise you.



* HeyItsThatGuy: Comedian Andy Dick from ''Series/Newsradio'' guest stars as the EMH Mark Two.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Comedian Andy Dick from ''Series/Newsradio'' guest stars ''Series/{{Newsradio}}'' guest-stars as the EMH Mark Two.
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* TechnoBabble: Spoofed
-->''(Warning beeps)''\\
'''[=EMH2=]:''' Doctor, some... thing just went off line.\\
'''EMH:''' ... Specifically?\\
'''[=EMH2=]:''' The secondary gyrodyne relays in the propulsion field intermatrix have depolarised.\\
'''EMH:''' ''(rolling eyes)'' [[LaymansTerms In English!]]\\
'''[=EMH2=]:''' I'm just reading what it says here!
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A vast communications relay gives Voyager a window of opportunity to communicate with a Starfleet vessel in the Alpha Quadrant, so the Doctor is transmitted onto the vessel. Unfortunately the vessel has been seized by Romulan commandos, and the Doctor must gain the co-operation of the Emergency Medical Hologram (Mark Two) to take back the ship. HilarityEnsues.

* AttackPatternAlpha: Spoofed when the Doctor needs to tell the computer to execute an attack and 'Attack Pattern Alpha' is the only attack pattern he can think of (luckily for him, it does turn out to be a real attack pattern.)
* FireForgedFriends: The two holographic {{Dr Jerk}}s can't stand each other, but end up being quite proud of how they worked together to handle the crisis.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Hirogan.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The 'addition' the Doctor made to his program.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Comedian Andy Dick from ''Series/Newsradio'' guest stars as the EMH Mark Two.
* HypocriticalHumor: After griping over Seven's rudeness, B'Elanna quite likes how she sends a 'mild shock' into the annoying Hirogan.
* LostTechnology: Voyager comes across a vast abandoned network of ancient relay stations (each powered by its own black hole!) enabling them to make contact with Starfleet on the other side of the galaxy.
* MessageInABottle
* NeverGiveTheCaptainAStraightAnswer: Seven, due to her NoSocialSkills set.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: EMH Mark One versus EMH Mark Two.
* SubspaceAnsible
* UnfriendlyFire

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