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* IncrediblyObviousBomb: When the warhead arms itself it starts to beep at a high pitch and flash red instead of blue. Unfortunately it wasn't so obvious on the planet -- Janeway and Seven only discover it's a weapon after locating a large crater in the planet's surface from the warhead's partner.

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* IncrediblyObviousBomb: When the warhead arms itself it starts to beep at a high pitch and flash red instead of blue. Unfortunately it wasn't so obvious on the planet -- planet--it looks like a missile, but so would an atmospheric probe. Janeway and Seven only discover it's a weapon after locating a large crater in the planet's surface from the warhead's partner.

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* EmpathicWeapon: The long-range tactical armor unit is so intelligent it's not only programmed, it's also fed with propaganda on its ruthless and hostile "enemy". Fortunately Harry is therefore able to reason with it.
-->'''Harry:''' Ever since you took the Doctor's form you've been learning what it's like to be one of us. Now, try to imagine what it's like to be one of your victims! ''(points at Seven of Nine, unconscious on the biobed)'' Your first victim. You've seen her suffering. Increase that by a factor of one million--ten million!--and that's how much suffering you'll cause if you don't end this.
* FanOfThePast: Tom has already used up his replicator advance making pork rinds for a BMovie marathon.


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* EmpathicWeapon: The Series 5 Long-Range Tactical Armor Unit is so intelligent it's not only programmed, it's also fed with propaganda on its ruthless and hostile "enemy". Fortunately Harry is therefore able to reason with it.
-->'''Harry:''' Ever since you took the Doctor's form you've been learning what it's like to be one of us. Now, try to imagine what it's like to be one of your victims! ''(points at Seven of Nine, unconscious on the biobed)'' Your first victim. You've seen her suffering. Increase that by a factor of one million--ten million!--and that's how much suffering you'll cause if you don't end this.


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* FanOfThePast: Tom has already used up his replicator advance making pork rinds for a BMovie marathon.
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* RedShirt: Averted. Harry, Doc, and a nameless gold-shirt go on an away mission, and all three make it back without incident.
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** The warhead and its mission of destruction also has some similarities with Nomad from the Original Series episode "The Changeling".

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** The warhead and its mission of destruction also has some similarities with Nomad from the Original Series episode "The Changeling".Changeling."
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** The warhead and it's mission of destruction also has some similarities with Nomad from the Original Series episode "The Changeling".

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** The warhead and it's its mission of destruction also has some similarities with Nomad from the Original Series episode "The Changeling".



* IdentityAmnesia: The warhead has forgotten that it's even a machine. Unfortunately when its systems are rebooted it remembers its mission, but not the order cancelling it.

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* IdentityAmnesia: The warhead has forgotten that it's even a machine. Unfortunately when its systems are rebooted rebooted, it remembers its mission, but not the order cancelling it.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: Inverted, as the warhead A.I. learns about how its targets feel and decides to prevent itself and its fellows from reaching their target.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: Inverted, ''Voyager'' encounters a group of sentient missiles who are initially mistaken as probes. One is taken aboard and reveals they are programmed to attack an inhabited planet. The crew attempts to dissuade them from their mission, appealing to their ability to think independently and realize that the war had ended. They only convince one warhead, which chooses to perform a HeroicSacrifice by [[LoopholeAbuse changing the definition of 'enemy']]; instead of the planet, it now targets its fellow warheads. The friendly warhead A.I. learns about how lamented the fact that its targets feel first and decides only act of free will was deciding to prevent itself and its fellows from reaching their target.kill itself.
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* BilingualDialogue: The Doctor's English and the warhead's beeping, ''a la'' [[Film/StarWars C-3PO and R2-D2]].

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* BilingualDialogue: The Doctor's English and the warhead's beeping, ''a la'' [[Film/StarWars [[Franchise/StarWars C-3PO and R2-D2]].
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[[caption-width-right:350: "Oh, look, an unidentified weapon! Let's bring it aboard! What's the worst that can happen?]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: "Oh, look, an unidentified weapon! Let's bring it aboard! What's the worst that can happen?]]
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* {{Expy}}: The merchant alien is mostly a non-human expy of Harry Mudd from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', with matching mannerisms and vocal patterns, until he tries to mug Voyager and gets [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped]] by the weapon's AI.
** The warhead and it's mission of destruction also has some similarities with Nomad from the Original Series episode ''The Changeling''.

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The merchant alien is mostly a non-human expy of Harry Mudd from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', with matching mannerisms and vocal patterns, until he tries to mug Voyager and gets [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped]] by the weapon's AI.
** The warhead and it's mission of destruction also has some similarities with Nomad from the Original Series episode ''The Changeling''."The Changeling".

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%%* BMovie: Tom has already used up his replicator advance making pork rinds for a BMovie marathon.


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* FanOfThePast: Tom has already used up his replicator advance making pork rinds for a BMovie marathon.

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Misuse. Commented it out because it's a Zero Context Example; it doesn't clearly indicate that the movies are B Movies.


%%* BMovie: Tom has already used up his replicator advance making pork rinds for a BMovie marathon.



* TheresNoBInMovie: Tom has already used up his replicator advance making pork rinds for a BMovie marathon.
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--> '''Warhead:''' I have a duty to protect my people. I will not betray them. Now ''get out'' before I'm forced to harm you!

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--> '''Warhead:''' I have a duty to protect my people. I will not betray them. Now ''get out'' GET OUT before I'm forced to harm you!
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* GetOut: When Harry tries to talk down the warhead.
--> '''Warhead:''' I have a duty to protect my people. I will not betray them. Now ''get out'' before I'm forced to harm you!
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* ArtisticLicenseShips: Space doesn't have a night. While it's possible that a 'night' shift would be used for beings who evolved on a planet with day and night, such a shift would be fully manned because there would be no reason why you'd be any less likely to have a crisis, unless Voyager came to a dead stop during the shift.

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* ArtisticLicenseShips: Space doesn't have a night. While it's possible that a 'night' shift would be used for beings a mostly human crew who evolved on a planet with day and night, such a shift would be fully manned because there would be no reason why you'd be any less likely to have a crisis, unless Voyager came to a dead stop during the shift.
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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Space doesn't have a night. While it's possible that a 'night' shift would be used for beings who evolved on a planet with day and night, such a shift would be fully manned because there would be no reason why you'd be any less likely to have a crisis unless Voyager came to a dead stop during the shift.

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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: ArtisticLicenseShips: Space doesn't have a night. While it's possible that a 'night' shift would be used for beings who evolved on a planet with day and night, such a shift would be fully manned because there would be no reason why you'd be any less likely to have a crisis crisis, unless Voyager came to a dead stop during the shift.

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