History Recap / StarTrekVoyagerS5E4InTheFlesh

* StillWearingTheOldColors: Since the only Starfleet information Species 8472 has came from ''Voyager'', they are dressed in the division-color-over-black ensemble rather than the black and grey uniforms from ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact''.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The Soviet Russian town of Winniza was allegedly a recreation of Middle America so spies could train on how to pass for American.

%%* CueTheSun: Boothby orders this to more easily track Chakotay.
%%* EasilyForgiven: Conditionally; while this contingent of 8472's has forgiven ''Voyager'' their collusion with the Borg, their superiors may not feel the same.

%%* FantasticRacism: Though it's somewhat justified, as the Borg have definitely burned 8472 in the past; it's wrong, though, when "Boothby" refuses to believe Seven has ceased being a drone; she is a big part of his species' mistrust of the humans.
%%* FanDisservice: Archer's partial reversion from human form, but it doesn't last too long.
%%* HeelFaceTurn: Archer and Boothby undergo this by the end, but Bullock is a holdout; he comes around eventually.

%%* TheMole: Chakotay and Tuvok are this in 8472's simulation.
%%* TheNudifier: Chakotay tells Archer a story about a TeleporterAccident doing this to him.

** Janeway outright acknowledges once she is finally able to open a dialogue that at the time she aligned with the Borg, she didn't have a complete understanding of the reality of the situation and didn't discover until after she had already committed ''Voyager'' to the Borg's assistance that it was the ''Borg'' he started the fight.

%%* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Both humanity and Species 8472 to each other (unfortunately the latter makes Janeway's decision to align with the Borg HarsherInHindsight).
* PlotHole: Somehow, Species 8472 were able to obtain enough info about Starfleet Headquarters to even get the ''groundskeeper'' right, but couldn't judge just how far Earth actually is from fluidic space.

* AnalogyBackfire: The Doctor tells Seven about how weapons of mass destruction have been designed as a deterrent measure without the intent to actually use them. Seven responds with the fact that such weapons killed 600 million people in World War III.

%%* SimulatedUrbanCombatArea: The spy version.

* ContinuityNod: It's Boothby! Known as the longstanding groundskeeper of Starfleet Academy and mentor to cadets and captains alike, he, or rather an 8472 wearing his form, is now the mouthpiece for his species.
** Valerie Archer tells Chakotay that a lot of officers wouldn't be where they are today if not for Boothby. One such officer whom she name-drops is Picard, who once admitted that he owes his career to Boothby.
* CueTheSun: Boothby orders this to more easily track Chakotay.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Admiral Bullock's introduction at the beginning sounds like this, but it's not that harsh.
--> "Welcome to Earth. I am Admiral Bullock, and I will be your Commanding Officer for the next six months. Questions, comments, bring them to me. Problems, talk to Lieutenant Kinis." ''(indicates the Vulcan next to him)''
* EasilyForgiven: Conditionally; while this contingent of 8472's has forgiven ''Voyager'' their collusion with the Borg, their superiors may not feel the same.
* FantasticRacism: Though it's somewhat justified, as the Borg have definitely burned 8472 in the past; it's wrong, though, when "Boothby" refuses to believe Seven has ceased being a drone; she is a big part of his species' mistrust of the humans.
* FanDisservice: Archer's partial reversion from human form, but it doesn't last too long.
* HeelFaceTurn: Archer and Boothby undergo this by the end, but Bullock is a holdout; he comes around eventually.

* TheMole: Chakotay and Tuvok are this in 8472's simulation.
* TheNudifier: Chakotay tells Archer a story about a TeleporterAccident doing this to him.
* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Both humanity and Species 8472 to each other (unfortunately the latter makes Janeway's decision to align with the Borg HarsherInHindsight).
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Though it's in character for 8472, it's definitely out of character for the kindly old groundskeeper to indulge in FantasticRacism and designs on conquering Earth.
* PlotHole / SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfDistance: Somehow, Species 8472 were able to obtain enough info about Starfleet Headquarters to even get the ''groundskeeper'' right, but couldn't judge just how far Earth actually is from fluidic space.
* ShoutOut: To the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_city "closed cities" of the USSR]] in the early 20th Century.
* SimulatedUrbanCombatArea: The spy version.

* AnalogyBackfire: The Doctor tells Seven about how weapons of mass destruction have been designed as a deterrent measure without the intent to actually use them. Seven responds with the fact that such weapons killed 600 million people in World war III.

* SelfDestructMechanism: The captured "ensign" releases a toxin into his bloodstream to prevent further interrogation from Janeway.

* PlotHole: Somehow, Species 8472 were able to obtain enough info about Starfleet Headquarters to even get the ''groundskeeper'' right, but couldn't judge just how far Earth actually is from fluidic space.

* CallBack: Paris makes a [[BlackComedy gallows joke]] regarding Harry's first encounter with 8472; it almost dissolved him from the inside, but Tom says it was just trying to get to know him; can't fault a person for that!

* ShoutOut: To the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_city "closed cities" of the USSR]] in the early 20th Century.