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[[caption-width-right:350:Kids these days. One minute they're playing with their Pogs, the next, they think they can run a whole Borg cube.]]
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** According to Brannon Braga, the baby was returned to its people offscreen.
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* WouldNotHurtAChild: The Doctor makes a point of showing his captain the borg baby. Janeway doesn't like how he's trying to manipulate her.

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* WouldNotHurtAChild: The Doctor makes a point of showing his captain the borg baby. Despite the CutenessProximity, Janeway doesn't like how he's trying to manipulate her.her and [[GoodIsNotNice orders him to proceed with the virus]].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There's no mention of what ''Voyager'' did with the Borg baby.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There's no mention of what ''Voyager'' did with the Borg baby.baby.
* WouldNotHurtAChild: The Doctor makes a point of showing his captain the borg baby. Janeway doesn't like how he's trying to manipulate her.
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* DavidVsGoliath: How the Doctor describes the pathogen that disabled the cube and killed the adult drones.
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* OutOfCharacterAlert: The crew note this when they first encounter the Cube, Seven stating the attacks on various parts of Voyager are too erratic. Then when the Borg offer to return the crew members in exchange for technology, B'lanna notes "Talk about unusual behavior. The Borg negotiating?" This sets up how the Borg survivors aren't the usual type.

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* {{Hustler}}: Neelix has never played this, what's it called...poker?



* ObfuscatingStupidity: Neelix has never played this, what's it called...poker?
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* OhCrap: An epic one where the crew of the Delta Flyer see the terrified look on Tom Paris' face, then turn to see a Borg cube bearing down on them.

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* OhCrap: An epic one where the crew of the Delta Flyer see the terrified look on Tom Paris' face, then turn to [[MassOhCrap see a Borg cube bearing down on them.them]].

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* ChekhovsGun: The poker cards from TheTeaser. Harry uses them to leave a TrailOfBreadCrumbs.

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* ChekhovsGun: ChekhovsGun:
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The poker cards from TheTeaser. Harry uses them to leave a TrailOfBreadCrumbs.


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** We discover why the Borg cube was damaged in "Childs Play".
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* HoldingTheFloor: Janeway, Seven and Kim all variously attempt to stall the Borg children by talking.
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Misuse. It\'s Genre Savvy, not just \"savvy\".


* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic: Chakotay keeps Tom focused on getting out of the assimilation chamber. After all their captors aren't very GenreSavvy, [[LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard locking Starfleet officers in a roomful of cyborg components]].

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* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic: Chakotay keeps Tom focused on getting out of the assimilation chamber. After all their captors aren't very GenreSavvy, smart, [[LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard locking Starfleet officers in a roomful of cyborg components]].

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* ChekhovsGun: {{Subverted}} with the virus that the Doctor isolates--Janeway ends up not using it.

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* ChekhovsGun: The poker cards from TheTeaser. Harry uses them to leave a TrailOfBreadCrumbs.
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{{Subverted}} with the virus that the Doctor isolates--Janeway ends up not using it.
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* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic: Chakotay keeps Tom focused on getting out of the assimilation chamber. After all their captors aren't very GenreSavvy, [[[[LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard locking Starfleet officers in a roomful of cyborg components]].

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* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic: Chakotay keeps Tom focused on getting out of the assimilation chamber. After all their captors aren't very GenreSavvy, [[[[LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard [[LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard locking Starfleet officers in a roomful of cyborg components]].

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* {{Invincible Hero}}ine: Janeway is looking for the Delta Flyer. On detecting the Borg cube, she has Voyager fly right up to it and start scanning. [[IdiotPlot Either she's read the script in advance]], or the Borg's BadassDecay has become so severe a fully-manned cube would be destroyed instantly by Janeway's Glare of Death.

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* {{Invincible Hero}}ine: Janeway is looking for the Delta Flyer. On detecting the Borg cube, she has Voyager fly right up to it and start scanning. [[IdiotPlot Either she's read the script in advance]], or the Borg's BadassDecay VillainDecay has become so severe a fully-manned cube would be destroyed instantly by Janeway's Glare of Death.

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* {{Invincible Hero}}ine: Janeway is looking for the Delta Flyer. On detecting the Borg cube, she has Voyager fly right up to it and start scanning. Either she's read the script in advance, or the Borg's BadassDecay has become so severe a fully-manned cube would be destroyed instantly by Janeway's Glare of Death.

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* {{Invincible Hero}}ine: Janeway is looking for the Delta Flyer. On detecting the Borg cube, she has Voyager fly right up to it and start scanning. [[IdiotPlot Either she's read the script in advance, advance]], or the Borg's BadassDecay has become so severe a fully-manned cube would be destroyed instantly by Janeway's Glare of Death.
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* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic: Chakotay keeps Tom focused on getting out of the assimilation chamber. After all their captors aren't very GenreSavvy, [[[[LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard locking Starfleet officers in a roomful of cyborg components]].
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* {{Invincible Hero}}ine: Janeway is looking for the Delta Flyer. On detecting the Borg cube, she has Voyager fly right up to it and start scanning. Either she's read the script in advance, or the Borg's BadassDecay has become so severe a fully-manned cube can be destroyed instantly by Janeway's Glare of Death.

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* {{Invincible Hero}}ine: Janeway is looking for the Delta Flyer. On detecting the Borg cube, she has Voyager fly right up to it and start scanning. Either she's read the script in advance, or the Borg's BadassDecay has become so severe a fully-manned cube can would be destroyed instantly by Janeway's Glare of Death.
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* {{Invincible Hero}}ine: Janeway is looking for the Delta Flyer. On detecting the Borg cube, she has Voyager fly on up to it and start scanning. Either she's read the script in advance, or the Borg's BadassDecay has become so severe a fully-manned cube can be destroyed instantly by Janeway's Glare of Death.

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* {{Invincible Hero}}ine: Janeway is looking for the Delta Flyer. On detecting the Borg cube, she has Voyager fly on right up to it and start scanning. Either she's read the script in advance, or the Borg's BadassDecay has become so severe a fully-manned cube can be destroyed instantly by Janeway's Glare of Death.

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* {{Invincible Hero}}ine: Janeway is looking for the Delta Flyer. On detecting the Borg cube, she has Voyager fly on up to it and start scanning. Either she's read the script in advance, or the Borg's BadassDecay has become so severe a fully-manned cube can be destroyed instantly by Janeway's Glare of Death.
* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: "Your phaser won't work in here. Dampening field."



* InvincibleHeroine: Janeway is looking for the Delta Flyer. On detecting the Borg cube, she has Voyager fly on up to it and start scanning. Either she's read the script in advance, or the Borg's BadassDecay has become so severe a fully-manned cube can be destroyed instantly by Janeway's Glare of Death.
* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: "Your phaser won't work in here. Dampening field."

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* IdiotPlot: Janeway is looking for the Delta Flyer. On detecting the Borg cube, she has Voyager fly on up to it and start scanning. Either she's read the script in advance, or the Borg's BadassDecay has become so severe a fully-manned cube can be destroyed instantly by Janeway's Glare of Death.

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* IdiotPlot: InvincibleHeroine: Janeway is looking for the Delta Flyer. On detecting the Borg cube, she has Voyager fly on up to it and start scanning. Either she's read the script in advance, or the Borg's BadassDecay has become so severe a fully-manned cube can be destroyed instantly by Janeway's Glare of Death.
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* IdiotPlot: Janeway is looking for the Delta Flyer. On detecting the Borg cube, she has Voyager fly on up to it and start scanning. Either she's read the script in advance, or the Borg's BadassDecay has become so severe a fully-manned cube can be destroyed instantly by Janeway's Glare of Death.
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* DaydreamSurprise: Neelix dreaming they've been assimilated.
-->'''Chakotay:''' Your subconscious was jumping the gun. But not by much. From the look of this room, I'd say we're in an assimilation chamber.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Neelix has never played this...what's it called...poker?

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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Neelix has never played this...this, what's it called...poker?
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Neelix has never played this...what's it called...poker?

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* BittersweetEnding[=/=]DefiantToTheEnd: The most rebellious drone, the oldest one, is killed still resisting Seven's influence.

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* BittersweetEnding[=/=]DefiantToTheEnd: The most rebellious drone, the oldest one, is killed by ExplosiveInstrumentation while still resisting Seven's influence.influence.
* ChekhovsGun: {{Subverted}} with the virus that the Doctor isolates--Janeway ends up not using it.



* KidsAreCruel: And chaotic, and rebellious, just like human kids. Having been 'rescued' from the order and unity of the Collective did them no favors in that area.

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* CurbStompBattle: Surprisingly, ''Voyager'' pulls this on the Borg cube. Granted, the cube was already damaged and suffering from CriticalStaffingShortage, but still...
* KidsAreCruel: And chaotic, and rebellious, just like human kids. Having been 'rescued' "rescued" from the order and unity of the Collective did them no favors in that area.
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* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: "Your phaser won't work in here. Dampening field."
* OhCrap: An epic one where the crew of the Delta Flyer see the terrified look on Tom Paris' face, then turn to see a Borg cube bearing down on them.
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* BittersweetEnding: The most rebellious drone, the oldest one, is killed still resisting Seven's influence.

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* BittersweetEnding: BittersweetEnding[=/=]DefiantToTheEnd: The most rebellious drone, the oldest one, is killed still resisting Seven's influence.
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* TrailOfBreadCrumbs: Harry Kim leaves a trail of playing cards as he goes into the Borg cube to find his crew mates. One of the Borg kids ends up finding the trail, though.

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* ResetButton: Thankfully averted; in most other stories like this, the button would be hammered at the start of each new episode, but at least Icheb, whose name we'll discover in the next episode, recurs for quite a long time.

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* ResetButton: Thankfully averted; in most other stories like this, the button would be hammered at the start of each new episode, but at least Icheb, whose name we'll discover in the next episode, recurs for quite a long time.time.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There's no mention of what ''Voyager'' did with the Borg baby.
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Didn\'t need to make the Sandbox page this time, made this after I watched the episode. Any corrections/additions are of course welcomed; it\'s a Wiki! :)

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The ''Voyager'' crew encounter a group of Borg children who, it turns out, have been permanently severed from the Collective.

* BittersweetEnding: The most rebellious drone, the oldest one, is killed still resisting Seven's influence.
* CreepyChild: Seeing kids still echoing the Borg rhetoric and cold demeanor definitely has this effect.
* KidsAreCruel: And chaotic, and rebellious, just like human kids. Having been 'rescued' from the order and unity of the Collective did them no favors in that area.
* ParentalAbandonment: Of a sort; being a very pragmatic and mechanistic race, the Borg Collective discarded the damaged cube and its inhabitants, including the children, as irrelevant, unworthy of re-assimilation.
* ResetButton: Thankfully averted; in most other stories like this, the button would be hammered at the start of each new episode, but at least Icheb, whose name we'll discover in the next episode, recurs for quite a long time.

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