History Recap / StarTrekVoyagerS6E16Collective

* GoodAngelBadAngel: [[RuleOfSymbolism Implied in the scene]] where Janeway is hunched over a console while the satanic looking Tuvok on one side of her, and the EMH on the other, argue whether they should use the pathogen to kill children. Janeway has a KubrickStare as she listens to them debate, but decides to meet the children face-to-face and see if she can find an alternate solution.

-->'''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.

* FamousLastWords: A DefiantToTheEnd First says, "We are Borg." Seven can only agree.
* ForcefieldDoor: Locking the [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace assimilation chamber]] the prisoners are kept in.

-->'''Paris:''' ''(rushing to this seat)'' And I had a full house...

* TheMagicPokerEquation: The boys are playing poker and Tom Paris suggests that whoever has the winning hand does tomorrow's work detail. Kim has a two pair, Neelix has a flush, and Tom has an OhCrap look when he looks out the window and [[TheDreaded sees a Borg cube bearing down on them]].

** We discover how the pathogen got onto the Borg Cube in "Child's Play".

-->'''Janeway:''' Maybe it's hard for you to accept, but you don't have to rejoin the Hive. Our Doctor can remove your implants. You can come with us. You were individuals yourselves not long ago. Children with families. You were abducted and assimilated. I recognise your species. You're Brenari, and you're Norcadian. Do you remember your world?

-->'''Leader:''' Irrelevant! The deflector, now.

** After Seven repairs Icheb, he suddenly brushes her hair, saying that her mother's hair was the same color (despite just claiming that he had no memory of his parents). First enters then and is not happy, threatening to deactivate Icheb for engaging in irrelevant discourse.

** We discover how the pathogen got onto the Borg Cube in "Childs Play".

** 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 VillainDecay has become so severe a fully-manned cube would be destroyed instantly by Janeway's DeathGlare.

-->'''Mezoti:''' [[SpockSpeak A theta class planetoid. population two and sixty million.]] {{Binary suns}}.

* 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.

** 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 and [[GoodIsNotNice orders him to proceed with the virus]].

* HeroesGoneFishing: Away from Captain Janeway's eagle eye, the boys are getting in a poker game while leaving the Delta Flyer on autopilot. They pay the price for their carelessness when a massive Borg cube creeps on them by [[StealthInSpace hiding its approach from their scanners with a dispersal field]].

* MovingTheGoalposts: Seven tries this on discovering the cube is being run by immature drones, but One refuses to accept her authority. It appears that even Borg teenagers can be rebels.

* PointyHairedBoss: The lead Borgling. He uses bluster to cover for the fact that he has no idea how to be a true leader.

* PublicSecretMessage: Chakotay tells Seven to "give my regards to Harry", to let her know that Harry Kim is out there somewhere.

* StickyBomb: Harry puts a plasma charge on the cube's shield generator. Unfortunately Mezoti catches him at it.

* 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.

* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: Icheb has this until Seven fixes him.

* YouAreNumberSix: The children designate themselves according to the order they emerged from the maturation chambers, except Icheb was first but failed to establish 'order', so the second oldest child has replaced him as First with Icheb becoming Second. At the end of the episode, Seven discovers their names in their assimilation profiles, though we never discover who First was.

** We discover why the Borg cube was damaged in "Childs Play".
* HistoryRepeats:
** The Borg attempt to use a Starfleet vessel's deflector dish to contact the Collective, as per ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact''.
** A group of Borg who have been severed from the Collective accept the authority of the first leader who offers an authoritive voice, regardless of their actual leadership skills, as per the TNG episode [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E24S7E1Descent "Descent"]].

* PlayingCardMotifs: Mezoti likes the Queen of Hearts because it reminds her of Seven of Nine.

* ContinuityNod: The Borg attempt to use a Starfleet vessel's deflector dish to contact the Collective, as per ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact''.

* MaternallyChallenged: Seven isn't happy when Janeway delegates to her the task of helping the Borg children adapt to their individuality. The episode ends with her tucking them into their regeneration alcoves.

* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: Seven points out that her years in the maturation chamber having her synapses rewired for the HiveMind has given her a sense of order that supported her as a RogueDrone. The children may not have that support if they attempt to leave their collective.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted when Harry gets a bruised face from ExplosiveInstrumentation, then he's injected with Borg nanoprobes whose ineffectual assimilation causes further FacialHorror.

-->'''Mezoti:''' [[SpockSpeak A theta class planetoid. population two and sixty million. Binary suns.]]
-->'''Janeway:''' And what did it look like when those suns set each night? Can you remember that?

** The Borg are about to tear off their deflector dish when Tuvok finds a flaw in their shields and suggests beaming over the pathogen. Janeway however finds a {{Technobabble}} way of generating a feedback pulse which will either disrupt their shields or damage Voyager further. Janeway however says that it will work, and it does.

* {{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 VillainDecay has become so severe a fully-manned cube would be destroyed instantly by Janeway's Glare of Death.

** During the battle Kim is in the Jeffries tube trying to effect repairs when a conduit explodes in his face, knocking him unconscious. Because of that he's missed by the Borg when they search the Flyer for survivors.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted with Harry gets a bruised face, then he's injected with nanoprobes whose partial assimilation causes further FacialHorror.
* BittersweetEnding: First, the most rebellious drone, is killed by ExplosiveInstrumentation while [[DefiantToTheEnd still resisting Seven's influence]].

* BittersweetEnding[=/=]DefiantToTheEnd: First, the most rebellious drone, is killed by ExplosiveInstrumentation while still resisting Seven's influence.

* GoToYourRoom: Seven tells the children to return to their maturation chambers.

* MaternallyChallenged: Seven isn't happy when Janeway delegates to her the task of helping the Borg children adapt to their individuality.

* YouAreNumberSix: The children designate themselves according to the order they emerged from the maturation chambers, except Icheb was first but failed to establish 'order', so the second oldest child has replaced him as First with Icheb becoming Second. We don't discover the names of the children until later episodes.

* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: After Seven repairs Icheb, he suddenly brushes her hair, saying that her mother's hair was the same color (despite just claiming that he had no memory of his parents). First enters then and is not happy, threatening to deactivate Icheb for engaging in irrelevant discourse.

* ExplosiveInstrumentation: During the battle Kim is in the Jeffries tube trying to effect repairs when a conduit explodes in his face, knocking him unconscious. Because of that he's missed by the Borg when they search the Flyer for survivors. This trope is also what kills First at the end.