History Recap / StargateSG1S7E8SpaceRace

* UnderdogsNeverLose: Averted; Carter and Warrick are the least favorite and wind up coming in at a respectable third place, but they don't come anywhere close to winning.

* TropeCoTropeOfTheWeek: The [[LargeHamAnnouncer men providing the commentary]] for the race mercilessly plug their sponsor throughout the race.

* BikerBabe: Carter arrives for work at the beginning of the episode still in her biking leathers with her helmet tucked under her arm.
* BittersweetEnding: On the sweeter end of the spectrum. Carter and Warrick don't win the race, but neither does the cheating Muirios, whilst Muirios' backer, Tynan, is exposed and arrested. Meanwhile, Earth is able to negotiate an ion drive, and the actual race winner hires Warrick as a co-pilot, whcih, given that the race prize is a lucrative contract, might mean his money troubles are over.

* WeWinBecauseYouDidnt: Near the end of the race, Carter, Warrick, and Jarlath realize they're too far behind to have any chance at winning, but at least they can take out the cheater Muirios' ship to keep him from coming in first.

->'''Carter:''' Anyone ever die in this race?

* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome One with realistic consequences]]. After being gone for so long and presumed dead due to the crash of his ship, Warrick's wife moved on and remarried and he had a hard time finding new employment.

* ThereAreNoRules: The Serrakin and Hebridans both take this quite aspect of the race quite seriously. Sabotaging every other ship in the race and outfitting your own with experimental engines made by the company that sponsors the race does not count as a disqualification.

'''Warrick''' and '''Carter:''' Shut up.

* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: One with realistic consequences. After being gone for so long and presumed dead due to the crash of his ship, Warrick's wife moved on and remarried and he had a hard time finding new employment.

* RealityEnsues: After being gone for so long and presumed dead due to the crash of his ship, Warrick's wife moved on and remarried and he had a hard time finding new employment.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Warrick and his brother Eamon seem to have this kind of dynamic.

-->'''Carter:''' Look, I know that this could be dangerous. But this is out job, right? It's what we signed on to do. We take risks in the hopes of achieving new levels of technology. If -- and I stress ''if'' -- participating in this race happens to be a little bit, I don't know...

!!"Space Race"provides examples of the following tropes:

* ContinuityNod: It's mentioned that Warrick was missing and presumed dead for quite some time after [[Recap/StargateSG1S6E18Forsaken his ship crashed and stranded him on another planet]].

* HostageForMacGuffin: Tynan tries to get Warrik to throw the race in exchange for Eamon's life.

->'''Warwick:''' I told you it was dangerous.

[[Recap/StargateSG1S6E18Forsaken Warwick Finn]] asks Carter for her assistance in winning the Loop of Kon-Garat -- a high-stakes space race hosted annually around his home planet -- in exchange for access to Hebridian technology. Carter gladly accepts, but before long the pair begins to suspect that someone is trying to fix the race after their ship is sabotaged.

* ContinuityNod: It's mentioned that Warwick was missing and presumed dead for quite some time after [[Recap/StargateSG1S6E18Forsaken his ship crashed and stranded him on another planet]].

* HostageForMacGuffin: Tynan tries to get Warwick to throw the race in exchange for Eamon's life.

'''Warwick''' and '''Carter:''' Shut up.

* LoopholeAbuse: Warwick admits that his government hasn't ''technically'' agreed to share any technology with Earth yet, but that there's nothing preventing Carter from using anything she might learn while helping him in the race.

-->'''Warwick:''' Eat greaven, Jarlath.

-->'''Warwick:''' Don't ask.

* SecondPlaceIsForWinners: The winner of the race hires Warwick as her new co-pilot.

* SpaceshipSlingshotStunt: Carter and Warwick are able to slingshot the ''Sebrus'' around the Hebridian sun to give them an extra push to catch up with the rest of the race after they fall behind due to sabotage.
* TokenEvilTeammate: The antagonistic criminal contestant Jarlath joins Carter and Warwick after they rescue him when his ship loses power. He spends most of the time making an annoyance of himself, but they're able to put his weapons expertise to good use by taking the cheating favorite out of the running at the end.

* UnderdogsNeverLose: Averted; Carter and Warwick are the least favorite and wind up coming in at a respectable third place, but they don't come anywhere close to winning.
* UngratefulBastard: Jarlath isn't exactly thrilled when Carter and Warwick go out of their way to rescue him, despite the fact that he would have died if they hadn't.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Warwick and his brother Eamon seem to have this kind of dynamic.

* UngratefulBastard: Jarlath isn't exactly thrilled when Carter and Warwick go out of they way to rescue him, despite the fact that he would have died if they hadn't.

[[Recap/StargateSG1S6E18Forsaken Warwick Finn]] asks Carter for her assistance in winning the Loop of Kon-Garat -- a high-stakes space race hosted annually around his home planet -- in exchange for access to Hebridian technology. Carter gladly accepts, but before long the pair begin to suspect that someone is trying to fix the race after their ship is sabotaged.

* EnforcedPlug: The [[LargeHamAnnouncer men providing the commentary]] for the race mercilessly plug their sponsor throughout the race.

* FantasticRacism: Del Tynan, Eamon's supervisor at Tech Con, believes the Serrakin are "taking over" Hebridan through interbreeding at tries to fix the race to ensure that a pure-blooded human will win.

-->'''Carter:''' Look, I know that this could be dangerous. But this is out job, right? It's what we signed on to do. We take risks in the hopes of achieving new levels of technology. If -- and I stress ''if''-- participating in this race happens to be a little bit, I don't know...

* LoopholeAbuse: Warwick admits that his government hasn't ''technically'' agreed to share any technology with earth yet, but that there's nothing preventing Carter from using anything she might learn while helping him in the race.

* CallBack:mTeal'c uses the alias [[Recap/StargateSG1S4E11PointOfNoReturn "Murray"]] while posing as Eamon's cousin to get inside the Tech Con building.

* CallBack:
** Teal'c uses the alias [[Recap/StargateSG1S4E11PointOfNoReturn "Murray"]] while posing as Eamon's cousin to get inside the Tech Con building.
* ContinuityNod:
** It's mentioned that Warwick was missing and presumed dead for quite some time after [[Recap/StargateSG1S6E18Forsaken his ship crashed and stranded him on another planet]].