History Recap / TheOrvilleS2E11LastingImpressions

* HollywoodBoardGames: Gordon keeps yelling his guess (Dick Van Dyke) for one of the ''TabletopGame/{{Pictionary}}'' drawings. The other players ignoring him doesn't deter him. He might be an AcePilot but can act as an utter doofus on more mundane matters. At least he apologizes after the deed.

* SelfPlagiarism: [=MacFarlane=] repeats a gag from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' of a ''TabletopGame/{{Pictionary}}'' player inexplicably latching onto a single guess and repeatedly shouting it despite getting no response.

** The people in the holodeck remark upon Gordon's Union uniform, asking if it's pajamas; Gordon says that he lost a bet. Starfleet uniforms being mistaken for pajamas also happened in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', and likewise Picard remarked that he lost a bet to explain the uniform he was wearing once.

** During the game of Pictionary, one player continually guesses the same thing over and over despite it being obviously wrong (once a right answer is given, that round ends, so repitition is pointless). This same gag was also seen in an episode of Family Guy, both shows created by Seth [=MacFarlane=]

* SelfPlagiarism: [=MacFarlane=] repeats a gag from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' of a Pictionary player inexplicably latching onto a single guess and repeatedly shouting it despite getting no response.

* AlienCatnip: It turns out that Moclans have a much stronger reaction to nicotine than humans, with an addiction that is more like heroin.

* MustHaveNicotine: Bortus and Klyden take this trope UpToEleven.

** The idea that removing an element of a character's backstory would radically change who they are is precisely the lesson that Q teaches Picard in "Tapestry".

* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Averted. Jessica Szohr and Creator/LeightonMeester had co-starred together in ''Series/GossipGirl'', but they only appear together in one scene in this episode, and don't interact.

** It’s likely a full-page ad for dentistry, taking up more space than actual news content.
** [[TakeThatAudience Kelly notes that it was a miracle that the human race survived.]]

* WorstNewsJudgementEver: In-universe, cited when reading a 2015 newspaper on how society is "on the verge of climate collapse and they dedicate an entire page to teeth whitening."
** It’s likely a full-page ad for dentistry, taking up more space than actual news content.

** The people in the holodeck remark upon Gordon's Union uniform, asking if it's pajamas. Gordon replies, saying that he lost a bet. Starfleet uniforms being mistaken for pajamas also happened in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', and likewise Picard remarked that he lost a bet to explain the uniform he was wearing once.

* GRatedDrug: Downplayed as the drug itself is still serious, but it turns out that for Moclans, nicotine is more like heroin.

** Kelly drives this point home in her talk with Gordon. Kelly learned from Ed, while they were together, how to cross one eye at a time, which she demonstrates. Erase that relationship, and she wouldn't have learned to do that... or be second-in-command to Ed as part of the ''Orville'' crew, and neither would anyone anyone else currently on the ship.

** Kelly drives this point home in her talk with Gordon. Kelly learned from Ed, while they were together, how to cross one eye at a time, which she demonstrates. Erase that relationship, and she wouldn't have learned to do that... or be second-in-command to Ed as part of the ''Orville'' crew.

-->'''Dr. Sherman:''' Look at this. She's clearly asking her friend where to find the nearest repair service for her device, but instead of writing "Wireless Telecommunications Facility", she just wrote WTF.

* CallBack: Gordon brings up Ed dating a Krill. Based on Ed's reaction, he still isn't over that, and he points out that he didn't know she was a Krill when he was dating her.