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* {{Hypocrite}}: Barham admits that he's cheated on Jennifer, who only stayed with him because of her "old-fashioned ideas about divorce"; as he says to her, "You took your marriage vows more seriously than I ever took mine." Still, Barham's brain doesn't react well when it realizes that Jennifer and Major [=McKinnon=] are becoming attracted to each other.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Barham admits that he's cheated on Jennifer, who only stayed with him only because of her "old-fashioned ideas about divorce"; as he says confesses to her, "You took your marriage vows more seriously than I ever took mine." Still, Barham's brain doesn't react well when it realizes that Jennifer and Major [=McKinnon=] are becoming attracted to each other.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Barham admits that he cheated on Jennifer while he was still healthy, and she only stayed with him because of her "old-fashioned ideas about divorce"; as he says to her, "You took your marriage vows more seriously than I ever took mine." Still, Barham's brain doesn't react well when it realizes that Jennifer and Major [=McKinnon=] are becoming attracted to each other.
* IronicEcho: Early in the episode, Major [=McKinnon=] analyzes Barham in an attempt to help him. Later, when Barham's brain sarcastically offers to analyze [=McKinnon=] ("Problems, Major? They’re only for mortals. Would you like to discuss yours?"), it leads the psychologist to have a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment for his participation in the project.
* IronicEcho: Early in the episode, Major [=McKinnon=] analyzes Barham in an attempt to help him. Later, when Barham's brain sarcastically offers to analyze [=McKinnon=] ("Problems, Major? They’re only for mortals. Would you like to discuss yours?"), it leads the psychologist to have a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment for his participation in the project.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Barham admits that he he's cheated on Jennifer while he was still healthy, and she Jennifer, who only stayed with him because of her "old-fashioned ideas about divorce"; as he says to her, "You took your marriage vows more seriously than I ever took mine." Still, Barham's brain doesn't react well when it realizes that Jennifer and Major [=McKinnon=] are becoming attracted to each other.
* IronicEcho: Early in the episode, Major [=McKinnon=] analyzes Barham in an attempt to help him. Later,when Barham's brain sarcastically offers to analyze [=McKinnon=] ("Problems, Major? They’re only for mortals. Would you like to discuss yours?"), it which leads the psychologist to have a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment for his participation in the project.
* IronicEcho: Early in the episode, Major [=McKinnon=] analyzes Barham in an attempt to help him. Later,
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Barham admits that he cheated on Jennifer while he was still healthy, and she only stayed with him because of her "old-fashioned ideas about divorce"; as he says to her, "You took your marriage vows more seriously than I ever took mine." Still, Barham's brain doesn't react well when it realizes that Jennifer and Major [=McKinnon=] are becoming attracted to each other.
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* TheReveal: In the prologue, Barham's wheelchair is hidden from the audience for the first few minutes.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Barham cheated on his wife Jennifer while he was still healthy. She stayed with him because of her "old-fashioned ideas about divorce".
-->'''Barham''' (to Jennifer): You took your marriage vows more seriously than I ever took mine.
** {{Hypocrite}}: Still, Barham's brain doesn't react well when it realizes that Jennifer and Major [=McKinnon=] are becoming attracted to each other.
-->'''Barham''' (to Jennifer): You took your marriage vows more seriously than I ever took mine.
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* OnlySaneMan[=/=]ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Major [=McKinnon=], the project's psychologist, isn't sure that the experiment is a good idea--and even if it was, he's the only one who realizes that a {{Jerkass}} like Barham may not be the ideal test subject. Also, he's the first to figure out that Barham's brain is behind Nichols and Rahm's attacks.
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* OnlySaneMan[=/=]ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Major [=McKinnon=], the project's psychologist, isn't sure that the experiment is a good idea--and idea -- and even if it was, he's the only one who realizes that a {{Jerkass}} like Barham may not be the ideal test subject. Also, he's the first to figure out that Barham's brain is behind Nichols and Rahm's attacks.
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* TheMisanthrope: Barham reveals himself to be one while brooding over his impending demise.
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* IronicEcho: Early in the episode, Major [=McKinnon=] analyzes Barham. Later, when Barham's brain sarcastically offers to analyze [=McKinnon=], it leads the psychologist to have a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment for his participation in the project.
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* IronicEcho: Early in the episode, Major [=McKinnon=] analyzes Barham. Barham in an attempt to help him. Later, when Barham's brain sarcastically offers to analyze [=McKinnon=], [=McKinnon=] ("Problems, Major? They’re only for mortals. Would you like to discuss yours?"), it leads the psychologist to have a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment for his participation in the project.
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* AssholeVictim: The bad-tempered, self-pitying Colonel Barham. Yes, he's terminally ill, but the episode makes it clear that he was a {{Jerkass}} even when he was healthy.
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* IronicEcho: Early in the episode, Major [=McKinnon=] analyzes Barham. Later, when Barham's brain sarcastically offers to analyze [=McKinnon=], it leads the psychologist to have a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment.
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Terminally ill astronaut Colonel Alec Barham (Anthony Eisley) volunteers to become a BrainInAJar in preparation for having his brain transferred into a robot that will explore UsefulNotes/{{Mars}}. At first, all seems well, but soon Barham's brain begins to go mad and gains mental powers.
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** SnarkToSnarkCombat: When General Pettit is talking Barham into letting himself be disembodied.
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-->'''Barham:''' Why me? Why do I have to die, with the world full of useless slobs?
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->'''The Control Voice''': With the world growing more crowded, the great powers strive to conquer other planets. The race is on. The interplanetary sea has been charted; the first caravelle of space is being constructed. Who will get there first? Who will be the new Columbus?
A terminally ill astronaut, Colonel Alec Barham (Anthony Eisley), volunteers to become a BrainInAJar in preparation for having his brain transferred into a robot that will explore UsefulNotes/{{Mars}}. At first, all seems well, but soon Barham's brain begins to go mad and gains mental powers.
A terminally ill astronaut, Colonel Alec Barham (Anthony Eisley), volunteers to become a BrainInAJar in preparation for having his brain transferred into a robot that will explore UsefulNotes/{{Mars}}. At first, all seems well, but soon Barham's brain begins to go mad and gains mental powers.
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->'''The Control Voice''': With the world growing more crowded, the great powers strive to conquer other planets. The race is on. The interplanetary sea has been charted; the first caravelle of space is being constructed. Who will get there first? Who will be the new Columbus?
A terminally[[UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus Columbus]]?
Terminally illastronaut, astronaut Colonel Alec Barham (Anthony Eisley), Eisley) volunteers to become a BrainInAJar in preparation for having his brain transferred into a robot that will explore UsefulNotes/{{Mars}}. At first, all seems well, but soon Barham's brain begins to go mad and gains mental powers.
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* MindControl: Barham's brain gains this power, which is {{Handwaved}} by the explanation that it's growing and becoming more powerful because it's free of its failing body. It shoots {{Hypno Ray}}s at Colonel Nichols and Dr. Rahm, turning them into BrainwashedAndCrazy mental slaves that attempt to do its bidding.
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* MindControl: Barham's brain gains this power, which is {{Handwaved}} by the explanation that it's growing and becoming more powerful because it's free of its failing body. It shoots {{Hypno Ray}}s at Colonel Nichols and Dr. Rahm, temporarily turning them into BrainwashedAndCrazy mental slaves that who attempt to do its bidding.
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* AbsentMindedProfessor: Invoked when the mind-controlled Dr. Rahm walks past Jennifer and Major Locke with a "frozen, glassy stare", ignoring Jennifer when she tries to speak with him.
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* AbsentMindedProfessor: Invoked {{Invoked}} when the mind-controlled Dr. Rahm walks past Jennifer and Major Locke with a "frozen, glassy stare", ignoring Jennifer when she tries to speak with him.
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* AGodAmI: Barham's brain begins to go mad with power.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Barham's brain turns its HypnoRay on Dr. Rahm (Wesley Addy).]]
->'''The Control Voice''': With the world growing more crowded, the great powers strive to conquer other planets. The race is on. The interplanetary sea has been charted; the first caravelle of space is being constructed. Who will get there first? Who will be the new Columbus?
A terminally ill astronaut, Colonel Alec Barham (Anthony Eisley), volunteers to become a BrainInAJar in preparation for having his brain transferred into a robot that will explore UsefulNotes/{{Mars}}. At first, all seems well, but soon Barham's brain begins to go mad and gains mental powers.
->'''The Control Voice''': Progress goes on. One experiment fails, but even out of failure valuable lessons are learned. A way will be found, someday, somehow. It always is.
!!Tropes:
* AbsentMindedProfessor: Invoked when the mind-controlled Dr. Rahm walks past Jennifer and Major Locke with a "frozen, glassy stare", ignoring Jennifer when she tries to speak with him.
-->'''Jennifer:''' What's the matter with him?
-->'''Locke:''' He's a scientist, Mrs. Barham. They walk around in a daze most of the time.
* BrainInAJar: Barham is kept alive as a brain in a vat.
* DeadpanSnarker: One way that Barham deals with his situation.
** SnarkToSnarkCombat: When General Pettit is talking Barham into letting himself be disembodied.
-->'''Barham''': Tell me something, General. How would I do with pretty girls?
-->'''Pettit''': How you doin' now?
* AGodAmI: Barham's brain begins to go mad with power.
* HerrDoktor[=/=]MadScientist: Dr. Hausner (played by Martin Kosleck, who fled 1930s Germany to play Nazi villains in several UsefulNotes/WorldWarII films) definitely gives off this vibe. Even after everyone else realizes that Barham's brain has to be destroyed, he still wants it kept alive for the sake of the project.
* IronicEcho: Early in the episode, Major [=McKinnon=] analyzes Barham. Later, when Barham's brain sarcastically offers to analyze [=McKinnon=], it leads the psychologist to have a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment.
* JerkVictim: The bad-tempered, self-pitying title character. Yes, he's terminally ill, but the episode makes it clear that he was a jerk even when he was healthy.
* LastNameBasis: Dr. Rahm's first name is never revealed.
* MindControl: Barham's brain gains this power, which is {{Handwaved}} by the explanation that it's growing and becoming more powerful because it's free of its failing body. It shoots {{Hypno Ray}}s at Colonel Nichols and Dr. Rahm, turning them into BrainwashedAndCrazy mental slaves that attempt to do its bidding.
* OnlySaneMan[=/=]ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Major [=McKinnon=], the project's psychologist, isn't sure that the experiment is a good idea--and even if it was, he's the only one who realizes that a {{Jerkass}} like Barham may not be the ideal test subject. Also, he's the first to figure out that Barham's brain is behind Nichols and Rahm's attacks.
** IgnoredExpert: The other characters are so desperate for the experiment to succeed that they disregard [=McKinnon=]'s warnings until it's almost too late.
* TheReveal: In the prologue, Barham's wheelchair is hidden from the audience for the first few minutes.
* SniperRifle: General Pettit uses one to destroy Barham's brain.
* SpaceIsAnOcean: Invoked in the OpeningNarration.
* TheXOfY: The episode title.
* YourCheatingHeart: Barham cheated on his wife Jennifer while he was still healthy. She stayed with him because of her "old-fashioned ideas about divorce".
-->'''Barham''' (to Jennifer): You took your marriage vows more seriously than I ever took mine.
** {{Hypocrite}}: Still, Barham's brain doesn't react well when it realizes that Jennifer and Major [=McKinnon=] are becoming attracted to each other.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Barham's brain turns its HypnoRay on Dr. Rahm (Wesley Addy).]]
->'''The Control Voice''': With the world growing more crowded, the great powers strive to conquer other planets. The race is on. The interplanetary sea has been charted; the first caravelle of space is being constructed. Who will get there first? Who will be the new Columbus?
A terminally ill astronaut, Colonel Alec Barham (Anthony Eisley), volunteers to become a BrainInAJar in preparation for having his brain transferred into a robot that will explore UsefulNotes/{{Mars}}. At first, all seems well, but soon Barham's brain begins to go mad and gains mental powers.
->'''The Control Voice''': Progress goes on. One experiment fails, but even out of failure valuable lessons are learned. A way will be found, someday, somehow. It always is.
!!Tropes:
* AbsentMindedProfessor: Invoked when the mind-controlled Dr. Rahm walks past Jennifer and Major Locke with a "frozen, glassy stare", ignoring Jennifer when she tries to speak with him.
-->'''Jennifer:''' What's the matter with him?
-->'''Locke:''' He's a scientist, Mrs. Barham. They walk around in a daze most of the time.
* BrainInAJar: Barham is kept alive as a brain in a vat.
* DeadpanSnarker: One way that Barham deals with his situation.
** SnarkToSnarkCombat: When General Pettit is talking Barham into letting himself be disembodied.
-->'''Barham''': Tell me something, General. How would I do with pretty girls?
-->'''Pettit''': How you doin' now?
* AGodAmI: Barham's brain begins to go mad with power.
* HerrDoktor[=/=]MadScientist: Dr. Hausner (played by Martin Kosleck, who fled 1930s Germany to play Nazi villains in several UsefulNotes/WorldWarII films) definitely gives off this vibe. Even after everyone else realizes that Barham's brain has to be destroyed, he still wants it kept alive for the sake of the project.
* IronicEcho: Early in the episode, Major [=McKinnon=] analyzes Barham. Later, when Barham's brain sarcastically offers to analyze [=McKinnon=], it leads the psychologist to have a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment.
* JerkVictim: The bad-tempered, self-pitying title character. Yes, he's terminally ill, but the episode makes it clear that he was a jerk even when he was healthy.
* LastNameBasis: Dr. Rahm's first name is never revealed.
* MindControl: Barham's brain gains this power, which is {{Handwaved}} by the explanation that it's growing and becoming more powerful because it's free of its failing body. It shoots {{Hypno Ray}}s at Colonel Nichols and Dr. Rahm, turning them into BrainwashedAndCrazy mental slaves that attempt to do its bidding.
* OnlySaneMan[=/=]ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Major [=McKinnon=], the project's psychologist, isn't sure that the experiment is a good idea--and even if it was, he's the only one who realizes that a {{Jerkass}} like Barham may not be the ideal test subject. Also, he's the first to figure out that Barham's brain is behind Nichols and Rahm's attacks.
** IgnoredExpert: The other characters are so desperate for the experiment to succeed that they disregard [=McKinnon=]'s warnings until it's almost too late.
* TheReveal: In the prologue, Barham's wheelchair is hidden from the audience for the first few minutes.
* SniperRifle: General Pettit uses one to destroy Barham's brain.
* SpaceIsAnOcean: Invoked in the OpeningNarration.
* TheXOfY: The episode title.
* YourCheatingHeart: Barham cheated on his wife Jennifer while he was still healthy. She stayed with him because of her "old-fashioned ideas about divorce".
-->'''Barham''' (to Jennifer): You took your marriage vows more seriously than I ever took mine.
** {{Hypocrite}}: Still, Barham's brain doesn't react well when it realizes that Jennifer and Major [=McKinnon=] are becoming attracted to each other.
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