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* ThrowItIn: The scene where Keevan announces that they're all going to die and every Ferengi turns to look at him in unison.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The hostage was originally supposed to be Zek but Creator/WallaceShawn was unavailable so they changed it to Ishka.
** Interestingly enough that would be writing themselves into a corner, because the Dominion kidnapping Grand Nagus Zek (the leader of the Ferengi Alliance), as opposed to his secret girlfriend, would mean the Dominion just committed an act of war against the Ferengi Alliance.

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* ThrowItIn: ThrowItIn:
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The scene where Keevan announces that they're all going to die and every Ferengi turns to look at him in unison.
** The actors provided the finger-counting aspect to the episode as a direct reference to ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven''. According to the showrunners, they hadn't based the episode on the film. Presumably the episode was retitled afterward.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The hostage was originally supposed to be Zek Zek, but Creator/WallaceShawn was unavailable unavailable, so they changed it to Ishka.
** Interestingly enough that would be writing themselves into a corner, because the Dominion kidnapping Grand Nagus Zek (the leader of the Ferengi Alliance), as opposed to his secret girlfriend, would mean the Dominion just committed an act of war against the Ferengi Alliance.
Ishka.

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: The hostage was originally supposed to be Zek but Creator/WallaceShawn was unavailable so they changed it to Ishka.

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: RecycledSet: As with Eddington's cell in Season 5's "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E23BlazeOfGlory Blaze of Glory]]", Gaila's Holding Cell in this episode is a redress of the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' Brig set.
* ThrowItIn: The scene where Keevan announces that they're all going to die and every Ferengi turns to look at him in unison.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
The hostage was originally supposed to be Zek but Creator/WallaceShawn was unavailable so they changed it to Ishka.



* RecycledSet: As with Eddington's cell in Season 5's "Blaze of Glory", Gaila's Holding Cell in this episode is a redress of the ''Star Trek: Voyager'' Brig set.
* ThrowItIn: The scene where Keevan announces that they're all going to die and every Ferengi turns to look at him in unison.

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* RecycledSet: As with Eddington's cell in Season 5's "Blaze of Glory", Gaila's Holding Cell in this episode is a redress of the ''Star Trek: Voyager'' Brig set.
* ThrowItIn: The scene where Keevan announces that they're all going to die and every Ferengi turns to look at him in unison.
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* * RecycledSet: As with Eddington's cell in Season 5's "Blaze of Glory", Gaila's Holding Cell in this episode is a redress of the ''Star Trek: Voyager'' Brig set.

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* * RecycledSet: As with Eddington's cell in Season 5's "Blaze of Glory", Gaila's Holding Cell in this episode is a redress of the ''Star Trek: Voyager'' Brig set.
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* * RecycledSet: As with Eddington's cell in Season 5's "Blaze of Glory", Gaila's Holding Cell in this episode is a redress of the ''Star Trek: Voyager'' Brig set.
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** Interestingly enough that would be writing themselves into a corner, because the Dominion kidnapping the Grand Nagus Zek (the leader of the Ferengi Alliance), as opposed to his secret girlfriend, would mean the Dominion just committed an act of war against the Ferengi Alliance.

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** Interestingly enough that would be writing themselves into a corner, because the Dominion kidnapping the Grand Nagus Zek (the leader of the Ferengi Alliance), as opposed to his secret girlfriend, would mean the Dominion just committed an act of war against the Ferengi Alliance.
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** Interestingly enough that would be writing themselves into a corner, because the Dominion kidnapping the Grand Nagus Zek (the leader of the Ferengi Alliance), as opposed to his secret girlfriend, would mean the Dominion just committed an act of war against the Ferengi Alliance.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: The hostage was originally supposed to be Zek but Wallace Shawn was unavailable so they changed it to Ishka.

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: The hostage was originally supposed to be Zek but Wallace Shawn Creator/WallaceShawn was unavailable so they changed it to Ishka.
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* ThrowItIn: The scene where Ishka announces that they're all going to die and every Ferengi turns to look at him in unison.

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* ThrowItIn: The scene where Ishka Keevan announces that they're all going to die and every Ferengi turns to look at him in unison.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: The hostage was originally supposed to be Zek but Wallace Shawn was unavailable so they changed it to Ishka.

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: The hostage was originally supposed to be Zek but Wallace Shawn was unavailable so they changed it to Ishka.Ishka.
* ThrowItIn: The scene where Ishka announces that they're all going to die and every Ferengi turns to look at him in unison.

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The hostage was supposed to be Zek but Wallace Shawn was unavailable so they changed it to Ishka.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, they were going to have Grand Nagus Zek be the hostage, but Wallace Shawn was unavailable.

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: RealLifeWritesThePlot[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: The hostage was originally supposed to be Zek but Wallace Shawn was unavailable so they changed it to Ishka.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, they were going to have Grand Nagus Zek be the hostage, but Wallace Shawn was unavailable.
Ishka.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: The hostage was supposed to be Zek but Wallace Shawn was unavailable so they changed it to Ishka.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]] as Yelgrin. The writers had really wanted to have Iggy on the show, but he had been unavailable previously.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, they were going to have Grand Nagus Zek be the hostage, but Wallace Shawn was unavailable.
** SF Debris made fun of this, saying that the Dominion had really gone downhill in terms of how threatening it was- they had gone from a force that was capable of conquering civilizations... to kidnapping Quark's Mom.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, they were going to have Grand Nagus Zek be the hostage, but Wallace Shawn was unavailable.
** SF Debris made fun of this, saying that the Dominion had really gone downhill in terms of how threatening it was- they had gone from a force that was capable of conquering civilizations... to kidnapping Quark's Mom.
unavailable.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]] as Yelgrin. The writers had really wanted to have Iggy on the show, but he had been unavailable previously.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, they were going to have Grand Nagus Zek be the hostage, but Wallace Shawn was unavailable.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, they were going to have Grand Nagus Zek be the hostage, but Wallace Shawn was unavailable.unavailable.
** SF Debris made fun of this, saying that the Dominion had really gone downhill in terms of how threatening it was- they had gone from a force that was capable of conquering civilizations... to kidnapping Quark's Mom.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, they were going to have Grand Nagus Zek be the hostage, but Wallace Shawn was unavailable.

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