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* ExactWords: In Nano Episode 1, Captain Trigger orders the crew to fire on his mark. Samson primes the grenade he's holding... and then waits out the entire firefight with it in his hand.
-->'''Trigger''': "Samson?"
-->'''Samson''' (holding a rapidly beeping grenade): "You said 'on your mark', and I didn't want to disappoint you again."
-->'''Trigger''': "Mark!"
-->'''*KABOOM!*'''
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* BuryMeNotOnTheLonePrairie: Captain Trigger in Nano Episode 1:
--> "Tell 'em to spready my ashes in Ireland, boys, I hear it's lovely this time of year... or... maybe Sweden, I'd blend in well there."
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--> '''Reggie''': "Screw you, you... bongaloogaloo. I'll... put his shrimp on the barbie."

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--> '''Reggie''': '''Reggie''' (in an Australian accent): "Screw you, you... bongaloogaloo. I'll... put his shrimp on the barbie."

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* ContinuityNod: At the end of "Sibling Rivalry", Captain Trigger asks Yasaki if he's "sober enough to snake us out that ravine", a callback to the NoodleIncident from Episode I.



--> '''Captain Trigger''': Let me tell you something: whether my orders are technical, dangerous or goddamned beautifully metaphorical, you better flogging well do 'em. So when I tell you, Ensign Yasaki, to take the second star to the right and drive straight on till morning, you better flogging well do it. You got that?

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--> '''Captain Trigger''': Let "Let me tell you something: whether my orders are technical, dangerous or goddamned beautifully metaphorical, you better flogging well do 'em. So when I tell you, Ensign Yasaki, to take the second star to the right and drive straight on till morning, you better flogging well do it. You got that?that?"



--> '''Reggie''' (in a heavy Japanese accent): I wirr do my best to do honor to you, Trigger-sama.
--> '''Yasaki''': All right... No, Reggie. No!

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** Episode I, "Second Star":
--> '''Yasaki''': "We all know the accent's fake. We're spacemen living in closed metal tubes. There's no way you can have a regional dialect."
--> '''Reggie''': "Screw you, you... bongaloogaloo. I'll... put his shrimp on the barbie."
** Episode VII, "Edge of the Universe":
--> '''Reggie''' (in a heavy Japanese accent): I "I wirr do my best to do honor to you, Trigger-sama.
Trigger-sama."
--> '''Yasaki''': All "All right... No, Reggie. No!No!"
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** Season 1's ubiquitous [[LensFlare lens flares]] are a jab at JJ Abrams' Film/StarTrek.
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* HolographicTerminal: The only kind of user interface in the series, to make things futuristic... and because all of season 1 was green screened, so all the interfaces had to be CG'd in in post.

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* SpaceX: Used for pretty much everything, for comedic effect. In one of the discussion panels they even discuss trying to get "Jesus Space Christ" into the script.
--> '''Tricklesmith''' "I've raised a devil, and soon my soul will transcend into Space Hell, where I will be hailed as a hero for raising the spawn of Space Satan himself!

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* SpaceX: Used for pretty much everything, for comedic effect. In one of the discussion panels they even discuss trying to get "Jesus Space Christ" into the script.
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--> '''Tricklesmith''' '''Tricklesmith''': "I've raised a devil, and soon my soul will transcend into Space Hell, where I will be hailed as a hero for raising the spawn of Space Satan himself!himself!
** In one of the discussion panels they even discuss trying to get "Jesus Space Christ" into the script.
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--> '''Tricklesmith''' "I've raised a devil, and soon my soul will transcend into Space Hell, where I will be hailed as a hero for raising the spawn of Space Satan himself!
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* NegativeContinuity: Finally explained in "The Sins of the Father" as a result of [[spoiler:all of the episodes of season 1 being simulations]].

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* NegativeContinuity: Someone -- often ''everyone'' -- dies in every single episode of season 1 only to come back in the next one. Finally explained in "The Sins of the Father" as a result of [[spoiler:all of the episodes of season 1 being simulations]].
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* NegativeContinuity NegativeContinuity: Finally explained in "The Sins of the Father" as a result of [[spoiler:all of the episodes of season 1 being simulations]].

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* ShoutOut: Most of "The Kidnapping at Blue Horizon", [=McCall=]'s origin episode, is a WholePlotReference to Film/BackToTheFuture.

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Most of "The Kidnapping at Blue Horizon", [=McCall=]'s origin episode, is a WholePlotReference to Film/BackToTheFuture.Film/BackToTheFuture.
** Tricklesmith the butler in Captain Trigger's origin episode, "The Sins of the Father", is a shout-out to Michael Caine's Alfred in Film/BatmanBegins.
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* SpaceX: Used for pretty much everything, for comedic effect. In one of the discussion panels they even discuss trying to get "Jesus Space Christ" into the script.
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* ShoutOut: Most of "The Kidnapping at Blue Horizon", [=McCall=]'s origin episode, is a WholePlotReference to Film/BackToTheFuture.
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* MrExposition: The Locus in "The Return of Icarus".

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* MrExposition: The [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] with the Locus in "The Return of Icarus".
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* EmpathyDollShot: Used in Yasaki's backstory in "The Return of Icarus".
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* MrExposition: The Locus in "The Return of Icarus".
-->[[spoiler:"I owe you for killing the pilot that murdered my young innocent child that fateful day in the stars. That pilot was of course Charlie Sang-Soo Yasaki also known as Icarus but you know that 'cause you just murdered him."]]


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* RetiredBadAss: Yasaki in "The Return of Icarus", until Captain Trigger brings him out of retirement.


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* SympatheticMurderBackstory: In "The Return of Icarus", [[spoiler:Yasaki is revealed to have destroyed a civilian ship]].
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-->'''Sol-Bot''': "Physically, there appears to be nothing wrong with him. It seems he has simply given up the will to live"
-->'''Samson''': "Somebody please help, I don't wanna die! I really don't wanna die! ''*spits blood*'' Oh that's not good...

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-->'''Sol-Bot''': "Physically, there appears to be nothing wrong with him. It seems he has simply given up the will to live"
live."
-->'''Samson''': "Somebody please help, I don't wanna die! I really don't wanna die! ''*spits blood*'' Oh that's not good..."
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* DeathByDespair: What the Sol-Bot tries to explain Samson's medical condition in episode III, "The Will to Live", as. While Samson's covered in blood and shouting how he doesn't want to die.

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* DeathByDespair: What the Sol-Bot tries to explain Samson's medical condition as in episode III, "The Will to Live", as.Live". While Samson's covered in blood and shouting how he doesn't want to die.
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* DeathByDespair: What the Sol-Bot tries to explain Samson's medical condition in episode III, "The Will to Live", as. While Samson's covered in blood and shouting how he doesn't want to die.
-->'''Captain Trigger''': "How bad is it, doctor?"
-->'''Sol-Bot''': "Physically, there appears to be nothing wrong with him. It seems he has simply given up the will to live"
-->'''Samson''': "Somebody please help, I don't wanna die! I really don't wanna die! ''*spits blood*'' Oh that's not good...
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* StringyHairedGhostGirl: The plot of Episode VIII: Ominous.
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* OriginsEpisode: Started as stretch goals in the Kickstarter. Only two were reached, but the team decided to do all of them anyway.

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* OriginsEpisode: Started as stretch goals in the Kickstarter. Only two were reached, but the team decided to do all of them - one for every character - anyway.
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* OriginsEpisode: Started as stretch goals in the Kickstarter. Only two were reached, but the team decided to do all of them anyway.
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* LiteralMetaphor: In episode I, Captain Trigger orders the ship to ''literally'' steer to "the second star to the right and straight on til' morning".
--> '''Yasaki''': Look. Remember when you told me to "snake" the ship out of the ravine? My impression is a snake goes like this: [mimes a slithering snake]. And your impression was that a snake coils. And ''that'' miscommunication cost Reginald his left eye.

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* LiteralMetaphor: In episode I, Captain Trigger orders the ship to ''literally'' steer to "the second star to the right and straight on til' till morning".
--> '''Yasaki''': Look. Remember '''Captain Trigger''': Let me tell you something: whether my orders are technical, dangerous or goddamned beautifully metaphorical, you better flogging well do 'em. So when I tell you, Ensign Yasaki, to take the second star to the right and drive straight on till morning, you told me to "snake" the ship out of the ravine? My impression is a snake goes like this: [mimes a slithering snake]. And your impression was that a snake coils. And ''that'' miscommunication cost Reginald his left eye.better flogging well do it. You got that?
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* LiteralMetaphor: In episode I, Captain Trigger orders the ship to ''literally'' steer to "the second star to the right and straight on til' morning".
--> '''Yasaki''': Look. Remember when you told me to "snake" the ship out of the ravine? My impression is a snake goes like this: [mimes a slithering snake]. And your impression was that a snake coils. And ''that'' miscommunication cost Reginald his left eye.
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A WebOriginal sci-fi comedy series following the [[TooDumbToLive intrepid]] crew of the ''SS Transolar''. Recorded on an [[NoBudget extremely low budget]] (described by the creators as "can't even afford the shoestring" and "a budget of what we find in the couch") almost entirely in front of a [[ChromaKey green screen]].

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A WebOriginal sci-fi comedy series following the [[TooDumbToLive intrepid]] crew of the ''SS Transolar''. Recorded Season 1 was recorded on an [[NoBudget extremely low budget]] (described by the creators as "can't even afford the shoestring" and "a budget of what we find in the couch") almost entirely in front of a [[ChromaKey green screen]].
screen]]. Season 2 promises actual locations, thanks to a $30,000 Kickstarter.

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A WebOriginal sci-fi comedy series following the [[TooDumbToLive intrepid]] crew of the ''SS Transolar''. Recorded on a shoestring budget almost entirely in front of a [[ChromaKey green screen]].

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A WebOriginal sci-fi comedy series following the [[TooDumbToLive intrepid]] crew of the ''SS Transolar''. Recorded on a shoestring an [[NoBudget extremely low budget]] (described by the creators as "can't even afford the shoestring" and "a budget of what we find in the couch") almost entirely in front of a [[ChromaKey green screen]].



* OffTheShelfFX: All guns in the series are repainted nerf guns.



* PuppeteerParasite: The mind slugs in "The Invasion". Except [[spoiler:Samson made them up to "look cool in front of the captain".]]



* UnexplainedAccent / WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Reggie, who has a different accent in each episode.

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* UnexplainedAccent / WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Reggie, who has a different new accent in each episode.
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* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Reggie, who has a different accent in each episode.

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* UnexplainedAccent / WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Reggie, who has a different accent in each episode.
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* PsychicNosebleed: ... sort of. Only instead of just bleeding from his nose, Samson vomits blood all over the place. And then his head explodes.
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* StraightMan: Yasaki.

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* StraightMan: OnlySaneMan: Yasaki.
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A WebOriginal sci-fi comedy series following the [[TooDumbToLive intrepid]] crew of the ''SS Transolar''. Recorded on a shoestring budget almost entirely in front of a [[ChromaKey green screen]].

Watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/user/TransolarGalactica/videos here]].

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!The series provides examples of:
* AIIsACrapshoot: The ships's "Sol-Bot".
--> "''Minor glitches have been reported in only 8% of Sol-Bots, a fraction of those requiring refurbishment or resulting in gratuitous mutilation and/or death.''"
* CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth: Captain Trigger.
* KillEmAll: Happens to the crew [[NegativeContinuity at an alarming frequency]].
* [[LensFlare Lens Flares]]: ''Everywhere'', as a jab at [[Film/StarTrek JJ Abrams' Star Trek]].
* NegativeContinuity
* StraightMan: Yasaki.
* UnusualEuphemism: "Flogging".
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Reggie, who has a different accent in each episode.
--> '''Reggie''' (in a heavy Japanese accent): I wirr do my best to do honor to you, Trigger-sama.
--> '''Yasaki''': All right... No, Reggie. No!
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