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* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: And this, too. |
* [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]: And this, too. |
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* [[Expy]]: KARC 9000, a combination of [[2001: A Space Odyssey (Film)|HAL 9000]] and [[Star Trek|Captain Kirk]]. Also expies of real life people, such as Frank C. Borman, who is based on Frank Borman of Apollo 8 fame. |
* [[Expy]]: KARC 9000, a combination of [[2001: A Space Odyssey (Film)|HAL 9000]] and [[Star Trek|Captain Kirk]]. Also expies of real life people, such as Frank C. Borman, who is based on Frank Borman of Apollo 8 fame. |
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* [[Faster-Than-Light Travel]] |
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* [[Faux Symbolism]]: 'Lucifer Rising' is ''FULL'' of it. Scenes are often punctuated with quotations from [[Paradise Lost]]. |
* [[Faux Symbolism]]: 'Lucifer Rising' is ''FULL'' of it. Scenes are often punctuated with quotations from [[Paradise Lost]]. |
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* [[Fun With Acronyms]]: The title ''TO'' was intended to be an abbreviation for "Two thousand One", and also to evoke a sense of humanity's progression to the future. It is, however, extremely difficult to Google for. |
* [[Fun With Acronyms]]: The title ''TO'' was intended to be an abbreviation for "Two thousand One", and also to evoke a sense of humanity's progression to the future. It is, however, extremely difficult to Google for. |
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* [[May-December Romance]]: What at first appears to be this in "Elliptical Orbit" turns out to be a [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!|twin]] [[Time Dilation|paradox]]. |
* [[May-December Romance]]: What at first appears to be this in "Elliptical Orbit" turns out to be a [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!|twin]] [[Time Dilation|paradox]]. |
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* [[Sapient Ship]]: '''[[Tear Jerker|MY NAME IS-- ROCKET. I AM ROCKET...]]''' |
* [[Sapient Ship]]: '''[[Tear Jerker|MY NAME IS-- ROCKET. I AM ROCKET...]]''' |
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* [[Shout-Out]]: In addition to the characters named after real and fictional people (see [[Expy]]), the concepts of a planet made of antimatter, a quantum black hole swallowing a planet, trees that serve as organic rockets, and the word "starseed" are all borrowed from stories by [[Larry Niven]]. |
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* [[Standard Sci Fi History]] |
* [[Standard Sci Fi History]] |
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* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: The American biologist and Russian interpreter in "Symbiotic Planet". |
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: The American biologist and Russian interpreter in "Symbiotic Planet". |