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* This is a recurring theme for Commander Sinclair on [[Babylon 5]] during the first season. It doesn't get resolved until his third season reappearance {{spoiler|where it turns out his true purpose is to go back in time and become Valen}}.
* This is a recurring theme for Commander Sinclair on [[Babylon 5]] during the first season. It doesn't get resolved until his third season reappearance {{spoiler|where it turns out his true purpose is to go back in time and become Valen}}.
** Garibaldi points out in an early episode that Sinclair goes about looking for his purpose by putting himself into suicidal situations. Garibaldi's theory is that Sinclair is doing this because "it's easier to find something worth dying for than something worth living for." In another episode, Delenn implies that this trope is the reason she didn't tell Sinclair about her decision to go down to Epsilon 3 to try and get the Great Machine working. She feared that if Sinclair had gone with, he would have plugged himself into the Machine, and she felt his destiny lay elsewhere.
** Garibaldi points out in an early episode that Sinclair goes about looking for his purpose by putting himself into suicidal situations. Garibaldi's theory is that Sinclair is doing this because "it's easier to find something worth dying for than something worth living for." In another episode, Delenn implies that this trope is the reason she didn't tell Sinclair about her decision to go down to Epsilon 3 to try and get the Great Machine working. She feared that if Sinclair had gone with, he would have plugged himself into the Machine, and she felt his destiny lay elsewhere.
* ''[[Oobi]]'': The episode "Grown-Up!" revolves around Oobi and Kako pretending to have different occupations that grown-ups have, until they're eventually convinced by Uma that [[Growing Up Sucks]].
* ''Oobi'': The episode "Grown-Up!" revolves around Oobi and Kako pretending to have different occupations that grown-ups have, until they're eventually convinced by Uma that [[Growing Up Sucks]].


== Music ==
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