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* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: "Chakan oil" is used as ammunition for [[Energy Weapons|pulse pistols]]. The stuff is apparently [[Edible Ammunition|somewhat tasty]], as both John and Aeryn are shown licking their cartridges to check the power levels.
** The wormhole weapons in ''Farscape'' can shoot a) black holes that grow exponentially or b) pull chunks of matter out of stars and then fire them at a target.
* [[Aborted Arc]]: The Nebari are built up to be huge threats -- one of the Peacekeepers' strongest Command Carriers is taken out by a Nebari ''[[Higher
** [[What Could Have Been|Had the show been given a 5th season, the Nebari would have returned and Chiana and her brother's backstory would have been elaborated.]]
*** However, given they currently have two ongoing comic book series, it's possible we'll get to see the Nebari make a return.
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* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]
* [[Alternate Universe]]: A whole slew of them in "Unrealized Reality", ranging from a Scarran-conquered Earth to an alternate Moya filled with [[Composite Character|Composite Characters]] based off of the main cast. Crichton is forced to revisit the latter one in the episode "Prayer".
** A later quasi-[[Shout
* [[Always Save the Girl]]: "''Shut up and listen to me.'' Scorpius is ''here'', looking for the key to what is inside my head. Neural chips, threatening Earth - none of it works, because he does not understand me.... You're the key. My Achilles. ''You''. If he figures that out, the world and all that's in it is nothing. He will use you, {{spoiler|and the baby}}, and I will not be able to stop him." So, Crichton, [[Captain Obvious|do you think you might be a little in love with Aeryn]]?
* [[Amoral Attorney]]: Ja Rhumann, senior partner at Litigra's ruling law firm.
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* [[Ancient Tomb]]: "Taking the Stone" is set in the catacombs of a Royal Funeral Planet, which has become home to a [[Gang of Hats|gang of]] [[Teenage Wasteland|thrillseeking teenagers]]. The [[B Plot]] involves Rygel being haunted by poltergeists after he engages in some looting.
* [[And This Is For]]: In "A Human Reaction", Crichton [[Pistol Whip|Pistol Whips]] Cobb and knocks him out; "--for {{spoiler|'''Rygel'''}}!" {{spoiler|Subverted by the reveal of the [[Lotus Eater Machine]]}}.
* [[Anti
* [[Anti-Villain]]: Crais becomes this not long after Scorpius takes over as [[Big Bad]]; after he is {{spoiler|booted out of the Peacekeepers}} and manages to accept Crichton's innocence in his brother's death, he becomes more or less an [[Anti-Hero]].
** Scorpius might do horrible things on a regular basis, but his actual goals are understandable. He has such a hatred/fear of the Scarrans that he is [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|willing to do anything]] to ensure that their expansion into the rest of the galaxy is prevented. It could almost be considered a heroic goal...but his general lack of empathy for those he hurt overshadowed any humanitarian ends to his means.
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** To which Chiana [[Establishing Character Moment|just grins]].
* [[Artificial Human]]: The Scarrans have "bioloids" that they mostly use as Evil Twin duplicates. {{spoiler|Sikozu}} is also revealed to be a kind of bioloid.
* [[Artistic License Physics]]: At the opening of the pilot episode, John tests a new experimental maneuver. He skims the Earth's atmosphere, hoping to pull away from Earth going much much faster than when he started. In reality, the kind of maneuver he's doing is used to ''slow down'' a spacecraft, not speed it up; it's how the [
** Although from the newspaper at the start "Can a manned spacecraft overcome atmospheric resistance?"
** The point of the experiment was to see if a ship can get the boost from slingshotting around a planet without getting slowed down by atmospheric drag. Still qualifies as [[Artistic License Physics]] though.
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{{quote| '''Crichton''': ''(to Scorpius)'' [[Kryptonite Factor|Kryptonite]], [[Silver Bullet|silver bullet]], [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]]. What's it gonna take to keep you in the grave?<br />
'''D'Argo''': Perhaps we should just take your head off. [[Call Back|Worked for Durka]]. }}
* [[Backwards
* [[Badass Crew]]: the crew of Moya. Their reputation is so inflated that they're a legitimate threat to Peacekeeper diplomatic efforts, as systems start to lose respect for an empire that can't deal with one solitary rogue ship.
* [[Badass in Distress]]: Everyone gets their turn.
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* [[Batman in My Basement]]: Subverted in "I, E.T.", when Crichton lands on a planet that's never encountered aliens, and is captured by a young boy. Crichton assumes this is going to be an ''E.T.'' story, and is aghast when the boy almost immediately calls for his mom. The pair of them then argue about what to do, with the mother wanting to hide Crichton and the child wanting to turn him in to the military.
* [[Battle Couple]]: John and Aeryn. Less in the beginning (Crichton had a lot of learning to do in regards to how to fight in this new environment), but by the end of the series they perform very well as a unit.
* [[Battle in The Center of The Mind]]: Harvey and Crichton had a few of these. As time goes on, and the two become closer, it becomes Affably Strolling Through The Center Of The Mind, leading to some ''very'' surreal scenes, not the least of which was [[E
** The most surreal is almost certainly the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsz4dcsdQw0 Easter scene.]
{{quote| '''John''': After all that's happened, how do you expect me to trust you?<br />
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* [[Bio Augmentation]]: NamTar from "DNA Mad Scientist."
* [[Bio Punk]]
* [[Birth
** And Aeryn gives birth shortly before {{spoiler|D'Argo}} dies in ''The Peacekeeper Wars." They then name the baby in {{spoiler|his}} honor.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]
* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: Frelling ubiquitous...
** Aeryn is part of a race of [[Human Aliens]] ({{spoiler|who are eventually revealed to actually be a [[Human Subspecies]], taken from Earth and genetically-modified by aliens several millennia ago}}) that can't regulate their internal body temperature. Due to forcible genetic modifications in season one, she's also sort of part Pilot, and contains Leviathan instructions in her head {{spoiler|in much the same way that Crichton contains wormhole instructions}}.
** Chiana's species are immune to radiation. In Season 3, {{spoiler|possession by the Energy Rider gives her precognitive powers}}. And in ''Peacekeeper Wars'', she develops [[X
** D'Argo has an extendable tongue that can inject a neural toxin, he can [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|survive in space unprotected for fifteen minutes]], and if he's bleeding, his [[Alien Blood|colorless blood]] turns to black. The wound requires [[Percussive Maintenance]] until the blood runs clear again.
** Jool's [[Kaleidoscope Hair|hair changes color depending on her mood]], and her screams can melt metal.
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* [[Blindfolded Vision]]: The Tavlek leader Bekhesh wears a thick metal faceplate that completely obscures his eyes, yet this doesn't hamper his fighting ability in the slightest. Production notes suggest that it's actually a cybernetic replacement for the ''top of his head.''
* [[Blind Jump]]: The downside of Starburst travel.
* [[Blipvert]]: In the series finale, the [["Previously On..."]] segment was a blipvert featuring (almost) every episode of the series.
* [[Blood From the Mouth]]: "Nerve" opens with Aeryn in Moya’s gym, beating the hell out of a punching bag. John wants to know why she hasn’t responded to his efforts to call her to dinner. Aeryn, more than usually irate, tells him to piss off, when all of the sudden she coughs blood all over the punching bag. Turns out that the stab wound inflicted on her in the previous episode was worse than everyone previously thought.
* [[Blood Oath]]: When Crichton recruits Scorpius's help in order to rescue Aeryn, Scorpius first makes him perform a "Scarran blood vow", which involves both of them cutting their fingers and drinking each others' blood. John is understandably [[Squick|squicked]].
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* [[Bolivian Army Cliffhanger]]: "Family Ties".
* [[Bond One-Liner]]: Constantly, usually from Crichton.
** Aeryn's one-liners are about quality over quantity; In ''Peacekeeper Wars'', Aeryn probably has the best one in the whole series. Minutes after she gives birth, she shoots Ahkna -- the Scarran who previously had Aeryn tortured to unlock the secrets behind the baby's DNA -- [[Boom! Headshot!|squarely in the head]] and deadpans "It's a boy. In case you were wondering." Do. Not. Fuck with [[Mama Bear|Mama Bearyn]].
** The comics use [[Humans Are Superior]] as this. It is so awesome, it requires Crichton an entire page spread to deliver.
* [[Bottle Episode]]: "Crackers Don't Matter".
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* [[The Collector of the Strange]] / [[Tattooed Crook]]: Staanz, garbologist.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: In "Though the Looking Glass", Moya is affected by a dimensional schism, fracturing light and sound into base elements: Red, yellow, and blue. The bulk of the the episode shows Crichton bouncing from one alternate Moya to the next, each of which is differentiated by its hue.
* [[Come Back to Bed, Honey]]: In a flashback, we see Aeryn's last sexual partner Velorek try and persuade her to come back to bed rather than going straight to her post.
* [[Commissar Cap]]: The High-ranking Peacekeeper brass.
* [[Comm Links]]: Moya's crewmembers all wear small badge-like communicators. Besides threading their messages through Moya, the comms are also able to "patch into other networks", as in the final episode when John uses his to ring up his dad on the phone...''from the moon''.
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* [[Contractual Immortality]]: Usually avoided, but occasionally pretty obvious, as with each of Rygel's "deaths".
* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: It sure was lucky that the crew happened to land on Earth in the 1980s just when Hallowe'en came around, so they could (nearly) get away with being aliens on an Earth which had only seen ''[[Star Trek]]'' and the first ''[[Star Wars]]''.
* [[Convection, Schmonvection]]: Rigel being interrogated over a lava pit in "Lava's a Many Splendored Thing"
* [[Converse With the Unconscious]]: The final scene of ''Peacekeeper Wars''.
* [[Courtroom Episode]]: "Dream A Little Dream" strands the crew on [[Punny Name|Litigara]], a planet which is 90% comprised of lawyers. When Zhann is framed for murder, Chiana and Rygel appoint themselves as her representatives at court.
* [[CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable]]: Subverted in an early episode, which has D'Argo exposed to the vacuum of space. Upon retrieving him, Crichton tries a Precordial Thump — on an alien with a biology he knows very little about — and the others immediately drag him away and ask what the hell he thinks he's doing.
** Played a lot straighter in "The Flax", where John and Aeryn have to depressurise and then repressurise their spacecraft with only one working spacesuit between them. The solution: stop John's breathing with a Peacekeeper poison and then resuscitate him with CPR!
** CPR was John's demanded backup plan. The original plan was to use a set of injections that would kill you and bring you back. It works perfectly fine on Sebaceans, but he didn't want to rely on Aeryn's trust in 50/50 odds human physiology was similar. She just ended up having to forgo the second injection for CPR.
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