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* [[Affectionate Parody]]
* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]:
* [[Captain's Log]]:
* [[Cloning Blues]]:
* [[Cool Starship]]:
* [[Death Trap]]:
* [[Evil Overlord]]:
* [[Evil Twin]]:
* [[Fan Service]]:
* [[Friday Night Death Slot]]
* [[Gender Blender Name]]:
* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]:
* [[MacGuffin]]:
▲* [[Lotus Eater Machine]] (in "Goodbye Polumbus," the Gorgons' machine designed to drain the minds of brilliant scientists traps the crew in their own fantasies, in a parody of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' episode "Shore Leave")
* [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]]:
▲* [[MacGuffin]] (in "All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms," Zorgon demands Quark tell him where "it" is. Quark, having no idea what "it" is, lies. We never find out exactly what "it" is, but Quark ends up with a worthless rock necklace.)
* [[Meaningful Name]]:
▲* [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]] (Princess Libido, daughter of Zorgon, who wants to marry Ficus)
* [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]]:
▲* [[Meaningful Name]] (parodied - Ficus is a plant, Palindrome's first name is one, Gene/Jean has male and female chromosomes in their genes, Andy is an android, etc.)
▲* [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]] (in the pilot there was Interface, a four-armed alien woman who controlled communications between ships)
* [[Overnight Age-Up]]:
▲* [[Negative Space Wedgie]] (couldn't avoid them, as it parodied ''[[Star Trek]]'')
* [[Perpetual Poverty]]:
▲* [[Overnight Age-Up]] (in a parody of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' episode "The Deadly Years," Quark due to some [[Applied Phlebotinum]] starts aging two years for every hour)
* [[Planet of Hats]]:
▲* [[Perpetual Poverty]] (when Palindrome and the Head have to send a [[Science Marches On|telegram]] to Quark in the pilot, they end up spending the entire episode arguing about the cost of sending it and trying to reduce the number of words)
▲* [[Planet of Hats]] (The Gorgons are all sort of a [[Proud Warrior Race]] that's evil, too. For example:
{{quote|"People of Spartan, this is the High Gorgon. I command your unconditional surrender. You shall be treated with compassion, honor and patience. You have twenty seconds before I blow you out of the galaxy."}}
* [[Techno Babble]]:
* [[The Force]]:
* [[Twin Threesome Fantasy]]:
* [[Science Marches On]]:
** Despite the fact that "telegram" is an archaic term, the general principle of keeping messages short to save on costs is one that will probably be with us for many centuries to come. Today, in the early 21st century, users of cell phones typically keep text messages as short as possible so as to fall under their calling plan's texting limit, to the point of using standard abbreviations. The cost per bit of sending a transmission across ''interstellar distances'' would have to be enormous.
* [[Single-Minded Twins]]:
* [[Small Annoying Creature]]:
* [[Split Personality]]:
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]:
* [[That's No Moon]]:
{{quote|'''High Gorgon''': I suggest you take a closer look at my space ship.
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'''High Gorgon''': That is my space ship!
'''Leader of the Spartans''': ''(pause)'' Just give us a few minutes to move our things out of the palace. }}
* [[The Unintelligible]]:
* [[Tin Can Robot]]:
* [[You Mean "Xmas"]]:
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