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'''Note:''' These examples are ''Chuck's'' own Fridge Examples.
 
* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Looking at "Our Man Bashir" with the knowledge of what is going to happen, he concludes that Bashir isn't being his fantasy self, but his real self.
** He has a truly fascinating theory that introducing Starfleet to the Borg was a move on Q's part simply as his ultimate argument against Picard's insistence that [[Rousseau Was Right]], given that it ultimately results in Picard's purely hate and revenge-driven actions in ''First Contact''.
{{quote| '''Picard:''' And I will make them ''pay'' for what they've done!<br />
'''Chuck:''' And somewhere... Q is laughing. }}
** That Picard's enraged reaction to being told to destroy the ''Enterprise''-E in ''First Contact'' is because when he loses a ship, such as the ''Stargazer'' and ''Enterprise''-D, he takes it as a personal failure. The Borg, who have taken so much from him, who for the six years he has had to live with that personal failure, that they beat him, that he wasn't good or strong enough, will not be the ones responsible for him having to sacrifice the ''Enterprise''-E.
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*** He's also mentioned that Worf's gruff summaries of situations are frequently the correct ones and cut to the heart of a problem the other characters are dithering with.
*** There's also the theory that the Effect occurs because the command staff are so busy screwing around that when it comes time to fight, the enemies have had a chance to prepare for Worf.
** That The First Doctor from ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' had his first moment of [[Character Development]] when Ian Chesterton stopped him while he was considering bashing an injured man's skull in so he could escape from danger. He realized how desperate and cowardly he had been in that moment of weakness, and that a lowly Human had acted far more noble than he had been. The reason The Doctor's companions are mostly human from then on is because he realized [[Humans Are Special]] because they stop him going too far. This also nicely explains why he loses his cool so much when humans don't measure up to the standards he knows they're capable of.
** The [[The Other Darrin|different actresses]] playing the Borg Queen are explained by the first model being replaced after her failure in ''First Contact'', then given another chance after her successor developed a destructive obsession with ''Voyager''.
*** Particularly weird is that Chuck makes no reference to this being his own theory, and just throws it out like it's canon.
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** In "Ship in a Bottle," Moriarty erroneously refers to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as an Englishman because he was unhappy with Doyle for writing him as a villain.
** In his TNG Look-back at Reg Barclay, he points out that he and Seven are very similiar personality wise, both like self-aware holograms, are introverts, brilliant problem solvers and both experienced (while extremely different) a form of higher conciousness integrated with technology. Leading Chuck to [[X Meets Y|Crowning Moment of Heartwarming Fridge Brilliance.]]
{{quote| '''Chuck:''' "''You know with all the Chakotay romancing in [Human Error], it's intersting to think who might actually the most compatible with Seven. [[Sincerity Mode|And I think it's Reg Barclay.]]''"}}
* [[Fridge Horror]]: ''Voyager'' apparently records the brainwaves of all its crew members ''all the time''.
** In "Meld" we find out that apparently its just so ''easy'' to turn off parts of someone's brain...