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{{quote|''You serve as a member of the crew of the Arcada as a janitor.''~~<br />~~

{{quote|''You serve as a member of the crew of the Arcada as a janitor.''

''[[This Loser Is You|That's right, a janitor. And not a very good one.]]''|'''[[Opening Scroll]]''' from ''Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter''}}

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* [[Butt Monkey]]: Despite being a pan-galactic hero, everyone still treats Roger like a second-rate janitor (granted, he kinda ''is'' a second-rate janitor). Even after becoming a starship captain, he's still treated like crap, by both his crew (at first) and his superiors. And after stopping the Pukoid threat, he's promptly court-martialed upon return with a bunch of trumped up charges and busted back down to janitor again. He's not even court-martialed for something understandable like blowing up the Space Bar with Space Monkeys.

* [[Caught in a Snare]]: In ''Space Quest II'', Roger [[Stupidity Is the Only Option|accidentally trips a hunter's snare]] (at least you can't see it beforehand), and is stuck there until the hunter who set it eventually comes and takes him down, intending to bring him back to his lair as lunch.

{{quote| '''Narrator''': Eventually, the cerebral fireworks begin, and you pass out. [...] You dream you're a man named [[Leisure Suit Larry]]...}}

{{quote|'''Narrator''': Eventually, the cerebral fireworks begin, and you pass out. [...] You dream you're a man named [[Leisure Suit Larry]]...}}

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Among them are some of the hypothetical questions posed in the Starcon Academy Test in ''Space Quest V'': For example, one question asks "you are stranded on an alien planet being stalked by a killer robot. What do you do?" This same situation occurs later in the game, and two of the answers to the SAT question are, in fact, the solution to the puzzle.

** There's also the dead fish in ''Space Quest 6'', which even the narrator starts to wonder why [[It May Help You on Your Quest|people keep giving it]] to Roger as it progressively decays over the course of the game. {{spoiler|He ultimately uses it to defeat [[Big Bad|Sharpei]].}}

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* [[Take a Number]]: In ''Space Quest 6'', you take a number and get 3. However, the current number being served is 4, and it counts up from there.

* [[Take That]]: A hilarious one in ''Space Quest 6'' demo that didn't make it into the final game:

{{quote| '''Narrator:''' What are you going to do? Play [[Mortal Kombat|More Dull Combat 3]]? }}

{{quote|'''Narrator:''' What are you going to do? Play [[Mortal Kombat|More Dull Combat 3]]? }}

* [[Temporal Paradox]]: "But she didn't, so he couldn't -- therefore you aren't."

** Brushes against [[Time Travel Tense Trouble]].