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* [[America Saves the Day]]: Inverted. The Vs go after America's support so they can screw everyone.
{{quote|'''Anna:''' The US is the linchpin. Once they grant us freedom, the remaining countries will follow.}}
* [[Anyone Can Die]]:
** Didn't think {{spoiler|Georgie}} would die, did ya?
** {{spoiler|Episode 8}} introduces a potential supporting character but kills him off by the last 10 minutes.
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* [[California Doubling]]: Vancouver for New York.
* [[Cartwright Curse]]: Practically at epidemic levels here, but one character may end up standing out more than the others.
* [[Catch Phrase]]:
** "We are of peace, always."
** "'''{{color|red|JOHN MAY LIVES}}'''"
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* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: The reason Vs rebel against Anna in the first place. Their race shows very little in the way of emotion, apparently being fed happiness by Anna's "Bliss." Any V that discovers emotion becomes immune to Bliss, and almost inevitably rebels.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]
** Oh, probably loads, but among the silliness is that "chatter" (as in posts on the Internet, phone calls, etc) is a quantifiable and graphable value. Granted, in the age of Twitter/Facebook, you can get a lot, but only over a select demographic.
** A Fifth Column doctor has developed an injection to counteract R-6 (the V's tracking agent). She says her shot raises the pH levels of the human body, and the acidity neutralizes the tracking function. However, raising pH actually ''lowers'' acidity.
** The Visitors claim to need Earth's water; water ice exists all over our solar system, and ice doesn't shoot back. This may be a [[Mythology Gag]]: the original ''V'' had water as the *hidden* agenda. Turned out that they indeed didn't come for water, but this is pretty implausible lie, as said before.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Erica's son is a troubled teen due to lack of father, and [[Missing Mom|mother who works long hours]] because of the nature of her job as an FBI agent.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]?: An [http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-tc-tvcolumn-v-1102-1103nov03,0,7062976.story article was written by the Chicago Tribune] comparing humanity's initial support of the aliens to [[Barack Obama|Obamamania]], particularly given they phrase the help they offer humans to "a message of Hope" and they are offering ''universal health care'' to Earth's citizens. Others say that its simply a coincidence, and the series is simply pressing the political hot buttons of the week.
** The episode ''Laid Bare'' had the extreme misfortune to air 10 days after the Tucson shooting that led to the deaths of six people and congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords being hospitalized. There was considerable media buzz following the shooting and many accused right-wing pundits like [[Glenn Beck]] and [[Sarah Palin]] of encouraging violent behavior through rhetoric. Keeping this in mind, ''Laid Bare'' has a scene involving a {{spoiler|fake}} relative of a victim of an anti-V suicide bomb blaming ''protagonist'' Jack's rhetoric for the bombing. Of course, this episode aired [[Too Soon|so soon]] after the tragedy that it was obviously completed before it occurred, making this a case of ''extremely'' bad timing.
** In "Devil in a blue dress" Anna is {{spoiler|giving Bliss to Tyler}} while looking like she is having sex with him. That happy smile on his face afterward doesn't help either.
* {{spoiler|[[Downer Ending]]: }} In season 2. {{spoiler|Lisa is locked away in a dungeon, while her impersonator kills Tyler. Diana is dead, after failing to retake her place as queen. Ryan was murdered by his own daughter. Hobbes has vanished. Chad is exposed and caught by Anna. Jack, along with the rest of the world, has been brainwashed by Amy and Anna's Bliss.}} Damn.
* [[Dramatic Irony]]: The {{spoiler|FBI investigation concerning}} Erica's involvement in the Fifth Column ended due to the {{spoiler|setting up Erica as a fake hostage, a situation that ended with Joe's death}}. The {{spoiler|investigation ended}} because of the supposed {{spoiler|hostage situation}}, but as soon as {{spoiler|the investigation ended}} Erica {{spoiler|[[Take Up My Sword|took Eli's sword]] ([[I Thought It Meant|not that way you pervs]]) and became the sole leader of the Fifth Column}}.
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* [[Enemy Mine]]: [[La Résistance]] recruits Terrorist for Hire [[Anti-Hero|Kyle]] by convincing him that it would be the best way to get back at the V for framing him. With the death of {{spoiler|Georgie}}, they've traded up from a tragic [[Heroic Sociopath]] to a genuine [[Token Evil Teammate]].
* {{spoiler|[[Evolutionary Levels]]}}: {{spoiler|Apparently, the Visitors are here to steal the best of the human race's DNA, so they can "speed up their evolution". The characters stop using particular phraseology rather fast though; when they do things make more sense.}}
* [[Evil
* [[Evil Twin]]: Not technically an evil twin, but {{spoiler|another "Queen daughter" that hatched and upon which Anna immediatedly put human skin on; human skin that looked just like Lisa's}}
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Ryan}},as a result of {{spoiler|[[I Have Your Wife|I Have Your Daughter]]}} and {{spoiler|Joshua}} thanks to [[Trauma-Induced Amnesia]]. {{spoiler|Both seem to be turning back as of "Devil in a Blue Dress".}}
* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: The protagonists develop a {{spoiler|fool-proof plan to [[No-Nonsense Nemesis|assassinate Anna]]}} in ''Concordia.'' [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]? And what do you think happens by the end of the episode?
* [[Fan Service]]:
** Lisa (Laura Vandervoort) in her underwear. [[Justified Trope|Quick thinking by her]], as it allows her to hide her {{spoiler|V uniform from Tyler's mom}}.
** Tyler (Logan Huffman) without a shirt. Same scene as above, but his thinking was less quick. And, in context, really didn't make sense. So, yeah, fan service.
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** Father Jack [[Shirtless Scene|shirtless,]] greased up, panting and gasping. That is one well-built priest.
** Erica and Lisa's [[Hurt Comfort Fic]] scenes in "Fruition".
** There's a reason why Kyle wears so many tight black shirts. He must find a lot of time to hit the gym between Merc gigs.
** Erica and Hobbes bare quite a lot in "Uneasy Lies the Head".
* [[Fatal Family Photo]]: {{spoiler|Erica}} basically [[Tempting Fate|tempted fate]] by looking through her iPhone of photos with {{spoiler|Joe and Tyler}}.
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* [[I Have Brothers]]: Erica's explanation for her boxing skills.
* [[I Have Your Wife]]: Anna has {{spoiler|Ryan's}} daughter.
** Anna also has Sarah, whatever her relation with {{spoiler|Hobbes}}.
* [[Impairment Shot]]: When your friends can't trust you, they poison you.
* [[Invincible Villain]]: Even called attention to by Erica. No matter what the Fifth Column does, Anna always comes out on top. Either through [[Diabolus Ex Machina]] or just good PR, every supposed win they've had is thrown right back in their faces. Manages to go [[Up to Eleven]] in the season 2 finale. The Fifth Column decides to take out Anna. Result? {{spoiler|Anna uses Bliss on pretty much all of humanity; the Fifth Column is basically defeated; Diana, Tyler, and Ryan are dead; and the queen egg hatches to replace Lisa.}} Coming back from that should be impressive.
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* [[No OSHA Compliance]]: Though they're aliens, the Vs are guilty of this in the construction of their Concordia reactors. When one reactor is made to go unstable through the addition of a second batch of unstable blue energy, the reactor has to be shut down ''manually''. Mind you, there's enough there to wipe out a city.
* [[Not So Different]]: The episode "Laid Bare" has both sides of the war doing similarly [[Black and Grey Morality|questionable acts]] in order to accomplish their goals. These acts are the [[La Résistance|protagonists]] {{spoiler|torturing and subsequent killing of Malik for information}} and [[Big Bad|Anna]] {{spoiler|having [[Rebellious Princess|Lisa]] kill a test subject to "extract a human soul."}}
** Mentioned in "Mother's Day" by both Erica and Lisa.
* [[Not So Stoic]]: {{spoiler|Anna}} as of the season one finale, after discovering that the majority of {{spoiler|her eggs}} were destroyed.
* [[Not Quite Dead]]: {{spoiler|Ryan}} survived the events of "Siege".
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* [[One-Woman Wail]]: Anna pulls this off regarding her offspring being flash frozen. An angry sorrowful wail that surprises the audience, as well as herself.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Erica for Lisa.
* [[Playing Gertrude]]: The actress who plays Anna is five years older than the one playing her daughter, Lisa.
* [[Plot-Relevant Age-Up]]: The V's age {{spoiler|Ryan's daughter as a test to perfect the technology for use on a new Queen Egg.}} Somewhat subverted in that she's still very much a child, as opposed to an adolescent who'd be a new character.
* [[Postponed Question]]: In "We Can't Win", Anna's number 2 asks her near the end of the episode why they were giving humans blue energy. Also counts as [[Viewers are Morons]], because there's no way we could have figured out ourselves why an invading hostile-masquerading-as-friendly culture would possibly want to make us dependent on them for our energy needs.
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* [[Pow Zap Wham Cam]]: When Tyler {{spoiler|goes to the Visitors' ship}} at the end of the pilot.
* [[Product Placement]]: Have you bought an iPhone yet? Because V would really like you to buy an iPhone.
* [[Psychic Nosebleed]]: Anna has this [[Tears of Blood]]-style when {{spoiler|she is using Bliss on humans}}.
* [[The Quisling]]: [[Zig-Zagging Trope|Zigzagged]] with Decker. He's willing to toe the line for the Visitors on-camera, but once he's off the set, his journalistic integrity kicks in, and he decides to investigate them. Yet even with the apparent knowledge that they are up to something, he's still being more helpful than his standard work ethic would dictate. It's kind of hard to say which way he'll go at this point, though it will be interesting to see what he does now that he knows what the Vs do to {{spoiler|the live aboards}}.
* [[Rapid Aging]]: Anna does this with Ryan's hybrid child, who in a matter of weeks (or at most months) appears as a 7 year old child.
* [[Rebellious Princess]]: Lisa, who {{spoiler|is now [[Reverse Mole|secretly]] fighting alongside the [[La Résistance|protagonists]]}}.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Anna in the birthing pool.
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* [[Scream Discretion Shot]]: In the fourth episode as {{spoiler|a Fifth Columnist is ''skinned alive''}}.
* [[Sexy Discretion Shot]]: In the Season 2 premiere episode "Red Rain", Lisa and Tyler make out on the bed and embracing each other in her room on Anna's ship while Anna herself watches both of them and then switches off the monitor.
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** There's a quick one to ''[[The 4400]]''. The first resistance meeting the characters go to is held at 4400 Pier Ave.
** A V protester in "There Is No Normal Anymore" is holding a sign that reads [[V for Vendetta|"V For Violation"]].
** A V who wants to be "reconnected" and is named [[The Matrix|Cyrus]].
** When Anna unveils 'blue energy', one of the delegates has a placard indicating they represent the [[Alien|Weyland-Yutani Corporation.]]
** Erica's dream sequence in "Red Rain" has her walking through [[Flash Forward 2009|a city full of bodies and crashed cars.]]
*** The V "tracker" in the same episode looks and acts like a [[Left 4 Dead|Hunter]].
** And in a [[Shout-Out]] to the [[V|original series]], Anna opens wide and swallows a rat. Still looks fake.
* [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]]. Or should it be fifth?
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* [[Turn the Other Fist]]: Tyler Evans turns away from some anti-Visitor protesters before swinging around to punch one in the face in order to impress Visitor Lisa.
* [[Uncanny Valley]]: In a lot of shots, the Visitors are digitally airbrushed to remove their skin of imperfections. The effects, however, make them look too good to be true--like they're all made of plastic--[[Fridge Brilliance|which is exactly what]] [[Invoked Trope|is intended]].
* [[UST]]: There are hints of this between Kyle and Erica. He's thrown a couple of flirtatious comments her way, though so far she only seems to take them in stride rather than reciprocate.
** Second season ups the tension and finally resolves it in "Uneasy Lies the Head".
** There's also a lot of Erica/Jack, and they apparently filmed a few [[US Tier]] scenes that were later cut.
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** And what about that {{spoiler|actual mouse transferred from Anna's mouth to Ryan's daughter's?}}
*** Some animals - including, apparently, Vs, {{spoiler|feed their young by regurgitating their food, as explained [[wikipedia:Regurgitation (digestion)|on that Other Wiki]]}}
* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: A V supporter's sign reads "Give Vs a Chance".
* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: {{spoiler|Anna had Lisa injured and blamed the Fifth Column for the attack in order to manipulate Tyler and keep him close.}}
** Erica and Eli also invoke this trope when Erica has Eli slap her so she could appear as a hostage and convince her suspicious FBI colleagues that [[Blatant Lies|she's not Fifth Column]]. The FBI actually [[Idiot Ball|fall for this]] and don't even think about questioning her presence in the first place!
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** {{spoiler|98% of the human DNA is - and that's the scientific term - 'Junk DNA' that serves no purpose.}}
*** {{spoiler|Actually, a huge amount of that "junk DNA" is functional - it governs transcriptional and translational control. Yes, some of the noncoding regions of your genome serve no purpose, but if you are missing half your DNA, you'll still die.}}
** The DNA of Vs has become 1000 times more complex over the span of 50 years. The scientist claims that that surge in complexity should have taken 5000 years. Based on what? He doesn't know enough about V evolution to deduce that pattern from their history and if he's basing it off life on Earth then he's just plain wrong. Anatomically Modern Humans have been around for about 200,000 years, that means our genes have not changed much since then. If Vs separated by 50 years have that much difference in their genetic complexity, not only would they no longer be the same species, they probably wouldn't even be in the same biological kingdom.
** Justified by the "evolution" being entirely artificial. They're choosing DNA that makes them stronger, faster, more fertile, and more resistant to disease--not genes that would give them gills and the ability to breathe fire.
** {{spoiler|The Fifth Column plans to tamper with the DNA of live-aboards-to-be so that their genes mess up the whole V DNA reserve. [[Sarcasm Mode|Because DNA is stored in a tight bundle in mass vaults and you can tamper with someone's whole adult DNA without repercussions.]]}}
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