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== Tropes A-G ==
* [[Aborted Arc]]: The [[Puppeteer Parasite]] aliens seen in "Conspiracy". They were intended to be harbingers of the Borg, who were originally supposed to be insectoid. In the end this idea was scrapped as the special effects were impossible and the parasites were never seen again, despite the obvious [[Sequel Hook]] of them sending off a transmission at the end of "Conspiracy". They may have inspired the similar Goa'uld from ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''.
** The parasites would eventually show up in two divergent branches of the [[Expanded Universe]], one being a (rather forced and painful) tie-in in the novels with the Trill, and the other being in ''[[Star Trek Online]]''.
* [[Absentee Actor]]: Some episodes struggle to include all the actors, even with the [[Mandatory Line]].
* [[After Show]]: One reason Paramount felt confident in the risk of pouring so much money into the first season episodes - they figured if the show bombed, they'd just add the 13 Next Gen episodes to TOS's syndication package of 79 episodes and make the money back that way.
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* [[Government Drug Enforcement]]: The former plague cure that became a narcotic in "Symbiosis" plus the 21st-century drug-addled supersoldier Q conjures up in "Encounter at Farpoint".
* [[Great Gazoo]]: Q.
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