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** Nine times out of ten, he refers to Michael Jonas as "[[Knights of the Old Republic|Carth Onassi]]".
** After Shran calls Archer 'pinkskin', Chuck says that if he tried calling Sisko 'brownskin', Sisko would [[Hit You So Hard Your X Will Feel It|hit him so hard that Weyoun would get dizzy]].
** His comment on the characters Tim Russ has played on various Trek shows prior to Russ playing Tuvok in ''[[Star Trek:
** When Malcolm McDowell is kicking Picard's ass in ''Generations'' he is singing [[A Clockwork Orange (film)|"I'm singing in the rain."]]
*** He also refers to him as "[[Fallout 3|President Eden]]."
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** When it turned out he was a teacher, this makes even more sense; teachers can't in good faith give students credit for things not actually in their report.
** Also shows up when he discusses the infamous reams of supplemental material for the film ''[[Sunshine (film)|Sunshine]]''.
** He has referenced the ''[[Star Trek:
** In his review of ''Star Trek 2009," though, he references all the backstory materials for Captain Nero and laments that if any of that had made it into the movie proper, Nero would have gone from "random bald emo Romulan" to "possibly the strongest villain the franchise has ever seen since Khan."
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Many characters, especially Janeway and Archer, have all their actions [[In-Universe|viewed through the lens]] of the kind of characters they would be if the writers knew what they were doing. In the case of those two, it's genocidal tyrant and complete lunatic respectively. His interpretation of Janeway, in particular, has become so popular he's taken to [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading it]] in more recent videos.
** This does have the fortunate side effect of making Janeway a [[Memetic Badass]] almost on par with Sisko. In SF Debris' [[Gag Dub]] of 'Splashdown' she's willing to shoot down an entire fleet just to protect her stash of Romulan Marijuana.
*** In the coda for [http://sfdebris.com/startrek/v840.asp the ''Tuvix'' review], Janeway is overtly compared to another crazy female: {{spoiler|[[
** Outside of the VOY reviews, Janeway is portrayed as the omnipresent, over-arching [[Big Bad]] of the entire franchise, responsible for everything from Shinzon to Lore (she once worked as Dr. Soong's code monkey).
** This has also led to jokes about Harry being Janeway's [[Chew Toy]].
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** Reed, practically the [[Only Sane Man]] aboard the NX-01, inventor of the forcefield, supercharging phase-cannons, and possibly the original "Reed-Alert"... (though the name needs work).
** Harrin from Voyager's episode "Good Shepherd", a one-shot Lower Decks character, who is unafraid to tell Janeway what a goddamn idiot she's been half the time, especially that it's taken seven years to notice, "On a ship meant to explore the wonders of the universe, you've put [[Carl Sagan]] in charge of ''shoveling coal''".
** Reg Barclay. His imagination, personality flaws and fallibility set him apart from most characters in Trek who often are presented as perfect, enlightened individuals. Chuck posits this as one of the reasons why he became a recurring character in ''TNG'', was so easily transplanted to ''Voyager'' and even showed up in ''[[Star Trek:
* [[Erotic Eating]]: He repeatedly tries to avoid the awkwardness of this in a [[Ho Yay]]-laden scene with Tom Paris and Harry Kim playing his clarinet, and eventually just gives up. "Because damn it, there's nothing gay about this!"
{{quote|SF Debris: "I hereby award this scene the congressional medal of gay."}}
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* [[Genius Ditz]]: Notes that Tucker was often written this way and how it's at odds with the fact that a man who is supposedly a talented engineer in charge of maintaining a Warp Reactor, seemingly can't figure out simple high-school level algebraic equations, the sort of things that he'd ''had'' to have studied in order to know how it actually ''works''.
* [[Genre Blindness]]: Accuses Dukat of this when chiding him for [[Nothing Can Stop Us Now|celebrating his victory prematurely]] in "Sacrifice of Angels", pointing out that the [[Genre Savvy]] Weyoun is much more worried about their so-called "inevitable" triumph.
* [[The Ghost]]: "Lieutenant Nobody" in ''[[Star Trek:
** Larry the Invisible Interior Decorator from ''Sarek''.
** Repeated with Janeway eying her past self. "Damn, I have a fine ass. I wonder if the universe would explode if I..."
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** Ben Sisko's counter-offensive is dubbed "Operation [[MC Hammer|Hammertime]]".
** Worf and Riker's "Operation Accomplish Nothing" ("Descent").
* [[Opinion Myopia]]: Really calls this out in his introduction video for the ''[[Star Trek: The
* [[Orwellian Editor]]: Believes Janeway in "Latent Image" ordering all evidence of Ensign Jetal ''erased from existence'' actually makers her ''[[Up to Eleven|crazier]]'' than his parody of her.
** After the infamous dune-buggy sequence in "''Nemesis''", he believes that Picard frequently doctors his official Log entries so that he can continue to make [[Patrick Stewart Speech|long-winded speeches]] about the sanctity of the Prime Directive, whilst secretly having Worf "[[Drives Like Crazy|pick dead bits of alien]] [[Car Fu|out of his grill]]".
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*** "Lazarus of the Week" (for when a crewman, well, pulls a [[Contractual Immortality|Lazarus]])
**** Tom Paris gets a "Jesus of the Week" for actually managing to raise ''himself'' from the dead. Note that that this happened without [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens|Alien intervention]], [[Applied Phlebotinum|advanced technology]], or [[Time Travel]] being involved. He was dead one minute, then alive the next all by his own doing, hence this exception.
**** Ilia got a "Damn Dirty Mutant Lazarus of the Week" in ''[[Star Trek: The
*** And, of course, "Stupid Neelix Moment" (in pretty much every review involving ''Voyager'''s resident [[Alien Scrappy]]).
**** As a companion gag, he gives a plus one bonus to his "Final Score" for any Voyager episode not featuring Neelix in the episode at all.
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** Also thinks removing Kes was a waste of the character, particularly as this could have created an interesting love triangle between Tom, B'elanna and Kes. Even more so that in "Year of Hell" where her knowledge of the future from "Before and After" could come into play, would she hesitate in warning B'elanna to step away from the console that was going to kill her?
* [[This Is Gonna Suck]]: In his review of "Daleks in Manhattan," a character who acts like King Solomon is actually named Solomon causes Chuck to have this reaction.
* [[Timey-Wimey Ball]]: Not a big fan of this trope in ''[[Star Trek:
* [[Title Drop]]: "Why it's...dare I say it...a swarm! Maybe even ''The'' Swarm."
** Meta-Title Drop during the review of the Voyager episode ''Real Life'' when the crew makes a shocking discovery while attempting to visit a space station.
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== Tropes V-Z ==
* [[Values Dissonance]]: ''[[Star Trek]]'' may have been [[Fair for Its Day]], but [[In-Universe|Chuck]] uncomfortably points out how most of the ''[[Star Trek: The
** Not to mention legally barred from captaining a starship in the 23rd century. In a story that Gene Roddenberry came up with, so you can't just say it was another writer who didn't understand his vision. This becomes [[Fridge Logic]] when ''Enterpise'' has a woman as the Captain of the second NX-class ship.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: He personally acknowledges one of them - prefacing rhetorical questions with the phrase "You might ask" - during his "The Nth Degree" review.
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* [[We Could Have Avoided All This]]: Closes out the ''ST: Nemesis'' review by wishing Wesley had been the archvillain instead. "THAT would've put asses in seats!"
* [[What Could Have Been]]: He reviewed ''[[Star Trek:
** In a video dedicated to Kes, he theorizes that had her character arc been better planned out, she could have been an effective "River from ''[[Firefly]]''" type character.
** In his review of Star Trek (2009) he points out that Nero was far more fleshed-out and sympathetic in the comic book tie-in to the film. He points out Nero could have been the most compelling Trek villain since Khan, and gives a chilling monologue regarding the villain's motivations, finishing with a lament that instead of an effective villain, Nero's lack of on-screen development put him across as some "emo with a trident."
** In response to a bogus rumor that Edward James Olmos was considered for the part of Janeway, Chuck ruminates that we'd see "a lot more of Neelix being bludgeoned with a flashlight, so that's one serious loss we've suffered." The VOY premiere would have doubled as the Series Finale, with the crew getting home immediately after throwing the Kazons [[Thrown Out the Airlock|Out the Airlock]].
* [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]]: [[In-Universe|References this trope]] several times when reviewing ''[[Gargoyles]]'', in particular how it averts [[Never Say "Die"]]. Also comes up in his ''Clone Wars'' review.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Chuck puts up trailers for his reviews on [[YouTube]]. The [[Star Trek]] trailers are set to the sweeping orchestral theme of ''[[Star Trek: The
* [[What the Hell, Casting Agency?]]: Invoked while discussing the decision the director of "Code of Honor" made to cast the aliens of the week entirely with African-Americans:
{{quote|'''Chuck :''' The script makes numerous comparisons to Earth:
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* [[The Worf Effect]]: Worf seems to have finally overcome this in "By Inferno's Light", laying out 10 Jem'Hadar in a row.
{{quote|'''Chuck:''' [''Worf baritone''] "It was the 'hitting them' part that I was having trouble with."}}
** Chuck theorizes that the reason for this trope's existance is that Worf's commanding officers in ''[[Star Trek: The
* [[X Days Since...]]: The poor safety record of an ''entire moon'' in ''Star Trek VI'' is mocked.
{{quote|"It's hard to imagine anyone would do something like this, without being deliberate gross negligence, like they have a sign up somewhere celebrating 428 days without a workplace apocalypse."}}
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