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Line 9: Early on even the producers found a certain problem with the premise, in that the series had a singular goal of returning home. That meant while there was plenty of "Strange New Worlds" to discover, they were always looking home, and constantly missing [[Just Eat Gilligan\|opportunities for shortcuts]]. Another problem was the use of [[Infinite Supplies]]. Early in the series, many fans quickly dubbed Voyager the HMS [[Reset Button]]; the conclusion of almost every episode usually resulted in a return to ''[[Status Quo Is God\|status quo ante]]''. Interestingly, the show suffered from such inconsistent writing that even the ''actors'' complained; Kate Mulgrew mentioned that her character (the ship's captain) was [[Depending on the Writer\|never portrayed the same way from episode to episode]] (causing Janeway to switch between upholding the [[Alien Non-Interference Clause\|Prime Directive]] ''no matter the cost'' in some episodes, and having no problem with breaking it whenever it proves even a ''minor'' inconvenience in others), and Robert Beltran's notoriously wooden acting has often been attributed to his contempt for the writing of his character and the plots, which he's expressed in several interviews. At least some of this has been ascribed to [[Executive Meddling]] on the part of Paramount, hampering the production team on building a stronger show. The show was a frustrating mix of genuinely good entertainment and "safe" old [[Star Trek]] stand-bys. Part of this was a predominance with episodes of the [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]] between Seven-Of-Nine and The Doctor. The lackluster response to ''Voyager'' was actually a serious consideration to hold off on further ''[[Star Trek]]'' series ([[Executive Meddling\|which was demanded anyway]]). But it was also the near-magical power of the technology in this series that made them decide upon a less-evolved [[Prequel]] series in ''[[Enterprise]]''. That said, ''Voyager'' was notable for taking on stories and subjects that even its very daring sister series, ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine\|Deep Space Nine]]'', didn't ~~touch—the~~touch — the crew encountered a Starfleet vessel that was willing to totally discard its Federation principles for the sake of getting home, faced the Borg on their home turf, and even tackled the moral and ethical implications of assisting in a suicide. ''Voyager'' is known throughout ''Trek'' fandom as a series that featured an episode so ''incredibly'' sub-par that both the fans ''and the producers'' unofficially struck it from canon after it aired (unless you count an offhand comment in a later episode... which ''[[Canon Discontinuity\|officially]]'' strikes it from canon). However, ''Voyager'' is also widely considered to have the most beautiful and evocative [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX9FU8bmxQs theme music] the franchise has ever produced (albeit not the most ''iconic''; that honor goes to TOS and TNG). It has been said that ''Voyager''{{'}}s theme is the music to what the show ''should'' have been. If you want to read something like an [[Abridged Series]] or [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]] version, try ''[[Five Minute Voyager]]''. Want reviews of this? No problem, just ask Chuck Sonnenburg at [[SF Debris\|SF Debris!]] Line 42: * [[The Bus Came Back]]: "Fury" * [[The Chains of Commanding]]: "Night", "Year of Hell", "[[Hourglass Plot\|Equinox]]", "Endgame". * [[Con Crew]]: In one episode, in which Neelix and Tom are trying to prove they're still "street", they decide to pull the cup-and-pea trick on the Doctor. To get him interested, they let him see Tom be the Shill by successfully finding the pea. * [[Data Crystal]] * [[Death Seeker]] (or [[Driven to Suicide]]): A member of the Q Continuum argues for the right to commit suicide in [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin\|"Death Wish"]]. Also B'Elanna Torres in "Extreme Risk" and Neelix in "Mortal Coil". And apparently Janeway, given her frequent threats to [[Self-Destruct Mechanism\|blow up]] Voyager or [[Debate and Switch\|fly it into binary pulsars]]. Line 89 ⟶ 90: == Tropes A-G == * [[2-D Space]]: Like ''all'' Star Trek, though the large holographic Astrometrics display did avert this somewhat.▼ * [[Agent Scully]]: Played with in "Blink of an Eye", with two scientists trying to discover if there's anyone on board Voyager, which has been in their sky for their civilisation's entire history due to [[Year Inside, Hour Outside]]. The Scully doubts there's anyone on board, but when the Mulder asks why he's on the mission in the first place, he adds that he doubts everything - including his own doubts. * [[A God Am I]]: Invoked by a group of Ferengi who ended up getting stuck in the Delta Quadrant in a similar fashion that Voyager did. They spent no time tricking and manipulating a planet's native race to start following the Rules of Acquisition and making them believe that the Ferengi were gods and prophets to the gods. Line 362 ⟶ 364: * [[Thoughtcrime]]: There was an episode where they came across a people who were extremely telepathic, so sensitive that any extreme emotions would incite them to act out on those feelings; having violent thoughts was a crime in and of itself. Torres was put under trial for having a brief violent thought when someone bumped into her, and Tuvok's investigation into the planet's culture found a sort of "violent thoughts" Black Market. Of course it examined the nature that when something was so taboo it meant their own people were unable to handle it when confronted with the situation. * [[Third Person Person]]: {{quote\|'''Dreadnought''': "False information has been entered into ''Dreadnought''{{'}}s navigational sensor array." '''Paris''': "When a bomb starts talking about itself in the third person, I get worried." }} * [[Tim Taylor Technology]]{{context}} * [[~~Touche~~Touché]]: In "Counterpoint", {{spoiler\|Kashyk admits this when he sees he's been tricked.}} * [[Transformation Sequence]]: Overlaps with [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]] in "Tinkor, Tailor, Doctor, Spy". The Doctor's transformation into the ECH is accompanied by a dramatic zoom on the Doctor's lapel as the pips appear one by one. ▲* [[2-D Space]]: Like ''all'' Star Trek, though the large holographic Astrometrics display did avert this somewhat. * [[Two Roads Before You]] * [[Understatement]]: In "Scientific Method," Janeway decides to fly ''Voyager'' between two stars, hoping to destroy the ships of some aliens who have been experimenting on the crew in the process, despite Tuvok's warning that the odds of their survival are "one in twenty, at best." Tuvok tells her that it's a far more reckless course of action than he's come to expect from her. After they manage to get away, Janeway comments to Tuvok that she never knew he thought of her as "reckless." Tuvok says that it was a poor choice of words: "It was clearly an understatement." Line 384 ⟶ 385: Remember back in the TNG episode "A Measure of a Man" where Picard chewed out Starfleet who were planning to disassemble Data so they could build Androids to serve on Federation vessels, arguing that it was tantamount to them actively perpetuating a Slave-Race? Well apparently Starfleet doesn't, as its revealed in "Lifeline" that they reprogrammed every single EMH Mk I in the Alpha Quadrant to mine Dilithium asteroids. * By that logic we need to stop using flashlights to create enslaved beams of light ''immediately''. * [[Writers Cannot Do Math]]: [http://www.mi6forums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=4713264#4713264 The character biographies]{{Dead link}}, [http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/inconsistencies/inconsistencies-voy.htm the shuttlecraft complement, the number of torpedoes, the crewmembers]... * [[Wrote the Book]]: In the finale, a future Starfleet instructor introduces Admiral Janeway as "the person who, literally, wrote the book on the Borg." * [[Yellow Brick Road]]: Though when keeping to the path is the only way to progress ''and'' [[Status Quo Is God]]... Line 392 ⟶ 393: * [[You Never Did That for Me]]: Janeway, upon learning that her best friend Tuvok used to make tea for [[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country\|then-Captain Sulu]], complains in a mock-annoyed fashion that he never made ''her'' tea! In the novelization of that episode, he notes, quite reasonably, that she prefers coffee. * [[YouTube Poop]]: Growing in popularity. == There are also several shows [[Show Within a Show\|Shows Within a Show]]. They contain examples of == Line 405: '''Paris:''' Well they brought people back to the theaters. '''Kim:''' Cliffhangers! '''Paris:''' The lost art of hyperbole. }} * [[Damsel in Distress]]: Parodied in the [[Ms. Fanservice\|voluptuous form]] of Constance Goodheart, who "tags along on all the missions" for the sole purpose of getting captured by [[Mad Scientist]]s, and whose only dialogue is an [[Screaming Woman\|ear-piercing scream]]. ** [[Hilarity Ensues]] when Tom tries to put ''Seven of Nine'' in this role. She goes [[Off the Rails]] quickly. Line 427: * [[Robo Speak]]: Satan's Robot with its [[Catch Phrase]]: "SUR-REND-DER!" Also [[Electronic Speech Impediment]] whenever it gets damaged. * [[Role-Playing Game]]: That's what any holonovel is. * [[~~Shot~~Killed Mid-Sentence\|Shot Mid-Sentence]]: Lonzak is raygunned by Proton and Buster as he's hamming his way through his Roaring Speech of Revenge. {{quote\|"Surprised? You thought I had [[Not Quite Dead\|perished in that den of crocodiles]]. I SURVIVED! CLINGING to the thought that I would ONE DAY__''Arrrrgh!''"}} * [[Sidekick]]: Ensign Harry Kim plays 'Buster', a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Buster Crabbe]] who famously played Flash Gordon in the [[Flash Gordon Serial\|1930s film serials]]. * [[Space Does Not Work That Way]]: Parodied in "Thirty Days" where Proton is seen [[Batman Can Breathe in Space\|flying through outer space]] protected by a [[Adventurer Outfit\|leather jacket and flying goggles]]. * [[Strapped to An Operating Table]]: Janeway in "Shattered". Line 438: * [[You Just Ruined the Shot]]: In "Bride Of Chaotica!" [[Energy Beings\|photonic aliens]] mistake the simulation for reality and go to war with Chaotica. * [[Zeerust]]: It's several centuries old by the time of ''Voyager''. ~~=== The Voyager Encounter ===~~ * [[Alternate Reality Episode]]: This was clearly meant to be ''Star Trek Voyager's'' version of an [[Evil Twin]] [[Mirror Universe]] episode, though unfortunately it lacks the [[Bare Your Midriff]] uniforms and blatant [[Ho Yay]]. * [[Badass Crew]]: Taken to its most terrifying extreme, the warship ''Voyager'''s crew are clearly insane. Even ''Neelix'' manages to get in an awesome line in a putdown to Paris. * [[Brick Joke]]: Also leading to a [[Call Back]] that in "Worst Case Scenario", Tom Paris suggests that a holographic Janeway execute some mutineers. We see this version of a holographic Janeway do just that to hostages. * [[Call Back]] * [[Cool Starship]]: It has to be said, the alternate ''Voyager'' armed to the teeth with guns isn't a bad sight. * [[Depending on the Writer]]: The curator's initial idea when he finds the Doctor is to use him to help him alter the program to make it a more accurate simulation. He admits that over the years they've had to extrapolate certain things to fill in the gaps. * [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: The biased depiction of the Vaskan leader has him going to war with the Kyrians simply to steal their land. He contracts Voyager as mercenaries to accomplish this, but even he objects on moral grounds and tries to cancel the deal when Janeway decides to effect massive genocide of the Kyrians as the best solution. * [[Final Solution]]: Evil Janeway's genocide of the Kyrians, which apparently kills at least 900,000 people. * [[Future Imperfect]]: The historian's interpretation of the event is... misguided, to say the least. This is due to the fact that he barely has any data to work with and a heavy bias against the Vaskans. The crew wear fascist uniforms and are portrayed as violent sociopaths. The Doctor is an android. Seven of Nine is still a Borg leading a contingent of captured drones. Even ''Voyager'' herself has become a darkly-lit ship, armed to the teeth and referred to as a warship. * [[Hand of Death]]: The evil ''Voyager'' crew all wear black gloves. * [[Historical Badass Upgrade]]: See [[Badass Crew]] and [[Cool Starship]] above. * [[Historical Hero Upgrade]]: The Kyrians, Tetran in particular. * [[Historical Villain Upgrade]]: The Voyager crew and the Vaskans. * [[My Friends and Zoidberg]]: The Doctor points out that the way his colleagues have been depicted in the historical recreation has morphed them into violent thugs, but he actually finds Paris to be pretty well portrayed (who from what we've seen admittedly is not depicted so much as a bloodthirsty villain rather than just cocky and prone to skirt-chasing). ~~{{quote\|These weren't the people I knew! They didn't behave like this! [[[Beat]]] Well, except for Mr. Paris.}}~~ * [[Politically-Correct History]]: The Kyrian recreation portrays Tedran as a martyr for the Kyrians who was executed by Janeway while trying to stop an alliance between the Vaskans and ''Voyager''. Later averted when it's revealed that ''Voyager'' was merely trading with the Vaskans when Tedran attacked unprovoked, tried to loot the ship, and then was killed by the Vaskan ambassador without warning. * [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: The Doctor himself in this episode, or rather his backup copy, which is reactivated 700 years later. * [[Show Within a Show]]: The reveal that the Doctor setting the events of the ''Voyager'' recreation straight were in turn ''themselves'' another recreation at the same museum, many years later. * [[Torture Technician]]: The Doctor is portrayed as this, much to his horror. * [[Writer on Board]]: Also subverted; the original recreation was this, while the Doctor and the curator are seen this way by the historical council when they try to correct it. {{reflist}} ~~[[Category:~~{{Star Trek: ~~Voyager]]~~Franchise}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Science Fiction Series]] [[Category:The Nineties]] Line 470 ⟶ 449: [[Category:Star Trek]] [[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]] [[Category:Live-Action TV of the 1990s]]