Star Trek: Voyager: Difference between revisions

* [[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]].

* [[Die Hard On an X|Die Hard on a Spaceship]]: "Basics, Part II", "Macrocosm", "The Killing Game".

* [[Downer Ending]]: "Course: Oblivion", probably one of the few examples of the trope in Star Trek.

* [[Egg McGuffin]]: "Partutition"

* [[Monster Clown]]: "The Thaw" features one as the [[Abstract Apotheosis|anthropomorphic personification]] of fear.

* [[The Mutiny]]: "Worst Case Scenario", [[The Remnant|"Repression"]].

* [[The Plague]]: "Macrocosm". Plus any episode involving Vidiians.

* [[Relationship Reset Button]]: "Unforgettable".

* [[Writer On Board]]: "Muse" is basically a plea for understanding from the writers of this [[Snark Bait|oft-criticized series]], showing how they're pulled between the desire to create meaningful works of art, the need to satisfy those paying their wages, and the demands of the audience for action and romance - told via a poet on a primitive warlike world who's trying to [[Fan Fiction|write a play based on Voyager's logs]].

* [[Wrongly Accused]]: "Ex Post Facto", "State of Flux", "The Chute", "Living Witness", "Random Thoughts".

** Also seen in [[Curse of Babel|"Think Tank"]], where Janeway thinks that the Hazari are covering every escape route and the ones that don't appear covered are traps, screwing the ship no matter which path they choose. {{spoiler|Then its inverted on the Hazari's employers, who are screwed no matter what ''they'' do.}}

** "Dark Frontier", {{spoiler|the borg wanted Seven of Nine to be severed earlier to develop a human perspective. If the federation hadn't taken the bait, they lose nothing. In the episode itself, the Borg Queen's plan. If Seven returns them, they leave Voyager alone. If not, they assimilate Voyager during the mission. If Seven warns Voyager, than the borg recover the transwarp coil that Voyager planned on stealing. }} and "Endgame".

* [[The Danza]]: Kate Mulgrew was hired as a last minute replacement for ''Nicole'' Janeway (played by [[The Other Marty|Geneviève Bujold]]) and she asked to have the first name changed to her full first name, Kathryn.

** Janeway's first name had originally been Katherine (note the different spelling) while the series was in development, but was changed to Nicole when the French-Canadian Bujold was cast in the role. The creators asked Mulgrew which of the two she would prefer, and she opted for a slightly altered version of the originally planned name.

* [[Death Is Cheap]]: The entire crew was offed twice. Every major character died at least once. The Harry Kim that made it home ''isn't even the original Harry Kim!''

** To clarify, an anomaly of the week duplicated the ship. Which leads to an even more disturbing alternative - the only "originals" who made it home were Harry, Naomi Wildman, and Seven of Nine. The crew never figured out which of the twin Voyagers was the original ship (if either one was). Harry and Naomi were the only two from the "other" ship who survived, while Seven joined the crew long after this incident.

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Star Trek science is generally pretty shaky, and usually capable of being filed under "[[Sufficiently Advanced Alien|Advanced Technology]]" or [[Suspension of Disbelief]]. However, in one instance the ship escapes a black hole by finding a crack in the event horizon. This makes about as much sense as being able to drive 100 MPH down an American highway, and not get arrested, because you found a crack in the speed limit.

* [[Ditto Aliens]]

* [[Do-Anything Robot]]: Seven's Borg implants served whatever purpose the plot needed them to, and her [[Nanomachines|nanoprobes]] were like [[Green Rocks|Swiss Army molecules]].

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: At the beginning of the episode "Coda", Janeway and Neelix are speaking in ambiguous terms about some sort of group event Neelix organized the previous night. With lines like "You were really good last night" and "It's been a long time for me" going back and forth between them, it seems like they're talking about an orgy. It's not until the ''next'' scene that it's revealed they were talking about a talent show.

* [[Fallen Hero]]: Captain Ransom of the "[[Evil Counterpart|Equinox]]"

* [[Fan Service Pack]]: Getting Captain Janeway to [[Letting Her Hair Down|let her hair down]].

* [[Feminist Fantasy]]: The only Star Trek series with a female captain, 3 other female regulars (Torres, Kes, Seven) and a female [[Big Bad]] (the Borg Queen).

** With the caveat that only 2 of the other 3 female regulars were usually there at the same time, since Seven wasn't a regular until Kes left the ship.

* [[Just Eat Gilligan|Just Screw Q]]: At one point, Q hints that Voyager would get home a lot quicker if its captain formed a baby with him. As a feminist icon, Janeway rightly refuses to use her body as a bargaining chip. But in later episodes, so much emphasis was placed on how much she's willing to sacrifice to get her crew home that fans couldn't help but wonder why she didn't just boff the jerk.

** Just screwing Q is one thing, and if was just that, Janeway would have likely done it, but ''having a child with him'' this way is something else entirely. Even '''''[[Sci Fi Debris]]''''' points this out, and this is the guy who consistently goes out of his way to [[Alternate Character Interpretation|paint Janeway as a]] [[Villain Protagonist]].

* [[Letting Her Hair Down]]: Janeway and Kes

** Seven also does this on a few occasions.

*** In Neelix's defense, Tuvok ''had'' just mind-melded with a [[Serial Killer]].

* [[Official Couple]]: Neelix and Kes, then Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres.

* [[Only Sane Man]]: Often this is either Tom Paris, or the Doctor.

** In the latter's case, when as the ''Emergency Command Hologram'' in the episode "Workforce", the Doctor's first response to being told that Voyager will be boarded and forcibly seized, is to [[Combat Pragmatist|immediately]] [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?|open fire]] and cripple the enemy ship. In comparison, Janeway and Chakotay usually only return fire when the shields are down to 24% and several consoles have exploded.

* [[Other Me Annoys Me]]: As [[SF Debris]] noted about whenever Janeway met various dopplegangers;

{{quote| '''[[SF Debris]]''': Whenever we get two Janeways in the same room, they will ''always'' argue with one another.}}

* [[Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions]]: Often averted with Chakotay's Native American spirituality and some explorations of other odd species' religions. The episode "False Profits" parodied this trope to Hell and back, however, with a Bronze Age civilization venerating two Ferengi refugees as their sages (sort of ersatz deities) because their crash-landing's appearance was a lot like something prophesied in one of their sacred poems. All efforts to remove the Ferengi failed until the Voyager's crew realized the same poem ended with the appearance of certain easily-arranged celestial signs and the ascension of the sages back into the heavens, all of which could be arranged using some futuristic flares and transporter technology. Since technically this means every one of the prophecies came true, there was arguably nothing to outgrow about these people's "silly superstitions" at all!

** To add to the humor, this also parodied [[Burn the Witch]] as the joyous townspeople, spurred by the mention of their sages being taken up on "wings of flame" in the prophecy, enthusiastically rush to honor their sages by bundling them all together with some firewood and lighting the fire. Since they're beamed out before they can be burned, they truly do ascend into the heavens.

** It's implied that while many do still believe in mythology, it may not be the truth, as seen in the episode 'Mortal Coil' where Neelix dies (he gets better) and is upset he didn't experience an afterlife.

** Played straight in "Blink of an Eye" where Voyager is trapped in orbit over a planet where time moves rapidly, becoming worshiped as a deity by the inhabitants called "the Groundshaker" after their attempt to leave causes violent earthquakes. As we see time on the planet progress, the people invent telescopes and come to dub Voyager as "The Skyship", which by the time they've entered the Space Age, is no longer believed to be the home of their Gods, but merely an advanced spacecraft that houses alien beings.

* [[Plank Gag]]: In the episode "Suvival Instinct", Chakotay tried to lug a huge piece of alien sports equipment across the bridge and nearly whacked a visiting alien with it.

* [[Plausible Deniability]]: Eugenics Wars? What are they?

* [[Scenery Porn]]: The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ij1TDX6WH4 opening title sequence] is ''gorgeous''.

* [[Serkis Folk]]: Species 8472, and the aliens in "Equinox".

* [[Sexy Discretion Shot]]: An episode involving one of the Doctor's romances had one that was so discreet that even Robert Picardo didn't know about it until a much later episode referenced his having had sex and he asked the writers about it.

* [[Shiny-Looking Spaceships]]: USS Voyager

* [[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!''"}}

* [[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".

* [[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.}}

* [[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.