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* [[Aborted Arc]]: The events of "Camelot" reveal that the time of [[King Arthur]]'s prophesied return is approaching and that Valencia is destined to help him after she pulls the sword from the stone. SG-1 does spend several episodes following Arthur's trail to several planets, and eventually discovers Merlin's anti-Ori weapon, but the prophecy of Arthur's return is never followed up or explored.

* [[Abusive Precursors]]: The Goa'uld served as the foundation for many, if not all, human societies and religions prior to approximately 3000 BCE, but are a homicidal, imperialist and sadistic group that booby trap their leftover technology and return to exterminate any society descended from theirs that could rival them.

* [[Acting for Two]]

* [[Action Survivor]]: Doctors Felger and Coombs have no combat training or experience, but when SG-1 was captured by Jaffa they both transport aboard the leaving ha'tak for a rescue mission. Of course, SG-1 ''allowed'' themselves to be captured and were quite unhappy to see the two scientists, but they came in handy later on.

* [[Actor Allusion]]

* [[Adventure Towns]]: Technically, adventure [[Planetville|planets]], but the effect is the same.

* [[Affably Evil]]: Ba'al

** The [http://gateworld.net/wiki/Goa%27uld_hand_device Goa'uld Hand Device] (also called a "Ribbon device" or [http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Kara_kesh "Kara kesh"]) is able to send a ribbon of energy into the head of another which causes extreme debilitating pain. This can be fatal if used extensively, and was also seen once to be able to send telepathic messages from one person to another.

** The Goa'uld have [http://gateworld.net/wiki/Pain_stick a cattle-prod like device] (never named in the series) that, when jabbed into a person, causes extreme pain without physical damage. When a person is being tortured with this device, [[Throat Light|light shines out of their mouths and eyes]]. Richard Dean Anderson did not like this visual effect, and would close his eyes whenever Jack O'Neill was being tortured in order to keep it from being used.

** The Tollan have a firm law against giving technology to less advanced species which they enacted after another planet destroyed itself (and the Tollan's original homeworld) after they were given technology too powerful for them to use responsibly.

** Rule ''number one'' amongst the Ascended Ancients, which they believe in so strongly that they [[Honor Before Reason|would rather die than break it]], is to not interfere on the lower planes of existence, primarily with regards to helping "lowers" likewise [[Ascended to A Higher Plane of Existence|ascend]]. Their belief is that if you ''deserve'' to ascend then you can do it by yourself, and all beings have the right to chose their own path without interference, even if that path ends in their own death.

* [[Alternate Universe]]: Many are visited throughout the course of the show, which subscribes to the "Different outcomes for each decision" school of thought.

* [[Alternative Number System]]: A throwaway line in "The Fifth Race" reveals that the Ancients used base 8.

* [[Amazon Brigade]]: The Hak'tyl (Liberation), a planet of refugee women Jaffa in the season 7 episode "Birthright". They reappear in "Sacrifices" and later as members of the Free Jaffa Nation.

* [[Ancient Astronauts]]: The basic premise of the show. The gods of most of the world's mythology and religion were actually [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens|aliens who masqueraded as gods]]; in some instances the aliens inspired the legends, whereas in other instances they adopted the already-existing identity. The two primary mythologies used by the series were Egyptian (primarily used by the Goa'uld) and Norse (used by the Asgard), though Mayan, Aztec, Greek, Chinese, Minoan, Japanese, Celtic, Semitic, Hindu, Yoruba, Zen Buddhist and Christian mythologies were also involved.

* [[Ancient Grome]]: The first season episode "Cor-ai" took place on Cartago (Latin for "Carthage") where the language apparently had roots in both Latin ''and'' Greek. [[Deconstructed Trope|Daniel is confused that the language would have two disparate roots]].

* [[Annoying Arrows]]: Averted.

** "Spirits" opens with an arrow shot through the stargate that goes through a pane of bulletproof glass and still manages to wound O'Neill sufficiently [[You Are in Command Now|to force Carter to take command of SG-1]]. Of course, it was a ''[[Unobtanium|trinium]]'' arrow.

* [[Armor Is Useless]]

** Standard kevlar body armor worn by USAF personnel have absolutely no affect on either staff weapons or zats (see also the entry on [[Bulletproof Vest]] below).

** The metal armor worn by the Jaffa was extremely effective against Tau'ri weaponry in the early seasons (particularly in the first two fight scenes of the pilot), but was never seen to have ''any'' effect against staff weapons or zat'nik'tels. As the series progressed its effectiveness against projectile weaponry gradually lessened; by season eight it can even be penetrated by an ''arrow''.

** The armor worn by the Kull Warriors averted the trope. Though the Tau'ri and Tok'ra eventually developed an anti-Kull weapon, their armor remained impervious against both projectile and energy weaponry in every appearance.

* [[Art Shift]]: In "Heroes", Emmett Bregman's footage has a different appearance from the rest of the show -- more like a live TV program than ''Stargate'''s usual more cinema-like feel.

* [[Ascended Meme]]: Fans of the show had for years used the term "kawoosh" to refer to the unstable vortex of an opening stargate; in "Crusade", the penultimate episode of season nine, Carter uses the term.

* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]

** The Goa'uld select a Jaffa as their First Prime based on their military skill and experience. If a Jaffa wishes to depose the current leader he may challenge him to ritual combat for the position.

** The traditions fostered by the Goa'uld are unfortunately very hard to get rid of once the Jaffa gain their independence, and the Free Jaffa Nation initially awards positions on its leadership council based on the military assets controlled by different Jaffa factions. This essentially gives Gerak, the former First Prime of the minor Goa'uld Montu, control of the new nation since Montu had served Ba'al and Gerak laid claim to the majority of Ba'al's forces.

** In-universe, O'Neill is assigned as "technical advisor" to "[[Show Within a Show|Wormhole X-Treme!]]" to cover his activities on the set.

** Apophis died at the end of "Serpent's Song", but was resurrected by Sokar for further torture and returned in "The Devil You Know".

* [[Badass]]: Teal'c can knock a man out with an ''avocado'' at 100 yards. He is the only character in the series to [[Guns Akimbo|wield two weapons]] that are not meant to be used as such, including two staff weapons and even ''two P90s'', and on occasion even carries a [[BFG|Death Glider cannon]].

* [[Badass Bookworm]]

** Samantha Carter is a decorated astrophysicist with complementary armed and unarmed combat training.

* [[Badass Crew]]: SG-1. Several enemies wanted to destroy the Earth just to ensure that those four would be dead.

* [[Bad Future]]: "2010", which initially looks like a ''good'' future. The Goa'uld have been defeated, the Jaffa liberated, and Earth is a member of the Aschen Confederacy, which has granted the planet advanced technology. However, it turns out that the Aschen are simply a much more patient alien menace, and have been [[Sterility Plague|reducing human fertility]] with the plan to conquer the planet once the population has dropped significantly.

* [[Bald of Evil]]: The System Lords Heru'ur and [[Satan|Sokar]].

* [[Bar Brawl]]: SG-1 starts a brawl at "O'Malley's in town" while under the mind-affecting, strength-enhancing Atoniek armbands.

* [[Battle Discretion Shot]]: The aforementioned [[Bar Brawl]] cuts to the exterior of O'Malley's, whereupon we hear a string of crashes, thuds, and shattering glass. It is hilarious.

* [[Beard of Evil]]

** In the episode "Point of View", SG-1 travels to an alternate reality in which Teal'c is still First Prime of Apophis and the Goa'uld have taken over the Earth. The alternate Teal'c has a beard, as does Apophis, but this Teal'c is killed before he is really given a chance to show where he falls on the morality scale and Apophis is no worse (or better) than the "real" Apophis.

** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Colonel Mitchell in "Ripple Effect":

* [[Because I Said So]]:

* [[Beneficial Disease]]

** In a somewhat roundabout way, early episode "The Broca Divide" has Daniel's infamous ([[Characterization Marches On|and soon forgotten]]) allergies prove to be beneficial, in that the antihistamine medication he takes for it proves to be the cure for the neanderthalism-inducing disease plaguing the locals.

** In one episode, the characters receive armbands that bestow superpowers on the wearers. They work by infecting the wearer with nanites that causes the changes. Unfortunately this means that the armbands only work for as long as it takes the body to develop an immunity to the nanites.

* [[Benevolent Precursors]]: Seasons nine and ten reveal that the Ancients, [[Neglectful Precursors|whose core policy is non-intervention on the lower levels]], have been active on their ''own'' level with regards to the Ori.

* [[Big Bad|Big Bads]]

** The Goa'uld were the traditional [[Big Bad]] of the first eight seasons, represented at different times by whichever Goa'uld had risen to prominence.

** When Jonas Quinn was introduced he became fascinated with "traditional all-American food" and was shown eating in every episode he was in, often more than once in an episode. Carter noticed this and commented that America has another tradition, hardened arteries, and this facet of his character was dropped towards the middle of the season.

** Nerus, the Goa'uld inventor, whose appetites are so large, and so well known, that food is used as a method of information extraction.

'''Nerus:''' Well I MUST have more turkey! }}

* [[Big Good]]

** Spoken Russian appears (relatively) frequently throughout the show, [[No Fourth Wall|often commenting on the series itself]].

** In "The Scourge", Daniel Jackson and Shen Xiaoyi briefly converse in Mandarin after being introduced.

'''Mitchell:''' ''(in English)'' Yeah, that's very funny. ''(in Mandarin)'' [[Bilingual Backfire|Screw you!]] }}

* [[Black Dude Dies First|Black Girl Dies First]]: Mala of the Hak'tyl was the only one of her tribe not to survive the tretonin tests.

* [[Blue and Orange Morality]] / [[Above Good and Evil]]: One way to view the (non-human-form) Replicators. All they care about is making more of themselves. They have no interest at all in humanity or the other species, we are just in their way.

* [[Bluff the Impostor]]: In "Holiday", O'Neill tests "Ma'chello" by asking about the dress Daniel's sister wore when she and Jack went on a date. His response, that Daniel does not ''have'' a sister, [[Something Only They Would Say|and that if he did he would not let Jack near her]], convinces him.

* [[Board to Death]]: Ba'al to all his clones in the penultimate episode. {{spoiler|At least most of them.}}

* [[Body Backup Drive]]: The Asgard exist entirely as a race of clones, and regularly transfer their consciousness from one cloned body to a new one. Thor, voiced by Michael Shanks, dies repeatedly over the course of the series, only to return in a new cloned body.

** In the first episode to feature the trope in its purest form, [[Deconstruction|the show examined the inherent problems that come with sleeping with random women with different biology]]: O'Neill catches an STD and nearly dies.

** It faded away as the series progressed and situations which dealt with this generally addressed the natural repercussions of such of a relationship, though SG-1 never did completely abandon the premise.

** Lampshaded by Vala, who says that the real reason for them joining the Stargate program is to meet women. Landry and Mitchell agree, [[Irony|Daniel doesn't]].

* [[Boom Stick]]

** The Ori Soldiers use pointed-stick version.

* [[Boring but Practical]]: "The Tau'ri weapons are [[Boring but Practical|primitive, but impressive]]."

* [[Boss in Mook Clothing]]: Anubis's Kull warriors. Their armor is [[Nigh Invulnerability|impervious to everything from machine guns to staff weapons to claymores]] and [[Beam Spam|equipped with dual wrist-mounted rapid-fire staff weapons]]. Killing them requires a specialized energy weapon that negates the advanced technology that granted them life in the first place (or the kinetic energy of something on the order of a heavy artillery shell, which isn't exactly man-portable).

* [[Bottle Episode]]: Season eight's "Prometheus Unbound" and "Gemini" were filmed concurrently, each with only about half the cast, in an attempt to save money. Carter and Teal'c did not appear in "Prometheus Unbound", and O'Neill only had a single scene at the episode's opening, with Daniel only appearing in the opening scene of "Gemini". Ironically, due to the unexpected volume of special effects in "Prometheus Unbound", the episode wound up costing ''more'' than the usual SG-1 episode.

* [[Bounty Hunter]]

* [[Break the Cutie]]: Done to multiple characters, but ''SG-1'' BEGINS with it being done to Daniel Jackson. The result is an understated subtext, but it's pretty clear the vengeance he wants is to [[Beware the Nice Ones|exterminate the Goa'uld as a species]].

* [[Brick Joke]]: In "The Fifth Race", Jack and Teal'c spar in an boxing ring. Teal'c decks Jack. In "Upgrades", with the benefit of an Atoniek armband, Jack decks Teal'c.

* [[Bulletproof Vest]]

** In "Heroes", Dr. Bill Lee explains why standard bulletproof vests do not work against staff weapon blasts, and in some cases actually ''amplify'' the affects of the blast by trapping the heat of the blast within the vest and ''cooking'' the wearer. So the SGC develops a ceramic insert for the standard USAF flak jacket to absorb the blast. {{spoiler|The inserts end up saving Jack O'Neill's life.}}

* [[Bullet Sparks]]: Particularly when machine-gunning enemy Jaffa.

* [[The Bus Came Back]]: Jonas in "Fallout".

* [[Butt Monkey]]

** Sgt. Siler, as the [[Mauve Shirt]] who is constantly subjected to non-fatal accidents and injuries. It makes sense when you remember that his actor is the stunt coordinator for the series.

** A darker version of the [[Butt Monkey]] would be Major Kawalsky, who was killed in the second episode. He reappears in time travel or alternate universe episodes only to die in most of them as well.

** Lieutenant Grogan appeared in two episodes and O'Neill, despite admitting that he was a fine officer, [[Lampshade Hanging|pointed out that was very good at getting himself shot]]. He was shot ''four times'' in his first appearance, then got trapped off-world by Svarog's Jaffa in his second one, and shot again with a zat.

** "The Changeling" recasts the members of SG-1 as firefighters living a normal life on Earth. Teal'c is a human, Bra'tac (referred to as "Bray") is his stepfather who needs a kidney transplant, O'Neill is the fire chief, Carter is a crew captain, Jonas is "Probie" ("[[New Meat|Probationary firefighter]]") and Siler opens the door. Daniel Jackson appears as a psychiatrist, but there are hints (and it is confirmed at the end of the episode) that he is the ''real'' Daniel.

** The Goa'uld literally have naquadah, the rare mineral that is used to build the Stargates and much Ancient and Goa'uld technology, in their blood. As such they can sense/be sensed by other Goa'uld, Jaffa or people who likewise have naquadah in their bloodstream.

** The Reetou, an [[Insectoid Aliens|insectoid alien species]] that are invisible to all known species, can be "sensed" by the Goa'uld and, by extension, the Jaffa (through the Goa'uld symbiotes they carry). This "sensing" was used to develop a technology to make them visible.

** In season six, an alien device made whoever touched it (and whoever touched ''them'') able to see alien creatures "out of phase" with our reality. The creatures themselves did absolutely nothing, they had been on Earth all along and could not interact with physical matter, but suddenly seeing them caused widespread panic.

* [[California Doubling]]: Canadian variant.

* [[Cannot Tell a Joke]]: Teal'c. Humor, as the Jaffa understand it, [[Justified Trope|is esoteric, to say the least.]]

* [[Can't Live Without You]]

** The Jaffa cannot live without a Goa'uld in their pouch until a drug that has the same effect is discovered in one of the later seasons.

** In the opening story arc of season nine, Daniel and Vala put on bracelets that create a link between them so that to be any more than a few feet away from each other can cause them extreme physical discomfort and eventually death.

* [[Cargo Cult]]: More or less the basic premise of the show.

* [[Cartwright Curse]]: [[Word of God|Carter was known as "Black Widow Carter" behind the scenes]] as her romantic interests continuously died or were subjected to horrific torture throughout the series; she even acknowledges this to her boyfriend. Pete Shanahan was introduced in season seven partly because the writers specifically wanted to give Carter a life outside the Gate Program that did not end up being destroyed at the end of the episode where it was introduced.

* [[Casual Danger Dialogue]]: In season nine's "The Scourge", when Teal'c explains that he has always had faith in their ultimate triumph over the Ori, Mitchell remarks that with that mentality he is probably unconcerned with their current danger and already thinking about what they are going to watch for movie night. Teal'c responds that he was considering ''Old School''.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: Many of them:

** Teal'c: "''Indeed''."

** Cameron Mitchell: "Like my grandma always said, [insert proverb or adage here]." -- "That's what I'm talking about!"

** Daniel Jackson: "We're peaceful explorers, and we come from a planet called Earth."

** Sam Carter: "With all due respect, sir..." and when positing a logical but probably incorrect guess, "I don't think so."

** Jonas Quinn: "[[Naive Newcomer|This is my first [whatever].]]"

** Rebel Jaffa: "''[[I Die Free]]!]]''"

** The Ori and their followers: "Hallowed are the Ori."

* [[Chain of Deals]]: "The Ties That Bind"

* [[Characterization Marches On]]: When he is introduced in "Summit", Ba'al is described as a ruthless, sore loser who once wiped out two star systems rather than lose them to Cronus. This is quite different from the [[Affably Evil]] [[Magnificent Bastard]] of the last couple seasons.

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]

** In the beginning of "Wormhole X-Treme!", Martin gets into an argument with the "Prop guy" over which fruit to use for an alien setting. The same prop master later guides Martin to where the ''actual'' alien device is being used on the set {{spoiler|and is revealed to be an agent of the NID.}}

* [[Chekhov's Lecture]]: In "The Warrior", K'tano attempts to address O'Neill's objections to the way he runs the Jaffa Rebellion by explaining the [[Klingon Promotion|rite of]] ''[[Klingon Promotion|joma secu]]'', whereby any Jaffa has the right to challenge K'tano for leadership if he is dissatisfied. {{spoiler|After Lord Yu reveals to Teal'c that K'tano is [[The Mole|really trying to help the System Lords eliminate all the rebel Jaffa at once]], Teal'c challenges K'tano, who turns out to actually be the Goa'uld Imhotep.}}

* [[Chick Magnet]]: It seems that every other female character will try to get into Daniel's pants at some point. Lampshaded in an early episode when O'Neill says at this rate, Daniel is going to have a girl on every planet.

* [[The Chosen Zero]]: The Asgard ask SG-1 for help defeating the Replicators, because despite all of their intelligence they have yet to figure a way to defeat them. Earthlings, even though they are far less technologically advanced, have an ability to "think outside the box" that has allowed them to defeat the Replicators several times. Daniel summarizes this:

'''[[Deadpan Snarker|Jack]]:''' I think we can help you with that. }}

* [[Clarke's Third Law]]

** The Asgard are a dying race because they have lost the ability to reproduce sexually and their cloning technology is sufficiently imperfect that entropy must inevitably win.

** The teenage clone O'Neill was a victim of genetic degradation because Loki had been sloppy and irresponsible in the cloning procedure.

* [[Clothing Damage]]

** Jack wears the same outfit throughout "Abyss", and as the episode progresses there are more numerous holes and burn scars in his clothing after each torture session.

* [[Cold Equation]]: In "Tangent", Teal'c and O'Neill are [[Almost Out of Oxygen]] and expect rescue in twenty-four hours, twelve hours after they will have died from CO2 poisoning. They recognize that if there was only one person left they ''might'' survive to rescue, and Teal'c puts himself in a deep meditation to stretch out their air supply.

* [[Collapsible Helmet]]

* [[Colonel Badass]]: SG-1 has one Colonel and two Lieutenant Colonels in its roster throughout the series, and all are sufficiently badass. Even the Colonel who was only on the team for a single episode, and was revealed as a [[The Mole|mole]], [[Colonel Makepeace|named a trope]].

* [[Comes Great Responsibility]]: The complete phrase is quoted verbatim when it is written on the Atoniek armbands, which grant their wearer extreme strength, speed and senses.

* [[Compensating for Something]]: Vala accuses the chairman of the senate appropriations committee of wanting to build more ''Daedalus''-class ships because he is compensating for his own shortcomings.

* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: The training simulation in "Avatar" quite blatantly cheats when Teal'c is plugged in; it changes the rules of the game ''during play''.

** In "Message in a Bottle", Carter remarks that the artifact they found has been emanating an energy signature since Neanderthals were a dominant species on Earth. Jack replies, "Ah, takes me back...", referencing the episode "Broca Divide", where O'Neill was turned into a cave-man on an alien planet.

** This conversation in season seven's "Fragile Balance":

'''Daniel:''' Well, there was the time he got really old, the time he turned into a caveman, the time we all swapped bodies... }}

** The episode "Heroes", though not a [[Clip Show]], features the characters reviewing and explaining their adventures through the Stargate up to that point in time. They make reference to important events in the lives of each character throughout the series, [[Discontinuity Nod|including events which they have agreed never to talk about again]].

** In "Arthur's Mantle", Colonel Mitchell briefly runs through the various "alternates" that SG-1 has been through:

** When Daniel finally manages to travel to Atlantis in "The Pegasus Project", Vala remarks that his previous failures to get to the city were only her fault twice. Her first two appearances, "Prometheus Unbound" and "Avalon", both had her interfering with Daniel's plan to travel to Atlantis aboard one of the Earth's relief ships.

* [[Convenient Replacement Character]]: Jonas' arrival and departure from the team coincide perfectly with Daniel's departure and return.

** The weapon made out of the six Eyes that Anubis uses on Abydos, in "Full Circle".

* [[Cool but Inefficient]]: Seems to be the central Goa'uld design philosophy. Lampshaded several times.

* [[Cool Gate]]: Duh!

* [[Cool Starship]]

* [[The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much]]: Gerak's predecessor as the leader of the Free Jaffa that formerly served Ba'al, who was an ally of Bra'tac and supported the foundation of a democratic government, mysteriously disappeared four months before the start of season nine. Though no evidence linking Gerak to the disappearance has been discovered, and foul play was never definitively established at all, Teal'c and General Landry consider it more than just good fortune for Gerak.

* [[Cosmopolitan Council]]: The Goa'uld, whose hosts are male, female, Caucasian, Black, Asian and various combinations thereof. Does not make them any less evil, though.

** In season eights "New Order", when Dr. Weir explains why the SGC has remained closed during international negotiations, Daniel Jackson reads through her political phrasing and deduces that the government is using the stargate as a bargaining tool with other countries, to which Weir replies, "I would never say that." Later in the episode, when Carter is asking to be allowed to take their Ancient-modified Goa'uld cargo ship in the hopes of contacting the Asgard to save O'Neill, she points out that Earth might never figure out ''how'' the ship was modified. Dr. Weir asks if Carter is saying that she, the person most likely to figure it out, will deliberately refuse to help if her request is not granted, to which Carter responds, [[Ironic Echo|"I would never say that."]]

* [[Courtroom Episode]]: "Cor-Ai"; "Pretense"

* [[Crazy Enough to Work]]: SG-1 has racked up a fair number of wins with good old-fashioned tenacity and copious amounts of firepower. However, their best work usually involves doing things that sound flatly ridiculous, even to themselves.

** Lampshaded in one instance where, after Carter outlines her plan, O'Neill asks everyone who thinks it is an insane plan to raise their hands. The whole room does... including Carter.

** Lampshaded by Thor himself in one episode, enlisting SG-1's help for exactly this reason.

* [[Cruel and Unusual Death]]: Apparently, the Goa'uld Marduk was so evil that his own priests did a [[Heel Face Turn]] and sealed him in a healing Sarcophagus... together with a nasty little critter that would continuously devour his body while said Sarcophagus would heal and resurrect him. As O'Neill succinctly put it, ''that'' is officially the worst way to go.

* [[Cryptic Conversation]]: Oma Desala and the nameless monk of "Maternal Instinct" speak frequently in Zen koans when guiding others towards Ascension. Daniel sometimes follows along, but often remarks on the confusing nature of these conversations.

* [[Culture Clash]]: Teal'c's alien background occasionally deviates from what is expected amongst American society. When he encounters Colonel Maybourne in "Touchstone", he explains that on Chulak Maybourne's past actions would allow Teal'c to dismember him, and in "Affinity" he explains that if a Jaffa couple in a relationship cannot agree on a "pledge break", then a weapon is required to resolve the dispute.

* [[Cunning Linguist]]: Daniel Jackson

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: The [http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Battle_of_P3Y-229 Battle of P3Y-229].

* [[Cure for Cancer]]: The Goa'uld and Tok'ra symbiotes can act as this.

* [[Curse Cut Short]]: In "Moebius", when SG-1 gets taken out by a Jaffa grenade.

* [[Cyanide Pill]]: Carried by all the Russians teams when they were operating their own gate program.

* [[Cycle of Revenge]]: The nations of Rand and Caledonia finally had their long-expected war in "Icon", and are (slowly) rebuilding in the sequel episode, "Ethon". Unfortunately, both governments seem to be heading right ''back'' to war; Jared Kane, a senator of the Rand Protectorate, enlists the help of the SGC to derail the coming conflict. When his government demands to know why he is helping the enemy, Kane explains that he has no love for Caledonia, but he just does not want to see countless more people die (on either side) re-righting wars that were started by their fathers and their father's fathers.

* [[Dare to Be Badass]]: Ironically given to a (up to that point) ''villain'', when Mr. Woolsey [[Heel Realization|first begins to recognize that his superiors are not as honorable as himself]].

* [[Dark Age Europe]]: In the first season, when the show was still getting its footing and trying to explain why other human-populated planets, particularly the Tollan, had more advanced technology than Earth, Daniel explained that the Dark Ages held back our own technological advancement for several centuries. This idea was dropped soon after, since it has little real-world backing and is rooted in a European-centrist philosophy, which disregards scientific advancement from outside "the West". Later episodes would explain the technological disparity with in-universe rationales; including contact with other advanced races, the development of a single key technology that accelerated their progress, or even just the random vagaries of chance.

* [[Data Crystal]]: Used by most spacefaring peoples.

** Dr. Jay Felger is prone to them, as both of his episodes end with a fantasy segue. "The Other Guys" closes with both him and Coombs being awarded medals, before Carter begins to make out with Felger upon the dais. "Avenger 2.0" closes with him and his assistant making out before Carter comes in and engages his assistant in a [[Cat Fight]] over his affections.

** In the episode "Grace" Carter has repeated hallucinations of her friends and family, several appear (and might be, or might not be) real.

* [[The Dead Have Names]]: Inverted at the memorial service at the end of "Heroes". During the eulogy, Carter mentions the names of everybody who is ''alive'' thanks to the work of {{spoiler|Janet Fraiser}}.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Jack O'Neill, with Daniel Jackson occasionally getting into the act; the latter mentions, after annoying a Russian officer, that he has been spending too much time with Jack. People meeting Jack for the first time will sometimes [[Lampshade Hanging|ask the question, "Is he always like this?"]]

'''O'Neill:''' Ba'al, come on, you should know me by now. Of ''course'' I dare mock you. }}

* [[Death By Pragmatism]]: On occasion.

* [[Death Glare]]: Teal'c has managed to break the resistance of prisoners and intimidate aliens simply by the strength of his ''look''.

* [[Death Is Cheap]]

'''Dixon:''' Again? }}

** Thor, and by extension all the Asgard, are effectively immortal since they transfer their minds to a new cloned body in the event that their current body is destroyed or lost. Thor dies multiple times throughout the series, only to return later with a new body. Fittingly, he is voiced by Michael Shanks, Daniel Jackson's actor.

** Teal'c manages to fight, defeat and ''execute'' Arkad after having been shot twice before the fight even began and being beaten and ''gutted'' during the struggle.

* [[Development Gag]]: The ending of "200", where the ''Wormhole X-Treme!'' movie production is cancelled in favor of renewing the TV series, reflects the actual status of ''SG-1'' during production of seasons five, six and seven, where the intention was to end the series after each season and conclude the story with a movie. However, the show kept getting renewed instead, and the plan for the movie was eventually scrapped and turned into the season seven finale "Lost City".

* [[Did I Say That Out Loud]]

** O'Neill will only allow a Russian officer to join SG-1 over "[his] rotting corpse," to which he then amends, "Did I say that out loud?"

** When President Hayes is made aware of the Stargate, and Vice-President Kinsey's association with the project, he begins to wonder about some of the campaign financing that Kinsey had brought to their election. When the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff reacts to his statement, he smirks and responds, "Did I say that out loud?"

* [[Digging Yourself Deeper]]: When Vala is being reviewed for suitability to formally join the SGC, she is given a polygraph. Vala tries for some generic small talk and compliments the doctor administering the test, [[Lie Detector|only for the polygraph to flash and indicate that she is lying]]. After each flash she tries to amend her statement, lowering the compliment each time, until she finally says that the doctor looks "not offensive".

* [[Dirty Coward]]

** Colonel Samuels, an NID-affiliated officer, smugly presents his "Goa'uld buster" weapons as the key to defeating Apophis' attack on Earth in "The Serpent's Lair". When the attack fails to have any appreciable affect, and his subsequent suggestion to send a nuclear weapon to Chulak is overruled as being pointless, he requests to evacuate to the Alpha Site. General Hammond seems to almost take glee in denying his request, explaining that the idea was to send the best and brightest -- and Samuels does not qualify.

** Robert Kinsey attempts to flee Earth to the Alpha Site as soon as Anubis launches his attack, despite learning that President Hayes is staying at the White House, and visibly panics when Anubis tries to send a bomb through the gate to the SGC.

** The first season episode "Hathor" was widely disliked by fans and, though the Hathor character did reappear, the specific details of the episode were never revisited. In follow-up episodes, whenever the events were discussed one of the characters would comment that [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again|they had agreed never to talk about that again]].

** In "Wormhole X-Treme!", the on-set director of the [[Show Within a Show]] referred to Martin's suggestion of "three shots disintegrates" as the stupidest thing he had ever heard. The ability of zats to disintegrate a body with three shots had been dropped in season three.

** In the pilot, Carter mistakes O'Neill's dislike of having her assigned to his team as a feeling that, as a woman, she will be a liability. O'Neill explained that his problems had nothing to do with her being a woman, he likes women, his problem is that she is a ''scientist''. The conversation, including [[Memetic Mutation|the infamous "reproductive organs" line]], was edited down when the pilot was re-released as a Direct-To-DVD film in 2009.

** [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] in "The Other Side". The Eurondans are extremely uncomfortable around Teal'c, with the implication that it is [[Fantastic Racism|because he is a Jaffa]], but it turns out that they are just regular old "hate black people" racists, regardless of their planet of origin.

** [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] in one episode, when Daniel (who has at this point [[Ascended to A Higher Plane of Existence]]) shows up again, and [[Genre Savvy|O'Neill]] immediately asks him what's wrong. Daniel gets upset ''because'' O'Neill didn't even bother with such basic pleasantries as saying hello to him first.

** O'Neill inverts it himself at another point, when Jacob comes through the Stargate:

'''O'Neill:''' ''(after a pause, hurrying after Jacob)'' I'm sorry. You said we have a problem, not a big galactic emergency. }}

* [[Ditto Aliens]]: All the Asgard are portrayed by the same puppet, and O'Neill often needs to be prodded to recognize one of them as Thor. Carter, however, seems have no trouble at all identifying different Asgard by sight.

** In "Tangent," Major Davis introduces General Vedrine to SG-1 and each is greeted with their salutation (Colonel, Major and Doctor), each responding with "General."

** The episode "Frozen" has Dr. Fraiser being introduced to the Antarctic team, leading to a chorus of "doctor"s (and a few "Majors" thrown in for Carter) before O'Neill interrupts and tells them that's enough.

* [[Documentary Episode]]: The two-part episode "Heroes", which features Emmett Bregman filming a project on the SGC and its personnel at the direction of the outgoing US President. This includes interviews with the primary cast and several of the recurring supporting characters, [[Continuity Nod|discussions of past events]], and debates on whether or not the program should be kept secret from the public. Scenes from the documentary [[Art Shift|are filmed with different lighting and staging]] to reflect the presence of an in-show camera.

* [[Does Not Know His Own Strength]]: When SG-1 puts on the Atoniek armbands, which grants them [[Super Strength]], [[Super Speed|speed]] and [[Super Senses|senses]], Jack O'Neill seems to have a lot of trouble adjusting. When it first takes effect, he manages to knock Teal'c unconscious in a boxing ring. Later, he accidentally knocks out part of Hammond's concrete wall to demonstrate what they can do and, afterwards, accidentally hospitalizes [[Butt Monkey|Sergeant Siler]] when he knocks him down a flight of stairs.

* [[The Doll Episode]]

* [[Dramatic Irony]]: Some of the friction between Captain Carter and her father stems from what he considers to be her abandonment of her dream of going into space and her wasting her potential working in Cheyenne mountain; he pulls strings to have her transferred to NASA, which she rejects. If only he knew that she ''was'' going into space on a daily basis, farther than any NASA shuttle will ever go.

* [[Driven to Suicide]]

** In "The Light"; Daniel and the members of SG-5 go through withdrawl after leaving a Goa'uld "opium den" (not actually about opium), and attempt to kill themselves. The episode opens with Lieutenant Bader running directly into the kawoosh of the opening Stargate.

** When Jack accepts that Daniel cannot, or ''will'' not, use his Ascended powers to break him out of Ba'al's prison, he demands that Daniel at least kill him to keep him from being tortured and killed over and over again, and becomes enraged when Daniel refuses to do.

** In "Forever in a Day", an Abydonian funeral is witnessed. It draws heavily from [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] funerary rights, including the preservation of organs in canopic jars and weighing the deceased heart against a feather.

** Jaffa funerals take place at night, with the body immolated on funeral pyre.

** Part two of "Heroes" closes with a memorial service for {{spoiler|Janet Fraiser}} with Major Carter giving the eulogy.

* [[Dull Surprise]]: The main cast criticized ''themselves'' for the ending to "Thor's Chariot", where they only seemed mildly intrigued by the sight of a ship the size of a city appearing and eliminating an entire Goa'uld army in seconds. In behind-the-scenes interviews, they explained that none of them appreciated just how impressive (or big) the ship would look in the finished episode, so they did not think to put more awe or fear into their expressions.

** When Klorel is shot in "Within the Serpent's Grasp", Skaara briefly awakens and smiles at O'Neill.

** When Amonet is killed by Teal'c, Sha're manages to break free a moment before death to tell Daniel that she loves him.

* [[Dying Race]]: The Asgard.

* [[Dynamic Entry]]: In "Talion", Teal'c kidnaps Ba'kal by walking out of the shadows and knocking him out with a blow to the face.

* [[Eiffel Tower Effect]]: In the episode "1969", the team is travelling cross country and, at one point, the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) is shown to indicate they are in Chicago. [[Did Not Do the Research|Construction on the Sears Tower did not begin until 1971]], [[Time Travel Episode|two years after the setting of the episode.]]

* [[Endless Daytime]]: In "The Broca Divide", the heroes visit a planet that is tidally locked. While the inhabitants of the "light side" have a Bronze Age culture bearing similarities to the Minoan civilization, the dark side is infected with a plague that turns people into savages.

* [[Enemy Mine]]

** The SGC and the System Lord Yu coordinate their attacks against Anubis when it becomes clear that his advantage over the rest of the Goa'uld is too great, and the SGC then assists Ba'al with the same when Yu's senility makes his cooperation unpredictable.

** The Tau'ri, Tok'ra and rebel Jaffa cooperate with the Goa'uld against the Replicators, who launch a full-scale invasion of the Milky Way in "Reckoning".

** The Goa'uld Nerus proposed an alliance with the SGC in order to cooperate against the Ori, {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|but he was working against them all along]].}}

* [[Entertainingly Wrong]]: In "Arthur's Mantle", Dr. Lee concludes that Sam and Cam were miniaturized, when actually they were sent into another dimension.

* [[Epic Fail]]: As Dr. Felger explains, it probably took the Ancients thousands of years to build the Stargate network, and he managed to take it down in a ''day''.

* [[Everybody Hates Hades]]: Well, Sokar, who was just a normal god of underworld, but the Goa'uld who adopted the identity actually modelled himself on [[Satan]].

* [[Everyone Can See It]]: By the end of season eight, Carter and O'Neill's attraction has reached a point where multiple characters tell them to stop wasting time and get together already. Vice-President Kinsey explains that it is apparent to anybody who can "read between the lines."

* [[Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor]]: Naturally, the [[Genre Savvy]] O'Neill does not trust anybody who appears to lack a sense of humor.

* [[Evil Is Burning Hot]]

* [[Exposed Extraterrestrials]]: The Asgard are highly advanced grey space aliens that do not wear clothes. Given that they reproduce via cloning, perhaps they no longer have anything they would consider private parts. [[Lampshade|Lampshaded]] in "Ripple Effect"; Col. Mitchell is surprised on first meeting one, and remarks that he was kind of expecting pants.

* [[Explosions in Space]]: Natch.

* [[Facial Markings]]: Jaffa

** "The Fourth Horsemen", Part 2:

** "Off the Grid":

* [[Failsafe Failure]]: Almost called out by name in "Avatar".

* [[Fake Memories]]: "Fire and Water"; "The Fifth Man"; "Beneath the Surface"; "Summit"; "Collateral Damage"; "Dominion"

** The Tok'ra allow Tanith to live and believe that he has tricked them in order to feed Apophis false information through him. {{spoiler|They decide to stop the subterfuge once they feel that he has outlived his usefulness and the risks of keeping him around outweigh the gains.}}

** In "The Other Guys", SG-1 allows themselves to be captured by the Goa'uld Khonsu since they know he is actually a Tok'ra and he has vital information to pass along. However, midway through the episode Her'ak, Khonsu's first prime, reveals that Anubis knew the truth the whole time, and they had simply allowed Khonsu to live until now. Her'ak kills Khonsu and SG-1 is now captive for real.

** At the end of "Lost City", when O'Neill is fading away due to the Ancient knowledge downloaded into his mind, Carter pleads for him to stay and calls him "Jack".

** After Jack has been promoted to General, Hammond insists that he start calling him "George", but Jack says that he tries and it comes out "General" anyway.

** In "200", when discussing possible endings to the ''Wormhole X-Treme!'' movie, "fishing" is mentioned, complete with clips from the season eight episode "Moebius" where the season ''did'' end with the team going fishing. There is, however, an added clip that includes Mitchell and Vala, who had not yet joined the cast, and O'Neill testily responds that they were not there.

* [[Flashed Badge Hijack]]: Mitchell takes a man's motorcycle when he needs to pursue the people who have kidnapped Vala, and the car he and SG-1 are driving is blocked in its space... by a ''police car''.

* [[Flat Yes]]: Carter's only response to Major Kawalsky condescendingly asking her if she has ever pulled out of a simulated bombing run in an F-16 at eight-plus g's is a simple, calm "yes." [[Rhetorical Question Blunder|Kawalsky has to pause and glance around the table before he says anything else]].

* [[Flip Personality]]: The Tok'ra symbiotes and their hosts. The symbiote taking control is revealed by an altered voice and temporarily glowing eyes.

* [[Floating Continent]]: The Nox and their floating city.

* [[Flynning]]: When Mitchell sees two siblings play-fighting with wooden swords, he criticizes them for "moving around like Ed Grimley" and demonstrates a more effective technique in order to gain their favor. When they ask where he learned to fight, he explains that his knowledge comes from broomstick battles with his brother [[Continuity Nod|and the Sodan ritual of kel-shek-lo]]. Oddly, his prior mention [[I Minored in Tropology|of studying fencing in college]] was not brought up.

* [[First Contact Math]]: The Asgard do not reveal their true selves to a people until they have demonstrated that they understand pi (the ratio of a circle's radius to its circumference), indicating that they have developed sufficient science to understand their existence as "aliens" and not "gods".

* [[Friendly Enemy]]: The Goa'uld Nerus, who has contacted the SGC in the hopes of working together against the Ori, is almost giddy with anticipation over meeting SG-1, fawning over Teal'c and Daniel Jackson. When he realizes that Colonel Mitchell and Vala are not O'Neill or Carter he becomes despondent, even asking if they might be arriving later.

* [[Forgotten Phlebotinum]]: Since a major part of SG-1's mission statement is to find useful technology this is averted a lot, with some technology appearing frequently over the years after its introduction, but a lot of other technology is forgotten once its episode is over.

* [[For the Evulz]]: In "In the Line of Duty", Teal'c explains that he has seen the Goa'uld exterminate entire species for no purpose other than that it gave them pleasure.

** '''Melancholic''': Daniel. Poor, poor Daniel.

'''Teal'c:''' I will keep both eyes on it, Daniel Jackson.. }}

 

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