V (2009 TV series): Difference between revisions

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* [[Evil Detecting Baby]]: Well, a child. Jennifer Hartswell retreats behind her mother at the sight of [[Big Bad|Anna]].

* [[Evil Twin]]: Not technically an evil twin, but {{spoiler|another "Queen daughter" that hatched and upon which Anna immediatedly put human skin on; human skin that looked just like Lisa's}}

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Ryan}},as a result of {{spoiler|[[I Have Your Wife|I Have Your Daughter]]}} and {{spoiler|Joshua}} thanks to [[Trauma Induced Amnesia]]. {{spoiler|Both seem to be turning back as of "Devil in a Blue Dress".}}

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Ryan}},as a result of {{spoiler|[[I Have Your Wife|I Have Your Daughter]]}} and {{spoiler|Joshua}} thanks to [[Trauma-Induced Amnesia]]. {{spoiler|Both seem to be turning back as of "Devil in a Blue Dress".}}

* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: The protagonists develop a {{spoiler|fool-proof plan to [[No-Nonsense Nemesis|assassinate Anna]]}} in ''Concordia.'' [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]? And what do you think happens by the end of the episode?

* [[Fan Service]]:

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* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: Anna's reason for betraying Diana.

* [[Idiot Ball]]: The vast majority of the human race. Including most of our heroes. Almost all the time.

* [[If Jesus Then Aliens]]: [[Playing With a Trope|Reversed]], in that people become more religious ''after'' the Visitors arrive. Also, possibly [[Subverted]] in that Father Landry is the '''least''' credulous when it comes to the Visitors' intentions.

* [[If Jesus, Then Aliens]]: [[Playing With a Trope|Reversed]], in that people become more religious ''after'' the Visitors arrive. Also, possibly [[Subverted]] in that Father Landry is the '''least''' credulous when it comes to the Visitors' intentions.

* [[I Have Brothers]]: Erica's explanation for her boxing skills.

* [[I Have Your Wife]]: Anna has {{spoiler|Ryan's}} daughter.

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* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Anna has shown herself to be a master of this, in "A Bright New Day".

* {{spoiler|[[Mars Needs Women]]: The Vs' true purpose for invading Earth is to use us for breeding stock.}}

* [[Mile High Club]]: In "We Can't Win" between Tyler and Lisa. Actually in space but [[Averted Trope|with]] [[Zero G Spot|gravity]].

* [[Mile-High Club]]: In "We Can't Win" between Tyler and Lisa. Actually in space but [[Averted Trope|with]] [[Zero-G Spot|gravity]].

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Oh, cool, [[Fan Service|a sex scene with Morena Baccarin]]! Wait, you call ''that'' sex? Man, that was over fast--OHSHIT''TEEEEEEEETH''!.

* [[The Mole]]: {{spoiler|Maddox, Erica's first partner}}, is one of these, along with the other sleepers. Also, {{spoiler|Malik, Erica's second partner.}}

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* [[Parental Substitute]]: Erica for Lisa.

* [[Playing Gertrude]]: The actress who plays Anna is five years older than the one playing her daughter, Lisa.

* [[Plot Relevant Age Up]]: The V's age {{spoiler|Ryan's daughter as a test to perfect the technology for use on a new Queen Egg.}} Somewhat subverted in that she's still very much a child, as opposed to an adolescent who'd be a new character.

* [[Plot-Relevant Age-Up]]: The V's age {{spoiler|Ryan's daughter as a test to perfect the technology for use on a new Queen Egg.}} Somewhat subverted in that she's still very much a child, as opposed to an adolescent who'd be a new character.

* [[Postponed Question]]: In "We Can't Win", Anna's number 2 asks her near the end of the episode why they were giving humans blue energy. Also counts as [[Viewers are Morons]], because there's no way we could have figured out ourselves why an invading hostile-masquerading-as-friendly culture would possibly want to make us dependent on them for our energy needs.

* [[The Power of Love]]: John May turned against the V and started the Fifth Column because he discovered that human emotions are "beautiful" and got married to a human woman with a son. Ryan also discovered this {{spoiler|at John May}}'s funeral, leading to his [[Heel Face Turn]].

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* [[Rapid Aging]]: Anna does this with Ryan's hybrid child, who in a matter of weeks (or at most months) appears as a 7 year old child.

* [[Rebellious Princess]]: Lisa, who {{spoiler|is now [[Reverse Mole|secretly]] fighting alongside the [[La Résistance|protagonists]]}}.

* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]]: Anna in the birthing pool.

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Anna in the birthing pool.

* [[Red Sky Take Warning]]: Subverted. Anna pumped some sort of gas or dust into atmosphere causing the sky to turn red. This scared the crap out of people, but didn't seem to have any negative effect. Of course, Vs being Vs, it probably does have some horrible use that will become apparent when Anna is actually supposed to do it (she jumped the gun in a moment of rage).

* [[Red Sky, Take Warning]]: Subverted. Anna pumped some sort of gas or dust into atmosphere causing the sky to turn red. This scared the crap out of people, but didn't seem to have any negative effect. Of course, Vs being Vs, it probably does have some horrible use that will become apparent when Anna is actually supposed to do it (she jumped the gun in a moment of rage).

* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: Duh, but also the V use machine-induced visions of snakes to torture a human [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|who fears snakes]].

* [[Revealing Hug]]:

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* [[Scream Discretion Shot]]: In the fourth episode as {{spoiler|a Fifth Columnist is ''skinned alive''}}.

* [[Sexy Discretion Shot]]: In the Season 2 premiere episode "Red Rain", Lisa and Tyler make out on the bed and embracing each other in her room on Anna's ship while Anna herself watches both of them and then switches off the monitor.

* [[Shout Out]]:

* [[Shout-Out]]:

** There's a quick one to ''[[The 4400]]''. The first resistance meeting the characters go to is held at 4400 Pier Ave.

** A V protester in "There Is No Normal Anymore" is holding a sign that reads [[V for Vendetta|"V For Violation"]].

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** Erica's dream sequence in "Red Rain" has her walking through [[Flash Forward 2009|a city full of bodies and crashed cars.]]

*** The V "tracker" in the same episode looks and acts like a [[Left 4 Dead|Hunter]].

** And in a [[Shout Out]] to the [[V|original series]], Anna opens wide and swallows a rat. Still looks fake.

** And in a [[Shout-Out]] to the [[V|original series]], Anna opens wide and swallows a rat. Still looks fake.

* [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]]. Or should it be fifth?

* [[Smug Snake]]: Anna. [[Incredibly Lame Pun|You saw that coming]].

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* [[Translation Convention]]: Implied with the Visitors whenever they're alone. It sounds like English to us, but we never see humans listening in, and at one point, Ryan mentions that one of the reasons a human couldn't infiltrate a ship: "What happens when they start speaking in our native language?"

* [[Traitor Shot]]: Every single scene featuring Anna ends with this. It's been long since established that she's the villain, but just in case anyone forgot...

* [[Trauma Induced Amnesia]]: {{spoiler|Joshua gets one after being shot by Erica in season one finale. Leads to a [[Face Heel Turn]].}} However as of the latest episode {{spoiler|Joshua has gotten his memory back and in fact protected Lisa from being discovered by Anna's goons}}

* [[Trauma-Induced Amnesia]]: {{spoiler|Joshua gets one after being shot by Erica in season one finale. Leads to a [[Face Heel Turn]].}} However as of the latest episode {{spoiler|Joshua has gotten his memory back and in fact protected Lisa from being discovered by Anna's goons}}

* [[Troubled but Cute]]: Tyler.

* [[Turn the Other Fist]]: Tyler Evans turns away from some anti-Visitor protesters before swinging around to punch one in the face in order to impress Visitor Lisa.

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** Well, [[MST3K Mantra|you know what they say...]]

* [[Villain With Good Publicity]]: Anna, naturally. By means of Decker.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: {{spoiler|Anna}} has a positively '''''epic''''' one at the end of the first season after {{spoiler|Erica}} destroys nearly all {{spoiler|her soldier eggs}} culminating in her {{spoiler|going "[[Rocks Fall Everyone Dies]]" on the entire planet}}.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: {{spoiler|Anna}} has a positively '''''epic''''' one at the end of the first season after {{spoiler|Erica}} destroys nearly all {{spoiler|her soldier eggs}} culminating in her {{spoiler|going "[[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies]]" on the entire planet}}.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: {{spoiler|Erica}} seems to be headed down this road. {{spoiler|Hobbes is encouraging this while Jack is doing the complete opposite.}}

* [[Wham Episode]]:

* [[Wham! Episode]]:

** The season 1 finale. [[Nothing Is the Same Anymore|Oh boy]]...

** "Concordia". [[Bring My Brown Pants]].

** "Siege". {{spoiler|Eli and Joe die, and it's all because of Kyle! Tyler decides to go live on the V ship! Erica is now officially in control of the entire Fifth Column!}}

** "Mother's Day". {{spoiler|Diana? Dead. Ryan? ''Dead.'' Tyler? '''Dead.''' Chad? Caught. Lisa? Imprisoned like Diana was. Humanity? Blissed. [[Hope Spot]]? Erica is recruited into Project Aries, which is a cabal dedicated to preserving humanity from the Vs. Series canceled? [[The Bad Guys Win|Oh, hell yes]]!}}

* [[Wham Line]]: {{spoiler|"I believe [[Big Bad|you've]] just experienced your first human emotion."}}

* [[Wham! Line]]: {{spoiler|"I believe [[Big Bad|you've]] just experienced your first human emotion."}}

** And as of the season 2 finale {{spoiler|" Now, ''that's'' how you kill your mother."}}

* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: John May's stepson wasn't seen or mentioned again after ''John May''.

** And what about that {{spoiler|actual mouse transferred from Anna's mouth to Ryan's daughter's?}}

*** Some animals - including, apparently, Vs, {{spoiler|feed their young by regurgitating their food, as explained [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Regurgitation_%28digestion%29~~ on that Other Wiki]}}

*** Some animals - including, apparently, Vs, {{spoiler|feed their young by regurgitating their food, as explained [[wikipedia:Regurgitation chr(28)digestionchr(29)|on that Other Wiki]]}}

* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: A V supporter's sign reads "Give Vs a Chance".

* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: {{spoiler|Anna had Lisa injured and blamed the Fifth Column for the attack in order to manipulate Tyler and keep him close.}}

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