V (2009 TV series): Difference between revisions

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* [[Accidental Murder]]: Poor {{spoiler|Joe}} who got caught in the middle of the fight between The Fifth Column and forces of law.

* [[Actor Allusion]]: The Pilot begins with a close up of Erica's pupil contracting when she opens her eyes.

** Anna gets the line "[[Stargate SG 1|Hello, mother]]."

** Anna gets the line "[[Stargate SG-1|Hello, mother]]."

* [[Aliens Are Bastards]]

* [[Alien Invasion]]

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** {{spoiler|Episode 8}} introduces a potential supporting character but kills him off by the last 10 minutes.

** {{spoiler|Subverted with Joshua, the leader of the Fifth Column}}, in the season 1 finale. He's shot by ''Erica'' to avoid suspicion that she's Fifth Column, {{spoiler|but gets revived by Marcus.}}

** {{spoiler|Val}} by the order of Anna, subverting [[Death By Childbirth]].

** {{spoiler|Val}} by the order of Anna, subverting [[Death by Childbirth]].

** {{spoiler|Eli and Joe to begin season 2... ouch.}}

** In the series finale, {{spoiler|Ryan got killed by his own daughter. That's just cold.}} Later it's {{spoiler|Diana by Anna and Tyler by [[Evil Twin|Fake Lisa]]}}

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** Then there's {{spoiler|Project Aries}}. {{spoiler|Their base is specifically stated to be built deep enough below ground to survive the impact of the New York mothership both crashing and exploding if it was ever hypothetically shot down somehow}}.

* [[Dawson Casting]]: Tyler and Lisa. May be justified with Lisa, in that she is a V and supposed to have an [[Uncanny Valley]] look, but it is pretty obvious that Tyler's actor is about 20, especially in shots where Tyler is standing with Anna.

* [[Death By Sex]]: An almost literal example happens when {{spoiler|Anna picks a guy to help make her army}}. After the deed is done, the eggs need [[I'm a Humanitarian|nourishment]].

* [[Death by Sex]]: An almost literal example happens when {{spoiler|Anna picks a guy to help make her army}}. After the deed is done, the eggs need [[I'm a Humanitarian|nourishment]].

** {{spoiler|And again when [[Evil Twin|Fake Lisa]] has sex with and subsequently kills Tyler.}}

** Indeed, given that this is how the V nourish their eggs, this is probably the fate of any male V who fathers young, as well as the males of other species the Vs plan to interbreed with.

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* [[Fridge Logic]]: In "Siege", {{spoiler|why did the Fifth Column need to use actual kamikaze vests? Why did they need to use actual hostages? Since it was all a ploy to buy some time, they could've just had completely harmless but convincing fake explosives and planted the hostages along with the bombers. Then everything would be alright (though Eli would probably be in custody).}}.

** In the season 2 finale why did Joshua {{spoiler|allow Anna's plan to carry through by giving [[Evil Twin|Fake Lisa]] "enough memories" to mate with Tyler? He gained his memories back and I feel like he would have done ''something'' to prevent Anna's plan from being fulfilled}}.

* [[Getting Smilies Painted On Your Soul]]: They call it "bliss."

* [[Getting Smilies Painted on Your Soul]]: They call it "bliss."

* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: In Season 2's opener "Red Rain", Anna uses her tail to slash open one of her lackies' disguises. There is much splattering of blood but it's done off camera. However, the impaling afterward is onscreen.

* [[Green-Skinned Space Babe]]: Horribly, horribly subverted.

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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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* [[Product Placement]]: Have you bought an iPhone yet? Because V would really like you to buy an iPhone.

* [[Psychic Nosebleed]]: Anna has this [[Tears of Blood]]-style when {{spoiler|she is using Bliss on humans}}.

* [[The Quisling]]: [[Zig Zagging Trope|Zigzagged]] with Decker. He's willing to toe the line for the Visitors on-camera, but once he's off the set, his journalistic integrity kicks in, and he decides to investigate them. Yet even with the apparent knowledge that they are up to something, he's still being more helpful than his standard work ethic would dictate. It's kind of hard to say which way he'll go at this point, though it will be interesting to see what he does now that he knows what the Vs do to {{spoiler|the live aboards}}.

* [[The Quisling]]: [[Zig-Zagging Trope|Zigzagged]] with Decker. He's willing to toe the line for the Visitors on-camera, but once he's off the set, his journalistic integrity kicks in, and he decides to investigate them. Yet even with the apparent knowledge that they are up to something, he's still being more helpful than his standard work ethic would dictate. It's kind of hard to say which way he'll go at this point, though it will be interesting to see what he does now that he knows what the Vs do to {{spoiler|the live aboards}}.

* [[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]]}}.

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* [[Viewers are Morons]]: For the premise of the show to work the writers are assuming that people worldwide aren't asking common sense questions.

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

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

* [[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}}.

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

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* [[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''.

* [[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 [[wikipedia:Regurgitation chr(28)digestionchr(29)|on that Other Wiki]]}}