History Film / TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton

[[MilitaryRankNames Captain]] Proton is an AffectionateParody of 1930s-50s Universal and Republic {{Film Serial}}s heroes like ''[[Film/FlashGordonSerial Flash Gordon]]'' and ''[[JetPack Commando Cody]]''. The holodeck program was created by Tom Paris (who always plays the hero, Captain Proton) ostensibly for the purposes of historical study, but more likely so he and Harry Kim can have a fun time battling hammy villains and rescuing gorgeous space babes.

** Proton's leather jacket has JetPack controls which are the same as those used by Commando Cody (aka The Rocketman).

** [[TinCanRobot Satan's Robot]] is similar to the "Republic Robot," an [[PropRecycling overused prop]] in various [[FilmSerial Republic serials]] including ''[[http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=kGmDbkndsIU Mysterious Doctor Satan.]]''

* ExcitedShowTitle: Bride of Chaotica!

* CardCarryingVillain: Doctor Chaotica is your typical retro sci-fi villain. His rantings make ''Series/DoctorWho'' look staid by comparison.

** Parodied in the [[MsFanservice 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 [[ScreamingWoman ear-piercing scream]]. That's her in the comic art above, jaw agape as usual.

* HypercompetentSidekick: Proton is more or less helpless with Seven playing Constance Goodheart. This is evident even ''before'' the holodeck gets invaded by legit aliens. Seven, who has spent all of ten minutes rolling her eyes at this daft program, immediately barks, 'Disengage safety protocols!" and roasts the intruder with the fallen Tom's {{ray gun}}.

* TheMenInBlack: The alien MIB version turns up in "Bride of Chaotica!" when two photonic aliens appear on the holodeck dressed as grey-suited men in fedoras. They speak in a stilted manner and though dressed like humans of the 1930's are unfamiliar with their society, mistaking the holodeck characters for {{Energy Being}}s like themselves and assuming the supervillains they encounter are a genuine threat.

Captain Proton is an AffectionateParody of 1930s-50s Universal and Republic {{Film Serial}}s heroes like ''[[Film/FlashGordonSerial Flash Gordon]]'' and ''[[JetPack Commando Cody]]''. The holodeck program was created by Tom Paris (who always plays the hero, Captain Proton) ostensibly for the purposes of historical study, but more likely so he and Harry Kim can have a fun time battling hammy villains and rescuing gorgeous space babes.

* NotSoAboveItAll: "HA! You're no match for Arachnia!"

-->'''Chaotica:''' ''(suspicious)'' "Why this preoccupation with the Shield?"\\
'''Janeway:''' "Oh, forgive me. It's just that, as a fellow ruler of the cosmos, [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything I often have to do things myself]]."\\
'''Chaotica:''' "Ah. Because of the incompetence of your inferiors, no doubt!"\\
'''Janeway:''' "Something like that."\\
'''Chaotica:''' "Oh, Arachnia, my love, my life! [[BirdsOfAFeather How well you understand our plight]]. If it weren't beneath my dignity, I...[[ManlyTears I would weep]]. [[LonelyAtTheTop How I've longed for someone who would understand]]."

* DarkActionGirl: Queen Arachnia. Given that she acts like a FemmeFatale yet is aiding the heroes, she appears to be the standard pulp villainess who does a HeelFaceTurn after the heroes save her life.

* TooKinkyToTorture: Harry Kim greatly enjoys being chained up by the [[TwinThreesomeFantasy Delaney Sisters]] and threatened with mental enslavement via their evil [[MindProbe Brain Probe]], so much so that he [[UnwantedRescue insists Captain Proton not be hasty in his rescue]].

* UnwantedRescue: Poor Harry gets liberated by Tom just as he's getting, erm... debriefed by the Delaney Twins while [[JamesBondage tied up and helpless.]]

* EvilLaugh: Chaotica, whose other EvilTropes include EvilEyebrows, EvilIsHammy, BeardOfEvil, PaidHarem, BigNo, PitifulWorms, YouHaveFailedMe, YouFool, SeizeThem, [[KneelBeforeZod "Kneel before Chaotica!"]], LonelyAtTheTop, and "Full power to the DeathRay!"

** Played very straight while hanging a lampshade over it when the hologram Constance dies, proving that [[OffTheRails something is vastly wrong with the program]].

* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Janeway in "Shattered".

** Later played very straight while hanging a lampshade over it when she (the Constance program, not Seven-Constance) dies, proving that something is vastly wrong with the program.

** Later played very straight while hanging a lampshade over it when she (the Constance program, not Seven-Constance) [[CharacterDeath dies,]] proving that something is vastly wrong with the program.

* ShotMidSentence: Lonzak is raygunned by Proton and Buster as he's hamming his way through his Roaring Speech of Revenge. They were kinda busy with the invading holographic aliens.

-->'''Chaotica:''' ''(suspicious)'' "Why this preoccupation with the Shield?"
-->'''Janeway:''' "Oh, forgive me. It's just that, as a fellow ruler of the cosmos, [[TheMainCharactersDoEverything I often have to do things myself]]."
-->'''Chaotica:''' "Ah. Because of the incompetence of your inferiors, no doubt!"
-->'''Janeway:''' "Something like that."
-->'''Chaotica:''' "Oh, Arachnia, my love, my life! [[BirdsOfAFeather How well you understand our plight]]. If it weren't beneath my dignity, I...[[ManlyTears I would weep]]. [[LonelyAtTheTop How I've longed for someone who would understand]]."

** Later played very straight while hanging a lampshade over it when she (the Constance program, not Seven-Constance) "dies," proving that something is vastly wrong with the program.

* CaptainSuperhero: The hero is played by ''Lieutenant'' Paris (demoted to Ensign at one stage). When [[TheCaptain Captain Janeway]] is reluctantly convinced to enter the program, she naturally outranks him as ''Queen'' [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Arachnia]].

** Later played very straight while hanging a lampshade over it when she (The Constance program, not Seven-Constance) "Dies," proving that something is vastly wrong with the program.

* CaptainSuperhero: The hero is played by ''Lieutenant'' Paris (demoted to Ensign at one stage). When [[TheCaptain Captain]] Janeway is reluctantly convinced to enter the program, she naturally outranks him as ''Queen'' Arachnia.

* CaptainSuperhero: The hero is played by ''Lieutenant'' Paris (demoted to Ensign at one stage). When [Captain TheCaptain] Janeway is reluctantly convinced to enter the program, she naturally outranks him as ''Queen'' Arachnia.

* CaptainSuperhero: The hero is played by ''Lieutenant'' Paris (demoted to Ensign at one stage). When [[Captain TheCaptain]] Janeway is reluctantly convinced to enter the program, she naturally outranks him as ''Queen'' Arachnia.

* CaptainSuperhero: The hero is played by ''Lieutenant'' Paris (demoted to Ensign at one stage). When TheCaptain is reluctantly convinced to enter the program, she naturally outranks him as ''Queen'' Arachnia.

** Satan's Robot is similar to the "Republic Robot," an [[PropRecycling overused prop]] in various [[FilmSerial Republic serials]] including ''[[http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=kGmDbkndsIU Mysterious Doctor Satan.]]''

* IncomingHam: Lonzak [[WelcomeToCorneria greets any new player]] by demanding they [[NoIndoorVoice "HALT! IN THE NAME OF CHAOTICA!"]]

* GenreSavvy: Tom Paris knows something's gone wrong in "Bride of Chaotica!" because Constance Goodheart has been killed, and that [[BoringInvincibleHero never happens to the Good Guys]]. Likewise he tries to warn Captain Janeway of Chaotica's fondness for [[BoobyTrap hidden traps]], but she falls into one anyway.

* BeardOfEvil: This "Doctor Chaotica" is a hirsute fellow. Visually, his appearance is based on Ming the Merciless.

* CardCarryingVillain: Doctor Chaotica is your typical retro sci-fi villain. His rantings make ''Doctor Who'' look staid by comparison.

-->'''Doctor:''' Perhaps you can teach a course at Starfleet Academy: ''Satan's Robot - an Historical Overview.''

* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Janeway in "Shattered."

* TelegraphGagSTOP: Due to its ZeeRust look the SubspaceAnsible is a teletype machine.

* TinCanRobot: "Satan's Robot" looks absolutely ridiculous, moves very slowly, and is very difficult to see as a threat to anything. The holo-characters are deathly afraid of it. The real people in the holodeck find it hard to take seriously, and they take the ham up to 11 when dealing with it. Only Tom seems to enjoy everything (seeing as he deliberately designed the holonovel after a 1930's movie serial - he basically says "Of course it's ridiculous - it's supposed to be).

* UnwantedRescue: Poor Harry gets liberated by Tom just as he's getting, erm... debriefed by the Delaney Twins while [[JamesBondage tied down and helpless.]]
* WeirdScience: The Raygun Gothic version.

* YouJustRuinedTheShot: In "Bride Of Chaotica!", [[EnergyBeings photonic aliens]] mistake the simulation for reality and go to war with Chaotica. Although given that they were, well, photonic beings living in the [[NegativeSpaceWedgie photonic subspace layer in which ''Voyager'' was stuck]], Chaotica's Death Ray was ''very'' real for them - and killing many of them.