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** The Cat looks into the camera with a smile to reveal himself as the monster at the end, mimicking ''Music/{{Thriller}}''.

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It turns out the creature, a Polymorph, is a shape-changing human-created genetic mutant that went wrong, the 'Ultimate Warrior' that as shown provokes negative emotions like fear, guilt, anger, paranoia and drains them out of its prey. There is just one problem though: "It's INSANE!" The crew discusses their options and decide to run off rather than take it on. They seal Lister (who, due to having no fear, is all too eager to take on the Polymorph and "twat it") in the medical unit and go off to prepare Starbug, deciding not to tangle with anything that has "more teeth than the Osmond family".

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It turns out the creature, a Polymorph, is a shape-changing human-created genetic mutant that went wrong, the 'Ultimate Warrior' that as shown provokes negative emotions like fear, guilt, anger, paranoia and drains them out of its prey. There is just one problem though: problem: "It's INSANE!" The crew discusses their options and decide to run off rather than take it on. They seal Lister (who, due to having no fear, is all too eager to take on the Polymorph and "twat it") in the medical unit and go off to prepare Starbug, deciding not to tangle with anything that has "more teeth than the Osmond family".



* ApologizesALot: Kryten, before being affected by the polymorph, turning him into a {{Jerkass}}.

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* ApologizesALot: Kryten, before being affected by the polymorph, turning him into a an unrepentant {{Jerkass}}.



* FearlessFool: Lister, once he's had his fear removed, does not think going up against an eight-foot-tall armour-plated killing machine is all that dangerous. Nor does he think attacking it while its busy eating him is a bad idea.
* {{Flanderization}}: A temporary example here. The character's more prominent negative emotions are inverted, and their inverted emotions take over their entire character (Lister is borderline suicidal in his attempts to take down the Polymorph, Rimmer is a politically correct CND pacifist, the Cat becomes a slovenly drunk who's dressed like a homeless guy, and Kryten wants everybody but himself dead).

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* FearlessFool: Lister, once he's had his fear removed, does not think going up against an eight-foot-tall armour-plated killing machine is all that dangerous. Nor does he think attacking it while its it's busy eating him is a bad idea.
* {{Flanderization}}: A temporary temporary, intentional example here. The character's more prominent negative emotions are inverted, and their inverted emotions take over their entire character (Lister is borderline suicidal in his attempts to take down the Polymorph, Rimmer is a politically correct CND pacifist, the Cat becomes a slovenly drunk who's dressed like a homeless guy, and Kryten wants everybody but himself dead).



--> '''Kryten''': "Maybe if I hand you guys over, it'll let me go. Move it, suckers!"



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Kryten is ready to terminate himself after he regains his conscience and realises all the horrible actions he committed.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Kryten is ready to terminate himself after he regains his conscience and realises all the horrible actions he committed.committed without his guilt holding him back.



* NoOntologicalInertia: Blowing up the Polymorph causes the four to immediately revert to their usual personalities, without any additional steps required. Contrast this to [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIEmohawkPolymorphII the next time]] the Polymorph shows up, where they have to be careful to freeze it rather than just killing it.

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* NoOntologicalInertia: Blowing up the Polymorph causes the four to immediately revert to their usual personalities, without any additional steps required. Contrast this to [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIEmohawkPolymorphII the next time]] the Polymorph shows up, where they have to be careful to freeze it rather than just killing it.it, so the absorbed traits can be re-injected into the affected Dwarfers.

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It turns out the creature, a Polymorph, is a shape-changing human-created genetic mutant that went wrong, the 'Ultimate Warrior' that as shown provokes negative emotions like fear, guilt, anger, paranoia and drains them out of its prey. There is just one problem though. "It's INSANE!" The crew discusses their options and decide to run off rather than take it on. They seal Lister (who, due to having no fear, is all too eager to take on the Polymorph and "twat it") in the medical unit and go off to prepare Starbug, deciding not to tangle with anything that has "more teeth than the Osmond family".

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It turns out the creature, a Polymorph, is a shape-changing human-created genetic mutant that went wrong, the 'Ultimate Warrior' that as shown provokes negative emotions like fear, guilt, anger, paranoia and drains them out of its prey. There is just one problem though. though: "It's INSANE!" The crew discusses their options and decide to run off rather than take it on. They seal Lister (who, due to having no fear, is all too eager to take on the Polymorph and "twat it") in the medical unit and go off to prepare Starbug, deciding not to tangle with anything that has "more teeth than the Osmond family".


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* WeaponTwirling: The violence-crazed Lister attempts to swing a bat around intimidatingly when they go to confront the Polymorph...only to end up whacking himself in the balls.
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Despite all this, the four head down to the cargo decks to confront the creature. Although things don't start well, the two heat-seeking bazookoid bolts are released and finally find the Polymorph, destroying it. Splattered with the debris, the four are restored to normal, with the Cat desperate to clean himself up, Kryten ready to commit suicide to make up for his bad behaviour, and Rimmer confused.

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Despite all this, the four head down to the cargo decks to confront the creature. Although things don't start well, the two heat-seeking bazookoid bolts are released and finally find the Polymorph, destroying it. Splattered with the debris, the four are restored to normal, with the Cat desperate to clean himself up, Kryten [[SuicideAsComedy ready to commit suicide to make up for his bad behaviour, behaviour]], and Rimmer confused.
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* BigBrotherBully: Rimmer recounts how all three of his brothers were these. When they played being the Three Musketeers, they would make him be the Queen of Spain; they set him up for apple pie beds and black eye telescopes and once hid an actual landmine in his sandwich. The home movie he's watching shows them tying him down, smearing his face with jam and pouring ants onto him. He insists it was just a lot of boyhood jokes.

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* BigBrotherBully: Rimmer recounts how all three of his brothers were these. When they played being the Three Musketeers, they would make him be the Queen of Spain; they set him up for apple pie beds and black eye telescopes and once hid an actual landmine in his sandwich.sandpit. The home movie he's watching shows them tying him down, smearing his face with jam and pouring ants onto him. He insists it was just a lot of boyhood jokes.

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