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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The Lows' quarters. ''[[SplatterHorror Revenge of the Mutant Splat Gore Monster]]'', ''[[TorturePorn Die Screaming With Sharp Things In Your Head]]'', a poorly stocked fridge, ''Hammond Heaven'', ''Karaoke Crazy'', and ''Peter Perfect Sings Tuneful Tunes For Elderly Ladies''.
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* RedFlagRecreationMaterial: The Low Red Dward crew, as the personification of all the darkest aspects of the characters, are found to possess a collection of entertainment media "designed to sicken the soul and shrivel the spirit": {{Exploitation Film}}s, weapons magazines, [[TakeThat Hammond Organ music, and karaoke]].
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Lister and Kryten are running an experiment with the matter paddle device used back in "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVMeltdown Meltdown]]" which can produce two duplicates of whatever its beam is projected on. While testing it out on a strawberry, though, they find the duplicates aren't quite the same as the original: one is delicious and the other infested with maggots. Trying to tinker with the device inadvertently causes a chain reaction that results in Red Dwarf exploding minutes after the crew make an emergency evacuation in Starbug.

As they're scanning the wreckage for salvageable material the boys are in for a surprise: nearby are two other Red Dwarves, produced by the malfunction with the matter paddle. Although initially excited at having not only their ship back but one that should be even better than the original, Lister points out they still haven't perfected the process and the duplicates would fade away after about an hour. They board the "high" ship to find the device and use it to reintegrate the two copies into the original Red Dwarf.

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Lister and Kryten are running an experiment with the matter paddle device used back in "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVMeltdown Meltdown]]" which can produce two duplicates of whatever its beam is projected on. While testing it out on a strawberry, though, they find the duplicates aren't quite the same as the original: one is delicious and the other infested with maggots. Trying to tinker with the device inadvertently causes a chain reaction that results in Red Dwarf ''Red Dwarf'' exploding minutes after the crew make an emergency evacuation in Starbug.

''Starbug''.

As they're scanning the wreckage for salvageable material material, the boys are in for a surprise: nearby are two other Red Dwarves, ''Red Dwarf''s, produced by the malfunction with the matter paddle. Although initially excited at having not only their ship back but one that should be even better than the original, Lister points out they still haven't perfected the process process, and the duplicates would fade away after about an hour. They board the "high" ship to find the device and use it to reintegrate the two copies into the original Red Dwarf.
''Red Dwarf''.



In the dilapidated wreck that is the other ship the "high" crew are picked off by the sleazy, degenerate "low" versions of the crew. The real ones are separated in the chaos and Lister is fixed with an implant that lets the "lows" control his movements. He kills the high versions of himself and Rimmer before going after the real crew but is stopped short when [[GroinAttack Cat kicks him in the groin]]. They manage to recombine the two versions of Red Dwarf into the original, but Lister accidentally sits on the implant again, with Cat asking for just one week of him as a remote-controlled plaything.

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In the dilapidated wreck that is the other ship ship, the "high" crew are picked off by the sleazy, degenerate "low" versions of the crew. The real ones are separated in the chaos and Lister is fixed with an implant that lets the "lows" control his movements. He kills the high versions of himself and Rimmer before going after the real crew but is stopped short when [[GroinAttack Cat kicks him in the groin]]. They manage to recombine the two versions of Red Dwarf ''Red Dwarf'' into the original, but Lister accidentally sits on the implant again, with Cat asking for just one week of him as a remote-controlled plaything.



* AbandonShip: The ship has a major overload after a problem with a matter replicator, once they've escaped the ship it blows up only to leave two copies in its place, a high version and a low version. Once they work out a way to replicate the original, they must then get out of the new "low" Red Dwarf before it disappears.



* BondageIsBad: Lister runs into a deranged EnemyWithout version of Rimmer who combines the CreepyCrossdresser, DepravedHomosexual, and Bondage Is Bad tropes all in one. He's dressed in some sort of "Dominatrix Dr. Frankenfurter" outfit while he attacks Lister with a whip before promising to torture and rape him.

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* BarrierBustingBlow: Happens with Low Kryten grabbing Lister through a wall.
* BondageIsBad: Lister runs into a deranged EnemyWithout version of Rimmer who combines the CreepyCrossdresser, DepravedHomosexual, and Bondage Is Bad tropes all in one. He's dressed in some sort of "Dominatrix [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Dr. Frankenfurter" Frankenfurter]]" outfit while he attacks Lister with a whip before promising to torture and rape him.



* CanOnlyMoveTheEyes: Lister warns his crew that he's being controlled to attack them, and actively helps them defeat him. Gives the quote "Look out, I'm trying to kill you!".



** When the Lows make Lister do what they want, he reacts with horror when they make him go toward a tarantula. "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVTerrorform Terrorform]]" established Lister's not overly fond of spiders, as a species.[[note]](Note that this episode was scheduled to be the season opener but was kicked back to the penultimate slot due to effects problems, meaning that as originally intended "Terrorform" would have been referencing the events of ''this'' episode, not the other way around)[[/note]]

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** When the Lows make Lister do what they want, he reacts with horror when they make him go toward a tarantula. "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVTerrorform Terrorform]]" established that Lister's not overly fond of spiders, spiders as a species.[[note]](Note that this episode was scheduled to be the season opener but was kicked back to the penultimate slot due to effects problems, meaning that as originally intended "Terrorform" would have been referencing the events of ''this'' episode, not the other way around)[[/note]]around).[[/note]]
* CreepyCrossdresser: Lister is running for his life from the evil versions of the Red Dwarf crew, until he runs into Evil Rimmer, wearing what is best described as a Dominatrix-type get up.



* CurseOfBabel: "An electrical fire has knocked out my voice recognition unicycle! Many Wurlitzers are missing from my database."



* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Apparently having all negative traits removed from your being makes you incapable of recognizing evil and reacting to threats in any sensible way. Even though they clearly know what guns '''are''', the "High" crew can only act as if it was an accident when they're shot multiple times.

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* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: Quoth a malfunctioning Holly:
-->'''Holly:''' [[RedAlert Rude alert! Rude alert!]] An electrical fire has knocked out my voice-recognition unicycle! Many Wurlitzers are missing from my database! [[AbandonShip Abandon shop]]! [[ThisIsNotADrill This is not a daffodil]]! Repeat: This is not a daffodil!\\
'''Rimmer:''' ''[sarcastically]'' Well, thankfully Holly's unaffected.
* EnemyWithout: The ''Red Dwarf'' and its crew are given "good" and "evil" copies by a triplicator; the "good" ''Dwarf'' is shiny, white, and well-maintained, while the "evil" version looks like an abandoned oil refinery. Similarly, the "good" versions of the crew are a bunch of pacifistic milksops, while the "evil" ones are sadistic monsters that dress in lots of leather. The plot revolves around causing the "good" and "evil" sides of the ''Dwarf'' to re-merge, as the original was destroyed in the process of creating the two duplicates; merging the "good" and "evil" sides of the crew is less of an issue (and in fact becomes impossible, as the "evil" crew members rapidly kill off all of their "good" counterparts).
* EvilCostumeSwitch: The Highs, predictably, dress in white and gold, while the Lows look like every stereotype you've ever seen of goth S&M freaks, especially Rimmer.
* FeetFirstIntroduction: The Low version of Rimmer is introduced walking down a stairway to menace Lister, revealing that he's dressed as a sexually sadistic dominatrix.
* GigglingVillain: When playing Low Lister, Craig Charles came up with an impressively scuzzy giggle.
* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Apparently Apparently, having all negative traits removed from your being makes you incapable of recognizing evil and reacting to threats in any sensible way. Even though they clearly know what guns '''are''', the "High" crew can only act as if it was an accident when they're shot multiple times.



* GroinAttack: While Lister is being remote-controlled by the Lows due to an implant in his spine, he attacks his crewmates. He strangles Cat for several seconds while Rimmer orders Kryten to blow his kneecaps off. Because Kryten is paralyzed with indecision, the Cat decides there is only one way to stop Lister. With a hearty, meaty THWACK, Lister's eyes bulge, his mouth goes slack, and he releases the Cat.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: The Low version of Rimmer greets Lister with "Hello, my pretty". He tells Lister that he's going to hurt him because he's not a very nice person. "I'm going to thrash you within an inch of your life, and then I'm going to have you."



* LiteralSplitPersonality: A triplication device creates a Good Ship with crew (who exist in the starship equivalent of CrystalSpiresAndTogas, and can even make Pot Noodles edible), an Evil Ship with crew (where Rimmer's H has fallen sideways and... yeah) and a Neutral Ship with crew (i.e., the original gang). The Neutral Ship duly explodes, and it requires a [[ReversePolarity polarity reversal]] to recreate it from the others.



* MatterReplicator: The episode features a matter replicator with a caveat: all the virtues of the replicated object go into one copy, all the evils into another.
* MergingMachine: An experiment with a teleportation device causes the ship and crew to be split into "High" and "Low" versions. Eventually, the crew manage to recombine them.



* MindControlDevice: One of these is used on Lister. It only controls the body, giving a rather interesting discussion between victim and targets.



* PuttingOnTheReich: Minor example, but Low!Rimmer's canted "H" is reminiscent of a swastika.

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* NowDoItAgainBackwards: This is how Kryten reconstitutes the ''Red Dwarf'' from its triplicator-created High and Low copies.
* PeoplePuppets: This happens to Lister, thanks to the Lows remotely controlling his movements. He still has the power of speech, resulting in memorable lines such as: "Look out -- I'm gonna kill ya!".
* PuttingOnTheReich: Minor example, but Low!Rimmer's Low Rimmer's canted "H" is reminiscent of a swastika.swastika.
* RedAlert: Combined with CurseOfBabel with Holly.
-->''"Rude alert! Rude alert! An electrical fire has knocked out my voice recognition unicycle! Many Wurlitzers are missing from my database. Abandon shop! This is not a daffodil. Repeat, this is not a daffodil.""''



-->'''Dave Lister''': I tell you one thing: [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIParallelUniverse I've been to a parallel universe]], [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIIBackwards I've seen time running backwards]], [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVWhiteHole I've played pool with planets]], and I've given birth to twins, but I never thought in my entire life I'd taste an edible Pot Noodle.
* TakeThat: The ultimate test of the High Red Dwarf's replicator is that it makes an ''edible'' pot noodle.

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-->'''Dave Lister''': Lister:''' I tell you one thing: [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIParallelUniverse I've been to a parallel universe]], [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIIBackwards I've seen time running backwards]], [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVWhiteHole I've played pool with planets]], and I've given birth to twins, but I never thought in my entire life I'd taste an edible Pot Noodle.
* RippleEffectProofMemory: Lister mentions having "played pool with planets" as a point of reference for the remarkability of his first taste of an edible pot noodle. However, according to Kryten's explanation at the end of "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVWhiteHole White Hole]]", he shouldn't have been able to remember that. [[RuleOfFunny But that's okay]].
* RoboticPsychopath: Low Kryten is an evil mechanoid designed to hurt people. He tortures Lister along with the rest of his crewmates.
* SolarPoweredMagnifyingGlass: When Lister denies that Low Lister is part of him, Low Kryten says "He's the little boy who, on a hot summer's day, held a magnifying glass to his best friend's neck and watched him ''burn''." This disturbing-sounding incident is [[NoodleIncident not elaborated on]].
* SpaceFriction: This occurs when the ''Dwarf'' temporarily explodes and the crew narrowly escape in ''Starbug''. The nearest asteroid with an "S3"[[note]]"Solar 3", i.e., Earth-like and breathable[[/note]] atmosphere is six hours away, but they only have enough fuel for five hours' flight.
* StupidGood: The Highs are so naïve and trusting that they don't realise they are being deliberately shot, stabbed, and crushed, and the High Kryten thinks a grenade is a "welcome gift".
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TakeThat: The ultimate test of the High Red Dwarf's ''Red Dwarf'''s replicator is that it makes an ''edible'' pot noodle.noodle.
* ThisIsNotADrill: When the emergency damages Holly's memory banks, she announces: "This is not a daffodil! Repeat: This is not a daffodil!"



* UsedFuture: The general aesthetic of the Lows, a dingy, filthy wreck of a spacecraft. The Lows want to claim the Highs's vessel because nothing on their version of Red Dwarf is actually ''functional''.
-->'''Low Cat:''' Nothing ''works'' here, man!
-->'''Low Lister:''' It's all decayed.

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* TouchTheIntangible: The Lows use a holowhip that can be held by a hologram and inflict damage on a human.
* UsedFuture: The general aesthetic of the Lows, a dingy, filthy wreck of a spacecraft. The Lows want to claim the Highs's vessel because nothing on their version of Red Dwarf ''Red Dwarf'' is actually ''functional''.
-->'''Low Cat:''' Nothing ''works'' here, man!
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man!\\
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* WhiteIsPure: The highs are dressed in white robes and are so good that they can't recognise when a person has evil intentions and are way too nice for their own good.

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* WhiteIsPure: The highs are dressed in white robes and are so good that they can't recognise when a person has evil intentions and are way too nice for their own good.good.
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* UsedFuture: The general aesthetic of the Lows, a dingy, filthy wreck of a spacecraft. The Lows want to claim the Highs's vessel because nothing on their version of Red Dwarf is actually ''functional''.
-->'''Low Cat:''' Nothing ''works'' here, man!
-->'''Low Lister:''' It's all decayed.
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* WhipOfDominance: A degenerate version of Rimmer called Low Rimmer wields a "holo-whip" and threatens to lash Lister to an inch of his life. Fittingly, he's a CreepyCrossdresser wearing a {{Dominatrix}}-type get-up who wants to "have" Lister.
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* PuttingOnTheReich: Minor example, but Low!Rimmer's canted "H" is reminiscent of a swastika.

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* MasochistsMeal: Lister forced to eat a tarantula while being controlled by his evil counterpart.

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* MasochistsMeal: Lister is forced to eat a tarantula while being controlled by his evil counterpart.



* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: Whilst exploring the Low ship, Rimmer attempts to leap around the corner in a karate move and hurts his leg. Don't think about it.

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* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: Whilst exploring the Low ship, Rimmer attempts to leap around the corner in a karate move and hurts his leg. Don't think about it.it.
* WhiteIsPure: The highs are dressed in white robes and are so good that they can't recognise when a person has evil intentions and are way too nice for their own good.
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* BackFromTheDead: Holly, who is first seriously damaged when an electrical fire knocks out her voice recognition [[{{Malaproper}} unicycle]], then is destroyed when the ship explodes. However, she returns at the end along with the ship, due to her High and Low selves being merged.
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* GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath: Parodied with some of the Lows' movie collection, such as ''Revenge of the Mutant Splat Gore Monster''.
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* NasalTrauma: The Low crew demonstrate their ability to remote-control Lister by having him slam a supply cabinet door on his nose.
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* MasochistsMeal: Lister forced to eat a tarantula while being controlled by his evil counterpart.
* MessyMaggots: Lister eats a strawberry which turns out to be full of maggots.
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* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Apparently having all negative traits removed from your being makes you incapable of recognizing evil and reacting to threats in any sensible way. Even though they clearly know what guns are, the "High" crew can only act as if it was an accident when they're shot multiple times.

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* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Apparently having all negative traits removed from your being makes you incapable of recognizing evil and reacting to threats in any sensible way. Even though they clearly know what guns are, '''are''', the "High" crew can only act as if it was an accident when they're shot multiple times.
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** When the Lows make Lister do what they want, he reacts with horror when they make him go toward a tarantula. "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVTerrorform Terrorform]]" established Lister's not overly fond of spiders, as a species.

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** When the Lows make Lister do what they want, he reacts with horror when they make him go toward a tarantula. "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVTerrorform Terrorform]]" established Lister's not overly fond of spiders, as a species.[[note]](Note that this episode was scheduled to be the season opener but was kicked back to the penultimate slot due to effects problems, meaning that as originally intended "Terrorform" would have been referencing the events of ''this'' episode, not the other way around)[[/note]]
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-->'''Dave Lister''': I tell you one thing: [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIParallelUniverse I've been to a parallel universe]], [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIIBackwards I've seen time running backwards]], [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVWhiteHole I've played pool with planets]], and I've given birth to twins, but I never thought in my entire life I'd taste an edible Pot Noodle.

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Lister and Kryten are running an experiment with the matter paddle device used back in [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVMeltdown Meltdown]] which can produce two duplicates of whatever its beam is projected on. While testing it out on a strawberry, though, they find the duplicates aren't quite the same as the original: one is delicious and the other infested with maggots. Trying to tinker with the device inadvertently causes a chain reaction that results in Red Dwarf exploding minutes after the crew make an emergency evacuation in Starbug.

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Lister and Kryten are running an experiment with the matter paddle device used back in [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVMeltdown Meltdown]] "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVMeltdown Meltdown]]" which can produce two duplicates of whatever its beam is projected on. While testing it out on a strawberry, though, they find the duplicates aren't quite the same as the original: one is delicious and the other infested with maggots. Trying to tinker with the device inadvertently causes a chain reaction that results in Red Dwarf exploding minutes after the crew make an emergency evacuation in Starbug.


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* BondageIsBad: Lister runs into a deranged EnemyWithout version of Rimmer who combines the CreepyCrossdresser, DepravedHomosexual, and Bondage Is Bad tropes all in one. He's dressed in some sort of "Dominatrix Dr. Frankenfurter" outfit while he attacks Lister with a whip before promising to torture and rape him.
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* CrystalSpiresAndTogas: The general aesthetic of the High ship.
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* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Apparently having all negative traits removed from your being makes you incapable of recognizing evil and reacting to threats in any sensible way. Even though they clearly know what guns are the "High" crew can only act as if it was an accident when they're shot multiple times.

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* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Apparently having all negative traits removed from your being makes you incapable of recognizing evil and reacting to threats in any sensible way. Even though they clearly know what guns are are, the "High" crew can only act as if it was an accident when they're shot multiple times.
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* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: Whilst exploring the Low ship, Rimmer attempts to leap around the corner in a karate move and hurts his leg.

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* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: Whilst exploring the Low ship, Rimmer attempts to leap around the corner in a karate move and hurts his leg. Don't think about it.
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** Also, the fact that Lister utterly hates pot noodles was previously established in [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIIMarooned Marooned]] where he decided a can of dog food was a better alternative.

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** Also, the fact that Lister utterly hates pot noodles was previously established in [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIIMarooned Marooned]] "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIIMarooned Marooned]]" where he decided a can of dog food was a better alternative.

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* BringMyBrownPants: When the Cat finds Lister cowering in the Low cargo bay, he declares Rimmer was "using his pants as an emergency latrine".

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* BringMyBrownPants: When the Cat finds Lister Rimmer cowering in the Low cargo bay, he declares Rimmer was "using his pants as an emergency latrine".



** Also, the fact that Lister utterly hates pot noodles was previously established in [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIIMarooned Marooned]] where he decided a can of dog food was a better alternative.



* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Apparently having all negative traits removed from your being makes you incapable of recognizing evil and reacting to threats in any sensible way. Even though they clearly know what guns are the "high" crew can only act as if it was an accident when they're shot multiple times.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Played as a negative. The "high" crew have no ability to recognize ill intentions and do things like apologize for getting their blood on their killer's knife.

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* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Apparently having all negative traits removed from your being makes you incapable of recognizing evil and reacting to threats in any sensible way. Even though they clearly know what guns are the "high" "High" crew can only act as if it was an accident when they're shot multiple times.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Played as a negative. The "high" "High" crew have no ability to recognize ill intentions and do things like apologize for getting their blood on their killer's knife.



* TooDumbToLive: The Highs. Not recognising being shot isn't an accident is one thing, failing to recognise a ''live grenade''...

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* TooDumbToLive: The Highs. Not recognising being shot isn't an accident is one thing, failing to recognise a ''live grenade''...grenade''...
* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: Whilst exploring the Low ship, Rimmer attempts to leap around the corner in a karate move and hurts his leg.
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** Lister recites some of the improbable things he's done while eating the pot noodle; [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIFutureEchoes seen time going backwards]], [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIParallelUniverse giving birth to twins]], and [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVWhiteHole playing pool with planets]].

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** Lister recites some of the improbable things he's done while eating the pot noodle; [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIFutureEchoes [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIIBackwards seen time going backwards]], [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIParallelUniverse giving birth to twins]], and [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVWhiteHole playing pool with planets]].
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** Lister recites some of the improbable things he's done while eating the pot noodle; seen time going backwards, giving birth to twins, and playing pool with planets.
** When the Lows make Lister do what they want, he reacts with horror when they make him go toward a tarantula. "Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVTerrorform" established Lister's not overly fond of spiders, as a species.

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** Lister recites some of the improbable things he's done while eating the pot noodle; [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIFutureEchoes seen time going backwards, backwards]], [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIIParallelUniverse giving birth to twins, twins]], and [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVWhiteHole playing pool with planets.
planets]].
** When the Lows make Lister do what they want, he reacts with horror when they make him go toward a tarantula. "Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVTerrorform" "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVTerrorform Terrorform]]" established Lister's not overly fond of spiders, as a species.
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** When the Lows make Lister do what they want, he reacts with horror when they make him go toward a tarantula. "Terrorform" established Lister's not overly fond of spiders, as a species.

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** When the Lows make Lister do what they want, he reacts with horror when they make him go toward a tarantula. "Terrorform" "Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVTerrorform" established Lister's not overly fond of spiders, as a species.
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* BringMyBrownPants: When the Cat finds Lister cowering in the Low cargo bay, he declares Rimmer was "using his pants as an emergency latrine".
* ContinuityNod:
** Lister recites some of the improbable things he's done while eating the pot noodle; seen time going backwards, giving birth to twins, and playing pool with planets.
** When the Lows make Lister do what they want, he reacts with horror when they make him go toward a tarantula. "Terrorform" established Lister's not overly fond of spiders, as a species.
* DisproportionateRetribution: The Cat kicks Lister ''very'' hard in the crotch for ruining his neckline.



* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Played as a negative. The "high" crew have no ability to recognize ill intentions and do things like apologize for getting their blood on their killer's knife.

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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Played as a negative. The "high" crew have no ability to recognize ill intentions and do things like apologize for getting their blood on their killer's knife.knife.
* TakeThat: The ultimate test of the High Red Dwarf's replicator is that it makes an ''edible'' pot noodle.
* TooDumbToLive: The Highs. Not recognising being shot isn't an accident is one thing, failing to recognise a ''live grenade''...
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Lister and Kryten are running an experiment with the matter paddle device used back in [[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVMeltdown Meltdown]] which can produce two duplicates of whatever its beam is projected on. While testing it out on a strawberry, though, they find the duplicates aren't quite the same as the original: one is delicious and the other infested with maggots. Trying to tinker with the device inadvertently causes a chain reaction that results in Red Dwarf exploding minutes after the crew make an emergency evacuation in Starbug.

As they're scanning the wreckage for salvageable material the boys are in for a surprise: nearby are two other Red Dwarves, produced by the malfunction with the matter paddle. Although initially excited at having not only their ship back but one that should be even better than the original, Lister points out they still haven't perfected the process and the duplicates would fade away after about an hour. They board the "high" ship to find the device and use it to reintegrate the two copies into the original Red Dwarf.

They soon find that not has the ship been copied, but so have the crew themselves: the "high" versions of the crew are monk-like individuals who devote their time toward philosophy, poetry and the arts. Kryten finds the matter paddle of the high ship but only half of it; the rest must be on the other "low" ship.

In the dilapidated wreck that is the other ship the "high" crew are picked off by the sleazy, degenerate "low" versions of the crew. The real ones are separated in the chaos and Lister is fixed with an implant that lets the "lows" control his movements. He kills the high versions of himself and Rimmer before going after the real crew but is stopped short when [[GroinAttack Cat kicks him in the groin]]. They manage to recombine the two versions of Red Dwarf into the original, but Lister accidentally sits on the implant again, with Cat asking for just one week of him as a remote-controlled plaything.

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!!The episode contains examples of:
* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Apparently having all negative traits removed from your being makes you incapable of recognizing evil and reacting to threats in any sensible way. Even though they clearly know what guns are the "high" crew can only act as if it was an accident when they're shot multiple times.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Played as a negative. The "high" crew have no ability to recognize ill intentions and do things like apologize for getting their blood on their killer's knife.

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