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* BeyondRedemption: Sisko’s belief that the universe is all different shades of grey is shattered in this episode, as Dukat’s SanitySlippage makes him realize that there really are people who are irredeemably evil. As Sisko is recovering in the Defiant’s sickbay, he vows that the next time he meets Dukat, he’ll finish him off himself.
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* FirstNameBasis: Dukat persists in calling Sisko "Benjamin" throughout their stay in the cave thanks to his one-sided belief that they are {{Worthy Opponent}}s who would be friends if they didn't happen to be on opposite sides.
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* GetOut: When Bashir grumbles about leaving a possible distress signal from Sisko to meet their rendezvous with the convoy, Worf says "You may leave the bridge, Doctor."
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* MildlyMilitary: Averted when Kira's orders to halt the search come in. Bashir and O'Brien immediately start discussing whether or not they have any leeway to continue anyhow, but Dax sharply reminds them that it isn't up for discussion because the decision is Worf's.
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* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Neither Kira nor Worf like the narrow window of time they have to search for Sisko. However, the alternative is leaving a convoy of 30,000 Federation troops unguarded.
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* VillainousValor: Dukat radios the ''Defiant'' so they can pick up Sisko. It's unlikely to be from any kind of remorse, however; this is the man who told Weyoun that true victory is forcing your enemies to admit their error in ever opposing your greatness.
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* BadassBoast: Dukat's final lines to Sisko:
-->"I have unfinished business on Bajor! They thought I was their enemy!? They don't know what it is to be my enemy; but they will! From this day forward, Bajor is dead! All of Bajor! And this time, even their Emissary won't be able to save them!"
-->"I have unfinished business on Bajor! They thought I was their enemy!? They don't know what it is to be my enemy; but they will! From this day forward, Bajor is dead! All of Bajor! And this time, even their Emissary won't be able to save them!"
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* BadassBoast: AloneWithThePsycho: Sisko spends the episode alone with an increasingly unstable, violent, and malevolent Dukat.
* AxCrazy: Dukat, who starts shooting at his hallucinations when they taunt him one too many times, savagely beats Sisko with a pipe, and vows to turn Bajor into a graveyard the likes of which the galaxy has never seen.
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** Dukat's final lines to Sisko:
-->"I --->"I have unfinished business on Bajor! They thought I was their enemy!? They don't know what it is to be my enemy; but they will! From this day forward, Bajor is dead! All of Bajor! And this time, even their Emissary won't be able to save them!"them!"
** Sisko has a fitting response, though he doesn't get to say it to Dukat's face.
--->"I'm ''not'' going to let him destroy Bajor. I fear no evil. [[ArchEnemy From now on, it's him... or me]]."
* AxCrazy: Dukat, who starts shooting at his hallucinations when they taunt him one too many times, savagely beats Sisko with a pipe, and vows to turn Bajor into a graveyard the likes of which the galaxy has never seen.
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** Dukat's final lines to Sisko:
** Sisko has a fitting response, though he doesn't get to say it to Dukat's face.
--->"I'm ''not'' going to let him destroy Bajor. I fear no evil. [[ArchEnemy From now on, it's him... or me]]."
* GrayAndGreyMorality: Discussed; Sisko tells Jadzia that he usually believes that the universe consists of shades of gray, with no one being entirely good or evil. [[SubvertedTrope Then he meets someone like Dukat]], and he realises that there is indeed such a thing as pure evil.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Disregarding the pragmatic advice from his hallucination of Damar, Dukat leaves Captain Sisko alive and even alerts the ''Defiant'' to his location after taking off in the stolen shuttle. The way Dukat sees things, he can't very well exact the ultimate revenge on his enemy if the Emissary isn't around to see it because he's died on a barren planet.
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* HonorBeforeReason: HonorBeforeReason:
** Disregarding the pragmatic advice from his hallucination of Damar, Dukat leaves Captain Sisko alive and even alerts the ''Defiant'' to his location after taking off in the stolen shuttle. The way Dukat sees things, he can't very well exact the ultimate revenge on his enemy if the Emissary isn't around to see it because he's died on a barren planet.
** Disregarding the pragmatic advice from his hallucination of Damar, Dukat leaves Captain Sisko alive and even alerts the ''Defiant'' to his location after taking off in the stolen shuttle. The way Dukat sees things, he can't very well exact the ultimate revenge on his enemy if the Emissary isn't around to see it because he's died on a barren planet.
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* MaskOfSanity: For much of the episode, Dukat does a fine job of keeping up appearances, seeming calm and reasonable as he engages in friendly repartee with Sisko. It's only when he's alone that he shows how broken and insane he's truly become, and his mask eventually slips completely, to terrifying effect and with terrible consequences going forward.
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* MoralMyopia: The biggest flaw in Dukat's [[ALighterShadeOfBlack defense of himself]]: no matter how kind and generous he ''thought'' he was being to the Bajorans, he was still part of the regime that had ravaged their world for decades, with no intention of ending the Occupation. In essence, Dukat wanted the Bajorans' love and gratitude [[WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency for being slightly less of a tyrannical monster than his predecessors]].
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: When he realises that Sisko repaired the distress beacon, Dukat smashes the transmitter with a pipe, then starts doing the same to Sisko.
* ObliviouslyEvil: A strange case, as it goes hand-in-hand with a HeelRealization: as Dukat rants that he should have [[FinalSolution killed every one of the Bajorans]], he sounds like he genuinely believes this to be the sane and rational solution. This doesn't last; by the end of the episode, Dukat has fully embraced his dark side and sets out on a crusade to see Bajor burn.
* ObliviouslyEvil: A strange case, as it goes hand-in-hand with a HeelRealization: as Dukat rants that he should have [[FinalSolution killed every one of the Bajorans]], he sounds like he genuinely believes this to be the sane and rational solution. This doesn't last; by the end of the episode, Dukat has fully embraced his dark side and sets out on a crusade to see Bajor burn.
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* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: Dukat is deeply aggrieved that the Bajorans weren't grateful and adoring of his efforts to reduce the number of casualties during the Occupation. The fact that millions ''still'' suffered and died under his reign seems to be of lesser concern to Dukat.
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* MasterRace: Dukat's justifications for the occupation of Bajor amounted to he Cardassians being superior to Bajorans in every conceivable way, with the Cardassians attempting to uplift those beneath them.
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--> "They thought I was their enemy?! They don't know what it is to be my enemy, but they will! From this day forth, ''Bajor is DEAD''! All of Bajor! And this time, even their 'emissary' won't be able to save them!"
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* EvilerThanThou: Illusion!Weyoun insists that the Dominion would have been far tougher on the Bajorans than the Cardassians ever would, backing up Dukat's claim that he was a kinder, gentler despot.
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* EvilerThanThou: Illusion!Weyoun insists that the Dominion would have been far tougher on the Bajorans than the Cardassians ever would, were, backing up Dukat's claim that he was a kinder, gentler despot.
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* NeverMyFault: As always, Dukat blames the Bajoran Resistance for all the bad things he was forced to do during the Occupation, or his superiors for not giving him a free hand to run Bajor the way he wanted. He even has the gall to tell Sisko "You brought it on yourself, you know." after beating him with a pipe.
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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Dukat claimed to be this, trying to rule over Bajor more benevolently than his superiors would have preferred. Even when he was ordered to carry out executions in response to the Bajoran resistance's actions, he reigned in his orders so that fewer Bajorans would be put to death. He claimed to try to reach out to the Bajorans, only for his actions to be met with resistance and violence.
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* EvilerThanThou: Illusion!Weyoun insists that the Dominion would have been far tougher on the Bajorans than the Cardassians ever would, backing up Dukat's claim that he was a kinder, gentler despot.
-->'''Weyoun:''' The Dominion would have killed every man, woman, and child on Bajor ''long'' ago.
-->'''Weyoun:''' The Dominion would have killed every man, woman, and child on Bajor ''long'' ago.
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* FakeStatic: {{Inverted}}, as there's a lot of ''real'' static, and O'Brien and Bashir act like it's enough to prevent Kira's orders from coming through. Worf and Dax, however, know damn well what Kira's trying to tell them.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The camping trip from Hell]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The camping trip from Hell]]
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* BottleEpisode: As the writers themselves noted, they were rather uncertain whether they could pull off having a story involving little more than "two guys arguing in a cave" as its plot. Nobody but the regular cast has any lines in this episode, and all the sets are recycled.
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* BigNo: Dukat's response to Illusion!Weyoun's taunting. A clear sign of his impending SanitySlippage.
* BottleEpisode: As the writers themselves noted, they were rather uncertain whether they could pull off having a story involving little more than "two guys arguing in a cave" as its plot. Nobody but theregular regular/recurring cast has any lines in this episode, episode (aside from one off-screen RedShirt), and all the sets are recycled.
* BottleEpisode: As the writers themselves noted, they were rather uncertain whether they could pull off having a story involving little more than "two guys arguing in a cave" as its plot. Nobody but the
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* {{Irony}}: How Dukat considers the fact that he was almost killed by a Cardassian attack.
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* SympathyForTheDevil: While recording his CaptainsLog aboard the ''Honshu'', Sisko admits feeling genuinely sorry for Dukat.
--> "[[RuleOfThree He lost an empire, he lost his daughter, and he nearly lost his mind.]] Whatever his crimes, isn't that enough punishment for one lifetime?"
--> "[[RuleOfThree He lost an empire, he lost his daughter, and he nearly lost his mind.]] Whatever his crimes, isn't that enough punishment for one lifetime?"
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-->"I have unfinished business on Bajor! They thought I was their enemy?! They don't know what it is to be my enemy, but they will! From this day forward, Bajor is dead! All of Bajor! And this time, even their Emissary won't be able to save them!"
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-->"I have unfinished business on Bajor! They thought I was their enemy?! enemy!? They don't know what it is to be my enemy, enemy; but they will! From this day forward, Bajor is dead! All of Bajor! And this time, even their Emissary won't be able to save them!"
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* HonorBeforeReason: Dukat alerts the ''Defiant'' to Sisko's location. He can't very well exact the ultimate revenge on him if the Captain dies on a barren planet.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Disregarding the pragmatic advice from his hallucination of Damar, Dukat leaves Captain Sisko alive and even alerts the ''Defiant'' to Sisko's location. He his location after taking off in the stolen shuttle. The way Dukat sees things, he can't very well exact the ultimate revenge on him his enemy if the Captain dies Emissary isn't around to see it because he's died on a barren planet.
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* VillainDecay: Invoked by the hallucination of Weyoun. He doubts Sisko would have any respect for Dukat if he knew about the Gul's repeated breakdowns in the hospital.
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* VillainDecay: Invoked by the hallucination of Weyoun. He doubts Sisko would have any respect for Dukat if he knew about the Gul's repeated breakdowns in the hospital.hospital.
* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: This is the advice Dukat's hallucination of Damar gives him, pointing out that returning to Bajor carrying the corpse of the Bajorans' Emissary to the Prophets would surely crush the Bajorans' resistance to his rule once and for all.
* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: This is the advice Dukat's hallucination of Damar gives him, pointing out that returning to Bajor carrying the corpse of the Bajorans' Emissary to the Prophets would surely crush the Bajorans' resistance to his rule once and for all.
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* AbandonShip: Happens off-screen before the ''Honshu'' is destroyed.
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* AbandonShip: Happens off-screen before the ''Honshu'' is destroyed.destroyed; several other survivors turn up while the ''Defiant'''s crew is searching for Sisko.
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* CluelessAesop: "Waltz" was written as an attempt at putting a stop to the MisaimedFandom surrounding Gul Dukat, ending with Captain Sisko telling Jadzia that even when you live in a world full of shades of grey, true evil (such as Gul Dukat) can still exist. Even so, partially ''because'' of Gul Dukat's persuasive delivery of [[VillainHasAPoint considerable testimony on his own behalf]] in this episode, his fandom was not so easily dissuaded.
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* BottleEpisode: As the writers themselves noted, they were rather uncertain whether they could pull off having a story involving little more than "two guys arguing in a cave" as its plot. Nobody but the regular cast has any lines in this episode, and all the sets are recycled.
* CluelessAesop: "Waltz" was written as an attempt at putting a stop to the MisaimedFandom surrounding Gul Dukat, ending with Captain Sisko telling Jadzia that even when you live in a world full of shades of grey, true evil (such as Gul Dukat) can still exist. Even so, partially ''because'' of Gul Dukat's awfully persuasive delivery of [[VillainHasAPoint considerable testimony on his own behalf]] in this episode, his fandom was not so easily dissuaded.
* CluelessAesop: "Waltz" was written as an attempt at putting a stop to the MisaimedFandom surrounding Gul Dukat, ending with Captain Sisko telling Jadzia that even when you live in a world full of shades of grey, true evil (such as Gul Dukat) can still exist. Even so, partially ''because'' of Gul Dukat's awfully persuasive delivery of [[VillainHasAPoint considerable testimony on his own behalf]] in this episode, his fandom was not so easily dissuaded.
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* ExplosiveDecompression: Dukat mentions a NoodleIncident with his having to clean up the mess when this happened to another Cardassian and how he couldn't sleep for a week afterward.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Dukat says he and Sisko won't be seeing each other for a while. They won't share a scene again until the GrandFinale.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Dukat says he and Sisko won't be seeing each other for a while. They won't share a scene again until the GrandFinale.
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* ExplosiveDecompression: Dukat mentions a NoodleIncident with his having to clean up the mess when this happened to another Cardassian some other Cardassians and how he couldn't sleep for a week afterward.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Dukat says he and Sisko won't be seeing each other again for a while.They Indeed, they won't share a scene again until the GrandFinale.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Dukat says he and Sisko won't be seeing each other again for a while.
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** Worf believes it would be dishonorable to brazenly ignore orders in order to try to save Sisko.
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** Worf Worf, as usual, believes it would be dishonorable to brazenly try to ignore their explicit orders in order to try to save Sisko.Sisko; justified, however, in that their orders to break off the search are in order to protect the lives of some 30,000 Federation troops in an otherwise defenseless carrier convoy that the Dominion is almost certain to attack.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Kira's message that the ''Defiant'' has to depart soon is garbled by subspace interference. Bashir and O'Brien attempt to invoke this trope in order to continue searching for Sisko, but Worf and Dax shoot it down.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Kira's message that the ''Defiant'' has to depart soon is garbled by subspace interference. Bashir and O'Brien attempt to invoke this trope in order to continue searching for Sisko, but Worf and Dax shoot it them down.
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* SanitySlippage: Dukat undergoes a serious case of this during his isolation with Sisko, and this after he'd begun to improve in the care of the Federation's psychiatric facilities. He gets into a spirited argument with hallucinations of Kira, Damar, and Weyoun, and even tries to attack them physically a couple of times. It's during one of these attacks that Sisko realizes he's dealing with a madman, as he sees that while one of these assaults came dangerously close to hitting him, he wasn't where Dukat was ''aiming''.
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* SanitySlippage: Dukat undergoes a serious case of this during his isolation with Sisko, and this after he'd begun to improve in the care of the Federation's psychiatric facilities. He gets into a spirited argument arguments with hallucinations of Kira, Damar, and Weyoun, and even tries to attack fires at them physically a couple of with his phaser several times. It's during one of these attacks that Sisko realizes he's dealing with a madman, as he sees that while one of these assaults came dangerously close to hitting him, he wasn't where Dukat was ''aiming''. (He was aiming at Kira, who seemed to be standing just over Sisko's shoulder as she mocked him.)
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Following the destruction of the starship Honshu, Sisko is severely injured and trapped alone on a deserted planet with Dukat, who becomes increasingly unstable.
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-->'''Dukat:''' [[SarcasmMode Behold... Benjamin Sisko: supreme arbiter of right and wrong in the universe.]]
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-->'''Dukat:''' [[SarcasmMode Behold... Behold… Benjamin Sisko: supreme arbiter of right and wrong in the universe.]]universe!]]
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* BadassBoast: Dukat's final lines to Sisko:
-->"I have unfinished business on Bajor! They thought I was their enemy?! They don't know what it is to be my enemy, but they will! From this day forward, Bajor is dead! All of Bajor! And this time, even their Emissary won't be able to save them!"
-->"I have unfinished business on Bajor! They thought I was their enemy?! They don't know what it is to be my enemy, but they will! From this day forward, Bajor is dead! All of Bajor! And this time, even their Emissary won't be able to save them!"
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Dukat says he and Sisko won't be seeing each other for a while. They won't share a scene again until the GrandFinale.
* HonorBeforeReason: Dukat alerts the ''Defiant'' to Sisko's location. He can't very well exact the ultimate revenge on him if the Captain dies on a barren planet.
** Worf believes it would be dishonorable to brazenly ignore orders in order to try to save Sisko.
* HopeSpot: The ''Defiant'' beamed aboard two people. Instead of Sisko and Dukat, it's two women from the ''Honshu''.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Kira's message that the ''Defiant'' has to depart soon is garbled by subspace interference. Bashir and O'Brien attempt to invoke this trope in order to continue searching for Sisko, but Worf and Dax shoot it down.
** Worf believes it would be dishonorable to brazenly ignore orders in order to try to save Sisko.
* HopeSpot: The ''Defiant'' beamed aboard two people. Instead of Sisko and Dukat, it's two women from the ''Honshu''.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Kira's message that the ''Defiant'' has to depart soon is garbled by subspace interference. Bashir and O'Brien attempt to invoke this trope in order to continue searching for Sisko, but Worf and Dax shoot it down.
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* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Dukat's ultimate conclusion is that he was far too lenient and forgiving toward the Bajorans who resisted his rule, and he should have just exterminated them all; so that (along with restoring that rule) is going to be his new goal from now on.
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* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Dukat's ultimate conclusion is that he was far too lenient and forgiving toward the Bajorans who resisted his rule, and he should have just exterminated them all; so that (along with restoring that rule) is going to be his new goal from now on.on.
* VillainDecay: Invoked by the hallucination of Weyoun. He doubts Sisko would have any respect for Dukat if he knew about the Gul's repeated breakdowns in the hospital.
* VillainDecay: Invoked by the hallucination of Weyoun. He doubts Sisko would have any respect for Dukat if he knew about the Gul's repeated breakdowns in the hospital.
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* CluelessAesop: "Waltz" was written as an attempt at putting a stop to the MisaimedFandom surrounding Gul Dukat, ending with Captain Sisko telling Jadzia that evened when you live in a world full of shades of grey, true evil (such as Gul Dukat) can still exist. Even so, partially ''because'' of Gul Dukat's persuasive delivery of [[VillainHasAPoint considerable testimony on his own behalf]] in this episode, his fandom was not so easily dissuaded.
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* CluelessAesop: "Waltz" was written as an attempt at putting a stop to the MisaimedFandom surrounding Gul Dukat, ending with Captain Sisko telling Jadzia that evened even when you live in a world full of shades of grey, true evil (such as Gul Dukat) can still exist. Even so, partially ''because'' of Gul Dukat's persuasive delivery of [[VillainHasAPoint considerable testimony on his own behalf]] in this episode, his fandom was not so easily dissuaded.
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* ExplosiveDecompression: Dukat mentions a NoodleIncident with his having to clean up the mess when this happened to another Cardassian and how he didn't sleep for a week afterward.
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* ExplosiveDecompression: Dukat mentions a NoodleIncident with his having to clean up the mess when this happened to another Cardassian and how he didn't couldn't sleep for a week afterward.
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* SanitySlippage: Dukat undergoes a serious case of this during his isolation with Sisko, and this after he'd begun to improve in the care of the Federation's psychiatric facilities.
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* SanitySlippage: Dukat undergoes a serious case of this during his isolation with Sisko, and this after he'd begun to improve in the care of the Federation's psychiatric facilities. He gets into a spirited argument with hallucinations of Kira, Damar, and Weyoun, and even tries to attack them physically a couple of times. It's during one of these attacks that Sisko realizes he's dealing with a madman, as he sees that while one of these assaults came dangerously close to hitting him, he wasn't where Dukat was ''aiming''.
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* ShutUpHannibal: After Dukat's rant about how he's been way too nice to the Bajorans and he really should just have killed them all, Sisko knocks him out, retorting "[[SarcasmMode ...and]] ''[[SarcasmMode that's]]'' [[SarcasmMode why you're not an evil man!]]"
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* BrokenAesop: "Waltz" was written as an attempt at stopping the MisaimedFandom surrounding Gul Dukat, ending with Captain Sisko telling Jadzia that evened when you live in a world full of shades of grey, evil can still exist. Except that ''the whole show'' was built upon the premise that [[GreyAndGrayMorality no nation is completely good or evil]], as even the Federation's noble ideals are subject to intense {{deconstruction}}.
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* BrokenAesop: CluelessAesop: "Waltz" was written as an attempt at stopping putting a stop to the MisaimedFandom surrounding Gul Dukat, ending with Captain Sisko telling Jadzia that evened when you live in a world full of shades of grey, true evil (such as Gul Dukat) can still exist. Except that ''the whole show'' Even so, partially ''because'' of Gul Dukat's persuasive delivery of [[VillainHasAPoint considerable testimony on his own behalf]] in this episode, his fandom was built upon the premise that [[GreyAndGrayMorality no nation is completely good or evil]], as even the Federation's noble ideals are subject to intense {{deconstruction}}.not so easily dissuaded.
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Dukat reveals that he couldn't understand why the Bajorans wouldn't give in to the Cardassians.
* ExplosiveDecompression: Dukat mentions a NoodleIncident with this happening and how he didn't sleep for a week afterward.
* HamToHamCombat: Sisko vs. Dukat. Especially during the mock-trial scene. Illusions of Kira, Damar, and Weyoun join in.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sisko spends much of the episode [[BreakTheHaughty trying to bring down Dukat's will]]. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero He ends up strengthening it instead.]]
* SanitySlippage: And just when it looked like Dukat was getting better.
* ShutUpKirk: Dukat's rebuttal to Sisko's talks.
* ExplosiveDecompression: Dukat mentions a NoodleIncident with this happening and how he didn't sleep for a week afterward.
* HamToHamCombat: Sisko vs. Dukat. Especially during the mock-trial scene. Illusions of Kira, Damar, and Weyoun join in.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sisko spends much of the episode [[BreakTheHaughty trying to bring down Dukat's will]]. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero He ends up strengthening it instead.]]
* SanitySlippage: And just when it looked like Dukat was getting better.
* ShutUpKirk: Dukat's rebuttal to Sisko's talks.
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Dukat reveals that he couldn't understand why the Bajorans wouldn't give in submit to the Cardassians.
his kinder and gentler implementation of Cardassian rule.
* ExplosiveDecompression: Dukat mentions a NoodleIncident with his having to clean up the mess when thishappening happened to another Cardassian and how he didn't sleep for a week afterward.
* HamToHamCombat: Sisko vs. Dukat. Especially during the mock-trial scene.Illusions Gul Dukat's hallucinations of Kira, Damar, and Weyoun join in.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sisko spends much of the episode [[BreakTheHaughty trying tobring down undermine Dukat's will]]. resolve]]. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero He ends up strengthening it instead.]]
instead,]] due to Dukat's giving as good as he gets.
* SanitySlippage:And just when it looked like Dukat was getting better.
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* ShutUpKirk: Dukat's rebuttal to Sisko'stalks.contentions.
* ExplosiveDecompression: Dukat mentions a NoodleIncident with his having to clean up the mess when this
* HamToHamCombat: Sisko vs. Dukat. Especially during the mock-trial scene.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Dukat's final line in this episode was supposed to be him telling Sisko, "You too will learn what it's like to lose a child." The writers scrapped this, however, both to avoid locking themselves into a specific course of action and to keep Jake from spending his future episodes living under a death threat.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ThenLetMeBeEvil: Dukat's final line in this episode ultimate conclusion is that he was supposed far too lenient and forgiving toward the Bajorans who resisted his rule, and he should have just exterminated them all; so that (along with restoring that rule) is going to be him telling Sisko, "You too will learn what it's like to lose a child." The writers scrapped this, however, both to avoid locking themselves into a specific course of action and to keep Jake his new goal from spending his future episodes living under a death threat.now on.
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* AbandonShip: Happens off-screen before the ''Honshu'' is destroyed.
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-->'''Dukat:''' [[SarcasmMode Behold... Benjamin Sisko: supreme arbiter of right and wrong in the universe.]]
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-->'''Dukat:''' [[SarcasmMode Behold... Benjamin Sisko: supreme arbiter of right and wrong in the universe.]]]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Dukat's final line in this episode was supposed to be him telling Sisko, "You too will learn what it's like to lose a child." The writers scrapped this, however, both to avoid locking themselves into a specific course of action and to keep Jake from spending his future episodes living under a death threat.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Dukat's final line in this episode was supposed to be him telling Sisko, "You too will learn what it's like to lose a child." The writers scrapped this, however, both to avoid locking themselves into a specific course of action and to keep Jake from spending his future episodes living under a death threat.
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* BrokenAesop: "Waltz" was written as an attempt at stopping the MisaimedFandom surrounding Gul Dukat, ending with Captain Sisko telling Jadzia that evened when you live in a world full of shades of grey, evil can stil exist. Except that ''the whole show'' was built upon the premise that [[GreyAndGrayMorality no nation is completely good or evil]], as even the Federation's noble ideals are subject to intense {{deconstruction}}.
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* BrokenAesop: "Waltz" was written as an attempt at stopping the MisaimedFandom surrounding Gul Dukat, ending with Captain Sisko telling Jadzia that evened when you live in a world full of shades of grey, evil can stil still exist. Except that ''the whole show'' was built upon the premise that [[GreyAndGrayMorality no nation is completely good or evil]], as even the Federation's noble ideals are subject to intense {{deconstruction}}.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Sisko's attempts at breaking Dukat's will instead strengthen it.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sisko spends much of the episode [[BreakTheHaughty trying to bring down Dukat's will]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sisko spends much of the episode [[BreakTheHaughty trying to bring down Dukat's will]].
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Sisko's attempts at breaking Dukat's will instead strengthen it.
HamToHamCombat: Sisko vs. Dukat. Especially during the mock-trial scene. Illusions of Kira, Damar, and Weyoun join in.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sisko spends much of the episode [[BreakTheHaughty trying to bring down Dukat's will]]. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero He ends up strengthening it instead.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sisko spends much of the episode [[BreakTheHaughty trying to bring down Dukat's will]]. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero He ends up strengthening it instead.]]
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The And Thats Terrible example was removed, so I\'m rewording.
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* BrokenAesop: "Waltz" was written as an attempt at stopping the MisaimedFandom surrounding Gul Dukat, ending with Captain Sisko's lines in AndThatsTerrible. Except that ''the whole show'' was built upon the premise that [[GreyAndGrayMorality no nation is completely good or evil]], as even the Federation's noble ideals are subject to intense {{deconstruction}}.
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* BrokenAesop: "Waltz" was written as an attempt at stopping the MisaimedFandom surrounding Gul Dukat, ending with Captain Sisko's lines Sisko telling Jadzia that evened when you live in AndThatsTerrible. a world full of shades of grey, evil can stil exist. Except that ''the whole show'' was built upon the premise that [[GreyAndGrayMorality no nation is completely good or evil]], as even the Federation's noble ideals are subject to intense {{deconstruction}}.
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* ExplosiveDecompression: Dukat mentions a NoodleIncident with this happening and how he didn't sleep for a week afterward.
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* SanitySlippage: And just when it looked like Dukat was getting better.
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* AndThatsTerrible: Sisko's last lines.
-->'''Sisko:''' Sometimes life seems so complicated, nothing is truly good or truly evil. Everything seems to be a shade of grey. And then you spend some time with a man like Dukat, and you realize that there is such a thing as truly evil.
-->'''Sisko:''' Sometimes life seems so complicated, nothing is truly good or truly evil. Everything seems to be a shade of grey. And then you spend some time with a man like Dukat, and you realize that there is such a thing as truly evil.
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* CutApart: Right about the time Sisko starts transmitting a DistressCall on a Starfleet frequency, the ''Defiant'' picks up a distress call. They lock on to two life signs--and beam up two human women.
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* BrokenAesop: Waltz" was written as an attempt at stopping the MisaimedFandom surrounding Gul Dukat, ending with Captain Sisko's lines in AndThatsTerrible. Except that ''the whole show'' was built upon the premise that [[GreyAndGrayMorality no nation is completely good or evil]], as even the Federation's noble ideals are subject to intense {{deconstruction}}.
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* BrokenAesop: Waltz" "Waltz" was written as an attempt at stopping the MisaimedFandom surrounding Gul Dukat, ending with Captain Sisko's lines in AndThatsTerrible. Except that ''the whole show'' was built upon the premise that [[GreyAndGrayMorality no nation is completely good or evil]], as even the Federation's noble ideals are subject to intense {{deconstruction}}.
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-->'''Sisko:''' Sometimes life seems so complicated, [[BlackAndGrayMorality nothing is truly good or truly evil.]] Everything seems to be a shade of grey. And then you spend some time with a man like Dukat, and you realize that there is such a thing as truly evil.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Dukat reveals that he couldn't believe why the Bajorans wouldn't give in to the Cardassian.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Dukat reveals that he couldn't believe why the Bajorans wouldn't give in to the Cardassian.
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-->'''Sisko:''' Sometimes life seems so complicated, [[BlackAndGrayMorality nothing is truly good or truly evil.]] evil. Everything seems to be a shade of grey. And then you spend some time with a man like Dukat, and you realize that there is such a thing as truly evil.
* BrokenAesop: Waltz" was written as an attempt at stopping the MisaimedFandom surrounding Gul Dukat, ending with Captain Sisko's lines in AndThatsTerrible. Except that ''the whole show'' was built upon the premise that [[GreyAndGrayMorality no nation is completely good or evil]], as even the Federation's noble ideals are subject to intense {{deconstruction}}.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Dukat reveals that he couldn'tbelieve understand why the Bajorans wouldn't give in to the Cardassian.Cardassians.
* BrokenAesop: Waltz" was written as an attempt at stopping the MisaimedFandom surrounding Gul Dukat, ending with Captain Sisko's lines in AndThatsTerrible. Except that ''the whole show'' was built upon the premise that [[GreyAndGrayMorality no nation is completely good or evil]], as even the Federation's noble ideals are subject to intense {{deconstruction}}.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Dukat reveals that he couldn't
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Following the destruction of the starship Honshu, Sisko is severely injured and trapped alone on a deserted planet with Dukat, who becomes increasingly unstable.
!!Tropes featured:
* AndThatsTerrible: Sisko's last lines.
-->'''Sisko:''' Sometimes life seems so complicated, [[BlackAndGrayMorality nothing is truly good or truly evil.]] Everything seems to be a shade of grey. And then you spend some time with a man like Dukat, and you realize that there is such a thing as truly evil.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Dukat reveals that he couldn't believe why the Bajorans wouldn't give in to the Cardassian.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Sisko's attempts at breaking Dukat's will instead strengthen it.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sisko spends much of the episode [[BreakTheHaughty trying to bring down Dukat's will]].
* ShutUpKirk: Dukat's rebuttal to Sisko's talks.
-->'''Dukat:''' [[SarcasmMode Behold... Benjamin Sisko: supreme arbiter of right and wrong in the universe.]]
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* AndThatsTerrible: Sisko's last lines.
-->'''Sisko:''' Sometimes life seems so complicated, [[BlackAndGrayMorality nothing is truly good or truly evil.]] Everything seems to be a shade of grey. And then you spend some time with a man like Dukat, and you realize that there is such a thing as truly evil.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Dukat reveals that he couldn't believe why the Bajorans wouldn't give in to the Cardassian.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Sisko's attempts at breaking Dukat's will instead strengthen it.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sisko spends much of the episode [[BreakTheHaughty trying to bring down Dukat's will]].
* ShutUpKirk: Dukat's rebuttal to Sisko's talks.
-->'''Dukat:''' [[SarcasmMode Behold... Benjamin Sisko: supreme arbiter of right and wrong in the universe.]]
