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* {{Redshirt}}: Come on, did you really think Galloway was getting out of this episode alive?survives the expedition to the ''Exeter'', but is later murdered by Tracey to prevent him warning the ''Enterprise'' about what Tracey's up to.
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The ''Enterprise'' discovers its sister ship the ''Exeter'' in orbit around Omega IV, not responding to hails. Kirk, Spock, Bones and [[{{Redshirt}} Galloway]] {{Redshirt}} Galloway beam straight on over without taking any isolation precautions, and find that the entire crew of the ''Exeter'' has been reduced to dust and uniforms. An ApocalypticLog left behind tells them that if they are hearing this, they are doomed. They are now infected with the same virus that killed the crew and the only possible hope of surviving is to beam down to Omega IV. Kirk and co. beam down in search of a cure and find Ronald Tracey, the former captain of the ''Exeter'', ruling among the Kohms, who are at war with the Yangs.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Tracey looks a lot like that guy from "Dagger of the Mind" who Spock mind melded with.
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* ScienceMarchesOn: Roddenberry didn't foresee that a genetic adaptation allowing for long life would today be just as identifiable, and perhaps in the future just as reproducible, as a serum.
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Misuse. It\'s Genre Savvy, not just \"savvy\".
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The fight music from "Amok Time" returns. We also get a few bars of "The Star Spangled Banner" when the Yangs bring out their flag--which looks familiar....
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* HamAndCheese: Shatner has confirmed that he hated the script, and was deliberately not giving a crap in his big speech at the end.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Tracey was already tap dancing on it, but he crossed it when he killed Galloway.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[TheOneWith The One Where]] Kirk Reads The Constitution.]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[TheOneWith The One Where]] Kirk Reads The Constitution.]]
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* {{Eagleland}}: The entire episode is built on this trope, culminating with Kirk reading the Constitution aloud.
* {{Eagleland}}: The entire episode is built on this trope, culminating with Kirk reading the Constitution aloud.
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* SpaceWestern: Both visually and in terms of the story, it resembles the genre.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The fight music from "Amok Time" returns. We also get a few bars of "The Star Spangled Banner" when the Yangs bring out their flag- which flag--which looks familiar....
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Of all the TOS episodes, this is the one that was made into a ViewMaster set.
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* SanitySlippage: After Tracey learns all his evil deeds are AllForNothing, you can see him snap at the news and proceeds to threaten Kirk for weapons for a pointless fight on a planet they by now can leave any time.
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* AlienNonInterferenceClause: Kirk gives a very clear summation of the Prime Directive, and is shocked to find that Tracey has abandoned it.
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* ApocalypticLogApocalypticLog: The ''Exeter'''s Chief Medical Officer leaves one, which cuts off as he screams in pain and collapses.
* CargoCult: The Constitution and the American Flag are holy relics to be worshiped, while "freedom" is a holy word that Cloud William says should not be spoken by others.
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* TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin: Lampshaded.Lampshaded - [=McCoy=] even says that sometimes evil can triumph unless good is very careful.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Averted. [=McCoy=] thinks his guard is not paying attention and starts to reach for a communicator. As his hand gets near the guard's very large sword stops him.
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* ZergRush: Tracey says that the Yangs overpowered them with sheer numbers, and that despite draining four phasers they just kept coming.
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* GenreSavvy: The natives know TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin.
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* ForgetsToEat: A comelyKahm Kohm lady reminds a hard at work Bones he has to eat.
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** He uses similar powers in "By Any Other Name" and "A Taste of Armageddon".
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* TatteredFlag: The one at the end held by the Yangs.
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* AllForNothing: That's what Tracey finds out when Dr. [=McCoy=] tells him that the extreme lifespan of the natives is a product of natural evolution and there is no serum to isolate.
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* ImmortalityImmorality: Tracey is willing to kill for the immortality he believes he will have on this planet, only for Bones to tell him that it's an evolutionary trait of the natives. All the atmosphere did was eradicate one virus.
* JailBreak: The concrete is old and weak.
* JailBreak: The concrete is old and weak.
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* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Spock has never been able to mentally compel someone to do what he wanted before, and never does again.
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* BigDamnHerosMoment: Sulu and two Redshirts who don't have time to die beam in in the nick of time.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Tracey tries to use the fact that Vulcan hearts are not located in the chest as a way of convincing the Yangs that Spock is a demon.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Tracey tries to use the fact that Vulcan hearts are not located in the chest as a way of convincing the Yangs that Spock is a demon.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The fight music from "Amok Time" returns. We also get a few bars of "The Star Spangled Banner" when the Yangs bring out their flag- which looks familiar....
* DeadpanSnarker: Spock is so deadpan in this ep, it's hard to tell if he's being snarky or serious.
* DeadpanSnarker: Spock is so deadpan in this ep, it's hard to tell if he's being snarky or serious.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The fight music from "Amok Time" returns. We also get a few bars of "The Star Spangled Banner" when the Yangs bring out their flag- which looks familiar....
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* MoralEvenHorizon: HeyItsThatGuy: Tracey looks a lot like that guy from "Dagger of the Mind" who Spock mind melded with.
* LargeHam: Kirk orders a large one in his impassioned speech on the rights of man.
* MoralEventHorizon: Tracey was already tap dancing on it, but he crossed it when he killedGalloway.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The fight music from "Amok Time" returns. We also get a few bars of "The Star Spangled Banner" when the Yangs bring out their flag- which looks familiar....Galloway.
* LargeHam: Kirk orders a large one in his impassioned speech on the rights of man.
* MoralEventHorizon: Tracey was already tap dancing on it, but he crossed it when he killed
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* SacredScripture: The "Worship Words", which are based on the Pledge of Allegiance and the preamble of the Constitution.
* SendInTheSearchTeam: How the episode begins.
* SkeletonCrew: The crew of the ''Exeter'' has been completely dehydrated to dust due to a virus.
* TrialByCombat: It is written that good always overcomes evil, so Tracey and Kirk have to prove who's right by fighting over a knife stuck in the floor. Kirk wins, but spares Tracey's life.
* SendInTheSearchTeam: How the episode begins.
* SkeletonCrew: The crew of the ''Exeter'' has been completely dehydrated to dust due to a virus.
* TrialByCombat: It is written that good always overcomes evil, so Tracey and Kirk have to prove who's right by fighting over a knife stuck in the floor. Kirk wins, but spares Tracey's life.
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Kirk, Spock, Bones and [[{{Redshirt}} Galloway]] find that the entire crew of the ''Exeter'' has been reduced to dust and uniforms. An ApocalypticLog left behind tells them that if they are hearing this, they are doomed. They are now infected with the same virus that killed the crew and the only possible hope of surviving is to beam down to Omega IV. Kirk and co. beam down in search of a cure and find Ronald Tracey, the former captain of the ''Exeter'', ruling among the Kohms, who are at war with the Yangs.
Tracey has developed a taste for power and immortality, and he's not going to let petty things like the PrimeDirective, basic morals or a certain charismatic Starfleet captain stand in his way.
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* CompleteMonster: Tracey is one of few Trek villains who fall into this. He doesn't even get a kickass death scene. Just the ignominy of being arrested.
* AGodAmI: The mere prospect of immortality has given Tracey one hell of a Messiah complex.
* MoralEvenHorizon: Tracey was already tap dancing on it, but he crossed it when he killed Galloway.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The fight music from "Amok Time" returns. We also get a few bars of "The Star Spangled Banner" when the Yangs bring out their flag- which looks familiar....
* {{Redshirt}}: Come on, did you really think Galloway was getting out of this episode alive?
Tracey has developed a taste for power and immortality, and he's not going to let petty things like the PrimeDirective, basic morals or a certain charismatic Starfleet captain stand in his way.
Tropes for this episode include:
* CompleteMonster: Tracey is one of few Trek villains who fall into this. He doesn't even get a kickass death scene. Just the ignominy of being arrested.
* AGodAmI: The mere prospect of immortality has given Tracey one hell of a Messiah complex.
* MoralEvenHorizon: Tracey was already tap dancing on it, but he crossed it when he killed Galloway.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The fight music from "Amok Time" returns. We also get a few bars of "The Star Spangled Banner" when the Yangs bring out their flag- which looks familiar....
* {{Redshirt}}: Come on, did you really think Galloway was getting out of this episode alive?
