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* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Data claims that "certain cyanoacrylates" can act as a source of radiation, thus accelerating the spread of the plasma plague. In LaymansTerms, cyanoacrylates are a type of ''super glue''.

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* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Data claims that "certain cyanoacrylates" can act as a source of radiation, thus accelerating the spread of the plasma plague. In LaymansTerms, cyanoacrylates are a type of ''super glue''.
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* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Data claims that "certain cyanoacrylates" can act as a source of radiation, thus accelerating the spread of the plasma plague. In LaymansTerms, cyanoacrylates are a type of ''super glue''.
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* IChooseToStay: Wesley Crusher is supposed to return to Starfleet with his mother after the end of the current mission. However, after some ruminating and a talk with Guinan, Wesley asks Picard for permission to remain onboard the ''Enterprise'' instead. After some thought and negotiating who will help supervise Wesley's needs between the crew, Picard accepts.
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* FirstInjuryReaction: When Ian reaches into some boiling hot soup, he's surprised that it hurts since he's never felt pain before as a SparkFairy.
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* FutureSocietyPresentValues: Some 21st-century viewers are surprised at Dr. Pulaski commenting that in her experience, the father is usually present for the birth, since this suggests some pretty traditional ideas about family structure. In fact, her comment was progressive for its time, since it was fairly new in the US in real life that fathers would be allowed to be present for the birth at all.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: By some unexplained magical energy phlebotinum, Troi's pregnancy progresses over the course of a few days with no negative side effects. She gives birth with no pain, and all traces of her pregnancy vanish after a day.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: By some unexplained magical energy phlebotinum, Troi's pregnancy progresses over the course of a few days with no negative side effects. She gives birth with no pain, and all traces of her pregnancy vanish after a day. As Pulaski says, if she were to examine Troi at this point, she wouldn't even be able to tell Troi had ever been pregnant.
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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: The argument between Pulaski and Data over the latter's name pronunciation. Which, incidentally, is the ''only'' time in the franchise that anyone brings this up.
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* BadassBeard: This episode marks the first appearance of Riker's [[GrowingTheBeard trope]]-[[TropeNamers naming]] beard.

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