History Recap / StarTrekVoyagerS3E22DistantOrigin

* ChekhovsGun: The InvisibilityCloak that Tom and Tuvok experiment with allows Tom to go [[DieHardOnAnX Die Hard on Voyager]].

* SurpriseWitness: Gegan is shocked when his own protege Tova is somehow coerced into testifying against him.
* TwerpSweating: Gegan does this to troll Tova, but then reveals that he approves of his interest in his daughter.

* CallBack: To [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E26S3E1Basics "Basics"]] where the reptilian scientist discovers the bones of a ''Voyager'' crew member who perished on the planet they were stranded on. When tracing Voyager's journey, they stop at the space station from "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E12FairTrade Fair Trade]]". They're also seen inspecting a canister of warp plasma given to them by a Tak Tak, showing some trade with Voyager did occur despite Janeway's AccidentalUnfortunateGesture in "Macrocosm".

* CallBack: To [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E26S3E1Basics "Basics"]] where the reptilian scientist discovers the bones of a ''Voyager'' crew member who perished on the planet they were stranded on. When tracing Voyager's journey, they stop at the space station from "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E12FairTrade Fair Trade]]". They're also seen meeting a Tak Tak from "Macrocosm".

* CallBack: To [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E26S3E1Basics "Basics"]] where the reptilian scientist discovers the bones of a ''Voyager'' crew member who perished on the planet they were stranded on.

* SurpriseWitness: Gegan is shocked when his own protege is somehow coerced into testifying against him.

* HigherTechSpecies: The Voth have technology far enough above Voyager that the ship is utterly helpless, but nothing remotely as advanced as you'd expect from a people who had been space-faring for tens of millions of years.

* VoodooShark: The explanation given as to why no evidence of Voth was found on Earth, is that they all evolved on a seperate continent that was somehow destroyed after they left. This means they somehow built functioning spaceships before boats.

* FantasticRacism: The Voth for all mammalian species. Gegen admits that the humans on Voyager are the first he's ever talked face-to-face with.
* FromACertainPointOfView: To the Voth, the distant origin theory means they are mere refugees with no right to the region of space they control. Chakotay urges to consider themselves as {{Bold Explorer}}s who established another homeworld against all odds.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Why else would there be a sentient species that evolved from ''Parasaurolophus''?

* NoSell: None of the phasers on ''Voyager'' can fire, thanks to the Voth dampening field. That doesn't stop Tom from [[PistolWhipping using one as a bludgeon]].

* DownerEnding: Gegen is forced to recant his "distant origin" belief to save ''Voyager''.

* CallBack: To "Basics" where the reptilian scientist discovers the bones of a ''Voyager'' crew member who perished on the planet they were stranded on.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The whole "distant origin" debate is similar to the creationism vs. evolution debate.

* KirkSummation: Chakotay delivers an impassioned speech to the Voth encouraging them to see past their dogma. Unfortunately, it's followed by a ShutUpKirk response.

* GrowlingGut: The Vulcan version of this is addressed by Tom Paris when he says, "Tuvok, I hope that's your stomach," at the same time that he hears the clicking sounds of the Voth while ''Voyager'' was being boarded.

* GrowlingGut: The Vulcan version of this is addressed by Tom Paris when he says, "Tuvok, I hope that's your stomach," at the same time that he hears the clicking sounds of the Voth while ''Voyager'' was being boarded.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The whole "distant origin" debate is similar to the creationism vs. evolution debate.

Chakotay comes across an alien race that presumably evolved from dinosaurs who are trying to discover their true origin.