History Recap / StarTrekVoyagerS4E9RandomThoughts

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Frane gives it ''good'' to the poor, clumsy man at the beginning, supposedly because he got the violent impulses from B'elanna, and ''she'' is arrested for it, letting us know it's NOT the perfect, violence-free society the Mari would have us believe.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: Tuvok equates what is happening to the Mari to what happened to his own people in the distant past; only, the Romulans, a genetic offshoot of the Vulcans, were unable to suppress their emotions and left their progenitors.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Tuvok defeats Guill, we don't see what happened to the two underlings that were holding Tuvok, as he only brings Guill back to ''Voyager''. Presumably they were smart enough to run like hell, after seeing what Tuvok did to their boss.

* WorfHadTheFlu: Tuvok is overpowered by three Mari despite them being a pacifist race with no real experience in combat, and Tuvok being a super strong Vulcan who was a combat instructor for Starfleet academy and is proficient in many forms of martial arts. Justified since he wanted to be captured as part of a TrojanPrisoner strategy.
** The SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome occurs: A sudden violent attack at close range when you're outnumbered can overwhelm any person, regardless of their strength and training.

* MySkullRunnethOver: Tuvok gives Guill a big dose of a Vulcan's latent violent impulses, which da mn near breaks his mind in two.

* IdiotBall: Much like TNG's "Justice", the episode requires Voyager crew visit a populated planet and interact with the general public, apparently without bothering to learn the basic laws of the society, or the punishments for failing to obey them.

* ContinuitySnarl: One of Tuvok's memories uses a POV shot of the Borg driving back ''Enterprise'' crewmembers in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact''. The trouble is ''Voyager'' doesn't make contact with Starfleet again till "Message In A Bottle" later this season, so he shouldn't know about the ''First Contact''-era uniforms, since they were introduced almost 2 years after ''Voyager'' was stranded in the Delta Quadrant.
* CoolChair: Tom is surprised when Chakotay invites Tom to sit in the Captain's chair. Apparently Janeway isn't as fussed on that matter as Picard. However when Tom gets up to leave, Chakotay reminds him that Janeway is still TheCaptain.

* ADayInTheLimelight: B'elanna kicks off the plot, but this episode is mostly centered on Tuvok's investigation.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Tuvok offers to teach B'Elanna some Vulcan techniques for self-control. B'Elanna responds sardonically, but takes him up on his offer in later seasons.

* {{Perfumigation}}: Neelix asks former ladies man Tom Paris for advice on dating Talli. Tom says to just BeYourself and go easy on the ''talchok'' musk.

* BlackMarket: It turns out that violent thoughts are a valuable commodity in certain circles in this society. The police force has no knowledge of this at all, and Nimira is shocked when it's revealed to her. But the evidence for this becomes so much stronger when an old woman who was not even around B'elanna at the time of her violent thought '''kills''' poor Talli [[DisproportionateRetribution for dropping fruit]]. And then, B'elanna, during a MindMeld, remembers that Guill, the merchant, gave her a distinct creepy feeling when he ''wanted'' something terrible from her right after the violent thought...

** Guill tries this also, to extract Tuvok's violent thoughts, but Tuvok turns it back on Guill, and if Tuvok didn't need Guill as evidence to exonerate B'elanna, Guill would likely have been lobotomized himself.
* MySkullRunnethOver: Tuvok gives Guill a big dose of a Vulcan's latent violent impulses, which damn near breaks his mind in two.

* NotSoStoic: Tuvok replies to Nimira's MotiveRant with the low tone he usually reserves for barely restrained emotion, in saying he ''must'' conduct his own investigation before B'elanna is lobotomized like her 'victim' Frane was four times previously.

* ViolenceIsNotAnOption: Paris wants Chakotay to come up with a plan for breaking B'elanna out, but Chakotay turns it back on him, perhaps as a lesson in how to avoid unnecessary violence, as the Mari are a pacifistic people.

** Chakotay suggests to a frantic Tom that he come up with a rescue plan for B'elanna, in case all else fails. We never find out what Tom ever came up with.
* WhatTheHellHero: Seven says, in concluding that B'elanna's crime was based on ignorance, that ''Voyager's'' goal, and that of the Federation as a whole as reflected in the other Franchise/StarTrek media (and actually said verbatim in Series/StarTrekEnterprise), is to "seek out new civilizations," which without knowing much about those civilizations beforehand, often results in conflict. However [[BlueAndOrangeMorality she then goes on to say that assimilation is a far more efficient method]] than exploration.

* IdiotBall: Much like TNG's "Justice", the episode requires Voyager crew to somehow be completely unaware of the basic laws of alien culture they are trading and openly interacting with.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: It's a beautiful planet, full of beautiful people, active commerce and no crime... but it's a telepathic dystopia as peoples' violent thoughts are suppressed. Sometimes the suppression doesn't work.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Tuvok defeats Guill, we don't see what happened to the two underlings that were holding Tuvok, as he only brings Guill back to Voyager. Presumably they were smart enough to run like hell, after seeing what Tuvok did to their boss.

* StockFootage: Tuvok's violent thoughts include scenes from the Paramount movie ''Film/EventHorizon'', news footage, clips from ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' and ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', as well as from past VOY episodes such as [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E16Unity "Unity"]], [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E12FairTrade "Fair Trade"]], and [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E4Nemesis "Nemesis"]].

* StockFootage: Tuvok's violent thoughts include scenes from the Paramount movie ''Film/EventHorizon'', news footage, clips from ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' and ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', as well as from past VOY episodes such as "Unity", "Fair Trade", and "Nemesis".

* DistractedByTheSexy: When it's time to leave, Neelix hasn't finished, uh, [[DoubleEntendre examining the produce]] of a lovely, [[BuxomIsBetter rather endowed]] young fruit seller he's enamored of.

* CommonalityConnection: Tuvok identifies with fellow law enforcement officer Nimira, and the Mari struggle to control the violence in their society, which mirrors that of Vulcan. When he meets Guill, Tuvok uses the NotSoDifferent trope to convince him he's genuine in wanting to exchange violent images. Tuvok even learns to relate to HalfHumanHybrid B'Elanna's struggle against her violent Klingon side.

* NotSoDifferent: Tuvok equates what is happening to the Mari to what happened to his own people in the distant past; only, the Romulans, a genetic offshoot of the Vulcans, were unable to suppress their emotions and left their progenitors.

** RealityEnsues: A sudden violent attack at close range when you're outnumbered can overwhelm any person, regardless of their strength and training.

* ThePlan: Paris wants Chakotay to come up with a plan for breaking B'elanna out, but Chakotay turns it back on him, perhaps as a lesson in how to avoid unnecessary violence, as the Mari are a pacifistic people.

* {{Perfumigation}}: Neelix's ''talchok'' musk. Tom tells him to go easier on it.

* StockFootage: Tuvok's violent thoughts include scenes from the Paramount movie ''Film/EventHorizon'', news footage, and unused clips from Star Trek episodes and movies.

* BreakTheCutie: Neelix does her best to ensure this doesn't happen to Talli, after she witnesses the beating. Too bad that later, [[FromBadToWorse she's broken in a more literal fashion]].

* TakeThat: When announcing Torres' punishment, Nimira references quite harshly the fact that humans lock people up, based on what she saw of the Brig on ''Voyager''.

* WorfHadTheFlu: Tuvok is overpowered by 3 Mari despite them being a pacifist race with no real experience in combat, and Tuvok being a super strong Vulcan who was a combat instructor for Starfleet academy and is proficient in many forms of martial arts. Justified since he wanted to be captured as part of a TrojanPrisoner strategy.

--> '''Tuvok:''' We are locked in a Vulcan mind meld. You don't know t he truth about violence. Its darkness. Its ''power''!

* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Neelix re: Talli's sudden death.

* YourMindMakesItReal: What Tuvok does to Guill in the mind meld, Guill physically feels.

* WorfHadTheFlu: Tuvok is overpowered by 3 Mari despite them being a pacifist race with no real experience in combat, and Tuvok being a super strong Vulcan who was a combat instructor for Starfleet academy and is proficient in many forms of martial arts. Justified since he wanted to be captured as part of a TrojanHorse strategy.

* WorfHadTheFlu: Tuvok is overpowered by 3 Mari despite them being a pacifist race with no real experience in combat, and Tuvok being a super strong Vulcan who was a combat instructor for Starfleet academy and is proficient in many forms of martial arts. Justified since he wanted to be captured as part of a Trojan horse strategy.

* FairCop: An aversion with Nimira, because she is part of a society that condones suppression of thoughts (of any type), not to mention lobotomies for 'offenders'.

* IdiotBall: Much like TNG's Justice, the episode requires Voyager crew to somehow be completely unaware of the basic laws of alien culture they are trading and openly interacting with.

* BlackMarket: It turns out that violent thoughts are a valuable commodity in certain circles in this society. The police force has no knowledge of this at all, and is shocked when it's revealed to her. But the evidence for this becomes so much stronger when an old woman who was not even around B'elanna at the time of her violent thought '''kills''' poor Talli [[DisproportionateRetribution for dropping fruit]]. And then, B'elanna, during a MindMeld, remembers that Guill, the merchant, gave her a distinct creepy feeling when he ''wanted'' something terrible from her right after the violent thought...