History Recap / StarTrekVoyagerS5E12BrideOfChaotica

-->'''Chaotica:''' [[YouGotSpunk Such passion, such strength]]. Together we could conquer the universe. End this madness, and you may yet live to be my Bride.

** Conversely, though, from the aliens' point of view [[AndYouThoughtItWasAGame it actually]] ''[[AndYouThoughtItWasAGame is]]'' [[AndYouThoughtItWasAGame real]], since Chaotica's holographic Death Ray is genuinely lethal to them. The fact that Chaotica and his minions are computer-generated simulations rather than actual photonic lifeforms doesn't make that any less true.

* TheMenInBlack: The alien MIB version -- two photonic aliens appear on the holodeck dressed as grey-suited men in fedoras. They speak in a stilted manner and though dressed like humans of the 1930's are unfamiliar with their society, mistaking the holodeck characters for {{Energy Being}}s like themselves and assuming the supervillains they encounter are a genuine threat.

** Then, when Neelix tries to say something, Janeway says what every coffee drinker lives by: "Coffee first!"
** As Neelix waits patiently, you can almost ''see'' the caffeine flooding into Janeway's bloodstream.

** Janeway gives her famous DeathGlare to Tom after she's roped into playing Arachnia, but finds herself quite getting into the role.
--->"HA! You're no match for Arachnia!"
** Janeway finds herself enjoying the feeling of sitting on a throne.

-->'''Torres:''' Basically, we've run aground on a [[NegativeSpaceWedgie subspace sandbar]]. I've tried realigning the warp field, reversing hull polarity...\\

-->"HA! You're no match for Arachnia!"

-->"Surprised? You thought I had [[NotQuiteDead perished in that den of crocodiles]]. I SURVIVED! CLINGING to the thought that I would ONE DAY--''Arrrrgh!''"

* {{Corpsing}}: Chakotay -- possibly Robert Beltran himself -- has a hard time not cracking up when Tom explains the Death Ray. Janeway -- possibly Kate Mulgrew herself -- also fails to keep a straight face during Tom's lectures.

* AllPlanetsAreEarthLike: Proton opens the hatch on his rocketship (which has no airlock) without even checking the atmosphere. Maybe he was just playing the odds on ''Franchise/StarTrek''. Or maybe the ship doesn't need an airlock because [[BatmanCanBreatheInSpace Captain Proton can Breathe In Space!]], as seen in "Thirty Days".

Aliens from a photonic universe mistake ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton'' for reality and go to war with Dr Chaotica. Captain Janeway must enter the holodeck program as the sultry Queen Arachnia to put a stop to things. HilarityEnsues.

* FacialDialogue: Janeway puts on an expression of mock seriousness while Tom is explaining the Captain Proton holo-program to her, while Chakotay and Seven exchange smirks in the background. Likewise, her "wtf?" face as she goes over the specs for her Queen Arachnia costume is a wonder to behold.

* IncrediblyLamePun: The Doctor's performance as the President was unimpeachable. The DeliberatelyMonochrome world of ''Captain Proton'' presents a black and white view of the future.

* PercussiveMaintenance: When the controls fail and the rocketship [[ItsGoingDown starts to crash]], Tom and Harry pound the console in a [[LargeHam suitably dramatic manner]].

* KilledMidSentence: Lonzak is raygunned by Proton and Buster as he's hamming his way through his Roaring Speech of Revenge. They were kinda busy with the invading holographic aliens.
-->"Surprised? You thought I had [[NotQuiteDead perished in that den of crocodiles]]. I SURVIVED! CLINGING to the thought that I would ONE DAY--''Arrrrgh!''"

* KilledMidSentence: Lonzak is raygunned by Proton and Buster as he's hamming his way through his Roaring Speech of Revenge. They were kinda busy with the invading holographic aliens.
-->"Surprised? You thought I had [[NotQuiteDead perished in that den of crocodiles]]. I SURVIVED! CLINGING to the thought that I would ONE DAY--''Arrrrgh!''"

* HolodeckMalfunction: Different from the usual -- the characters can move in and out of the program freely by using a site-to-site transport, and the safety protocols are working fine (note the scene where Janeway laughs off a raygun blast). They just can't turn the program off.

* YouFool: "You FoooooOOOOOLLLLLLLLL!" Chaotica often admonishes his minions in this fashion.

* OffTheRails: Tom and Harry just shoot Lonzak in the middle of his speech since they don't have time to play along.

* CoolChair: Janeway sits in Chaotica's throne. "[[NotSoDifferent Somehow I feel comfortable here.]]"

* ShotMidSentence: Lonzak is raygunned by Proton and Buster as he's hamming his way through his Roaring Speech of Revenge. They were kinda busy with the invading holographic aliens.

* [[YouFool You FoooooOOOOOLLLLLLLLL!]]: Chaotica often admonishes his minions in this fashion.

* NoSell: Because tbe holodeck safeties are still working, the weapons on the holodeck are useless against the crew, as seen when Janeway laughs off being shot with a ray gun. Paris warns, however, that forcefields and other, non-lethal restraints will work, which Chaotica uses to capture Janeway when shooting her fails.

* CrashingThroughTheHarem: Lampshaded; it's part of the program to [[SlaveLiberation liberate Chaotica's slave girls]] during a DungeonBypass.

* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Chaotica is suspicious of Arachnia's intentions, so demands she marry him as absolute proof of her commitment. When the impetuous harlot proves herself in league with Proton...
-->'''Chaotica:''' Don't worry my dear, I wouldn't kill my bride...till ''after'' my wedding night! ''(EvilLaugh)''

* AppliedPhlebotinum: Arachnia's vial of [[LoveIsInTheAir irresistable pheromones]]. Dr Chaotica's [[DeflectorShields Lightning Shield]].
* ASharedSuffering: Chaotica gets all teary-eyed over TheChainsOfCommanding when you're SurroundedByIdiots. Captain Janeway can empathize.
-->'''Chaotica:''' Oh, Arachnia, my love, my life! How well you understand our plight. If it weren't beneath my dignity, I...[[ManlyTears I would weep]]. How I've longed for someone who would understand.\\
'''Janeway:''' We have a saying on Arachnia. [[LonelyAtTheTop It's lonely at the top]].

* BlackAndWhiteMorality

* BumblingSidekick / ProfessionalButtKisser: Chaotica's sycophantic henchman Lonzak.

* DamselOutOfDistress

* DeathRay: Which is called exactly that. More cooler than WeaponOfMassDestruction, come to think of it.

* ExcitedShowTitle / TheXOfY: Bride of Chaotica!

* FeetFirstIntroduction: The Doctor as The President of Earth.

* IdiosyncraticWipes: As per the Republic Film serials.

* IncomingHam

* InnocentAliens

* IResembleThatRemark: B'Elanna snarks that Doctor might enter the program as "Emperor of the Universe". Unconscious of any irony, the Doctor replies that he'll have to "scale back his role in the interests of credibility. I'll be the [[TakeOverTheWorld President of Earth]]."

* MustHaveCaffeine

* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning

* NumberedHomeworld / XMakesAnythingCool: Planet X.

-->'''Janeway:''' Oh, it looks like a...formidable weapon.

* RaygunGothic

* ReversePolarity

* RuleOfSymbolism: The scene where Janeway, Seven of Nine and B'Elanna Torres brainstorm in Astrometrix, while holodeck hero Tom Paris makes sidekick-like quips from the sidelines. It's obvious which sex wears the pants in the [=24th=] Century!
* SeizeThem
-->'''Lonzak:''' [[WelcomeToCorneria Halt, in the name of Chaotica!]]
-->'''Alien explorer:''' [[WeComeInPeace We mean no harm.]]
-->'''Lonzak:''' Seize them! ''(activates SuperWristGadget)'' Lower the drawbridge. We are bringing prisoners.
* SelfDisposingVillain: After being stunned by Captain Janeway, Chaotica hauls himself up using his Death Ray only to get zapped when Proton fires his Destructo Beam at it.

* ScreamingWoman: Constance Goodheart continues her RunningGag, in deliberate contrast to the [[DarkActionGirl heroics allowed in a former villainess]] like Arachnia.

* ShotMidSentence: Lonzak is raygunned by Proton and Buster as he's hamming his way through his Roaring Speech of Revenge. They were kinda busy with the invading holographic aliens.
-->"Surprised? You thought I had [[NotQuiteDead perished in that den of crocodiles]]. I SURVIVED! CLINGING to the thought that I would ONE DAY--''Arrrrgh!''"

-->'''Paris:''' It's a message to Captain Proton from the President of Earth. ''Intercepted communications between Doctor Chaotica and Arachnia STOP. Chaotica at war with aliens from Fifth Dimension STOP. Must strike now to disable Death Ray__''\\

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The Doctor concludes his praise of 'Captain Proton' by admitting that he's also a competent medic, "[[VitriolicBestBuds though don't tell him I said so]]."
* SwissCheeseSecurity: Tuvok notes dryly when a photonic alien strolls into Proton's rocketship, "I assume there's no lock on the hatch?" Tom replies that it was a simpler time. Well that would explain ''Literature/TheColdEquations'' anyway.

* WeCanRuleTogether

* WeWillMeetAgain: And they do, in "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS7E10Shattered Shattered]]".

* [[YouFool You FoooooOOOOOLLLLLLLLL!]]

* DenserAndWackier: Unquestionably the ''silliest'' episode of ''Voyager.'' Well, except maybe for [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E15Threshold "Threshold"]].

* SpaceIsAnOcean: The NegativeSpaceWedgie of the week is a "subspace sandbar".

** Planet X may be a nod to ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgersInTheTwentyFourthAndAHalfCentury''.

* FacialDialogue: Janeway puts on an expression of mock seriousness while Tom is explaining the Captain Proton holo-program to her, while Chakotay and Seven exchange smirks in the background.