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** Obviously the Doctor didn't expect his daydream subroutines to completely take over his program.

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** Obviously the Doctor didn't expect his daydream subroutines to completely take over his program. In fairness, that was due to Phlox's observation tool interfering with them.

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* AllJustADream...OrWasItADream: It's hard to tell at times which parts of the Doctor's daydreams are real or not.

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* AllJustADream...OrWasItADream: It's hard to tell at times which parts of the Doctor's daydreams are real or not. At other times, it's not, such as when B'Elanna, Janeway, and Seven are flirting with him during an away mission briefing while cheesy saxophone music plays.



* BreatherEpisode: After Season 6 starts with plenty of grittiness and moral ambiguity.

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* BreatherEpisode: After Season 6 starts with plenty of grittiness and moral ambiguity.ambiguity, we're treated to a mostly-silly episode about the Doctor's imaginary adventures.



* MeaningfulLook: The Doctor puts in a formal complaint about the crew not recognizing his sentience and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking being rude to him]]. When Janeway reads out the latter, she casts a DeathGlare at Tom Paris--who reacts to it, even though he's not facing her.

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* MeaningfulLook: The Doctor puts in a formal complaint about the crew not recognizing his sentience and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking being rude to him]]. When Janeway reads out the latter, she casts a DeathGlare at Tom Paris--who Paris -- who reacts to it, even though he's not facing her.



* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Isn't 1000 kilometers a little small for a nebula? That's even smaller than Earth's moon.

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* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Isn't 1000 kilometers in diameter a little small for a nebula? That's not even smaller than half the size of Earth's moon.



* ThrowItIn: InUniverse--when one version of Daydream!Tuvok has a sudden bout of ''[[MateOrDie pon farr]]'' during the Doctor's performance of "La Donna e Mobile", he improvs new lyrics about it.

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* ThrowItIn: InUniverse--when InUniverse -- when one version of Daydream!Tuvok has a sudden bout of ''[[MateOrDie pon farr]]'' during the Doctor's performance of "La Donna e Mobile", he improvs new lyrics about it.


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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Daydream!Seven and Daydream!B'Elanna's faces are just ''screaming'' this when Daydream!Janeway asserts her own interest in the Doctor. B'Elanna even does her trademark "look away and then back with her mouth half-open" move.

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* ChekhovsGun: The photonic cannon. An invention of the Doctor's daydreams, which then gets puts to use in a BrandishmentBluff.
* ChekhovsGunman: The Hierarchy will return as the VillainOfTheWeek in future episodes.
* ChickMagnet: Daydream!B'Elanna, Daydream!Seven, and Daydream!Janeway all want Daydream!Doctor.



** The idea of an emergency computer program that can run a starship harkens back to the [[Recap/StarTrekS2E24TheUltimateComputer M-5 multitronic computer]]. Chakotay even asks Janeway if she's uncomfortable with the idea of giving up command to a computer, similar to how Spock and [=McCoy=] spoke to Kirk.

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** The idea of an emergency computer program that can run a starship harkens back to the [[Recap/StarTrekS2E24TheUltimateComputer M-5 multitronic computer]]. computer from TOS's "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E24TheUltimateComputer The Ultimate Computer]]". Chakotay even asks Janeway if she's uncomfortable with the idea of giving up command to a computer, similar to how Spock and [=McCoy=] spoke to Kirk.Kirk.
** Tuvok's emotional breakdown during the Doctor's operatic performance in the opening brings to mind TNG's "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E23Sarek Sarek]]", when Picard and the crew saw [[OutOfCharacterAlert Ambassador Sarek weeping during Data's classical music performance]], which would soon tip them off to Sarek's struggles with Bendii syndrome.
* ChekhovsGun: The photonic cannon. An invention of the Doctor's daydreams, which then gets puts to use in a BrandishmentBluff.
* ChekhovsGunman: The Hierarchy will return as the VillainOfTheWeek in future episodes.
* ChickMagnet: Daydream!B'Elanna, Daydream!Seven, and Daydream!Janeway all want Daydream!Doctor.
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* IntimateTelecommunications: The Doctor in one of his daydreams has one with Seven of Nine through the PADD during a staff meeting.
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* YouNeedToGetLaid: The ''pon farr'' song.

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* YouNeedToGetLaid: The ''pon farr'' song.song.
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* NamesTheSame: In-universe, this episode's Phlox only happens to have the same name as [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise that other Phlox]].
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* CommonalityConnection: Phlox genuinely admires the Doctor for having the courage to look outside his assigned role, just as he wants to do.
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* NoNameGiven: We never actually learn the name of the alien race in this episode. They usually get referred to as "the Hierarchy", although strictly speaking that's the name of their governing body, not the race themselves.[[labelnote:*]] [[AllThereInTheScript The script]] for a later episode would call them "the Overlookers", which is the name used for them on [[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Overlooker Memory Alpha]].[[/labelnote]]
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* AllThereInTheScript: The alien overseer's name is Phlox, though neither he nor any of his crewmates are ever named onscreen.

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* AllThereInTheScript: The alien overseer's observer's name is Phlox, though neither he nor any of his crewmates are ever named onscreen.
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* AllThereInTheScript: The alien overseer's name is Phlox, though neither he nor any of his crewmates are ever named onscreen.


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** Phlox's reaction when he realizes all the intel he gave his superiors -- having assured them it would be invaluable -- actually came from the Doctor's ''fantasies''.
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* NotSoDifferent: Phlox genuinely admires the Doctor for having the courage to look outside his assigned role, just as he wants to do.
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* DaydreamBeliever: {{Deconstructed}}. Once the Doctor's daydream program malfunctions he can't tell what's fantasy and reality anymore, he almost ejects the real warp core because the warp core in his daydream was going to explode.
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* ResetButton: Lampshaded with the Hierachy captain's surprise at ''Voyager'' appearing completely undamaged shortly after a fight with the Borg. Phlox suggests they're just really fast with repairs.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: When Janeway, Harry, B'Elanna, and Seven watch some of the Doctor's fantasies play out on the Holodeck, Seven can be seen smirking in amusement at the Doc's fantasy of B'Elanna coming onto him.
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** The Doctor sings an aria from Creator/GuiseppeVerdi's ''Theatre/{{Rigoletto}}'' in the teaser.

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** The Doctor sings an aria from Creator/GuiseppeVerdi's Music/GiuseppeVerdi's ''Theatre/{{Rigoletto}}'' in the teaser.
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** The Doctor sings an aria from Guiseppe Verdi's ''Rigoletto'' in the teaser.

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** The Doctor sings an aria from Guiseppe Verdi's ''Rigoletto'' Creator/GuiseppeVerdi's ''Theatre/{{Rigoletto}}'' in the teaser.
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** The episode title is taken from John le Carre's famous spy novel [[Literature/TheQuestForKarla "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"]].

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** The episode title is taken from John le Carre's Creator/JohnLeCarre's famous spy novel [[Literature/TheQuestForKarla "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"]].''Literature/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy''.

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* GoneHorriblyWrong: Obviously the Doctor didn't expect his daydream subroutines to completely take over his program.

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* GoneHorriblyWrong: GoneHorriblyWrong:
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* ShoutOut: The episode title is taken from John le Carre's famous spy novel [[Literature/TheQuestForKarla "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"]].

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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The episode title is taken from John le Carre's famous spy novel [[Literature/TheQuestForKarla "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"]].
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Applied to an entire alien species here, namely the Hierarchy.
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* DescriptivelyNamedSpecies: The Hierarchy. Low-ranking Hierarchy individuals are not allowed to do anything out of the routine without consulting their superiors first.
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'''Doctor:''' Over my dead program[[labelnote*]]body[[/labelnote]].

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'''Doctor:''' Over my dead program[[labelnote*]]body[[/labelnote]].program[[labelnote:*]]body[[/labelnote]].
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* HoldYourHippogriffs:
--> '''Borg:''' [[AC:You will be assimilated.]]\\
'''Doctor:''' Over my dead program[[labelnote*]]body[[/labelnote]].
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* ChekhovsGun: The photonic cannon. An invention of the Doctor's daydreams, which then gets puts to use in a BrandishmentBluff.

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* EnemyMine: Realising he's stuffed up, Phlox contacts the Doctor to let him know of the impending attack. His only condition is that the Doctor continue to play TheCaptain of ''Voyager''.

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* EnemyMine: Realising Realizing he's stuffed messed up, Phlox contacts the Doctor to let him know of the impending attack. attack by his ship. His only condition is that the Doctor continue to play TheCaptain of ''Voyager''.''Voyager'' so his superiors don't learn about his mistake.



* IronicEcho: The commander of the Hierarchy spaceship says Voyager is an "unacceptable risk" (because they don't know anything about it) so they won't attack it. Phlox goes over his head to the Hierarchy and gets their approval. When his friend cautions him that their commander will report him, Phlox brags, "Acceptable risk!"

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* IronicEcho: The commander of the Hierarchy spaceship says Voyager ''Voyager'' is an "unacceptable risk" (because they don't know anything about it) so they won't attack it. Phlox goes over his head to the Hierarchy and gets their approval. When his friend cautions him that their commander will report him, Phlox brags, "Acceptable risk!"



* ProperlyParanoid: The Hierarchy captain is wary about attacking a starship from an unknown species. Also when he sees ''Voyager'' fight a Borg Sphere on Phlox's monitor, he orders his crew to scan for more Borg ships, just in case.

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* ProperlyParanoid: The Hierarchy captain is wary about attacking a starship from an a completely unknown species. Also when he sees ''Voyager'' fight a Borg Sphere on Phlox's monitor, he orders his crew to scan for more Borg ships, just in case.


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* ShoutOut: The episode title is taken from John le Carre's famous spy novel [[Literature/TheQuestForKarla "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"]].
** The Doctor sings an aria from Guiseppe Verdi's ''Rigoletto'' in the teaser.
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-->'''Computer:''' Warning: warp core breach allot sooner than you think.

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-->'''Computer:''' Warning: warp core breach allot a lot sooner than you think.

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