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* IncrediblyLamePun: This episode really gets its money's worth out of Ba'al's name.
-->'''Barrett:''' General, I hear you've got a couple of extra Ba'als.
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* NeverMyFault: Justified example. Even when presented with proof he was an UnwittingPawn, Barrett's brainwashing prevents him from accepting he's been compromised or that he helped Ba'al.
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: In the aftermath of Ba'al's escape, SG-1 and Landry discuss how the Goa'uld plan only worked because Barrett violated protocol and accidentally gave him the opportunity to escape his cell. Problem is, Ba'al's plan hinged on knowing in advance that he'd be able to escape his cell once all the clones had been collected. He would've had no way of knowing or anticipating Barrett would play 'Cowboy Cop'. So, how did he know Barrett was coming? That's when SG-1 realizes Barrett's been compromised.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The reveal that Ba'al's attempt to take control of the Jaffa governing body in ''Stronghold'' was to gain access to the Dakra Superweapon in order to use against the Ori. This is an early clue that the Jaffa did ''not'' dismantle the weapon as they'd promised back in ''Threads'' and sets up the events of ''Counterstrike''.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The reveal that Ba'al's attempt to take control of the Jaffa governing body in ''Stronghold'' was to gain access to the Dakra Superweapon in order to use against the Ori. This is an early clue that the Jaffa did ''not'' dismantle the weapon as they'd promised back in ''Threads'' and sets up the events of ''Counterstrike''.
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: In the aftermath of Ba'al's escape, SG-1 and Landry discuss how the Goa'uld Goa'uld's plan only worked because Barrett violated protocol and accidentally gave him the opportunity to escape his cell. Problem is, Ba'al's plan hinged on knowing in advance that he'd be able to escape his cell once all the clones had been collected. He would've had no way of knowing or anticipating Barrett would play 'Cowboy Cop'. So, how did he know Barrett was coming? That's when SG-1 realizes Barrett's been compromised.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The reveal that Ba'al's attempt to take control of the Jaffa governing body in''Stronghold'' "Stronghold" was to gain access to the Dakra Superweapon in order to use against the Ori. This is an early clue that the Jaffa did ''not'' dismantle the weapon as they'd promised back in ''Threads'' "Threads" and sets up the events of ''Counterstrike''."Counterstrike".
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The reveal that Ba'al's attempt to take control of the Jaffa governing body in ''Stronghold'' was to gain access to the Dakra Superweapon in order to use against the Ori. [[spoiler: This is an early clue that the Jaffa did ''not'' dismantle the weapon as they'd promised back in ''Threads'' and sets up the events of ''Counterstrike''.]]
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* AbsenteeActor: Daniel doesn't appear in this episode, with the in-universe explanation being that he's holed up in Merlin's library at [[Recap/StargateSG1S9E20Camelot Camelot]].
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* TheAllegedBoss: Mitchell admits to being as much when Landry asks whether he'll be able to control Vala without Daniel around to keep her in line; he responds that he can barely control the ''rest'' of the team, since Carter is the same rank as him, Teal'c is an alien and Daniel is a civilian and as such he has no real authority over any of them.
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* TheAllegedBoss: Mitchell admits to being as much when Landry asks whether he'll be able to control Vala without Daniel around to keep her in line; he responds that he can barely control the ''rest'' of the team, team; since Carter is the same rank as him, Teal'c is an alien and Daniel is a civilian and as such he has no civilian, he's never had any real authority over any of them.
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* IncrediblyLamePun: This episode really gets its money's worth out of Ba'al's name.
-->'''Barrett:''' General, I hear you've got a couple of extra Ba'als.
-->'''Landry:''' (DeathGlare)
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* RecklessGunUsage: Averted. For her first mission, the armorer issues Vala a P90, only for Mitchell to take it away and give her a zat instead. While she's [[TrueCompanions now a member of SG-1]], she doesn't have firearms training.
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* JerkassBall: Landry treats pre-brainwash reveal Barrett like shit in this episode, for really no reason. While the NID certainly were the SGC's enemy in the past, they've long since become the legitimate intelligence agency they always claimed to be and they are the ones fighting the Trust while SGC is busy with the Ori.
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* IAmSpartacus: Referenced. As every Ba'al clone claims to be the original, Mitchell sarcastically refers to one as Spartacus.
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* RedshirtArmy: As usual, the Air Force SFs guarding the SGC are borderline useless. The Ba'al clones manage to overwhelm the ones guarding the detention cells, while the only friendly death is an SF killed in a firefight with the clones.
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* RedshirtArmy: As usual, the Air Force SFs [=SFs=] guarding the SGC are borderline useless. The Ba'al clones manage to overwhelm the ones guarding the detention cells, while the only friendly death is an SF killed in a firefight with the clones.
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->''"I am the real Ba'al."''
-->'''-- Every Ba'al clone'''
After his ship is shot down over Earth, Ba'al claims that his [[Recap/StargateSG1S9E7ExDeusMachina clones]] have turned against him and asks for SG-1's help in killing them; in exchange, he promises to help them locate Merlin's weapon. The team set out to round up all the clones, but run into a problem when all of them claim to be the original Ba'al.
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!!"Insiders" provides examples of the following tropes:
* AbsenteeActor: Daniel doesn't appear in this episode, with the in-universe explanation being that he's holed up in Merlin's library at [[Recap/StargateSG1S9E20Camelot Camelot]].
* TheAllegedBoss: Mitchell admits to being as much when Landry asks whether he'll be able to control Vala without Daniel around to keep her in line; he responds that he can barely control the ''rest'' of the team, since Carter is the same rank as him, Teal'c is an alien and Daniel is a civilian and as such he has no real authority over any of them.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The ending of the episode reveals that Agent Barrett has been brainwashed by Ba'al in much the same way as members of the Jaffa High Council were in [[Recap/StargateSG1S9E14Stronghold "Stronghold"]].
* ContinuityNod:
** It's mentioned that [[Recap/StargateSG1S9E7ExDeusMachina Ba'al had previously been to Earth without being detected]].
** Carter reveals that since [[Recap/StargateSG1S8E10Endgame Earth's stargate was stolen two years ago]], the base has had signal jamming technology installed to prevent anyone from beaming out.
** Ba'al claims that he was trying to [[Recap/StargateSG1S9E14Stronghold brainwash the Jaffa High Council]] in order to gain control of the [[Recap/StargateSG1S8E17ReckoningPart2 Dakara superweapon]].
** It's revealed that Merlin's weapon is hidden on one of the planets that O'Neill added to the database after [[Recap/StargateSG1S2E15TheFifthRace the first time he received the Ancient repository of knowledge]].
** Barrett references the [[Recap/StargateSG1S8E14FullAlert Goa'uld infiltration of the Russian government]].
* DeadlyGas: Symbiote poison is pumped through the air vents in an attempt to kill the Ba'al clones before they can make it off the base.
* ExpendableClone: Invoked but ultimately subverted; the first Ba'al to arrive on Earth, who may or may not be the original, tells the team that he needs their help capturing and killing all the clones, but it's ultimately revealed that all the Ba'als are working together.
* GottaCatchEmAll: Much of the episode revolved around the team rounding up all the Ba'al clones and bringing them back to the base.
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Ba'al gets Carter to enter the base access code into the computer, by threatening to kill all the other hostages, starting with Agent Barrett.
* InterrogationMontage: Used when the team interrogate the various clones.
* JurisdictionFriction: Barrett becomes increasingly frustrated with Landry's refusal to turn the clones over to the NID, though this is implied to be at least partly due to his brainwashing.
* MaliciousMisnaming: Ba'al insists on calling Vala "Qetesh", the name of the [[Recap/StargateSG1S9E5ThePowersThatBe Goa'uld she was once host to]].
* TheMole: Barrett is revealed to be an unwilling one.
* OutOfCharacterAlert: Barrett's erratic behavior alerts the team to the fact that he's not quite himself.
-->'''Mitchell:''' Your record indicates your entire career has been strictly [[ByTheBookCop by-the-book]]. Now suddenly out of the blue you're a [[CowboyCop cowboy?]]
* ShowSomeLeg: Vala tries to do this by using Ba'al's lust for Qetesh to trick him into revealing some information, but he calls her bluff.
* WhosOnFirst:
-->'''Mitchell:''' Chief, got a full count: two strikes, three Ba'als.
-->'''Walter:''' ''(laughing)'' That's... that's clever, sir.
-->'''Carter:''' He was thinking that one up the whole way home.
-->'''Mitchell:''' Yep. The whole three seconds.
* YouAreTooLate: At the end of the episode, when the Ba'als are about to escape:
-->'''Carter:''' You're too late, it's symbiote poison.
-->'''First Ba'al:''' You're the one who's too late. ''(all disappear)''
-->'''-- Every Ba'al clone'''
After his ship is shot down over Earth, Ba'al claims that his [[Recap/StargateSG1S9E7ExDeusMachina clones]] have turned against him and asks for SG-1's help in killing them; in exchange, he promises to help them locate Merlin's weapon. The team set out to round up all the clones, but run into a problem when all of them claim to be the original Ba'al.
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!!"Insiders" provides examples of the following tropes:
* AbsenteeActor: Daniel doesn't appear in this episode, with the in-universe explanation being that he's holed up in Merlin's library at [[Recap/StargateSG1S9E20Camelot Camelot]].
* TheAllegedBoss: Mitchell admits to being as much when Landry asks whether he'll be able to control Vala without Daniel around to keep her in line; he responds that he can barely control the ''rest'' of the team, since Carter is the same rank as him, Teal'c is an alien and Daniel is a civilian and as such he has no real authority over any of them.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The ending of the episode reveals that Agent Barrett has been brainwashed by Ba'al in much the same way as members of the Jaffa High Council were in [[Recap/StargateSG1S9E14Stronghold "Stronghold"]].
* ContinuityNod:
** It's mentioned that [[Recap/StargateSG1S9E7ExDeusMachina Ba'al had previously been to Earth without being detected]].
** Carter reveals that since [[Recap/StargateSG1S8E10Endgame Earth's stargate was stolen two years ago]], the base has had signal jamming technology installed to prevent anyone from beaming out.
** Ba'al claims that he was trying to [[Recap/StargateSG1S9E14Stronghold brainwash the Jaffa High Council]] in order to gain control of the [[Recap/StargateSG1S8E17ReckoningPart2 Dakara superweapon]].
** It's revealed that Merlin's weapon is hidden on one of the planets that O'Neill added to the database after [[Recap/StargateSG1S2E15TheFifthRace the first time he received the Ancient repository of knowledge]].
** Barrett references the [[Recap/StargateSG1S8E14FullAlert Goa'uld infiltration of the Russian government]].
* DeadlyGas: Symbiote poison is pumped through the air vents in an attempt to kill the Ba'al clones before they can make it off the base.
* ExpendableClone: Invoked but ultimately subverted; the first Ba'al to arrive on Earth, who may or may not be the original, tells the team that he needs their help capturing and killing all the clones, but it's ultimately revealed that all the Ba'als are working together.
* GottaCatchEmAll: Much of the episode revolved around the team rounding up all the Ba'al clones and bringing them back to the base.
* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Ba'al gets Carter to enter the base access code into the computer, by threatening to kill all the other hostages, starting with Agent Barrett.
* InterrogationMontage: Used when the team interrogate the various clones.
* JurisdictionFriction: Barrett becomes increasingly frustrated with Landry's refusal to turn the clones over to the NID, though this is implied to be at least partly due to his brainwashing.
* MaliciousMisnaming: Ba'al insists on calling Vala "Qetesh", the name of the [[Recap/StargateSG1S9E5ThePowersThatBe Goa'uld she was once host to]].
* TheMole: Barrett is revealed to be an unwilling one.
* OutOfCharacterAlert: Barrett's erratic behavior alerts the team to the fact that he's not quite himself.
-->'''Mitchell:''' Your record indicates your entire career has been strictly [[ByTheBookCop by-the-book]]. Now suddenly out of the blue you're a [[CowboyCop cowboy?]]
* ShowSomeLeg: Vala tries to do this by using Ba'al's lust for Qetesh to trick him into revealing some information, but he calls her bluff.
* WhosOnFirst:
-->'''Mitchell:''' Chief, got a full count: two strikes, three Ba'als.
-->'''Walter:''' ''(laughing)'' That's... that's clever, sir.
-->'''Carter:''' He was thinking that one up the whole way home.
-->'''Mitchell:''' Yep. The whole three seconds.
* YouAreTooLate: At the end of the episode, when the Ba'als are about to escape:
-->'''Carter:''' You're too late, it's symbiote poison.
-->'''First Ba'al:''' You're the one who's too late. ''(all disappear)''
