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* TheGadfly: Urgo isn't always ''intentionally'' irritating, but he does start trying to annoy the team on purpose in order to distract them when they're looking for ways to get rid of him.

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* TheGadfly: Urgo isn't always ''intentionally'' irritating, but he does start trying to annoy the team on purpose in order to distract them (mostly Carter) when they're looking for ways to get rid of him.
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* SpeakInUnison: Despite claiming that he can't make them do anything they don't want to, Urgo gets the team to do this several times throughout the episode. At one point, he influences them to ''sing'' in unison, when they're all in completely different areas of the base.

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* SpeakInUnison: Despite claiming that he can't make them do anything they don't want to, Urgo gets the team to do this several times throughout the episode. At one point, he influences them to ''sing'' in unison, unison ("Row, Row, Row Your Boat"), when they're all in completely different areas of the base.
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-->'''Urgo:''' You have to decide. Me... or death.

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-->'''Urgo:''' You have to decide. Me... or death. Death or me.
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-->'''Urgo:''' As handsome as he is evil!

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-->'''Urgo:''' -->'''Urgo (about Togar):''' As handsome as he is evil!
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* TheHermit: Togar is this, having originally created Urgo as a means to explore the universe and obtain information as he was too afraid to go out there himself.

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* TheHermit: Togar is this, having originally created Urgo as a means to explore the universe and obtain information as he was too afraid to go out there himself. Urgo says [[PlanetOfHats the rest of Togar's people are like this]], too.
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* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Urgo warns the team that his creator will "scoop their brains out [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment with a scoopy thing]]" if they return to the planet.

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* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Urgo warns the team that his creator will "scoop their brains out [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment with a big scoopy thing]]" if they return to the planet.
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* BookEnds: The episode begins with the team coming back from a mission thinking no time had expired since they stepped through the gate on Earth and surprised to be at the SGC. It ends the same way, though this time, we got to see where they went.

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* BookEnds: The episode begins with the team coming back from a mission thinking no time had expired since they stepped through the gate on Earth and surprised to be at the SGC. It ends the same way, though this time, time we got to see where they went.
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* BookEnds: The episode begins with the team coming back from a mission thinking no time had expired and surprised to be at the SGC. It ends the same way, though this time, we got to see where they went.

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* BookEnds: The episode begins with the team coming back from a mission thinking no time had expired since they stepped through the gate on Earth and surprised to be at the SGC. It ends the same way, though this time, we got to see where they went.
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* DirtyMindReading: Urgo catches O'Neill thinking about Creator/MarySteenburgen and "[[AlohaHawaii that island Maui, with the big beaches and the little bikinis]]". When Urgo innocently shares the latter with the rest of SG-1, Carter gives O'Neill a knowing look while he tries to look as though he has no idea what Urgo is talking about.

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* DirtyMindReading: Urgo catches O'Neill thinking about Creator/MarySteenburgen and "[[AlohaHawaii that "that island Maui, with the big beaches and the little bikinis]]".bikinis". When Urgo innocently shares the latter with the rest of SG-1, Carter gives O'Neill a knowing look while he tries to look as though he has no idea what Urgo is talking about.
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Urgo doesn't handle boredom well, and his attention frequently bounces from thing to thing, with him spewing ideas and examining things he's curious about. Which makes sense, given his primary purpose is to record experiences.


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* SenseFreak: As part of driving the team to experience things for him to record, Urgo can enhance their sensory perceptions, making food taste better and such.

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* SaveTheVillain: Urgo isn't a villain, per se, but he's the closest thing the episode has to an antagonist. The team
decide to save him rather than have him removed or killed.

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* SaveTheVillain: Urgo isn't a villain, per se, but he's the closest thing the episode has to an antagonist. The team
team decide to save him rather than have him removed or killed.
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* SaveTheVillain: Urgo isn't a villain, per se, but he's the closest thing the episode has to an antagonist. The team
decide to save him rather than have him removed or killed.
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* BookEnds: The episode begins with the team coming back from a mission thinking no time had expired and surprised to be at the SGC. It ends the same way, though this time, we got to see where they went.
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* IBrokeANail: Referenced as the team sets off on an apparently dull mission:
-->'''O'Neill:''' It's all fun and games until someone breaks a nail.
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* DirtyMindReading: Urgo catches O'Neill thinking about Creator/MarySteenburgen and "[[AlohaHawaii that island Maui, with the big beaches and the little bikinis]]". When Urgo innocently shares the latter with the rest of SG-1, Carter gives O'Neill a knowing look while he tries to look as though he has no idea what Urgo is talking about.
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--->'''O'Neill:''' We're giving you a chance here. Him or death. Death or him.
--->''[long pause]''
--->'''O'Neill:''' Well?!
--->'''Urgo:''' I'm thinking!

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--->'''O'Neill:''' -->'''O'Neill:''' We're giving you a chance here. Him or death. Death or him.
--->''[long -->''[long pause]''
--->'''O'Neill:''' -->'''O'Neill:''' Well?!
--->'''Urgo:''' -->'''Urgo:''' I'm thinking!
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--->''''''O'Neill:''' We're giving you a chance here. Him or death. Death or him.

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--->''''''O'Neill:''' --->'''O'Neill:''' We're giving you a chance here. Him or death. Death or him.



--->''''''O'Neill:''' Well?!

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--->''''''O'Neill:''' --->'''O'Neill:''' Well?!
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** Later bookended when Urgo is offered the chance to live inside Togar:
--->''''''O'Neill:''' We're giving you a chance here. Him or death. Death or him.
--->''[long pause]''
--->''''''O'Neill:''' Well?!
--->'''Urgo:''' I'm thinking!
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* RealLifeRelative: Urgo (and Togar as well) is played by Creator/DomDeLuise, father of episode director Peter [=DeLuise=]. Peter also briefly appears as "Young and Handsome Urgo."
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* StockFootage: The shots near the beginning of SG-1 entering the Stargate and getting spat back out are recycled from "[[Recap/StargateSG1S2E211969 1969]]".
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* BigEater: Urgo turns the entire team into these, since he's programmed to collect new experiences. At one point they all congregate in the mess hall and gorge themselves on dessert.

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* BigEater: Urgo turns the entire team into these, since he's programmed to collect new experiences. At one point point, they all congregate in the mess hall and gorge themselves on dessert.



* MissingTime: Both times the team go to Togar's planet, they perceives themselves as instantly returning to earth, while Hammond informs them that they've actually been gone for several hours.

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* MissingTime: Both times the team go to Togar's planet, they perceives themselves as instantly returning to earth, Earth, while Hammond informs them that they've actually been gone for several hours.
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* PleasurePlanet: Togar's planet is under some kind of {{Glamor}} that makes it appear this way on the probe, to lure people into visiting so that he can implant Urgo in their heads to obtain information about other planets.

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* PleasurePlanet: Togar's planet is under some kind of {{Glamor}} {{Glamour}} that makes it appear this way on the probe, to lure people into visiting so that he can implant Urgo in their heads to obtain information about other planets.
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* RealLifeRelative: Urgo (and Togar as well) is played by Creator/DomDeLuise, father of episode director Peter [=DeLuise=]. Peter also briefly appears as "Young and Handsome Urgo."
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-->'''Urgo: Yes, as in dead!

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-->'''Urgo: -->'''Urgo:''' Yes, as in dead!
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->''"I wanna explore the universe and I wanna eat pie!"''
-->'''-- Urgo.'''
SG-1 returns from a mission of which they have no memory, only to discover that they've all had an artificial intelligence implanted in their brains for the purpose of collecting data from other planets, which takes on the form of an incredibly annoying man named "Urgo".
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!!"Urgo" provides examples of the following tropes:
* BigEater: Urgo turns the entire team into these, since he's programmed to collect new experiences. At one point they all congregate in the mess hall and gorge themselves on dessert.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Urgo uses O'Neill's "for cryin' out loud" at one point, causing O'Neill to do a double-take.
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Urgo warns the team that his creator will "scoop their brains out [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment with a scoopy thing]]" if they return to the planet.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: This exchange:
-->'''Urgo:''' I do not want you to die.
-->'''Daniel:''' Die?
-->'''Urgo: Yes, as in dead!
* {{EMP}}: Carter uses one to try and get rid of Urgo. It doesn't work, although it does disable him briefly.
* FinishDialogueInUnison: Since the team can no longer see him after he's removed from their brains, Daniel wants proof that Urgo is still alive before they leave the planet, leading to this:
-->'''Daniel:''' Wait, Togar. How do we know that Urgo is really alive?
-->'''Urgo:''' I'm here, I'm here! Tell him, tell him!
-->'''Togar:''' I will as soon as you are quiet!
-->'''Daniel & O'Neill:''' ...He's alive.
* TheGadfly: Urgo isn't always ''intentionally'' irritating, but he does start trying to annoy the team on purpose in order to distract them when they're looking for ways to get rid of him.
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Urgo was never supposed to be sentient or interact with the people whose experiences he's collecting; Carter calls it a new kind of evolution and tells Togar that what he considers an error could equally be called a miracle.
* {{Headdesk}}: O'Neill does this on the briefing room table once they realize the EM pulse hasn't worked and they're still stuck with Urgo.
* TheHermit: Togar is this, having originally created Urgo as a means to explore the universe and obtain information as he was too afraid to go out there himself.
* HopeSpot: For a while, it looks as though the EMP has worked and Urgo is gone... and then the team spontaneously burst into a chorus of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat".
* HurricaneOfAphorisms: This exchange at the beginning of the episode:
-->'''Teal'c:''' Appearances may be deceiving.
-->'''O'Neill:''' One man's ceiling is another man's floor.
-->'''Daniel:''' A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell.
-->'''O'Neill:''' Never run with... scissors?
* InterfaceWithAFamiliarFace: It's revealed at the end that Togar created Urgo in his own likeness.
-->'''Urgo:''' As handsome as he is evil!
* ImMelting: Urgo does this when Carter prepares the EMP, unaware that she hasn't actually activated it yet.
* ImThinkingItOver:
-->'''Urgo:''' You have to decide. Me... or death.
-->''[long pause]''
-->'''Urgo:''' Well?!
-->'''O'Neill:''' We're thinking!
* LargeHam: Urgo.
* TheManBehindTheCurtain: Togar speaks with a deep, imposing voice when the team contact him over the radio but is much less impressive in person.
* MissingTime: Both times the team go to Togar's planet, they perceives themselves as instantly returning to earth, while Hammond informs them that they've actually been gone for several hours.
* MustHaveCaffeine: Taken to ridiculous extremes when Urgo influences Teal'c to pour boiling hot coffee down his throat straight from the pot.
-->'''O'Neill:''' Isn't that hot?
-->'''Teal'c:''' Extremely.
* OnlySaneMan: Much of the episode's humor is derived from Hammond and Fraiser looking on in utter bewilderment as the team are compelled to behave in increasingly bizarre ways while arguing with an entity that only they can see.
* PleasurePlanet: Togar's planet is under some kind of {{Glamor}} that makes it appear this way on the probe, to lure people into visiting so that he can implant Urgo in their heads to obtain information about other planets.
* SpeakInUnison: Despite claiming that he can't make them do anything they don't want to, Urgo gets the team to do this several times throughout the episode. At one point, he influences them to ''sing'' in unison, when they're all in completely different areas of the base.
* SpockSpeak:
-->'''Urgo:''' I didn't mean to.
-->'''O'Neill, Carter, Daniel:''' He didn't mean to.
-->'''Teal'c:''' It was not his intention.
* ThatCameOutWrong: Urgo is not thrilled with Carter's description of the effect the EM pulse will have on him.
-->'''Carter:''' It would be harmless to us, but it should render Urgo impotent.
-->'''Urgo:''' Could you, uh... rephrase that?
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Carter and Daniel come to the conclusion that Urgo is actually a sentient life-form because he is self-aware, capable of independent thought, and fears death. Because of this, they decide that he deserves to live, and convince Togar to implant the technology in his own mind.

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