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* HopeSpot: When the team realizes the truth about the asteroid, they realize they're ''literally'' sitting atop evidence of a Goa'uld violation of the Protected Planets Treaty. With such irrevocable proof, the Asgard will ''have'' to intervene now and save Earth. Unfortunately, they quickly realize they have no means of contacting the Asgard (and when they try, complications ensue that prevent the message from going out in time).
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* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: Justified. The SGC ''tries'' to contact the Tok'ra, but they're scattered and on the run thanks to Anubis; by the time they finally receive the message and dispatch a ship, the crisis has passed. Likewise, the Asgard can't assist as doing so would violate the Protected Planets Treaty (and by the time the team realizes the truth about the asteroid, circumstances prevent them from notifying their allies in time).
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* ExtraStrengthMasquerade: Apparently the only person outside of the Stargate program to notice the huge asteroid heading for Earth - even after it nearly entered the atmosphere - was a single amateur astronomer.
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* TheCavalryArrivesLate: The Tok'ra finally show up after the crisis has been averted, though somce the team is stranded on the asteroid and doomed to a slow death, their arrival is still fortuitous.
* ColonyDrop: Anubis launches a naquadah asteroid at Earth, a tactic meant to look like a natural disaster so the Asgard won't intervene.
* ComingInHot: The team are unable to slow their descent as they approach the asteroid, and only barely manage to avoid crashing into the surface due to the ship falling into a deep cravasse.
* ColonyDrop: Anubis launches a naquadah asteroid at Earth, a tactic meant to look like a natural disaster so the Asgard won't intervene.
* ComingInHot: The team are unable to slow their descent as they approach the asteroid, and only barely manage to avoid crashing into the surface due to the ship falling into a deep cravasse.
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* TheCavalryArrivesLate: The Tok'ra finally show up after the crisis has been averted, though somce since the team is stranded on the asteroid and doomed to a slow death, their arrival is still fortuitous.
* ColonyDrop: Anubis launches a naquadah asteroid at Earth, a tactic meant to look like a naturaldisaster disaster, so the Asgard won't intervene.
* ComingInHot: The team are unable to slow their descent as they approach the asteroid, and only barely manage to avoid crashing into the surface due to the ship falling into a deepcravasse.crevasse.
* ColonyDrop: Anubis launches a naquadah asteroid at Earth, a tactic meant to look like a natural
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* TakeAThirdOption: The team finds out their initial plan to blow up the asteroid is doomed to fail and think of other options. Either they give up and fly to a close planet with a Stargate to get to the Alpha Site, or fly out of the asteroid then try to contact the Asgard which they definitely have no time for. Then Daniel and Carter come up with a suitably crazy plan to tow the asteroid ''through'' Earth by expanding the ship's hyperspace window.
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* TakeAThirdOption: The team finds out their initial plan to blow up the asteroid is doomed to fail and think of other options. Either they give up and fly to a close planet with a Stargate to get to the Alpha Site, Site or fly out of the asteroid then try to contact the Asgard which they definitely have no time for. Then Daniel and Carter come up with a suitably crazy plan to tow the asteroid ''through'' Earth by expanding the ship's hyperspace window.
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* AssInAmbassador: Jack's off-screen YourMom moment with Freyr. A resigned Hammond remarks they'll discuss O'Neill's diplomatic shortcomings later if they survive the crisis.
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* WholePlotReference: To ''[[Film/{{Armageddon}} Armageddon]]''. This is duly lampshaded.
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* WholePlotReference: To ''[[Film/{{Armageddon}} Armageddon]]''.''Film/{{Armageddon|1998}}''. This is duly lampshaded.
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* ColonyDrop: Anubis launches a naquadah asteroid at Earth, a tactic meant to look like a natural disaster so the Asgard won't intervene.
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* LoopholeAbuse: The Goa'uld attempt to destroy Earth by means of an asteroid strike, dressing it up as a natural disaster to prevent the Asgard from intervening.
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* RulesLawyer: The Asgard demonstrate this when O'Neill contacts them about the asteroid; despite recent events with the Tollan nearly attacking Earth under threat from the Goa'uld, the Asgard have no proof that the Goa'uld were responsible for the Tollans' actions, and while the treaty does allow for an investigation into such an accusation it would take too long to get proof with Earth currently under threat, particularly since the Tollan aren't available to act as witnesses.
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* TakeAThirdOption: The team appears to be faced with either allowing the asteroid to hit or detonating the bomb and destroying Earth anyway, until Daniel and Carter come up with a suitably crazy plan to tow the asteroid ''through'' Earth by expanding the ship's hyperspace window.
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* TakeAThirdOption: The team appears finds out their initial plan to be faced with either allowing blow up the asteroid is doomed to hit or detonating fail and think of other options. Either they give up and fly to a close planet with a Stargate to get to the bomb and destroying Earth anyway, until Alpha Site, or fly out of the asteroid then try to contact the Asgard which they definitely have no time for. Then Daniel and Carter come up with a suitably crazy plan to tow the asteroid ''through'' Earth by expanding the ship's hyperspace window.window.
-->'''O'Neill:''' ...Is there a four?
-->''*After the plan works*''
-->'''O'Neill:''' ...Is there a four?
-->''*After the plan works*''
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* XanatosGambit: If the people of Earth do nothing, the asteroid hits it and destroys all life on it. If they bomb it, the naquadah core will amplify that explosion ensuring Earth is still destroyed. The one thing Anubis didn't think of is that SG-1 would hyperspace the asteroid ''through'' Earth, because who the hell could anticipate that?
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* XanatosGambit: If the people of Earth do nothing, the asteroid hits it and destroys all life on it. If they bomb it, the naquadah core will amplify that explosion ensuring Earth is still destroyed. The one thing Anubis didn't think of is that SG-1 would hyperspace the asteroid ''through'' Earth, [[CrazyEnoughToWork because who the hell could anticipate that?that?]]
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* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Anubis' plan to destroy Earth was very well thought out. An asteroid coming to Earth counts as a "natural disaster" so the Asgard can't interfere and its naquadah core ensures that any attempt to destroy it will destroy Earth as well.
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->''"In eleven days and sixteen hours, all life on Earth will be wiped out."''
-->'''-- Maj. Samantha Carter'''
The team attempts to intercept an asteroid on a collision course for Earth, only to discover that it was a deliberate plot by the Goa'uld.
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!!"Failsafe" provides examples of the following tropes:
* CaptainObvious: When O'Neill enters the deactivation code for the bomb and the countdown keeps ticking:
-->'''Teal'c:''' The bomb has yet to be deactivated.
-->'''O'Neill:''' I can ''see'' that, Teal'c.
* ComingInHot: The team are unable to slow their descent as they approach the asteroid, and only barely manage to avoid crashing into the surface due to the ship falling into a deep cravasse.
* ContinuityNod:
** It's mentioned that the Tok'ra are still on the run after their base was attacked by the Goa'uld in [[Recap/StargateSG1S5E16LastStand "Last Stand"]]. Later, the team go to retrieve the cargo ship that Jacob and Daniel crashed on Revanna in the same episode.
** O'Neill uses the hall of wisdom on [[Recap/StargateSG1S5E5RedSky K'Tau]] to speak with the Asgard.
** O'Neill points out that the Goa'uld have already violated the Protected Planets Treaty by [[Recap/StargateSG1S5E9BetweenTwoFires trying to get the Tollan to send a bomb to Earth.]]
** The engineers who fix up the cargo ship are revealed to be the same ones responsible for retrofitting the Death Glider in [[Recap/StargateSG1S4E12Tangent "Tangent".]]
* ContinuousDecompression: Happens when the hull of the ship is breached due to meteors hitting it as the asteroid passes through the Leonids, causing it to vent atmosphere.
* EscapePod: Carter and Daniel are able to survive the above-mentioned decompression by sealing themselves inside the ship's escape pods.
* GoingDownWithTheShip: Hammond declines to join the last team evacuating to the alpha site before the asteroid hits, as he "hasn't been relieved of his command".
* HardWorkMontage: Lampshaded/parodied, with scenes of Carter and the engineers hard at work fixing up the cargo ship interspersed with shots of O'Neill and Daniel looking increasingly bored and even falling asleep in Daniel's case.
* HomeworldEvacuation: The staff of the SGC, along with other "important" people, are sent through the gate to the alpha site in preparation for the asteroid to hit.
* ICanSeeMyHouseFromHere: Inverted; O'Neill delivers a variation on this line to make a point about how ''low'' the asteroid is getting.
* LoopholeAbuse: The Goa'uld attempt to destroy Earth by means of an asteroid strike, dressing it up as a natural disaster to prevent the Asgard from intervening.
* MadeOfExplodium: The asteroid is composed almost entirely of naquadah, meaning that the team's original plan to destroy it via nuke will result in a massive explosion that will set the Earth's atmosphere on fire and destroy it anyway.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The team -- especially O'Neill -- give the engineers tasked with fixing the cargo ship a pretty hard time once it emerges that they were the ones responsible for the glider that sent O'Neill and Teal'c into deep space.
-->'''O'Neill:''' The X-301? That was ''you'' guys?
-->'''Engineer:''' You have to admit, it performed beautifully right up until the moment where you and Teal'c were sent into... deep space.
-->'''O'Neill:''' ''Yeah.''
-->'''Daniel:''' Nice work.
* NobodyPoops: Averted; the first thing that one of the engineers does after getting to the ship is ask where the facilities are, to the incredulous looks of the team.
* NukeEm: The initial plan is to destroy the asteroid with a naquadah-enhanced warhead before it can reach Earth, until it emerges that the asteroid itself is ''made'' of naquadah and this would only make things worse.
* PrecisionCrash: Averted, as Carter estimates that the asteroid will hit "somewhere in the Arctic Circle".
* RunningGag: The following exchange is repeated at several points throughout the episode, regarding their increasingly slim chances:
-->'''Daniel:''' I'm confident.
-->'''O'Neill or Carter:''' Me too.
-->'''Teal'c:''' As am I.
* TakeAThirdOption: The team appears to be faced with either allowing the asteroid to hit or detonating the bomb and destroying Earth anyway, until Daniel and Carter come up with a suitably crazy plan to tow the asteroid ''through'' Earth by expanding the ship's hyperspace window.
-->'''O'Neill:''' [[LampshadeHanging Yep, Plan Three.]] Works every time.
* ThatsAnOrder: An unusually heartwarming example with Hammond ordering Sgt. Harriman to evacuate to the alpha site.
* TimeSkip: The episode skips ten days between the ship leaving Revanna and arriving at the asteroid.
* WireDilemma: O'Neill has to defuse the bomb manually after the keypad is destroyed by a meteor; Carter tells him to cut the red wire, but it turns out they're all yellow and he's forced to cut them randomly one-by-one instead.
-->'''O'Neill:''' You know, I'd like to take this opportunity to say that this is a very poorly-designed bomb and I think we should say something to somebody when we get back.
* WholePlotReference: To ''[[Film/{{Armageddon}} Armageddon]]''. This is duly lampshaded.
-->'''O'Neill:''' I've seen this movie. It hits Paris.
* YouAreInCommandNow: Discussed; Hammond tells O'Neill that if the mission is unsuccessful, the team is to go to the alpha site where O'Neill should take command.
* YourMom: After O'Neill goes to ask the Asgard for help and they refuse:
-->'''O'Neill:''' And after that, I kind of... lost my temper.
-->'''Hammond:''' What exactly does that mean?
-->'''Daniel:''' Let's just say that Jack made a reference to Freyr's mother.
-->'''-- Maj. Samantha Carter'''
The team attempts to intercept an asteroid on a collision course for Earth, only to discover that it was a deliberate plot by the Goa'uld.
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!!"Failsafe" provides examples of the following tropes:
* CaptainObvious: When O'Neill enters the deactivation code for the bomb and the countdown keeps ticking:
-->'''Teal'c:''' The bomb has yet to be deactivated.
-->'''O'Neill:''' I can ''see'' that, Teal'c.
* ComingInHot: The team are unable to slow their descent as they approach the asteroid, and only barely manage to avoid crashing into the surface due to the ship falling into a deep cravasse.
* ContinuityNod:
** It's mentioned that the Tok'ra are still on the run after their base was attacked by the Goa'uld in [[Recap/StargateSG1S5E16LastStand "Last Stand"]]. Later, the team go to retrieve the cargo ship that Jacob and Daniel crashed on Revanna in the same episode.
** O'Neill uses the hall of wisdom on [[Recap/StargateSG1S5E5RedSky K'Tau]] to speak with the Asgard.
** O'Neill points out that the Goa'uld have already violated the Protected Planets Treaty by [[Recap/StargateSG1S5E9BetweenTwoFires trying to get the Tollan to send a bomb to Earth.]]
** The engineers who fix up the cargo ship are revealed to be the same ones responsible for retrofitting the Death Glider in [[Recap/StargateSG1S4E12Tangent "Tangent".]]
* ContinuousDecompression: Happens when the hull of the ship is breached due to meteors hitting it as the asteroid passes through the Leonids, causing it to vent atmosphere.
* EscapePod: Carter and Daniel are able to survive the above-mentioned decompression by sealing themselves inside the ship's escape pods.
* GoingDownWithTheShip: Hammond declines to join the last team evacuating to the alpha site before the asteroid hits, as he "hasn't been relieved of his command".
* HardWorkMontage: Lampshaded/parodied, with scenes of Carter and the engineers hard at work fixing up the cargo ship interspersed with shots of O'Neill and Daniel looking increasingly bored and even falling asleep in Daniel's case.
* HomeworldEvacuation: The staff of the SGC, along with other "important" people, are sent through the gate to the alpha site in preparation for the asteroid to hit.
* ICanSeeMyHouseFromHere: Inverted; O'Neill delivers a variation on this line to make a point about how ''low'' the asteroid is getting.
* LoopholeAbuse: The Goa'uld attempt to destroy Earth by means of an asteroid strike, dressing it up as a natural disaster to prevent the Asgard from intervening.
* MadeOfExplodium: The asteroid is composed almost entirely of naquadah, meaning that the team's original plan to destroy it via nuke will result in a massive explosion that will set the Earth's atmosphere on fire and destroy it anyway.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The team -- especially O'Neill -- give the engineers tasked with fixing the cargo ship a pretty hard time once it emerges that they were the ones responsible for the glider that sent O'Neill and Teal'c into deep space.
-->'''O'Neill:''' The X-301? That was ''you'' guys?
-->'''Engineer:''' You have to admit, it performed beautifully right up until the moment where you and Teal'c were sent into... deep space.
-->'''O'Neill:''' ''Yeah.''
-->'''Daniel:''' Nice work.
* NobodyPoops: Averted; the first thing that one of the engineers does after getting to the ship is ask where the facilities are, to the incredulous looks of the team.
* NukeEm: The initial plan is to destroy the asteroid with a naquadah-enhanced warhead before it can reach Earth, until it emerges that the asteroid itself is ''made'' of naquadah and this would only make things worse.
* PrecisionCrash: Averted, as Carter estimates that the asteroid will hit "somewhere in the Arctic Circle".
* RunningGag: The following exchange is repeated at several points throughout the episode, regarding their increasingly slim chances:
-->'''Daniel:''' I'm confident.
-->'''O'Neill or Carter:''' Me too.
-->'''Teal'c:''' As am I.
* TakeAThirdOption: The team appears to be faced with either allowing the asteroid to hit or detonating the bomb and destroying Earth anyway, until Daniel and Carter come up with a suitably crazy plan to tow the asteroid ''through'' Earth by expanding the ship's hyperspace window.
-->'''O'Neill:''' [[LampshadeHanging Yep, Plan Three.]] Works every time.
* ThatsAnOrder: An unusually heartwarming example with Hammond ordering Sgt. Harriman to evacuate to the alpha site.
* TimeSkip: The episode skips ten days between the ship leaving Revanna and arriving at the asteroid.
* WireDilemma: O'Neill has to defuse the bomb manually after the keypad is destroyed by a meteor; Carter tells him to cut the red wire, but it turns out they're all yellow and he's forced to cut them randomly one-by-one instead.
-->'''O'Neill:''' You know, I'd like to take this opportunity to say that this is a very poorly-designed bomb and I think we should say something to somebody when we get back.
* WholePlotReference: To ''[[Film/{{Armageddon}} Armageddon]]''. This is duly lampshaded.
-->'''O'Neill:''' I've seen this movie. It hits Paris.
* YouAreInCommandNow: Discussed; Hammond tells O'Neill that if the mission is unsuccessful, the team is to go to the alpha site where O'Neill should take command.
* YourMom: After O'Neill goes to ask the Asgard for help and they refuse:
-->'''O'Neill:''' And after that, I kind of... lost my temper.
-->'''Hammond:''' What exactly does that mean?
-->'''Daniel:''' Let's just say that Jack made a reference to Freyr's mother.
