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* GoshDangItToHeck: When the protagonists first see the OminousFog, this is Coberly's reaction:
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-->'''Coberly:''' Jeeee-hoshaphat!
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* BottleEpisode: "The Probe" was written and filmed ''after'' ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' was canceled because the producers owed Creator/{{ABC}} one more episode. Therefore, the script was tailored to be made as quickly and cheaply as possible. Most of the story takes place inside the probe, which is decorated with props [[invoked]] [[PropRecycling created for earlier episodes]]. Aside from the obligatory MonsterOfTheWeek, special effects are kept to a minimum.
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* BottleEpisode: "The Probe" was written and filmed ''after'' ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' was canceled because the producers owed Creator/{{ABC}} one more episode. Therefore, the script was tailored to be made as quickly and cheaply as possible. Most of the story takes place inside the probe, which is a minimal set decorated with props [[invoked]] [[PropRecycling created for earlier episodes]]. Aside from the obligatory MonsterOfTheWeek, special effects are kept to a minimum.
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* BottleEpisode: It "The Probe" was written and filmed ''after'' the series ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' was canceled because the producers owed Creator/{{ABC}} one more episode. Therefore, the script was tailored to be made as quickly and cheaply as possible. Most of the story takes place inside the probe, which is decorated with props [[invoked]] [[PropRecycling created for earlier episodes]]. Aside from the obligatory MonsterOfTheWeek, special effects are kept to a minimum.
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* StuffBlowingUp: The aliens destroy their own probe so the microbe won't contaminate the Earth.
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* BottleEpisode: It was written and filmed ''after'' the series was canceled because the producers owed Creator/{{ABC}} one more episode. Therefore, the script was tailored to be made as quickly and cheaply as possible. Most of the story takes place inside the probe, which is decorated with props [[PropRecycling created for earlier episodes]]. Aside from the obligatory MonsterOfTheWeek, special effects are kept to a minimum.
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* BottleEpisode: It was written and filmed ''after'' the series was canceled because the producers owed Creator/{{ABC}} one more episode. Therefore, the script was tailored to be made as quickly and cheaply as possible. Most of the story takes place inside the probe, which is decorated with props [[invoked]] [[PropRecycling created for earlier episodes]]. Aside from the obligatory MonsterOfTheWeek, special effects are kept to a minimum.minimum.
* FirstContactFauxPas: The aliens just want to learn more about our planet, and they don't seem to realize they've captured some living beings until Amanda makes contact. Afterwards, they prove their benevolence by not only helping the humans escape, but heeding Amanda's warning about contamination.
* FirstContactFauxPas: The aliens just want to learn more about our planet, and they don't seem to realize they've captured some living beings until Amanda makes contact. Afterwards, they prove their benevolence by not only helping the humans escape, but heeding Amanda's warning about contamination.
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* OminousFog: Occurs inside the probe spradically throughout the episode.
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* OminousFog: Occurs inside the probe spradically throughout the episode.
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* BlobMonster: The Mikie is such a formless, shapeless mass that it's hard to tell there's a human being inside it.
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* BlobMonster: The Mikie Mikie, which is such a formless, shapeless mass that it's hard to tell there's a human being inside it.
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* BottleEpisode: It was written and filmed ''after'' the series was canceled because the producers owed Creator/{{ABC}} one more episode. Therefore, the script was tailored to be made as quickly and cheaply as possible. Most of the story takes place inside the probe, which is decorated with props ((invoked))[[PropRecycling [[PropRecycling created for earlier episodes]]. Aside from the obligatory MonsterOfTheWeek, special effects are kept to a minimum.
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* BottleEpisode: It was written and filmed ''after'' the series was canceled because the producers owed Creator/{{ABC}} one more episode. Therefore, the script was tailored to be made as quickly and cheaply as possible. Most of the story takes place inside the probe, which is decorated with props [[PropRecycling ((invoked))[[PropRecycling created for earlier episodes]]. Aside from the obligatory MonsterOfTheWeek, special effects are kept to a minimum.
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* GoryDiscretionShot: In a variation, the Mikie consumes Coberly during a commercial break.
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* GoryDiscretionShot: In a variation, the Mikie consumes Coberly Dexter during a commercial break.
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* SpoilerTitle: This episode's title, considering that the story is about a group of plane crash survivors who wind up on an alien space probe--without either the characters or the audience initially realizing it--and spend about half the episode [[OntologicalMystery trying to figure out where they are]].
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* SpoilerTitle: This episode's title, considering that the story is about a group of plane crash survivors who wind up on an alien space probe--without probe -- without either the characters or the audience initially realizing it--and it -- and spend about half the episode [[OntologicalMystery trying to figure out where they are]].
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* BlobMonster: The Mikie is such a formless, shapeless mass that it's hard to tell there's a human being inside it.
* BottleEpisode: It was written and filmed ''after'' the series was canceled because the producers owed Creator/{{ABC}} one more episode. Therefore, the script was tailored to be made as quickly and cheaply as possible. Most of the story takes place inside the probe, which is decorated with props [[PropRecycling created for earlier episodes]]. Aside from the obligatory MonsterOfTheWeek, special effects are kept to aminimum. minimum.
* TheGhost: We never learn what the aliens who created the probe look like.
* GoryDiscretionShot: In a variation, the Mikie consumes Coberly during a commercial break.
* BottleEpisode: It was written and filmed ''after'' the series was canceled because the producers owed Creator/{{ABC}} one more episode. Therefore, the script was tailored to be made as quickly and cheaply as possible. Most of the story takes place inside the probe, which is decorated with props [[PropRecycling created for earlier episodes]]. Aside from the obligatory MonsterOfTheWeek, special effects are kept to a
* TheGhost: We never learn what the aliens who created the probe look like.
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* TheUnseen: We never learn what the aliens who created the probe look like.
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* BatDeduction: The episode is frequently criticized for this, as the characters quickly and easily deduce various aspects of the OntologicalMystery to keep the plot moving.
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* TheUnseen: We never learn what the aliens who created the probe look like.
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* BatDeduction: This episode is frequently criticized for this, as the characters quickly and easily figure out various aspects of the OntologicalMystery to keep the plot moving.
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* BatDeduction: This episode is frequently criticized for this, as the characters quickly and easily figure out deduce various aspects of the OntologicalMystery to keep the plot moving.
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* MrExposition: Combined with BatDeduction, as Jeff is the one who usually figures out what's going on and explains it to both [[TheWatson the other characters]] and the audience.
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* MrExposition: Combined with BatDeduction, as Jeff is the one who usually figures out what's going on and explains it to both [[TheWatson the other characters]] and (and, indirectly, the audience.audience).
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* MrExposition: Combined with BatDeduction, as Jeff is the one who usually figures out what's going on and explains it to both [[TheWatson the other characters]] and the audience.
* OntologicalMystery: As Amanda eloquently puts it, ''"Where are we?!"''
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* OntologicalMystery: As Amanda eloquently puts it, ''"Where are we?!"''
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Voice:''' The persistence of Man's curiosity led him into new worlds. Without conquering his own, he invaded the sub-world of the microscope, and the outer-world of space. It is said turnabout is fair play… but is it?
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->'''The Control Voice:'''Voice:''' A few days, a week, a month… Will the Earth be visited by a stranger from the universe? A warm, compassionate stranger, to tell us of wonders beyond imagination, of life beyond comprehension, of secrets from the treasure house of stars?
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[[caption-width-right:350:...that repels the hungry "Mikie".]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:The aliens dose Jeff, Amanda and Coberly with a chemical...]]
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A group of plane crash survivors gradually realize they've been taken aboard a gigantic space probe, where they must avoid a monstrous, mutated microbe while trying to contact the aliens who have unwittingly captured them.
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