History Series / Colony

* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler: The loyal Red Hat troops in Los Angeles are disarmed, rounded up and shipped to the Factory with the rest of the city's population when the Hosts enact [[FinalSolution Total Rendition]].]]

* AlienInvasion: The second season opener showed us that this was a combination variant. And that they clearly completed their [[JustForFun/HowToInvadeAnAlienPlanet required reading / homework]].

* BigBrotherIsWatching: The Bowman's house is filled with concealed surveillance cameras in every room (including the bathroom) due to Katie's involvement with the Resistance. Additionally, the city is monitored by drones, and eventually put under even more surveillance, with hundreds of people viewing the populace.

** In the season 2 finale [[spoiler: The entire population of Los Angeles, with the exception of the Bowman family, Snyder, and a small number of [=VIPs=] are being shipped off to their deaths.]]

* FinalSolution: The colony blocs are not cities, [[spoiler:they are giant concentration camps, with the LA bloc scheduled to be emptied of people within 2 years.]] By the end of season 2, [[spoiler: the Hosts decide move up the timetable and ship everyone off to The Factory immediately.]]
** The CTA even has a word for it: Total Rendition.

* PunchClockVillain: Many members of the CTA are only working to keep their families safe and fed, including [[spoiler: Will himself for most of the series.]]

* ReligionOfEvil: The Greatest Day, which worships the Hosts and encourages total obedience and compliance with their regime.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Lots of things pop up from our own history if you read them correctly.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: The Hosts did their homework before and after their invasion;
** Contact was made decades before the Arrival, and by the time of the invasion the Hosts and their human collaborators had infiltrated or outright replaced many of the governments of Earth.
** The Hosts had access to both the Internet and government databases to pre-identify the best candidates for collaboration, as well as likely threats.
** The invasion kicked off with an EMP attack that shut down electronics and communications worldwide. LA's defenses are said to have lasted less than 8 hours after the EMP, with the wall segments dropping down from orbit not long after.
** In the Pilot, Will notes that most of the surviving Law enforcement, military, and intelligence personnel disappeared in the days following the Arrival, likely killed or given a JoinOrDie ultimatum by the collaborators.
* DisproportionateRetribution: "Gateway" reveals that the "Hosts" tend towards this. [[spoiler:Dallas was nuked after two "Hosts" were kidnapped and killed.]]
** When the [[spoiler: Red Hand blows up an automated transport ship, the Raps destroy the labor camp that the cargo came from and it is implied in "Garden of Beasts" all the other labor camps serving the Los Angeles bloc.]]

* BadBoss: Dan Bennett, the new leader of Homeland Security in the second season. He makes it clear from the beginning that he only cares about looking good to his superiors, and constantly browbeats his subordinates to produce results...or else. Ironically, Jennifer McMahon was ready to turn Will and Katie in to him, but his condescension and threats convinced her to rethink her decision.

* ChurchOfEvil: The Greatest Day, which worships the Hosts and encourages total obedience and compliance with their regime.

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The Resistance is shown to use quite brutal tactics in their fight against the collaborationist CTA government, and one member, Quayle, openly argues against being merciful. Later Red Hand is shown to be use even more ruthless ones, attacking civilians who collaborate with the occupation and making use of suicide bombings.

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The Resistance is shown to use quite brutal tactics in their fight against the collaborationist CTA government, and their leader Quayle openly argues against being merciful. Later Red Hand is shown to be use even more ruthless ones, attacking civilians who collaborate with the occupation and making use of suicide bombings.

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The Resistance is shown to use quite brutal tactics in their fight against the collaborationist CTA government, and their leader Quayle openly argues against being merciful. Later Red Hand is shown to be even more ruthless, attacking civilians who collaborate with the occupation and making use of suicide bombings.

* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: The CTA refers to all rebels as "terrorists". Of course, to them and their supporters the rebels are freedom fighters. While on the one hand, the Resistance can be brutal, they largely target CTA government officials and soldiers. Red Hand, on the other hand, attacks ''anyone'' who collaborates, and even uses suicide bombings, putting them more firmly in the "terrorist" category.

** The CTA even has a word for it: Final Rendition.

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The Resistance is shown to use quite brutal tactics in their fight against the collaborationist CTA government, and their leader Quayle openly argues against being merciful.

* ChurchOfEvil: The Greatest Day, which worships the Hosts and encourages obedience and compliance with their regime.

** The people running the Colonial Transition Authority spend just as much time stabbing each other in the back and jockeying for position as they do actually running the occupation.

* LaResistance: The CTA's administration is being hindered by anti-occupation resistance forces. LA has a number of guerrilla forces operating in secret.
** Season 2 introduces the Red Hand, a much more fanatical group that sees any collaboration, for any reason (even if it's to act as TheMole) as a crime worthy of death.
** We eventually learn there's a larger organized resistance movement operating outside the colonies.
* LesCollaborateurs: Known as "The Proxies", they're placed in charge of governing the occupied cities (known as ''Blocs'').

* [[spoiler: PenalColony]][=/=]TheGulag: The Factory. There are also labor camps outside the walls, which are considered a slightly better alternative to the Factory.

** The Resistance is not just one united group in LA. Another new one is called Red Hand. Although Broussard is also pretty ruthless himself, Red Hand goes even further, attacking civilians who show any sign at all of supporting the government and even using suicide bombings against targets. Eventually the two come into conflict, with Broussard leading an attack against them which successfully wipes them out.

** The Resistance is not just one united group in LA. Another new one is called Red Hand. Although Broussard is pretty ruthless himself, Red Hand goes even further, attacking civilians who show any sign at all of supporting the government and even using suicide bombings against targets. Eventually the two come into conflict, with Broussard leading an attack against them which successfully wipes them out.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Detective Burke is revealed to have a family, happily singing "We'll Meet Again" with his daughter while his wife watches as they visit him in the hospital where he's recovering after Will stabbed him. He tells them they'll be going on a vacation after they're told they have to evacuate. The Red Berets are also motivated to let Snyder and the Bowman family leave after they're told they'll be left behind with their families when the rendition of LA takes place.

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Resistance is not just one united group in LA. Another new one is called Red Hand. Although Broussard is pretty ruthless himself, Red Hand goes even further, attacking civilians who show any sign at all of supporting the government and even using suicide bombings against targets. Eventually the two come into conflict, with Broussard leading an attack against them which successfully wipes them out. We learn the aliens have both hardliners and moderates also, with the former pushing for La's rendition into the Factory.

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Resistance is not just one united group in LA. Another new one is called Red Hand. Although Broussard is pretty ruthless himself, Red Hand goes even further, attacking civilians who show any sign at all of supporting the government and even using suicide bombings against targets. Eventually the two come into conflict, with Broussard leading an attack against them which successfully wipes them out.

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Resistance is not just one united group in LA. Another new one is called Red Hand. Although Broussard is pretty ruthless himself, Red Hand goes even further, attacking civilians who show any sign at all of supporting the government and even using suicide bombings against targets. Eventually the two come into conflict, with Broussard leading an attack against them which successfully kills their leader and many of the soldiers.

* KangarooCourt: Unsurprisingly, the collaborationist Colonial Transitional Authority's courts are run this way. "Geronimo" has no lawyer and was bribed to sit silently through his trial until he's found guilty and sentenced to death. [[spoiler:Then, instead of being spared as Snyder promised, he immediately gets taken out to hang.]]

* SuicideAttack: Red Hand uses this against government targets, recruiting men who have nothing to lose (the one we see is already dying) using sex with a female operative as a tool. He attempts to flee when he's discovered, and the bomb gets detonated remotely instead. Mia volunteers to blow the alien ship up later this way too.

* WeAreStrugglingTogether: The Resistance is not just one united group in LA. Another new one is called Red Hand. Although Broussard is pretty ruthless himself, Red Hand goes even further, attacking civilians who show any sign of supporting the government and even using suicide bombings against targets.

* ApocalypseAnarchy: In contrast to the Hollywood bloc, which is a rigidly controlled PoliceState, the Santa Monica bloc is a lawless hellhole controlled by militia gangs who drove back the Red Hats. And judging by a conversation between Snyder and Helena, it's the Hollywood bloc that's the exception to the rule among all the colonies.

''Colony'' is a 2016 drama/science fiction television series broadcasted by the USA Network, created by Carlton Cuse and Ryan J. Condal. The show stars Creator/JoshHolloway, Creator/SarahWayneCallies, Peter Jacobson and Amanda Righetti. It had an early bird preview on December 21, 2015 when the pilot episode was aired on the network's official website. Otherwise, the show officially made its premiere on January 14, 2016 with a 10 episode first season. A second season was soon ordered.

* PetTheDog: Snyder shows more empathy and kindness than other CTA officials. He's permitted the LA Bloc citizens more privileges while Proxy and got Bowman a pass into the Santa Monica Bloc to find his son as a reward for his help. As a labor camp warden, he was far less harsh than the head guard, and even rescued Bram just prior to the entire place being bombed. Though still brutal at times and a traitor to the human race, he's head and shoulders better than most of the collaborators we see.