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* DaylightHorror: Balleseros' discovery of the group of infected monkeys frozen alive, and his sharing the discovery with Doreen, take place in snowy arctic daylight, the better to notice that many died in terror.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: In the cryogenics lab, we see rodents submerged in oxygenated fluid, something we've been able to do in a lab since the '70s.
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* TheyCallHimSword: The Scythe is an assassin named after his WeaponOfChoice, to the point that he [[DoNotCallMePaul hates being called by his real name]].

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* TheyCallHimSword: The Scythe is an assassin named after his WeaponOfChoice, weapon, to the point that he [[DoNotCallMePaul hates being called by his real name]].

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* DesignerBabies: Arctic Biosystems lab rats are genetically engineered to lack sex organs, which, according to Daniel Aerov, makes them more controllable.


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* NoBiologicalSex: Arctic Biosystems lab rats are genetically engineered to lack sex organs, which, according to Daniel Aerov, makes them more controllable.
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* NotSoDifferent: In "274," when Daniel shoots one of the Vectors who's coming toward Dr. Hatake, Alan is outraged and insists that he panicked. Daniel counters that he made a judgment call and that Alan would have done the same. Alan does eventually have to turn a gun on a Vector, but Daniel is still using false equivalency; the one Daniel shot was trying to surrender, while the one Alan shot was flat-out homicidal.

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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: In "274," when Daniel shoots one of the Vectors who's coming toward Dr. Hatake, Alan is outraged and insists that he panicked. Daniel counters that he made a judgment call and that Alan would have done the same. Alan does eventually have to turn a gun on a Vector, but Daniel is still using false equivalency; the one Daniel shot was trying to surrender, while the one Alan shot was flat-out homicidal.

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* TruthInTelevision: Both NARVIK strains were recovered from the depths of the Antarctic ice pack. The CDC scientists are bewildered by ancient viruses being resurrected... which is also [[http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26387276 feared in real life.]]

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Both NARVIK strains were recovered from the depths of the Antarctic ice pack. The CDC scientists are bewildered by ancient viruses being resurrected... which is also [[http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26387276 feared in real life.]]]]
** How dark the pigmentation is in the iris of the eye does affect how sensitive the eye is to the light. People with pale blue eyes are (slightly) more sensitive to bright light than those with dark brown eyes, for example. This is also why people with albinism have eyes that are very sensitive to light, as they lack pigmentation in the irises.

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Now has its own [[Characters/{{Helix}} characters]] page that NeedsWikiMagicLove!
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* OminousObsidianOoze: The NARVIK-B virus modifies its victims' behavior so they become super-strong, paranoid, aggressive and biologically driven to infect others via forcible transmission, which entails assaulting and restraining victims and vomiting a black secretion into their mouths. The vectors also develop TaintedVeins as their blood turns black, and adding growth factor to a petri dish of monkey blood infected with NAVIK-B results in an explosive growth of black biomass. The black gunk is such an integral visual motif that it's featured dripping off the "X" in the series Title Card.
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* AFamilyAffair: Alan became estranged from his brother Peter because the latter was having an affair with Alan's wife Julia, whom he divorced over it. When he's forced into WorkingWithTheEx and learns that Peter's life might be in jeopardy, Alan nevertheless is determined to help his brother.
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* NoughtiesDramaSeries: While it started out as a straightforward thriller about stopping a plague, it quickly delved into age-old conspiracies and multi-linear plots.

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* TheAgeless: [[spoiler:Hatake and the board of Ilaria Corporation are a group of immortals from the 1500s.]]

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* TheAgeless: [[spoiler:Hatake and the board of Ilaria Corporation are a group of immortals from the 1500s. However, despite their longevity, they can still be destroyed by most things that would kill an ordinary human, such as decapitation.]]


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* ImmortalProcreationClause: Averted; immortals are capable of having children, including to each other. [[spoiler:Julia is the offspring of immortals Hiroshi Hataka and Jane Walker, although her own immortality had to be "activated" first.]]
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* SadisticChoice: The Scythe forces Hatake to choose between [[spoiler:letting either Julia or Daniel have [[YourHeadASplode their heads blown up]], with a 30 second timer before they both go. Hatake can't bring himself to choose, so Daniel [[HeroicSacrifice sets his off deliberately]].

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* SadisticChoice: The Scythe forces Hatake to choose between [[spoiler:letting either Julia or Daniel have [[YourHeadASplode their heads blown up]], with a 30 second timer before they both go. Hatake can't bring himself to choose, so Daniel [[HeroicSacrifice sets his off deliberately]].]]
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* SadisticChoice: The Scythe forces Hatake to choose between [[spoiler:letting either Julia or Daniel have [[YourHeadASplode their heads blown up]], with a 30 second timer before they both go. Hatake can't bring himself to choose, so Daniel [[HeroicSacrifice sets his off deliberately

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* SadisticChoice: The Scythe forces Hatake to choose between [[spoiler:letting either Julia or Daniel have [[YourHeadASplode their heads blown up]], with a 30 second timer before they both go. Hatake can't bring himself to choose, so Daniel [[HeroicSacrifice sets his off deliberatelydeliberately]].

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