History Series / StargateUniverse

* MsFanservice: Second Lieutenant James' role has been mostly limited to secondary character one-liners, and being large breasted. Though that's been countered a few times, such as her long standing deal with [[TriangRelations Scott and Chloe]], her saving people from electrified corridors by ''[[CrazyAwesome running straight through them]]'', and a subplot dealing with some inadequacy issues around Colonel Young and her own abilities in the back half of the season.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Alaina Huffman was pregnant during filming, so it was worked into the plot.

** Alisen Down reprises her one-off character (Dr. Brightman) from an episode of SG-1 five years previously, as the occasional guest character whenever they need an Earth doctor.

* DieHardOnAnX: The season 1 finale to season 2 premiere story-arc with the Lucian Alliance. It's a little more complicated than the basic version, since there's Scott and Greer climbing on the outside of the ship and running the classic [=McClane=], Eli and Chloe are out of contact but in position to help, Telford working as a ReverseMole, and Rush trying to gain leverage by taking control of the ship's systems. And Rush honestly doesn't give a shit about the hostages, so while Young surrenders quickly, he doesn't. And then there's several splintering factions of the Lucian Alliance. [[UpToEleven And then there's a pulsar that will fry everyone on the ship into a pile of ash.]]

* TheMole: Telford for the Lucian Alliance.
** ReverseMole: After his mental conditioning was broken by Young.
* [[{{Fainting}} The Monster Faint]]: Inverted. [[spoiler:When one of the aliens in "Awakening" runs into a human, it's the ''alien'' that faints. To make it even funnier, the alien faints in front of Volker, probably the least combative character on the show.]]

* InscrutableAliens: The crew aboard the ''Destiny'' is chased by a StarfishAlien species ([[WordOfGod dubbed the Nakai by executive producer Joseph Mallozi]]) that only transmitted the word "surrender" as a constant enemy, and the crew ends up finding little (if any) information about them during the course of the series.

* NoodleImplements: Some awful tasting fruit that the crew came across apparently found a use, but we don't learn it beofre the ship comes under attack.

* {{Adorkable}}: Eli and Amanda Perry.

* SeinfeldianConversation: These occur frequently between Brody and Volker, such as the debate over whether a particular piece of music ought to be referred to as the theme from ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' or "Also Sprach Zarathustra" by Johann Strauss

''SGU'' had a couple of fairly big name actors (Creator/RobertCarlyle, known for his role in the film ''Film/{{Trainspotting}},'' and Creator/MingNaWen, a Chinese actress with numerous cinematic credits, who was probably best known for her role as Dr. Chen in the medical drama ''Series/{{ER}}'', and as the voice of WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}).

''SGU'' had a couple of fairly big name actors (Creator/RobertCarlyle, known for his role in the film ''Film/{{Trainspotting}},'' and Creator/MingNaWen, a Chinese actress with numerous cinematic credits, who was probably best known for her role as Dr. Chen in the medical drama ''Series/{{ER}}'', and as the voice of Disney/{{Mulan}}).

** Given [[PuppeteerParasite what the SGC has had to deal with in the past in the Stargate universe]], this is quite a logical fear to have. Everyone knows what the Goa'uld are and how they work at this point.

** Given [[PuppeteerParasite what the SGC has had to deal with in the past in the Stargate universe, this is quite a logical fear to have]]. Everyone knows what the Goa'uld are and how they work at this point.

* InternetBackdraft: There have been some complaints about the perceived oversexualization of Lieutenant James. This may have, itself, have been due in part to an InternetBackdraft that is ''almost'' entirely unrelated, over whether science fiction has become [[FanDumb too feminine and soapy]] (with ''[[Series/BabylonFive Babylon 5]]'' and ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' presented as examples). Some unfortunate comments were made along with some noting that ''SGU'' looked like it was about to get science fiction TV "back on track." Naturally, the offended other side jumped at the opportunity to attack ''SGU''. Part of the problem is that the franchise is sending mixed signals, as ''Universe'' is using elements of TeenDrama, which is the very thing that ''Series/StargateSG1'' parodied in "200" with their "Young SG-1" scene. This is exemplified in the characters of Lt. Scott, who is ThePornomancer when off-duty, and Chloe, who apparently leaves {{Love Triangle}}s wherever she goes. One wonders why people are complaining about her being sexy ''and'' a secondary character, despite Scott being on the main cast and having more ''actual'' sex than her. Brought up in-universe as James [[AllLoveIsUnrequited is still holding a candle]] for Scott even though he jumped ship on her, and jumped right back with Chloe. And she specifically says that she doesn't [[ReallyGetsAround really get around]], throwing the audience's perception for a loop.

* ColonelBadass: For the first few episodes, Col. Young appeared as if his his character should've been named Col. [[{{Peanuts}} Charlie Brown]]. But... after finally deciding "enough is Enough," he hauled off and kicked three kinds of ass. And he did it to the show's two resident {{Jerkass}}es, using some pretty neat cunning to pull it off, too. Yep, he's officially a badass.

** As of "Space", Lt. James has made the jump from generally useless [[PowerPerversionPotential Kino magnet]] to semi-sympathetic third stringer, complete with CrowningMomentOfAwesome and basic character insight. In an episode that didn't even focus on her for more than 5 minutes.

** [[spoiler: Alternate Young on Novus confesses that he failed the crew by not getting them home. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming alternate Chloe tells him they ''are'' home.]]]]

** Seeing [[spoiler:Simeon getting stampeded in "Malice" after he killed Ginn and Amanda Perry. Since he was the one who caused it, this counts as Rush's CrowningMomentOfAwesome so far]].

The show was canceled midway through its second season. [[KickTheDog The cast and crew only learned of the cancellation via Twitter.]] There was some speculation that the reason for the show's failure was a retaliatory campaign conducted by [[FanDumb angry fans]] of ''Series/StargateAtlantis'', due to the removal of the [[TheHeart Heart]] character of that show, Dr. Carson Beckett. SGU had a couple of fairly big name actors (Robert Carlyle, known for his role in the film ''Trainspotting,'' and Ming-Na Wen, a Chinese actress with numerous cinematic credits, who was probably best known for her role as Chun Li in the live action ''Street Fighter'' movie and Agent May in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'').

In June 2017, the series ''finally'' got a continuation in the form of a comic book series from American Mythology Productions, picking up immediately after Season 2.

Also, check out the [[Characters/StargateUniverse Character Sheet]]. And [[Recap/StargateUniverse recap page]].

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* IKnowMortalKombat: Eli is familiar with the Ancient language because of an SGC-made MMORPG. Which is actually TruthInTelevision, as the game they show him playing is in fact [[VideoGame/StargateWorlds the actual Stargate MMO]] that was in production at the time.

* JitterCam: While ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' probably was an influence, the producers have mentioned shows like ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' and even ''Series/TheShield'' when discussing this element. They even had ''The Shield'''s director of photography working on the pilot to help them establish it. There's one bit where Eli manages to find a remote-controlled hovering camera, and he looks into the lens in [[TheOffice much the same way Jim does]]. The later episodes seem to tone down the use of the jitter save for instances where they're trying to establish a certain feel such as when the crew does [=EVAs=] on the hull of the ''Destiny''.

The - thus far as of 2017 - final installment of the ''Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}}'' franchise that began in 2009 and ended in 2011.

* HiddenInPlainSight: The US Air Force hid an Ancient equation in a ''WorldOfWarCraft''-like [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame MMORPG]] and monitored anyone who tried to solve it for the purposes of recruiting them for the Stargate Program. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Eli:

** Rush's backstory, which involves his terminally-ill spouse, who's death causes him to let his work become an obsession, ending with him on a starship travelling to a distant region of space, where he is comforted by visions of his dead wife? Perhaps merely a coincidence, but the strong parallels to the plot of ''TheFountain'' are definitely there.

* Expy: Jason and Ellie in "Common Descent" seem to be this to Eli and Chloe. [[spoiler: Justifiable as they're descendants of the "Twin ''Destiny''" crew]].