History Series / Warehouse13

** A funny moment in the season 4 premiere; when [[{{Omniglot}} Myka]] translates a writing in Portuguese (revealing yet another in the already long list of languages she knows), Pete, Artie, Claudia and Leena all look at her. She just responds, "Really? This is ''still'' a surprise to you?"

** At the end of "Personal Effects", when the doctor sees [[spoiler:Jessie's dead body on the roof, the hand holding the pipe is lying at his side. After they leave, his hand is now on his chest]].

** In the season 2 opener, we finally get to see what the smell of fudge signifies: invisible mines.
** When invited to the Warehouse in the first episode, Pete is told "Pack light. We'll ship what you need and store the rest." In season two, he complains about his stuff still not arriving.
** The scarab that appears in the first season opening shows up in the third season opener as one of the artifacts from Warehouse 2. It promptly burrows into the floor. Several episodes later, in "Past Imperfect", it ends up distracting a dog Artie was interrogating ([[ItMakesSenseInContext long story]]) and the dog finally catches it.

* CallingTheOldManOut: After [[spoiler: Steve]] is killed in the season 3 finale, Claudia calls the Regents (particularly [[spoiler: Jane]]) out for their cowardice and letting their agents take all the risk.

* DespairEventHorizon: As shown in "Breakdown", Sylvia Plath's typewriter is kept in the Dark Vault, with a neutralizer containment field to keep anyone from approaching it. Pete finds out the consequence of crossing the field; he instantly loses the will to live.

* DespairEventHorizon: In the season 4 premiere, after [[spoiler:the Warehouse is destroyed]], the remaining cast is understandably distraught. When Artie sees the ruins of Pandora's box, however, he reveals that the loss of that particular artifact also affects ''the entire human race'', which has all lost hope along with the box.

* EngagingConversation: In "13.1", Claudia, to Fargo, after they combine a Series/{{Eureka}}-tech laser cutting torch with an [[AmplifierArtifact Amplifier]] [[IncrediblyLamePun Artifact]] to make a [[strike: geek's wet-dream weapon]] [[StarWars lightsaber]] and use it to destroy some MechaMooks.

** (Just don't fly too close to the sun...)

* HatePlague: Shown in "Personal Effects", Bobby Jones's golf clubs drive the user to flip out over the slightest annoyance. When Artie gets a hold of it, he almost blurts out his secret to Leena.

* IdiotBall: HG catches it in the season 3 finale. She taps into an [[spoiler: indestructable forcefield to protect the other agents by making a smaller indestructable forcefield around a spot on the floor. If she had only had them put the super-bomb that was about to go off on that spot instead, no reset would have been needed.]]

* IgnoreTheFanservice: Whilst tracking down a CovertPervert who is using invisibility glasses to [[PowerPerversionPotential peak at women undressing]], a store employee points out that it's against company policy for people to watch the security cameras. Jinks jokes that he's allowed to because he's a secret service agent... and he also happens to be ''[[IncompatibleOrientation gay]]''.

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Artie keeps calling Fargo "Bismarck".

* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: The Regents. Lampshaded when they ask Artie whether he expected them to be "Hooded cloaked figures standing in half-light around a perpetually burning flame?"
** "You watch too many movies."

* PercussiveMaintenance: How the team resolves the issue with the time machine in "When and Where".
** Claudia [[ConversationalTroping names the trope]] in "Burnout," when her hologram projector doesn't cooperate at first.

* PowerPerversionPotential: The first pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses turn the user invisible. Jinx and Claudia find that they have wound up in the hands of a storeroom worker at a clothing shop. When Jinx questions what the guy could be doing with them, a woman dashes out of the changing room half-dressed and complaining about a ghost. He suddenly realizes the answer.

* RestoredMyFaithInHumanity: Myka (and later Pete and the rest of the Warehouse crew) seem to have done this for H.G., which leads to [[spoiler: her HeroicSacrifice in the season 3 finale]].

* ReverseMole: [[spoiler:Jinks. His firing was part of an elaborate ruse to figure out Sykes' endgame]].

* SceneryGorn: [[spoiler:The Warehouse is completely destroyed in the season 3 finale. There's an extended sequence where the explosion rips through the place]].

* TakeThat: In "Personal Effects", as Myka and Pete are headed to a pawnshop to look for artifacts, Pete calls out the show "Pawn Stars" (by naming the channel it's on, not the show itself) on how it portrays pawnshops. When Claudia enters the pawnshop later, she reveals how her impressions of pawnshops were influenced by said show.

'''Pete:''' Ah, ah, no. Don't say 'easy.' We'll miss dinner completely.

** Similarly, Saul "Artie" Rubinek played Dr. Carlson in an early episode of Eureka.

* OhCrap: This look crosses Claudia's face when H.G. Wells talks about what she did to the people who killed her daughter.
** And the look on Artie's face when [[spoiler: Walter Sykes enters Warehouse 13 via portal with Pete as his slave.]]
** ''And'' the look on [[spoiler:Steve]]'s face when he realizes the downside of the [[spoiler:metronome]].

---> '''Brother Adrian:''' As I said, we're from the Vatican. We know an awful lot of things about... an awful lot of things.

* PortalCut: [[spoiler:Walter Sykes dies when Pete cuts the power to a portal connecting Hong Kong and the Warehouse as he passes through it. Only his hand makes it to the other side, and promptly disintegrates, conveniently leaving the Artifact he had stolen unharmed]].

** The guitar Hendrix burned at Finsbury Park in 1967 was actually already in the warehouse, and it's effects are unknown. The guitar shown in the episode is another of Hendrix's guitars which shoots off electricity and continues to play itself.

** [[spoiler:In "Shadows", Walter Sykes was corrupted as a child by an artifact which gave him the ability to walk. The artifact was then collected by Warehouse agents (namely, Pete's mother). Everything he's done since then was to get that artifact back. And more]].

* StraightGay: Agent Jinks, who comes out to Claudia in the episode "Trials", and later to Pete and Myka in "Love Sick".
** Jinks' sexual preference is so far in the background, Claudia initially thought they had a quiet [[UnresolvedSexualTension flirtation-thing]] going until he had to explicity spell it out for her that she was [[IncompatibleOrientation not his type.]]

* TakeThat: In "Personal Effects", as Myka and Pete are headed to a pawnshop to look for artifacts, Pete calls out the show "Pawn Stars" (by naming the channel it's on, not the show itself) on how it portrays pawnshops. When Claudia enters it later, she reveals how her impressions of pawnshops were influenced by said show.

* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Tentacles:]] As revealed in "An Evil Within", Myka has a phobia for anything that has tentacles. Heck, even ''hearing the word'' unnerves her, much to Pete's amusement.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [=MacPherson=] loves this trope. [[{{Irony}} Then becomes the victim of it]] in the second season after H.G. Wells is through with him. Though a good portion of it is also that he threatens to reveal the plan.

* YouLookFamiliar: Since the crossover with "''Eureka''" and "''Alphas''" mean they are officially set in the same universe, should you watch a lot of old episodes, you suddenly realise that a ''lot'' of people must have dopplegangers running about.
** Particularly as Brent Spiner has appeared as different characters in both "''Alphas''" and "''Warehouse 13''", with his appearances taking place ''after'' the crossover was established.

*** Which is interesting alternative history, considering Tesla and Edison supposedly hated each other.

** Averted in the Season 4 premier when both are [[spoiler:brought back to life]].

* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:Steve Jinks]] and [[spoiler:bisexual H. G. Wells]] in the last few episodes of Season 3.

* EnhanceButton: Of *course* Claudia can do this. She's a super-hacker, remember?

* EquivalentExchange: In "Age Before Beauty", Man Ray's camera can reverse aging, but only by stealing youth from another person. The Phoenix charm, introduced in the season 1 finale, protects the user from fire, but burns someone else (or several people) alive in exchange.
** One of Mr. Kosan's theories in "An Evil Within" regarding the downside of the metronome is that the ones whom the revived person has touched are now slowly dying. It's revealed in "Personal Effects" that [[spoiler:the user of the metronome is wounded by whatever harms the revived person]].

** ThePowerOfHate: It's later clarified to actually contain the concentrated hatred of the entire Nazi regime, which is why is was so absurdly powerful. [[spoiler: After the ResetButton is used, Gandhi's cloak (an item of pure peace) is used to disarm it. When that doesn't work, H.G. Wells realizes they need to use it to take away Sykes' hate]].

* ForWantOfANail: If the events of the season 3 Christmas episode "The Greatest Gift" are to be believed, apparently if Pete wasn't born, Artie would have been arrested trying to snag the Bloodstone, Myka would have remained a Secret Service Agent, her father would have died, [=MacPherson=] would have convinced the Regents to let him run the Warehouse, and Claudia would have remained stuck in a mental hospital unable to save her brother.

--> '''Artie:''' I think, under an extreme circumstance, I can see [[spoiler:Ms. Wells]] behaving quite... heroically. I mean, if it came to it.
** In "Personal Effects", [[spoiler:the user of the weather-controlling pipe strikes himself with lightning to give his sick brother a heart]].

* IgnoreTheFanservice: Whilst tracking down a CovertPervert who is using invisibility glasses to [[PowerPerversionPotential peak at women undressing]], a store employeee points out that it's against company policy for people to watch the security cameras. Jinks jokes that he's allowed to because he's a secret service agent... and he also happens to be ''[[IncompatibleOrientation gay!]]''.

* ItIsBeyondSaving: H.G. Wells’ opinion of humanity and her reasoning for attempting to start a new Ice Age using the Minoan Trident at the end of Season 2.

** He mentions in "Love Sick" that he's tired of encountering Artifacts that he has to explain at his AA meetings. This is after he's exposed to W.C. Fields's juggling balls, an artifact which actually [[IntoxicationEnsues make you act drunk]].
--> '''Pete:''' How come every other artifact makes me have to call my sponsor?

--> '''Brother Adrian:''' As I said, we're from the Vatican. We know an awful lot of things about... an awful lot of things.

* SpontaneousHumanCombustion: The unfortunate side effect of the artifact in "For the Team."

--> '''Pete:''' You know, the History Channel has got to stop glamorizing the pawn industry.
---> (''later, when Claudia, Artie, Leena and Jinks arrive at the blown-up pawnshop'')
--> '''Claudia:''' Wow.\\

** Time is of the essence to unite two artifacts in the episode "Nevermore", with one agent in Colorado and the other in Oregon (about 900 miles apart)... however Pete comes rushing in to Colorado with the artifact seemingly a ''very'' short time after getting it in Oregon.

--->(''the containment fields shut down'')

--> '''Pete:''' Well, they could have at least made it challenging. You know, professional courtesy?

--> '''Myka:''' (''gesturing towards the men'') Okay, is that enough of a challenge for you?\\

--> '''Myka:''' We bag the artifacts; we'll be back in time for dinner.

--> '''Pete:''' I think we're gonna be late for dinner.

--> '''Claudia:''' So in a few minutes, we'll have names and addresses; what could be easier?\\

*** Well, Warehouse 2 was the [[http://ehistory.osu.edu/world/articles/ArticleView.cfm?AID=9 Library of Alexandria]]

* OffTheWagon: Several episodes keep drawing attention to the fact that Pete is a recovering alcoholic by stating it in the recap opening, but they subvert it by making the characters simply think he has when the truth is far weirder. Played somewhat straight in "Merge With Caution," where Pete falls off the wagon through no fault of his own when he body-swaps with Myka, who had been drinking at the time.

* IgnoreTheFanservice: Whilst tracking down a CovertPervert who is using invisibility glasses to [[PowerPerversionPotential peak at changing women]], a store employeee points out that it's against company policy for people to watch the security cameras. Jinks jokes that he's allowed to because he's a secret service agent... and he also happens to be ''[[IncompatibleOrientation gay!]]''.

** Possibly justified with Artie as he is mentioned as having been one of the people who worked on the mainframe system in the Warehouse, which in itself is one of the most advanced systems on the planet, and repeatedly shown as not being someone who is set in his ways of doing things. Claudia on the other hand constantly updates and tinkers with her gear in order to make it better. Given that we see some of the changes she made to certain things caused Artie to become irritable, it make sense that once she began making changes to the system, Artie could no longer keep up.

* ConversationalTroping: In "Elements", Claudia starts up her projector by smacking it, then she looks at Artie and says, "PercussiveMaintenance."

** The sunglasses artifact in "Personal Effects" has the ability to make the wearer invisible to the naked eye. The downside? You're still visible on camera. And when you take it off, you're temporarily blinded for twice the time you wore it.

** The season 4 opener shows a ferris wheel inside the Warehouse.

** In "Personal Effects", Myka and Pete talk about their task of finding a bunch of artifacts used by Walter Sykes. Myka claims that they'll be back in time for dinner. When the pawnshop they're headed to explodes, Pete comments they might be a bit late. Later, when Claudia says "what could be easier?" regarding tracking down the artifacts, Pete replies, "No, don't say 'easy'; we might miss dinner completely."

** One of Mr. Kosan's theories in "An Evil Within" regarding the downside of the metronome is that the ones whom the revived person has touched are now slowly dying.

* HatePlague: Bobby Jones' golf clubs drive the user to flip out over the slightest annoyance.

** The killer in "An Evil Within" views his targets as this. Each of his victims were people who he believes had a hand in killing his lover when she is trampled to death during a basketball game. As payback, he uses an artifact which makes them appear to be monsters to other people.

* SpiderSense: Pete's Vibes. [[spoiler:"Shadows" reveals he inherited it from his mom]].

* SpookyPainting: Causes Myka, Pete, and Claudia to be [[LockedInARoom stuck in a replica of Leena's Bed and Breakfast]] stored in the Warehouse.

* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:Steve Jinks]] and [[spoiler:bisexual H. G. Wells]] in the last few episodes of Season 3. Subverted in that [[IGotBetter they got better]].

* AlmightyJanitor: Seems to be the standard operating procedure for the Regents. At least one of them works as a cafe waitress.
** Another one, [[spoiler: Pete's mother]] is an elementary school teacher. She claims that Regents are picked based on their areas of expertise; in her case, her insight on children.

** Myka has this habit. It's most explicitly pointed out in 2x01 ("Time Will Tell") when Myka has the nerve to proclaim that there's no such thing as cavorite [[hottip:*:an AntiGravity metal from an HGWells story]] while she and Pete are stuck to the ceiling due to a gadget ''made by H.G. Wells''.

** ''And'' the look on [[spoiler:Steve's]] face when he realizes the downside of the [[spoiler:metronome]].

--> '''Brother Adrian:''' As I said, we're from the Vatican. We know an awful lot of things about... an awful lot of things.

** Played with in "An Evil Within," in which the villain of the week uses HPLovecraft's silver key to make ''other'' people see the person touched by the key as an EldritchAbomination.

-->''Pete shoves his sword through the {{Yandere}}'s stomach. NoSell.''
-->'''Pete''': Cheater!

---> '''Pete''': Let's all grow up a little, shall we?\\

* AnyoneCanDie: In the season 1 finale, [[spoiler:Artie... until the season 2 premiere]].

** [[spoiler: Artie's actions in "A New Hope", while restoring the Warehouse by turning back time, unleash a darkness that infects Claudia. If that wasn't bad enough, remember that she's the sort of person who could play havoc with the Warehouse when she was simply a PlayfulHacker from the ''outside''. Now she's gotten familiar with the Warehouse's systems, there's no telling ''what'' she could do.]]

** Collodi's bracelet is an odd version. It essentially is this to the user themselves, allowing the user to puppet their own disabled limbs and functionally regain mobility, at the cost of eventually darkening their soul, rendering them incapable of love.

* PocketProtector: Averted in the episode "Regrets"; a prisoner is shot by a warden under the influence of an artifact. The bullet is hampered by a Bible in his shirt pocket, but he dies anyway.

* SceneryGorn: [[spoiler:The Warehouse is completely destroyed in the season 3 finale. There's an extended sequence where the explosion rips through the place.]]

* SoulJar: In the season 3 premiere, [[spoiler:H.G. Wells, following her imprisonment, has her mind trapped in a modified magic 8-ball which can project her as a hologram. Her body, meanwhile, continues to live as a schoolteacher in Wyoming named Emily Lake.]]

* SpiderSense: Pete's Vibes. [[spoiler:Season 3 reveals he inherited it from his mom]].

* StartOfDarkness: [=MacPherson's=] came when he used the Phoenix to save his lover. By "dying" temporarily, he saw the afterlife, which from his point of view was nothing but darkness. He assumed there was nothing after life, and so all that matters is now. He attempts to expose Artie to this in order to make him act the same, but it backfires since Artie sees light and hope.

** [[spoiler: Walter Sykes was corrupted as a child by an artifact which gave him the ability to walk. The artifact was then collected by Warehouse agents (namely, Pete's mother). Everything he's done since then was to get that artifact back. And more]].

* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Tentacles:]] As revealed in "An Evil Within", Myka has a phobia for anything that has tentacles. Heck, even the very ''word'' itself unnerves her, much to Pete's amusement.

* AnyoneCanDie: In the season 1 finale, [[spoiler:Artie... until the season 2 premiere.]]

* BeamOWar: Between two [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience opposingly-colored]] Tesla stun-guns.

** Inverted in the Season 3 premiere when Jinks who can always tell when a person is lying. He quickly discards the easily acceptable lies Claudia and Artie offer up and readily believes the truth about the ArtifactsOfDoom.

** As do BruceLee's punching bag, JackKirby's belt, [[Literature/TheBible Samson's]] Jawbone and Babe Ruth's baseball bat.

* CripplingOverspecialization: The Remati Shackle is a last resort defense system for the Warehouse, which seals the building in a force field. However, it can't protect from threats ''inside'' the Warehouse, and the force field doesn't dissipate until the threat is over, which would essentially trap anyone in the Warehouse inside with the threat.

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Even though Hugo was missing half of his mind, some of the things he said [[ChekhovsGun make sense]].
* CurseCutShort: Graffiti by a grandma. Artie pauses the security video before the C is finished.

* EasyAmnesia: The artifact in "Trial" causes an extreme version of this when not used correctly. The tie clip extracts memories while the cufflinks restore them, giving the user enhanced interrogation abilities. Using only the former causes accelerated memory regression in the victim until they lose ''involuntary body functions''.

* EngagingConversation: Claudia, to Fargo, after they combine a Series/{{Eureka}}-tech laser cutting torch with an [[AmplifierArtifact Amplifier]] [[IncrediblyLamePun Artifact]] to make a [[strike: geek's wet-dream weapon]] [[StarWars lightsaber]] and use it to destroy some MechaMooks.

** From the episode "An Evil Within": Claudia, dressed as a high-heeled secretary, hair tied in a bun and wearing stockings; changing clothes in an elevator (with a brief shot of her in a bra); then reappearing as a scrub nurse. And all in less than five minutes.

* GenreSavvy: One of Myka's main areas of expertise as a Warehouse agent is her extensive knowledge of literature, a result of her upbringing as a bookstore owner's daughter.

** Pete's knowledge of old movies really comes in handy when an Artifact brings television to life.

* GrapplingHookPistol: H.G. Wells has one, self-built, which is later passed on to Myka.

* InsistentTerminology[=/=]ItsPronouncedTroPAY: In "Queen for a Day", Pete's ex-wife keeps pronouncing the name of the town as "uni-ville." Pete repeatedly corrects her that it's "un-i-ville."

** Given the stuff we see often getting put into the Warehouse, you can understand ''why'' some ended up destroyed and why it's probably better that some ''were'' lost.