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* TakingYouWithMe: A [[AlmostDeadGuy dying Cevedic]] taunts Travis that he has a choice of a slow death from gangrene or getting blown up when Docholli operates on his ArtificialLimb. Travis still gets Docholli to operate on it, no doubt hoping to blow up Blake with him. But the bomb in his arm is not [[JustForPun armed]], as Servalan wants Docholli captured alive.

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* TakingYouWithMe: A [[AlmostDeadGuy dying Cevedic]] taunts Travis that he has a choice of a slow death from gangrene or getting blown up when Docholli operates on his ArtificialLimb. Travis still gets Docholli to operate on it, no doubt hoping to blow up Blake with him. But the bomb in his arm is not [[JustForPun armed]], armed, as Servalan wants Docholli captured alive.
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* MyNameIsNotDurwood: None of the actors seem to know how to pronounce Cevedic.
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* AlienLunch: "Try a pataki cake. They contain the distilled venom of a local reptile, and the effects are highly stimulating."
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* CallBack: Mention is made of Space City in "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS2E2Shadow Shadow]]".

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* CallBack: Mention is made of Space City in from "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS2E2Shadow Shadow]]".
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* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Servalan negotiates with Krantor, the criminal overlord of [[ViceCity Freedom City]]. Once free of each other's presence, both parties make their true feelings known.

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* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Servalan negotiates with Krantor, the criminal overlord of [[ViceCity Freedom City]]. Once free of each other's presence, both parties make their true feelings known.known:
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* SpitTake: Avon spits the (ice cream?) he's eating when Vila (who has been drugged) is lead onto the casino stage to play the Klute at speed chess, thereby risking both his life, if he loses, and their substantial winnings.

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* SpitTake: Avon spits out the (ice cream?) food he's eating when Vila (who has been drugged) is lead onto the casino stage to play the Klute at speed chess, thereby risking both his life, if he loses, and their substantial winnings.
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* StayInTheKitchen: Averted for once; unlike previous episodes this season, Blake takes Jenna and Cally down to the planet with him and orders Avon and Vila to stay on the Liberator and man the teleport. However, unlike the women in previous episodes[[note]]except when Jenna saved the day in "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS2E5PressurePoint Pressure Point]]"[[/note]], the men disregard Blake's orders and travel down to Freedom City for some illicit money-making.

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Removing natter.


* CallBack: Mention is made of Space City in "Shadow".

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* CallBack: Mention is made of Space City in "Shadow"."[[Recap/BlakesSevenS2E2Shadow Shadow]]".



** Orac says he's limited in the amount of time he can shrink, so maybe there's a power consideration as well



* MeaningfulEcho: Vila repeats his sardonic "makes it seem all worthwhile" line from "Bounty".

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* MeaningfulEcho: Vila repeats his sardonic "makes it seem all worthwhile" line from "Bounty"."[[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E11Bounty Bounty]]".



* MultiPartEpisode: "Gambit", "The Keeper" and "Star One".

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* MultiPartEpisode: "Gambit", "The Keeper" "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS2E12TheKeeper The Keeper]]" and "Star One"."[[Recap/BlakesSevenS2E13StarOne Star One]]".



* OddballInTheSeries: The only episode of the show to have its soundtrack composed by someone other than Dudley Simpson, who was on holiday at the time, resulting in the job being taken up by sound effects designer Elizabeth Parker.[[note]](Technically it's one of two episodes that Simpson didn't compose for, but the other, "Duel", just used stock music)[[/note]]

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* OddballInTheSeries: The only episode of the show to have its soundtrack composed by someone other than Dudley Simpson, who was on holiday at the time, resulting in the job being taken up by sound effects designer Elizabeth Parker.[[note]](Technically it's one of two episodes that Simpson didn't compose for, but the other, "Duel", "[[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E8Duel Duel]]", just used stock music)[[/note]]



* ReversePsychology: Avon and Vila express open skepticism that Orac can shrink itself, so the egocentric computer will go along with their ZanyScheme.

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* ReversePsychology: Avon and Vila express open skepticism scepticism that Orac can shrink itself, so the egocentric computer will go along with their ZanyScheme.
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* BadassCape: Travis, with a NiceHat to go with it.

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* BadassCape: Travis, with a NiceHat nice hat to go with it.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blakes_7_gambit.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:If you don't know who he is, there's a photo of him in [[AnswerCut the next scene]].]]
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* AbsenteeActor: Zen does not appear in this episode, making it the first occasion where Peter Tuddenham is instead credited as voicing Orac.
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* InHarmsWay: There's a fortune stashed on the Liberator, so Avon and Vila really have no need for the money they steal except for the thrill they get from stealing it. Avon himself points out that for a gambler death is the ultimate thrill, implying they're NotSoDifferent.

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* InHarmsWay: There's a fortune stashed on the Liberator, so Avon and Vila really have no need for the money they steal except for the thrill they get from stealing it. Avon himself points out that for a gambler death is the ultimate thrill, implying they're NotSoDifferent.the same.
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** Orac says he's limited in the amount of time he can shrink, so maybe there's a power consideration as well
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* WhyAmITicking: Servalan implants a microgrenade in Travis' cybernetic arm, deactivating the arm so he'll be forced to contact Docholli to get it working again. However the bomb was never primed allowing Docholli and Travis to survive.

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* WhyAmITicking: Servalan implants a microgrenade in Travis' cybernetic arm, deactivating the arm so he'll be forced to contact Docholli to get it working again. However the bomb was never primed allowing Docholli and Travis to survive.survive, as Servalan intended to let Docholli be captured by Krantor.
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* TheWatson: Jarriere is there as someone for Servalan to explain her EvilPlan to ([[ComplexityAddiction not that he understands it]]) because she can't use Travis for that role. Their exact relationship is not explained -- he's not attractive enough to be one of her 'decorative staff men', yet Servalan confides to him secrets that could get her charged with treason and he's shown relaxing in her presence a lot more than others would, implying that Jarriere is a family friend or [[TheJester trusted retainer]].

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* TheWatson: Jarriere is there as someone for Servalan to explain her EvilPlan to ([[ComplexityAddiction not that he understands it]]) because she can't use Travis for that role. Their exact relationship is not explained -- he's not attractive enough to be one of her 'decorative staff men', yet Servalan confides to him secrets that could get her charged with treason and he's shown relaxing in her presence a lot more than others would, implying that Jarriere is a family friend or [[TheJester trusted retainer]].retainer.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* TakingYouWithMe: A [[AlmostDeadGuy dying Cevedic]] taunts Travis that he has a choice of a slow death from gangrene or getting blown up when Docholli operates on his ArtificialLimb. Travis still gets Docholli to operate on it, no doubt hoping to blow up Blake with him. But the bomb in his arm is not [[{{pun}} armed]].

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* TakingYouWithMe: A [[AlmostDeadGuy dying Cevedic]] taunts Travis that he has a choice of a slow death from gangrene or getting blown up when Docholli operates on his ArtificialLimb. Travis still gets Docholli to operate on it, no doubt hoping to blow up Blake with him. But the bomb in his arm is not [[{{pun}} armed]].[[JustForPun armed]], as Servalan wants Docholli captured alive.

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* LargeHamAnnouncer: The croupier announcing [[MundaneMadeAwesome SPEEEEEEED CHESS!]]



* MundaneMadeAwesome: The croupier announcing SPEEEEEEED CHESS!
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"Dead or Alive" isn't a trope.


* DeadOrAlive: Which backfires as Krantor decides that he can extract the information that Servalan is seeking from Docholli, then hand over his dead body to Servalan so she's none the wiser. However Servalan is intending this all along (see BatmanGambit).

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar
** The HomoeroticSubtext between Krantor and Toise.
** Although it's not stated outright, the assumption by the inhabitants of Freedom City is that Jenna and Cally are prostitutes.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar
** The HomoeroticSubtext between Krantor
GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and Toise.
** Although it's not stated outright,
persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the assumption by future, please check the inhabitants of Freedom City is that Jenna and Cally are prostitutes.trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

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