History Recap / StargateSG1S9E1AvalonPart1

** Vala instantly recognizes the ''Prometheus'' and asks Daniel if [[Recap/StargateSG1S8E12PrometheusUnbound "this is where she beat him up"]].

* ActorAllusion: When Vala is introduced to Mitchell, she comments that she knows she hasn't met him before, as she's sure she would remember, referencing the fact that Ben Browder and Claudia Black previously co-starred on ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' together.

* RememberTheNewGuy: Mitchell is inserted into scenes from [[Recap/StargateSG1S7E22LostCityPart2 "Lost City"]] and stated to have played an important role in the battle over Antarctica, despite the fact that he's never before been mentioned by any of the characters. [[WildMassGuessing This has lead some to speculate]] that he didn't actually exist at all until the timeline was changed [[Recap/StargateSG1S8E20MoebiusPart2 at the end of the previous season]].

-->'''Vala:''' There's ''nothing'' I hate more than a bald-faced lie!

* OnceMoreWithClarity: With the reveal that Mitchell led the F-302 Squadron during "Lost City, Part 2", the Battle of Antarctica is revisited from Mitchell's perspective.

* ArcWelding: With the ''Stargate Atlantis'' Season One episode "The Gift", as it's revealed that one-shot Atlantean character Moros was actually Merlin from Arthurian legend.

* ContinuityOverlap: "Avalon" premiered alongside Season Two of ''Stargate Atlantis''. So while it aired before "The Siege, Part III", this episode chronologically takes place ''after'' those events (with the ''Daedalus'' having returned to Earth to take debrief the Expedition's senior staff and to take on supplies and personnel) and immediately prior to "The Intruder" (with 'Daedalus'' already en route back to Pegasus after Daniel was detained).

* ContinuityOverlap: "Avalon" premiered alongside Season Two of ''Stargate Atlantis''. So while it aired before "The Siege, Part III", this episode chronologically takes place ''after'' those events (with the ''Daedelus'' having return to Earth to take on supplies and personnel) and immediately prior to "The Intruder" (with ''Deadelus'' already en route back to Pegasus after Daniel was detained).

* ContinuityOverlap: "Avalon" premiered alongside Season Two of ''Stargate Atlantis''. So while it aired before "The Siege, Part III", this episode chronologically takes place ''after'' those events (with the ''Daedelus'' having return to Earth to take on supplies and personnel) and prior to "The Intruder" (with ''Deadelus'' already en route back to Pegasus after Daniel was detained).

-->'''Vala:''' There's ''nothing'' I hate more than a bold-faced lie!

* PermaStubble: Daniel has cultivated some thick stubble since the end of the previous season that borders on a BadassBeard.

First appearance of Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell and General Hank Landry.

* ArtisticLicenseAwards: The episode makes the common mistake of misnaming the Medal of Honor, which Mitchell earned flying an F-302 in "Lost City, Part 2", as the "Congressional" Medal of Honor.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Vala claims she's pregnant when she first arrives on Earth; of course, she's lying to wind Daniel up and no-one takes her particularly seriously, but [[MysticalPregnancy guess what happens]] towards the end of the season...

'''Landry:''' You're here to ''lead'' SG-1.

* ArtisticLicenseAwards: The episode makes the common mistake of misidentifying the Medal of Honor, which Mitchell earned flying an F-302 in "Lost City, Part 2", as the "Congressional" Medal of Honor.

* ActorAllusion: When Vala is introduced to Mitchell, she comments that she knows she hasn't met him before, as she's sure she would remember, referencing the fact that Ben Browder and Claudia Black previously co-starred on ''[[Series/{{Farscape}} Farscape]]'' together.

-->'''Teal'c:''' We are attempting to build a whole new system of government that will span Jaffa worlds throughout the galaxy.
-->'''Mitchell:''' Yeah, how's that goin'?
-->'''Teal'c:''' Not well.

-->''' Mitchell:''' Merlin? King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table Merlin?
-->'''Daniel:''' Yes.
-->'''Mitchell:''' Was an Ancient?
-->'''Daniel:''' I think so.
-->'''Mitchell:''' See? ''That'' is what I'm talkin' about!

* {{Determinator}}: Mitchell's EstablishingCharacterMoment is possible the fact that he managed to overcome what should have been a devastating injury with months of physical training and sheer force of will

-->'''Daniel:''' Okay, where is it?
-->'''Vala:''' Nice to see you too, how have you been...?
-->'''Daniel:''' ''Tablet.''

-->'''Landry:''' Your service record's impeccable, Mitchell. What's wrong with ya?
-->'''Mitchell:''' Sir?
-->'''Landry:''' Nobody's perfect. Everybody's got some sort of character flaw. What's yours?
-->'''Mitchell:''' Sometimes I can be impatient, sir.
-->'''Landry:''' All pilots have Type A personalities. I'm talking about your kryptonite.

-->'''Vala:''' We're already trapped in here! How much worse can it get?
-->''(Cue the ceiling beginning to descend)''
-->'''Daniel:''' How about that much?
-->'''Vala:''' I knew it was a mistake the moment I said it. The ''moment''.
* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: When Mitchell is interviewing potential candidates for his new SG-1 team, including a linguist who insists on translating everything he says, an over-enthusiastic soldier who starts doing push-ups in the middle of the briefing room, and two random scientists who actually just want his support for a research grant.

* InterserviceRivalry: Landry's first line has him calling the marines "cocky sons of bitches" and claiming that he never liked them.

* PutOnABus: O'Neill has been reassigned to Washington and Carter to Area 51, though both have cameos in this episode (and Carter is still a regular character, though she doesn't return until a quarter of the way through the season). Technicially, Teal'c has also been put on a bus to Dakara, except he keeps hanging around for a break from all the politics, and Daniel ends up missing his bus to Atlantis thanks to Vala.

* PublicDomainArtifact: The Holy Grail and the Sword in the Stone are both name-dropped.

** Vala instantly recognizes the ''Prometheus'' and asks Daniel if "this is where she beat him up".