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Thread: Looking for a sci-fi trope. . .

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    Question Looking for a sci-fi trope. . .

    Okay, so what TV shows or movies have you seen this happen:

    - An apparently non-hostile alien race seeks help repairing some exotic alien device.
    - The heroes generously offer their help.
    - The heroes then discover they're being used, when they realize that the alien device has a more sinister purpose.
    - Heroes must reverse the situation they were fooled into cooperating with.

    It sounds so familiar, but. . .
    "These are the voyages of the starship Bretagne. Its standing orders: To maintain off-world peace; to expand science and test out new innovations; to boldly go where all men have gone before."

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    TNG has a few like that, Enterprise as well. Samaritan Snare could be construed as such a trope due to the firepower of the vessel.
    Tractor beams are not designed for sling shotting Asteroids!! "What other use is there then?" T'Pak klingon/ vulcan hybrids response to fighting in an asteriod field.

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    Look up. Is there a pyramid overhead?

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    There is the site "TV Tropes" that has a large list of things like this.
    http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage
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