Hoist by His Own Petard: IOA Agent James Marrick recreates a Replicator, hoping to use it as a weapon against the Ori, much to the dismay of SG-1.Heroic Second Wind: Teal'c demonstrates just how badass he truly is by traveling what's implied to be hundreds of miles, on foot, with a near-fatal back wound, to the City of Celestis.The ethical problems of it are raised, but ignored due to lacking a better option. Heel≯ace Brainwashing: What the Ark of Truth ultimately can do.Grand Finale: Since the series was canceled without a chance for a proper one.Flash Back: The very first scene, and then an additional one along the way. ![]() ![]() So from a chronological standpoint, it is an early-bird cameo. However, while The Ark of Truth didn't come out until a year later, it's set before Ellis arrives at Atlantis. Ellis first appears in the Atlantis' Season 3 finale, "First Strike", which was filmed about the same time as the DTV. Stargate Atlantis character Colonel Abraham Ellis and the Apollo have a brief cameo as the SGC mobilizes for the Ori armada's invasion of the solar system. Early-Bird Cameo: This one's an interesting case.Drama-Preserving Handicap: Each time the Odyssey is surrounded by the Ori and being blasted, rather than shoot back with their Asgard beam weapons, which had previously been shown to be capable of destroying an Ori ship in a few shots, the Odyssey crew is currently busy with some other crisis happening within the ship.The nature of it is also justified, as SG-1 was led to the Ark by an ascended being, the closest thing this series has to a god, and mass brainwashing the Ori followers was the simplest way to end the war. That might explain why they easily found an artifact they were supposed to look for during 15 episodes or so. Of course, the plotline was supposed to be a complete new season, but then the show got canceled. Deus ex Machina: The Ark itself, implausibly convenient and never mentioned in the show before.Determinator: After being badly wounded and left for dead, Teal'c walks miles from a forest, over several mountains, to the city of Celestus to save Daniel and Vala.Continuity Overlap: The film opens shortly after the end of SG-1, but is set just before the Stargate Atlantis Season 3 finale "First Strike".Clipped-Wing Angel: Replicator Marrick's final form goes down without a fight due to Samantha Carter and the other SGC members managing to activate the self-destruct code for the replicators on the ship at the last possible second.Among the first things Cam says upon taking command of the Odyssey is "Weapons to maximum," clearly making an in-character reference to the episode 200.The camera focuses on Daniel Jackson, and the scene mirrors his first journey through the Stargate, where he was also being de-integrated, in the first film. When entering the Supergate, there is a shot of SG-1 passing through the event horizon and being broken down for travel. ![]() This is a call back to the end of Line in the Sand where Cam brings macaroons to an injured Sam (who turns out to hate the cookies.)
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