Battlestar Galactica: Tropes

Signature tropes

The ones that say the most about Battlestar Galactica. Pick one to read it.

• TheotechRare · in 6 titlesEven though the characters had a lot of Greek names and were gallivanting through space, the show borrows heavily from Mormonism, and some of it thinly veiled, at that (The Mormon God hails from a pl…Read →
• Standard Hollywood Strafing ProcedureRare · in 29 titlesThe Cylon attack on Caprica seems to consist mostly of Cylon Raiders doing strafing runs (at least in the parts that we see up close).Read →
• Everything in Space Is a GalaxyRare · in 22 titlesThe crew of the Galactica often use the term "galaxy" when they should have used "solar system".Read →
• Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp"in 147 titlesThey don't have dogs, they have daggits.Read →
• Death RayRare · in 42 titlesBlasters, which shot a quick, invisible beam of energy. Much like real, laser pistol-like devices.Read →
• Rule of Symbolismin 2,297 titlesGlen Larson is a Mormon, and deliberately peppered the series with Mormon imagery.Read →