| Unauthorized Medical Experiments | Unobtanium | Deus Ex-Machina | Female Shows Her Midriff | Exotic Wildlife |
| Mentor Gets Killed | Rag-Tag Bunch Of Rebels | Ancient Earth Mystery Attributed To Aliens | Someone In An Access Hatch | Hero With A Tortured Back Story |
| Hero Gets Maimed | Teleporter Failure | I HAVE A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS (free square) | Space Fascists | Turns Out To Be Earth All Along |
| Memories Are Altered Or Wiped | Crappy CGI | "We Have To Save Them!" | Clones | Wilhelm Scream |
| Expert With An Outdated Weapon | Sub-Par Employee Motivation Skills | Hero Gains Conveniently Timed Super Power | It Was All A Dream (Or Simulation) | Phasers Set To Stun |
| Techno-Babble | Teleporter Failure | Blue Filter | Planet With A Single Climate | Subtle Racism |
| Hero With A Tortured Back Story | Self-Aware Robots Or Computers | Parallel Worlds or Timelines | Someone In An Access Hatch | Long-Winded Exposition |
| Turns Out To Be Earth All Along | "We Have To Save Them!" | I HAVE A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS (free square) | Clones | Time Travel |
| Knocked Over Table In The Mess Hall | Sex At An Inappropriate Time | Naive Trainee | Phasers Set To Stun | "Explain It In English!" |
| Wilhelm Scream | Dramatic Slow Motion | Deus Ex-Machina | Heroic Motivational Speech | Red Filter |