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| : ''For the vulgar term in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], see [[frak]].'' | | : ''For the vulgar term in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], see [[frak]].'' |
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| '''"Frack"''' is a Colonial expletive, roughly analagous to "[[Wikipedia:shit|shit]]" or even the milder "rats" or "[[Wikipedia:darn|darn]]" of the [[Original Series]]. Its subversive value, exploited far more extensively in the Re-imagined Series, is that it sounds like a variant of "[[Wikipedia:fuck|fuck]]", and in the latter series it actually conveys that meaning. | | '''"Fuck"''' is a Colonial expletive, roughly analagous to "[[Wikipedia:shit|shit]]" or even the milder "rats" or "[[Wikipedia:darn|darn]]" of the [[Original Series]]. Its subversive value, exploited far more extensively in the Re-imagined Series, is that it sounds like a variant of "[[Wikipedia:fuck|fuck]]", and in the latter series it actually conveys that meaning. |
| | I am Jimbo Wales and you are stupid dickheads! Fuck yourself, dirty niggaz! HA HA HA HA HA! |
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| There are two main ways to spell the term, but "frack" is how it appears in the [http://www.chrispappas.com/archives/wguide.html Writer's Guide], dated October, 2, 1978.
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| With the exception of the ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' episode "[[The Return of Starbuck]]", it is used solely in the Original Series episodes and publications relating to that series. For the first nine episodes of ''Galactica 1980'', the term "[[felgercarb]]" is used in lieu of "frack", likely because of the "Kiddie Hour" timeslot ''1980'' held at the time.
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| ==Usage by episode==
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| "Frack" appears only seventeen times in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]]. Most of the time, the expression is used by [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]].
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| * "Frack!" is used once each in "[[Saga of a Star World]]", "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]", "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II]]", "[[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II]]", and "[[Fire in Space]]". It is used twice in "[[The Magnificent Warriors]]".
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| * "Holy frack!" is used once each in "[[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]", "[[The Magnificent Warriors]]", "[[War of the Gods, Part I]]", "[[Experiment in Terra]]" and "[[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]".
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| * "Oh, frack!" is used twice in "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]" and once each in "[[The Long Patrol]]" and "[[Baltar's Escape]]".
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| * In "[[Greetings from Earth]]", [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]] says, "Oh, frack," in a classroom where [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]] is teaching a group of children, loudly enough for the entire room to hear, but there is no indication that he was punished or reprimanded.
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| * Starbuck uses the term "frack" after being hit in the battle that results in Starbuck crashing on [[planet Starbuck]] (''[[Galactica 1980]]'': "[[The Return of Starbuck]]").
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