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A time-filling sequence. In the early seasons of Stargate SG-1, the required settings for the stargate were made with a great deal of pomp and ceremony. Stirring music was played under a series of announcements... Compare Stock Footage, Fighter Launching Sequence, Padding. Contrast with Trapped by Mountain Lions. Examples of Engaging Chevrons include:

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  • A time-filling sequence. In the early seasons of Stargate SG-1, the required settings for the stargate were made with a great deal of pomp and ceremony. Stirring music was played under a series of announcements... Compare Stock Footage, Fighter Launching Sequence, Padding. Contrast with Trapped by Mountain Lions. Examples of Engaging Chevrons include:
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  • A time-filling sequence. In the early seasons of Stargate SG-1, the required settings for the stargate were made with a great deal of pomp and ceremony. Stirring music was played under a series of announcements... ...all the way up to, if the audience was unlucky, the full seven chevrons ("Chevron Seven... LOCKED!"). This was from the film Stargate, where it was quite suspenseful. The reason for that suspense, however, was that it was only after Daniel figured out the seven-chevron coordinate system that they managed to make the Stargate work for the first time. In the TV show, this sequence came after a while to feel like it was just there to fill time. In some fan communities the phrase "engaging chevrons" has come to mean any recognizable time-filling ploy. As in: Compare Stock Footage, Fighter Launching Sequence, Padding. Contrast with Trapped by Mountain Lions. Examples of Engaging Chevrons include:
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