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'''Quark''': Ficus, I don't have time for long lists!
'''Ficus''': -in which case we'll probably also be killed.
'''Quark''': Ficus, what you're saying is that all possibilities end in our death.
|"All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms, Part 1"}}
Not a [[Deep Space Nine|Ferengi bartender]], nor a [[Quantum Physics|subatomic particle]], but a 1970s sci-fi [[Parody Tropes|parody]] of ''[[Star Trek]]'' from ''[[Get Smart]]'' co-creator Buck Henry.
The show was set on the ''United Galaxies Sanitation Patrol Cruiser'', a garbage scow working for the United Galaxies Space Station Perma 1. It regularly satirized ''[[Star Trek]]'', ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', and ''[[Flash Gordon (comic strip)|Flash Gordon]]''. The characters were:
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* '''Gene/Jean''': [[Number Two]], with the twist that he's a "transmute," with both male and female chromosomes (and both sets of hormones). Thus, as Gene, he's a [[Jerkass]], but as Jean (complete with a [[Cross-Dressing Voices|female voice]]), she's a [[Technical Pacifist]].
* '''Ficus Pandorata''': [[The Spock]] taken to the extremes, he's a "Vegeton," a member of [[Plant Aliens|sentient plant race]]. He always speaks with [[Spock Speak]], has no emotions at all, cares about no one, and breeds by pollinating.
* '''Andy''': A [[Cowardly Sidekick]] [[Robot Buddy]], he was basically a stupid [[
* '''Otto Palindrome''': The [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] who is in charge of Perma 1. He loves making Quark miserable.
* '''Dink''': The [[Non-Human Sidekick]] for Otto, he was basically Cousin It from ''[[The Addams Family]]'' [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE]].
* '''The Head''': The [[Bad Boss]] crossed with a giant [[Rubber Forehead Aliens|Rubber Forehead Alien]], Otto answered to him, and he frequently assigned Quark to bizarre jobs.
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* [[Actor Allusion]] (the episode "Goodbye Polumbus" was a reference to ''[[Goodbye Columbus]]'' which actor Richard Benjamin [Quark] played the lead)
* [[Affectionate Parody]]
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