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[[File:Khan.jpg|frame|"Beyond the darkness, beyond the human evolution, is Khan."]]
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[[William Shatner]] and [[Ricardo Montalbán]] [[Ham-to-Ham Combat|fight]] to see who is the [[Large Ham|Largest Ham]] in the galaxy.▼
▲{{quote| '''Khan''': "[[Fate Worse Than Death|I've done far worse than kill you]]. I've hurt you. And I wish to ''go on'' hurting you. I shall leave you as you left me, as you left her... [[And I Must Scream|marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead planet]]. Buried alive... ''buried alive''..."<br />
▲'''Kirk''': "[[Big Word Shout|KHAAAAAAAAAN!!]]" }}
You see, the charismatic Khan Noonien Singh of the [[Star Trek: The Original Series|original series]] episode "[[Star Trek/Recap/S1
▲[[William Shatner]] and Ricardo Montalbán [[Ham-to-Ham Combat|fight]] to see who is the [[Large Ham|Largest Ham]] in the galaxy.
▲You see, the charismatic Khan Noonien Singh of the [[Star Trek: The Original Series|original series]] episode "[[Star Trek/Recap/S1 E22 Space Seed|Space Seed]]" is back. In "Space Seed", Khan, a [[Human Popsicle]] from the [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future|far-off year]] of [[History Marches On|1996]], was awakened and turned out to be a genetically-engineered warlord on the run after his side lost the Eugenics Wars. Kirk thwarted his attempt to hijack the ''Enterprise'', depositing him and his followers on an uninhabited planet.
It's fifteen years later now. Khan escapes his exile with revenge against Kirk as his goal and using a stolen [[Weapon of Mass Destruction]] to make good on it. Meanwhile, Kirk has fallen victim to the [[Modern Major-General|Peter Principle]] and is facing a mid-life crisis. It doesn't get any easier for him when a [[Hot Scientist]] he once knew turns up and her son says [[Luke, You Are My Father|Admiral You Are My Father]]. Kirk doesn't like to lose, but this time he may only be able to achieve a [[Pyrrhic Victory]]. The film's [[Bittersweet Ending]] was created with the assumption that Nimoy would be leaving the show for good, but ironically, he liked making this film so much that he wanted to come back, which was the point of the next film.
'''''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan''''' is considered by many fans to be the best movie in the series and it's the yardstick against which all other installments are measured. This is largely attributed to the direction of [[Nicholas Meyer]], who had previously penned the best-selling ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' novel ''The Seven Percent Solution'' and directed the film ''[[Time After Time]]'', as well as the work of [[Harve Bennet]]. While Meyer hadn't actually seen the show before, he managed to watch all of the original series's episodes before sitting down to work, concluding that the premise was essentially "''[[Horatio Hornblower]]'' [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE!]]" and did a [[Retool]] to emphasize the [[Space Is an Ocean]] angle. Some of Harve's work included getting rid of the ridiculous [[Space Clothes]] used in the [[Star Trek: The Motion Picture|previous movie]] (which took guts considering the small budget).
Outside the world of ''Star Trek'', ''Wrath Of Khan'' is notable for containing two big breaks. [[Kirstie Alley]] made her acting debut in this film playing the young Vulcan [[Naive Newcomer|Saavik]], even getting the onscreen credit "[[And Starring|and introducing Kirstie Alley]]". This was also the first major motion picture to be scored by [[James Horner]], who would go on to do ''[[The Land Before Time]]'', ''[[The Rocketeer (film)|The Rocketeer]]'', ''[[Braveheart]]'', ''[[Titanic]]'', and ''[[Avatar (film)|Avatar]]''. As Nicholas Meyer once put it, they hired James Horner to do ''Star Trek II'' because they couldn't afford Jerry Goldsmith, but by the time Meyer returned for ''[[Star Trek VI: The
While not flawless, it is a rousing (and emotional) adventure movie and is even now considered a great example of a [[Surprisingly Improved Sequel]].
No relation to the aborted ''Star Trek Phase II'' TV series, whose pilot became ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture
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* [[2-D Space]]: Both used (for filmmaking purposes) and inverted (for story purposes).▼
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* [[Action Prologue]]: Which turns out to be an [[Unwinnable Training Simulation]].
* [[An Aesop]]: This movie (and by extension [[Star Trek III: The Search For Spock|the next one]]) can be seen as being about consequences. Most of the events in this film occur because of Kirk's actions in the past, or reference his cavalier attitude to rules -- the entire film would have been averted if Kirk had not been so careless as to have marooned Khan on Ceti Alpha V without doing a complete survey of the planet and the surrounding system. He even [[Lampshade Hanging|acknowledges this]] when he ruefully admits that he never actually learned the lesson that the Kobayashi Maru test from the beginning of the film was actually trying to teach -- instead of accepting some situations for what they were, he merely kept cheating until he was able to get his way.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: The original script described Saavik as being half-Vulcan, half-Romulan.
** Doubles as an [[Aborted Arc]] in conjunction with Star Trek VI, as Valeris was intended to be Saavik.
** The [[Red Shirt]] who dies when Engineering is attacked is Scotty's nephew, which explains why he reacts so emotionally. A scene explaining their relation was cut.
** Some people consider the remake's revelation that Spock created the Kobayashi Maru test to be a distracting change, but subtle hints throughout the movie imply it here.
* [[Amazing Freaking Grace]]: On ''bagpipes'' too, no less.
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: Khan himself ([[Fake Nationality|a Mexican actor playing an Indian]]).
* [[And Starring]] Ricardo Montalban as Khan.▼
▲* [[An Aesop]]: This movie (and by extension [[Star Trek III: The Search For Spock|the next one]]) can be seen as being about consequences. Most of the events in this film occur because of Kirk's actions in the past, or reference his cavalier attitude to rules -- the entire film would have been averted if Kirk had not been so careless as to have marooned Khan on Ceti Alpha V without doing a complete survey of the planet and the surrounding system. He even [[Lampshade Hanging|acknowledges this]] when he ruefully admits that he never actually learned the lesson that the Kobayashi Maru test from the beginning of the film was actually trying to teach -- instead of accepting some situations for what they were, he merely kept cheating until he was able to get his way. {{spoiler|Both Spock, and later David die for his hubris}}. And his {{spoiler|refusal to raise the shields despite the fact that Starfleet regulations state that if ANY approaching ship does NOT respond to any communications, you are to RAISE THE SHIELDS}}. Saavik was cut off by Spock before she quoted the regulation in in its entirety, however the implication is pretty clear. Plus the fact that {{spoiler|after the attack Kirk said to Saavik "You go right on quoting regulations"}}
▲* [[And Starring]] Ricardo Montalban as Khan
* [[Antagonist Title]]
* [[Arc Words]]: "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." "Or the one."
* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: Saavik in the ''Kobayashi Maru'' scenario, but ''only'' in the novelization. She takes on a ''dozen'' Klingon fighters and might have actually won by running away, if it hadn't been for the last three
* [[Badass Boast]]: "I don't believe in the no-win scenario."
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* [[Batman Gambit]]: Kirk's plan to trick Khan into chasing the ''Enterprise'' into the Mutara Nebula.
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* [[Battle Butler]]: Joachim.
* [[Best Served Cold]]: "[[Space Is Cold|It is very cold in space...]]"
* [[Black Dude Dies First]]: Not quite, but of the two ''Reliant'' crewmen affected by the Ceti Eels, guess which one commits suicide? Of course, it helps that Chekov's a main character, and that the Black Dude has a noble motive for his suicide - {{spoiler|to avoid killing Kirk on Khan's eel-enforced order}}▼
* [[Big Word Shout]] ('''''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRnSnfiUI54 KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!]''''')
** So [[Large Ham|big]], it [[Space Is Noisy|bounces off the edge of the universe to echo in outer space]].
** People fail to remember that
** Subverted by all things with the [[Little No]] moment when
* [[Birth-Death Juxtaposition]]: "And yet it should be noted, that in the midst of our sorrow, this death takes place in the shadow of new life, the sunrise of a new world, a world that our beloved comrade gave his life to protect."
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]:
▲* [[Black Dude Dies First]]: Not quite, but of the two ''Reliant'' crewmen affected by the Ceti Eels, guess which one commits suicide? Of course, it helps that Chekov's a main character, and that the Black Dude has a noble motive for his suicide
* [[Bottle Episode]]: A movie version. Paramount was determined to save money after spending $40 million on ''[[Star Trek: The
* [[Brain Slug]]: A particularly notorious and [[Squick|gross]] example.
* [[Breakout Villain]]: Before this film, Khan was just a [[Villain of the Week]] for the show. Ever since this film, he's been arguably the most memorable and highly regarded individual villain in the entire franchise.
* [[Broad Strokes]]: Somebody asked Meyer how they would explain the new uniforms, and he said "We don't. The other film doesn't exist." <!-- Would love to cite that but good luck finding magazine articles from the '80s online. -->
** The new uniforms reused parts of the ones from the first movie, but ditched the horribly designed full body "glove" of the first, which included features like a zipper that went from neck to ankle, requiring several stagehands to help the actors get to the bathroom, and a need to have wrinkles steamed out constantly, almost turning them into wet-suits by the end of the day.
** Amusingly enough, the interior sets for the ''Enterprise'' changed with every movie... but the uniforms introduced in ''[[Star Trek II: The
*** Hell, the uniforms were ''so'' amazing that they ended up being used in ''
*** Services do change their uniforms, and the "Monster Maroons" were the [[Good
* [[Bus Crash]]: The actress who played Marla McGyvers, Khan's lover from "Space Seed", was not able to appear in the film, so she was killed offscreen by the [[Brain Slug|Ceti Eels]] to explain her absence.
** Which makes Khan's
** Although this makes Khan's motive a sort of [[Informed Attribute]]. He wants revenge for something that happened ''between'' the original episode and the movie, which has to be ''told'' to the audience.
* [[Call Back]]: The last line, delivered by Kirk (if you don't count Spock's "space: the final frontier" voiceover) call back to what he told Dr. Marcus during the [[Darkest Hour]] ("How do I feel? Old. Worn out."), and what Dr. Marcus told him back ("Let me show you something... that'll {{spoiler|make you feel young as when the world was new}}.").
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'''Kirk''': Young. I feel young.
* [[The Cameo]]: Mr. Kyle, the Transporter Chief from ''
* [[Cat Scare]]: More like Rat Scare, but that's being picky.
* [[Character Aged with the Actor]]: Takes place 16 years after the last episode of the last episode of
* [[The Chessmaster]]: Khan is remarkably intelligent and this is stated (and shown) many times throughout the film. His main flaw (besides [[Pride]]) is that he thinks two-dimensionally.
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: What Khan does to the scientists on Regula I in the [[Novelization]]. We only see the aftermath in the movie.
* [[Cool Starship]]: The ''Miranda''-class U.S.S. ''Reliant'', the first new class of Federation ship to be introduced onscreen in the franchise.
** Of course, the original Lady E. Despite being converted to a training ship and getting her shit wrecked, the Enterprise simply doesn't go down, and comes back to mop floors with the Reliant.
* [[Creating Life]]: The science team at Regula seem very excited about the Genesis Device, one can only assume they [[Genre Blind|never read]] ''[[Frankenstein|Frankenstein: A Modern Prometheus]]''.
* [[Cryptic Conversation]]: With an incredibly obvious code. {{spoiler|"By the book", yes--but only selectively so
** They later mention that The Book (Starfleet Regulations) specifies that they shouldn't openly discuss their plans when they think their communications were compromised. It was an incredibly obvious code to Kirk and Spock, but then it ''had'' to be for Kirk to catch on and go along with it. Khan has only been around either of them for a few hours, years in the past, and may not realize when they are hint-hinting at each other.
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: Khan ([[Villain Ball|except when he isn't]]), who is pretty much reliving several major [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|revenge epics]].
* [[Darkest Hour]]: [[And I Must Scream|"Marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead planet... buried alive. Buried alive!"]] {{spoiler|As it turns out, [[Irony|the planet isn't dead. They're not even marooned.]]}}▼
** [[Fridge Brilliance]] sets in when you realize that Khan's quoting of ''Moby Dick'' is because he realizes where his obsession will lead, and doesn't care.
▲* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: Khan ([[Villain Ball|except when he isn't]]), who is pretty much reliving several major [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|revenge epics]].
▲** [[Fridge Brilliance]] sets in when you realize that Khan's quoting of ''Moby Dick'' is because he realizes where his obsession will lead, and doesn't care. {{spoiler|It takes Jaoquim's death to make him remember the consequences would extend beyond himself -- like Queequeg's death, and paralleling Spock's.}}
** ''Kirk'', thanks to the fact that he knows more about how Starfleet and their ships operate than Khan does. He is able to pull a number of [[Combat Pragmatist|remarkably cheap tricks]] to regain the upper hand because of this. Not to mention that he knows he can hand Khan the [[Idiot Ball]] by [[I Shall Taunt You|mocking him]].
▲* [[Darkest Hour]]: [[And I Must Scream|"Marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead planet... buried alive. Buried alive!"]] {{spoiler|As it turns out, [[Irony|the planet isn't dead. They're not even marooned
* [[Deconstruction]]: The subtitle of this movie could just have easily been ''The Deconstruction Of [[The Kirk|Kirk]]''. Most of the core traits associated with Kirk and what their consequences in [[Real Life]] would probably be are examined and pulled apart. The adventurer who faces a problem on a weekly basis, solves it and promptly [[Reset Button|forgets it ever happens]] is suddenly brought face to face with one of those problems he faced a decade and a half before, and no doubt never gave another thought, and discovers the consequences of his thoughtlessness can be [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|measured by the body count]]. The suave lady killer with a girl in every port discovers that one of his conquests (and it's implied that it's the only one he ever truly loved) has resulted in him having [[Luke, You Are My Father|a son he's never known]] and who hates him. His tendency to place fast and loose with the rules leads to his ship being crippled and a score of dead cadets, all of which could and should have been avoided by simply raising the shields, {{spoiler|and his trait of [[Take a Third Option|finding novel solutions to intractable problems]] ends the life of his best friend and trusted right hand}}. It also shows what happens when you take the dashing, devil-may-care heroic adventurer, age him a few years and put him in a desk job; a full-blown mid-life crisis.▼
* [[Dead Sidekick]]: Joachim
** {{spoiler|And Spock
▲* [[Deconstruction]]: The subtitle of this movie could just have easily been ''The Deconstruction Of [[The Kirk|Kirk]]''. Most of the core traits associated with Kirk and what their consequences in [[Real Life]] would probably be are examined and pulled apart. The adventurer who faces a problem on a weekly basis, solves it and promptly [[Reset Button|forgets it ever happens]] is suddenly brought face to face with one of those problems he faced a decade and a half before, and no doubt never gave another thought, and discovers the consequences of his thoughtlessness can be [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|measured by the body count]]. The suave lady killer with a girl in every port discovers that one of his conquests (and it's implied that it's the only one he ever truly loved) has resulted in him having [[Luke, You Are My Father|a son he's never known]] and who hates him. His tendency to place fast and loose with the rules leads to his ship being crippled and a score of dead cadets, all of which could and should have been avoided by simply raising the shields,
* [[Dies Wide Open]]: Joachim.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Argued about with Jim and Carol.
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'''Carol:''' How can you ask me that? Were we together? Where we going to be? You had your world and I had mine. I wanted him in ''mine''... not chasing through the universe with his father.
* [[Doomsday Device]]: Ironically, Genesis, if it falls into the wrong hands.
* [[Dying Moment of Awesome]]:
* [[Emotional Torque]]: You're not going to find many films that attempt what this film does with a popular franchise and still be regarded as a masterpiece. People say that Nicholas Meyer giving Kirk reading glasses ''saved'' ''[[Star Trek]]''. Why? Because it works so well.
* [[Enemy Rising Behind]]: The ''Enterprise'' does this to the ''Reliant'' in the Mutara Nebula.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Khan has a lot of [[Eye Candy|really pretty boys]] [[Good Looking Privates|in his crew.]] And he's not exactly hard on the eyes himself!▼
* [[Everybody's Dead, Dave]]: When the ''Enterprise'' crew explore the remains of the Regula space station.
* [[Evil Gloating]]: Put the freaking [[Villain Ball]] down [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?|and just blow him to bits, Khan!]]
* [[Evil Overlord]]: [[The Chessmaster|Khan]]. He ruled roughly
* [[Face Death with Dignity]]
* [[Failed a Spot Check]]: The crew of the ''Reliant'' failing to notice that they were on ''the wrong planet'', related to the fact that they failed to notice another planet ceasing to exist due to a [[Earthshattering Kaboom|Ceti
▲* [[Face Death with Dignity]] {{spoiler|Spock}} straightens his uniform before facing his captain and friend for the final time.
* [[Faking the Dead]]: Spock supposedly dies at the beginning of the film.
▲* [[Failed a Spot Check]]: The crew of the ''Reliant'' failing to notice that they were on ''the wrong planet'', related to the fact that they failed to notice another planet ceasing to exist due to a [[Earthshattering Kaboom|Ceti Alpha VI Shattering Kaboom]].
▲* [[Faking the Dead]]: Spock supposedly dies at the beginning of the film. {{spoiler|This scene was concocted hastily by Nick Meyer after hearing that spoilers had leaked about Spock dying in the film. To preserve the wham factor of Spock dying, the Kobayashi Maru and its disastrous aftermath was added to fool viewers into thinking that this was the "Spock dies" moment the spoilers meant.}}
* [[False-Flag Operation]]: Khan and his crew using the hijacked USS ''Reliant'' to sneak up on the unsuspecting USS ''Enterprise''.
* [[Famous, Famous, Fictional]]: "Newton, Einstein, Surak."
* [[Fatal Flaw]]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The wrath of Khan]]. [[Shout-Out|Like]] [[Moby Dick|Ahab]] [[Shout-Out|before him]], his all-consuming desire for revenge on Kirk ultimately gets in the way of his better judgement and ends up destroying him.
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Ricardo Montalban's monologue on the subject is just fantastic.
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** What {{spoiler|Kirk suffers when Khan's last gambit with the Genesis Device forces Spock to [[Heroic Sacrifice|sacrifice himself]] to save the ship. "I've hurt you" [[Ho Yay|indeed]]
* [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]]: Khan is a "product of late 20th
** And of course the Genesis Device is a literal genetic engineering nuke.
* [[Genesis Effect]]: [[Trope Namer]].
* [[The Glasses Come Off]]: Right before {{spoiler|the ''Enterprise'' takes out the ''Reliant'''s shields}}. [[The Kirk|Kirk]] also tells Khan "I [[
* [[Good
** Either that, or they took [[Space Is an Ocean]] to ridiculous new heights.
* [[Ham-to-Ham Combat]]: Pretty damn literal example. And it's delicious.
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** Also Kirk, {{spoiler|when Spock dies}}.
* [[Heroic Build]]: Khan, and Ricardo Montalban in [[Real Life]].
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]:
** Even ''[[Family Guy]]'' takes this one seriously. That should tell you just how highly it's regarded.
* [[He's Back]]: When Kirk appears on the ''Enterprise'' again after Khan attempts to maroon him on Ceti Alpha V.
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* [[Hide and No Seek]]: [[Lampshaded]] when Carol Marcus wants to have a private talk with Kirk without her David or the others listening in.
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'''David''': This is just to give us something to do, isn't it. Come on.
* [[Holy Backlight]]: Kirk's entrance.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Peter Preston stays at his post, saving a fellow engineer along the way.
* [[I Never Said It Was Poison]]: Chekov unintentionally reveals he and Terrell meant to beam down to Ceti Alpha VI.▼
{{quote| '''Chekov:''' You lie! On Ceti Alpha V, there was life! A fair chance-<br />▼
'''Khan:''' '''[[Large Ham|THIS]]''' [[Large Ham|is Ceti Alpha V!]]<br />▼
(''some [[Large Ham|hammy]] exposition later'')<br />▼
'''Khan:''' You did not expect to find me. You thought this was Ceti Alpha VI. Ah... Why are you here? }}▼
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Raise the damned shields, those Starfleet regulations were written for a reason, Kirk! So much for one big happy fleet? U.S. warships go to combat readiness when they come across a fleetmate with radio problems, especially a fleetmate with radio problems, who also refuses to respond to visual and audio communication such as a signal lamp, signal flags, or loudspeakers, and continues to bear down on you. Kirk chastises himself after the fact though.
** Scotty bringing Peter Preston all the way up to the bridge instead of straight to sickbay. At least it was a 50/50 shot that McCoy would be in either place.
*** From Scotty's expression of shock, [[Heroic BSOD|it looked like he wasn't thinking clearly.]]
▲* [[I Never Said It Was Poison]]: Chekov unintentionally reveals he and Terrell meant to beam down to Ceti Alpha VI.
▲'''Khan:''' You did not expect to find me. You thought this was Ceti Alpha VI. Ah... Why are you here?
* [[In the Original Klingon]]: "Do you know the old Klingon proverb that revenge is a dish best served cold? It is very cold... in ''spaaace''." (Who knew Pierre Choderlos de Laclos was a Klingon?)
▲* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Khan.
* [[Irrevocable Order]]: Once the Genesis Device's countdown is started, it can't be stopped.
* [[I Shall Taunt You]]:
** "I'm ''laughing'' at the 'superior intellect'."
** "...But like a poor marksman you keep ''missing the target!''" Subverted in this case, when Khan refuses to rise to the bait and decides to [[Fate Worse Than Death|leave Kirk on the planetoid to rot]].
*** Khan might have taken the bait had Ricard Montalban's schedule allowed him to share production time with the rest of the cast's. This is why Khan and his crew never interact with Kirk and his.
* [[It Has Been an Honor]]: Implied and results in [[Manly Tears]] with "Do not grieve. It was... logical."
* [[It's What I Do]]: Same with [[It Has Been an Honor]].
* [[Just Think of the Potential]]: The idiotically idealistic science team see Genesis simply as "instant terraforming, just add water", and consider it to be the ultimate salvation to problems of overpopulation and food supply. Plenty of other people see an [[Weapon of Mass Destruction|entirely different potential]]... one that doesn't even have the nasty side effects of other superweapons as it leaves verdant worlds behind in its wake.
** David seems [[Functional Genre Savvy|aware]] of the Genesis Device's potential less-than-altruistic uses.
* [[Kicked Upstairs]]: A major reason why Kirk feels so old.
* [[Kill'Em All]]: In the opening ''Kobayashi Maru'' sequence, the
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: The story borrows themes and ideas from from ''[[King Lear]]'', ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' and ''[[Moby Dick]]''. Guess what books are on Khan's shelf.
** There's a lingering shot of the (2D) chessboard when Chekhov and Terrell first enter Khan's cargo container refuge,
** It also borrows from ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]''. Guess which book Spock gives to Kirk as a birthday present.
** The age of the actors, a fact that the previous movie tried to gloss over, became a major plot point for this movie as Kirk hits 50 and has a mid-life crisis.
* [[Large Ham]]: A double serving.
* [[Little No]]: From Kirk, of all people,
* [[Lock and Load Montage]]
* [[Luke, You Are My Father]]: Doesn't actually occur on screen, so the viewer is left unsure as to when David finds out who his father is. When David and Kirk first meet, the former is extremely hostile to the latter, even going so far as to accuse Kirk of killing everyone at Regula. At the end of the movie, David and Kirk reconcile and he says he's proud to be Kirk's son. It's possible David knew all along and just refused to acknowledge it. The dialog makes it fairly clear that Kirk knows he's the father, but has obviously also never met David face to face before this film.
* [[Magic Countdown]]: Khan's "sixty seconds".
** "We need warp speed in 3 minutes or we're all dead."
* [[Man Hug]]: Kirk and David. Awwwk-waardd.
* [[Mathematician's Answer]]:
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'''Kirk:''' You may ''ask.''
* [[Misaimed Fandom]]: In-universe. ''[[Moby Dick]]'' is part of Khan's private library and he quotes Captain Ahab throughout the movie. Seems like Khan kind of missed the point of the novel.
** [[Alternate Character Interpretation|Alternatively]], it could be said that Khan understood the point of the novel completely and
▲* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Khan has a lot of [[Eye Candy|really pretty boys]] [[Good
* [[Mythology Gag]]: As noted above, how Kirk dealt with growing older was a major subplot of the movie. In the ''Kobayashi Maru'' test at the beginning, the simulated ''Enterprise'' was heading to the Gamma Hydra system; the TOS episode "The Deadly Years" (in which the ''Enterprise'' crew had to deal with rapid aging) took place there.
* [[Naive Newcomer]]: Saavik.
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* [[New Meat]]: Peter Preston.
* [[Not Even Bothering with the Accent]]: Khan. An East Indian (sure) with a Mexican accent.
* [[Not So Different]]: Carol admits this regarding Jim and David.▼
* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: As mentioned above, the Battle in the Nebula at the end is not what you'd expect from two warships duking it out. It's slow, quiet, tense and ''very'' effective.
▲* [[Not So Different]]: Carol admits this regarding Jim and David.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Done several times.
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'''Khan:''' ...Raise them!
'''Joachim:''' (bashing console) I ''can't!''
'''Khan:''' (dawning realization) Where's the override!? ''' THE OVERRIDE?!!'''
** And earlier on:
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** During the final battle: The viewscreen clears just in time to reveal Reliant bearing down on Enterprise, [[Orchestral Bombing|the music goes nuts]], and there's barely enough time to order evasive
** The most brutal one of all is the last one....
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And then Kirk looks over to see
* [[Only Mostly Dead]]: Spock after the final battle.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Joachim actually seemed pretty smart, but unfortunately for him, Khan's too bent on his revenge.
* [[Orchestral Bombing]]: James Horner is ''awesome''.
* [[Orifice Invasion]]: The worms in the ear are probably the most notorious example.
* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: The "needs of the many..." speech is really beautiful and all, but had Spock instead said, "Captain, I put my katra in Doctor McCoy. Ask my father about it. I'll be fine.", a lot of conflict in the next movie could have been avoided.<ref>The reason that they didn't is that the ''katra'' sequence was actually written and shot slightly later than the rest of the death sequence, to give a sequel hook to a potential ''Star Trek III'', should
▲* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: The "needs of the many..." speech is really beautiful and all, but had Spock instead said, "Captain, I put my katra in Doctor McCoy. Ask my father about it. I'll be fine.", a lot of conflict in the next movie could have been avoided.<ref>The reason that they didn't is that the ''katra'' sequence was actually written and shot slightly later than the rest of the death sequence, to give a sequel hook to a potential ''Star Trek III'' should TWOK actually prove successful enough for Paramount to demand one (Everyone thought that TWOK would be the last of the ''Star Trek'' films, and this, not any rumored loathing of the character was why Leonard Nimoy was so interested in Spock's death -- hoping to close the book on ''Trek'' by giving an emotional death scene to Spock.)</ref>
* [[Proscenium Reveal]]: The entrance of Admiral Kirk ends the [[Unwinnable Training Simulation|Kobayashi Maru]] test.
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: Khan. He is a Sikh after all.
* [[Public Secret Message]]: Spock tells Kirk on an open channel, "If we go by the book, hours become days
** And, in [[Real Life]], this counts as Roddenberry's second attempt to reconnect with his long lost [[World War II]] buddy, Kim Noonien Singh.
* [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!]]:
* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]: Part of what makes Khan one of cinema's most respected villains is how much his actions cause Kirk to lose.
* [[Recycled in Space]]: A 19th-century naval adventure ''IN SPACE''.
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** A non-literal [[Red Shirt]] is the member of the science station's crew who gets shot by a mind-controlled Terrell.
* [[Retool]]: Director Nicholas Meyer made some changes, most notably making Starfleet like an actual navy and giving the crew uniforms which [[Space Clothes|looked less like a product of the 60's/70's]], sporting uniforms with a more classical and thus timeless look.
* [[Revenge Before Reason]]: Khan has this pointed out by his underlings - they have a Federation spaceship, they can go ''anywhere''.
* [[Revenge Myopia]]: [[Lampshaded]]. After Khan explains his beef with Kirk, Chekov says, "Captain Kirk was your host. You repaid his hospitality by trying to steal his ship and murder him!" Khan ignores the point.
* [[Rule of Cool]]: The primary reason for the [[Lock and Load Montage]]: There really isn't any ''reason'' why a 23rd century starship should require a dozen crewmembers performing manual labor to load a torpedo, but damn if it isn't ''awesome'' to watch.
** The automated loading system was damaged in their first encounter with Khan, so they had to resort to the human backup system.
* [[Say My Name]]: '''''"[https://regmedia.co.uk/2019/12/09/kirk-khan.jpg KHAAAAAANNNNNN!!!]"''''' Hell, [[The Khan]] even redirects to this trope.
** Though it's the most famous example of [[Large Ham]] ever, [[Fridge Brilliance]] reveals it's [[Justified Trope|justified]] in retrospect: {{spoiler|Kirk, who actually has a backup plan, is ''acting'' in order to convince Khan that he's won -- in other words, he's hamming it up deliberately
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: Khan and his crew being trapped for 15 years on a desolate world.
* [[Sealed Good in a Can]]: Khan attempts to do this, [[Out-Gambitted|but Kirk has other plans.]]
* [[Self-Disposing Villain]]: Khan attempts to [[Taking You with Me|take Kirk with him]]. It doesn't turn out as planned.
* [[Series Continuity Error]]: The most famous of which is Khan recognizing Chekov, even though the character wasn't in "Space Seed".
** When asked about this at conventions, Walter Koenig likes to tell a [[Fanon|humorous story]] about how Chekov, then a lowly [[Red Shirt]], met Khan by using a restroom [[Potty Emergency|Khan had much need of]]. Upon discovering that Chekov had [[This Is Unforgivable!|also depleted the toilet paper]], Khan cursed the poor ensign and declared he would [[Call Forward|never forget his face]].
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** The concentric tubes of the Genesis control panel resemble the ones that Ripley uses to activate the self-destruct sequence in [[Alien]].
* [[Shown Their Work]]: According to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe9qSLYK5q4 this short documentary], the ILM team that put together the Genesis proposal scenes used the stars as seen from Epsilon Indi (a nearby K-class dwarf) as the background. The Sun is visible toward the end below the Genesis planet as an extra star in the Big Dipper.
* [[Skyward Scream]]: A sort of [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]], parodies always turn Kirk's "KHAAAAAANNNN!" into this. In the film itself it shows [https://regmedia.co.uk/2019/12/09/kirk-khan.jpg a level view of Kirk screaming] and then cuts to an image on the planet's surface.
* [[Smart People Play Chess]]: A chess set is one of the few creature comforts Khan and his followers had on Ceti Alpha V.
* [[Space Clothes]]: Semi-averted. The badass maroon jackets and turtleneck combo is a million steps up from TMP's Starfleet pastel pajamas.
** The production had no choice but to change the costumes. Nick Meyer wanted something more ''Prisoner of Zenda'' or Horatio Hornblower, but more importantly, the entire cast threatened to not do any more Trek unless the [[Awesome but Impractical|extremely-overengineered]] outfits were jettisoned -- the TMP costumes were constructed in such a way that the cast needed assistance donning the outfits, even unto having assistants standing by while using the restroom. So in effect, the Enterprise crew mutinying brought about the second-most iconic costumes in Trek history.
* [[Space Clouds]]: The Mutara Nebula.
* [[Space Is an Ocean]]: More pronounced than ever before, complete with a [[Lampshade Hanging]].
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* [[Space Mines]]: In the [[Unwinnable Training Simulation]] that starts off the movie, the ship the Enterprise needs to rescue was disabled by a gravitic mine.
* [[The Spock]]: Naturally. Quite notable here, however,
* [[Stock Footage]]: Much of the [[Scenery Porn]] of the ''Enterprise'' from ''The Motion Picture'' was reused to help stretch the budget, specifically several flybys and scenes involving the spacedock.
** The original teaser trailer features the ''
** The Klingon ships in the ''Kobiyashi Maru'' simulation were the same ones that attacked V'ger in the first movie.
*** Of all the reused footage, this one makes the most sense. We already saw that Starfleet had recorded footage of the V'ger incident.
* [[Story Arc]]: This is the beginning of a storyline that continues into ''[[Star Trek III: The
* [[Take a Third Option]]: [[Deconstructed]]. See [[An Aesop]] above.
* [[Taking You with Me]]: Khan, at the end.
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* [[The Telltale Drapes]]: Chekov finds a buckle that says "Botany Bay" and instantly realizes they're on Khan's ship seconds before they're captured.
* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]: No less than ''three''.
▲{{quote| '''Khan:''' THIS. '''IS.''' CETI ALPHA ''FIVE!!!''}}
* [[Time Bomb]]
▲* [[2-D Space]]: Both used (for filmmaking purposes) and inverted (for story purposes).
▲{{quote| '''Spock''': "He's intelligent, but inexperienced. His pattern indicates two dimensional thinking".}}
* [[The Ubermensch]]: Khan would like to think he is. In reality, he's [[Sanity Slippage|gone half-mad]] since being marooned on Ceti Alpha V.
* [[Unwinnable Training Simulation]]: The Kobayashi Maru test.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: In response to Kirk's [[Batman Gambit]].
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'''Joachim:''' No, sir! You have Genesis, you can have anything you wa-
'''Khan:''' '''FULL POWER, ''DAMN YOU!'''''
* [[Weapon of Mass Destruction]]: The Genesis Device.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Khan. His wife and people died because Kirk forgot to check up on him after he exiled him, remember?
* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: Loosely, to ''[[Moby Dick]]''.
* [[Window Love]]: Kirk and Spock, just before Spock dies.
* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: Khan plans ten moves ahead. Are you sure you want to put your queen on that square?
** Unfortunately for Khan, [[Space Is an Ocean|he only knows 2D chess]], unlike Kirk.
* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: Kirk plays without a net. Don't look down.
* [[
* [[Zeerust]]:
** Khan's followers look like the entourage of a hair metal band.
** The computers look pretty
*** In the novelization, one of the Regula 1 scientists complains that a portable computer doesn't have enough memory for his "fifty meg"<ref>It's not specified whether he means mega''bits'' or mega''bytes''</ref> game.
** On the [[DVD Commentary]], Nicholas Meyer talks at great length about how dated the way David wears his sweater is, citing it as an example of how "all works of art are inevitably products of their time".
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