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Joining forces with some unsavory [[Rubber Forehead Aliens|Rubber Forehead]]... and face... [[Rubber Forehead Aliens|Aliens]] offering their <s>technology</s> friendship, [[The Federation]] decides that the [[Alien Non-Interference Clause|Prime Directive]] is optional so that they can relocate the new-agey [[Space Amish]] inhabitants of a paradise planet. After all, [[Utopia Justifies the Means]], right? The ''Enterprise'' crew uncovers the plot and rebels against Starfleet (hence the title) to save the day.
With bigger guns, the rekindling of the Riker/Troi romance, and a generally out-of-character original cast, the movie is a far cry from ''[[Star Trek:
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* [[Adult Child]]: Ru'afo is basically a [[Spoiled Brat]] in a body dying of old age.
* [[Badass Boast]]: "We're through running from these bastards."
* [[Beauty Equals Goodness]]: Thanks to centuries of living with eternal youth, the Ba'ku look like catalog models
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* [[Black and White Morality]]: Geordi uses this idea to describe the thought processes going through Data's head after having [[Techno Babble|his memory engrams damaged by a phaser blast]]. Which comes across as frightening when one considers that Data attacked Picard and Worf's shuttle, believing Starfleet personnel to be someone who would take advantage of his memory loss. It sets up a [[Black and Gray Morality]] theme for the whole movie ([[The Federation]] attempting to advance medical technology through the harm of the Ba'ku vs. {{spoiler|the Son'a, mostly Ru'afo, seeking revenge on the parents who exiled them from home}}) with the crew of the ''Enterprise'' as the only people trying to settle things reasonably. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|It also sets up how easily music can distract Data after experiencing his equivalent to a concussion.]]
* [[Character Shilling]]: The movie has the crew go on and on about how perfect and wonderful the Ba'ku and their society are, right down to the movie's tagline being "The battle for paradise has begun".
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: A native population is relocated so that their resources can be exploited. [[The Wild West|Hmm.]]
** It's also ''very'' similar to an episode of ''The Next Generation'' where Picard's stance on the exact same situation was the [[Broken Aesop|exact opposite]], although one can argue the strategic and scientific value of Ba'ku is a sufficient difference to change his mind.
*** The script has been accused of being racist in tone: the group who Picard was perfectly willing to deport were [[Ambiguously Brown]] while the Ba'ku are lily white yet they get to keep their planet. Many fans don't like turning one of the most peaceful and enlightened captains in [[Star Trek]] into a racist.
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* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: {{spoiler|Dougherty is fine with forcibly relocating the Ba'ku, but draws the line at genocide. So Ru'afo kills him.}}
* [[Evil Overlooker]]
* [[Fan Sequel]]: The [[Long Runner|sixty-episode series]] [[
* [[Fan Service]]: Troi and Riker taking a bath together.
** Troi and Dr. Crusher talk about how much firmer their boobs are, using that exact word. The fans weren't exactly happy.
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** Picard's [[Machine Empathy]]; in the scene where it comes up, he mentions that it was much more acute when he was younger.
** At one point Crusher notes that the Captain was quite a dancer, when he was '''younger'''.
** Once we get to the Ba'ku planet, there's the rekindling of the Riker/Troi romance and Worf's [[Call a Rabbit
* [[Fountain of Youth]]
* [[Freudian Couch]]
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* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Galatin. {{spoiler|Dougherty tries as well but Ru'afo kills him.}}
* [[Hidden Elf Village]]: The Ba'ku's planet.
* [[Human Alien]]: The Ba'ku, they look exactly like humans.
* [[Immortality Begins At Twenty]]: The magic radiation takes some time to have its full effect allowing children to age normally.
* [[Invisibility Cloak]]: In the opening scene Data runs around cloaked while being chased by several cloaked away team members. Then later they find a cloaked ship hidden in a lake.
* [[Jerkass Has a Point]]: In their argument, Admiral Dougherty actually makes a valid point that Picard seemingly ignores.
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** Except that it's none of his business what they were "meant" to be. Who, exactly, made Dougherty the arbiter of who was meant to be immortal? So no, the jerkass does not have a point... [[Take That|and neither does Dougherty, So'na fanboys]].
* [[Love Transcends Spacetime]]: Anij's ability to slow down time seems linked to how romantic it makes the moment.
* [[The Magnificent Seven Samurai]]: Complete with "Seven to beam up." Hmm....
* [[Machine Empathy]]: Picard detects that the ship's torque sensors are ''slightly'' out of alignment just because "they don't sound right."
** {{spoiler|''[[Star Trek: Nemesis]]'' indicates that Picard was born with a rare genetic condition that gives him supersensitive hearing. Although treated in his youth to ensure that even the slightest of sounds don't cause him pain, it's entirely possible that Picard would retain extremely acute hearing (by most human standards) into adulthood.}}
* [[Mundane Utility]]: So its implied that all of the Ba'ku have developed the ability to significantly slow the passage of time. What is stopping them from using this to avoid being tagged by the seeker drones?
* [[Nightmare Face]]: The Son'a with that face-stretcher device. Okay, maybe that's not being fair to them; how about {{spoiler|''[[Cruel and Unusual Death|Admiral Dougherty with that face-stretcher device.]]''}}
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* [[Obviously Evil]]
* [[Offstage Villainy]]: The library scene really goes out of its way to make the Son'a unlikeable, with records of conquering and enslaving worlds, drug dealing, and possessing illegal weapons. [[Horrible Judge of Character|It makes the Federation look really stupid to have ever turned to them.]]
** Especially since the drug they are mentioned to be dealing is often brought up in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
** It's not outright stated they're Dominion allies until a later episode of ''Deep Space Nine''. So it's possible the Son'a just happened to make ketracel-white for other people besides the Dominion and after the events of ''Insurrection'' their falling out with the Federation gave them the final push to join forces.
*** What other people? Ketracel-white's sole purpose is to keep the Jem'Hadar healthy. It's never stated that it has uses for other people. It was created just for the Jem'Hadar. Though, I can get around this by saying maybe Ru'afo's group was not part of the Dominion alliance.
** In the [[Star Trek Deep Space Nine Relaunch|Deep Space Nine relaunch novel]] ''Section 31: Abyss'', Commander Vaughn says that the entire operation was organized by Section 31, and when it went bad, {{spoiler|[[Deceased Fall Guy Gambit|the deceased]]}} Admiral Dougherty was made the fall guy.
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** Made [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] since in [[Star Trek Online]] you can use a joystick to pilot your starship, and if you own the exact same model of joystick...
** On the other hand, this is exactly the job joysticks were created to do. We don't mock real-world fighter pilots for using them.
*** That's because fighter aircraft is designed with joysticks in mind. In Star Trek, this is the first time we've seen one used. It looks so narmishly out of place.
**** Yet, years later, the NX-01 would be piloted by a joystick. I'm not even kidding.
* [[Perfect Pacifist People]]: The Ba'ku, whose leader even says "The moment we pick up a weapon, we become one of them."
** Which is actually a nice bit of foreshadowing; the Son'a are just non-pacifist non-luddite Ba'ku.
* [[Precision F
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* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: The Ba'ku.
** Which they subvert with the kid...who's twelve. The Ba'ku settle into age stasis [[Immortality Begins At Twenty|sometime in their mid-20s]].
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|When Admiral Dougherty develops a sense of morality, Ru'afo kills him.}}
* [[Reed Richards Is Useless]]: The Ba'ku have discovered a planet with amazing healing/rejuvenating powers, which would surely help billions more, but keep it to themselves because... they believe a life without technology is better?
** Yes. Yes they do. And they don't "keep it to themselves", they just live there. They have no obligation to run around the galaxy going "HEY, MOVE TO OUR PLANET!"
* [[Series Continuity Error]]: Troi saying she's never kissed Riker while he had a beard. Number of times this happened in the series: ''four''. You'd think at least Frakes (who was also directing, remember) or Sirtis would point this out.
* [[Space Amish]]: the Ba'ku.
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