Star Trek: The Animated Series: Difference between revisions

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Given the reality that it was produced by [[Filmation]], the animation is typically the studio's ultra-cheap style. However, they more than made up for that with most of the original cast and the writers as well (although [[Larry Niven]] was a tad lazy in squeezing ''The Soft Weapon'' from his ''[[Known Space]]'' universe into that of ''Star Trek''). The result is a show that might be badly animated, but it still boasted spectacular imagery and believably non-human aliens that the original show could never depict, while still reasonably keeping to its artistic spirit. For instance, this series took home the franchise's first Emmy Award.

 

The title used here and on the DVD release is a back-formation. The show originally aired as simply "Star Trek". It's also known by the more ponderous title of ''The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek''.

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* [[Absentee Actor]]: Everyone ''except'' Spock, Sulu and Uhura in "The Slaver Weapon".

* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Captain Robert T. April in "The Counter-Clock Incident".

* [[Creator in Joke]]: Captain Robert T. April in "The Counter-Clock Incident". April was the original name for the character that eventually became Kirk.

* [[Derelict Graveyard]]: "The Time Trap"

* [[Detachable Lower Half]]: The title character in "Bem".

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* [[Lighter and Fluffier]] -- one of the main reasons given by [[Gene Roddenberry]] as to why he chose Filmation out of all the animation companies who made a pitch at doing the cartoon version is because they were the only company who didn't suggest giving the Enterprise crew "funny animal sidekicks". Interestingly, ''after'' getting the job, the idea apparently did surface at pre-production meetings... but it was quickly (and rightly) kiboshed by Roddenberry.

 

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