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* [[Former Teen Rebel]]
* [[Guile Hero]]: Not the trickster kind, but he always prefers to resolve conflicts by diplomacy and finesse if possible, rather than resorting to combat.
* [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!|Grandpa, What Massive Hotness You Have]]: [[Patrick Stewart]] was 47 during the original run of ''[[Star Trek:
* [[Hates Small Talk]]: He'll do what he needs to avoid it. A good example is when Data attempts to make small talk with him and he directs the android to keep an eye on someone who was notorious for being big on small talk.
* [[The Hero]]
* [[Large Ham]]: Basically, [[The Captain|Picard]] and [[Patrick Stewart]] have equal levels of ham content, considering that both are Shakespearian actors, but only one is in command of a powerful starship.
* [[Limited Advancement Opportunities]]: [[Star Trek:
** It is mentioned in ''All Good Things'' that Picard eventually became an ambassador.
* [[The McCoy]] / [[The Spock]]: Depending on the situation.
* [[Misplaced Accent]] / [[Not Even Bothering
* [[Officer and
* [[Patrick Stewart Speech]]: His actor is the [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: With Captain Phillipa Louvois in "The Measure of a Man".
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* [[The Kirk]]: Riker is a very interesting example of this trope. In short, Data will '''usually''' present a strictly rational solution to an ethical dilemma, while Crusher or Troi will present a more emotional one. Remember, '''usually''' they're people, not abstracts. At this point, Riker will weigh them internally and give his opinion to Picard, who then '''re'''-Kirks it and makes a decision. For a guy who hates bureaucratic admirals, he sure does like oversight.
* [[The Lancer]]: Part and parcel of being the ship's First Officer AKA "[[Number One]]."
* [[Limited Advancement Opportunities]]: By his own choice, no less. He was offered command several times during the series, but always turned them down because he would rather serve as first officer on the flagship than captain of an insignificant vessel <ref>and because [[Status Quo Is God]]</ref>. He explains his reasoning behind this to Captain Picard in Part I of "The Best of Both Worlds": "With all due respect, sir, you need me." In Part II of that episode, he's given a field promotion to Captain after Picard's capture and has four pips on his uniform signifying his new rank, but after Picard's return he has three pips again for some reason. (No reason he couldn't have continued to serve as first officer while keeping his new rank. And after ''saving the Federation'', he really deserved to keep that extra pip.) He finally accepts a promotion in ''[[Star Trek Nemesis
* [[Number One]]
* [[One of Us]]: It is revealed [[Star Trek: Enterprise
* [[Recycled Script]]: He's based on Willard Decker from the cancelled series ''Star Trek: Phase II'', which was turned into ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend|Victorious Young Adulthood Friend]]: With Troi.
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* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]
* [[Goggles Do Something Unusual]]: His VISOR allows him to "see" a lot of things that normal eyes can't.
* [[Electronic Eyes]]: In the movies, as of ''[[Star Trek: First Contact
* [[Handicapped Badass]]
* [[Military Brat]]: Both parents were in Starfleet.
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* [[Techno Babble]]: Far from the only source of it in the show, but he could well be the poster boy for this trope.
* [[The Professor]]
* [[Throwing Off the Disability]]: His eyes and vision were completely regenerated in ''[[Star Trek: Insurrection
** In "Hide and Q," the Q-empowered Riker grants Geordi eyesight. Though he briefly sees without his VISOR, he soon declines.
** Reportedly, it was suggested that this trope be invoked early into the series' run, with the justification being 24th century technology could simply cure his blindness. Both Burton and Roddenberry were against it - considering it a disservice to blind people.
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* [[Back for
* [[Back for
* [[Bridge Bunny]]: To Denise Crosby's displeasure.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: She came from a planet that had descended into anarchy.
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** Even more interestingly, the role was read by dark-haired, olive-skinned Marina Sirtis, while Crosby read for the role of the ship's counselor. [[Captain Obvious|They swapped parts]].
* [[We Hardly Knew Ye]]
* [[The Worf Effect]]: How [[Sacrificial Lion|Tasha]] died. This was one of the earlier examples of [[The Worf Effect|the trope]] on [[Star Trek:
=== Lieutenant (later Lieutenant Commander) Worf ([[Michael Dorn]]) ===
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* [[I Am X, Son of Y]]: "I am Worf, son of Mogh!!"
* [[Momma's Boy]]: Worf absolutely ''loves'' his adoptive mother Helena Rozhenko. He insists that she makes the best Rokeg blood pie in the entire galaxy, beat up five teenage boys he deemed "disrespectful" to her (with the implication that they had insulted her rather than him) at the age of 7, and one of his favorite places is her home of Minsk.
* [[Offered the Crown]]: Subverted. The Duras sisters attempt to convince him to change his loyalty to them, offering the older sister as his wife and him the Regency for their nephew. Later, after defeating Gowron in [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]
* [[Raised
** Also because he didn't grow up in a Klingon environment, [[The Big Guy|Worf]] is only aware of how Klingons are ''supposed'' to conduct themselves -- other Klingons have learnt (as we all do) that there's honor and then there's the subtle compromises you make to get along in life. This leads to several [[Honor Before Reason]] decisions by [[The Big Guy|Worf]].
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: When Duras killed his beloved K'Ehleyr, Worf boarded his ship and killed him in the Rite of Vengeance.
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* [[Action Mom]]
* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Gates McFadden made her name as a choreographer and, in "Data's Day," Crusher gets a scene where she teaches Data to dance, opening with a fairly impressive bit of tap-dancing from the doctor.
* [[Combat Medic]]: One of the more prominent examples among ''[[Star Trek
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Although she has yet to approach the levels of this seen in, say, [[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
{{quote| '''Riker''': (''as Picard contemplates beaming Crusher back aboard despite her insistence on staying behind to treat wounded civilians'') I don't wanna be in the Transporter Room to greet her.}}
* [[Hot Mom]]: Her figure was mentioned in her original character description. In-story, she was certainly a draw, between [[UST]] with [[The Captain|Picard]] and several one-episode romance plots.
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* [[The McCoy]]: Slips into this on occasion.
* [[The Medic]]
* [[Put
* [[Satellite Character]]: Her initial description in the cast bible is a one line description of how she is Wesley's mother. Her other major character usage is UST with Picard. This contributed to her bus trip in season two.
* [[Three Faces of Eve]]: Beverly is the wife/mother.
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* [[The Empath]]
* [[Ethical Slut]]: Troi has the most romantic subplots of any character in the series (almost none of which outlast the episode), but they're almost always positive and mostly just serve to show how compassionate she is.
* [[Everything's Better
* [[The Fashionista]]: Deanna dresses fashionably (within Starfleet regulations as permitted), and is shown early in the series to have what others consider excellent taste in clothes. Unlike her mother Lwaxana, Deanna is more humble about it, unflamboyantly letting her outfits speak for themselves as she does her job.
* [[Fleeting Passionate Hobby]]: In "A Fistful of Datas" Alexander invites her because "she like Westerns." This is never mentioned again.
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* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: And ''how''. She sported prominent cleavage and a raging cameltoe for most of the series.
* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]
* [[Recycled Script]]: Based on Ilia from ''Star Trek: Phase II'' (which was cancelled and re-worked into ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture
* [[Sensor Character]]
* [[Serious Business]]:
{{quote| '''Deanna''': [[Everything's Better
* [[Three Faces of Eve]]: Troi is the child.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: "Face of the Enemy".
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* [[Pinocchio Syndrome]]
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Two.
** In ''[[Star Trek Generations
{{quote| '''Data:''' [[Oh Crap|Ohhhhh]], ''[[Oh Crap|shit!]]''}}
** In ''[[Star Trek: First Contact
{{quote| '''Data:''' [[Sophisticated As Hell|I believe I speak for everyone on the ship when I say:]] [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right|'To hell with our orders.']]}}
* [[Recycled Script]]: He is derived from the character Xon from the cancelled ''[[
* [[Ridiculously Human Robot]]: [[Justified Trope]]. His creator was far more interested in the [[For Science!|puzzle]] of creating fully-sentient mechanical life than any commercial applications.
* [[Skunk Stripe]]: A flash-forward to the future ("All Good Things...") shows Data with a glaringly-obvious streak of grey hair, an attempt to make himself feel older and distinguished.
* [[The Smart Guy]]
* [[The Spock]]: Even ''[[Star Trek:
{{quote| '''Admiral McCoy''': I don't see any points on your ears, boy, but you sound like a Vulcan!<br />
'''Data''': No sir, I am an android.<br />
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* [[Truly Single Parent]]: To Lal.
* [[Unable to Cry]]: As in, physically unable to, despite losing his daughter.
** Averted in ''[[Star Trek Generations
** Brought up in "Brothers."
{{quote| '''Data:''' You know that I cannot grieve for you, sir.<br />
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* [[Intelligence Equals Isolation]]
* [[Military Brat]]: Son of a Starfleet doctor and command officer.
* [[Put
* [[Teen Genius]]
* [[What Could Have Been]]: At one point he was planned as a female character named Leslie Crusher, as the TNG creators thought the teenaged boy genius was too much of a cliché. (They were probably right.)
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* [[Kicked Upstairs]]: From his previous assignment to the ''Enterprise''; his former CO had been giving him glowing performance evaluations specifically to bait another captain into requesting him.
* [[Mr. Imagination]]: Mostly through holodiction as he's always generating new fantasy simulations on the holodeck.
* [[A Day in
* [[Overly Long Name]]: His full name is Reginald Endicott Barclay III.
* [[Reassignment Backfire]]: Originally moved to the ''Enterprise'' just to get rid of him, Barclay came into his own as a Starfleet officer under Picard's command.
* [[Shrinking Violet]]
* [[Stuttering Into Eloquence]]
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: In ''[[Star Trek: Voyager
=== Guinan ([[Whoopi Goldberg]]) ===
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* [[Have We Met Yet?]]: 19th-century Guinan meets first a time-displaced Data, then Picard, while in San Francisco, both of whom (obviously) know her.
* [[Mysterious Past]]: Guinan often refers to [[Noodle Incident|adventures]] from her past, several of which become important plot points, but many more of which remain mysterious.
* [[Nice Hat]]: Guinan is ''always'' wearing a hat. Even when she's been shot in 19th-century San Francisco. Even when she's a [[Living Memory]] in the Nexus. The only time she's seen without a hat is in her quarters in ''[[Star Trek Generations
* [[Promoted Fanboy|Promoted Fangirl]]: Whoopi Goldberg was a huge fan of [[Star Trek:
* [[Shout-Out]]: Named after famed speakeasy owner and entertainer Texas Guinan.
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Guinan looks exactly the same in the late 24th century as she does in the late 19th.
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* [[Born in An Elevator]]: Gave birth to her daughter Molly in the ship's lounge in the midst of a crisis. [[Delivery Guy|With Worf delivering the baby]].
* [[Fake Nationality]]: Keiko is from Japan; Rosalind Chao is Chinese-American.
* [[Put
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]
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* [[Ascended Extra]]: He went from a named extra in the pilot to a recurring minor character to a main character on ''[[Deep Space Nine]]''.
* [[Happily Married]]: To Keiko, during an otherwise [[A Day in
* [[Retcon]]: Over the course of the series, O'Brien's Starfleet rank fluctuated from low-ranking officer to high-ranking NCO.
* [[Put
* [[The Engineer]]: Specializing in transporter technology.
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* [[The Other Darrin]]
* [[Put
* [[Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome]]
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* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: When McFadden returned for Season 3, Pulaski dropped off the face of the galaxy with her last episode being an underwhelming [[Clip Show]]. She is mentioned in two further TNG episodes and the finale of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager
** What's surprising is that when the holographic Moriarty returns in Season Six, he doesn't ask where Pulaski has gone. She was the one he spent the most time with, after all, so you would think that if ''anybody'' would mention her, he would.
* [[Dr. Jerk]]
* [[Expy]] / [[Gender Flip]]: If [[Star Trek:
* [[Fake Guest Star]]: Always a guest through season two, despite being in most episodes and being such an important role on the ship. Diana Muldaur was actually ''offered'' main cast billing, but she turned it down.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Towards Data. He doesn't react, but it infuriates Geordi and Wesley.
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* [[Half-Human Hybrid|Quarter Human Hybrid]]: 3/4 Klingon, 1/4 Human.
* [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much|My Father's Species Doth Protest Too Much]]
* [[Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome]]: Alexander was born in 2366, but when he arrives on the ''Enterprise'' in 2367, he is played by 6-year-old Jon Paul Steuer. Upon his return a year later he's played by 11-year-old Brian Bonsall. And when he shows up again in ''[[DS 9]]'', it's 2374 and he's 8 years old... and played by 21-year-old Marc Worden. Maybe being 3/4ths Klingon does crazy things to your physiology? Will [[Star Trek: Voyager
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A pair of Klingon troublemakers who consider themselves entitled to rule the Empire. They are [[Exactly What It Says
The Duras sisters are (to date) the latest Klingon adversaries to be faced in a ''Trek'' feature film, famously blowing up the ''Enterprise-D''. Riker blew up their ship in kind.
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* [[Cleavage Window]]
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: In ''[[Star Trek Generations
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: This is what they wanted to set themselves up as; being female, neither of them would be allowed to rule the Klingon Empire. Their nephew ''was'' allowed to make a claim to the position, being male, but he was nothing more than their puppet.
* [[The Quisling]]: They are happy to sell out the Klingon Empire to the Romulans for their support in their attempted power-grab.
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* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: A significant aversion, among a race known for the trope. As time goes on, we see that he is unremarkable as both a duellist and a strategist. He certinly won't back down from a fight, though.
** Even if it's with the second coming of ''Kahless.'' He seemed pretty sure that Kahless was a fraud, but still...
* [[Driven
* [[Jerkass]]
** [[Our Presidents Are Different|President Jerkass]]
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* [[Bait and Switch Tyrant]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Get it done." Spoken quite gruffly.
* [[Jerk
* [[The Neidermeyer]]
* [[We Hardly Knew Ye]]
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* [[Adult Child]]: He's an obscenely powerful, omnipotent deity who has the emotional development of a six-year old. This includes being hopelessly self-obsessed, never realizing how annoying people find him, pouting when things don't go his way or he is upset and generally acting like a spoiled child when it suits Him.
* [[Anti-Villain]]
* [[Ascend to
* [[Badass Finger-Snap]]: Practically a trademark of the character. He does this whenever he warps reality on a large scale.
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: All the time. Its one of the many reasons the crew doesn't like Him.
* [[Debt Detester]]: Specifically to Picard.
* [[Depending
** There's a fan theory that he just gets [[Bored
** This may be in part deliberate. In his first episode, he changes his appearance frequently, and while his personality remains that of an arrogant and judgmental deity, he behaves quite differently whenever he changes his look. From a superior french admiral to a drug-addled 21st century foot soldier.
* [[Divine Intervention]]: usually after he's actually ''started'' the problem and someone brow-beats him into cleaning up the mess he made.
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* [[Jerkass]]
** [[Jerkass God]]: he's done some really mean things to people on a whim. And a lot of these were rather deadly practical jokes (on the scale of ''[[But for Me It Was Tuesday|wiping out entire civilizations]]'')
** [[Jerk
*** 18 people lost their lives during that "warning". A heart of gold is ''very'' debatable here.
* [[Large Ham]]
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{{quote| '''Picard:''' I understand what you've done here, Q. But I think the lesson could have been learned without the loss of 18 members of my crew.<br />
'''Q''': If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not ''safe'' out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross... but it's not for the ''timid''. }}
* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: One-ups every other ''[[
** Also has a history of hitting on [[Star Trek: Voyager
* [[One-Letter Name]]
* [[Physical God]]
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* [[As Long
** It if sounds clunky, it's because "Noonian Soong" is a play on [[Star Trek II:
* [[Fake Guest Star]]: Brent Spiner already plays Data.
* [[For Science!]]: Soong was obsessed with creating fully sapient mechanical beings -- not as a labor force or an improvement on existing life forms, but to prove it could be done.
* [[Generation Xerox]]: ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise
** [[Identical Grandson]]: ...also played by Spiner.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Of the good-but-obsessive sort.
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* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: You might know him better as Ambassador G'kar from ''[[Babylon
** He was also the One-Armed Man in the film version of ''[[The Fugitive (
* [[Smug Snake]]: At least when he's winning. Which rarely lasts long.
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Descended Creator]]: Sort of. She owned a great deal of the rights and was one of the chief executives owning Star Trek after her husband's death.
* [[Fake Guest Star]]: Majel Barrett Roddenberry voiced-acted every Federation computer in ''[[Next Gen]]'' (and for that matter ''[[DS 9]]'' and ''Voyager''), and was only a "guest star" here in the sense that she physically appears in the episode. As the computer, they even managed to squeeze her into ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise
* [[The Fashionista]]
* [[Genki Girl]]: Always friendly, always cheerful, always enthusiastic, even to the point of annoying people around her.
* [[Good Bad Girl]]: Since her husband died, she always seems to have [[Mr. Fanservice]] on her arm or is on the lookout for it.
* [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!]]
* [[Hoist
* [[Hot Mom]]
* [[Impossibly Low Neckline]]: [[Subverted Trope]] in that her cleavage has noticeably sagged.
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* [[Talking to Herself]]: When using the ship's computer.
* [[Telepath]]: A full telepath and [[Empath]], unlike her daughter Deanna who is mainly an empath and only rare telepath. Lwaxana can talk mentally to nearly any species (except Ferengi and a few others), while the only non-empath Deanna is ever shown talking mentally to is Will Riker.
* [[Try to Fit That
* [[Widow Woman]]
* [[You Look Familiar]]: Hey, it's [[Star Trek:
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