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* [[Author's Saving Throw]]
* [[Author's Saving Throw]]
** 'I, Borg', in which they study a Borg drone separated from the collective. Changes them from [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|cyborg zombies]] into [[Starfish Aliens]].
** 'I, Borg', in which they study a Borg drone separated from the collective. Changes them from [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|cyborg zombies]] into [[Starfish Aliens]].
** [[Gene Roddenberry]] never liked that he used the Klingons as the "Race of Black Hats" in [[Star Trek the Original Series|The Original Series]], and thus made Worf as a Klingon main character and the first season episode "Heart of Glory" completely redefined their place as a [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Proud Warrior Race]].
** [[Gene Roddenberry]] never liked that he used the Klingons as the "Race of Black Hats" in [[Star Trek: The Original Series|The Original Series]], and thus made Worf as a Klingon main character and the first season episode "Heart of Glory" completely redefined their place as a [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Proud Warrior Race]].
* [[Base Breaker]]: Captain Edward Jellico from the two-part episode "Chain of Command" is one of ''[[Star Trek]]'''s most polarizing characters. His fans see him as a bold, effective officer who magnificently outwitted the Cardassians. His detractors consider him a huge [[Jerkass]] who had no business [[Replacement Scrappy|filling in for Picard]] and [[Tyrant Takes the Helm|making changes to the way things were run]] on the ''Enterprise''.
* [[Base Breaker]]: Captain Edward Jellico from the two-part episode "Chain of Command" is one of ''[[Star Trek]]'''s most polarizing characters. His fans see him as a bold, effective officer who magnificently outwitted the Cardassians. His detractors consider him a huge [[Jerkass]] who had no business [[Replacement Scrappy|filling in for Picard]] and [[Tyrant Takes the Helm|making changes to the way things were run]] on the ''Enterprise''.
* [[Complete Monster]]: Data's brother Lore from ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' is a thoroughly unsympathetic android who {{spoiler|kills his creator, reprograms his brother to follow his every command, and threatens to set Wesley on fire}}.
* [[Complete Monster]]: Data's brother Lore from ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' is a thoroughly unsympathetic android who {{spoiler|kills his creator, reprograms his brother to follow his every command, and threatens to set Wesley on fire}}.
{{quote| Lore {{spoiler|(to Wesley): "Are you prepared for the kind of death you've earned, little man?"}}}}
{{quote| Lore {{spoiler|(to Wesley): "Are you prepared for the kind of death you've earned, little man?"}}}}
** {{spoiler|And no, [[Creator's Pet|trying to immolate Wesley]]}} does not make up for all the other stuff he did.
** {{spoiler|And no, [[Creator's Pet|trying to immolate Wesley]]}} does not make up for all the other stuff he did.
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* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: Watching Picard break down while bonded to Sarek in the episode "Sarek", is a bit more difficult to watch knowing that Picard may very well share the same fate in his future.
* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: Watching Picard break down while bonded to Sarek in the episode "Sarek", is a bit more difficult to watch knowing that Picard may very well share the same fate in his future.
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: In "New Ground", Geordi is excited to try out the experimental soliton wave due to its historical significance, saying "it'll be like being there... to watch Zefram Cochrane engage the first warp drive!". In ''[[Star Trek First Contact]]'', Geordi actually takes part in Cochrane's first warp flight.
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: In "New Ground", Geordi is excited to try out the experimental soliton wave due to its historical significance, saying "it'll be like being there... to watch Zefram Cochrane engage the first warp drive!". In ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'', Geordi actually takes part in Cochrane's first warp flight.
** YMMV, but if you just started watching the show recently and are aware of how awesome [[Wil Wheaton]]'s career became, ''it's actually hard to dislike Wesley''. This Troper can't unhear [[The Big Bang Theory|WHEATOOOON]] every time he comes on-screen.
** YMMV, but if you just started watching the show recently and are aware of how awesome [[Wil Wheaton]]'s career became, ''it's actually hard to dislike Wesley''. This Troper can't unhear [[The Big Bang Theory|WHEATOOOON]] every time he comes on-screen.
** In "Measure of a Man", the JAG officer says to Riker (to convince him to act as prosecutor against Data): "Then I will rule summarily against him as per my findings. Data [[Battlestar Galactica|is a toaster]], he is to report to Commander Maddox immediately."
** In "Measure of a Man", the JAG officer says to Riker (to convince him to act as prosecutor against Data): "Then I will rule summarily against him as per my findings. Data [[Battlestar Galactica|is a toaster]], he is to report to Commander Maddox immediately."
** In "The Perfect Mate" [[Famke Janssen]] played a self described mutant with mental abilities sharing many scenes with [[Patrick Stewart]] playing Picard. Eight years later she would do the same thing in the first X-Men film.
** In "The Perfect Mate" [[Famke Janssen]] played a self described mutant with mental abilities sharing many scenes with [[Patrick Stewart]] playing Picard. Eight years later she would do the same thing in the first X-Men film.
** In "Phantasms", in Data's dreams, he finds himself having a telephone inside him. So that makes Data [[Incredibly Lame Pun|an Android phone.]]
** In "Phantasms", in Data's dreams, he finds himself having a telephone inside him. So that makes Data [[Incredibly Lame Pun|an Android phone.]]
** No fan of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]] will ever look at Picard's "next of kin to chaos" line toward Q the same way again.
** No fan of [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]] will ever look at Picard's "next of kin to chaos" line toward Q the same way again.
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Q in all his appearances, to one degree or another, often with [[Hilarity Ensues|very entertaining results.]] Omnipotent, yet petty; cruel but not vicious; causing devastation yet helpful at times, you really couldn't help but love the bastard(s).
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Q in all his appearances, to one degree or another, often with [[Hilarity Ensues|very entertaining results.]] Omnipotent, yet petty; cruel but not vicious; causing devastation yet helpful at times, you really couldn't help but love the bastard(s).
** As Tim Lynch [http://timlynchreviews.wikia.com/wiki/Conundrum points out], "MacDuff" in "Conundrum" is a pretty extraordinary villain. He boards the Enterprise, manipulates the crew, and comes very, very close to single-handedly winning the war his race has been fighting. His only real miscalculation was {{spoiler|overestimating Worf's blood-lust and underestimating his devotion to duty}}.
** As Tim Lynch [http://timlynchreviews.wikia.com/wiki/Conundrum points out], "MacDuff" in "Conundrum" is a pretty extraordinary villain. He boards the Enterprise, manipulates the crew, and comes very, very close to single-handedly winning the war his race has been fighting. His only real miscalculation was {{spoiler|overestimating Worf's blood-lust and underestimating his devotion to duty}}.
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*** It's also a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]].
*** It's also a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]].
** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6oUz1v17Uo Picard Song]. It also more or less works as his [[Image Song]].
** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6oUz1v17Uo Picard Song]. It also more or less works as his [[Image Song]].
** On-set example: "The Picard Maneuver," tugging the lower part of the sweater to fix its appearance on-camera. It has since been performed by many other cast members in many other versions, including [[The Spock|Spock]] in [[Star Trek (Film)|the 2009 movie]].
** On-set example: "The Picard Maneuver," tugging the lower part of the sweater to fix its appearance on-camera. It has since been performed by many other cast members in many other versions, including [[The Spock|Spock]] in [[Star Trek (film)|the 2009 movie]].
** According to YTMND, [[The Big Guy|Worf]] can't pronounce "bacaruda."
** According to YTMND, [[The Big Guy|Worf]] can't pronounce "bacaruda."
** The Tamaranian sayings from "Darmok", especially "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra!" and "Shaka, when the walls fell".
** The Tamaranian sayings from "Darmok", especially "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra!" and "Shaka, when the walls fell".
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** "Datalore", where Data says "I'm" and twitches his eye, after sending Lore into empty space.
** "Datalore", where Data says "I'm" and twitches his eye, after sending Lore into empty space.
* [[Relationship Sue]]: Played straight and [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructed]] in "The Perfect Mate".
* [[Relationship Sue]]: Played straight and [[Deconstructed Trope|deconstructed]] in "The Perfect Mate".
* [[Replacement Scrappy]]: Dr. Pulaski in season 2 for Dr. Crusher (Crusher was [[Put On a Bus]] with a stint at Starfleet Academy). Disliked not so much for the fact that she was not Dr. Crusher as for her [[Dr. Jerk|abrasive, unsympathetic and arrogant personality]] despite characters [[Creator's Pet|regularly claiming otherwise]]. She did have her moments, though.
* [[Replacement Scrappy]]: Dr. Pulaski in season 2 for Dr. Crusher (Crusher was [[Put on a Bus]] with a stint at Starfleet Academy). Disliked not so much for the fact that she was not Dr. Crusher as for her [[Dr. Jerk|abrasive, unsympathetic and arrogant personality]] despite characters [[Creator's Pet|regularly claiming otherwise]]. She did have her moments, though.
** Perhaps the biggest strike against her was that she was a [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]] - not of Crusher, but of Dr. McCoy. Both are abrasive, dislike the transporter and take shots at the emotionless science officer, but Pulaski lacked the humor and likability of McCoy, not to mention Spock wasn't ''truly'' emotionless and had ways of [[Deadpan Snarker|firing back]], whereas Data ''was'' truly emotionless and couldn't do ''anything'' in response to the shots Dr. Pulaski took at him.
** Perhaps the biggest strike against her was that she was a [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]] - not of Crusher, but of Dr. McCoy. Both are abrasive, dislike the transporter and take shots at the emotionless science officer, but Pulaski lacked the humor and likability of McCoy, not to mention Spock wasn't ''truly'' emotionless and had ways of [[Deadpan Snarker|firing back]], whereas Data ''was'' truly emotionless and couldn't do ''anything'' in response to the shots Dr. Pulaski took at him.
*** Made all the more egregious by the fact Dr. (by then Admiral) McCoy actually ''did'' appear with Data in the first episode, and even after learning he was an android, had no trouble speaking to him as just another crewman, thus showing Data more warmth and respect in a minute-and-a-half than Pulaski did ''in a whole season''.
*** Made all the more egregious by the fact Dr. (by then Admiral) McCoy actually ''did'' appear with Data in the first episode, and even after learning he was an android, had no trouble speaking to him as just another crewman, thus showing Data more warmth and respect in a minute-and-a-half than Pulaski did ''in a whole season''.
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*** In Riker's defense, he tolerates it all. Jellico just senses Riker's fuming underneath his calm exterior.
*** In Riker's defense, he tolerates it all. Jellico just senses Riker's fuming underneath his calm exterior.
*** The other officers didn't like the changes either, but they eventually got with the program. Riker has no excuse for his perpetually [[Wangst|wangsty]] behavior during that episode.
*** The other officers didn't like the changes either, but they eventually got with the program. Riker has no excuse for his perpetually [[Wangst|wangsty]] behavior during that episode.
* [[Surprisingly Improved Sequel]]: While ''[[Star Trek the Original Series]]'' was good, it wasn't consistently good and still had out-there episodes, particularly toward the end. This show, especially after [[Growing the Beard]], has none of the camp factor of the original series, and has more actual continuity and story arcs.
* [[Surprisingly Improved Sequel]]: While ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' was good, it wasn't consistently good and still had out-there episodes, particularly toward the end. This show, especially after [[Growing the Beard]], has none of the camp factor of the original series, and has more actual continuity and story arcs.
* [[Tear Jerker]]: The last few minutes of 'The Offspring'. This is especially true for parents.
* [[Tear Jerker]]: The last few minutes of 'The Offspring'. This is especially true for parents.
* [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot]]: The two-part episode "Descent" is a direct sequel to "I Borg", and it features Geordi and Hugh, but not together. They should've had at least one scene together, since Hugh had become resentful of what the ''Enterprise'' crew made him, and Geordi was the one he was closest with.
* [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot]]: The two-part episode "Descent" is a direct sequel to "I Borg", and it features Geordi and Hugh, but not together. They should've had at least one scene together, since Hugh had become resentful of what the ''Enterprise'' crew made him, and Geordi was the one he was closest with.
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