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== Crew members of the ''Enterprise'' ==
=== Captain James T. Kirk ([[William Shatner]]) ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]], by omission. No, he never said it. (No, not even in ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'' - there he says "Beam ''us'' up, Scotty".)
* [[The Kirk]]
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* [[A Father to His Men]]
* [[Acting for Two]]: In
* [[
* [[Always Save the Girl|Always Save Spock]]
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Sixties sex symbol or not, Kirk stumbled into Type I in The Wrath of Khan where his mid
* [[Badass]]
* [[Berserk Button]]: ''Do not hurt his crew''. Not when he is [[The Captain]] of Starfleet's flagship, with all the genius and heavy weaponry that implies.
* [[Boldly Coming]]: Although not ''nearly'' [[Never Live It Down|as much as his reputation suggests]].
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* [[The Chains of Commanding]]
* [[The Charmer]]
* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: May very well be the anti-[[James Bond|Bond]]. Except for a very few times where he used his charm to further a greater purpose, Kirk almost always developed sincere feelings for the [[Girl of the Week]]
* [[Custom Uniform]]: Had a green uniform shirt that seemed to be specific to his character only, with a wraparound fitting. He did wear the standard gold command uniform shirt (since that was for command roles in TOS, it was changed to red in TNG) whenever the green one wasn't worn.
* [[Determinator]]
* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]:}} His {{spoiler|death in ''Star Trek: Generations''}} is the [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Embarrassing Middle Name]]: {{spoiler|Tiberius}}
* [[Ethical Slut]]: Despite Kirk's predilection for getting around with the ladies, he had firm boundaries. The female party in question had to be able to consent of their own free will, and he consistently refused to take advantage of his relationship to get them to do anything immoral, nor would he let them convince him to break his own morality.
* [[Fake Nationality]]: Jim Kirk is from the Midwest of the USA (specifically, Iowa). [[William Shatner]] is from [[Montreal]].
* [[Former Teen Rebel]]: [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]]. Unlike [[Star Trek (film)|his alternate counterpart]], Cadet Kirk was something of a humorless swot as an underclassman, only later developing into the [[Military Maverick]] we see in the series.
* [[Four-Star Badass]]: In the movies. And everyone knows it. Uhura is [[Genre Savvy]], she is.
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* [[I Can Still Fight]]
* [[Improbable Age]]: Minor example in-universe. [[All There in the Manual|Background material]] states that, at 30-ish, he is the youngest man yet to command a first-rate Starfleet ship.
* [[Large Ham]]: He's played by [[William Shatner]], after all.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]
* [[The Not Love Interest]]: For Spock.
* [[Not So Different]]: From the Romulan Commander in "[[Star Trek/Recap/S1
* [[Officer and a Gentleman]]: In addition to judo-throwing aliens and romancing [[Green-Skinned Space Babe
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Hurting his people causes him much [[Angst]]. And more anger.
* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]]: Kirk does this quite a bit. Hell, if he were anyone else other than ''James T. Kirk'', he'd have been toast long ago.
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: It's not quite to the level of [[Walking Shirtless Scene]], but Kirk appears shirtless a lot in the original TV show.
* [[Smart People Play Chess]]: Spock's opponent of choice in chess games.
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=== Commander Spock ([[Leonard Nimoy]]) ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[The Spock]]
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* [[Always Save the Girl|Always Save Jim Kirk]]
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Betrothed by his family as a child. His intended bride has other ideas, and doesn't mind sacrificing Kirk for them...
* {{spoiler|[[Back
* [[Badass]]
** [[Badass Bookworm]]
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* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Kirk.
* [[Hidden Heart of Gold]]
* [[Insult Backfire]]:
{{quote|'''McCoy:''' Spock, you are the most cold-blooded man I've ever known.
'''Spock:''' Why, thank you, Doctor. }}
* [[Ludicrous Precision]]
* [[Minored in Asskicking]]
* [[Name's the Same]]: As [[w:Benjamin Spock|Dr. Benjamin Spock]], author of the book ''[[w:The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care|The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care]]'', published in 1946. As a result of confusion between the two, you will often find the... less-informed referring to Mr. Spock as "Doctor Spock".
* [[The Not Love Interest]]: To Kirk.
* [[Number Two]]
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* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]
* [[Token Non-Human]]
* [[The Unpronounceable]]: His real name supposedly can't be pronounced by humans.
* [[Veganism and Vegetarianism]]: Spock is vegetarian, as mentioned in the episode [[Star Trek: The Original Series/Recap/S3/E23 All Our Yesterdays|"All Our Yesterdays"]]. [[The Other Wiki]] [[w:List of fictional vegetarian characters|says]] that there is a claim that he is "television's first vegetarian".
* [[Verbal Tic]]: His endless permutations of the word "logic", and his unfailing ability to fit them into sentences, border on this.
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=== Doctor (Lieutenant Commander) Leonard "Bones" McCoy ([[DeForest Kelley]]) ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[He's Dead, Jim]]
* [[I'm a Doctor, Not a Placeholder]]
* [[The McCoy]]
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* [[Actor Shared Background]]: Both DeForest Kelley and Bones are natives of Georgia and have Irish-sounding names.
* [[Badass]]: He made clear this in "Space Seed" when {{spoiler|Khan}} held a scalpel to his throat. He not only refused to show fear, {{spoiler|he even told Khan the most effective way to kill him with it}}. He was not only let go, he was also acknowledged as this trope for it.
** [[Badass Pacifist]]: He's a doctor and takes that very seriously. However, that doesn't stop him from doing extremely dangerous things to save lives.
** [[Deadly Doctor]]: He refused to use his knowledge to harm but made perfectly clear he could use that knowledge for exactly that purpose.
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Two:
** "[[He's Dead, Jim|He's dead, Jim.]]"
** "[[I'm a Doctor, Not a Placeholder|I'm a doctor, not an X]]!"
* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: Is notable for being more open about his skirt-chasing than Kirk... [[Casanova Wannabe|and less successful at it]].
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* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: He's not hesitant about expressing his dislike for people or his refusal to suffer fools but he is most often the one who suggests doing the right thing.
* [[Good Old Ways]]
* [[Grumpy Bear]]: He's always some degree of cranky, but his morality is firmly established to be good. He's just going to be very ill-tempered most of the time.
* [[The Heart]]
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: And ''proud'' of it.
* [[Hospital Hottie]]: To the point he had several women attracted to him. Not to Kirk's level, but still impressive.
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: "Bones" is actually short for "saw-bones", an archaic term for a surgeon. It was originally intended as the nickname of Dr. Boyce from "The Cage", but was never used in that episode, making it available for McCoy.
** In one episode Kirk temporarily ceases to use it, but given that said episode had an actual skeleton in the same room, it's understandable.
* [[
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: He's grumpy, sarcastic, and has little respect for authority (Except for Kirk). But when the chips are down, You can always count on him to do the right thing.
* [[The Medic]]
* [[More Hero Than Thou]]: In "The Empath" when aliens offer Kirk the choice of sacrificing McCoy or Spock, McCoy takes out Kirk with drugs. Spock is glad; since this leaves him in command, he can make the sacrifice himself. McCoy proceeds to drug him as well and sacrifice himself.
* [[Promotion to Opening Titles]]
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* [[Southern Gentleman]]
* [[Strawman Emotional]]: At times.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Kirk. Spock as well, but for different reasons.
* [[The Watson]]
* [[What Could Have Been]]: An episode exploring his [[Backstory]] was planned and shelved at least twice. One of the main points (that he joined Starfleet as an established MD after a nasty divorce) finally saw the light of day in the [[Star Trek (film)|2009 movie]].
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=== Lieutenant Commander Montgomery "Scotty" Scott ([[James Doohan]]) ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Badass]]: Most people on a ship about to nova would panic, especially if they were right next to the about-to-explode engine core, except for Scotty, who considered that all the more reason to remain to get things fixed.
** [[Handicapped Badass]]: Scotty wasn't canonically, but his actor, who lost half a finger, was. Doohan went to great pains to conceal this on camera, but he couldn't conceal his hands 24/7, giving Scotty the unstated appearance of this trope.
* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: Scotty is universally remembered as complaining that the engines "cannae take much more ah this, Cap'n", for fear that "she's gonna blow", or some variation thereof. He's also known to protest that "ah doon have th' pow'r, Cap'n!" He never used ''any'' of those phrases on the show; they're cobbled together out of a dozen different lines from different episodes and have become ubiquitous in parodies ever since.
** He also said "'''''Ah''''' cannae change the laws of physics", and ''not'' "'''''Ye''''' cannae". That's from ''Star Trekkin'''.
* [[Berserk Button]]: If you insult the ''[[Companion Cube|Enterprise]]'', you better take his hint (said through gritted teeth) of "Don't you want to ''rephrase'' that..."
* [[Bonnie Scotland]]
* [[Companion Cube]]: If Kirk saw the ''Enterprise'' as a demanding wife, Scotty saw the ship -- particularly her engines -- as no less than a child ("My bairns! My poor bairns!").
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* [[Grease Monkey]]
* [[Mr. Fixit]]
* [[Nerd]]: He was the kind of man who could entertain himself just fine reading tech manuals when he had the opportunity to get shore leave on a starbase in "The Trouble With Tribbles".
* [[Scotty Time]] ([[Trope Namer]])'
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=== Lieutenant Nyota Uhura ([[Nichelle Nichols]]) ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Action Girl]]: In "Mirror, Mirror."
* [[Bridge Bunnies|Bridge Bunny]]
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: Her first name "Nyota" was used in the non-canon novels for decades before finally being made official. Very early Trek guides suggest that "Penda" was considered a possibility by the fans.
* [[The Cast Showoff]]: [[Nichelle Nichols]] got to show off her singing ability a couple times.
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** Also appears to show an interest in Spock in a few episodes. [[Older Than They Think|Yes, long before the prequel]].
* [[Twofer Token Minority]]
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=== Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu ([[George Takei]]) ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Absentee Actor]]: Missing for much of the second season because [[George Takei]] was filming ''The Green Berets''.
* [[Badass]]
** [[Cultured Badass]]:
** [[Took a Level
* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: Don't expect to ever hear Sulu say "''Oh, my''." That's [[George Takei]]'s personal [[Catch Phrase]]. Sulu himself was the only regular who lacked a memorable [[Catch Phrase]] or [[Verbal Tic]], one of the reasons he didn't show up in too many parodies (and when he did, he was usually the [[Straight Man]]). More recently, given Takei's predilection for [[Adam Westing]], parodies of Sulu are basically parodies of Takei (including the [[Camp Gay]] antics - see below).
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Again, "The Naked Time".
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: His now-canon first name "Hikaru" was given to him in the non-canon novels by
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: "The Naked Time" and "Mirror, Mirror".
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: Every [[Mirror Universe]] character was hammy, but Takei was a particularly rich, dripping slice.
* [[Fake Nationality]]:
** In some of the non-canon novels, Sulu explains that his background ''is'' mixed, but primarily Filipino and Japanese.
* [[Fan of the Past]]
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** As an interesting coincidence, Sulu is the only one of the six male regulars who never had an on-screen love interest, so there's no "proof" either way (''Mirror'' Sulu, on the other hand, is obviously attracted to women, as Uhura can attest).
** Sulu has a daughter named Demora Sulu in ''[[Star Trek Generations]]'', which would ''seem'' to confirm it, [[Has Two Daddies|unless...]]
*** 2016's ''[[Star Trek Beyond]]'' has confirmed that Sulu (the reboot instance of him at least) both is gay ''and'' has a daughter. With the same scene.
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=== Ensign Pavel Chekov ([[Walter Koenig]]) ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]: An idea with some popularity in the [[Fandom]], partially since [[Walter Koenig|Koenig]] (and [[Anton Yelchin]], who played him in the [[Star Trek (film)|2009 reboot]]) are Jewish.
* [[Chekov's Gun]]: Often seen with Chekov, especially on landing-party duty. Like [[Chekhov's Gun]], if it makes an appearance, it will most likely be used by the end of the episode or movie.
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*** This is further compounded by the fact that he expended ''all'' the toilet paper.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Was originally planned to be a British character. Apparently Roddenberry changed it after having a letter from the Soviet Union which praised the show's message but [[Cold War|criticized the lack of a prominent Russian character]].
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=== Head Nurse Christine Chapel (Majel Barrett) ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: "What Are Little Girls Made Of?"
* [[Hospital Hottie]]
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* [[No Name Given|No Rank Given]]: In the series, Chapel was always addressed by her position rather than her rank. She is formally promoted to Lieutenant [[Star Trek: The Animated Series|later on in the five-year mission]], and by the time of the [[Star Trek: The Motion Picture|first movie]], has an MD under her belt, and is prepared to assume the role of Chief Medical Officer. We can therefore assume that, especially given her position as ''Head'' Nurse, she was a junior officer (probably a mustanged Ensign, given her backstory).
* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: Majel Barrett was the girlfriend and eventual wife of Gene Roddenberry, which may explain why we saw Nurse Chapel so much.
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=== Yeoman Janice Rand (Grace Lee Whitney) ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Beehive Hairdo]]
* [[Bridge Bunny]]: The [[Trope Codifier]].
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* [[Satellite Character]]: Has no significant interaction with any character other than Kirk.
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: With Kirk.
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=== Lieutenant Kyle (John Winston) ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[The Cameo]]: He's a bridge officer on the ''Reliant'' in ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan]]''.
* [[Mauve Shirt]]: Because he was the only recurring [[Red Shirt]] not played by an extra, he usually had much more dialogue than other [[Red Shirt|redshirts]], a consistent name and position on the ship, and was allowed to play an active role in the [[Plot]] (see "The Doomsday Machine" or "Mirror, Mirror" for examples).
* [[Only One Name]]
* [[Teleporters and Transporters]]: Contrary to [[Common Knowledge|popular belief]], he was the Transporter Chief, not Scotty. Like other [[Red Shirt|redshirts]], he was occasionally seen on the bridge, though usually he was explicitly pinch-hitting for someone else (as in "Who Mourns For Adonais?" when Spock has taken command and Chekov is in the landing party, and Kyle mans the science station).
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=== Kevin Thomas Riley (Bruce Hyde) ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Ascended Extra]]: Actor Bruce Hyde was cast as a crewman with a significant part in "The Conscience of the King" without anyone realizing he had also played ''uber''-[[Oireland|Irishman]] Riley in "The Naked Time". When [[Hey, It's That Guy!|the producers finally realized this]], the script was hastily re-written so that Hyde played the same character in both episodes.
* [[Dreadful Musician]]: "[[Most Annoying Sound|Iiiiii'll taaaaake you hooome again, Kathleeeeeen....]]"
* [[Oireland]]: Got his "Irish" up when under the influence of the mind virus in "The Naked Time."
* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: The reason Riley never returned after "The Conscience of the King", despite being very popular with fans, was that the actor left to become a hippie. Yes, really. Remember, this ''was'' 1967.
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== Others ==
=== Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd (Roger C. Carmel) ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[The Aggressive Drug Dealer]]: "Mudd's Women".
* [[Carpet of Virility]]
* [[Con Man]]
* [[Full Name Ultimatum]]:
{{quote|'''Stella''': Harcourt! Harcourt Fenton Mudd!...
'''Mudd:''': [[Phrase Catcher|Shut UP, Stella!]] }}
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* [[Recurrer]]: He holds the distinction of being the ''only'' non-Starfleet character in the entire series to appear in more than one episode.
* [[Trickster]]
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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* [[Cool Starship]]
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