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{{Infobox episode
| title = "Charlie X"
| image =
| caption =
| preceded by = "[[Star Trek: The Original Series/Recap/S1/E01 The Man Trap|The Man Trap]]"
| followed by = "[[Star Trek: The Original Series/Recap/S1/E03 Where No Man Has Gone Before|Where No Man Has Gone Before]]"
| release date = September 15, 1966
| central theme =
| elevator pitch =
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{{quote|''Charlie, there are a million things in this universe you can have and there are a million things you can't have. It's no fun facing that, but that's the way things are.''|Captain Kirk}}
The ''Enterprise'' takes on a passenger, [[Blatant Lies|being that they are commonly in the habit of ferrying civilians]]. The boy is Charlie, an orphan with a [[Mysterious Past]] and [[No Social Skills|really bad social skills.]] The people dropping him off seem in quite a hurry to leave.
Charlie becomes infatuated with Yeoman Rand, [[Stalker
The ship Charlie arrived on blows up mid-transmission, with Charlie making a snide remark. Everyone is somewhat concerned, especially as odd things continue to happen upon the ship. For instance, Charlie loses chess and causes the chess pieces to melt. Nobody connects this to him (yet). Kirk is given the responsibility of talking to the boy and attempting to explain how to be normal.
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Which he does by teaching him to [[Shirtless Scene|wrestle]]. (Obviously) When Kirk’s training partner laughs at Charlie, Charlie vaporizes him. Kirk is upset and orders him to his quarters, where he goes after making several threats. Charlie goes on a rampage when Kirk refuses bring him to the human colony he was planning on going to. The aliens that taught Charlie his powers appear to take him back, apologizing for the damage he's caused. He is brought back to live with them and the people that were attacked are [[Snap Back|brought back to normal]].
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* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: Charlie doesn't want to go back with the Thasians, as they aren't physically real like Kirk or Rand. Kirk evens argues for a chance for Charlie to stay if he can be rehabilitated. But the Thasians point out they can't undo the talents they'd given Charlie to survive on their world. Charlie begs to stay... stay
▲* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: Charlie doesn't want to go back with the Thasians, as they aren't physically real like Kirk or Rand. Kirk evens argues for a chance for Charlie to stay if he can be rehabilitated. But the Thasians point out they can't undo the talents they'd given Charlie to survive on their world. Charlie begs to stay... stay.... stay.........
* [[The Blank]]: Charlie erases several random [[Nightmare Fuel|crew members' faces]] while having a tantrum.
* [[The Cast Showoff]]: [[Nichelle Nichols]]. The musical rec room scene was entirely unnecessary, but entertaining.
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* [[Wild Child]]: Everyone assumed Charlie took care of himself from a very early age, explaining his horrible social conduct.
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