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** Possibly its ultimate triumph, as [[Nichelle Nichols]]' role on the show was the inspiration for Dr. Mae Jemison, ''America's first female African-American astronaut'', who later did a cameo on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''.
** Possibly its ultimate triumph, as [[Nichelle Nichols]]' role on the show was the inspiration for Dr. Mae Jemison, ''America's first female African-American astronaut'', who later did a cameo on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''.
** And for the Bluetooth headset.
** And for the Bluetooth headset.
** The show is often credited as the inspiration for cell phones, but it also accurately predicted the tablet PC.
** The show is often credited as the inspiration for Dr. Martin Cooper to invent the cell phone, but it also accurately predicted the tablet PC. Kirk is often shown using a stylus to sign a document on one, as we sign on electronic forms for credit card purchases today.
** The 3.5" one-megabyte computer disc looks like the small square tile discs used in the series.
** At the time the show was in production, the diagnostic panels over the beds and the "salt shaker" hand scanners used by McCoy were being developed and medical engineers were asking how the show's production designers had gotten hold of their plans. Today the diagnostic panels are commonplace.
** The military and many high-level police agencies are experimenting with non-lethal heat and sound beams to disperse riots and disarm attackers without killing them. Phasers on Stun, anyone?
** Automatically opening doors first came into common usage in the 1940s, but automatic sliding doors were still in development. The producers used to get mail from engineers demanding to know how they got their doors to open and close so fast. (They were operated by stagehands.) This lit the fire under more than a few engineers to perfect the automatic sliding door, which is commonplace today.
* [[Trope Namer]]: This series named the following tropes:
* [[Trope Namer]]: This series named the following tropes:
** [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]
** [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]

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  • Acting for Two: Kirk in two episodes and the 6th movie.
  • Actor Shared Background:
    • Both DeForest Kelley and Bones are natives of Georgia and have Irish sounding names.
    • James Doohan had a degree in Engineering and even used it to save Gene Roddenberry from danger when they went out boating and ran into trouble. No record exists of him saying that the boat "cannae take much more of this" though.
  • Banned in China: The first BBC broadcast of "Miri" led to protests over its allegedly over-horrific nature (since it involved children in peril and adults getting killed), and as a result it and three later episodes — "Plato's Stepchildren", "The Empath", and "Whom Gods Destroy" — were suppressed from BBC broadcasts of the show until the 1990s due to being considered excessively violent and horrific.
  • Blooper: In "The Enemy Within", the scratches on Evil Kirk's face change side during his Villainous Breakdown near the end.
  • Cross-Dressing Voices: The Talosians in "The Cage"/"The Menagerie" are played by female actors but their voices are dubbed by male actors, most notably, Malachi Throne, who voices the lead Talosian.
  • The Danza:
    • Gary Lockwood as Gary Mitchell in "Where No Man Has Gone Before".
    • One of Adams' assistants in "The Dagger of the Mind" is named Eli. The actor playing him is named Eli Behar.
  • Dawson Casting:
    • Robert Walker was 26 years old when he played 17-year-old Charlie Evans in "Charlie X".
    • Michael J. Pollard (27 years old) and Kim Darby (19) play prepubescent children in "Miri".
  • Enforced Method Acting: In "Where No Man Has Gone Before", Gary Mitchell's Glowing Eyes of Doom were achieved by Gary Lockwood wearing silver contact lenses. Very primitives ones, with very small holes that he could only see through by raising his head and looking down his nose at everyone else, making his A God Am I act more believable.
  • Fan Nickname: The (unnamed) alien in "The Man Trap" is almost universally known as "the salt vampire".
  • Hey, It's That Sound: The transporter sound effect was based on part of the "TARDIS taking off" sound effect in Doctor Who.
  • Life Imitates Art: This show inspired so many things:
    • Possibly its ultimate triumph, as Nichelle Nichols' role on the show was the inspiration for Dr. Mae Jemison, America's first female African-American astronaut, who later did a cameo on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
    • And for the Bluetooth headset.
    • The show is often credited as the inspiration for Dr. Martin Cooper to invent the cell phone, but it also accurately predicted the tablet PC. Kirk is often shown using a stylus to sign a document on one, as we sign on electronic forms for credit card purchases today.
    • The 3.5" one-megabyte computer disc looks like the small square tile discs used in the series.
    • At the time the show was in production, the diagnostic panels over the beds and the "salt shaker" hand scanners used by McCoy were being developed and medical engineers were asking how the show's production designers had gotten hold of their plans. Today the diagnostic panels are commonplace.
    • The military and many high-level police agencies are experimenting with non-lethal heat and sound beams to disperse riots and disarm attackers without killing them. Phasers on Stun, anyone?
    • Automatically opening doors first came into common usage in the 1940s, but automatic sliding doors were still in development. The producers used to get mail from engineers demanding to know how they got their doors to open and close so fast. (They were operated by stagehands.) This lit the fire under more than a few engineers to perfect the automatic sliding door, which is commonplace today.
  • Trope Namer: This series named the following tropes:
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