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** In a more traditional application of this trope, it's often claimed that there isn't a single weapon fired in the movie. This isn't really correct, as there are two actual weapons firings (Kirk using his phaser to weld a door shut, and the whalers trying to harpoon George and Gracie) and one attempted (Chekov trying to stun the interrogation officers). This is likely a mix-up with a real fact, namely that this is the only ''Star Trek'' film with a body count of zero.
** In a more traditional application of this trope, it's often claimed that there isn't a single weapon fired in the movie. This isn't really correct, as there are two actual weapons firings (Kirk using his phaser to weld a door shut, and the whalers trying to harpoon George and Gracie) and one attempted (Chekov trying to stun the interrogation officers). This is likely a mix-up with a real fact, namely that this is the only ''Star Trek'' film with a body count of zero.
* [[Big Dumb Object]]: The "whale probe".
* [[Big Dumb Object]]: The "whale probe".
* [[Black Boss Lady]]: Audiences applauded when Madge Sinclair appeared as the (unnamed) Captain of the ''Saratoga'' at the beginning of the film.
* [[Black Boss Lady]]: Audiences applauded when Madge Sinclair appeared as the (unnamed) Captain of the ''Saratoga'' at the beginning of the film.
* [[Blunt Metaphors Trauma]]: [[Justified Trope]], as Spock has an incomplete grasp on life after being brought [[Back From the Dead]].
* [[Blunt Metaphors Trauma]]: [[Justified Trope]], as Spock has an incomplete grasp on life after being brought [[Back From the Dead]].
{{quote|'''Kirk:''' If we play our cards right, we may be able to find out when those whales are being released.
{{quote|'''Kirk:''' If we play our cards right, we may be able to find out when those whales are being released.
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* [[Brake Angrily]]
* [[Brake Angrily]]
* [[Came Back Wrong]]: It's implied that maybe we didn't quite get all of Spock back at the end of the previous movie, that there's a certain... something missing. He gets better by the end though. Death apparently isn't something you can just get over straight away.
* [[Came Back Wrong]]: It's implied that maybe we didn't quite get all of Spock back at the end of the previous movie, that there's a certain... something missing. He gets better by the end though. Death apparently isn't something you can just get over straight away.
* [[Catfolk]]: The Caitian admiral at Star Fleet headquarters.
* [[Catfolk]]: The Caitian admiral at Star Fleet headquarters.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Hellllllo, Computer"
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Hellllllo, Computer"
* [[Changed My Jumper]]: The short notice for this particular mission results in the crew arriving in San Francisco in their 23rd Century clothes. As it's [[San Francisco]], they don't look that out of place. [[Truth in Television]] -- they had unknown crew walk around San Francisco in the outfits for a week before shooting started, and got no comments whatsoever. See [[City of Weirdos]].
* [[Changed My Jumper]]: The short notice for this particular mission results in the crew arriving in San Francisco in their 23rd Century clothes. As it's [[San Francisco]], they don't look that out of place. [[Truth in Television]] -- they had unknown crew walk around San Francisco in the outfits for a week before shooting started, and got no comments whatsoever. See [[City of Weirdos]].
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* [[City of Weirdos]]: Most people are willing to accept the slightly out-of-touch Spock as a [[The Stoner|harmless stoner]], even as he does weird things like jump into the whale tank...until he says things about the whales that he shouldn't be able to know. [[Truth in Television]] as anyone who lives in San Francisco could tell you.
* [[City of Weirdos]]: Most people are willing to accept the slightly out-of-touch Spock as a [[The Stoner|harmless stoner]], even as he does weird things like jump into the whale tank...until he says things about the whales that he shouldn't be able to know. [[Truth in Television]] as anyone who lives in San Francisco could tell you.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb|Cluster "The Hell" Bomb]]
* [[Cluster F-Bomb|Cluster "The Hell" Bomb]]
* [[Crapsack Only by Comparison]]: How the crew of the Enterprise see [[The Eighties]].
* [[Crapsack Only by Comparison]]: How the crew of the Enterprise see [[The Eighties]].
* [[Crazy Enough to Work]]: Even though it's the [[Badass Crew|crew of the mighty Enterprise]] we're talking about, the whole "get some whales from back in time" thing did sound pretty ridiculous. McCoy lampshades this, to which Kirk simply responds that he should offer a better plan if he can think of one.
* [[Crazy Enough to Work]]: Even though it's the [[Badass Crew|crew of the mighty Enterprise]] we're talking about, the whole "get some whales from back in time" thing did sound pretty ridiculous. McCoy lampshades this, to which Kirk simply responds that he should offer a better plan if he can think of one.
* [[Death Amnesia]]: Played with. Spock never says he can't remember what dying and coming back was like, but it was such an alien experience that he can't discuss it in terms anyone else will understand.
* [[Death Amnesia]]: Played with. Spock never says he can't remember what dying and coming back was like, but it was such an alien experience that he can't discuss it in terms anyone else will understand.
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{{quote|"You pompous ass!"}}
{{quote|"You pompous ass!"}}
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: This is pretty much the most lighthearted ''Trek'' film there is.
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: This is pretty much the most lighthearted ''Trek'' film there is.
* [[Literal Minded]]: Chekov during the interrogation, much to the frustration of his interrogator. A possible case of [[Obfuscating Stupidity]].
* [[Literal-Minded]]: Chekov during the interrogation, much to the frustration of his interrogator. A possible case of [[Obfuscating Stupidity]].
* [[Mistaken for Spies]]: Chekov.
* [[Mistaken for Spies]]: Chekov.
* [["Mister Sandman" Sequence]]: An interesting version, seeing as it was applied to what was then the real-life present day.
* [["Mister Sandman" Sequence]]: An interesting version, seeing as it was applied to what was then the real-life present day.
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{{quote|'''Spock:''' Admiral, weren't those a gift from Dr. McCoy?
{{quote|'''Spock:''' Admiral, weren't those a gift from Dr. McCoy?
'''Kirk:''' And they will be again. That's the beauty of it. }}
'''Kirk:''' And they will be again. That's the beauty of it. }}
** The [[Expanded Universe]] has also established in some form that the whole movie is one as well -- that Kirk's theft of the whales from 1986 ''helped cause'' them to become extinct, thus resulting in the probe nearly destroying the Earth, [[Timey-Wimey Ball|thus needing the whole movie to happen in the first place]].
** The [[Expanded Universe]] has also established in some form that the whole movie is one as well -- that Kirk's theft of the whales from 1986 ''helped cause'' them to become extinct, thus resulting in the probe nearly destroying the Earth, [[Timey-Wimey Ball|thus needing the whole movie to happen in the first place]].
** No one checks to see if removing Gillian from the timeline will change anything historic. Dispite her insistance "I have nobody here", no one considers the possibility that any future actions of her's could be important.
** No one checks to see if removing Gillian from the timeline will change anything historic. Dispite her insistance "I have nobody here", no one considers the possibility that any future actions of her's could be important.
* [[Stupidest Thing I've Ever Heard]]: During the FBI's interrogation of Chekov:
* [[Stupidest Thing I've Ever Heard]]: During the FBI's interrogation of Chekov:
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