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{{quote|"''The ''Enterprise'' is back. This time, have they [[Hilarious in Hindsight|gone too far]]?''"|The film's tagline.}}
{{quote|"''Why are seat belts being installed in movie theatres this Summer?''"|Paramount teaser ad intended to refer to the movie's fast pace, [[I Thought It Meant|not to]] [[Anything
They've [[Star Trek: The Motion Picture
With a brand-new ''Enterprise'', Kirk and crew set out to resolve a hostage situation only to discover that they've been suckered as part of a grander scheme. Who's behind it? Why Spock's [[Long-Lost Relative|long-lost half-brother Sybok]], of course! Sybok commandeers the ''Enterprise'', winning over most of the crew by using his [[Telepathy|telepathic]] [[Epiphany Therapy]] on them. Failing to realize that there is [[No Such Thing
Now it should be noted the [[
Still, the concept ''was'' Shatner's idea, and he knew about the studio's humor requirements before he even began work. Gene Roddenberry himself had expressed strong reservations about the pitch
This movie isn't a total write-off, though: ''Star Trek V'' also features plenty of [[Character Development]] scenes between Kirk, Spock, and McCoy (the [[Book Ends]] with the three camping are quite enjoyable), an absolutely ''brilliant'' backstory scene involving McCoy and his father, and has a collection of well imagined individual sequences such as [[Coming in Hot]] with a shuttlecraft.
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* [[Agent Mulder]]
* [[The Alcatraz]]: That brig was, [[Informed Ability|or so we were told]].
* [[All There in the Manual]]: The [[Novelization]] by J.M. Dillard does a lot to redeem the movie's [[Idiot Plot]], adding considerable backstory to Sybok and his mother, and explaining that "God" had telepathically sent Sybok a formula for configuring a starship's deflector shields to penetrate the Barrier. After Sybok orders Scotty to set up the ''Enterprise'''s shields in this way, Klaa's Bird-of-Prey copies the same shield configuration in order to follow the ''Enterprise''.
▲* [[Agent Mulder]] & [[Agent Scully]]: Sybok and Kirk, respectively. McCoy goes from Scully to Mulder when they meet "God" and back to Scully when "God" starts being a dick.
* [[Amazonian Beauty]]: Vixis. As Chekov put it: "She has wonderful muscles" (by which he meant [[Male Gaze|gluteus maximus]]).
* [[Armor-Piercing Question]]: 'What does [[God]] need with a starship?' Easily one of the most famous examples of this trope.
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* [[Call Back]]: Kirk states in the opening men like himself, Bones and Spock had no families. He later admits he was wrong.
* [[Can Not Tell a Lie]]: What Spock claims as proof that Kirk was not aboard the ''Enterprise''. [[I Lied|He was lying]] about not being able to lie, though he was telling the truth about where Kirk was at.
* [[Canon
** The novels, which are now vetted more thoroughly than they used to be, have featured Sybok exactly twice, both of them in the Myriad Universe novels, which take place entirely in alternate universes.
** The novels have also mentioned the God-like creature at the center of the Great Barrier; in the ''Q Continuum'' trilogy of novels, He referred to Himself as "The One", and was a contemporary of [[Big Bad]], the Beta XIII-A entity, and Gorgon. The four of them were responsible for the destruction of the Tkon Empire. It is mentioned that pretending to be God and then using the resulting influence to drive civilizations to self-destruction is his entire schtick.
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* [[Catfolk]]/[[Catgirl]]: With three breasts. Defeated by Kirk when he throws her into a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|literal]] ''[[Cats Hate Water|pool table]]''.
* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: The "comedy" disappears and the movie becomes much more serious once they begin their trip to the Great Barrier.
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Both inverted and possibly played straight. While the obvious inversion is [[Remember the New Guy?|Sybok]], who is revealed to be Spock's half-brother, we later have Kirk note he had a brother once, who he lost and was lucky enough to come back, referring to Spock's resurrection. However, the way Kirk says this sounds like he's forgotten he actually ''did'' have a brother who was lost, (George Kirk Jr), who was killed back in the classic series.
** Kirk most likely is referring to George, in that he's consoling Spock, who just lost a brother himself, and "how I got him back" isn't literal. This is hit home when McCoy pipes in.
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'''Kirk:''' I was wrong. }}
* [[Climb, Slip, Hang, Climb]]: In the rock-climbing scene.
* [[Coming in Hot]]: "[[Time for Plan B|Plan B]]... as in ''Barricade''"
* [[Creator Cameo]]: Harve Bennett sends Kirk off to investigate.
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* [[Everyone Knows Morse]]
* [[Executive Meddling]]: Paramount forced Shatner to up the film's comedy quotient due to the previous film's success in that area. This results in severe [[Mood Whiplash]] between a grand, epic story about the search for god and slapstick farce.
** To expand further, after the success of ''The Voyage Home'' and its lighter, more comedic tone, the studio demanded similarly comedic delivery and just as many dramatic moments and effects... but at a fraction of the budget. Shatner was left scrambling trying to pick bits and pieces of his (overly) grand story out of the shambles the studio had left for him.
* [[Fake Static]]: Done twice, once [[Rule of Funny|for laughs]] when Chekov pretends that there is a blizzard to avoid admitting he's lost, and once [[Rule of Drama|for drama]] when the ''Enterprise'' broadcasts static to delay talking to Sybok.
* [[False Innocence Trick]]: The Enterprise passes through the barrier around the heart of the galaxy and finds the legendary planet Sha Ka Ree, believed to be the home of God. When the protagonists find God he's apparently imprisoned there, and tries to trick them into helping him escape. A subversion, because Kirk figures out there's something funny going on and manages to get "God" to reveal his true evil nature before he gets away.
* [[
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Literally, and proving that the ''Enterprise'' DOES have toilets. Just before Scotty's jailbreak, look at the stencil on the "chair" Kirk is sitting on. "WARNING: DO NOT USE WHILE IN SPACEDOCK".
* [[Getting Smilies Painted
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]▼
* [[A God Am I]]: "One voice, many faces."
* [[God Test]]
▲* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Sybok, when he tries to mind meld with "God" so the others can escape.
* [[Hollywood Tone Deaf]]: Of the three schlubs failing to sing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" in sync, Kelley's singing got him into acting, Nimoy [
* [[Horse of a Different Color|Horse With A Plastic Horn Glued To Its Face]]
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: "I do not believe you realize the gravity of your situation," "I've always wanted to play to a captive audience," etc.
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* [[More Than Mind Control]]: Anyone who is "helped" by Sybok tends to follow him around like a puppet.
* [[Multi Boobage]]: The [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Cat Dancer]].
* [[Nobody Poops]]: Averted, at very least whenever the ''Enterprise'' is not in spacedock.▼
* [[No One Gets Left Behind]]: Kirk orders McCoy and Spock to beam out first when the transporter conveniently can only beam up two at a time.
* [[The Only One]]: A twofer. As well as Kirk being supposedly the best person to send in for hostage negotiations, the ''Enterprise'' is apparently the ''only'' ship available to take him to Paradise. That's despite Kirk starting on Earth, home of one of Star Fleet's largest bases, and ''Enterprise'''s construction not actually being finished.▼
▲* [[Nobody Poops]]: Averted, at very least whenever the ''Enterprise'' is not in spacedock.
* [[The Nose Knows]]: In the turbolift as Kirk and crew return from their camping trip.
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'''Spock:''' Yes. }}
▲* [[No Such Thing As Space Jesus]]
* [[Not the Fall That Kills You]]: Kirk falls several thousand feet down El Capitan only to be caught by Spock about a foot away from the ground.
▲* [[The Only One]]: A twofer. As well as Kirk being supposedly the best person to send in for hostage negotiations, the ''Enterprise'' is apparently the ''only'' ship available to take him to Paradise. That's despite Kirk starting on Earth, home of one of Star Fleet's largest bases, and ''Enterprise'''s construction not actually being finished.
* [[Path of Inspiration]]: Sybok's offer of internal peace.
* [[Pillar of Light]]: How "God" first appears.
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* [[The Pollyanna]]: You just get that vibe from Caithlin Dar.
* [[The Power of Friendship]]: (or [[The Power of Love]] if you [[Ho Yay|so desire]]) Refusing to desert Kirk is what keeps Spock and McCoy from being brainwashed by Sybok.
▲* [[Power Trio]]: Kirk, Spock, and McCoy, obviously. Notable as, while an important part of all of the movies and the show, this movie focuses on them as a trio more than any of the other movies.
* [[Precision F-Strike]]:
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'''Klingon Ambassador:''' My assistance?
'''Spock:''' You ''are'' his superior officer.
'''Klingon Ambassador:''' I am a foolish old man.
'''Spock:''' ''Damn'' you, sir, you ''will'' try. }}
* [[Reassigned to Antarctica]]: The three ambassadors on Nimbus III (the reasons are noted in the novelization).
* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: {{spoiler|Sybok}}'s remaining lifespan goes down to about 15 seconds once he [[The Atoner|realizes the error of his ways]].
* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: Sybok
** Not really. Kirk is actually surprised that Spock even has a brother.
* [[Sci
** Not necessarily an example of the trope. Ships were a lot faster in the original series and other movies set in the same time frame than they were in later material. They could travel to the edge of the galaxy and back in a very small amount of time or map every gas anomaly in the Beta Quadrant in a few months.
** Also, the Pioneer probe blown up by the Klingons had been traveling at only a tiny fraction of lightspeed from Earth for 300 years, meaning the Klingons would have to be pretty deep within Federation space to encounter it. Of course, these Klingons were explicitly looking for a fight, so it's not unreasonable that they ''were'' deep in Federation space.
* [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Shout
** It's also a [[Development Gag]] (see [[What Could Have Been]]).
* [[Show Some Leg]]: Uhura doing a nude fan dance.
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* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: After having been blasted with a photon torpedo, "God" come out of it as this [[Narm|rather goofy]] distorted face exclaiming '''''"[[You!|YOOOOOUUUUU!]]''''' while floating after Kirk.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Probably the saddest thing about Sybok is that he's sincere. He honestly wants to help people, he honestly wants to do good, and he actually stands up to what he believes is God to demand to know why his "friends" are being hurt.
* [[Wretched Hive]]: Nimbus III is a godawful hellhole.▼
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: The film's rather mundane opening scene.
▲* [[Wretched Hive]]: Nimbus III is a godawful hellhole.
* [[You're Insane!]]: Kirk tells this to Sybok, who replies "Am I?", apparently genuinely considering it.
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