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* And the Horta herself-- she is completely outnumbered by the strange, horrible looking attackers who are destroying her eggs, all that is left of her species, and singlehandedly manages to eliminate much of the opposition, and if not for the starship's arrival, would probably have dealt with the entire mining colony over time.

* Before Kirk gets enrolled in all this, Spock is deep in Vulcan "blood fever," of which T'Pau herself said that he wouldn't speak again until the fight was over. [[BeyondTheImpossible He manages it nonetheless]], and the determination needed for him to do it is only underlined by the [[NotSoStoic faint-yet-audible disbelief]] in T'Pau's "[[ThisCannotBe Thee]] ''[[ThisCannotBe speaks?]]''"

*** Those are indeed fighting words. Insult Captain Kirk, Scotty will live and let live. Insult the ''Enterprise'', Scotty will ''kick your ass.''

** Janice Lester gets one (more like a CrowningMomentOfEvil) for recording the ''whole'' conversation above and effectively using it to sentence Scotty and [=McCoy=] to death for trying to mutiny against her, the "captain."

* The crew realize that an easy way to disorient the Kelvans (and thus, disarm them) is to get them in touch with human emotions and sensations. Smart plan, but the moment of Awesome goes to Scotty, who takes the plan a step further by offering some ''liquor'' to the Kelvans. He then proceeds to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWEDZFoLmyA drink one of them under the table.]] Also a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

* Scotty gets another one when he decks a Klingon who calls the ''Enterprise'' a garbage scow, before rephrasing it to call the ''Enterprise'' itself, garbage, in "The Trouble with Tribbles", ''after'' he stopped Chekov from attacking them for insulting Captain Kirk.

*** Those are indeed, fighting words.
*** Insult Captain Kirk, Scotty will live and let live. Insult the ''Enterprise'', Scotty will ''kick your ass.''

* Even better, despite being weaker in physical strength, and despite a moment where [[ButtMonkey Chekov's]] Klingon {{No Sell}}s his punches, the fight the ''Enterprise'' crew give the Klingons is pretty much ''equally-matched'' throughout.

* The ''Tribbles'' get one for outing a Klingon spy.
* After finding out about the Klingon plot to poison the grain, Kirk nonchalantly tells Koloth he has six hours to get out of Federation space. The Tribbles Kirk is holding let out a squeal that makes the Klingons scamper off.
* Scotty beaming all the tribbles from the Enterprise to the Klingon vessel - the Klingons would not have been happy with [[HellIsThatNoise all the noise]] tribbles make when they sense them.

* On a professional aspect, Dr. [=McCoy=] saves an entire species by successfully treating a severely wounded Horta, a silicon-based lifeform--something he is not only completely unfamiliar with, but ''didn't believe was possible in the first place'' until that very day.
-->'''[=McCoy=]:''' By golly, Jim--I'm beginning to think I can cure a rainy day!
* Kirk's reaction when cornered by the "monster." He knows that the creature in front of him has already killed several men. It is monstrous in form. He is not completely clear on exactly how it kills, so he has no idea what to watch out for. He is armed with a weapon that can destroy it, but only if he is quick enough to strike first. He chooses instead to try and communicate with it.

* And the Horta herself - she is completely outnumbered by the strange, horrible looking attackers who are destroying her eggs, all that is left of her species, and singlehandedly manages to eliminate much of the opposition, and if not for the starship's arrival, would probably have dealt with the entire mining colony over time.

* The Organians stopping the war between Klingons and the Federation, and giving Kirk one of the best cut downs he’s ever been forced to accept. He immediately starts squirming and fidgeting like a child that’s been told off.

* Spock (along with most of the crew) is under the influence of a LotusEaterMachine, and Kirk has to get him mad enough to shake off its effects--not easy with a Vulcan. Once he's done insulting him, his race,his parents and his girlfriend, and Spock's finally had enough, he throws Kirk around like a rag doll, even bending the metal bar Kirk tries to use to keep him at bay. He's about to remove Kirk's head when he finally comes to his senses. A hilarious moment for Kirk when he's trying to provoke him, and a rare look at what a Vulcan who's [[BewareTheNiceOnes finally had enough]] is capable of.
--> '''Kirk:''' It isn't every first officer who gets to belt his captain ... [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown several times]].

* [=McCoy=]'s response on being told the colony doesn't need a doctor, also a [[SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} CMoF]]:

* Khan has taken over the ''Enterprise'', with Kirk held inside a decompression chamber, slowly getting deprived of oxygen. Khan demands that the crew bow down before him, but the crew, possessing a toughness as the cream of Starfleet that arrogant dictator [[EvilCannotComprehendGood can never understand]] [[UndyingLoyalty firmly refuses]], [[VillainousBreakdown leading Khan to shout "IT'S SO USELESS!"]]

* Bones manages to perform open-heart surgery on Sarek, when he's never even ''operated'' on a Vulcan before. Not only that, but he keeps both Sarek and Spock alive, when Spock is participating in the surgery by donating his blood while using an experimental drug. [[UptoEleven Not only that]], but for a significant part of the surgery, the ''Enterprise'' was under attack, losing power, and shaking violently. Bones proves that he's one hell of a Doctor.

* Scotty gets another one when he decks a Klingon who calls the ''Enterprise'' a garbage scow in "The Trouble with Tribbles", ''after'' he stopped Chekov from attacking them for insulting Captain Kirk.

* Meta-moment of awesome for Creator/LeonardNimoy - the scene where Spock, infected by the sweat-virus, breaks down and cries, was an improvisation, and done in one take.

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* In a meta moment of awesome, this is generally considered the best episode of the entire Original Series.

* A meta case; Creator/WilliamShatner deserves a mention for acting as Janice Lester in this episode, being crazy that she was, and throwing a particularly nasty fit once the crew all refused to obey her orders, exposing her as the scheming, insane shell of a woman that she once was.
* Also Sandra Smith deserves a mention for doing a fine job of playing a weakened, though still determined and composed Kirk during his time in Lester's body.
* And Creator/LeonardNimoy gets one for exposing Roddenberry's motives. He verified that Roddenberry, who at the time was in HeManWomanHater mode following a nasty divorce, ''did'' want to establish Starfleet as forbidding women captains, and that his goal was to show that a woman in command "would blow it." Because women are all crazy and hormonal. Fortunately, Roddenberry eventually [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone came to his senses]] and [[OldShame came to regret]] including that line.

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-->'''Scotty:''' Laddie, don't you think you should [[BerserkButton ''rephrase'' that]]?

-->'''Scotty:''' Laddie, don't you think you should ''rephrase'' [[BerserkButton that]]?

*** Insult Captain Kirk, Scotty will live and let live. Insult the ''Enterprise'' and Scotty will ''kick your ass.''

-->'''Spock:''' Quadrotriticale is a high-yield grain, a four-lobed hybrid of wheat and rye. A perennial, also, I believe. Its root grain, triticale, can trace its ancestry all the way back to twentieth century Canada-

On October 13, 2021, Captain Kirk took off for real as Creator/WilliamShatner became the oldest person to be launched into space at age 90, on a short sub-orbital flight of [[Creator/{{Amazon}} Blue Origin]].