History Characters / StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome

* {{Hypocrite}}: He is pretty open about his attitude toward Klingons. He has no problem working with Klingons to sabotage peace talks.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For [[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock Admiral Morrow]]. In fact, nearly all versions of the scripts did feature Morrow instead of Cartwright, who apparently was a last-minute replacement after Morrow's actor, Robert Hooks was unavailable.
** A common fan theory, backed up by the novelization, is that Morrow resigned due to the scandal that erupted with Kirk stealing the ''Enterprise''.

* [[StarfishLanguage Whale Song Language]]: Its constant screeching translates into whale singing.

[[caption-width-right:300:''"Save yourself! Avoid the planet Earth at any cost!"'']]

[[folder:Admiral Lance Cartwright]] [[quoteright:287:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2e1c9e86_d8bf_4231_85f0_6e28c8ce1db4.jpeg]]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/BrockPeters
->'''Dubbed in French by:''' Creator/GerardRinaldi

!! USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-A)

->'''Played by:''' Creator/CatherineHicks
->'''Dubbed in French by:''' Emmanuèle Bondeville

->'''Played by:''' Scott [=DeVenney=]

->'''Played by:''' Creator/KirkThatcher

Some random [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin punk on a bus]] who refuses to turn off his radio--and gets a neck pinch for his trouble.

->'''Played by:''' Creator/JohnSchuck
->'''Dubbed in French by:''' Yves Brainville (Star Trek IV), Pierre Baton (Star Trek VI)

->'''Played by:''' Robert Ellenstein
->'''Dubbed in French by:''' Michel Gudin

* FaceHeelTurn: Becomes a villain in a couple movies later.

* FlippingTheBird: Unwisely does this to Kirk and Spock when the former asks him to turn off his music.

* WrongGenreSavvy: He sees himself as the DoggedNiceGuy who will teach Gillian to [[NotGoodWithPeople appreciate people]] as well as whales, when in fact he's the ObstructiveBureaucrat making things harder for the real protagonists.

* TheAllegedCar: In ''The Final Frontier'', she is in the middle of extensive repairs, and [[FridgeLogic for some reason]], Starfleet Command assigns Kirk and crew to an important mission. Kirk himself is nonplussed by his squeaky chair, dodgy transporters, and the defective Log transcriber (which keeps popping open with ridiculous SPRONNG! noises).

* SuperiorSuccessor: Designed to outperform the original ''Enterprise'', at least when she is fully operational.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: When one thinks of his role in ''The Voyage Home'' in revelation of his duplicity in ''The Undiscovered Country'', it could be Cartwright's role as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure in his debut was nothing, but a facade from the beginning to hide his dark hidden agenda that was unrelated to the situation at the time of the fourth film.

* GreaterScopeVillain: Downplayed in ''The Voyage Home'', he has nothing to do with the plot other than showing nothing but support towards Kirk and his mission. However, it could be his way to earn Kirk's trust to use him later for his darker plan.
* ManipulativeBastard: In ''The Voyage Home'', he gains Kirk's trust and the trust of his comrades through his ReasonableAuthorityFigure act, which allows him to secretly participate in a conspiracy and using Kirk as a pawn in ''The Undiscovered Country''.

[[folder: Bob Briggs]]

[[folder:Bus Punk]]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/KirkThatcher

Some random [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin punk on a bus]] who refuses to turn off his radio--and gets a neck pinch for his trouble.

* TheBusCameBack: {{Pun}} fully intended, he returns in ''Series/StarTrekPicard'', where he's doing the exact same thing he was 30 years ago. This time, when asked to turn off his music, he sheepishly complies.
* TheCameo: In ''Series/StarTrekPicard''.
* FlippingTheBird: Unwisely does this to Kirk and Spock when the former asks him to turn off his music.

->'''Played by:''' Kirk Thatcher

* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: In both this film and ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'', he's only credited as "Klingon Ambassador." His actual name is never revealed in either film. However, he is indentified as Kamarag in their novelizations.

->''"Whoever said the human race was logical?"''

[[caption-width-right:287:''"The opportunity here is to bring [the Klingons] to their knees. Then, we'll be in a far better condition to negotiate terms."'']]

* FantasticRacism: Against Klingons, whom he says will become "the alien trash of the Universe". For Peters, who was a civil rights crusader, it was ''painful'' for him to utter those lines, and had to be convinced to do it.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Downplayed in ''The Voyage Home'', he has nothing to do with the plot other then showing nothing, but support towards Kirk and his mission. However, it could be his way to earn Kirk's trust to use him later for his darker plan.

->'''Played by:''' John Schuck

* LegacyVesselNaming: The second Federation ship to be called ''Enterprise'', and not the last.

* PetTheDog: Despite his previous jerkass attitude toward Kirk, he applauds Kirk when he exposes the conspiracy and saves the peace talks.

* PetTheDog: Despite his previous jerkass tendencies toward Kirk, he applauds Kirk when he exposes the conspiracy and saves the peace talks.

* PetTheDog: Despite his previously Jerkass tendencies toward Kirk, he applauds Kirk when he exposes the conspiracy and saves the peace talks.