History Funny / StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds

* Ortegas watches Spock and Pasalk talking in what seems a casual conversation and mockingly does a GagDub about how buddy-buddy they are. When M'Benga says it's clear from their body language that the two hate each other, Ortegas pauses before asking "are you messing with me?" At this point, Spock stands from the table, comes up to them and apologizes for his "unseemly outburst" before walking off, causing the two to burst into laughter.

** La'an going full CanadaEh trying to explain it to Kirk is delightful.

-->'''T'Pring-in-Spock''': What should we do?\\

-->'''Pike''': Get out of town.
-->'''T'Pring-in-Spock''': We are not in a town.
** After clearing up that they are in each other's bodies, T'Pring-in-Spock says that Pike "can now quite clearly see the very clear difference in our mannerisms." Seeing the pair in matching stances and tones almost indistinguishable from their normal ones, Pike dryly remarks "yeah, totally."[[note]]The eagle-eyed viewer, who granted has a leg up on Pike, can actually tell: "Spock" is standing with his arms crossed in front, the kind of "princess stance" T'Pring often uses; "T'Pring" has her arms clasped behind her back, in a military "parade rest" manner habitually used by Spock. But the differences are so subtle you have to look really hard for them, which just makes the joke funnier.[[/note]]

** After Spock finally loses his temper with his mother, she goes silent, her eyes narrow, and Spock becomes [[OhCrap visibly concerned.]] When she tells him to take his hat off, you can see Pike looking dejected in the background. And then when the camera does a close-up on Spock, we can see the door [[BrickJoke finally open.]]

* During the final run-in with the Orions, Boimler and Mariner go off on ''another'' MotorMouth tangent, requiring Pike to steer things back to something relevant.

* One of the members of the away team is a newly minted Lieutenant who Spock mistakenly refers to by his old rank of Ensign. Sam Kirk and Chapel immediately note that Spock owes him a drink for referring to him by his old rank, "Starfleet tradition." Spock can only ask with mild exasperation if there's no end to human drinking games.

* Before he caught the singing bug, Kirk thought that the musical number had been rehearsed in advance. Apparently, he's under the impression that the legendary Captain Pike and his crew just enjoy doing showtunes.

* In a way, the meeting between Kirk and Spock. Ever since Kirk was announced to be appearing in the series, fans have speculated about the idea of the two meeting, and how the show will portray the foundation of their epic friendship. Not only is their introduction in the episode very casual and low-key, but the first thing they bond over is finding Sam irritating.

** FridgeBrilliance kicks in when you realize that THIS is what the Klingons meant earlier about being subjected to dishonor through this - opera has always been treated as one of the Klingons highest art forms, you'd think initially they'd at least be willing to accept being made to sing. But since they're not singing opera but pop...

* Batel asks how the ship is doing, and since this is in the aftermath of a NegativeSpaceWedgie causing everyone to uncontrollably sing:

* Mariner manages to help Uhura finally translate the glyphs on the portal machine. Unfortunately, all they say is [[ShapedLikeItself "This is a portal."]]

* The final scene has the ''Enterprise'' crew going about their business, except animated. As the scene carries on, they begin to notice they look weird, Spock wobbles his arm unnaturally, and Ortegas freaks out about her eyes being huge. Ortegas reveals she reproduced the Orion Hurricanes using authentic Orion delaq, so they're all actually completely hammered and hallucinating. This led to fan jokes that the entirety of WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks is from the perspective of someone (Possibly Mariner) blitzed ''out of their mind'' on said drinks.
** The final line of the episode is the normally level-headed M'Benga ''screaming'', "What the hell is ''in'' these things?!"

* T'Pring matter-of-factly states she's been "researching human sex." Spock comes as close to a SpitTake as a Vulcan can.

* T'Pring matter-of-factly states she's been "researching human sexuality." Spock comes as close to a SpitTake as a Vulcan can.

* What gets Pike to agree to talk to the Orions? Boimler mentioning that among his legendary qualities is "your great hair." Spock's look at that is priceless, while Pike tries his best to not look flattered.

* When the portal opens, Tendi and Rutherford can be heard calling back and offering to also come through. The ''Enterprise'' crew responds with a joint BigNo.