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''I, Q'' is a [[Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse standalone]] Franchise/StarTrek [[Literature/StarTrekNovelVerse novel]] set mainly in [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]] era. Published in 1999, ''I, Q'' was co-authored by Star Trek writer Creator/PeterDavid and Q's actor Creator/JohnDeLancie.
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''I, Q'' is a [[Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse standalone]] Franchise/StarTrek [[Literature/StarTrekNovelVerse novel]] set mainly in [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]] era. Published in 1999, ''I, Q'' was co-authored by Star Trek writer Creator/PeterDavid and Q's actor Creator/JohnDeLancie.
Creator/JohnDeLancie (who likewise narrated the abridged audiobook).
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* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: Q lampshades the former trope namer during the shout-off between Data and M, musing that Data's volume control had gone up to eleven. The end result is several pages of [[BoldInflation bold]] and vastly enlarged text, M going mad, and Q being briefly impressed with Data's speech.
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Picard's response when Q gives him another TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. Q is too shocked with Picard's [[RefugeInAudacity audacity]] to smite him right then and there.
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* LamePunReaction: Picard has a pained reaction when he learns that Q Continuum's 'Central Headquarters' is simply known as 'HQ'.
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* LamePunReaction: Picard has a pained reaction when he learns that Q Continuum's 'Central Headquarters' is simply known as 'HQ'.
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* LamePunReaction: Picard has a pained reaction when he learns that Q Continuum's 'Central Headquarters' is simply known as 'HQ'.
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* NotSoDifferent: Picard programs his fishing expedition for Big Arnold to be random, rather than programming the fish to come to him, because where's the sport in that? Q decides to actually catch the fish on Dante IX rather than will it onto his plate, because where's the sport in that?
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* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Jerkasses Have Standards]] Q is disgusted by the attack on Time Square that ends up taking Melony's life. [[spoiler: She gets better in the end]]
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* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Jerkasses Have Standards]] Q is disgusted by the attack on Time Times Square that ends up taking Melony's life. [[spoiler: She gets better in the end]]
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* YourMother: How the war between the Q and the M got started. More hilarious: none of the Q actually ''had'' a mother to insult.
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* YourMother: How the war between the Q and the M got started. More hilarious: none of the Q (or the M, for that matter) actually ''had'' a mother to insult.
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* OhCrap: Plenty of these moments given the circumstances, but the one that leaves Picard completely shaken is when he sees Locutus.
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-->'''Q''': This must sound like a lot of technobabble to you. In layman's terms: ''The shit had hit the fan''.
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-->'''Q''': This must sound like a lot of technobabble to you. In layman's terms: ''The shit [[PrecisionFStrike shit]] had hit the fan''.
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* FaceNodAction: Heavily {{discussed}} by Q.
--> "Mr. Data--" said Picard, and then he motioned toward the far wall of the boxcar. At first, I thought that he was asking Data for suggestions. But then, as I saw Data nod, I understood that since the two of them had been working together for so long only a few words from Picard were necessary. All he needed to do to set the android into motion was nod.\\
I hate to admit it, but to some degree I envied them that relationship. For all the uncounted centuries that I've strode the galaxy, I had never really had anyone with whom I communicated on that level. Not even the Lady Q. Granted, we were able to communicate by sharing thoughts, as were all the Q in the Continuum. But there was a difference between that and not even ''having'' to think because the other person knows what you're thinking. That entailed a level of confidence and trust that was--remarkable as it may seem--outside of my experience.
--> "Mr. Data--" said Picard, and then he motioned toward the far wall of the boxcar. At first, I thought that he was asking Data for suggestions. But then, as I saw Data nod, I understood that since the two of them had been working together for so long only a few words from Picard were necessary. All he needed to do to set the android into motion was nod.\\
I hate to admit it, but to some degree I envied them that relationship. For all the uncounted centuries that I've strode the galaxy, I had never really had anyone with whom I communicated on that level. Not even the Lady Q. Granted, we were able to communicate by sharing thoughts, as were all the Q in the Continuum. But there was a difference between that and not even ''having'' to think because the other person knows what you're thinking. That entailed a level of confidence and trust that was--remarkable as it may seem--outside of my experience.
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''I, Q'' is a [[Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse standalone]] Franchise/StarTrek [[Franchise/StarTrekNovelVerse novel]] set mainly in [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]] era. Published in 1999, ''I, Q'' was co-authored by Star Trek writer Creator/PeterDavid and Q's actor Creator/JohnDeLancie.
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''I, Q'' is a [[Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse standalone]] Franchise/StarTrek [[Franchise/StarTrekNovelVerse [[Literature/StarTrekNovelVerse novel]] set mainly in [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]] era. Published in 1999, ''I, Q'' was co-authored by Star Trek writer Creator/PeterDavid and Q's actor Creator/JohnDeLancie.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: [[spoiler:Melony chuckles at Q's rant, which is what saves the Universe.]]
* AlwaysABiggerFish: [[spoiler:Melony is a being -- maybe God herself -- far more powerful than anyone in the Q continuum.]]
* AlwaysABiggerFish: [[spoiler:Melony is a being -- maybe God herself -- far more powerful than anyone in the Q continuum.]]
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* ZeeRust: In the book, there's a terrorist bombing in Times Square on New Year's ringing in 2000.
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* TheDiscoveryOfFire: Q claims responsibility for this, saying he did it as a joke. His punishment led to the myth of Prometheus.
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* AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder: [[spoiler:Melony]] appears different to everyone who sees her. Only Q's son sees her in her true form (or, at least, what the narrative suggests is her true form); Q sees Lady Q, Picard sees Vash, and Data...well, [[TheUnreveal it's never revealed how Data sees her]].
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* PlummetPerspective: Q, Picard, and Data experience this while standing over a bottomless abyss. It's when Q fully realizes that he's about to plunge into a situation where he can't see the outcome, and finds that he envies Picard's ability to do so with far less trepidation.
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* YourMindMakesItReal: According to Q, this is called "mindality", a combination of "mind" and "reality". Picard takes advantage of this in the Q Continuum (which looks to him like a ''Dixon Hill'' novel) to make whatever he needs appear, be it a revolver or a thousand-dollar bill.
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* FailingATaxi: After Q fails several times to flag down a taxi in the Continuum (because they deliberately ignore him), Picard and his revolver succeed in persuading a driver to take them to HQ.
--> '''Driver:''' I'm off duty.\\
'''Picard:''' ''(shoots the "off-duty" sign on his taxi)'' Your shift was just extended.
--> '''Driver:''' I'm off duty.\\
'''Picard:''' ''(shoots the "off-duty" sign on his taxi)'' Your shift was just extended.
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Picard's response when Q gives him another TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. Q is too shocked with Picard's [[RefugeInAudacity audacity]] to smite him right then and there.
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* ShoutOut: They take advantage of the fact that Wallace Shawn played Grand Nagus Zek to deliver a nice one to ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.
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* ShoutOut: They take advantage of the fact that Wallace Shawn Creator/WallaceShawn played Grand Nagus Zek to deliver a nice one to ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.
