Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Recap / StarTrekLowerDecksS2E06TheSpyHumongous

Go To

OR

Added: 472

Changed: 114

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* RousingSpeech: The Redshirts give themselves improv classes to do these, but it proves to be meaningless as they don't bother to actually do anything during a real emergency. In fact, several of them step up to speechify ''at the same time'', defeating the point.

to:

* RousingSpeech: The Redshirts give themselves improv classes to do these, but it proves to be meaningless as they don't bother to actually do anything during a real emergency. In fact, several of them step up to speechify ''at the same time'', defeating the point. It's worth noting, though, that Boimler comes up with a pretty good speech while acting out what Riker would say.
-->'''Boimler:''' Look, I may not know exactly what we're up against, but I do know that in this, our darkest hour, I'm grateful. Grateful to have a ship and a crew I trust with my life. Now, I'll be honest. There's no guarantee we're gonna get out of this. But if we do, it'll be because of your combined talent and dedication. It's been the honor of my life to serve as your captain. But we're not dead yet, so how about we go in and kick some ass. RedAlert! Take us in.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


Mariner, Rutherford, and Tendi start their anomaly cleanup in Ransom's quarters. Tendi is excited at the interesting stuff they might find, though the other two are more pessimistic as they enter and see so many potentially dangerous artifacts [[NoOSHACompliance carelessly strewn about]]. Their fears prove justified when Rutherford accidentally drops a container with a desiccated frog skull, which then releases a gas that causes him to [[InflatingBodyGag inflate like a human balloon]].

to:

Mariner, Rutherford, and Tendi start their anomaly cleanup in Ransom's quarters. Tendi is excited at the interesting stuff they might find, though the other two are more pessimistic as they enter and see so many potentially dangerous artifacts [[NoOSHACompliance carelessly strewn about]]. Their fears prove justified when Rutherford accidentally drops a container with a desiccated frog skull, which then releases a gas that causes him to [[InflatingBodyGag inflate like a human balloon]].
balloon]]. Mariner and Tendi manage to get him back to normal, but the experience causes him to [[VomitIndiscretionShot lose his lunch]].



Boimler has shared some of his knowledge of Riker with the Redshirts, and in exchange, they are coaching him on how to be more presentable as a future captain. Better posture, better uniform, better haircut. On his way back out into the hallway, he runs into his friends, who have not been having a good time with their cleanup duty. Mariner, who [[ButtMonkey has been the most victimized]] by the strange objects, is particularly annoyed to see him chumming with the brownnoser squad instead of helping them. Boimler runs off again, leaving her to clean up the nanobots he accidentally spilled. Tendi continues to put on a positive facade, but Mariner finally snaps. Sometimes work sucks, Mariner yells, and she just wants to have space to feel angry about it without Tendi's constant forced optimism!

Tendi, for her part, is also starting to get annoyed with Mariner and Rutherford's constant whining. She suggests that they leave the work to her, if they hate it so much, so they do. But things don't go so well for Tendi on her own. A Three Little Pigs storybook in Dr. Migleemo's office comes to life, causing a commotion as she struggles to corral them. In the process, she accidentally breaks another storage container. The giant, gelatinous slug that emerges from it swallows Tendi whole! Rutherford and Mariner scramble to help her, but after a moment, the slug poops her back out.

to:

Boimler has shared some of his knowledge of Riker with the Redshirts, and in exchange, they are coaching him on how to be more presentable as a future captain. Better posture, better uniform, better haircut. On his way back out into the hallway, he runs into his friends, who have not been having a good time with their cleanup duty. Mariner, who [[ButtMonkey has been the most victimized]] by the strange objects, is particularly annoyed to see him chumming with the brownnoser squad instead of helping them. Boimler runs off again, leaving her to clean up the nanobots he accidentally spilled. Tendi continues to put on a positive facade, but Mariner Mariner, whose hand is now covered in GreyGoo which is happily "eating [her] fingerprints", finally snaps. Sometimes work sucks, Mariner yells, and she just wants to have space to feel angry about it without Tendi's constant forced optimism!

Tendi, for her part, is also starting to get annoyed with Mariner and Rutherford's constant whining. She suggests that they leave the work to her, if they hate it so much, so they do. But things don't go so well for Tendi on her own. A Three Little Pigs storybook in Dr. Migleemo's office comes to life, causing a commotion as she struggles to corral them. In the process, she accidentally breaks another storage container. The giant, gelatinous slug that emerges from it swallows Tendi her whole! Rutherford and Mariner scramble to help her, but after a moment, the slug poops her back out.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Neither example is the right use of the trope


* ShutUpHannibal:
** When Casey calls Boimler shameful and kicks him out of the Redshirts making a fool of himself to get Tendi to laugh, Boimler fires back that [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech the real shameful thing is trying to copy other captains to get promoted instead of doing things your own way]].
** PlayedForLaughs earlier. When Boimler tries to get Tendi to laugh in the mess hall, Casey asks in disbelief what the hell he is doing. Jennifer, noticing that it is working, tells Casey to shut up and look.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
This was deleted without reason.

Added DiffLines:

* ShutUpHannibal:
** When Casey calls Boimler shameful and kicks him out of the Redshirts making a fool of himself to get Tendi to laugh, Boimler fires back that [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech the real shameful thing is trying to copy other captains to get promoted instead of doing things your own way]].
** PlayedForLaughs earlier. When Boimler tries to get Tendi to laugh in the mess hall, Casey asks in disbelief what the hell he is doing. Jennifer, noticing that it is working, tells Casey to shut up and look.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ShutUpHannibal:
** When Casey calls Boimler shameful and kicks him out of the Redshirts making a fool of himself to get Tendi to laugh, Boimler fires back that [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech the real shameful thing is trying to copy other captains to get promoted instead of doing things your own way]].
** PlayedForLaughs earlier. When Boimler tries to get Tendi to laugh in the mess hall, Casey asks in disbelief what the hell he is doing. Jennifer, noticing that it is working, tells Casey to shut up and look.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The fact both Mariner and Rutherford, who have both previously been shown to not mind some of Starfleet's more tedious tasks or even find ways to make them fun, react to Anomaly Consignment Duty with irritation serves as a good indicator of just ''how'' much it will suck.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
The Redshirts didn't have any members from Delta Shift.


* AscendedExtra: Jennifer the Andorian and the Kzinti crew member are both part of the Red Shirts with speaking roles. The other two were the members of Delta Shift seen back in "Terminal Provocations".

to:

* AscendedExtra: Jennifer the Andorian and the Kzinti crew member are both part of the Red Shirts with speaking roles. The other two were the members of Delta Shift seen back in "Terminal Provocations".
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* TemptingFate: Freeman figures that negotiating with the Pakleds "shouldn't be too complicated". Things get complicated as soon as she and Shaxs beam down.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Removed because they didn't expect him to have still have been alive when they brought him to sickbay.


* UngratefulBastard: Rumdar, despite being rescued by the ''Cerritos''. Unless he let it slip about the bomb on Earth deliberately.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* TheKilljoy: Mariner tries her darndest to [[BreakTheCutie break Tendi's excitement over Anomaly Consolidation Day]]... and [[GoneHorriblyRight succeeds]] to her [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone retrospective dismay]]. She apologizes to Tendi in the episode resolution.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* MeaninglessVillainVictory: Casey becomes acting captain, but only because Ransom, Freeman, and the rest of the bridge crew decide to duck out early for drinks. Shaxs relieves him almost immediately, having come in with the next shift. He's then ordered to clean up the airlock that the Pakled used as a toilet. Boimler, by contrast, gets a sincere congratulations from Ransom.

to:

* MeaninglessVillainVictory: Casey becomes acting captain, but only because Ransom, Freeman, and the rest of the bridge crew decide to duck out early for drinks. Shaxs relieves him almost immediately, having come in with the next shift. He's then ordered to clean up the airlock that the Pakled used as a toilet. Boimler, by contrast, gets a sincere congratulations from Ransom.Ransom for defusing the crisis with Tendi in the mess hall.

Top