History Recap / StarTrekProdigyS1E6Kobayashi

* UnwinnableTrainingSimulation: Dal decides to run the ''Kobayashi Maru'', not knowing the point of it. HilarityEnsues.

* FleetingDemographicRule: Dal becoming obsessed with trying to beat the ''Kobayashi Maru'' is very similar to Boimler's desperation to get OneHundredPercentCompletion on the "captured by the Borg" simulation in the ''Star Trek: Lower Decks'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS2E08IExcretus I, Excretus]]". Although the target audience for ''Prodigy'' probably shouldn't have been watching ''Lower Decks''.

* {{Dedication}}: This episode is dedicated to the three actors of the ''Star Trek'' franchise who had, at the time, passed away: Creator/LeonardNimoy, Creator/ReneAuberjonois, and Creator/JamesDoohan. (It also features Creator/NichelleNichols, who died about half a year after this episode was aired.)[[note]]Since the episode makes heavy use of archival dialogue, one can only assume that Creator/AntonYelchin was not included due to a paucity of material to work with.[[/note]]

** During one of the failures, Dal shouts out "FIRE EVERYTHING!" in the same kind of inflection [[Film/StarTrek Nero]] did.

* DramaticIrony: Dal decides to run the ''Kobayashi Maru'', figuring he'll ace it and prove he's worthy of being captain. Viewers familiar with ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' or ''Film/StarTrek2009'' will know he's in for a rough surprise. Dal only thinks to ask the point at the very end.
** While selecting a holographic crew, Jankom suggests one James T. Kirk. Dal dismisses that idea out of hand. Claiming the crew doesn't need two captains. Not realizing Kirk actually managed to "beat" the ''Kobayashi Maru'' test himself.

** While selecting a holographic crew, Jankom suggests one James T. Kirk. Dal dismisses that idea out of hand. Claiming the crew doesn't need two captains. Not realizing Kirk actually managed to "beat" the Kobayashi Maru test himself.

* {{Dedication}}: This episode is dedicated to three casts members of the Star Trek franchise: Creator/LeonardNimoy, Creator/ReneAuberjonois, and Creator/JamesDoohan.

* Franchise/{{Dracula}}: One of the holoprograms Janeway mentions and briefly shows is an adventure to defeat Count Dracula.

Continuing from the last episode, the ''Protostar'' drops out of it's protowarp speed, placing the ship over ''4,000 lightyears'' away from their previous location. Excluding Gwyn, the three other crew members confront Dal about their desire to head for the Federation, which Dal rejects citing his rule as captain and his distrust of the Federation. Later, Dal and Jankom discover the ''Protostar'''s holodeck. Dal runs the ''Kobayashi Maru'' training simulation while Gwyn and Zero investigate the purpose of the ''Protostar'' and why the Diviner covets it.

* ShipTease: When Gwyn thanks Dal for saving her from "Murder Planet", he claims that Janeway wouldn't let them leave without her, which saddened Gwyn a little. At the end of the episode, Jankom lets it slip that it was actually Dal's idea. Gwyn then gives Dal a quick smile (which he doesn't notice).

Dal runs the ''Kobayashi Maru'' training simulation while Gwyn and Zero investigate the purpose of the ''Protostar'' and why the Diviner covets it.

* BoardingParty: Chakotay's log mentions the ship is being boarded, but doesn't say by whom.

* ShipTease: When Gwyn thanks Dal for saving her from "Murder Planet", he claims that Janeway wouldn't let them leave without her, but Jankom later lets it slip that it was actually Dal's idea. Gwyn then gives Dal a quick smile (which he doesn't notice).

* DramaticIrony: Dal decides to run the ''Kobayashi Maru'', figuring he'll ace it and prove he's worthy of being captain. Viewers familiar with ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' will know he's in for a rough surprise. Dal only thinks to ask the point at the very end.

* WhamShot: Janeway brings up a navigational chart showing that their brief time in protowarp has flung the ''Protostar'' all the way into the gamma quadrant, 4,000 light years from their last location.

** The design of the ''Kobayashi Maru'' is based off of the ship’s design seen in ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'''s "No-Win Scenario" TFO.

* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: Hologram Odo threatens to "resign his commission" when Dal proposes abandoning the ''Kobayashi Maru''.

* WhatTheHellHero: The holographic crew do not respond well to Dal’s initial strategy of ignoring the ''Kobayashi Maru'''s distress call, with Odo even threatening to quit.

* AffectionateNickname: During his last run, Dal gives nicknames to his holo-bridge crew: Uhura is "Earpiece", Scotty is "Moustache", Odo is "Jellyman", Spock is "Pointy Ears" and Crusher is "Big Red".
* BoardingParty: Chakotay's log mentions the ship is being boarded, but doesn't say by who.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Early in the episode, the crew push Dal to let them go to the Federation, arguing they can’t rely on the ''Protostar''’s technology to protect them forever, especially since the protowarp is now inoperable. Dal argues that if they do, they could be arrested for allegedly stealing the ship. Jankom retorts that they can also be taken in as refugees.
* BreatherEpisode: After the previous two parter filled with drama, this episode mostly focuses on Dal’s attempts to win the unwinnable Kobayashi Maru scenario, and the humor that arises. There are, however, important revelations relating to the MythArc of the series, and an important moment of CharacterDevelopment for Dal.

* ClassifiedInformation: Janeway is unable to access the ''Protostar's'' original directive for this reason. Even when the data is decoded, it's fragmented and will take time to piece together.

** Dal’s climactic strategy involves blaring rock music, similar to the climax of ''Film/StarTrekBeyond''.

* DesignerBabies: A flashback reveals that Gwyn is this, having been created directly from her father’s genetic material.

* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Holo-Spock name-drops this trope in a RousingSpeech to Dal, convincing him to finally take his crew to the Federation.

** The design of the ''Kobayashi Maru'' is based off of the ship’s design seen in ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline''[=‘s=] “No-Win Scenario” TFO.

** During one of the failures, Dal shouts out "FIRE EVERYTHING!" in the same kind of infliction [[Film/StarTrek Nero]] did.
* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: Hologram Odo threatens to “resign his commission” when Dal proposes abandoning the ''Kobayashi Maru''.
* TheReveal: The ''Protostar's'' original captain was Chakotay, and for some reason this knowledge has been fragmented so Hologram Janeway can't access it, including a password in Vau N'Akat despite them having no known contact with the Federation.

* WhatTheHellHero: The holographic crew do not respond well to Dal’s initial strategy of ignoring the ''Kobayashi Maru's'' distress call, with Odo even threatening to quit.

* ClassifiedInformation: Janeway is unable to access the ''Protostar's'' original directive for this reason.

* FireBreathingDinner: Murf belches intense light after the photon grenades go off inside him.

* MadeOfIndestructium: Murf swallows a box of photon grenades. When they go off, it results in a FireBreathingDinner and little else.