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* VocalDissonance: Balok is played by a very young Clint Howard, but with Vic Perrin's (some sources say Walker Edminton's) voice. Ted Cassidy voiced Balok's puppet.
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* VocalDissonance: Balok is played by a very young Clint Howard, but with Vic Perrin's (some sources say Walker Edminton's) voice. Ted Cassidy voiced Balok's puppet.puppet.
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* JekyllAndHyde: Balok name checks the famous duo that's really an uno. However, it seems more of a disguise than a true split personality.
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* JekyllAndHyde: Balok name checks the famous duo that's really an uno. However, it seems more of a disguise than a true split personality. And the method Balok used had much more in common with ''TheWizardOfOz''.
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* TheManBehindTheCurtain: Balock has the appearance of a human child. When he communicates with other ships via the view screen, he uses an intimidating puppet.
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* TheManBehindTheCurtain: Balock has the appearance of a human child. When he communicates with other ships via the view screen, he uses an intimidating puppet. Notably, Balok's method was more like [[WizardOfOz another noted man behind the curtain]] than it was Jekyll and Hyde.
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* VocalDissonance: Balok is played by a very young Clint Howard, but with Vic Perrin's voice. Ted Cassidy voiced Balok's puppet.
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* VocalDissonance: Balok is played by a very young Clint Howard, but with Vic Perrin's (some sources say Walker Edminton's) voice. Ted Cassidy voiced Balok's puppet.
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An ordinary day on the ''Enterprise''. Kirk is taking a required physical, so Spock has the chair. Suddenly, they run into what looks like the [[AppleMacintosh Apple Spinning Beach Ball of Doom]] that they just can't seem to escape. When evasive maneuvers fail, Spock calls for a red alert. Navigator Bailey, who probably takes 20 minutes to wipe his butt, suddenly becomes a little trigger happy until Kirk reminds him who's in charge. Kirk tells Bailey to plot a spiral course at increasing speeds to get away from this NegativeSpaceWedgie. When it starts emmiting radiation, Kirk orders to open fire, destroying the object.
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An ordinary day on the ''Enterprise''. Kirk is taking a required physical, so Spock has the chair. Suddenly, they run into what looks like the [[AppleMacintosh Apple Spinning Beach Ball of Doom]] that they just can't seem to escape. When evasive maneuvers fail, Spock calls for a red alert. Navigator Bailey, who probably takes 20 minutes who's struggling to wipe his butt, deal with all this, suddenly becomes a little trigger happy until Kirk reminds him who's in charge. Kirk tells Bailey to plot a spiral course at increasing speeds to get away from this NegativeSpaceWedgie. When it starts emmiting emitting radiation, Kirk orders to open fire, destroying the object.
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* ItsLikeIAlwaysSay: Inverted - Kirk claims that Bones always says "a little suffering is good for the soul". Bones flatly denies it, and he never finds occasion to say it or anything similar in any subsequent episode or movie. (This is given a ContinuityNod in [[Film/StarTrek the reboot film]], where Bones ''does'' say it - of course, that's a different Bones.)
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** Inverted - Kirk claims that Bones always says "a little suffering is good for the soul". Bones flatly denies it, and he never finds occasion to say it or anything similar in any subsequent episode or movie. (This is given a ContinuityNod in [[Film/StarTrek the reboot film]], where Bones ''does'' say it - of course, that's a different Bones.)
** Inverted - Kirk claims that Bones always says "a little suffering is good for the soul". Bones flatly denies it, and he never finds occasion to say it or anything similar in any subsequent episode or movie. (This is given a ContinuityNod in [[Film/StarTrek the reboot film]], where Bones ''does'' say it - of course, that's a different Bones.)
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* CargoShip: Kirk states that the only woman he has room for in his life in the ''Enterprise''. Balok tells Kirk that pride in their ships is [[NotSoDifferent something they have in common.]]
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** [[Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld I don't always play bit parts on sci-fi shows, but when I do,]] I play a random RedShirt. Stay thirsty, my friends. (Also, [[spoiler:despite the infamy of RedShirts, he lives!]])
** Creator/ClintHoward is the real Balok.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Balok sounds like [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Lurch]], and Ruk from "What Are Little Girls Made Of?".
* HilariousInHindsight: Bones needles the svelt Captain Kirk over having put on a few pounds. In more recent years, William Shatner has been having issues with his spare tire.
** [[Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld I don't always play bit parts on sci-fi shows, but when I do,]] I play a random RedShirt. Stay thirsty, my friends. (Also, [[spoiler:despite the infamy of RedShirts, he lives!]])
** Creator/ClintHoward is the real Balok.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Balok sounds like [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Lurch]], and Ruk from "What Are Little Girls Made Of?".
* HilariousInHindsight: Bones needles the svelt Captain Kirk over having put on a few pounds. In more recent years, William Shatner has been having issues with his spare tire.
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* {{Narm}}: Yeoman Rand cheerfully serving coffee in the face of certain death. Ah, the '60s!
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* {{Narm}}: Yeoman Rand cheerfully serving coffee in NotSoDifferent: During their conversation at the face end of certain death. Ah, the '60s!episode, Balok points out several things he and Kirk have in common, such as the fact that each is proud of his ship.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: They only have 10 (Earth) minutes to get out of this. Sulu is watching the clock for them when Balok isn't reminding them. Spock eventually gets annoyed by Sulu's counting down, saying he has "an unhealthy obsession with timepieces".
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: They only have 10 (Earth) minutes to get out of this. Sulu is watching the clock for them when Balok isn't reminding them. Spock Scotty eventually gets annoyed by Sulu's counting down, saying he has "an unhealthy obsession with timepieces".
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Just when everything looks peachy keen, the ''Enterprise'' is caught in the tractor beam of what looks like a cross between the [[DisneyThemeParks EPCOT Center]] and a popcorn ball. The message identifies the sphere as the ''Fesarius'', the flagship of the First Federation, and the speaker as her commanding officer, Balok. Balok announces that the crew of the ''Enterprise'' has exactly ten minutes to bend over and kiss their collective asses good-bye. If only Kirk can come up with a cunning plan....
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Just when everything looks peachy keen, the ''Enterprise'' is caught in the tractor beam of what looks like a cross between the [[DisneyThemeParks EPCOT Center]] EPCOT's Spaceship Earth]] and a popcorn ball. The message identifies the sphere as the ''Fesarius'', the flagship of the First Federation, and the speaker as her commanding officer, Balok. Balok announces that the crew of the ''Enterprise'' has exactly ten minutes to bend over and kiss their collective asses good-bye. If only Kirk can come up with a cunning plan....
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* IResembleThatRemark: Kirk berates McCoy for not telling him about an alert. After the former leaves the latter alone, McCoy says "If I jumped every time a light came on around here, I'd end up talking to myself."
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* IResembleThatRemark: Kirk berates McCoy [=McCoy=] for not telling him about an alert. After the former leaves the latter alone, McCoy [=McCoy=] says "If I jumped every time a light came on around here, I'd end up talking to myself."
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* IResembleThatRemark: Kirk berates McCoy for not telling him about an alert. After the former leaves the latter alone, McCoy says "If I jumped every time a light came on around here, I'd end up talking to myself."
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* ItsLikeIAlwaysSay: Inverted - Kirk claims that Bones always says "a little suffering is good for the soul". Bones flatly denies it, and he never finds occasion to say it or anything similar in any subsequent episode or movie. (This is given a ContinuityNod in [[Film/StarTrek the reboot film]], where Bones ''does'' say it - of course, that's a different Bones.)
** Kirk also claims that Bones has said "Man is ultimately superior to any mechanical device". Bones denies this, too, but he's probably lying (Kirk's bemused reaction suggests this), and he does make similar statements in many subsequent episodes, such as "The Ultimate Computer".
** Kirk also claims that Bones has said "Man is ultimately superior to any mechanical device". Bones denies this, too, but he's probably lying (Kirk's bemused reaction suggests this), and he does make similar statements in many subsequent episodes, such as "The Ultimate Computer".
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You know how often at the end of a Franchise/StarTrek ep they'll show a CreditsMontage, often ending with a [[NightmareFace creepy, blue alien face?]]. Well, this is the ep that still came from! And if you watch it all the way through, [[NightmareRetardant that face won't seem so scary anymore.]] Ironically enough, facing your fears is the [[AnAesop Aesop]] of this episode.
An ordinary day on the ''Enterprise''. Kirk is taking a required physical, so Spock has the chair. Suddenly, they run into what looks like the [[AppleMacintosh Apple Spinning Beach Ball of Doom]] that they just can't seem to escape. When evasive maneuvers fail, Spock calls for a red alert. Navigator Bailey, who probably takes 20 minutes to wipe his butt, suddenly becomes a little trigger happy until Kirk reminds him who's in charge. Kirk tells Baily to plot a spiral course at increasing speeds to get away from this NegativeSpaceWedgie. When it starts emmiting radiation, Kirk orders to open fire, destroying the object.
An ordinary day on the ''Enterprise''. Kirk is taking a required physical, so Spock has the chair. Suddenly, they run into what looks like the [[AppleMacintosh Apple Spinning Beach Ball of Doom]] that they just can't seem to escape. When evasive maneuvers fail, Spock calls for a red alert. Navigator Bailey, who probably takes 20 minutes to wipe his butt, suddenly becomes a little trigger happy until Kirk reminds him who's in charge. Kirk tells Baily to plot a spiral course at increasing speeds to get away from this NegativeSpaceWedgie. When it starts emmiting radiation, Kirk orders to open fire, destroying the object.
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You know how often at the end of a Franchise/StarTrek ''Star Trek'' ep they'll show a CreditsMontage, often ending with a [[NightmareFace creepy, blue alien face?]]. face]]? Well, this is the ep that still came from! And if you watch it all the way through, [[NightmareRetardant that face won't seem so scary anymore.]] Ironically enough, facing your fears is the [[AnAesop Aesop]] of this episode.
An ordinary day on the ''Enterprise''. Kirk is taking a required physical, so Spock has the chair. Suddenly, they run into what looks like the [[AppleMacintosh Apple Spinning Beach Ball of Doom]] that they just can't seem to escape. When evasive maneuvers fail, Spock calls for a red alert. Navigator Bailey, who probably takes 20 minutes to wipe his butt, suddenly becomes a little trigger happy until Kirk reminds him who's in charge. Kirk tellsBaily Bailey to plot a spiral course at increasing speeds to get away from this NegativeSpaceWedgie. When it starts emmiting radiation, Kirk orders to open fire, destroying the object.
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An ordinary day on the ''Enterprise''. Kirk is taking a required physical, so Spock has the chair. Suddenly, they run into what looks like the [[AppleMacintosh Apple Spinning Beach Ball of Doom]] that they just can't seem to escape. When evasive maneuvers fail, Spock calls for a red alert. Navigator Bailey, who probably takes 20 minutes to wipe his butt, suddenly becomes a little trigger happy until Kirk reminds him who's in charge. Kirk tells
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* DeadpanSnarker: Bailey tells Spock "Raising my voice back there [[BlatantLies doesn't mean I was scared or couldn't do my job.]] It means I happen to have a human thing called an adrenalin gland." Spock responds "It does sound most inconvenient, however. Have you considered having it removed?" Sulu tells him he should know better than to try to out-snark Spock. Kirk gets a snark at Bailey's expense after Bailey "votes" to open fire when he tells him "I'll keep that in mind, Mr. Bailey...when this becomes a democracy."
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Uhura wears a gold uniform. The ''Enterprise'' is referred to as an Earth ship rather than a Federation ship. A random crewman wears a life jacket. On a spaceship. Spock yells rather emotionally.
** This was actually the first episode filmed after the pilot.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Uhura wears a gold uniform. The ''Enterprise'' is referred to as an Earth ship rather than a Federation ship. A random crewman wears a life jacket. On a spaceship. Spock yells rather emotionally.
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** Bailey tells Spock "Raising my voice back there [[BlatantLies doesn't mean I was scared or couldn't do my job.]] It means I happen to have a human thing called an adrenalin gland." Spock responds "It does sound most inconvenient, however. Have you considered having it removed?" Sulu tells him he should know better than to try to out-snarkSpock. Spock.
** Kirk gets a snark at Bailey's expense after Bailey "votes" to open fire when he tells him "I'll keep that in mind, Mr. Bailey...when this becomes a democracy."
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This was actually the first episode filmed after the pilot, and some of the details were still in flux.
** Uhura wears a golduniform. uniform.
** The ''Enterprise'' is referred to as an Earth ship rather than a Federationship. ship.
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** A random crewman wears a life jacket. On a spaceship. Spock yells rather emotionally.\n** This was actually the first episode filmed after the pilot.
** Bailey tells Spock "Raising my voice back there [[BlatantLies doesn't mean I was scared or couldn't do my job.]] It means I happen to have a human thing called an adrenalin gland." Spock responds "It does sound most inconvenient, however. Have you considered having it removed?" Sulu tells him he should know better than to try to out-snark
** Kirk gets a snark at Bailey's expense after Bailey "votes" to open fire when he tells him "I'll keep that in mind, Mr. Bailey...when this becomes a democracy."
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* HeroicBSOD: Bailey has a disturbing tendency to [[WatershipDown tharn out]] in times of stress. He might think about a transport ship. There's a lot less pressure there. Staying on the ''Fesarius'' works too.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld I don't always play bit parts on sci-fi shows, but when I do,]] I play a random RedShirt. Stay thirsty, my friends. (Also, [[spoiler:despite the infamy of RedShirts, he lives!]]
** And Creator/ClintHoward is the real Balok.
* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld I don't always play bit parts on sci-fi shows, but when I do,]] I play a random RedShirt. Stay thirsty, my friends. (Also, [[spoiler:despite the infamy of RedShirts, he lives!]]
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* HeroicBSOD: Bailey has a disturbing tendency to [[WatershipDown [[Literature/WatershipDown tharn out]] in times of stress. He might think about a transport ship. There's a lot less pressure there. Staying on the ''Fesarius'' works too.
*HeyItsThatGuy: HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld I don't always play bit parts on sci-fi shows, but when I do,]] I play a random RedShirt. Stay thirsty, my friends. (Also, [[spoiler:despite the infamy of RedShirts, helives!]]
lives!]])
**And Creator/ClintHoward is the real Balok.
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** [[Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld I don't always play bit parts on sci-fi shows, but when I do,]] I play a random RedShirt. Stay thirsty, my friends. (Also, [[spoiler:despite the infamy of RedShirts, he
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: They only have 10 (Earth) minutes to get out of this. Sulu is watching the clock for them when Balok isn't reminding them.
** Spock eventually gets annoyed by Sulu's counting down, saying he has "an unhealthy obsession with timepieces".
** Spock eventually gets annoyed by Sulu's counting down, saying he has "an unhealthy obsession with timepieces".
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: They only have 10 (Earth) minutes to get out of this. Sulu is watching the clock for them when Balok isn't reminding them. \n** Spock eventually gets annoyed by Sulu's counting down, saying he has "an unhealthy obsession with timepieces".timepieces".
* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: Spock says this of Balok's mothership when they're attempting to measure its size.
* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: Spock says this of Balok's mothership when they're attempting to measure its size.
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* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: This is the first non-pilot episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. Introduced are Uhura, Yeoman Rand, and Dr. Leonard "Bones" [=McCoy=] (as a Second Episode Substitute for Dr. Mark Piper); it is not, however, the second episode aired, as the pilot episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before" was held back until later in the first season.
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* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: This is the first non-pilot episode of Star Trek: The Original Series.''Star Trek''. Introduced are Uhura, Yeoman Rand, and Dr. Leonard "Bones" [=McCoy=] (as a Second Episode Substitute SecondEpisodeSubstitute for Dr. Mark Piper); it is not, however, the second episode aired, as the pilot episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before" was held back until later in the first season.season.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: After the Enterprise breaks free of Balok's TractorBeam, Balok sends out a distress signal indicating that the struggle overloaded his ship's systems and he's now stranded far from any help his own people might send. Kirk decides to beam over and offer the Enterprise's assistance, whereupon it turns out that Balok's ship is fine and he just wanted to learn what Kirk would do. (He also says that the entire encounter has been a test of character, to make sure that the Enterprise's protestations of peaceful intent are genuine. It's not clear, however, what would have happened if the destruction countdown had run down without Kirk thinking up the corbomite maneuver.)
* SecretTestOfCharacter: After the Enterprise breaks free of Balok's TractorBeam, Balok sends out a distress signal indicating that the struggle overloaded his ship's systems and he's now stranded far from any help his own people might send. Kirk decides to beam over and offer the Enterprise's assistance, whereupon it turns out that Balok's ship is fine and he just wanted to learn what Kirk would do. (He also says that the entire encounter has been a test of character, to make sure that the Enterprise's protestations of peaceful intent are genuine. It's not clear, however, what would have happened if the destruction countdown had run down without Kirk thinking up the corbomite maneuver.)
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* {{Narm}}: Yeoman Rand cheerfully serving coffee in the face of certain death. Ah, the '60s!
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Uhura wears a gold uniform. The ''Enterprise'' is referred to as an Earth ship rather than a Federation ship. A random crewman wears a life jacket. On a spaceship.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Uhura wears a gold uniform. The ''Enterprise'' is referred to as an Earth ship rather than a Federation ship. A random crewman wears a life jacket. On a spaceship. Spock yells rather emotionally.
** This was actually the first episode filmed after the pilot.
** This was actually the first episode filmed after the pilot.
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** And ClintHoward is the real Balok.
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** And ClintHoward Creator/ClintHoward is the real Balok.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld I don't always play bit parts on sci-fi shows, but when I do,]] I play a random RedShirt. Stay thirsty, my friends.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld I don't always play bit parts on sci-fi shows, but when I do,]] I play a random RedShirt. Stay thirsty, my friends. (Also, [[spoiler:despite the infamy of RedShirts, he lives!]]
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** And ClintHoward is the real Balok.
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* VocalDissonance: Balok is played by a very young Clint Howard, but with Vic Perrin's voice. Ted Cassidy voiced Balok's puppet.
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You know how often at the end of a StarTrek ep they'll show a CreditsMontage, often ending with a [[NightmareFace creepy, blue alien face?]]. Well, this is the ep that still came from! And if you watch it all the way through, [[NightmareRetardant that face won't seem so scary anymore.]] Ironically enough, facing your fears is the [[AnAesop Aesop]] of this episode.
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You know how often at the end of a StarTrek Franchise/StarTrek ep they'll show a CreditsMontage, often ending with a [[NightmareFace creepy, blue alien face?]]. Well, this is the ep that still came from! And if you watch it all the way through, [[NightmareRetardant that face won't seem so scary anymore.]] Ironically enough, facing your fears is the [[AnAesop Aesop]] of this episode.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Advertising/TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld I don't always play bit parts on sci-fi shows, but when I do,]] I play a random RedShirt. Stay thirsty, my friends.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Balok sounds like [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Lurch]], and Ruk from "What Are Little Girls Made Of?".
* HeyItsThatVoice: Balok sounds like [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Lurch]], and Ruk from "What Are Little Girls Made Of?".
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[TheMostInterestingManInTheWorld I don't always play bit parts on sci-fi shows, but when I do,]] I play a random RedShirt. Stay thirsty, my friends.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Balok sounds like [[TheAddamsFamily Lurch]], and Ruk from "What Are Little Girls Made Of?".
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* AssPull: An example of the "Character Made It Up On The Spot" It worked so well, he pulls it out again for some Romulans in "The Deadly Years".
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* AssPull: [[invoked]] An example of the "Character Made It Up On The Spot" It worked so well, he pulls it out again for some Romulans in "The Deadly Years".
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* FreakOut: Bailey has one when he realizes [[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy "So this is it; we're all going to die."]]
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* FreakOut: Bailey has one when he realizes [[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy [[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1 "So this is it; we're all going to die."]]
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Uhura wears a gold uniform. A random crewman wears a life jacket. On a spaceship.
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* EldritchStarship: Balok's starship ''Fesarius''was a gigantic starship the size of a small moon, composed of a sphere made up of smaller spheres of various sizes and colors. At least one part of this ship could break off as a smaller command vessel. It's possible that the ship was composed entirely of smaller vessels to the aforementioned one, clustered together and sharing power.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Uhura wears a gold uniform. The ''Enterprise'' is referred to as an Earth ship rather than a Federation ship. A random crewman wears a life jacket. On a spaceship.
* EldritchStarship: Balok's starship''Fesarius''was ''Fesarius'' was a gigantic starship the size of a small moon, composed of a sphere made up of smaller spheres of various sizes and colors. At least one part of this ship could break off as a smaller command vessel. It's possible that the ship was composed entirely of smaller vessels to the aforementioned one, clustered together and sharing power.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Bailey tells Spock "Raising my voice back there [[BlatantLies doesn't mean I was scared or couldn't do my job.]] It means I happen to have a human thing called an adrenalin gland." spock responds "It does sound most inconvenient, however. Have you considered having it removed?" Sulu tells him he should know better than to try to out-snark Spock. Kirk gets a snark at Bailey's expense after Bailey "votes" to open fire when he tells him "I'll keep that in mind, Mr. Bailey...when this becomes a democracy."
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* DeadpanSnarker: Bailey tells Spock "Raising my voice back there [[BlatantLies doesn't mean I was scared or couldn't do my job.]] It means I happen to have a human thing called an adrenalin gland." spock Spock responds "It does sound most inconvenient, however. Have you considered having it removed?" Sulu tells him he should know better than to try to out-snark Spock. Kirk gets a snark at Bailey's expense after Bailey "votes" to open fire when he tells him "I'll keep that in mind, Mr. Bailey...when this becomes a democracy."
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: Possibly the reason why Bailey asks permission to resume his post with one minute left on the clock. He takes up most of that minute just walking to his seat!
* FreakOut: Bailey has one when he realizes [[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy "So this is it; we're all going to die."]]
* HelloNurse: Yeoman Rand. Kirk has a hard time ignoring her charms.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Balok sounds like [[TheAddamsFamily Lurch]], and Ruk from "What Are Little Girls Made Of?".
* HeroicBSOD: Bailey has a disturbing tendency to [[WatershipDown tharn out]] in times of stress. He might think about a transport ship. There's a lot less pressure there. Staying on the ''Fesarius'' works too.
* IComeInPeace: Kirk says this to Balok.
* FreakOut: Bailey has one when he realizes [[TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy "So this is it; we're all going to die."]]
* HelloNurse: Yeoman Rand. Kirk has a hard time ignoring her charms.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Balok sounds like [[TheAddamsFamily Lurch]], and Ruk from "What Are Little Girls Made Of?".
* HeroicBSOD: Bailey has a disturbing tendency to [[WatershipDown tharn out]] in times of stress. He might think about a transport ship. There's a lot less pressure there. Staying on the ''Fesarius'' works too.
* IComeInPeace: Kirk says this to Balok.
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* MustHaveCaffeine: Who cares if the ship's 'bout to blow up? Kirk needs that coffee, dammit!
* PickyEater: Kirk doesn't really want salad, but Bones says he's putting on weight.
* PrepareToDie: The ''Enterprise'' is confronted by a powerful alien vessel that announces its intention to destroy our heroes, and goes on to say — "we assume you have a deity... or deities," and politely offers to give the Enterprise crew time to make "whatever preparations" they deem necessary. An unusually explicit example of this trope, where the opponent says "prepare to die" and clearly ''actually means it''. And they're all the scarier for that.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: They only have 10 (Earth) minutes to get out of this. Sulu is watching the clock for them when Balok isn't reminding them.
* PickyEater: Kirk doesn't really want salad, but Bones says he's putting on weight.
* PrepareToDie: The ''Enterprise'' is confronted by a powerful alien vessel that announces its intention to destroy our heroes, and goes on to say — "we assume you have a deity... or deities," and politely offers to give the Enterprise crew time to make "whatever preparations" they deem necessary. An unusually explicit example of this trope, where the opponent says "prepare to die" and clearly ''actually means it''. And they're all the scarier for that.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: They only have 10 (Earth) minutes to get out of this. Sulu is watching the clock for them when Balok isn't reminding them.
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* AttackReflector: Kirk threatens to do this (as a bluff) with a device embedded in the ''Enterprise'' that would reflect any attack back at an aggressor.
* ChessMotifs: Spock compares their situation to a game of chess. "Not chess, Spock." says Kirk. "Poker!"
* DeadpanSnarker: Bailey tells Spock "Raising my voice back there [[BlatantLies doesn't mean I was scared or couldn't do my job.]] It means I happen to have a human thing called an adrenalin gland." spock responds "It does sound most inconvenient, however. Have you considered having it removed?" Sulu tells him he should know better than to try to out-snark Spock. Kirk gets a snark at Bailey's expense after Bailey "votes" to open fire when he tells him "I'll keep that in mind, Mr. Bailey...when this becomes a democracy."
* EldritchStarship: Balok's starship ''Fesarius''was a gigantic starship the size of a small moon, composed of a sphere made up of smaller spheres of various sizes and colors. At least one part of this ship could break off as a smaller command vessel. It's possible that the ship was composed entirely of smaller vessels to the aforementioned one, clustered together and sharing power.
* DeadpanSnarker: Bailey tells Spock "Raising my voice back there [[BlatantLies doesn't mean I was scared or couldn't do my job.]] It means I happen to have a human thing called an adrenalin gland." spock responds "It does sound most inconvenient, however. Have you considered having it removed?" Sulu tells him he should know better than to try to out-snark Spock. Kirk gets a snark at Bailey's expense after Bailey "votes" to open fire when he tells him "I'll keep that in mind, Mr. Bailey...when this becomes a democracy."
* EldritchStarship: Balok's starship ''Fesarius''was a gigantic starship the size of a small moon, composed of a sphere made up of smaller spheres of various sizes and colors. At least one part of this ship could break off as a smaller command vessel. It's possible that the ship was composed entirely of smaller vessels to the aforementioned one, clustered together and sharing power.
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* NoSenseOfMass: The ''Enterprise'' encounters a mysterious cube, which Sulu says is 107 metres on each side and masses just under 11,000 metric tonnes. Scotty says it must be solid metal, leaving him wondering how it could be powered and how it moves around. But the quoted measurements give a density of about 9 kilograms per cubic metre, significantly less than Styrofoam - implying the cube is almost certainly hollow (they may have been aiming for 9 tonnes per cubic metre, which is between the densities of iron and lead, and dropped a factor of a thousand somewhere).
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* NoSenseOfMass: SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfMass: The ''Enterprise'' encounters a mysterious cube, which Sulu says is 107 metres on each side and masses just under 11,000 metric tonnes. Scotty says it must be solid metal, leaving him wondering how it could be powered and how it moves around. But the quoted measurements give a density of about 9 kilograms per cubic metre, significantly less than Styrofoam - implying the cube is almost certainly hollow (they may have been aiming for 9 tonnes per cubic metre, which is between the densities of iron and lead, and dropped a factor of a thousand somewhere).
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* ShirtlessScene: Kirk removes his shirt for a physical exam. Guess they decided it was more dignified than a butt-baring hospital gown.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: In light of this episode, maybe the trope should be "Book Smart People Play Chess" and a new trope be called "Street Smart People Play Poker".
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: In light of this episode, maybe the trope should be "Book Smart People Play Chess" and a new trope be called "Street Smart People Play Poker".
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* TalkingToThemself: Bones is quite alone when he says "Humph...if I jumped every time a light flashed around here, I'd end up talking to myself."
* ToWinWithoutFighting: Kirk is able to bluff his way out of a fight by convincing his potential enemy that to engage his ship would result in [[TakingYouWithMe their immediate destruction in turn.]]
* TwoOfYourEarthMinutes: "We therefore grant you ten Earth time periods known as "minutes" to make preparations."
* ToWinWithoutFighting: Kirk is able to bluff his way out of a fight by convincing his potential enemy that to engage his ship would result in [[TakingYouWithMe their immediate destruction in turn.]]
* TwoOfYourEarthMinutes: "We therefore grant you ten Earth time periods known as "minutes" to make preparations."
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Just when everything looks peachy keen, the ''Enterprise'' is caught in the tractor beam of what looks like a cross between the [[DisneyThemeParks EPCOT Center]] and a popcorn ball.
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Just when everything looks peachy keen, the ''Enterprise'' is caught in the tractor beam of what looks like a cross between the [[DisneyThemeParks EPCOT Center]] and a popcorn ball. The message identifies the sphere as the ''Fesarius'', the flagship of the First Federation, and the speaker as her commanding officer, Balok. Balok announces that the crew of the ''Enterprise'' has exactly ten minutes to bend over and kiss their collective asses good-bye. If only Kirk can come up with a cunning plan....
Tropes for this episode include:
* AssPull: An example of the "Character Made It Up On The Spot" It worked so well, he pulls it out again for some Romulans in "The Deadly Years".
* BigLittleMan: The ''Enterprise'' encounters a alien vessel, and is able to get a video feed revealing the bridge, which shows the alien captain, Balok, to be a scowling monster that looks to be about 7 feet tall. However, later they manage to get on board, revealing they had actually been watching an elaborate puppet show, and the real Balok is no larger than a child.
* BrandishmentBluff: This is Kirk's cunning plan: "This is the Captain of the ''Enterprise''. Our respect for other life forms requires that we give you this... warning. One critical item of information that has never been incorporated into the memory banks of any Earth ship. Since the early years of space exploration, Earth vessels have had incorporated into them a substance known as... corbomite. It is a material and a device which prevents attack on us. If any destructive energy touches our vessel, a reverse reaction of equal strength is created, destroying... the attacker. It may interest you to know that since the initial use of corbomite more than two of our centuries ago, no attacking vessel has survived the attempt. Death has... little meaning to us. If it has none to you then attack us now. We grow annoyed at your foolishness."
* MadLibThrillerTitle: The Corbomite Maneuver
* TheManBehindTheCurtain: Balock has the appearance of a human child. When he communicates with other ships via the view screen, he uses an intimidating puppet.
* NoSenseOfMass: The ''Enterprise'' encounters a mysterious cube, which Sulu says is 107 metres on each side and masses just under 11,000 metric tonnes. Scotty says it must be solid metal, leaving him wondering how it could be powered and how it moves around. But the quoted measurements give a density of about 9 kilograms per cubic metre, significantly less than Styrofoam - implying the cube is almost certainly hollow (they may have been aiming for 9 tonnes per cubic metre, which is between the densities of iron and lead, and dropped a factor of a thousand somewhere).
* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: This is the first non-pilot episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. Introduced are Uhura, Yeoman Rand, and Dr. Leonard "Bones" [=McCoy=] (as a Second Episode Substitute for Dr. Mark Piper); it is not, however, the second episode aired, as the pilot episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before" was held back until later in the first season.
* StayWithTheAliens: After the alien reveals it was all a SecretTestOfCharacter, he asks for a human to teach him about humans. Kirk sends the crew member that was pushing for the alien's death earlier. (Maybe he just wanted to get rid of him?)
* VideoPhone: In many episodes, but at its greatest effect here.
Tropes for this episode include:
* AssPull: An example of the "Character Made It Up On The Spot" It worked so well, he pulls it out again for some Romulans in "The Deadly Years".
* BigLittleMan: The ''Enterprise'' encounters a alien vessel, and is able to get a video feed revealing the bridge, which shows the alien captain, Balok, to be a scowling monster that looks to be about 7 feet tall. However, later they manage to get on board, revealing they had actually been watching an elaborate puppet show, and the real Balok is no larger than a child.
* BrandishmentBluff: This is Kirk's cunning plan: "This is the Captain of the ''Enterprise''. Our respect for other life forms requires that we give you this... warning. One critical item of information that has never been incorporated into the memory banks of any Earth ship. Since the early years of space exploration, Earth vessels have had incorporated into them a substance known as... corbomite. It is a material and a device which prevents attack on us. If any destructive energy touches our vessel, a reverse reaction of equal strength is created, destroying... the attacker. It may interest you to know that since the initial use of corbomite more than two of our centuries ago, no attacking vessel has survived the attempt. Death has... little meaning to us. If it has none to you then attack us now. We grow annoyed at your foolishness."
* MadLibThrillerTitle: The Corbomite Maneuver
* TheManBehindTheCurtain: Balock has the appearance of a human child. When he communicates with other ships via the view screen, he uses an intimidating puppet.
* NoSenseOfMass: The ''Enterprise'' encounters a mysterious cube, which Sulu says is 107 metres on each side and masses just under 11,000 metric tonnes. Scotty says it must be solid metal, leaving him wondering how it could be powered and how it moves around. But the quoted measurements give a density of about 9 kilograms per cubic metre, significantly less than Styrofoam - implying the cube is almost certainly hollow (they may have been aiming for 9 tonnes per cubic metre, which is between the densities of iron and lead, and dropped a factor of a thousand somewhere).
* SecondEpisodeIntroduction: This is the first non-pilot episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. Introduced are Uhura, Yeoman Rand, and Dr. Leonard "Bones" [=McCoy=] (as a Second Episode Substitute for Dr. Mark Piper); it is not, however, the second episode aired, as the pilot episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before" was held back until later in the first season.
* StayWithTheAliens: After the alien reveals it was all a SecretTestOfCharacter, he asks for a human to teach him about humans. Kirk sends the crew member that was pushing for the alien's death earlier. (Maybe he just wanted to get rid of him?)
* VideoPhone: In many episodes, but at its greatest effect here.
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You know how often at the end of a StarTrek ep they'll show a CreditsMontage, often ending with a [[NightmareFace creepy, blue alien face?]]. Well, this is the ep that still came from! And if you watch it all the way through, [[NightmareRetardant that face won't seem so scary anymore.]] Ironically enough, facing your fears is the [[AnAesop Aesop]] of this episode.
An ordinary day on the ''Enterprise''. Kirk is taking a required physical, so Spock has the chair. Suddenly, they run into what looks like the [[AppleMacintosh Apple Spinning Beach Ball of Doom]] that they just can't seem to escape. When evasive maneuvers fail, Spock calls for a red alert. Navigator Bailey, who probably takes 20 minutes to wipe his butt, suddenly becomes a little trigger happy until Kirk reminds him who's in charge. Kirk tells Baily to plot a spiral course at increasing speeds to get away from this NegativeSpaceWedgie. When it starts emmiting radiation, Kirk orders to open fire, destroying the object.
Just when everything looks peachy keen, the ''Enterprise'' is caught in the tractor beam of what looks like a cross between the [[DisneyThemeParks EPCOT Center]] and a popcorn ball.
An ordinary day on the ''Enterprise''. Kirk is taking a required physical, so Spock has the chair. Suddenly, they run into what looks like the [[AppleMacintosh Apple Spinning Beach Ball of Doom]] that they just can't seem to escape. When evasive maneuvers fail, Spock calls for a red alert. Navigator Bailey, who probably takes 20 minutes to wipe his butt, suddenly becomes a little trigger happy until Kirk reminds him who's in charge. Kirk tells Baily to plot a spiral course at increasing speeds to get away from this NegativeSpaceWedgie. When it starts emmiting radiation, Kirk orders to open fire, destroying the object.
Just when everything looks peachy keen, the ''Enterprise'' is caught in the tractor beam of what looks like a cross between the [[DisneyThemeParks EPCOT Center]] and a popcorn ball.
