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** Except if you say "Il sort de salle.", it's not accurate. "De" means generally "of" or "from". In this case, "Salle" isn't literraly a room, but the name of a place. His ancestors could have been the lords of Salle or simply people from Salle.
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** Except if you say "Il sort de salle.", it's not accurate. "De" means generally "of" or "from". In this case, "Salle" isn't literraly literally a room, but the name of a place. His ancestors could have been the lords of Salle or simply people from Salle.
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No such luck. The landing crew investigates the manor to find it filled with unusual artifacts, including [[PropRecycling one that looks suspiciously like]] their old nemesis, [[PropRecycling the Salt]] [[Recap/StarTrekS1E1TheManTrap Vampire.]] the Salt Vampire]]. Sulu and Kirk are frozen like wax figures, but freed with a touch. [[GhostButler Slam goes the door.]] Tinka-tinka-tink goes the harpsichord. They are introduced to General Trelane (retired), the Squire of Gothos.
* GhostButler: When the group sent down to find Kirk and Sulu enter Trelane's house, the door closes itself just before Trelane appears.
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* NegativeSpaceWedgie: Sulu tries to get the ''Enterprise'' away from Gothos at warp speed, only to find the ship on collision course with Gothos! No matter where the ''Enterprise'' goes, there's Gothos, right in front of them!
* [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine No, Captain Kirk, I Expect You To Dine]]: Trelane insists on it. Too bad his beef tastes like straw and his brandy tastes like water.
* [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine No, Captain Kirk, I Expect You To Dine]]: Trelane insists on it. Too bad his beef tastes like straw and his brandy tastes like water.
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* NegativeSpaceWedgie: Gothos itself, an uncharted planet which shows up light years from any star and heralds the beginning of the weirdness.
* OffscreenTeleportation: The entire planet Gothos does this when Sulu tries to get the ''Enterprise'' awayfrom Gothos at warp speed, only to find the ship on collision course with Gothos! speed. No matter where the ''Enterprise'' goes, there's Gothos, right in front of them!
*[[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine No, Captain Kirk, I Expect You To Dine]]: NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Trelane insists on it. provides a sumptuous dinner the second time he abducts part of the Enterprise crew. Too bad his beef none of it tastes like straw and his brandy tastes like water.anything, because all he knows about Earth food is what it looks like.
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* TrialOfTheMysticalJury: Kirk is put on trial by Trelane, as will [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration another Starfleet Captain by another super powered alien.]]
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* EnergyBeings: What Trelane and others like him ([[WildMassGuess Fanon theory:]] the Q Continuum, and the novel ''Q Squared'' uses this interpretation) are when they aren't pretending to be human.
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* EnergyBeings: What Trelane and others like him ([[WildMassGuess Fanon theory:]] the Q Continuum, and the novel ''Q Squared'' uses this interpretation) are when they aren't pretending to be human. human.
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* KangarooCourt: The trial Trelane "presides" over makes [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1EncounterAtFarpoint Q's court case]] look like ''People of the State of California vs. Orenthal James Simpson''.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: There was still a very vague idea of just how far into the future the series was set, but going from this episode it's at least the 27th century given the statement that Trelane's information is 900 years out of date. The films would set the TOS era firmly in the 23rd century.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: There was still a very vague idea of just how far into the future the series was set, but going from this episode it's at least the 27th century given the statement that Trelane's information is 900 years out of date. The films would set the TOS era would later be firmly set in the 23rd century.
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* ContinuityNod: The salt vampire from "The Man Trap" is among Trelane's collection.
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* {{Flynning}}: Justified, as Trelane is a fan of swordfighting but has never actually tried it before.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The blonde Yeoman was very likely written as Janice Rand until Grace Lee Whitney was fired.
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** Except if you say "Il sort de salle.", it's not accurate. "De" means generally "of" or "from". In this case, "Salle" isn't literraly a room, but the name of a place. His ancestors could have been the lords of Salle or simply people from Salle.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Kirk staying behind to distract Trelane so that the ''Enterprise'' can escape from orbit. This would have two possible outcomes - either the vengeful Trelane kills him or Kirk dies from oxygen deprivation after defeating him.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Kirk staying behind to distract Trelane so that the ''Enterprise'' can escape from orbit. This would have two possible outcomes - either the vengeful Trelane kills him or Kirk dies from oxygen deprivation after defeating him. It's subverted when Trelane's parents show up just as he is about to finish Kirk off.
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* GloveSlap: Kirk uses one of Not-Yeoman-Rand's gloves to challenge Trelane. He's all too eager to take part in an old fashioned DuelToTheDeath.
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* GloveSlap: Kirk uses one of Not-Yeoman-Rand's gloves to challenge Trelane. He's Trelane, who is all too eager to take part in an old fashioned DuelToTheDeath.
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No such luck. The landing crew investigates the manor to find it filled with unusual artifacts, including their old nemesis, [[PropRecycling the Salt]] [[Recap/StarTrekS1E1TheManTrap Vampire.]] Sulu and Kirk are frozen like was figures, but freed with a touch. [[GhostButler Slam goes the door.]] Tinka-tinka-tink goes the harpsichord. They are introduced to General Trelane (retired), the Squire of Gothos.
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No such luck. The landing crew investigates the manor to find it filled with unusual artifacts, including their old nemesis, [[PropRecycling the Salt]] [[Recap/StarTrekS1E1TheManTrap Vampire.]] Sulu and Kirk are frozen like was wax figures, but freed with a touch. [[GhostButler Slam goes the door.]] Tinka-tinka-tink goes the harpsichord. They are introduced to General Trelane (retired), the Squire of Gothos.
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* SillyWalk: On hearing the name of the meteorologist is Karl Jaeger, Trelane does an exaggerated goose-step while counting in German. Lt. Jaeger is not amused.
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* SillyWalk: On hearing the name of the meteorologist is Karl Jaeger, Trelane does an [[AllGermansAreNazis exaggerated goose-step goose-step]] while counting in German. Lt. Jaeger is not amused.
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* MoodWhiplash: Goes from a whimsical "we're dealing with a weird alien" plot to a God-like Trelane going berserk over Kirk's actions.
** And back again when we find out Trelane isn't God, just a spoiled brat.
** And back again when we find out Trelane isn't God, just a spoiled brat.
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* EnergyBeings: What Trelane and others like him ([[WildMassGuess Fanon theory:]] the Q Continuum) are when they aren't pretending to be human.
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* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: Trelaine repeatedly complains that [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunting Kirk]] is "too easy" to be any fun.
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* ScheherezadeGambit: Kirk convinces Trelane to spare him because it would be more fun to Hunt The Most Dangerous Game.
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* ScheherezadeGambit: Kirk convinces Trelane to spare him because it would be more fun to [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame Hunt The Most Dangerous Game. Game]].
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* SpoiledBrat: What Trelane ultimately is. He drops his suave gentleman act when his parents show up and starts acting like a winy little child. The parents apologize, realizing that it's partially their own fault for over-indulging him.
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* SpoiledBrat: What Trelane ultimately is. He drops his suave gentleman act when his parents show up and starts acting like a winy whiny little child. The parents apologize, realizing that it's partially their own fault for over-indulging him.
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* TrialOfTheMysticalJury: Kirk is put on trial by Trelane, as will [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration another Starfleet Captain will by another super powered alien.]]
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* TrialOfTheMysticalJury: Kirk is put on trial by Trelane, as will [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration another Starfleet Captain will by another super powered alien.]]
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* [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine No, Captain Kirk, I Expect You To Dine]]: Trelane insists on it. Too bad his beef tastes like straw and his brandy tastes like water.
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* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: Trelaine repeatedly complains that [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame hunting Kirk]] is "too easy" to be any fun.
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[[caption-width-right:320:Treland channels his inner Liberace.]]
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* YouWouldntBelieveMeIfIToldYou: Bones tries to tell Uhura what Trelane is like, but gives up. She'll soon find out for herself anyway.
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* YouWouldntBelieveMeIfIToldYou: Bones tries to tell Uhura what Trelane is like, but gives up. She'll soon find out for herself anyway.anyway.
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* BilingualBonus: Trelane counts to four in German and says "Gehen wir mit dem Schießgewehr!" (We go with the rifle shooting!) Jaeger responds with [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder "I'm a scientist,]] not a military man." (However, his last name does mean "Hunter".) Trelane asks La Salle (in French) if he can speak French. (If anyone's curious, "La Salle" means "The Room")
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* BilingualBonus: Trelane counts to four in German and says "Gehen wir mit dem Schießgewehr!" (We go with the rifle shooting!) Jaeger responds with [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder "I'm a scientist,]] not a military man." (However, his last name does mean "Hunter".) Trelane asks La Salle [=DeSalle=] (in French) if he can speak French. (If anyone's curious, "La "De Salle" means "The Room")"Out of room")
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No such luck. The landing crew investigates the manor to find it filled with unusual artifacts, including their old nemesis, [[PropRecycling the Salt]] [[Recap/StarTrekS1E1TheManTrap Vampire.]] Sulu and Kirk are frozen like was figures, but freed with a touch. Slam goes the door. Tinka-tinka-tink goes the harpsichord. They are introduced to General Trelane (retired), the Squire of Gothos.
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No such luck. The landing crew investigates the manor to find it filled with unusual artifacts, including their old nemesis, [[PropRecycling the Salt]] [[Recap/StarTrekS1E1TheManTrap Vampire.]] Sulu and Kirk are frozen like was figures, but freed with a touch. [[GhostButler Slam goes the door. door.]] Tinka-tinka-tink goes the harpsichord. They are introduced to General Trelane (retired), the Squire of Gothos.
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* BilingualBonus: Trelane counts to four in German and says "Gehen wir mit dem Schießgewehr!" (We go with the rifle shooting!) Jaeger responds with [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder "I'm a scientist,]] not a military man." (However, his last name does mean "Hunter".) Trelane asks La Salle (in French) if he can speak French. (If anyone's curious, La Salle "La Salle" means "The Room")
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* HangingJudge: Trelane makes believe at being one, [[BritishCourts complete with powdered wig.]]
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* SpoiledBrat: What Trelane ultimately is. He drops his suave gentleman act when his parents show up and starts acting like a winy little child. The parents apologize, realizing that it's partially their own fault for over-indulging him.
* SwordFight: Trelane and Kirk get in one. Trelane doesn't fight fair.
* SwordFight: Trelane and Kirk get in one. Trelane doesn't fight fair.
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* BilingualBonus: Trelane counts to four in German and says "Gehen wir mit dem Schießgewehr!" (We go with the rifle shooting!) Jaeger responds with [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder "I'm a scientist,]] not a military man." (However, his last name does mean "Hunter".) Trelane asks La Salle (in French) if he can speak French. (If anyone's curious, La Salle means "The Room")
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* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Trelane believes this. The [[RegencyEngland Regency style]] [[PimpedOutDress gown]] he [[InstantCostumeChange zaps]] Not-Yeoman-Rand into is a fine shade of lavender.
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* DistractedByMyOwnSexy: Trelane likes admiring his reflection. Of course, this makes sneaking up on him difficult.
* GloveSlap: Kirk uses one of Not-Yeoman-Rand's gloves to challenge Trelane. He's all too eager to take part in an old fashioned DuelToTheDeath.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Trelane believes this. The [[RegencyEngland Regency style]][[PimpedOutDress [[GorgeousPeriodDress gown]] with OperaGloves he [[InstantCostumeChange zaps]] Not-Yeoman-Rand into is a fine shade of lavender.
* GloveSlap: Kirk uses one of Not-Yeoman-Rand's gloves to challenge Trelane. He's all too eager to take part in an old fashioned DuelToTheDeath.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Trelane believes this. The [[RegencyEngland Regency style]]
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No such luck. The landing crew investigates the manor to find it filled with unusual artifacts, including their old nemesis, [[PropRecycling the Salt]] [[StarTrekS1E1TheManTrap [[Recap/StarTrekS1E1TheManTrap Vampire.]] Sulu and Kirk are frozen like was figures, but freed with a touch. Slam goes the door. Tinka-tinka-tink goes the harpsichord. They are introduced to General Trelane (retired), the Squire of Gothos.
* AffablyEvil: Trelane fancies himself a retired general with an elegant home to show his captives every hospitality in. Or to at least play at doing so.
* BlingOfWar: It's unlikely he did anything to earn them, but Trelane believes no general costume is complete without a few medals.
* DanceOfRomance: Trelane starts his idea of one with Not-Yeoman-Rand while Uhura plays the harpsichord. (After he magically gave her the ability to do so?)
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Trelane believes this. The [[RegencyEngland Regency style]] [[PimpedOutDress gown]] he [[InstantCostumeChange zaps]] Not-Yeoman-Rand into is a fine shade of lavender.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Trelane believes this. The [[RegencyEngland Regency style]] [[PimpedOutDress gown]] he [[InstantCostumeChange zaps]] Not-Yeoman-Rand into is a fine shade of lavender.
* HotBloodedSideburns: The passionate, if quick tempered Trelane has a pair. Granted, he may only be wearing them because they were fashionable in the timeline he's trying to re-create, but it still fits.
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* KangarooCourt: The trial Trelane "presides" over makes [[StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1EncounterAtFarpoint Q's court case]] look like ''People of the State of California vs. [[OJSimpson Orenthal James Simpson''.]]
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* KangarooCourt: The trial Trelane "presides" over makes [[StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1EncounterAtFarpoint [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1EncounterAtFarpoint Q's court case]] look like ''People of the State of California vs. [[OJSimpson Orenthal James Simpson''.]]
* [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine No, Captain Kirk, I Expect You To Dine]]: Trelane insists on it. Too bad his beef tastes like straw and his brandy tastes like water.
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* WheresTheFunInThat: Kirk asks his captor, "Where's the sport?" in simply hanging him, as he had planned. Instead, Kirk talked his captor into [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame staging a "royal hunt".]] This bought Kirk enough time for a DeusExMachina rescue.
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* WheresTheFunInThat: Kirk asks his captor, "Where's the sport?" in simply hanging him, as he had planned. Instead, Kirk talked his captor into [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame staging a "royal hunt".]] This bought Kirk enough time for a DeusExMachina rescue.rescue.
* YouWouldntBelieveMeIfIToldYou: Bones tries to tell Uhura what Trelane is like, but gives up. She'll soon find out for herself anyway.
* YouWouldntBelieveMeIfIToldYou: Bones tries to tell Uhura what Trelane is like, but gives up. She'll soon find out for herself anyway.
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No such luck. The landing crew investigates the manor to find it filled with unusual artifacts, including their old nemesis, [[PropRecycling the Salt Vampire. Salt]] [[StarTrekS1E1TheManTrap Vampire.]] Sulu and Kirk are frozen like was figures, but freed with a touch. Slam goes the door. Tinka-tinka-tink goes the harpsichord. They are introduced to General Trelane (retired), the Squire of Gothos.
* HumansAreBastards: Trelane believes this. [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame That's why he admires them so!]]
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* InsultBackfire: "I can't imagine a mirage ever disturbing those mathematically perfect brain waves of yours." snipes Bones at Spock. Spock thanks him for the compliment.
* JapanesePoliteness: Trelane bows to Sulu and calls him "Honorable Sir." Sulu responds "Is he for real?"
* KangarooCourt: The trial Trelane "presides" over makes [[StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1EncounterAtFarpoint Q's courtcase case]] look like ''People of the State of California vs. [[OJSimpson Orenthal James Simpson''.]]
* MustHaveCaffeine: Not-Yeoman-Rand serves up cups of coffee for everyone on the bridge at the opening of the episode. Doesn't it strike anyone as odd that they're allowing open beverages near what is probably very important electrical equipment?
* JapanesePoliteness: Trelane bows to Sulu and calls him "Honorable Sir." Sulu responds "Is he for real?"
* KangarooCourt: The trial Trelane "presides" over makes [[StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1EncounterAtFarpoint Q's court
* MustHaveCaffeine: Not-Yeoman-Rand serves up cups of coffee for everyone on the bridge at the opening of the episode. Doesn't it strike anyone as odd that they're allowing open beverages near what is probably very important electrical equipment?
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* RealiyWarpingIsNotAToy: RealityWarpingIsNotAToy: Trelane is a godlike alien reality warper who creates new worlds to suit his whims. He torments the Enterprise crew with his powers, but just as he's about to kill Kirk, his parents show up and remonstrate him.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Kirk and co. try to pull this at first. Trelane punishes Kirk for attempting to do so by briefly transporting him to another part of the planet with a noxious atmosphere. When Trelane is distracted by his broken toys, Kirk and co. beam back to the ''Enterprise'' where Kirk tells Sulu to floor it. (not that this works either)
* SillyWalk: On hearing the name of the meteorologist is Karl Jaeger, Trelane does an exaggerated goose-step while counting in German. Lt. Jaeger is not amused.
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* AliensStealCable: Trelane wasn't receiving radio signals, but clearly was limited by speed-of-light transmission when he thought that 18th-century fashions and behavior were the latest things for Earth people, there on his planet some 600 light years from Earth. Then again, he was merely a child from a race of SufficientlyAdvancedAliens and might be excused from making such a mistake.
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* ImmortalImmaturity: Trelane is an extremely powerful near-god and hundreds if not thousands of years old, but acted like a child...and by the standards of his race, he was—''his parents'' showed up at the end to drag their whining kid home.
* KangarooCourt: The trial Trelane "presides" over makes Q's court case look like ''People of the State of California vs. Orenthal James Simpson''.
* NegativeSpaceWedgie: Sulu tries to get the ''Enterprise'' away from Gothos at warp speed, only to find the ship on collision course with Gothos! No matter where the ''Enterprise'' goes, there's Gothos, right in front of them!
* RealityWarper: Trelane. Which brings us to....
* RealiyWarpingIsNotAToy: Trelane is a godlike alien reality warper who creates new worlds to suit his whims. He torments the Enterprise crew with his powers, but just as he's about to kill Kirk, his parents show up and remonstrate him.
* ScheherezadeGambit: Kirk convinces Trelane to spare him because it would be more fun to Hunt The Most Dangerous Game.
* TrialOfTheMysticalJury: Kirk is put on trial by Trelane, as will [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration another Starfleet Captain will by another super powered alien.]]
* WheresTheFunInThat: Kirk asks his captor, "Where's the sport?" in simply hanging him, as he had planned. Instead, Kirk talked his captor into [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame staging a "royal hunt".]] This bought Kirk enough time for a DeusExMachina rescue.
* KangarooCourt: The trial Trelane "presides" over makes Q's court case look like ''People of the State of California vs. Orenthal James Simpson''.
* NegativeSpaceWedgie: Sulu tries to get the ''Enterprise'' away from Gothos at warp speed, only to find the ship on collision course with Gothos! No matter where the ''Enterprise'' goes, there's Gothos, right in front of them!
* RealityWarper: Trelane. Which brings us to....
* RealiyWarpingIsNotAToy: Trelane is a godlike alien reality warper who creates new worlds to suit his whims. He torments the Enterprise crew with his powers, but just as he's about to kill Kirk, his parents show up and remonstrate him.
* ScheherezadeGambit: Kirk convinces Trelane to spare him because it would be more fun to Hunt The Most Dangerous Game.
* TrialOfTheMysticalJury: Kirk is put on trial by Trelane, as will [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration another Starfleet Captain will by another super powered alien.]]
* WheresTheFunInThat: Kirk asks his captor, "Where's the sport?" in simply hanging him, as he had planned. Instead, Kirk talked his captor into [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame staging a "royal hunt".]] This bought Kirk enough time for a DeusExMachina rescue.
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It all started when the ''Enterprise'' was just on its way to Beta VI and crossing a "star desert" when they come across a rogue planet comprised primarily of iron-silica. Sulu is just going to steer around it when [[WhackySoundEffect BOING!]] He disappears! Kirk soon also disappears with a similar BOING!
Soon after, the ''Enterprise'' receives a text greeting in Old English Font. After a quick scan, Spock assigns three officers (no RedShirts this time) to rescue the Captain and Sulu. The place they beam down to has thick vegetation, a manor house in French style architecture and they can't get a communication signal. Maybe they're in Louisiana?
No such luck. The landing crew investigates the manor to find it filled with unusual artifacts, including their old nemesis, the Salt Vampire. Sulu and Kirk are frozen like was figures, but freed with a touch. Slam goes the door. Tinka-tinka-tink goes the harpsichord. They are introduced to General Trelane (retired), the Squire of Gothos.
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The ''Enterprise'' happens on a planet ruled by a being named Trelane, who has unnatural powers. When he attempts to force his will on the crew, Kirk determines to leave - a decision that is easier made than implemented.
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This episode contains the following tropes:
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* DeusExMachina: Trelane's parents show up and take their son away, also giving Kirk the ability to return to the ship.
* HeroicSacrifice: Kirk staying behind to distract Trelane so that the ''Enterprise'' can escape from orbit. This would have two possible outcomes - either the vengeful Trelane kills him or Kirk dies from oxygen deprivation after defeating him.
* RealityWarper: Trelane.
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This episode contains the following tropes:
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* DeusExMachina: Trelane's parents show up and take their son away, also giving Kirk the ability to return to the ship.
* HeroicSacrifice: Kirk staying behind to distract Trelane so that the ''Enterprise'' can escape from orbit. This would have two possible outcomes - either the vengeful Trelane kills him or Kirk dies from oxygen deprivation after defeating him.
* RealityWarper: Trelane.
