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It was the other way around. Spock told Kirk that, statistically, the odds were against them both getting killed.
* Hypocrite: Spock attempts to defy Kirk and have the Horta brought in safely...until Kirk reveals that it's right in front of him. Then Spock has to be ordered not to attack it.
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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: One of the best episodes to point this out, as the Horta is the most alien-looking lifeform we ever meet on the series.
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* HollywoodAcid: The Horta dissolves a miner and a [[RedShirt security guard]], leaving them "burnt to a crisp".
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* MoreExpendableThanYou: Spock tries to make this argument, saying that while individually both he and Kirk can be replaced, if ''both'' of them are killed it would be a grevious blow to Starfleet. Kirk ignores him.
* NoSell: One of the miners shot the Horta with a hand phaser (Phaser 1), which didn't even slow it down. Kirk surmises that using phaser pistols (Phaser 2) may be more effective.
* NoSell: One of the miners shot the Horta with a hand phaser (Phaser 1), which didn't even slow it down. Kirk surmises that using phaser pistols (Phaser 2) may be more effective.
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* ThrowItIn: The whole episode. Acrobat/stunt actor [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janos_Prohaska Janos Prohaska]] was promised an episode if he could come up with a convincing alien. He demonstrated the Horta outfit in producer Gene Coon's office and Gene immediately signed off on using it.
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* NotSoStoic: Spock begins to panic when the Horta causes a cave-in near Kirk, and it only heightens when Kirk reveals that the Horta is right in front of him.
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* ChekhovsGun: The silicon nodules turn out to be Horta eggs. Their destruction was what caused the conflict.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Kirk faces off against the horta. [[spoiler:The horta's eggs are in the background.]] ]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Kirk faces off against the horta. [[spoiler:The horta's eggs are in the background.]] ]]
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* EatDirtCheap: the Horta.
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* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: a bricklayer, in this case. [[Awesome/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries But [=McCoy=] still managed to cure the injured Horta.]]
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* EatDirtCheap: the The Horta.
* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder:a A bricklayer, in this case. [[Awesome/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries But [=McCoy=] still managed to cure the injured Horta.]]
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* SiliconBasedLife: the Horta.
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* SiliconBasedLife: the The Horta.
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* YouNoTakeCandle: When trying to communicate its lack of hostility to Kirk and Spock, the Horta carves, "No Kill I" into the rock.
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* YouNoTakeCandle: When trying to communicate its lack of hostility to Kirk and Spock, the Horta carves, "No Kill I" into the rock.rock.
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* DugTooDeep: That's what inadvertently caused the conflict in the first place.
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* [[LastOfHisKind Last Of Its Kind]]: the Horta.
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* [[LastOfHisKind Last Of Its Kind]]: the Horta. [[spoiler:Except there are thousands of eggs, some of them hatching by episode's end.]]
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Spock, the pacifistic scientist of the group, takes aim at the LastOfItsKind Horta with a phaser when he catches it near [[TheNotLoveInterest Kirk.]]
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Spock, the pacifistic scientist of the group, takes aim at the LastOfItsKind Last Of Its Kind Horta with a phaser when he catches it near [[TheNotLoveInterest Kirk.]]
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* LastOfItsKind: [[LastOfHisKind Last Of Its Kind]]: the Horta.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Spock, the pacifistic scientist of the group, takes aim at the LastOfItsKind Horta with a phaser when he catches it near [[TheNotLoveInterest Kirk.]]
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* LastOfItsKind: the Horta.
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* FastTunneling: Again, the Horta, due to the acid secreted from its skin.
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* TunnelKing: the Horta, due to the acid secreted from its skin.
* TunnelKing: the Horta, due to the acid secreted from its skin.
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* EatDirtCheap: the Horta.
* FastTunneling: Again, the Horta, due to the acid secreted from its skin.
* FastTunneling: Again, the Horta, due to the acid secreted from its skin.
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* AntagonistTitle: [[spoiler: Subverted.]]
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* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: a bricklayer, in this case. [[{{Awesome/StarTrek}} [[Awesome/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries But [=McCoy=] still managed to cure the injured Horta.]]
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* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: a bricklayer, in this case. [[Awesome/StarTrek [[{{Awesome/StarTrek}} But [=McCoy=] still managed to cure the injured Horta.
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* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: When a cave-in occurs in Kirk's area, Spock begins to call "Jim" rather than "Captain" into the communicator.
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* YouNoHoldCandle: When trying to communicate its lack of hostility to Kirk and Spock, the Horta carves, "No Kill I" into the rock.
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* YouNoHoldCandle: YouNoTakeCandle: When trying to communicate its lack of hostility to Kirk and Spock, the Horta carves, "No Kill I" into the rock.
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[[spoiler: * MonsterIsAMommy: the Horta's motive for killing the miners.]]
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* [[spoiler: MamaBear: the Horta.]]
* [[spoiler: MonsterIsAMommy: the Horta's motive for killing the miners.]]
* [[spoiler: MonsterIsAMommy: the Horta's motive for killing the miners.]]
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** And one of the most popular non-humanoids in the franchise.
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** And one of the most popular non-humanoids in the franchise.franchise.
* YouNoHoldCandle: When trying to communicate its lack of hostility to Kirk and Spock, the Horta carves, "No Kill I" into the rock.
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The ''Enterprise'' is called to a mining planet, where the personnel are being killed by an odd creature. Kirk at first determines to kill the creature, but after discovering that it is not only sentient but also well-meaning, he is able to negotiate a peace treaty.
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[[spoiler: * MonsterIsAMommy: the Horta's motive for killing the miners.]]
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* RockMonster: The Horta, a silicon-based lifeform.
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* AntiVillain: The Horta is revealed [[spoiler: to be protecting her species' nest, filled with millions of Horta eggs endangered by clueless human miners.]]
* RockMonster: The Horta, a silicon-basedlifeform.lifeform.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: One of the best episodes to point this out, as the Horta is the most alien-looking lifeform we ever meet on the series.
** And one of the most popular non-humanoids in the franchise.
* RockMonster: The Horta, a silicon-based
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