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*InsistentTerminology: For some reason Mudd felt the need to refer to the three women he was transporting as "cargo".
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* MatchCut: A clever one from Eve holding the Venus Drug to Spock holding the lithium crystal.
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* EverybodyLives: No fatalities or even near-deaths.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Harcourt Fenton Mudd, aka Harry Mudd. Bad guys were [[ObviouslyEvil anything but subtle]] in the '60s.]]

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* LargeHam: Ladies and gentlemen, Roger C. Carmel as Harry Mudd. Quite possibly the thickest, juiciest slice of ham in the [[WorldOfHam Galaxy of Ham]] that is ''Star Trek''. Somehow Carmel is able to top himself (and brings everyone else up to his level) when he returns the following year for "I, Mudd".

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* LargeHam: Ladies and gentlemen, Roger C. Carmel Creator/RogerCCarmel as Harry Mudd. Quite possibly the thickest, juiciest slice of ham in the [[WorldOfHam Galaxy of Ham]] that is ''Star Trek''. Somehow Carmel is able to top himself (and brings everyone else up to his level) when he returns the following year for "I, Mudd".
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* AbsenteeActor: Although Grace Lee Whitney (Yeoman Rand) does not appear in the episode, she was on the set during filming, trying to observe everything and get comfortable with the sets and the mood.
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* MaleGaze: Often. . . the beauty of the women combined with what would quickly be established a ''Star Trek''[='=]s [[{{Stripperiffic}} default mode for female civilian attire]] means much attention is directed to the women's assets, by both ''Enterprise'' crew and camera.
* MsFanservice: {{Invoked}} by Mudd for Eve, Magda, and Ruth. The Venus Drug is supposed to "give you more" of whatever you already have, so average looks become Playboy pinup looks. Harry's basically running a variation of a "good-enough goods" scam. . . sell the client something that works just well enough that by the time it breaks and they realize they've been hustled, you're far enough away to avoid the wrath of the angry customer. In this case, the women are women. . . just not as drop-dead gorgeous as they are under the effects of the drug. Except the drug is just a MagicFeather.

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* MaleGaze: Often. . .Often... the beauty of the women combined with what would quickly be established a ''Star Trek''[='=]s [[{{Stripperiffic}} default mode for female civilian attire]] means much attention is directed to the women's assets, by both ''Enterprise'' crew and camera.
* MsFanservice: {{Invoked}} by Mudd for Eve, Magda, and Ruth. The Venus Drug is supposed to "give you more" of whatever you already have, so average looks become Playboy pinup looks. Harry's basically running a variation of a "good-enough goods" scam. . .scam... sell the client something that works just well enough that by the time it breaks and they realize they've been hustled, you're far enough away to avoid the wrath of the angry customer. In this case, the women are women. . .women... just not as drop-dead gorgeous as they are under the effects of the drug. Except the drug is just a MagicFeather.

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* ArtisticLicenseSpace: Based on the Solar System's own Belt, asteroids of that size are not going to come at a speeding ship with that frequency.



* SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay: Based on the Solar System's own Belt, asteroids of that size are not going to come at a speeding ship with that frequency.
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* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Of the men on the ship, Spock isn't fixated on the women due to him being a Vulcan, and even though Kirk does notice, he's more interested in duty than their attractiveness.
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'''Original air date:''' October 13, 1966
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* HenpeckedHusband: "Harcourt Fenton Mudd, you lazy thing-thing-thing...!"
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* HenpeckedHusband: "Harcourt Fenton Mudd, you lazy thing-thing-thing...!"
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* AbsenteeActor: Although Grace Lee Whitney (Yeoman Rand) does not appear in the episode, she was on the set during filming, trying to observe everything and get comfortable with the sets and the mood.
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* LargeHam: Ladies and gentlemen, Roger C. Carmel as Harry Mudd. Quite possibly the thickest, juiciest slice of ham in the [[WorldOfHam Galaxy of Ham]] that is ''Star Trek''. Somehow Carmel is able to top himself (and brings everyone else up to his level) when he returns the following year for "I, Mudd".

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%%* GaussianGirl: Part of the supposed "self-confidence" which is all women need to be beautiful.

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%%* * GaussianGirl: Part of the The titular "Mudd's Women" are shot this way when they're supposed "self-confidence" which is all women need to be beautiful.attractive. "Old-age makeup" is applied when they are supposed to be unattractive.



%%* MailOrderBride: The three women.
%%* MaleGaze
%%* MsFanservice: Eve, Magda, and Ruth.

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%%* * MailOrderBride: The three women.
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women are essentially this. Mudd's not selling them as slaves, but rather facilitating their transport to where they can marry hardworking men of means living in places where prospects are slim-to-nonexistent.
* MaleGaze: Often. . . the beauty of the women combined with what would quickly be established a ''Star Trek''[='=]s [[{{Stripperiffic}} default mode for female civilian attire]] means much attention is directed to the women's assets, by both ''Enterprise'' crew and camera.
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MsFanservice: {{Invoked}} by Mudd for Eve, Magda, and Ruth.Ruth. The Venus Drug is supposed to "give you more" of whatever you already have, so average looks become Playboy pinup looks. Harry's basically running a variation of a "good-enough goods" scam. . . sell the client something that works just well enough that by the time it breaks and they realize they've been hustled, you're far enough away to avoid the wrath of the angry customer. In this case, the women are women. . . just not as drop-dead gorgeous as they are under the effects of the drug. Except the drug is just a MagicFeather.



%%* ShesGotLegs: Magda.
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* SmartBall: As in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E1TheManTrap}} The Man Trap]]", when someone goes missing on-planet, the crew returns to the ship and uses its powerful sensors to search for them instead of bumbling around on foot. (It doesn't work as well, though, because of the constant foul weather.)
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* MagicFeather: During the reveal that Mudd was using the Venus Drug to enhance the women's beauty, Eve takes the pill. At first the drug seems to work. Then Kirk reveals that the pill she ate was just colored jello, the real drug confiscated. It turns out Eve didn't need the drug, just her self-confidence -- to instantly restore her eye makeup and lip gloss and fix her hair.

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* MagicFeather: During the reveal that Mudd was using the Venus Drug to enhance the women's beauty, Eve takes the pill. At first the drug seems to work. Then Kirk reveals that the pill she ate was just colored jello, gelatin, the real drug confiscated. It turns out Eve didn't need the drug, just her self-confidence -- to instantly restore her eye makeup and lip gloss and fix her hair.
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