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* BadassFingersnap: One snap of Oxmyx's fingers and his {{mooks}} step forward with heaters aimed at Kirk's head.



* BadassFingersnap: One snap of Oxmyx's fingers and his {{mooks}} step forward with heaters aimed at Kirk's head.
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* WeNeedADistraction: Will this StreetUrchin do? He can even give us a TitleDrop!

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* WeNeedADistraction: Will this StreetUrchin do? He can even give us a TitleDrop!TitleDrop!
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The kid Kirk promised a piece of the action to never gets his payment.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Whoever left that book about the gangsters behind[[note]]Quite possibly [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Paul Mayweather]].[[/note]] accidentally contaminated an entire culture and caused who knows how many deaths from enhanced technology and aggression.
** This is one of the few episodes where the Prime Directive is not an issue for Kirk: [[YouAreTooLate the cultural contamination has already happened]], and the ''Enterprise'' crew has to repair the damage done.

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* BaldOfEvil: Krako has a noticeable bald spot, and he's one of the most ruthless bosses.
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-->'''Oxmyx:''' Okay. A syndicate makes sense to me. I'm a peaceful man at heart, but I'm sick and tired of all these hits. I hit Krako, Krako hits Tepo, Tepo hits me. There's too many bosses. We can't get anything done. Now I was thinking if there was just one, maybe somebody like you, as the top boss, then we can get things done.\\
'''Kirk:''' Hey, Bela, no, no, no. The Federation can't get connected with a small-time operation like this. No, I was thinking, Bela, you would be the top boss. Krako, you'd be his lieutenant. The rest of you, I don't want any trouble from the rest of you because you'll have to answer to the Federation. We'll be back every year to collect our cut.
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* {{Corpsing}}: At one point Spock gets tangled in a bit of mobster slang and you can see Creator/LeonardNimoy -- well, not cracking up, because this is Spock, but definitely struggling not to smile.
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* HaventYouSeenXBefore: After a brief shootout between Krako's and Oxmyx's {{mooks}].

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* HaventYouSeenXBefore: After a brief shootout between Krako's and Oxmyx's {{mooks}].{{mooks}}.
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* HaventYouSeenXBefore: After a brief shootout between Krako's and Oxmyx's {{mooks}].
-->'''[=McCoy=]:''' That man's dead back there!\\
'''Kalo:''' Yeah? We ain't playing for peanuts. What's the matter, you guys never saw a hit before?
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* StabThePicture: Jojo Krako (one of the planet's gang bosses) has a dartboard on the wall of his office with a picture of a hated rival gang leader, Bela Okmyx, on it. The picture has red circles on Okmyx's head and chest to act as targets for when Jojo throws darts at it.
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-->'''Kirk:''' The sound of a machine gun bolt being pulled back.

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-->'''Kirk:''' The sound of [[ClickHello a machine gun bolt being pulled back.back]].
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--->'''Spock:''' It would seem that logic does not apply here.\\

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--->'''Spock:''' -->'''Spock:''' It would seem that logic does not apply here.\\
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* AbsenteeActor: Sulu doesn't appear in this episode.
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* TelephoneTeleport: Sorta. Oxmyx's phone has no teleporting abilities, but Scotty uses it to locate the other bosses and beam them to Oxmyx's office.
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-->'''Spock:''' Logic and practical information do not seem to apply here.\\
'''[=McCoy=]:''' You admit that?\\
'''Spock:''' To deny the facts would be illogical, Doctor.


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-->'''Spock:''' Sir, does everyone here carry firearms?\\
'''Kalo:''' I never heard such stupid questions in my life.
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The ''Enterprise'' receives a 100-year-old radio transmission from the U.S.S ''Horizon'' on the planet Sigma Iotia II and investigates. The person they first contact is "Boss" Okmyx. Kirk, Bones and Spock beam down to Iotia to find a world very much like [[TheRoaringTwenties 1920s]] UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}, only with people not even trying to hide the fact that they're carrying submachine guns. Apparently, shoving one in somebody's face is their way of saying "Hi".

It seems that when the ''Horizon'' visited Iotia 100 years ago, they left behind some books. Aside from being [[HumanAliens virtually identical to humans]], Iotians are very imitative and adaptable by nature. There were some textbooks on how to build radios and such, plus a nice little volume called ''Chicago Mobs of the Twenties'', copyright 1992. The Iotians have made this book on '20s mobsters the basis for their culture. And Boss Okmyx wants "heaters" (phasers) or it's curtains for Kirk.

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The ''Enterprise'' receives a 100-year-old radio transmission from the U.S.S ''Horizon'' on the planet Sigma Iotia II and investigates. The person they first contact is "Boss" Okmyx.Oxmyx. Kirk, Bones and Spock beam down to Iotia to find a world very much like [[TheRoaringTwenties 1920s]] UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}}, only with people not even trying to hide the fact that they're carrying submachine guns. Apparently, shoving one in somebody's face is their way of saying "Hi".

It seems that when the ''Horizon'' visited Iotia 100 years ago, they left behind some books. Aside from being [[HumanAliens virtually identical to humans]], Iotians are very imitative and adaptable by nature. There were some textbooks on how to build radios and such, plus a nice little volume called ''Chicago Mobs of the Twenties'', copyright 1992. The Iotians have made this book on '20s mobsters the basis for their culture. And Boss Okmyx Oxmyx wants "heaters" (phasers) or it's curtains for Kirk.



* TheBadGuyWins: Okmyx and Krako become Top Boss and Lieutenant ''for the entire planet.'' Spock brings this up at the end of the episode as one of the flaws in Kirk's strategy, but Kirk suggests that the Federation's "cut" from the Iotian syndicate can go towards teaching the natives better ways.
* BadassFingersnap: One snap of Okmyx's fingers and his {{mooks}} step forward with heaters aimed at Kirk's head.

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* TheBadGuyWins: Okmyx Oxmyx and Krako become Top Boss and Lieutenant ''for the entire planet.'' Spock brings this up at the end of the episode as one of the flaws in Kirk's strategy, but Kirk suggests that the Federation's "cut" from the Iotian syndicate can go towards teaching the natives better ways.
* BadassFingersnap: One snap of Okmyx's Oxmyx's fingers and his {{mooks}} step forward with heaters aimed at Kirk's head.



* BrickJoke: Becomes one in Creator/DCComics' ''Comicbook/{{Star Trek|DC Comics}}'': Remember [=McCoy's=] communicator? Okmyx returns it intact, figuring [=McCoy=] wouldn't like him or the other Iotians messing with it. He also brings in Kirk's "piece of the action," ''several'' briefcases filled with money.

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* BrickJoke: Becomes one in Creator/DCComics' ''Comicbook/{{Star Trek|DC Comics}}'': Remember [=McCoy's=] communicator? Okmyx Oxmyx returns it intact, figuring [=McCoy=] wouldn't like him or the other Iotians messing with it. He also brings in Kirk's "piece of the action," ''several'' briefcases filled with money.



* DartboardOfHate: Krako has one of Okmyx. Of course, he cheats at darts.

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* DartboardOfHate: Krako has one of Okmyx.Oxmyx. Of course, he cheats at darts.



* GlassesPull: Okmyx does this a few times, such as when Spock mentions their encounter with Krako's men.

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* GlassesPull: Okmyx Oxmyx does this a few times, such as when Spock mentions their encounter with Krako's men.



* HiddenDepths: Despite being a mob boss, Okmyx admits that he's a peaceful man at heart, and doesn't like everyone trying to knock off everyone else or else be seen as weak. In fact, he's gotten sick of it, and it takes so much time away from actually getting things done in their territories.

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* HiddenDepths: Despite being a mob boss, Okmyx Oxmyx admits that he's a peaceful man at heart, and doesn't like everyone trying to knock off everyone else or else be seen as weak. In fact, he's gotten sick of it, and it takes so much time away from actually getting things done in their territories.



* ILied: When Okmyx [[LuredIntoATrap tricks Spock and Bones into beaming back down and recaptures them]]:

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* ILied: When Okmyx Oxmyx [[LuredIntoATrap tricks Spock and Bones into beaming back down and recaptures them]]:



-->'''Okmyx:''' I was hoping you'd think that, dummy.

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-->'''Okmyx:''' -->'''Oxmyx:''' I was hoping you'd think that, dummy.



* IWantMyMommy: Tepo, one of the minor bosses, whimpers "Mother" when he's beamed into Okmyx's office.

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* IWantMyMommy: Tepo, one of the minor bosses, whimpers "Mother" when he's beamed into Okmyx's Oxmyx's office.



-->'''Okmyx:''' [[DistinctionWithoutADifference What aggression? I gotta make some hits. I want you to help me hit 'em! That's all!]]

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-->'''Okmyx:''' -->'''Oxmyx:''' [[DistinctionWithoutADifference What aggression? I gotta make some hits. I want you to help me hit 'em! That's all!]]



* MuggedForDisguise: Kirk and Spock steal the clothes from two of Okmyx's flunkies, leading to the above picture.

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* MuggedForDisguise: Kirk and Spock steal the clothes from two of Okmyx's Oxmyx's flunkies, leading to the above picture.



* OfferedTheCrown: At the end, Okmyx wants Kirk to be the top boss. Kirk declines and [[YouAreInCommandNow makes Okmyx the top boss]], with Krako as his NumberTwo.

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* OfferedTheCrown: At the end, Okmyx Oxmyx wants Kirk to be the top boss. Kirk declines and [[YouAreInCommandNow makes Okmyx Oxmyx the top boss]], with Krako as his NumberTwo.



* StupidestThingIveEverHeard: One of Okmyx's men demeans Spock's question whether he is pointing a large gun at him.

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* StupidestThingIveEverHeard: One of Okmyx's Oxmyx's men demeans Spock's question whether he is pointing a large gun at him.

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