History Recap / StarTrekS3E11WinkOfAnEye

!Tropes for this episode include:

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Deela treies to convince Kirk that he is permanently time warped and might as well get used to the idea. [[TheDeterminator She doesn't know Kirk very well]]....

Yeoman, there's a fly in my coffee!

Well, don't show her to anyone. The rest will want one too!

One sip, and he becomes [[BeavisAndButtHead The Great Kirkholio!]] Nah, he actually becomes even more hyper than that!

* ArtisticLicenseNuclearPhysics: The only think radiation poisoning will accelerate is the time of your own death.

* BulletTime: Predates TheMatrix! OK, so it's a phaser blast rather than a bullet, but it's the same principle.

* DutchAngle: How can you tell the Scalorians are the bad guys? Because every shot of them is [[IncrediblyLamePun crooked!]]
** Actually, when Kirk and Spock start to hyper-accelerate, the picture tilts as the people around them slow down. The Dutch angle is a general indicator for when we're watching someone in the accelerated time stream.

* [[CaptainObvious First Officer Obvious]]: "You seem to be moving very slowly." Spock points out twice. Granted, it only ''seemed'' that way, as Spock was actually moving really fast.

* [[MarsNeedsWomen Scalos Needs Men]]: The condition that causes Scalosians to live at hyper speed also causes infertility. They probably need women too, but Deela is more concerned about getting herself laid.

* ShoutOut: 30 years later ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' would air an episode called ''Blink of an Eye'' which would use the same basic premise but on a larger scale.
** In fact, while in development the ''Voyager'' episode's script was ''also'' titled [[NamesTheSame "Wink of an Eye"]] until someone noticed it had been used before.
* StockholmSyndrome: Compton seemed to accept the Scalosians' plan to use him as breeding stock pretty quickly; then again, [[FridgeBrilliance from his viewpoint there was an indeterminately long period of time between his capture and his confrontation with his former captain]].

* [[WhatTheHellHero What The Hell, Fellow Villain?]]: Deela scolds Rael for lying to Kirk about the method of Compton's death.
** The viewer might be inclined to ask Kirk "What the Hell?" When he leaves the Scalosians to their fate without telling them a cure has been found for their condition. The {{Fanon}} explanation is that this was the Scalosian's natural state after being so for many generations and thus the cure wouldn't have worked.

* [[MarsNeedsWomen Scalos Needs Men]]: The condition that causes Scalosians to live at hyper speed also causes infertility. They probably need women too, but Deela is more concerned about getting herself laid.

* RapidAging: When Compton is slightly hurt during his scuffle with Kirk and the Scalosians, he undergoes "rapid cellular breakdown" and dies.

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Deela seems to consider herself a queen, albeit of a planet where she has only four subjects. It would be folly to argue with her.

* RapidAging: When Compton is slightly hurt during his scuffle with Kirk, he undergoes "rapid cellular breakdown" and dies.

* [[CaptainObvious First Officer Obvious]]: "You seem to be moving very slowly." Spock points out twice. Granted, it only ''seemed'' that way, as Spock was actually moving really fast.

* [[MarsNeedsWomen Scalos Needs Men]]: The condition that causes Scalosians to live at hyper speed also causes infertility. They probably need women too, but Deela is more concerned about getting herself laid.

* TimeStandsStill: This episode features the Scalosians who move so fast that they're invisible to the naked eye and everyone else appears frozen to them. (Interestingly enough, so long as none of the aliens or the people they abducted into their 'timeframe' by means of a drug are actually around to watch, both they and the crew seem to [[MeanwhileInTheFuture function in parallel and on the same timescale]] just fine. This point is never addressed.)

** In fact, while in development the ''Voyager'' episode's script was titled [[NamesTheSame "Blink of an Eye"]] until someone noticed it had been used before.

** Actually, when Kirk and Spock start to hyper-accelerate, the camera angle starts to tilt as the people around them slow down. The Dutch angle generally indicates when we're watching someone in the accelerated time stream.

* [[MarsNeedsWomen Scalos Needs Men]]: The condition that causes Scalorians to live at hyper speed also causes infertility. They probably need women too, but Deela is more concerned about getting herself laid.

* TimeStandsStill: This episode features the Salorians who move so fast that they're invisible to the naked eye and everyone else appears frozen to them. (Interestingly enough, so long as none of the aliens or the people they abducted into their 'timeframe' by means of a drug are actually around to watch, both they and the crew seem to [[MeanwhileInTheFuture function in parallel and on the same timescale]] just fine. This point is never addressed.)

** The viewer might be inclined to ask Kirk "What the Hell?" When he leaves the Scalorians to their fate without telling them a cure has been found for their condition. The {{Fanon}} explanation is that this was the Scalorian's natural state after being so for many generations and thus the cure wouldn't have worked.

* HarsherInHindsight: Due to an on set accident, Shatner has tinnitus- a condition marked by hearing a constant sound that isn't there.
* HoYay: Deela speaks of Kirk and Spock's great affection for each other and ponders if she'll get to see them show it. Deela is a YaoiFangirl!

* PropRecycling: The painted backdrop depicting a city on Scalos was also used in "A Taste Of Armageddon".
* SexDressed: We cut away from Kirk and Deela in his quarters; when we next see them, she's brushing her hair and he's putting on one of his boots.

* TheissTitillationTheory: Deela wears something that looks like she just threw it on- and damn near missed!

* ShoutOut: 30 years later ''StarTrekVoyager'' would air an episode called ''Blink of an Eye'' which would use the same basic premise but on a larger scale.

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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Deela treies to convince Kirk that he is permanently time warped and might as well get used to the idea. She doesn't know Kirk very well....

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** The viewer might be inclined to ask Kirk "What the Hell?" When he leaves the Scalorians to their fate without telling them a cure has been found for their condition. The {{Fannon}} explanation is that this was the Scalorian's natural state after being so for many generations and thus the cure wouldn't have worked.

Well, don't show her too anyone. The rest will want one too!

* [[Captainbvious First Officer Obvious]]: "You seem to be moving very slowly." Spock points out twice. Granted, it only ''seemed'' that way, as Spock was actually moving really fast.

* SchmuckBait: Kirk is told by the AlienOfTheWeek not to touch the life support system. He touches it, and gets shocked. So what does he do? ''Puts both hands on it and [[WhatAnIdiot keeps getting shocked.]]'' In justice to Kirk the device in question is putting his crew into deep freeze to be preserved as potential breeding stock for the Alien. Naturally he's willing to endure some pain if he can only switch it off.
* SuperSpeed: Deela gives Kirk this power so he can keep up with her.

** The viewer might be inclined to ask Kirk "What the Hell?" When he leaves the Scalorians to their fate without telling them a cure has been found for their condition. The {{Fannon}} explanation is that this was the Scalorian's natural state after being so for many generations and thus the cure wouldn't have worked.

* SuperSpeed: Deela gives Kirk this power so he can keep up with her.

Well, don't show her too anyone. The rest will want one too!