History Recap / StarTrekS3E13ElaanOfTroyius

* {{Hypocrite}}: At least part of Elaan's grievance is that she is forced ingo an ArrangedMarriage, but she still has no problem using her Elasian hypnotic powers to evoke a situation of QuestionableConsent with Kirk.

The planets Elas and Troyius are both Federation members, but have been at war with each other for centuries. With those darn Klingons encroaching the territory, [[EnemyMine peace becomes imperative.]] How to solve this problem? Why, with a bit of AltarDiplomacy, of course! The ''Enterprise'' is assigned to transport Elaan, Dohlman (Basically, Princess) of Elas, to Troyius where she will marry the planet's leader. Petri, the Troyian ambassador, is there to help Elaan make a peaceful transition and learn the proper social graces. Easier said than done.

Elaan, to put it bluntly, is a bitch on wheels. Words are said, knives are thrown. Petri just manages to survive being stabbed in the back by his charge. While in sickbay, he reveals to Nurse Chapel that Elasian women have tears that make men fall in love with them when the men touch them. They really should've told Kirk. It seems that when she was griping about how no one liked her (Gee, wonder why!) she started to cry, he tried to wipe her tears and we get a SexyDiscretionShot....

* ChekhovsGun: The necklace Elaan rejects (along with everything else) has the dilithium crystals that end up saving the day.
* CoolStarship: The Klingon [=D7=] cruiser debuts in this episode, influencing the designs for future Klingon starships and was inserted into the remastered versions of earlier Klingon-centric episodes.

* EmergencyRefuelling: A traitor destroys the Enterprise's dilithium crystal converter assembly, rendering the ship without warp power or weapons. Scotty manages to use some dilithium crystals Elaan wears as a necklace to replace the lost crystals.

* HighClassGloves: In her first few scenes, starting with her arrival aboard the Enterprise, Elaan, an Elasian princess, wears a pair of silver, shoulder-length gloves as part of her outfit.

* IronicName: The ArrangedMarriage between '''princess Elaan''' from planet '''Elas'''[[note]]which sounds like "Hellas," an ancient name for Greece[[/note]] and the ruler of planet '''Troyius''' is supposed '''to stop''' a war between their respective world. UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar {{inverted}} InSpace

* NotRareOverThere: The ship's dilithium crystals crack in the middle of a battle. Unfortunately, there are none left...until they realize that Elaan's necklace has a bunch of them. She surrenders it gladly, bemused that they would want them, considering that in her planet they are WorthlessYellowRocks.
* NoSell: Not ''entirely'', as Kirk ''is'' affected by Elaan's tears. However he nonetheless remains functional during the critical battle despite Elaan's presence on the bridge,[[note]]in previous scenes, the love-struck Kirk can barely hold himself together[[/note]] and is ultimately able to let her go. When [=McCoy=] finally finds an antidote for the tears in the final scene, Spock points out it's completely unnecessary: Kirk's love for ''Enterprise'' was more potent.

* PygmalionPlot: Captain Kirk must teach the Dohlman of Elaas civilized manners before her wedding to the ruler of the planet Troyius. He ends up falling in love with her because he touches her tears — and the tears of Elasian women are a potent love potion.
* RealWomenDontWearDresses: One of the things fueling Elaan's hissy fit. Her whole attitude is closer to the way Elasian ''men'' have been described -- vicious and arrogant. Kirk implies that she has a military background, and presumably was socialized around a lot of men, when he says she must understand about giving and taking orders.

* ResistanceIsFutile: The Klingon only talk to the ''Enterprise'' to demand their surrender without condition.
* RoyalBrat: Elaan, just, Elaan. To put it mildly she's the WORST. Uhura gives her her quarters, but they're not good enough. She rudely refuses the gifts from the Troyian leader. She treats even a starship captain [[AllTakeAndNoGive like a lowly servant]]. (Until she falls in love with him, anyway.) She threatens people with knives when they disagree with her. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And her table manners are atrocious!]]

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* AlienLunch: Elaan is eating ''green'' chicken legs!

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: No one seems disturbed by the fact that men are incapable of saying no to Elasian women when they've been touched by their tears. While Kirk looks deeply uncomfortable every time she touches him, Fred Freiberger called the episode a "love story".

* WouldHitAGirl: Kirk slaps Elaan after she slaps him. She responds by throwing a knife at him. Elasians sure know how to do foreplay.

* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: No one seems disturbed by the fact that men are incapable of saying no to Elasian women when they've been touched by their tears. Kirk certainly doesn't seem to think he's been raped (assuming he had sex with Elaan, which is strongly implied, but not stated.) And despite Kirk's reputation, this is only the ''third'' time Kirk sleeps with a non-human, even leaving aside the possibility it's DoubleStandardRapeSciFi.

* Jerkass: Elaan is THE WORST!

* RoyalBrat: Elaan, just, Elaan. Uhura gives her her quarters, but they're not good enough. She rudely refuses the gifts from the Troyian leader. She treats even a starship captain [[AllTakeAndNoGive like a lowly servant]]. (Until she falls in love with him, anyway.) She threatens people with knives when they disagree with her. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And her table manners are atrocious!]]

* RealWomenDontWearDresses: One of the things fueling Elaan's hissy fit.
** Her whole attitude is closer to the way Elasian ''men'' have been described -- vicious and arrogant. Kirk implies that she has a military background, and presumably was socialized around a lot of men, when he says she must understand about giving and taking orders.

* WorthlessYellowRocks: The Federation has no idea why the Klingons are so interested in a planet inhabited by a low-tech race. When they happen to look at a necklace worn by Elaan, they discover the "common stones" it is made of happen to be dilithium crystals, which are the source of starship power and highly valuable to space-traveling races.
** Elaan tells Kirk that the necklace is supposed to bring luck. A line that was ultimately left out explains that the only reason this folk-art necklace is cherished and is appropriate for a royal wedding is its antiquity.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: It takes a while to get Kirk to respond to a call after he touches Elaan's tears. And when he speaks of "What happened," you're pretty sure more than just kissing went on between the two. Look close; Kirk's hair is messed up compared to the previous shot of the two.

* LovedINotHonorMore: Kirk reminds Elaan [[PunctuatedForEmphasis of! their! duty!]] to maintain the stability of a star system while staring reeeeeeeeeeeeally far down her [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar "outfit"]] of [[TheissTitillationTheory two diaphanous orange wisps]].

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This was the first episode to feature the official Klingon trifoil logo; [[https://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/inconsistencies/emblems/klingon-new-elaanoftroyius.jpg however, it's shown pointed horizontally towards the right]] rather than [[https://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/inconsistencies/emblems/klingon-logo0.png pointed upward]].