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* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Zorgon has Quark listen to his daughter playing an instrument. Every time Quark likes what she's playing, Zorgon is shown wincing in disapproval, and every time there's something Zorgon likes it sounds awful to Quark.
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* ChainedHeat: Jean gets chained to Andy while trying to sneak off a Gorgon warship. At one point Jean tries to leap off a railing to attack some guards beneath, only to be left dangling when Andy refuses to follow.
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* ChainedHeat: Jean Gene gets chained to Andy while trying to sneak off a Gorgon warship. At one point Jean Gene tries to leap off a railing to attack some guards beneath, only to be left dangling when Andy refuses to follow.
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* '''Gene/Jean''': Chief engineer, with the twist that he's a "transmute," with both male and female chromosomes and both sets of hormones . Thus, as Gene, he's a {{Jerkass}}, but as Jean complete with a [[CrossDressingVoices female voice]] , she's a TechnicalPacifist.
* '''Ficus Pandorata''': TheSpock taken to the extremes, he's a "Vegeton," a member of [[PlantAliens sentient plant race]]. He always speaks with SpockSpeak, has no emotions at all, cares about no one, and breeds by pollinating.
* '''Ficus Pandorata''': TheSpock taken to the extremes, he's a "Vegeton," a member of [[PlantAliens sentient plant race]]. He always speaks with SpockSpeak, has no emotions at all, cares about no one, and breeds by pollinating.
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* '''Gene/Jean''': Chief engineer, with the twist that he's a "transmute," "transmute", with both male and female chromosomes and both sets of hormones . Thus, as Gene, he's a BloodKnight {{Jerkass}}, but as Jean complete with a [[CrossDressingVoices female voice]] , she's a TechnicalPacifist.
* '''Ficus Pandorata''': TheSpock taken to the extremes, he's a "Vegeton," a member of [[PlantAliens sentient plant race]]. He always speaks with SpockSpeak, has no emotions at all, cares aboutno one, no-one, and breeds by pollinating.
* '''Ficus Pandorata''': TheSpock taken to the extremes, he's a "Vegeton," a member of [[PlantAliens sentient plant race]]. He always speaks with SpockSpeak, has no emotions at all, cares about
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* HumansAreSuperior: Spoofed by Ficus, whose always able to turn these arguments around on Quark. For instance when [[JobStealingRobot Vanessa looks like making the crew redundant]], Ficus concludes that humans are indeed superior, as no other creature could endure the HumiliationConga that Quark has just undergone and [[WarpThatAesop still believe he's relevant]].
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* StrawVulcan: Averted; a RunningGag involves Quark trying to argue with Ficus that HumansAreSuperior due to their emotions. Ficus always ends up pointing out that Quark's reasoning is InsaneTrollLogic.
* TinCanRobot: Andy.
* TheTriple: Quark is usually briefed along with two other captains; the first two are given a glamorous assignment while Quark is either sent to pick up the garbage, or sent on a SuicideMission.
* TheTriple: Quark is usually briefed along with two other captains; the first two are given a glamorous assignment while Quark is either sent to pick up the garbage, or sent on a SuicideMission.
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* TinCanRobot: Andy.
* TheTriple: Quark is usually briefed along with two other captains; the first two are given a glamorous assignment while Quark is either sent to pick up the garbage, or sent on a SuicideMission.
* TheTriple: Quark is usually briefed along with two other captains; the first two are given a glamorous assignment while Quark is either sent to pick up the garbage, or sent on a SuicideMission.
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* ThrownOutTheAirlock: When an [[AIIsACrapshoot computer goes insane and tries to kill the crew]], Quark disconnects the computer and throws it out the garbage chute. The episode ends with the computer floating through space singing "Born Free".
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* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Palindrome's father is [[ActingForTwo played by the same actor]].
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** Zorgon is infuriated to find his daughter wants to marry a Vegeton. But when Ficus informs Zorgon he has no emotional response to his captain and the Bettys being fed to a lizard monster, he congratulates his daughter on picking someone with good values.
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** Zorgon is infuriated to find his daughter wants to marry a Vegeton. But when Ficus informs Zorgon he has no emotional response to his captain and the Bettys being fed to a lizard monster, he congratulates his daughter on picking someone with good Zorgon values.
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* {{Fanservice}} The Bettys
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* {{Fanservice}} {{Fanservice}}: The Bettys
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* MultiArmedAndDangerous: In the pilot there was Interface, a four-armed alien woman who controlled communications between ships.
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* MultiArmedAndDangerous: MultiarmedMultitasking: In the pilot there was Interface, a four-armed alien woman who controlled communications between ships.
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* HandshakeSubstitute: The Bettys slap hands and bump their hips together whenever they knock out a mook.
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* SplitPersonality Gene/Jean.
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* SplitPersonality SplitPersonality: Gene/Jean.
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'''Leader of the Spartans''': '' pause '' Just give us a few minutes to move our things out of the palace.
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'''Leader of the Spartans''': '' pause [pause] '' Just give us a few minutes to move our things out of the palace.
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* TwinThreesomeFantasy Both Bettys love Captain Quark, but there's a stigma against sleeping with a clone, so since he never knew which one was a clone, he couldn't sleep with either.
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* TwinThreesomeFantasy TwinThreesomeFantasy: Both Bettys love Captain Quark, but there's a stigma against sleeping with a clone, so since he never knew which one was a clone, he couldn't sleep with either.
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* NegativeSpaceWedgie Couldn't avoid 'em as it parodied ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
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* NegativeSpaceWedgie NegativeSpaceWedgie: Couldn't avoid 'em as it parodied ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Whenever Quark starts an episode griping about having to pick up garbage bags, he'll end up in a dangerous situation wishing he was picking up garbage bags.
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-->'''Quark:''' ''[[CaptainsLog Starnote]] -- I've just argued over the concept of a plant...and lost.''
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-->'''Quark:''' ''[[CaptainsLog Starnote]] -- I've just argued over the concept of love with a plant...and lost.''
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-->'''Ficus:''' Yes, but as an animal you can endure the pain of love.
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-->'''Ficus:''' Yes, but as an animal you can must endure the pain of love.
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-->'''Ficus:''' Following your logic, commander, the pain of a toothache would make a toothache endearing. The more painful, the more endearing.
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-->'''Ficus:''' Following your logic, commander, Commander, the pain of a toothache would make a toothache endearing. The more painful, the more endearing.
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* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Spoofed because no-one can convince Ficus that human love is an advantage.
-->'''Quark:''' Ah, but as a plant, you can never love.
-->'''Ficus:''' Yes, but as an animal you can endure the pain of love.
-->'''Quark:''' That's true, Ficus, but the pain of love is what makes love so endearing.
-->'''Ficus:''' Following your logic, commander, the pain of a toothache would make a toothache endearing. The more painful, the more endearing.
-->'''Quark:''' ''[[CaptainsLog Starnote]] -- I've just argued over the concept of a plant...and lost.''
-->'''Quark:''' Ah, but as a plant, you can never love.
-->'''Ficus:''' Yes, but as an animal you can endure the pain of love.
-->'''Quark:''' That's true, Ficus, but the pain of love is what makes love so endearing.
-->'''Ficus:''' Following your logic, commander, the pain of a toothache would make a toothache endearing. The more painful, the more endearing.
-->'''Quark:''' ''[[CaptainsLog Starnote]] -- I've just argued over the concept of a plant...and lost.''
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* DroppedAfterThePilot: Ficus wasn't in the pilot -- instead the science officer is Dr. O.B. Mudd, a crotchety one-eyed man who is never seen afterwards, having apparently been transferred.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Ficus Wasn't in the pilot - a Dr. O.B. Mudd, a crotchety one-eyed man, was. He was never seen or mentioned afterwards, though.
** I doubt that it was, but if it ''was'' intentional, it could be seen as a reference to the fact that Kirk wasn't in the first ''StarTrek'' pilot, nor Bones in the second.
** I doubt that it was, but if it ''was'' intentional, it could be seen as a reference to the fact that Kirk wasn't in the first ''StarTrek'' pilot, nor Bones in the second.
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* UnknownPhenomenon
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* UnknownPhenomenonUnknownPhenomenon:
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* FantasticRacism: Clones and Transmutes are discriminated against. There's a social stigma against sleeping with clones, and Transmutes can be treated with outright contempt to their faces.
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** Clones and Transmutes are discriminated against. There's a social stigma against sleeping with clones, and Transmutes can be treated with outright contempt to theirfaces.faces.
** Zorgon is infuriated to find his daughter wants to marry a Vegeton. But when Ficus informs Zorgon he has no emotional response to his captain and the Bettys being fed to a lizard monster, he congratulates his daughter on picking someone with good values.
** Clones and Transmutes are discriminated against. There's a social stigma against sleeping with clones, and Transmutes can be treated with outright contempt to their
** Zorgon is infuriated to find his daughter wants to marry a Vegeton. But when Ficus informs Zorgon he has no emotional response to his captain and the Bettys being fed to a lizard monster, he congratulates his daughter on picking someone with good values.
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* CoolStarship: Subverted; they travel on a ''garbage scow''
* DeathTrap: Zorgon ''loves'' these and Ficus ends one episode in one.
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* CoolStarship: Subverted; they travel on a ''garbage scow''
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* DaddysLittleVillain: Princess Libido, daughter of Zorgon, who wants to marry Ficus.
* DeathTrap: Zorgon ''loves''these these, and puts Ficus ends in one episode in one.for a {{Cliffhanger}}.
* DaddysLittleVillain: Princess Libido, daughter of Zorgon, who wants to marry Ficus.
* DeathTrap: Zorgon ''loves''
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* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Princess Libido, daughter of Zorgon, who wants to marry Ficus.
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* TheParalyzer: Gamma guns freeze people in place.
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* ChainedHeat: Jean gets chained to Andy while trying to sneak off a Gorgon warship. Neither is very happy about it.
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* ChainedHeat: Jean gets chained to Andy while trying to sneak off a Gorgon warship. Neither is very happy about it. At one point Jean tries to leap off a railing to attack some guards beneath, only to be left dangling when Andy refuses to follow.
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* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo
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* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGoYouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: Zorgon threatens to [[TheWallsAreClosingIn crush the Betties]] unless Quark talks. He does so, and Zorgon is so grateful he has all three chained up to be eaten by a lizard monster instead. Hey, this is him being merciful!
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* OvernightAgeUp In a parody of the ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' episode "The Deadly Years," Quark due to some AppliedPhlebotinum starts aging two years for every hour
* [[OwMyBodyPart Oh My Aching Head]]: Dealing with Quark gave “the Head” migraines “the size of a super-nova!”
* PerpetualPoverty When Palindrome and the Head have to send a [[ScienceMarchesOn telegram]] to Quark in the pilot, they end up spending the entire episode arguing about the cost of sending it and trying to reduce the number of words.
* [[OwMyBodyPart Oh My Aching Head]]: Dealing with Quark gave “the Head” migraines “the size of a super-nova!”
* PerpetualPoverty When Palindrome and the Head have to send a [[ScienceMarchesOn telegram]] to Quark in the pilot, they end up spending the entire episode arguing about the cost of sending it and trying to reduce the number of words.
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* OvernightAgeUp OvernightAgeUp: In a parody of the ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' episode "The Deadly Years," Quark due to some AppliedPhlebotinum starts aging two years for every hour
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* [[OwMyBodyPart Oh My Aching Head]]: Dealing withQuark Palindrome gave “the Head” migraines “the size of a super-nova!”
*PerpetualPoverty PerpetualPoverty: When Palindrome and the Head have to send a [[ScienceMarchesOn telegram]] to Quark in the pilot, they end up spending the entire episode arguing about the cost of sending it and trying to reduce the number of words.
* [[OwMyBodyPart Oh My Aching Head]]: Dealing with
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* PlanetOfHats The Gorgons are all sort of a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy proud warrior race]] that's evil, too. For example:
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* PlanetOfHats PlanetOfHats: The Gorgons are all sort of a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy proud warrior race]] that's evil, too. For example:
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* ScienceMarchesOn Sending a telegram. In the 23rd century.
** Despite the fact that "telegram" is an archaic term, the general principle of keeping messages short to save on costs is one that will probably be with us for many centuries to come. Today, in the early 21st century, users of cell phones typically keep text messages as short as possible so as to fall under their calling plan's texting limit, to the point of using standard abbreviations. The cost per bit of sending a transmission across ''interstellar distances'' would have to be enormous.
** Despite the fact that "telegram" is an archaic term, the general principle of keeping messages short to save on costs is one that will probably be with us for many centuries to come. Today, in the early 21st century, users of cell phones typically keep text messages as short as possible so as to fall under their calling plan's texting limit, to the point of using standard abbreviations. The cost per bit of sending a transmission across ''interstellar distances'' would have to be enormous.
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* ScienceMarchesOn Sending a telegram. In TwoPartEpisode: "All the 23rd century.
** Despite the fact that "telegram" is an archaic term, the general principle of keeping messages short to save on costs is one that will probably beEmperor's Quasi Norms", with us for many centuries to come. Today, in the early 21st century, users of cell phones typically keep text messages as short as possible so as to fall under their calling plan's texting limit, to requisite {{Cliffhanger}} at the point end of using standard abbreviations. The cost per bit of sending a transmission across ''interstellar distances'' would have to be enormous.Part One.
** Despite the fact that "telegram" is an archaic term, the general principle of keeping messages short to save on costs is one that will probably be
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* SmallAnnoyingCreature Ergo, Quark's pet, a one-eyed blob.
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* SmallAnnoyingCreature SmallAnnoyingCreature: Ergo, Quark's pet, a one-eyed blob.
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* TheUnintelligible Dink spoke only with xylophone beeps.
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* TinCanRobot Andy.
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* ZeeRust: Sending a telegram. In the 23rd century.
** Despite the fact that "telegram" is an archaic term, the general principle of keeping messages short to save on costs is one that will probably be with us for many centuries to come. Today, in the early 21st century, users of cell phones typically keep text messages as short as possible so as to fall under their calling plan's texting limit, to the point of using standard abbreviations. The cost per bit of sending a transmission across ''interstellar distances'' would have to be enormous.
** Despite the fact that "telegram" is an archaic term, the general principle of keeping messages short to save on costs is one that will probably be with us for many centuries to come. Today, in the early 21st century, users of cell phones typically keep text messages as short as possible so as to fall under their calling plan's texting limit, to the point of using standard abbreviations. The cost per bit of sending a transmission across ''interstellar distances'' would have to be enormous.
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* AccidentalTruth: In "All the Emperor's Quasi Norms", Zorgon threatens to kill Quark unless he reveals where "it" is. Having no idea what he's talking about, Quark plays for time by saying it is on a particular asteroid. Turns out the MacGuffin really is there, causing Quark to believe this is a case of BecauseDestinySaysSo when he's told by the locals of a legend about a Stranger who will use "It" to defeat their enemy. But it turns out that "It" is just a worthless rock and the whole thing is a coincidence.
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* BoldlyComing: [[PlantAliens Ficus]] is ordered to seduce [[DaddysLittleVillain Libido]] so they can escape. Turns out Vegetons mate by lying on their back with their limbs in the air.
-->'''Libido:''' What now?
-->'''Ficus:''' It's simple. We wait for the bee.
-->'''Libido:''' What now?
-->'''Ficus:''' It's simple. We wait for the bee.
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** Played with in "All the Emperor's Quasi Norms".
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** Played with in "All the Emperor's Quasi Norms". Various lucky coincidences convince Quark the rock necklace he's wearing makes him invincible. However it's actually worthless.
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* AintTooProudToBeg: When the Head looks like firing him, Palindrome contacts his father for advice. Dad advises him to do what Palindromes have done for generations. Beg.
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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Parodied in "May The Source Be With You". To stop a Gorgon invasion, Quark is trusted with the Source, which can make anything possible as long as you believe in it. But as it's such a powerful weapon, the Source has been sealed up for 200 years and is now suffering from confidence issues.
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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: ChainedHeat: Jean gets chained to Andy while trying to sneak off a Gorgon warship. Neither is very happy about it.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve:
** Parodied in "May The Source Be With You". To stop a Gorgon invasion, Quark is trusted with the Source, which can make anything possible as long as you believe in it. But as it's such a powerful weapon, the Source has been sealed up for 200 years and is now suffering from confidence issues.
** Played with in "All the Emperor's Quasi Norms".
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve:
** Parodied in "May The Source Be With You". To stop a Gorgon invasion, Quark is trusted with the Source, which can make anything possible as long as you believe in it. But as it's such a powerful weapon, the Source has been sealed up for 200 years and is now suffering from confidence issues.
** Played with in "All the Emperor's Quasi Norms".
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* CaptainsLog As a parody of ''Franchise/StarTrek'', Quark had one every few minutes, often LampshadeHanging whatever was happening
* {{Catchphrase}}: The Head: "The Galaxy Ad Infinitum".
* {{Catchphrase}}: The Head: "The Galaxy Ad Infinitum".
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* CaptainsLog CaptainsLog: As a parody of ''Franchise/StarTrek'', Quark had one every few minutes, often LampshadeHanging whatever was happening
* {{Catchphrase}}: TheHead: Head always signs off with "The Galaxy Ad Infinitum".
* {{Catchphrase}}: The
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* CoolStarship Subverted: they travel on a ''garbage scow''
* DeathTrap Zorgon ''loves'' these and Ficus ends one episode in one.
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The show was set on the ''United Galaxies Sanitation Patrol Cruiser'', a garbage scow working for the United Galaxies Space Station Perma 1. It regularly satirized ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', and ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon''. The characters were:
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The show was set on the ''United Galaxies Sanitation Patrol Cruiser'', a garbage scow working for the United Galaxies Space Station SpaceStation Perma 1. It regularly satirized ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', and ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon''. The characters were:
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* GlamorFailure: Quark destroys the LotusEaterMachine in "Goodbye Polumbus", only to find the gorgeous woman of his dreams he's been smooching is the queen of the Clay People.
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* GlamorFailure: Quark destroys the LotusEaterMachine in "Goodbye Polumbus", only to find the gorgeous woman of his dreams he's been smooching is the queen of the Clay People. He hastily beams up before she can show her gratitude for freeing her.
