History Series / StarTrekTheNExtGeneration

* BioData: Klingons are NOT dumb. A Klingon scientist temporarily posted on the ''Enterprise-D'' modified a hyposyringe with an optical chip reader, and would use that to transform digital information from the ship's computers into amino acid sequences. Then he would inject someone without their knowledge, and the information would be carried in their bodies in their bloodstream as inert proteins, which could be extracted at any time by another spy. ''Damn, son!''

** In "[=QPid=]", Q transforms the crew into characters from the RobinHood stories. Geordi is Alan A'Dale, and as a result gets a lute to play with. After a few minutes of tuneless strumming, Worf can't take it anymore, and gets up and smashes the instrument, then hands it back to Geordi, muttering, "Sorry." Much like [[Creator/JohnBelushi a certain]] [[Film/AnimalHouse seven-year pre-med student]] did once.

** Crewman (later Lieutenant j.g.) Martinez, played by background actor Michael Braveheart (who also played many other extras), was seen in 84 episodes and two movies. Braveheart was never credited.

[[caption-width-right:350:The crew of the USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-D.[[note]]Left to right: [[NumberTwo William T.]] [[BoldExplorer Riker]], [[TheCaptain Jean-Luc]] [[AFatherToHisMen Picard]], [[DeterminedDoctor Beverly Crusher]], [[ActionGirl Tasha Yar]], [[TheEngineer Geordi]] [[BlackAndNerdy La Forge]], [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Data]], [[TheEmpath Deanna]] [[TheShrink Troi]], [[TeenGenius Wesley]] [[SpaceCadet Crusher]], [[TheBigGuy Worf]].[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The crew of the USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-D.[[note]]Left to right: [[NumberTwo William T.]] [[BoldExplorer Riker]], [[TheCaptain Jean-Luc]] [[AFatherToHisMen Picard]], [[DeterminedDoctor Beverly Crusher]], [[ActionGirl Tasha Yar]], [[TheEngineer Geordi]] [[BlackAndNerdy La Forge]], [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Data]], [[TheEmpath Deanna]] [[TheShrink Troi]], [[InsufferableGenius Wesley]] [[SpaceCadet Crusher]], [[TheBigGuy Worf]].[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The crew of the USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-D.[[note]]Left to right: [[NumberTwo William T.]] [[BoldExplorer Riker]], [[The Captain Jean-Luc]] [[AFatherToHisMen Picard]], [[DeterminedDoctor Beverly Crusher]], [[ActionGirl Tasha Yar]], [[TheEngineer Geordi]] [[BlackAndNerdy La Forge]], [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Data]], [[TheEmpath Deanna]] [[TheShrink Troi]], [[InsufferableGenius Wesley]] [[SpaceCadet Crusher]], Worf.[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The crew of the USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-D.[[note]]Left to right: William T. Riker, Jean-Luc Picard, Beverly Crusher, Tasha Yar, Geordi La Forge, Data, Deanna Troi, Wesley Crusher, Worf.[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:The crew of the USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-D.[[note]]Left to right: [[NumberTwo William T. Riker]], [[TheCaptain Jean-Luc Picard]], [[DeterminedDoctor Beverly Crusher]], [[TheLadette Tasha Yar]], [[BlackAndNerdy Geordi La Forge]], [[ArtificialHuman Data]], [[TheEmpath Deanna Troi]], [[TeenGenius Wesley Crusher]], [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Worf]].[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The crew of the USS ''Enterprise'', NCC-1701-D.[[note]]Left to right: William T. Riker, Jean-Luc Picard, Beverly Crusher, Tasha Yar, Geordi La Forge, Data, Deanna Troi, Wesley Crusher, Worf.[[/note]]]]

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* FatAndSkinny: Ambassador Sarek's advisors in "Sarek".

** Being assimilated by the Borg.

* HollywoodDateless: More than any other series, the ''Enterprise-D'' crew had rotten love lives. (With the exception of Riker. In fact, Number One was so well-adjusted that he rarely carried an episode by himself.)
** Picard was firmly established as MarriedToTheJob early on, despite harboring intense feelings for Beverly. "Lessons" showed us why he must never act on those impulses: He attempted a relationship with one astrophysicist, only to order her to what could have been her death. Just as he had with Jack Crusher, Beverly's late husband. As a captain, he cannot fraternize too closely with people whose lives he might one day forfeit.
** [[invoked]] Data attempted a domestic relationship in one episode, and it was a total wash. All of his robotic mannerisms came out in a creepily stilted kiss. ("In Theory")
--->'''Data:''' Jenna. Are we no longer a couple?\\
'''Jenna:''' No, we're not.\\
'''Data:''' Then I will [[NeverBeHurtAgain delete the appropriate program]].
** Geordi has incredibly bad mojo with women. Even Wesley once claimed to have had better luck with women than Geordi. The reason is not entirely clear; Geordi is honest to the point of folly, which often blows up in his face. [=LeVar=] Burton was perplexed about all this, although he has stated in interviews that Geordi's datelessness was due to the fact that the writers didn't know how to write black male sexuality.

''Series/StarTrekPicard'', which premiered in January 2020 on Creator/CBSAllAccess, is a DistantSequel to ''The Next Generation'', with Creator/PatrickStewart reprising his role of Picard, and other ''TNG'' and ''Voyager'' characters appearing in supporting roles.

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* BilingualBonus: In "The Icarus Factor", the Japanese characters written on the side of the anbo-jyutsu ring are mostly martial-arts relevant elemental characters-- 火 (fire), 水 (water), etc. "ユリ" ("YURI") is a ShoutOut to ''LightNovel/DirtyPair''. There are a few of them scattered around the show. The top of the ring says 星 (star).

** Due in large part to Rick Steinbach being a ''huge'' otaku, there are tons and tons of shoutouts to 80s anime, in particular LightNovel/DirtyPair and Anime/{{Gunbuster}}, some blatant, some very very subtle.

Although much of the show shared the premise of ''The Original Series'', there were also well-placed {{Story Arc}}s (something the original series lacked): the omnipotent [[TheTrickster trickster]] character of Q would show up to put HumanityOnTrial (becoming a BookEnd storyline [[PatrickStewartSpeech epitomizing the series]]) or to amuse himself at the expense of others; redefining the Klingons as being {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s instead of the original "black hats"; various encounters with the hive-mind, cybernetic Borg (creating what is regarded as the pinnacle episode for the series and even the ''franchise'', "The Best of Both Worlds"); several episodes with [[CreatorsPet Wesley]] that [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap developed his character]]; and [[BreakoutCharacter defining moments]] for several of the main cast and [[AscendedExtra the odd minor character]], in addition to plenty of development for [[FriendOrFoe the Romulans, the Vulcans, the Cardassians and the Ferengi]].

* ExactWords: In "Tapestry", Q promised Picard that is he was allowed to go back in time to change the outcome of his ill-fated bar brawl with Naussicaans that no one would have to die, and he alone would bear the consequences for his changes. Turns out, Q was right; by preventing the bar brawl, Picard never got stabbed, and no one died. Making this change, however, condemns him to life as a lowly junior lieutenant.

* EscortDistraction: Minuet the episode "11001001" is a chanteuse created by the Binars to keep both Captain Picard and First Officer Riker captivated on the holodeck while the Binars hijack the Enterprise for their own purposes. She succeeds long enough for the starship to attain the Binar homeworld.