History WebAnimation / StarTrekSpecter

* MagicalDatabase: The "facial recognition search" towards the end of the movie is a textbook example.
** Maybe a better example of FacialRecognitionSoftware that features a ViewerFriendlyInterface.

* SdrawkcabName: "Dennis Gard Robb" is an anagram of "Brandon Bridges," executive producer and the voice of Dr. Braiyon Garr. Dennis Gard Robb receives credit as the voice of Gaius Reyf and as a 3D prop designer.
** "John Leo Ivor" is also an anagram for the man who helped craft the original story, who declined to be credited by full name.

* SorryILeftTheBGMOn: It's not made clear until Scene 42 (when Garr makes a song selection on a console), but the three "20th century pop song" sequences in the movie fall into this category. In all cases, when Garr is aboard the ISS ''Voyager'', whatever music we're hearing is what he's actually listening to. In Scene 29, it goes from diegetic aboard the ship, to non-diegetic on the station, and back again when Garr is back on his bridge.
** Justified as those three scenes are all pure RuleOfCool.

* RefugeInAudacity. The scene on the holodeck near the end.

* MarySue. Initial reaction to the character of Dr. Garr is that he is one of these, serving as an AuthorAvatar for the producer. Inverted however, in that he is exactly the ''opposite'' of what anyone would consider an idealized version of themselves (who ever WANTS to be a lovestruck and brokenhearted renegade, even if he's an expert at quantum physics?). This trope turned UpToEleven in the sequel.

* YouHaveFailedMe[=/-0YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Both inverted by Garr in that he doesn't seem to have any Mooks of any kind, nor does he seem to have had any kind of outside help doing his impossible deeds.

** Lieutenant Erickson even gets one in. Combines with CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming as soon as she says: "...personally I'm proud of you for facing him the way you did. And I don't want to see you lose your confidence, not now. Not after everything we've been through."

** Look closely at [[Film/GalaxyQuest the bartender's uniform]]. And for that matter, doesn't the barkeep call himself [[TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Uncle Phil]]?

** With a side of CrowningMusicOfAwesome.

* ThemeMusicPowerUp: When Reyf finally figures out Garr's plan, for the first time since the launch sequence we get a piece of upbeat music. It was [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome awesome]].

* UncannyValley: The majority of the cast are played by Poser 4 characters...all except one, the mysterious Kristie android, played to perfection by DAZ's Victoria 3. Seeing the comparitively primitive Poser 4 characters alongside the lifelike Victoria 3 character was somewhat jarring for some viewers.
** Particularly given that her ponytail prop wouldn't render completely at the settings used to create the other character animations, resulting in what looked like a wire-mesh ponytail...[[Blooper which we can't see through]].
And how!

* [[HoYay LesYay]]: Subverted with [[spoiler:Ensign Renee Mitchell]] and [[spoiler:Lieutenant Kendra Erickson]]. Turns out that [[spoiler:Erickson returns Ronston's crush after all and was just tormenting him by playing hard to get.]]

** Is also one hell of a CrowningMomentOfHeartWarming.

** A far, far better example is when Garr asks "How thorough was their examination" after he and the android hug. When that clip was first posted [[FreudWasRight many people]] thought Garr was making [[UnfortunateImplications an unfortunate implication]]. Turns out it was InnocentInnuendo, and what he was really asking was whether Reyf's crew had discovered the site-to-site transporter he'd built into her.

* FridgeLogic[=/=]FridgeBrilliance: During the entire movie, Garr and Reyf are shown wearing cadet uniforms reminiscent of the uniforms from [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Star Trek II.]] [[UnpleasableFanbase The fans]] complained that given the movie's timeline this isn't accurate. So later in the movie, when Reyf visits [[spoiler:Garr's old office at Starfleet Intelligence]], what's the clue that tips him off? [[spoiler:A picture of him and Garr wearing the "correct" cadet uniforms!]]
** In the scene at Mellis II, long before Chellik's door actually opens, we hear what sound like echoing footsteps. Experience suggests this shouldn't be possible, since most Star Trek doors seem pretty well soundproofed.
** We don't know exactly how old Reyf is but it's implied that his age and Garr's are relatively close together. Garr is said to have been born in 2347. The Battle of Wolf 359 took place in 2367. Soon after that, Reyf and Garr both went to [[AcademyOfAdventure Starfleet Academy]], presumably for a four-year course of instruction (conservatively leading to 2371). After that, Garr is said to have worked at Starfleet Intelligence for SIX YEARS before the events of the prologue (2376), after which he vanished for five years, leading to the present day... 2378. The implication is that both Garr and Reyf are highly intelligent, and completed a full curriculum at the Academy in just one year each.
*** So where does Garr find the time to get his advanced degrees in quantum physics, cybernetics, string theory, holography, and so on?
** Also, let's not forget that when we last left Reyf in the prologue, he was working as a science officer. So how, in only six years, does he qualify for captaincy of a ship like the USS ''F. Scott Fitzgerald'', particularly given it's his ''very first command?''
** And for that matter, there's the USS ''F. Scott Fitzgerald'' itself. The three-nacelle kitbash is taken directly from the TNG GrandFinale. The ship is said to be "first of its class." Either this is the test design for what they ultimately did with the 1701-D in "All Good Things," or Picard passed the design specs on to Starfleet after the episode.
** Garr's method of [[spoiler:time travel]]. Rather than using any previously known method, he goes and invents an approach of his own.
** Braiyon Garr is said to have worked at Starfleet Intelligence for six years. This is AFTER the same agency had secretly developed its own cloaking technology (in "The Pegasus" (TNG)). Yet no one mentions this as a possible explanation for how Garr managed to sneak around for five years undetected.
** When the ''Fitzgerald'' arrives at Beta Reticuli IV, Lieutenant Erickson scans the planet and describes in detail the harsh conditions on the surface, including a toxic atmosphere and subzero temperatures. Yet, when the away team beams into the caves, they have neither cold-weather gear nor oxygen masks.
*** WordOfGod suggests that the subterranean cave system has an isolated atmosphere that protects the inhabitants from the harsh surface climate, with the oxygen being released into the cave as the rocks decay, and the heat being geothermal in origin.
*** Still doesn't account for the light inside the caves.

** Given what we see of the Garr character, seeing this is definitely a TearJerker.

** [[MervGriffin Merv]] Ronston
** The starship [[MarkGoodson Goodson]].

** And a huge TearJerker.

** And when he calls for red alert after Reyf comments that the ISS ''Voyager'' doesn't seem ominous enough. NightmareFuel ensues.

** WordOfGod says that originally, this was to have been shown to be for a very good reason near the end of the film. The dialogue where this was to have been disclosed wound up getting deleted for time. The explanation is pure NightmareFuel: [[spoiler:the original experiment that damaged Garr's DNA, as we learned early on, damaged more than just cellular bonds. The radiation damage to his body was so severe that Garr basically had to turn to Borg technology to sustain vital life functions; and because of the fragility of the optic tissue, they had to be completely replaced by occular implants.]]

** Also the same voice actor playing ALL the parts. [[NightmareFuel Including the female roles.]]

** Which is itself a ShoutOut to [[Series/{{Stargate SG-1}} Teal'c]].

*** With a little [[Series/{{Stargate SG-1}} Teal'c]] thrown in for flavor. "Indeed."

-->''"Each of us, at some point in our lives, will face a challenge that will force us to confront the very essence of ho we are. How we meet those challenges is what defines us."''
--->-- '''Captain Gaius Reyf'''

** Prentice: [[EventHorizon "Looks like she's been to hell and back."]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Invoked several times:
** Scene 38. Just...Scene 38.
** The three "20th century pop song" sequences in the movie arguably count.

** Also if you look closely, Dr. Chellik's office in the beginning is based very closely on Admiral Cain's quarters from the second season of the 2004 BattlestarGalactica.

** Captain [[BattlestarGalactica Gaius]] [[Series/{{Andromeda}} Reyf]].

*** And speaking of Chellik's office, the whole thing rather reminds me of [[BattlestarGalactica Admiral Cain's quarters]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Braiyon Garr specifically makes sure that everyone gets off the Alcawell Station "alive and well." The only time anyone is hurt is by accident.
** Except for the occupants of the shuttle he rams. That was part of a XanatosGambit.

* EvilPlan: An unusual one that has WeCanRuleTogether as one of the main points instead of a settlement.

** TheHero: Captain Reyf.

** TheChick: This is the only role of the five that's not clearly defined. It's implied that Dr. Falwell typically fills this role, in her absence no clear replacement is named. Reyf sometimes fills this role when necessary.

** It also reaffirms Garr's heavy-handed methods of dealing with threats, which we first saw when he chose to ''slap'' the elderly Dr. Chellik simply to prove he was real.
** Garr's entire plan is revealed to be one of these near the end when Reyf catches up to him. Garr reveals that that has been his intention all along, in order to get Reyf to join him. It's implied that he's deliberately kept Reyf guessing for so long to keep him out of the way until the right moment.

A popular ''Star Trek'' fan film set in 2378, being released primarily as a series of Webisodes on YouTube. A leading Starfleet [[MadScientist scientist]] suddenly goes off the deep end, faking his own death to go into hiding. Then, five years later, he returns, meaner and more dangerous than ever. The newly commissioned USS ''F Scott Fitzgerald'' scrambles to decipher his plan, only to learn that he's constructed his own fully-equipped [[CoolStarship starship]], a [[RobotGirl female android]] who's almost perfect, and even has an ElaborateUndergroundBase.

** In one scene, when she and [[spoiler:Lieutenant Erickson]] show up in Ten-Forward in gym clothes, [[spoiler:Erickson's]] outfit is fairly conservative, but Mitchell's is practically {{Stripperific}}.

*** With a little [[StargateSG1 Teal'c]] thrown in for flavor. "Indeed."

** Erickson: "When this mess began, you had to confront the reality that your oldest friend was still alive, and that he was [[StargateAtlantis flying around hatching evil, supervillain plans]] across the quadrant."

** Which is itself a ShoutOut to [[StargateSG1 Teal'c]].

A popular ''Star Trek'' fan film set in 2378, being released primarily as a series of Webisodes on YouTube. A leading Starfleet [[MadScientist scientist]] suddenly goes off the deep end, faking his own death to go into hiding. Then, five years later, he returns, meaner and more dangerous than ever. The newly commissioned USS ''F Scott Fitzgerald'' scrambles to decipher his plan, only to learn that he's constructed his own fully-equipped [[CoolStarship starship]], a [[RobotGirl female android]] who's almost perfect, and even has an {{Elaborate Underground Base}}.

Setting out to track the scientist down, [[TheCaptain Captain Gaius Reyf]] learns that the culprit is none other than his oldest friend, Dr. Braiyon Garr, who's amassed fourteen of the most advanced machines developed by TheFederation, and with them could tear space apart. Reyf follows Garr through an elaborate {{Jigsaw Plot}}, discovering in the process that his old friend is willing to go to any length--including using human lives as pawns--to accomplish his goal.

Considered one of the best works of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[FanFic fanon]] currently in production, the film is notable for its accurate [[AllCGICartoon CGI]] replicas of the classic [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]] and [[Series/StarTrekVoyager VOY]] shooting sets, as well as the creative use of kitbashed versions of the ''Enterprise-D'' and the USS ''Voyager''. The film introduces a new crew of [[IncrediblyLamePun enterprising young men]], heavily implied to be an {{Expy}} of the TNG crew (up to and including Captain Reyf's {{Bald of Awesome}}, a trait shared by Jean-Luc Picard).

* Dr. Elizabeth Falwell. DisposableLoveInterest
* Dr. Braiyon Garr. BigBad

* "[[AsYouKnow As you know]], two of my officers were recently involved in a collision between Garr's ship and one of our shuttlecraft."
** One fan even dubbed it "TNG revived after 16 years!"

* CaptainsLog: First Officer's Log

* ChekhovsGun: The story of ''Frankenstein''.

** Except for the occupants of the shuttle he rams. That was part of a {{Xanatos Gambit}}.

* EvilPlan: An unusual one that has WeCanRuleTogether as one of the main points instead of a settlement.

** In one scene, when she and [[spoiler:Lieutenant Erickson]] show up in Ten-Forward in gym clothes, [[spoiler:Erickson]]'s outfit is fairly conservative, but Mitchell's is practically {{Stripperific}}.

* ForTheEvulz: Garr's VillainLaugh after he visits Reyf in the turbolift.
** And when he calls for red alert after Reyf comments that the ISS ''Voyager'' doesn't seem ominous enough. NightmareFuel ensues.

* GoneHorriblyWrong: Two words: Beta Reticuli.

* [[HoYay LesYay]]: Subverted with [[spoiler:Ensign Renee Mitchell]] and [[spoiler:Lieutenant Kendra Erickson]]. Turns out that [[spoiler:Erickson returns Ronston's crush after all and was just tormenting him by playing hard to get.]]

* TheEndOrIsIt: "Well now, I'll tell you something Data; on a night five years ago, very much like this, I watched as his shuttlecraft was vaporized by a warp core collapse. He survived that, somehow. And I wouldn't be surprised if, somehow, he survived this as well. Call it a hunch, call it a gut feeling, call it whatever you wish. But I don't think we've seen the last of Braiyon Garr."
** Could potentially also be a SequelHook.
*** More than just "potentially"--just after New Year's 2011, it was announced that ''Specter'' WOULD have a sequel, ''Star Trek: Retribution'', and that Garr WOULD return.
*** No doubt ActingForTwo, based on that last scene.
** [[CaptainObvious Because most of us are watching the movie on liquid-crystal displays of one kind or another.]]

* RuleOfFun: This is one reason behind [[RuleOfThree the three]] "20th century song" scenes in the movie. Combines with CharacterDevelopment to show that Garr has an interest in Earth's 20th century.

* SdrawkcabName: "Dennis Gard Robb" is an anagram of "Brandon Bridges," executive producer and the voice of Dr. Braiyon Garr. Dennis Gard Robb receives credit as the voice of Gaius Reyf and as a 3D prop designer.
** "John Leo Ivor" is also an anagram for the man who helped craft the original story, who declined to be credited by full name.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong
** An interesting use of the trope because, when we start out, ''nothing'' is really "wrong." What Garr tempts Reyf with is [[spoiler:the possibility of saving his father from a premature death at the hands of the Borg.]]

** Captain [[BattlestarGalactica Gaius]] [[{{Andromeda}} Reyf]].

** In the ''Fitzgerald'' sickbay, the supply boxes underneath the table below the large lighted mural suggest that the boxes contain quantities of [[{{TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack}} GC-161]].

* SpockSpeak: Reyf's incessant use of the word "Indeed."
** Which is itself a ShoutOut to [[StargateSG1 Teal'c]].

* TheFilmOfTheBook: A curious inversion: Specter doesn't have an official novelization (yet), but its length and elaborate storyline gives many fans cause to wonder if this isn't essentially a novel presented in movie format.
** WordOfGod says that it both is and isn't. Although each scene was written like a scene in a novel, the overall storyline wasn't initially planned to develop the same intricacies and level of detail as a novel. Although, the creator has explicitly said he isn't sorry that it worked out that way, and said likening it to this trope is a [[IncrediblyLamePun novel concept]].

** Actually, it's really Scene 49B. As soon as we cut back to the bridge after the temporal shock wave hits, the set is different: the doors are dark red and there are metal plates on the consoles behind Erickson. And if you look closely, the chairs are suddenly dark red leather and the carpet is blue and dark brown instead of magenta and gray (even though those changes are largely "hidden" by low lighting of red alert). Then in Scene 51, we can see all the sets lit properly, and you realize what happened.

* TwistEnding

* TwoLinesNoWaiting: For most of the film, there are three storylines going; Reyf trying to figure out what Garr is doing; the crew trying to figure out what Reyf isn't telling them; and Garr's sinister plan.

* WhatTheHellHero: Reyf's crew is aware of their captain's emotional impairment given the mission, but they support him anyway because others had faith in him first, and he knows the villain better than anyone else. They talk amongst themselves about the captain needing to deal with his emotions, and Reyf finally wises up and starts seeing Garr as the threat he truly is rather than the friend he used to be near the end.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Invoked several times:
** Scene 38. Just...Scene 38.
** The three "20th century pop song" sequences in the movie arguably count.

* WidescreenShot: All the recreated shots of StockFootage from the TV series falls into this heading. Most of them are the original shots, blocked much as they originally had been for 4:3, but with the sides expanded for the 2.35:1 aspect ratio.

* WholePlotReference: believe it or not, the basic premise of this movie is taken from an unused concept for {{Star Trek Insurrection}}, which was to have had Picard chasing down an old Academy classmate who had become obsessed with finding the Fountain of Youth.

* TheIshmael: Gaius Reyf. For most of the story he serves as the viewpoint character, while Garr remains almost entirely inscrutible (with the notable exception of his nightmare sequence).

** Then again, when you consider that Merv says "magneton flash sequence," which is the exact same phrase they used for a type of scan on VOY once...YourMileageMayVary on how you accept this.

* WidescreenShot: All the recreated shots of StockFootage from the TV series falls into this heading. Most of them are the original shots, blocked much as they originally had been for 4:3, but with the sides expanded for the 2.35:1 aspect ratio. YourMileageMayVary on how well this works.

** "Time, Gaius. I'll be seeing you."

** Look closely at [[GalaxyQuest the bartender's uniform]]. And for that matter, doesn't the barkeep call himself [[TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Uncle Phil]]?

* BigBudgetBeefUp: A curious invocation as the sets are all detailed replicas of the "upgraded" sets from StarTrekGenerations (also known as ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek TNG]]'': TheMovie).

** [[StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome "Phasers on stun, have fun!"]]

** Reyf: "But [[TheSpock a great man]] one said: [[StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan the needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few...or the one]]."

** The bridge of the ''Daystrom'' is actually the bridge of the [[StarTrekGenerations Enterprise-B]].
*** Note that the aft MSD is of an ''Ambassador''-class starship, hinting that the ship is a refit of that class. A similar gag was used in StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock, when a monitor on the bridge showed the ''Enterprise'' in its pre-refit configuration rather than the revised design from StarTrekTheMotionPicture.

** The Utopia Planitia Yards, played by many (many!) copies of the StarTrekTheMotionPicture drydock.
*** In the wide shot of Garr's flyby, two three [[StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock Excelsiors]], one [[StarTrekFirstContact Sovereign]], one [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration New Orleans]], and one [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Constellation]] class ship can be seen in the various drydocks.

** The [[StarTrekFirstContact Enterprise-E]].

-->"We are about to go up against the greatest threat to TheFederation since [[StarTrekGenerations Tolian Soran]]. I hate to sound like [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Lieutenant Taurik]], but where's the logic in this?"

*** The same shot is also a dual CallBack, first to a very similar shot at the end of ''StarTrekTheMotionPicture'', and the shot that ends the title sequence of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.

* FridgeLogic[=/=]FridgeBrilliance: During the entire movie, Garr and Reyf are shown wearing cadet uniforms reminiscent of the uniforms from [[StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Star Trek II.]] [[UnpleasableFanbase The fans]] complained that given the movie's timeline this isn't accurate. So later in the movie, when Reyf visits [[spoiler:Garr's old office at Starfleet Intelligence]], what's the clue that tips him off? [[spoiler:A picture of him and Garr wearing the "correct" cadet uniforms!]]

* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Fans have likened the "V'Ger Flyover" sequence, with its loving closeups of the details of the nightmare starship [[spoiler:ISS ''Voyager'']] to the insanely long "New Enterprise" sequence from StarTrekTheMotionPicture.

** Garr (Evil): The Borg theme from StarTrekFirstContact. Ultimately heard three times: as the away team investigates his hidden laboratory, when Prentice and Garrett are investigating the ISS ''Voyager'', and again as the ''Fitzgerald'' approaches the USS ''Fairgrieve''.
** Reyf: The "friendship" theme from StarTrekFirstContact and StarTrekNemesis.

* PromotedFanboy: The producer was dissatisfied with both ''StarTrekNemesis'' and the 2009 ''Film/StarTrek''. This is why Specter is set aboard the USS [[strike:''Enterprise''-D]] ''F. Scott Fitzgerald'' and features Data in a prominent starring role.

** "[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Number One]], [[StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan the ship is yours]]."

*** The colors in Reyf's "alternate" ready room are from Captain Archer's ready room on [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]], and the bridge colors come from HD screencaps from StarTrekFirstContact.

** Also references ''[[StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Wrath of Khan]]'' with [[spoiler:Garr "dying" once in the opening, and then getting KilledOffForReal]] at the end of the movie.

For the sequel, see StarTrekRetribution.