History WesternAnimation / StarTrekLowerDecks

* ThePeterPrinciple: Mariner ends up an inversion to this trope. She has deliberately kept herself as an ensign through refusing promotions, getting demoted and transferring ships on a constant basis because she has an attitude towards stuffy leadership ignoring the smaller problems and seeking to solve it herself. She has Academy classmates who are captains now. This is shown to be its own problem as someone with zero interest in promotion is [[CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority fostering an anti-authority sentiment]] that has left her more interested in being defiant than actually supporting the work, and over time even her closest friends can only be bullied into compliance for so long. The third season makes it clear that Mariner has to shape up and show some initiative if she wants to continue in Starfleet.
** Turns out to be [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] in Season 4. [[spoiler:Mariner's issues with authority and lack of desire to rise up the ranks? Ultimately an instance of TheChainsOfCommanding. She's dealing with untreated trauma from the loss of a friend in action and Dominion War related PTSD- she doesn't feel a desire to be put in a position where she could have to order other people to their deaths *even though she would be good as a higher ranked officer*. Now that she's finally getting support and seems to have had a break through? We'll see where she goes with the trope!]]

* GirlOnGirlIsHot: When she comes upon a room full of nude crew during a "Naked Time" holographic training simulation, Mariner is ''very'' interested in the two female crew members making out directly in front of her.

** Rutherford's sudden liking for pears is probably a reference to a RunningGag from ''Series/DoctorWho'' where The Doctor hates pears, but often winds up eating them when he loses his memory and can't remember his dislike of them. An additional reference in the episode where this happens was Ransom, having gained godlike powers and [[AGodAmI an ego to match]], deciding to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime turn all the inhabitants of a planet into copies of himself]].

* GutturalGrowler: The Taxors communicate through guttural tones, and they ferociously growl when angered.

* PeopleZoo: In the episode "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS4E02IHaveNoBonesYetIMustFlee I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee]]", the Cerritos gets called to retrieve two humans who have been put on display in a menagerie. The away team gets attacked by an adorable yet deadly creature called the [[KillerRabbit Moopsy]] which has escaped its cage. [[spoiler: It turns out the humans realized how profitable the menagerie was and released the Moopsy on purpose in an attempt to kill the owner and take control.]]

* ThemeNaming: Pakleds name everything after their species name usually following the pattern of "Pakled Blank.” Their homeworld is a good example as it’s just called Pakled Planet. This also includes their ships with at least one of them just called ''Pakled''.