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** For those who are neurodivergent, attempting to communicate with the Temerains mirrors the daily struggle of trying to communicate with people who expect you to just "know" what they're talking about.
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* {{Applicability}}: One of the reasons this episode is very popular is just how applicable it is.
** The fact that the language is made up of references, in-jokes, metaphors, and memes that people aren't in on really rings true or people who aren't on "[[MemeticMutation meme culture]]".
** It also rings true for translators as well - as many who worked in translation & localisation can tell you, languages aren't just copy-paste words / change sentence structure, but also try to accommodate for cultural references and even tropes.
** For those who are neurodivergent, attempting to communicate with the Temerains mirrors the daily struggle of trying to communicate with people who expect you to just "know" what they're talking about.
** Even trying to communicate ''with'' people who [[FanMyopia assume you're in on their references and line of interests]].
** Multiple people have commented that this is very much like their parents or assuming that people can read their mind.
** The fact that the language is made up of references, in-jokes, metaphors, and memes that people aren't in on really rings true or people who aren't on "[[MemeticMutation meme culture]]".
** It also rings true for translators as well - as many who worked in translation & localisation can tell you, languages aren't just copy-paste words / change sentence structure, but also try to accommodate for cultural references and even tropes.
** For those who are neurodivergent, attempting to communicate with the Temerains mirrors the daily struggle of trying to communicate with people who expect you to just "know" what they're talking about.
** Even trying to communicate ''with'' people who [[FanMyopia assume you're in on their references and line of interests]].
** Multiple people have commented that this is very much like their parents or assuming that people can read their mind.
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* {{Narm}}: Picard knows that communicating with the Children of Tama has been extremely difficult, but his opening hail to them is a complete reading of the UN charter.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E18Arena Arena]]". Both episodes deal with well-meaning human and alien captains stuck on a planet separated by cultural differences. The difference is that Kirk and the Gorn captain have to fight it out, while Picard and Dathon have to diplomacy it out.
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** The Tamarian format for communicating through memes has itself become a meme, appropriately enough. For example, "[[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Philip J. Fry,]] [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/futurama-fry-not-sure-if his eyes narrowed,"]] or [[Film/TheAvengers2012 "Captain America,]] [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-understood-that-reference at the meeting."]]
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Captain Dathon routinely appears as the only non-Starfleet entry on fan polls about your favourite ''Franchise/StarTrek'' captains. Not bad for a guy who [[spoiler:dies in his debut episode]].
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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: ''[[WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks Lower Decks]]'' reveals that the Tamarians have joined the Federation and there are Tamarians serving in Starfleet. Dathon's HeroicSacrifice [[EarnYourHappyEnding opened up the galaxy for his people]].
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** It has been pointed out all over social media that the use of memes, gifs (including ''TNG'' gifs), and television/film analogies has effectively made this episode prophetic.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: A young Creator/AshleyJudd plays Ensign Lefler, who re-appears (as Wesley's crush) a few episodes later, in "The Game".
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** As the [[Trivia/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E2Darmok Trivia]] page states, the Tamarian expression for "To tell a story" is "Kira at Bashi". For want of an "r", this is almost the same as the names of two of the main characters of ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]].''
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* RewatchBonus: The episode is a ''very'' different watch after you mostly know what the Tamarians are saying. For example, Dathon's argument with his first officer. You can clearly hear the latter say "with sails unfurled" in frustration at one point, which would likely translate to "this is a waste of time, let's get out of here".
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* TearJerker: The scene where Picard tells ''Literature/TheEpicOfGilgamesh'' to a dying Dathon and they finally connect with understanding.
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* FridgeBrilliance: (along with a FreezeFrameBonus) When Picard examines Dathon's journal, we see their written language resembles an organizational or flow chart rather than a linear series of symbols-- exactly what you'd expect from a language based on expressing ideas in the form of connections to other ideas, and minds that would have such a language.
