Line #117 Characters/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier


1	!For characters who debuted in ''Star Trek: The Original Series'', see Characters.StarTrekTheOriginalSeries
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5	[[folder:Sybok]]
6	!!Sybok
7	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/latest_345.jpg]]
8	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/LaurenceLuckinbill
9	!!!'''Dubbed in French by:''' Jean-Pierre Delage
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11	Spock's half-brother, an emotional Vulcan on a quest to find God.
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13	* AffablyEvil: He's unfailingly well-mannered and compassionate, even when he's not at his most ethical.
14	* AllForNothing: Succeeds in reaching Sha Ka Ree only to find he was the UnwittingPawn of the SealedEvilInACan fake God trapped there.
15	* AntiVillain: Of the "[[NobleDemon Noble]]" and "[[WellIntentionedExtremist Well-Intentioned]]" variety. He's not really a bad guy at all, just misguided and taking things too far.
16	* BreakTheBeliever: Oh, he's broken all right when he learns the truth about "God".
17	* FriendlyEnemy: He genuinely seems to like Kirk, wanting him to share the adventure. Also, when "God" zaps Kirk for questioning him, Sybok says, "Why have you done this to my friend?" with no hint of sarcasm.
18	* HaveYouSeenMyGod: He is convinced that God lives in the centre of the galaxy. The expanded universe says that the evil entity that actually does live there somehow contacted and tricked him into believing this in order to escape, making Sybok an UnwittingPawn.
19	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Sacrifices himself to fight the entity and buy the crew time to escape.]]
20	* IControlMyMinionsThrough EpiphanyTherapy.
21	* TheKindnapper: Kidnaps the Romulan, Klingon and Federation Ambassadors to Nimbus III and converts them to his cause in order to get his hands on a spaceship, so he can take all of his followers to meet God.
22	* LongLostRelative: He is Spock's half-brother.
23	* MessianicArchetype: In the beginning of the film, Sybok appears as a hooded, bearded man who disarms and converts a bandit through kindness, and appears to heal him of all his pain via touch (using his Vulcan mind-reading, of course.) He even rides on a horse and wears a white cloak. Quickly {{Subverted}} once more of his character and violent tactics become apparent.
24	* NominalVillain: Sybok is on an emotional quest to find God and is willing to kidnap diplomats and hijack a ship to accomplish. Despite this, he is unfailingly well-mannered and compassionate, and doesn't even kill anyone, which is quite rare for a ''Star Trek'' movie villain. [[spoiler:In the end he sacrifices himself to buy the crew time to escape the entity.]]
25	* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Sybok is basically the only full-blooded Vulcan depicted with facial hair until ''Voyager''.
26	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Once he realizes he isn't dealing with God and has put everyone in danger, he immediately helps out.
27	* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: He rejected the EmotionSuppression of Vulcan society, choosing instead to embrace his emotions.
28	* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: Sybok was considered a genius, en route to becoming one of the great scholars of Vulcan, before deciding to embrace emotion rather than logic.
29	* PsychicPowers: He is able to telepathically force people to confront their own deep-rooted traumas.
30	* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Dies buying time for the others to escape after he realizes he's been duped.]]
31	* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: It's stated that his mother was a Vulcan princess--a statement which has been recontextualized and/or considered apocryphal in numerous subsequent works.
32	* SingleIssuePsychology: He helps people by using his psychic powers to make them confront their "one pain", leaving them feeling much better and usually converting them to his side. [[spoiler: {{Subverted}} with the evil entity, which is clearly hurt and frustrated when he pulls this trick on him, but recovers and still remains evil.]]
33	* SinEater: Sybok gathers his army by using a mind meld to cleanse people of their traumatic memories. Scotty even calls him a sin eater in the {{Novelization}}.
34	* TechnicalPacifist: He dislikes killing and violence- and it must be said, in the end he doesn't kill anyone- but is ready to resort to hijacking, kidnapping and maybe-or-not-quite brainwashing (probably closer to MoreThanMindControl) in order to fulfil his objective, and even then only because he thinks he is on a MissionFromGod.
35	* VisionQuest: Sybok states that he was given knowledge of Heaven from a vision by God himself, leading to Kirk's YoureInsane below.
36	* WellIntentionedExtremist: While his actions are questionable to say the least, he honestly didn't want anyone to get hurt or killed during the mission. The second his "God" started harming his brother and friends, he decided to turn against him.
37	* YoureInsane:
38	-->'''Kirk:''' ''(matter-of-factly)'' You ''are'' mad.
39	-->'''Sybok:''' ''(pensively)'' Am I? ''(smiles confidently)'' We'll see!
40	[[/folder]]
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42	[[folder:Captain Klaa]]
43	!!Captain Klaa
44	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/klaa.png]]
45	%%[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]
46	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/ToddBryant
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48	A brash young Klingon captain who is bored of his usual hobby of blowing up bits of space debris, and so decides that the best way to become famous quickly is to engage Kirk in battle and defeat him.
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50	* DemotedToExtra: A more literal example than most; he pops up again in the next film, apparently having been busted down to a court translator. That film doesn't confirm either way whether it's meant to be Klaa[[note]]Something of a happy accident; the producers were surprised when Todd Bryant auditioned for the role and decided to rehire him because they were already familiar with him[[/note]], but novels and other materials confirmed that it was.
51	* DidntThinkThisThrough: In his zeal to attack Kirk, he either didn't realize or just flat-out ignored the fact that his orders were only to rescue Koord, not pick fights with the Federation. Eventually, Koord himself removes him from command over this.
52	* {{Expy}}: He's effectively a younger, more impetuous version of Kruge from ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock''.
53	* GlorySeeker: The entire reason why he goes after Kirk.
54	* ReassignedToAntarctica: ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' shows Klaa has been demoted to a court translator.
55	* SleevesAreForWimps: His [[https://i5.lisimg.com/6590435/411full.jpg uniform]] is cut down to a vest.
56	[[/folder]]
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58	[[folder:General Korrd]]
59	!!General Korrd
60	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/general_korrd.jpg]]
61	[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm a foolish old man."'']]
62	!!!'''Played by:''' Charles Cooper
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64	The Klingon ambassador on Nimbus III.
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66	* BigDamnHeroes: He commandeers Klaa's ship to come to Kirk's rescue at the climax.
67	* DrowningHisSorrows: What he seems to be spending most of his time on Nimbus III doing. He drinks some of Scotty's whiskey at the end but seems in better spirits.
68	* NoodleIncident: Spock's briefing on Korrd reveals the General's fallen out of favor with Klingon High Command. What exactly Kordd did or didn't do to end up on their shit list isn't revealed (though a [[FreezeFrameBonus careful look]] at the briefing graphic indicates it may have been an Orion Pirates-related event dubbed the Feira Incident).
69	* OrderedApology: He elicits one of these from Klaa over his attack on Kirk.
70	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: In the [[TheBookOfTheFilm novelization]], Talbot explains to Dar that Korrd became fed up with the Empire's militarism after both his children, a son and a daughter, were killed in relatively minor skirmishes.
71	* ReassignedToAntarctica: His posting on Nimbus III seems to be this due to the aforementioned strained relations between him and Klingon High Command.
72	* RetiredBadass: Kirk notes his military strategies were required learning at Starfleet Academy.
73	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Per the [[TheBookOfTheFilm novelization]], he happens to be the brother-in-law of the entire Klingon military's NumberTwo, or else he would certainly have been executed after his fall from grace.
74	* StockholmSyndrome: He becomes a convert to Sybok's cause after being taken hostage by him.
75	* WorthyOpponent: Kirk believes he would have been one of these in his heyday, noting he hopes he's treated better than Korrd when put out to pasture.
76	[[/folder]]
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78	[[folder:God]]
79	!!God
80	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/latest_1_31.jpg]]
81	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Brave souls, welcome."'']]
82	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/GeorgeMurdock
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84	An entity sealed in the center of the galaxy claiming to be God.
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86	* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Subverted. Initially appearing as a pillar of blue light, claiming to be "one voice, many faces"; he appears to play this trope straight, assuming the form of [[GrandpaGod a wizened old man]] (after cycling through the likenesses of other mythical deities). However, being the sociopathic asshole that he is, he ultimately uses this ability to [[{{Troll}} troll]] Sybok by turning into his EvilDoppelganger.
87	-->'''"God"''': What's the matter? Don't you ''like'' this face? I have so many, but this one suits you best.
88	* EvilSoundsDeep: Starts out with the grandfatherly baritone one would expect a wizened deity to have, but it becomes more icy and malevolent as he reveals his sociopathic true colors.
89	* GodGuise: Plays along with Sybok's delusions that he is in fact God.
90	* GodIsEvil: Though most likely a {{subversion}} since it's probably not actually God but just another SufficientlyAdvancedAlien.
91	-->'''Spock:''' This is NOT the god of Sha-Ka-Ree... or any other god.
92	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: If he hadn't claimed to be God / been a {{Jerkass}} to Kirk / given away his EvilPlan to merge with the ship, he might well have managed to escape.
93	* KickTheDog: Blasting Kirk with lightning for "doubting him". Prior to this point, the rest of the away team were not only willing to hear him out but were [[DoNotTauntCthulhu warning Kirk not to annoy him]][[note]]"Jim, you don't ask the Almighty for his ID."[[/note]]. By lashing out in such a petty manner, he revealed himself for the sociopathic monster he truly was.
94	-->'''Sybok:''' Why have you done this to my friend?
95	-->'''"God":''' He ''doubts'' me.
96	-->'''Spock:''' You have not answered his question: [[ArmorPiercingQuestion What does God need with a starship?]]
97	-->[''"God" blasts Spock with lightning, then [[DeathGlare menacingly turns toward McCoy]].'']
98	-->'''"God":''' Do ''you'' doubt me?
99	-->'''[=McCoy=]:''' [[ShutUpHannibal I doubt ANY god who inflicts pain for his own pleasure]].
100	* OneWingedAngel: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. After the Enterprise hits him with a photon torpedo, he assumes a more ominous spectral form and goes after Kirk. Originally, he was supposed to turn into a rock monster that Kirk would fight, but this scene was cut due to poor cinematography.
101	* SealedEvilInACan: He claimed to have been imprisoned on the planet in the center of the galaxy and wanted to "join" with the ''Enterprise'' so he could escape.
102	-->'''"God"''': Sha-Ka-Ree, a vision YOU created. For an eternity I have been imprisoned in this place. The ship. I must have the ship! Now... give me what I want, or watch these puny '''''[[ItIsDehumanizing things]]''''' die... horribly.
103	* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: Implied in the movie and canon in the expanded universe, where it's said that the whole GodGuise thing was its ''modus operandi'' even before it was imprisoned.
104	[[/folder]]
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106	[[folder:St John Talbot]]
107	!!St John Talbot
108	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/st_john_talbot.jpg]]
109	[[caption-width-right:350:''"We're already prisoners here on this worthless lump of rock."'']]
110	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/DavidWarner
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112	The Federation ambassador to Nimbus III.
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114	* AdvertisedExtra: He's the only character other than the seven regulars and Sybok whose actor is listed on the opening titles. Aside from [[BillingDisplacement being played by David Warner]], it's hard to see what he's done to deserve this: He has eight lines and contributes virtually nothing to the plot aside from making a surprise allegiance change.
115	* AssInAmbassador: He was probably a decent man once but the years in the hellhole of Nimbus III have left him [[KnightInSourArmor cynical and jaded]].
116	* HookedUpAfterwards: It's implied he does this with Romulan ambassador Caithlin Dar: At the climax of the movie, they're sharing a drink and he comments on how far they've come in a short time.
117	* ReassignedToAntarctica: What his posting on Nimbus III seems to be.
118	* SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish: Especially when played by David Warner.
119	* StockholmSyndrome: When the Enterprise crew arrive to rescue him, they find he's now a convert to Sybok's cause.
120	[[/folder]]
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122	[[folder:Admiral Robert Bennett]]
123	!!Admiral Robert Bennett
124	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/HarveBennett
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126	The officer who assigns the ''Enterprise''-A to rescue Sybok's hostages on Nimbus III.
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128	* CreatorCameo: Played by Harve Bennett, who produced and co-wrote the second through fifth films.
129	* FirstNameBasis: He's only referred to as "Bob" on-screen, with his full name coming from supplementary materials.
130	* ObstructiveBureaucrat: In the sense that his poorly thought-out orders end up making the entire plot of the film possible, instead of the hostage situation being immediately resolved by a ship with working transporters. Surprisingly enough, it's inverted in the few novel appearances that he's made, where he's actually shown to be a ReasonableAuthorityFigure.
131	* SkewedPriorities: He insists on sending the ''Enterprise''-A to rescue the ambassadors despite suffering major systems malfunctions and being under-crewed, on the grounds that Kirk is the best captain to handle the job. Even accepting the fanon theory that Kirk couldn't take the ''Excelsior'' because its transwarp drive didn't work, ''any'' other ship would have been able to just fly over to Nimbus III and beam the hostages out of danger. It's possible that Bennett needed the name ''Enterprise'' as well to impress the hostage-takers, but even then, he could logically have sent a fully-working ship ''and'' the ''Enterprise''.
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134	[[folder:David [=McCoy=]]]
135	!!David [=McCoy=]
136	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mccoydad.png]]
137	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Let me go."'']]
138	!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/BillQuinn
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140	Dr. [=McCoy's=] ailing and, by the time of the film's events, deceased father.
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142	* AllForNothing: The whole debate about whether or not to euthanize him was rendered irrelevant by a cure for his degenerative condition being discovered. Unfortunately, this didn't happen until shortly after Bones put an end to his suffering.
143	* AllThereInTheManual: His first name isn't actually mentioned in the film or its credits, but had previously been given in a throwaway line in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'' when Bones used IAmXSonOfY after the Vulcans did so.
144	* MercyKill: At his own request, Bones gives him one to prevent a slow, agonizing death.
145	* MyGreatestFailure: Bones views his failure to refuse his father's request for euthanasia as this, allowing Sybok to exploit it in an effort to win him over to his cause.
146	* PosthumousCharacter: He's deceased by the time of the film.
147	[[/folder]]

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