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| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"This is where the frontier pushes back."'']] |
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| 4 | ->''"We got no ship, no crew. How are we gonna get out of this one?"'' |
| 5 | -->-- '''Captain James T. Kirk''' |
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| 7 | JustForFun/TheOneWith the ''Enterprise'' getting destroyed. [[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock Again.]] |
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| 9 | ''Star Trek Beyond'' is the thirteenth film in the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' film series, released in 2016. |
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| 11 | The sequel to ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' and the third film in the "Kelvin Timeline" that began with ''Film/StarTrek2009''. Premiering at San Diego Comic-Con on July 20, 2016 and worldwide on July 22, it coincided with the franchise's [[MilestoneCelebration 50th anniversary]]. It is directed by Creator/JustinLin with a script by Creator/SimonPegg and Doug Jung. |
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| 13 | After a brutal attack on the ''Enterprise'' by an enigmatic and malevolent alien warlord named Krall (Creator/IdrisElba), the bridge crew are left stranded on an unknown world. Now Kirk (Creator/ChrisPine), Spock (Creator/ZacharyQuinto), [=McCoy=] (Creator/KarlUrban), Uhura (Creator/ZoeSaldana), Sulu (Creator/JohnCho), Chekov (Creator/AntonYelchin) and Scotty (Creator/SimonPegg) must find a way to escape and put a stop to the warlord's sinister plans. |
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| 15 | Previews: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRVD32rnzOw Teaser]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzWIGFiGrlA Trailer #2]] |
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| 17 | '''Character tropes go on to the [[Characters/StarTrekKelvinTimeline Characters Sheet]].''' |
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| 19 | !!''Star Trek Beyond'' provides examples of: |
| 20 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 21 | [[folder:Tropes A-F]] |
| 22 | * AbandonShip: Kirk orders the crew to abandon ship after the ''Enterprise'' has been critically damaged and is unable to escape. The ''Enterprise'' itself has its warp engines and main engineering hull cut off in succession, while the saucer separates from the remains of engineering and crash-lands on a planet. |
| 23 | * AbortedArc: The first two movies had a plotline going on about the increasing militarization of Starfleet (thanks to Nero's incursion and Klingon border skirmishes) and a looming conflict with the Klingon Empire. ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' even had Starfleet wearing Nazi-ish uniforms and was full of UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror parallels. Here, we get a bright, colourful standalone adventure where Scotty explicitly says "Starfleet is not a military organization," the opening scene is about diplomacy, and the main plot is a big-budget version of TOS's many "stranded on an unfamiliar planet" episodes. The only connection to this is a minor thematic one, as Krall is [[spoiler: a stranded Starfleet officer who supports militarism.]] Furthermore, the technological advances from the last two movies (transwarp beaming, using augment blood to cure death) have [[ForgottenPhlebotinum been forgotten.]] [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools None of this is a bad thing, though,]] because it brings this setting more in line with the parts of TOS that weren't about about Klingons, Romulans, or Khan (i.e. the majority of the show). |
| 24 | * ActionGirl: |
| 25 | ** Don't let the [[RedShirt Red Skirt]] fool you, Uhura can hold her own. After ''Enterprise'''s neck is severed from the stardrive, she runs into a room to help Kirk manually separate the saucer, sees two of Krall's {{mooks}}, and kills both of them in seven seconds flat. |
| 26 | ** Jaylah, who is very handy in a fistfight or a gunfight. |
| 27 | * ActorAllusion: |
| 28 | ** Shohreh Aghdashloo plays a [[Franchise/MassEffect flag officer.]] |
| 29 | ** The Orion crewmember is played by Fiona Vroom, who previously portrayed one on the FanSequel web series ''WebVideo/StarTrekContinues.'' |
| 30 | ** Sulu is revealed to be gay, just like [[Creator/GeorgeTakei his original actor.]] |
| 31 | ** Along with a discussion on AliensSpeakingEnglish, Jaylah's dialogue is a reference to Sofia Boutella's accent. |
| 32 | ** Creator/GregGrunberg plays a ranking officer [[Film/StarWarsTheForceAwakens only this time he's defending the station, not attacking it]] |
| 33 | * AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: [[spoiler: The ''Enterprise-A'' was only introduced fifteen years after the events of the five year mission. Here it appears three years in.]] |
| 34 | * AmbiguousSyntax: In his log, Captain Edison says "Of the crew, only three remain." While presumably this means [[spoiler:Edison himself, Manas, and Kalara, it could also be interpreted as meaning three crew members besides Edison himself, in which case there might be a fourth member of the Swarm out there.]] |
| 35 | * AndTheAdventureContinues: The ''Enterprise'' crew departs from Starbase Yorktown on [[spoiler:the ''Enterprise''-A]] to resume their 5-year mission, with the "Space, the final frontier" monologue recited by the entire main crew. |
| 36 | * AreWeThereYet: As Jaylah leads Scotty on an extended trek to the ''Franklin'', he gripes this. She warns him to not keep saying it, but fortunately they are just about there. |
| 37 | * ArmCannon: The Swarm's normal weapons. They'e apparently detachable though, since Krall uses one in a failed attempt to shoot Kirk. |
| 38 | * ArmorPiercingAttack: Krall's drones are able to bypass the ''Enterprise's'' shielding, because Krall has its shield frequencies from hacking Federation technology. Subverted when [[spoiler:his three remaining swarm ships are tricked into ramming the ''Franklin'', which possesses actual armor they can't completely penetrate]]. |
| 39 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: Used to brutal effect by Krall: eliminating the deflector dish prevents the ''Enterprise'' from activating its shields or warping long distances, taking out the nacelle pylons stops her from warping ''at all,'' and finally slicing the ship in half by attacking her neck severs the impulse engines from the warp reactors, disabling the ship. It turns out Krall knows so much about how Starfleet vessels work and how to attack them effectively because [[spoiler:he used to be a Starfleet captain himself]]. Kirk returns the favor later on, using the "Bees'" computer navigation patterns against them to disrupt and destroy their formation easily. |
| 40 | * AutobotsRockOut: Weaponized. Due to Jaylah's penchant for "beats and shouting" music, [[spoiler:the ''Enterprise'' crew use [[Music/BeastieBoys "Sabotage"]] to, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well, sabotage the communications Krall's swarm uses to coordinate]].]] |
| 41 | -->'''Kirk:''' Let's make some noise. |
| 42 | * AwardBaitSong: Music/{{Rihanna}}'s "Sledgehammer", which plays during the closing credits. |
| 43 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: For the third time in this movie series, Uhura shows what the job of communications officer entails besides being the radioman. Her keen ears and eidetic memory for sound [[spoiler:is what tips her off to the fact that Krall is really the long-MIA Starfleet Captain Balthazar Edison, via the key phrase "pushing the frontier"]]. |
| 44 | * BadassBoast: A quiet one from Sulu to Krall: "You have no idea who we are. But you'll soon find out." |
| 45 | * BatPeople: Two recurring extras are Starfleet officers who resemble humanoid bats with skin the texture of exposed musculature. |
| 46 | * BellyScrapingFlight: Happens toward the end [[spoiler:as the crew tries to get the nearly century-old USS ''Franklin'' airborne, which involves dropping it off a cliff to terminal velocity to get enough momentum for lift up. They scrape the cliff side once or twice on the way down, the tops of some trees when they pull up and brush a few more peaks on their way to orbit.]] |
| 47 | * BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Kirk almost follows Krall being ThrownOutTheAirlock when he fails to open an escape hatch in time]], but Spock and [=McCoy=] reach him in their hijacked vehicle and rescue him. |
| 48 | * BigLittleMan: Kirk is surprised when the hostile alien ambassador roaring away at him charges down to kick his ass--and turns out to be the size of a small dog. Unfortunately all his friends pile onto Kirk as well, so he has to quickly beam out of there before they bite him to death. |
| 49 | * BirthdayBeginning: The film opens three days before Kirk's birthday, and he's a little morose, because this year he'll be older than [[Film/StarTrek2009 his father ever was]]. |
| 50 | * BirthdayHater: Kirk, because his birthday is also the anniversary of his father's death. This particular birthday is worse than usual because now he's a year older than his dad ever got to be. |
| 51 | * {{Bizarrchitecture}}: Starbase Yorktown, Starfleet's new deep space base/colony, is a series of interlocking ring worlds with their own gravities (their hollow centers contain tunnels and docking stations for starships), with a central hub that's straight out of ''Film/{{Inception}}''. |
| 52 | * BluffTheImposter: Kirk pulls this on [[spoiler:Kalara, claiming the artifact Krall is after is still on the ''Enterprise''; when [[BitchInSheepsClothing she reveals her true colours]]]], he and Chekov are able to get the drop on her. |
| 53 | * BoardingPod: Krall's swarm of small ramming ships serves as both weapons and boarding pods so the ''Enterprise'' can be boarded and torn apart simultaneously. |
| 54 | * BodyHorror: The victims of [[spoiler:Krall's energy drain]] appear shriveled and mummified. [=McCoy=] has the opportunity to perform a medscan on one left barely alive and discovers that even internal organs are savaged by the attack. [[spoiler:Later, Krall is seen performing his technique on two live crew members of the ''Enterprise'' in front of Uhura, who looks absolutely horrified.]] |
| 55 | * BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: |
| 56 | ** With the ''Enterprise'' destroyed, the bridge crew is forced to use the USS ''Franklin'', a 100-year-old starship by this point, as their new ride. |
| 57 | ** Kirk rides a vintage motorcycle that happened to be aboard the ''Franklin'' as part of the rescue mission. |
| 58 | * BrickJoke: |
| 59 | ** Early on, [=McCoy=] steals a bottle of scotch from Chekov's locker so he can have a drink with Kirk (they both would have guessed him [[VodkaDrunkenski to be a vodka man]]), and toast Kirk's father. [[spoiler:At the end of the film, Chekov is briefly heard telling a woman that [[MythologyGag "whiskey was actually invented in by a little old lady in Russia."]]]] |
| 60 | ** One of the aliens who attacks Kirk in the opening scene and ends up beamed onto the ''Enterprise'' by accident [[spoiler:is at Kirk's birthday party in the final scene, hanging out with Keenser]]. |
| 61 | --->'''Kirk:''' [[spoiler:Hey, Kevin. Still not wearing pants, I see.]] |
| 62 | ** Scotty mentions an UrbanLegend that the ''Franklin'' was grabbed by a giant green space hand. In the credit's sequence, we see just such a hand. (Also counts as a MythologyGag, since that very thing happened to the ''Enterprise'' in the Prime timeline.) |
| 63 | * CallBack: |
| 64 | ** Kirk is still a fan of Music/BeastieBoys' "Sabotage", like he was as a child in ''Film/StarTrek2009''. |
| 65 | *** As it plays, [=McCoy=] and Spock note that it's ''classical'' music. Even ''[[NotSoAboveItAll Spock]]'' is bobbing his head to it. In ''[[Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier Star Trek V]]'', he ''did'' say he was "well-versed in the classics". |
| 66 | ** Kirk knows how to ride a motorcycle, as he did it a lot before joining Starfleet in the first movie. |
| 67 | ** Kirk remembers how he joined Starfleet because of Christopher Pike's DareToBeBadass speech. |
| 68 | ** The USS ''Franklin'', the derelict vessel that the crew jury-rig to make it back to Starbase Yorktown, is ''very'' similar in design to [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Captain Archer's]] ''Enterprise'' NX-01 and has an NX-series registry number (NX-326) as well. It's indicated to be Earth's first Warp 4 vessel, which would make it older than the ''Enterprise'', though it was evidently kept in service until the mid-22nd century. |
| 69 | ** The ''Enterprise'' is equipped with escape pods built right into the walls of the main bridge. They're called "Kelvin pods" in reference to the USS ''Kelvin'', most of whose bridge crew including George Kirk died because they had no way to escape the ship. |
| 70 | ** Scotty escapes [[spoiler:the destruction of the ''Enterprise'']] by removing the warhead from a photon torpedo, stowing himself inside, and launching it, a trick he apparently picked up from Khan. |
| 71 | ** Scotty again finds himself having to hold on for his life (and with his Starfleet ring prominently in view on his hand both times). While he had serious trouble before, this time he is able to make it without help. |
| 72 | ** The ''Franklin'''s former captain, Balthazar Edison, is said to have been [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise a MACO]] prior to the founding of the Federation. [[spoiler:He also tells Kirk that he lost soldiers to the Xindi and Romulans.]] |
| 73 | ** Scotty mentions that the NX spaceships used to be built in space (so they're not meant to fly in atmosphere), unlike the current generation, a reference to how Kirk watched the ''Enterprise'' being built on the ground in the first movie. |
| 74 | ** Uhura's brilliance in linguistics comes into its most crucial play ever, when she discovers a critical secret about Krall [[spoiler:just from catching a single word spoken on a scratchy video on the USS ''Franklin'']]. |
| 75 | * CallForward: Sort of, given that the movie takes place in an alternate universe to the original movies: |
| 76 | ** Sulu [[Film/StarTrekGenerations has a daughter]]. |
| 77 | ** The Starfleet commodore who gives Kirk the mission briefing early in the movie is later identified with the surname "Paris", suggesting she may be an ancestor of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' character Tom Paris (the son of an Admiral Owen Paris). |
| 78 | ** In the third film set in this timeline, the ''Enterprise'' is destroyed, just as it was in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock''. |
| 79 | ** An InUniverse CallForward: [[spoiler:Ambassador Spock is revealed to have passed away, and when Spock is looking through his belongings, he finds a picture of the original crew circa ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'', 24 years in this crew's future]]. |
| 80 | * TheCameo: |
| 81 | ** Frequent Abrams collaborator Creator/GregGrunberg appears as a Starfleet officer (Commander Finnegan) aboard the Yorktown starbase. If his name sounds familiar, it's because he's the alternate-universe version of the Cadet Shaun Finnegan who was Kirk's Academy-days bully in the original series. Related to this, he also voiced Kirk's (possibly abusive) stepdad in the first movie. |
| 82 | ** Creator/DannyPudi of ''Series/{{Community}}'' (for which Justin Lin directed an episode) appears under heavy makeup as one of the stranded aliens that accost Scotty when he lands on Altamid. |
| 83 | * CastingGag: One of the ''Enterprise'' crew members is a female Orion. She is played by Fiona Vroom, who already played the Orion woman Lolani in the [[CharacterTitle eponymous episode]] of the FanSequel series ''WebVideo/StarTrekContinues''. |
| 84 | * CasualDangerDialogue: Kirk is under attack from a Teenaxi ZergRush and desperately calling for a beam-out. Scotty's response? |
| 85 | -->'''Scotty:''' That was quick. There's quite a bit of surface interference, Captain. |
| 86 | * CharacterDevelopment: Kirk has settled into the position of Captain, and no longer feels he doesn't deserve the job. As a result he seems more mature and confident, while also keeping [[MarriedToTheJob a more aloof attitude]]. |
| 87 | * ChekhovsGag: Keenser is ill, and is coughing up some manner of acid that could corrode through a bulkhead, which [=McCoy=] is treating. This appears to be a one-off joke when [=McCoy=] mentions it, but later it comes in handy when the crew is captured, as he coughs on a wall with wiring to the cell door, enabling Sulu and Uhura to hotwire the door open for an escape attempt. |
| 88 | -->''[Keenser coughs up on the door]''\ |
| 89 | '''Uhura:''' Nice job, Keenser.\ |
| 90 | '''Sulu:''' That is a one heck of a cold. ''[Keenser nods]'' |
| 91 | * ChekhovsGun: |
| 92 | ** The necklace Spock gave Uhura, which is emphasized during their spat earlier in the film, becomes significant when [[spoiler:Spock remembers that it's made of Vokaya, which he can track to find Sulu, Uhura, and the rest of the crew's location]]. |
| 93 | ** The stereo Jayla scavenged from the wreck of the USS ''Franklin'', which is used to [[spoiler:broadcast music that disrupts the communications of Krall's swarm fleet]]. |
| 94 | ** The seemingly useless trinket Kirk collects from a failed diplomatic mission [[spoiler:is actually the MacGuffin that powers an ancient alien superweapon]]. |
| 95 | ** The hologram generators that Jaylah uses to disguise the USS ''Franklin'' are later used [[spoiler:to produce multiple images of Kirk riding a motorcycle around Krall's compound, providing Krall's mooks with multiple false targets to shoot at.]] |
| 96 | ** Kirk is informed that Yorktown is building a new ship that will supposedly be more advanced than the ''Enterprise''. [[spoiler:It reappears at the end, when it is completed and christened the ''Enterprise''-'''A'''.]] |
| 97 | ** In the opening, Scotty tells Kirk he can't beam him up because of "geological interference" -- that is, he's too far underground. This becomes an issue [[spoiler:in rescuing the crew]] as well. |
| 98 | ** The {{Breaching Pod}}s slamming into the ''Enterprise'' hull [[spoiler:gets turned against the villains when the ''Franklin'' suddenly launches out of the water in front of them, and Krall's ships get stuck in the hull, as the ''Franklin'' was built back when Starfleet still used armor plating instead of shields.]] |
| 99 | ** Kirk uses the gunk that he and Chekov got trapped in to shield a group of ''Enterprise'' survivors during the rescue from Krall's compound. |
| 100 | * ChekhovsGunman: Kirk runs into Ensign Syl during the AbandonShip sequence. It's later revealed that [[spoiler:he gave her the Abronath for safekeeping]]. |
| 101 | * ChekhovsSkill: We get to see Kirk drive a motorcycle again [[spoiler:to create a diversion to allow his crew to escape Krall]]. |
| 102 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: |
| 103 | ** Dr. Carol Marcus joined the crew of the ''Enterprise'' at the end of ''[[Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness Into Darkness]]''. She is not seen or even mentioned in this movie. |
| 104 | ** Likewise, Gaila (who appeared in the 2009 film, and joined the crew permanently in the [[ComicBook/StarTrekIDW IDW comic series]] leading up to this film) isn't present in the film. |
| 105 | ** Several RecurringExtra bridge crew members from the last film are also absent. |
| 106 | * CloseOnTitle: No title appears until the end of the film, a first in the franchise's fifty year history. |
| 107 | * ClothingDamage: Kirk's fight with the Teenaxi leaves his uniform shredded. |
| 108 | -->'''Bones:''' Jim, you look like crap.\ |
| 109 | '''Kirk:''' Thank you, Bones. |
| 110 | * ConfessToALesserCrime: After crash-landing on Altamid, Kirk accuses Kalara of knowing that they would be ambushed and of having led them into a trap, to which she claims that she only did so to [[spoiler:protect her crew whom Krall has imprisoned; it turns out she really was in league with Krall, [[BluffTheImposter but fortunately Kirk sees through it]]]]. |
| 111 | * ContinuityNod: A number of them towards ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', as that is the only series still officially canon to the reboot movies. On the planet, the crew find the Starfleet ship USS ''Franklin'', which actually predates the NX-01 ''Enterprise'' and shares obvious design similarities. It's stated to be the first Warp 4 vessel, as the NX-01 was the first Warp 5 vessel. The transporter is mentioned as being rated only for cargo, not crewmen, as the NX-01 had the first official crewman transporter. The uniforms resemble the flight suit design. There are mentions of MACO, a pre-Federation Starfleet military corps that had a detachment on the NX-01, as well as events like the Romulan War and the Xindi Conflict. [[spoiler:Krall's specifically mentions his time as a MACO and in the Xindi Conflict, which would indicate he served on the NX-01 during the third season]]. |
| 112 | * ContrivedCoincidence: One would think this when an escape pod carrying a survivor from one of Krall's attacks just happens to arrive at Yorktown right after the ''Enterprise'', which happens to be carrying the MacGuffin Krall wants, docks at the station. However, [[spoiler:it's later revealed that the whole thing was planned from the start by Krall to lure the ''Enterprise'' to Altamid]]. |
| 113 | * CoolStarship: |
| 114 | ** The USS ''Franklin'' is from the era of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', being the predecessor to the ''Enterprise'' NX-01. Having been missing and in disuse for a century, Scotty and Jaylah bring the old boy out for one last flight to escape Altamid and reach Yorktown. |
| 115 | ** The USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701): For her final appearance, she's been given a noticeable refit between this film and the end of ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' with her warp nacelles made somewhat smaller, the pylons swept back, and the back of the neck (nape?) pushed slightly inward. |
| 116 | ** The individual ships within Krall’s swarm. SpikesOfDoom definitely in effect. |
| 117 | ** And of course, the [[spoiler:USS ''Enterprise''-'''A''']]. |
| 118 | * CostumeEvolution: The Starfleet Uniforms get a overhaul dropping the delta patterned tunic from the first two films for solid colored ones closer to the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Original Series]]'' designs with a tweaked collar. |
| 119 | * CreationSequence: The movie ends with [[spoiler:the time-lapse creation of the ''Enterprise''-A]]. |
| 120 | * CreatorCameo: Doug Jung, who co-wrote the film, appears as Sulu's husband Ben. [[spoiler:He's seen carrying their daughter to safety when Yorktown is attacked.]] |
| 121 | * CurbStompBattle: [[Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness Yet again]], the ''Enterprise'' is on the receiving end of one of these, mainly because it's a ZergRush of enemy ships. [[spoiler:Tragically, it's her last.]] |
| 122 | * DamselOutOfDistress: By the time Spock arrives at Krall's camp to save Uhura, she's not only saved herself, but ends up saving him from one of Krall's mooks. |
| 123 | -->'''Uhura:''' What are you doing here?\ |
| 124 | '''Spock:''' Clearly I am here to rescue you. |
| 125 | * DarkReprise: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgLPN06E6j0 "Hitting the Saucer a Little Hard"]] is interspersed with one to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkijbBY1QUA "Enterprising Young Men"]] from the ''Star Trek '09'' soundtrack. The latter plays during ''Enterprise'''s reveal in that movie while the former plays [[spoiler:during its destruction]] in this movie. |
| 126 | * DeadpanSnarker: Spock and [=McCoy=] spend much of the movie trading dry wisecracks. |
| 127 | * DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:''Enterprise'' gets her revenge on Kalara for luring her into Krall's trap, by way of Kirk firing all the ventral thrusters of the crashed saucer, flipping it over and [[NoKillLikeOverkill crushing her under the saucer's bulk]]]]. |
| 128 | * DeathByLookingUp: [[spoiler:Kalara getting squashed like a bug by the crashed saucer of ''Enterprise''.]] |
| 129 | * DeathNotification: After arriving at Starbase Yorktown, Spock is approached by two Vulcan elders who inform him [[spoiler:that Ambassador Spock has passed away]]. |
| 130 | * DeathOfAThousandCuts: [[spoiler:The ''Enterprise'']] gets destroyed by a massive swarm of fighter-sized ships that, if encountered individually, would've been negligible threats. |
| 131 | * DecliningPromotion: [[spoiler:Kirk in the end declines the promotion to admiralty he previously applied for. Like his prime universe counterpart, he now realizes he enjoys commanding a starship too much to give it up.]] Commodore Paris seems almost amused at this. |
| 132 | -->[[spoiler:'''Kirk:''' Vice Admirals don't fly, do they?]] |
| 133 | * {{Deconstruction}}: The design of the ''Enterprise'' herself suffers this -- literally. The nacelle pylons and the "neck" between the saucer and engineering hulls are obvious structural weaknesses, and Krall takes brutal advantage of that. |
| 134 | * {{Determinator}}: After being wounded by shrapnel during their crash-landing on Altamid, Spock spends the rest of the film making a valiant attempt to soldier on in spite of his injuries; once he is out of mortal danger, he insists on accompanying the away team to rescue Uhura and the rest of the crew, and volunteers to board one of the enemy vessels (with [=McCoy=] forced to tag along in both instances, much to his chagrin). |
| 135 | * DidYouThinkICantFeel: [=McCoy=] and Spock spend much of the movie together, doing their emotion/stoic classic banter. [=McCoy=] at one point says he thinks Spock hates him and Spock is taken aback, calling him [[FirstNameBasis Leonard]] and saying he thought it was clear he had the utmost respect for him. |
| 136 | * DiggingYourselfDeeper: Though most of the bridge crew have assembled on the USS ''Franklin'', almost every other ''Enterprise'' survivor is still imprisoned by Krall. Spock determines a novel method to locate them: |
| 137 | -->'''Spock:''' It is ''vokaya'', Mr. Chekov, a mineral unique to Vulcan which emits low-level radiation. ... Lt. Uhura wears a ''vokaya'' amulet which I presented to her as a token of my affection and respect.\ |
| 138 | '''[=McCoy=]:''' You gave your girlfriend radioactive jewelry.\ |
| 139 | '''Spock:''' The emission is harmless, doctor, but its unique signature makes it very easy to identify.\ |
| 140 | '''[=McCoy=]:''' ...You gave your girlfriend a ''TrackingDevice''.\ |
| 141 | '''Kirk, Chekov, Jaylah, Scotty''': (''{{reaction shot}}'')\ |
| 142 | '''Spock:''' (''{{beat}}'') ...[[ExplainExplainOhCrap That was not my intention]]. |
| 143 | * DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Manas and Krall.]] |
| 144 | * DistressedDude: Spock suffers a nearly fatal injury in an escape pod crash. [=McCoy=] is there to help, but Spock is incapacitated until they get their hands on actual medical supplies. |
| 145 | * DoABarrelRoll: The [[spoiler:''Enterprise''-A]] pulls one off at the end of the film. |
| 146 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Krall's rhetoric bears a strong resemblance to that of the Nazis, no doubt on purpose. This may be ironic [[spoiler:given that he turns out to be a black man.]] The good guys get this too, oddly, with Scotty illustrating Federation doctrine that strength comes from unity with the "fasces" symbol (a bundle of sticks is stronger than one) that was used by the Italian Fascists and inspired their name (of course, they are hardly the only ones who said this).[[note]]The actual Nazis and Fascists said both things, in fact. Struggle was good between nations or races, but unity was also a strength within as well. The Italian Fascists actually took the fasces analogy from the Roman Empire, who used it to represent the unity of the many different nationalities under the Imperial government, much like the many species and planets united under the Federation.[[/note]] |
| 147 | * DroppedABridgeOnHer: Literally, even. [[spoiler:The bridge of the ''Enterprise'' is dropped on Kalara, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill along with the entire rest of the saucer section]].]] |
| 148 | * DutchAngle: Extensively used in scenes set in the crippled and crashed ''Enterprise''. |
| 149 | * EmotionsVersusStoicism: A natural consequence of [[TheMcCoy McCoy]] and [[TheSpock Spock]] being paired together during the PartyScattering. |
| 150 | * EmptyChairMemorial: When pouring a drink for himself and Kirk, [=McCoy=] also pours a glass in memory of Kirk's father. |
| 151 | * EscapePod: The surviving crew abandons the ship in escape pods, which are quickly grabbed by Krall's fighters and brought to his base. |
| 152 | * EurekaMoment: When they argue the hive's ZergRush could be disrupted with a "loud and distracting" signal, Scotty suddenly recalls something he called that, and asks Jaylah to provide some music for their attack. |
| 153 | * EvilOverlooker: The poster, although the colors cover most of Krall's face. [[http://www.monstersandcritics.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Y5A6624.jpg The graffiti version makes it clearer]]. |
| 154 | * ExplainExplainOhCrap: Spock's reaction as he remembers Uhura's necklace and [=McCoy=] points out the implications of his explanation. |
| 155 | -->'''[=McCoy=]:''' You gave your girlfriend a ''TrackingDevice''?\ |
| 156 | '''Spock:''' ''[beat]'' That was not my intention. |
| 157 | * {{Expy}}: |
| 158 | ** Krall's MechaMooks are rather similar to [[Franchise/MassEffect the Geth]]; both are a group of alien-created robots led by an organic being [[spoiler:who happens to be a fanatical rogue agent of the respective series' main peacekeeping organization]]. |
| 159 | ** After TheReveal, [[spoiler:Krall is clearly one for Pinbacker in ''Film/{{Sunshine}}'', down to the video logs]]. |
| 160 | * FailsafeFailure: The last failsafe lever on Yorktown's atmosphere processing system refuses to work like the others did, forcing Kirk to tug at it until it finally comes free at the proper dramatic moment. Plus, the system has all kinds of elaborate safeguards to prevent anyone from tampering with it via the network -- but a person can simply take an elevator to the roof of the building it's on and release a bio-weapon with ease even as people in the command center struggle to overcome the security protocols to try to stop them. |
| 161 | * FanserviceExtra: Not to the extent of the previous films, but a RecurringExtra female Orion crew member who never gets any dialogue is wearing nothing but a nightgown during her only notable scene, where she kicks Chekhov out of her cabin. |
| 162 | * FatalFamilyPhoto: |
| 163 | ** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Sulu, who has a photo of his [[Film/StarTrekGenerations daughter]] on his console on the bridge, yet survives the adventure, [[spoiler:though at one point Krall threatens to kill him]]. His daughter herself, his husband, and all other inhabitants of Starbase Yorktown, [[spoiler:are at risk of being killed by the Abronath when Krall attacks]]. |
| 164 | ** And then there is the photo of [[spoiler:the original TOS crew, his "family"]], that young Spock finds among the personal items he inherited from the recently deceased Spock Prime. He likely died of old age though, and may have already outlived most, if not all of them. |
| 165 | * FlatWhat: Kirk's response to the Teenaxi Delegation's final logical descent to "They want to eat us!" |
| 166 | * ForcedFriendlyFire: Uhura, in the course of beating down one of Krall's mooks, uses his gun to blast another when she's on the way to help Kirk separate the ''Enterprise'' saucer from the remains of the engineering section. |
| 167 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: |
| 168 | ** The movie opens with tiny aliens trying to rip Kirk to pieces. Later, tiny swarm ships succeed in ripping the ''Enterprise'' to pieces. |
| 169 | ** When Kalara first approaches Yorktown, her incoming video feed glitches, [[spoiler:causing her to briefly resemble Krall, as a hint that they're on the same side]]. She also [[spoiler:briefly appears more humanoid in other glitched shots of the video, possibly hinting at her and Krall's true origins]]. |
| 170 | ** When Spock mentions to [=McCoy=] about [[spoiler:his plan to return to New Vulcan after Ambassador Spock's death]], he also says that he hasn't told Kirk about it as he hasn't had the time. [=McCoy=] mentions his belief that Kirk would not like it, saying, "he wouldn't know what to do without you" to Spock. In the climax, [=McCoy=] and Spock rescue Kirk from falling through the hatch into space. [[spoiler:Promptly, Kirk thanks Spock with, "What would I do without you, Spock?"]] |
| 171 | ** When Kirk volunteers the ''Enterprise'' to go on the rescue mission as it has the best sensors, Commodore Paris mentions that the only other ship with better sensors is not fully built yet, [[spoiler:foreshadowing the ''Enterprise''-A]]. |
| 172 | ** Immediately after Spock stores the MacGuffin in the ''Enterprise'' archives, [[spoiler:the archive computer readout momentarily blurs; revealed later that Krall was searching for the artifact by hacking into the Federation's computers]]. |
| 173 | ** Krall's [[spoiler:origin as a human]] is repeatedly hinted at: |
| 174 | *** He refuses to say where he learned to speak [[spoiler:English. Nor does he ever name his people, or homeworld]]. |
| 175 | *** He's familiar enough with Federation tech to [[spoiler:hijack one of their probes' signal]]. |
| 176 | *** His calling the USS ''Franklin'' "Old Friend" has the viewer assuming he's referring to Kirk. [[spoiler:He's actually referring to his old ship.]] |
| 177 | *** Upon seeing Starbase Yorktown, he exclaims, [[spoiler:"Look how far they've come," hinting that he was around when the Federation started]]. |
| 178 | *** His sucking the life of captives and how it changes his appearance to one more smooth-skinned and human-appearing [[spoiler:hints that he's not what he appears]]. |
| 179 | *** His wardrobe has a similar pattern to [[spoiler:NX-01 ''Enterprise''-era uniforms]]. |
| 180 | * ForgottenPhlebotinum: [[Film/StarTrek2009 Transwarp beaming]] and [[Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness using augment blood to cure death]] aren't even mentioned. However, three years have passed since the end of ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', so it's possible the technology has been somehow lost in the interim. Transwarp beaming in particular would be a StoryBreakerPower in ''Beyond''. If the crew could use it to return to Starbase Yorktown without a ship, then there would be no need for Jaylah or the ''Franklin'' to play any role in the story. |
| 181 | * FourLinesAllWaiting: As detailed below on PartyScattering, once the ''Enterprise'' crashes there are four groups: Kirk and Chekov keeping their eyes on Kalara; Spock and [=McCoy=]; Scotty (who meets Jaylah); and Sulu, Uhura, and the rest of the surviving crew (who are captured by Krall). Then it's reduced by Kirk reuniting with Scotty, the latter managing to beam up [=McCoy=] and Spock, and ultimately the captive crew being rescued. |
| 182 | * FreezeFrameBonus: [[MauveShirt Hendorff]], the big burly RedShirt who appeared in the previous two movies [[note]] He's the guy in the bar scene in ''Star Trek'' who insults Kirk by calling him "cupcake", and then appears on the away mission to Q'onos in ''Into Darkness'' [[/note]] can be seen walking directly behind Keenser when the enterprise prisoners are being herded onto Krall's base. |
| 183 | * FromBadToWorse: The crew escape the wrecked ''Enterprise'', only to end up as prisoners on an alien planet where EverythingIsTryingToKillYou. |
| 184 | * FutureMusic: Music/BeastieBoys are now considered "classical". Ironically, Scotty doesn't like Music/PublicEnemy because it's "''too'' old-fashioned." |
| 185 | [[/folder]] |
| 186 | |
| 187 | [[folder:Tropes G-O]] |
| 188 | * GaleForceSound: Taken to the LogicalExtreme: both [[spoiler:the ''Franklin'' and Starbase Yorktown, using "Sabotage" by Music/BeastieBoys]]. While not 100% accurate, as they use [[spoiler:the music broadcasted over VHF frequencies]], the editing makes it look like this (provided you forget about SoundInSpace). Works exceptionally well in case of [[spoiler:Yorktown, the activation of its powerful transmitters being synced to the MetalScream in the song]]. |
| 189 | * GoingDownWithTheShip: Kirk is the last person to leave the ''Enterprise'', though he doesn't crash with it. |
| 190 | * GoMadFromTheIsolation: Krall is actually [[spoiler:a Starfleet captain]] who crashed on the planet a hundred years ago. He and two others ended up as the only surviving crew. After waiting most of his life to be rescued, he grew resentful of [[spoiler:the Federation, and after finding advanced mining drones on the planet to be a formidable fleet, in his last official CaptainsLog he swore revenge]]. |
| 191 | * GotVolunteered: When Spock volunteers to commandeer one of the swarm ships, Kirk shoots him down because Spock is still injured. Spock compromises by suggesting someone also familiar with the swarm ship and his injuries join him. Cut to Bones giving Spock hell for the idea. |
| 192 | * GravityScrew: Because of the design of Starbase Yorktown, the ArtificialGravity fields create areas where one can fly on gravity slipstreams, such as during the InterestingSituationDuel between Kirk and [[spoiler:Edison]]. |
| 193 | * GunshipRescue: Sulu and Uhura attempt this when stranded on Krall's base by attempting to send a distress beacon to Starfleet. [[spoiler:Krall expected this, and actually skewed their location coordinates so any attempts at this trope would end up in the nebula, making them easy targets for Krall's fleet.]] |
| 194 | * HappilyMarried: Hikaru Sulu. He has a husband and young daughter. |
| 195 | * HellBentForLeather: The survival uniforms worn by Kirk and Chekov -- which sensibly lack rank insignia (given that they're survival gear, who wears them is a matter of who happens to get in that escape pod, and picking out senior officers in a situation where they may be evading and escaping from enemy territory would only tell the enemy who their high-value captives are) -- have, as standard issue, a leather jacket (it's grey and dark blue, however, not black). |
| 196 | * HeroicSacrifice: During the ''Enterprise's'' fall, Uhura completes the saucer separation, leaving herself to be captured by Krall. |
| 197 | * HistoryRepeats: Just like his father, Jim Kirk is helpless to save his ship from an overwhelming enemy force, managing only to buy time for the survivors to evacuate. The ''Enterprise'' even closely resembles the USS ''Kelvin'' after her nacelles are blown off by the swarm. He does manage to escape before his ship's final destruction, however. |
| 198 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Krall is killed by the superweapon he's spent all this time seeking.]] |
| 199 | * HollywoodTactics: Par for the course with ''Franchise/StarTrek'' when the ''Enterprise'' [[spoiler:and later Starbase Yorktown]] use photon torpedoes against the swarm, which is ineffective because the swarm simply makes a hole for them to pass through. Photon torpedoes are consistently described as simply being matter/antimatter missiles, and even on Earth, explosive weapons don't need a direct hit to inflict damage: proximity detonation of the torpedoes would have inflicted significant casualties, if not ended the battle before the ''Enterprise'' was even boarded. (Partially handwaved when it's stated the torpedoes can't track the enemy, it's possible they could not even detect the targets for a proximity detonation.) |
| 200 | * HopeSpot: In the final battle between Krall and Kirk, [[spoiler:Krall sees his mostly human reflection in a shard of glass. After briefly pondering helping Kirk stop the bioweapon, he grabs the shard and tries to kill Kirk. Kirk kills him about 30 seconds later.]] |
| 201 | * ICanStillFight: In spite of his various injuries, [[spoiler:Spock keeps going on and surviving various away missions]]. |
| 202 | * IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:Kirk and Spock]] are seriously considering leaving the ''Enterprise'' to pursue other interests at the start of the film, but they eventually change their minds. |
| 203 | * ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: During the battle at Yorktown, Spock and [=McCoy=] are beamed onto one of Krall's ships to gather intelligence. What [=McCoy=] isn't this time is a RiddleForTheAges[[note]]Assuming [=McCoy=] wasn't actually going to [[CurseCutShort curse a certain F-word]], the likely completion of the phrase would be "fighter pilot", given what Kirk was asking [=McCoy=] to do[[/note]]: |
| 204 | -->'''[=McCoy=]:''' Damn it, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a [[CurseCutShort f]]-- ''[is beamed out]'' |
| 205 | * ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: {{Justified|Trope}}. Krall's troops are actually [[spoiler:re-purposed mining robots left behind by the former occupants of Altamid]]. |
| 206 | * InappropriatelyCloseComrades: As well as the ongoing Spock[=/=]Uhura, Kirk's "Captain's Log" section at the beginning describes the open formation and breaking up of sexual relationships among crew members as just something that happens on a long space mission. |
| 207 | * InertiaIsACruelMistress: Like Kirk and Sulu in the '09 film, Kirk and Jaylah are beamed out while in midair, and land hard. |
| 208 | * InSpiteOfANail: The ''Enterprise'' is wrecked over an alien planet, much like in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock''. [[spoiler:And like in ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'', the crew later take command of the ''Enterprise''-A.]] |
| 209 | * InterestingSituationDuel: |
| 210 | ** A battle with MechaMooks inside the ''Enterprise'' while it's being torn apart by the Swarm. |
| 211 | ** Kirk exchanging phaser fire with pursuers while sliding down the saucer section. |
| 212 | ** Kirk's final battle with Krall in the variable-gravity centre of Yorktown. |
| 213 | * InvisibilityFlicker: The holo-camouflage hiding the ''Franklin''. |
| 214 | * ItHasBeenAnHonor: When Spock sees Krall's mooks converge upon them, he delivers a typically Vulcan variation on this trope to [=McCoy=], right after [=McCoy=] quips, "And here I was thinking you cared." |
| 215 | -->'''Spock:''' Of course I care, Leonard. I always assumed my respect for you was clear. |
| 216 | * ItsNotYouItsMe: Uhura's reason for breaking things off with Spock early in the movie. Lampshaded by [=McCoy=]: |
| 217 | -->'''[=McCoy=]:''' When an Earth girl says, "It's not you, it's me," it's definitely you. |
| 218 | * IWillOnlySlowYouDown: Spock says this to [=McCoy=] when they leave the cave: |
| 219 | -->'''Spock:''' Leaving me behind will significantly increase your chances of survival, Doctor.\ |
| 220 | '''[=McCoy=]:''' Well, that's damn chivalrous of you, but completely out of the question.\ |
| 221 | '''Spock:''' It is imperative that you locate any surviving crew.\ |
| 222 | '''[=McCoy=]:''' And here I was thinking you cared. |
| 223 | * KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Krall is killed by the very Abronath device he slaughtered thousands to obtain. In a more poetic sense, he is devoured by a cloud or "swarm" of particles that disintegrate bio-matter on contact much like how he led a swarm to destroy the USS ''Enterprise'' above Altamid.]] |
| 224 | ** [[spoiler: Kalara lured the crew of the ''Enterprise'' to be ambushed by Krall's swarm leading to the ship's untimely destruction. Later, Kirk and Chekov activate the thrusters of the downed saucer section causing it to flip and crush her.]] |
| 225 | * KeystoneArmy: Krall's lethally swift and highly coordinated swarm of hive-minded drones are easily disrupted and defeated [[spoiler:by jamming their control signal with "Sabotage" by Music/BeastieBoys]]. |
| 226 | * KirkSummation: Given by ([[TropeNamer who else?]]) Kirk to Krall in the final act, trying to appeal to his [[spoiler:former loyalty to Starfleet and humanity]] and his better nature. Krall responds with ShutUpKirk, leading to the final fight. |
| 227 | * KlingonsLoveShakespeare: |
| 228 | ** Jaylah quite enjoys the "beats and shouting" of "classical" human rock music. Scotty, not so much. |
| 229 | ** Likewise, Spock has no problem quoting Shakespeare, to [=McCoy's=] annoyance. He also apparently has no problem with Music/BeastieBoys. |
| 230 | * LaymansTerms: While the crew attempt to figure out a way to [[spoiler:stop Krall's attack on Yorktown]], Spock comes up with an idea and starts going into a {{Technobabble}}-laden explanation, which annoys Kirk and he tells Spock to cut to the chase. Uhura helpfully translates in Spock's place. |
| 231 | -->'''Uhura:''' What's he saying is if we can disorient the swarm, we can kick its ass!\ |
| 232 | '''Spock:''' Precisely. |
| 233 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Kirk's log mentions that the last three years seem to have been of "[[Recap/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries episodic]]" nature. |
| 234 | * LegacyVesselNaming: The more advanced ship being constructed by the Federation is [[spoiler:christened the USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-'''A''') at the end, after the ''Enterprise'' is destroyed in the film]]. |
| 235 | * LighterAndSofter: Despite its heavy action content, the film is much lighter in tone than the two earlier Reboot films. Kirk is less abrasive and arrogant and closer to his purely heroic original-universe persona, the depiction of the Federation and Starfleet is much closer to Roddenberry-esque utopianism, and [[spoiler:in contrast to the InferredHolocaust of the climaxes of the earlier films, Krall's attack on Starbase Yorktown is foiled before it becomes a mass civilian casualty incident]]. |
| 236 | * LightningBruiser: The "bees". The swarm is made of thousands of incredibly fast ships that simply dodge any attacks they come across, and they're sturdy enough to go ''through'' the ''Enterprise'' without being damaged, but they have no offensive weapons like phasers or torpedoes and are reliant on their communications network to coordinate attacks. |
| 237 | * LimitedWardrobe: While recording his CaptainsLog, Kirk opens his wardrobe and looks at the identical uniform shirts. |
| 238 | * LiteralCliffhanger: Scotty's torpedo topples into a ravine as he makes a futile leap for the ledge... then we see he's managed to grab on lower down. |
| 239 | * LooksLikeOrlok: Idris Elba's BigBad character Krall has pointy ears, sharp teeth, and angular features. |
| 240 | * MeaningfulEcho: During Kirk's meeting with Commodore Paris at the beginning, they discuss Kirk's doubts about his suitability for his current role, and she says that in space, "it's easier than you think to get lost." During their meeting at the end, they discuss what Kirk has learned about what happened to the crew of the ''Franklin'' after they were stranded on Altamid, and Kirk says their captain wasn't a bad man, he just got lost. |
| 241 | * MechaMooks: The foot soldiers and pilots of the Swarm are revealed to be this, with Krall's only living henchmen being Manas [[spoiler:and Kalara]]. |
| 242 | * MildlyMilitary: Kirk puts in for a promotion from Captain to Vice Admiral. In most navies, the rank of Rear Admiral is between Captain and Vice Admiral. (And promotions are awarded, not applied for.) Of course, [[JustifiedTrope Starfleet isn't a military organization]]. |
| 243 | * MisfitMobilizationMoment: |
| 244 | -->'''Jaylah:''' You take my house... and you make it ''fly.'' |
| 245 | * MistakenForName: After Jaylah and Scotty introduce themselves to each other, Jaylah calls Scotty by his full name. He tells her that she can call him "Scotty." Jaylah then proceeds to address him as "Montgomery Scotty" throughout the film. |
| 246 | * ModelPlanning: Kirk and his officers plan their attack on Krall's base and the rescue of their crew using parts from the spaceship they're trying to repair. |
| 247 | * MythologyGag: Considering the size of the franchise -- more than enough for [[MythologyGag/StarTrekBeyond a separate page]]. |
| 248 | * NearVillainVictory: Even after [[spoiler:his swarm fleet is destroyed, Krall manages to sneak his way to the top of the central building inside Starbase Yorktown and almost succeeds in distributing his bioweapon throughout the station's ventilation system, which would kill everyone on board. Kirk barely manages to prevent it by ejecting both Krall and the weapon out the airlock just in time -- and almost goes with them.]] |
| 249 | * NeglectfulPrecursors: The original inhabitants of Krall's planet. They departed long ago and left behind all kinds of dangerous technology including a [[TheSwarm fleet of swarm ships that can tear a starship to pieces]], BioAugmentation technology that can extend life and enhance the body, and half of a PhlebotinumBomb that kills life on a potentially massive scale. |
| 250 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Spock can be seen bobbing his head slightly to Beastie Boys. |
| 251 | * OffscreenAirplanePullup: Because the ''Franklin'' wasn't designed with atmospheric flight in mind, the ship can't take off from its cliffside perch, and has to fall down said cliff to pick up enough speed for the thrusters to provide lift. Right as it reaches the bottom of the cliff, you see the ship nose-up like it's trying to pull up, but it keeps falling straight down regardless and falls out of view. A few seconds later, the ship races overhead as if atmospheric flight was trivial. |
| 252 | * OffWithHisHead: The ''Enterprise's'' saucer section is sliced away from the stardrive section. |
| 253 | -->'''Krall:''' Cut its throat. |
| 254 | * OlderIsBetter: The ''Franklin'' is inferior in virtually every way to a modern starship, but its outdated hull plating makes it more resistant to Krall's fighters than newer ships which rely on shielding that Krall's fighters can ignore. This is probably as close as starships get to TruthInTelevision, considering that WWII-era warships had thick armor to protect them, whereas modern warships rely more on advanced defensive weaponry. |
| 255 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: |
| 256 | ** Spock is injured, and [=McCoy=] does emergency surgery on him, following it with an attempt to make things lighter with a joke. Spock ''starts laughing'' in response. [=McCoy=] correctly deduces that Spock's lost a significant amount of blood due to the injury, and is delirious. |
| 257 | ** While previously shown to be gregarious and forceful, the movie opens with Captain Kirk feeling isolated and lacking purpose. |
| 258 | * OutdatedHeroVsImprovedSociety: Krall, a.k.a. [[spoiler:Captain Balthazar Edison]], was a former hero of [[spoiler:the Romulan and Xindi Wars. When Starfleet was formed and the Federation preferred peace and cooperation between alien species rather than waging wars, Edison found out the hard way that he could not adapt to the new society. That, coupled with being abandoned in uncharted territories by the society he once proudly served, was the final straw that drove him mad and caused him to swear vengeance.]] |
| 259 | * OutrunTheFireball: Done by Kirk and Chekov once the captain shoots at the crashed ''Enterprise'''s fuel compartment. |
| 260 | * OutsideContextProblem: |
| 261 | ** Krall's fleet of swarm ships. They're too numerous for phasers to destroy many of them, they're too small and nimble for torpedoes to lock onto them, and they have tech that lets them pass straight through shields. They behave in much the same way as [[PiranhaProblem piranhas in movies do]], and can destroy a starship in minutes. |
| 262 | ** The swarm ends up on the receiving end when the ''Franklin'' gets involved, as it not only has a means to disable the swarm's coordination (getting VHF on a high-tech starship is trivial when the ship has a 20th-century "boombox" stereo on board), but since it uses armor instead of shields for defense, the biggest chunk of damage it takes in the film[[note]]not counting the wear-and-tear that sitting on a cliff for 100 years must have done to it[[/note]] is when [[BarrierBustingBlow ramming a bulkhead]], which would obliterate a more "modern" ship like the ''Enterprise'', does [[ScratchDamage cosmetic]] damage to the ''Franklin''. |
| 263 | ** The aforementioned boombox is itself an OCP, as it's not very likely you'd find one that far into the future when they're already ancient by 21st-century standards. |
| 264 | [[/folder]] |
| 265 | |
| 266 | [[folder:Tropes P-Z]] |
| 267 | * PartyScattering: The crew of the ''Enterprise'' are split up once they land on Altamid. Scotty's escape pod lands him near Jaylah; [=McCoy=] and Spock (who were piloting an enemy ship) crash land in a mountainous river region; Sulu, Uhura, and the rest of the crew end up in Krall's base; and Kirk and Chekov (who left the ''Enterprise'' last) end up in a forest region near the ''Enterprise''[='s=] crashed saucer. |
| 268 | * PercussiveMaintenance: [[PlayingWithATrope Played for Laughs]] during Kirk's opening log by Scotty and Keenser trying to fix a device. Keenser whacks it as the scene closes with unknown results. |
| 269 | * PersonalEffectsReveal: [[spoiler:Spock receives Ambassador Spock's possessions, which include a portrait of the TOS Prime crew.]] |
| 270 | * ThePeterPrinciple: Kirk was starting to get exhausted with the deep space exploration and being gone from anything related to Earth in years. For this reason he was considering a promotion to Admiral, but at the end of the film decides against it because he knew once he did he would miss the adventure of being a Captain. Kirk accepting promotion and hating it was a major character point in the original films, as Admiral Kirk became a bureaucrat and was told by both Spock and [=McCoy=] that commanding a starship is what he is best at (his demotion back to Captain was gladly received). |
| 271 | * PlanetSpaceship: Starbase Yorktown is less a conventional starbase and more a small artificial planet that just happens to double as one. It's big enough to hold millions of inhabitants in rings along the edges. |
| 272 | * PoweredByAForsakenChild: Krall has managed to stay alive for "many lifetimes" thanks to technology that harvests the energy of the people he captures, to make himself younger. [[spoiler:This technology has mutated his human form so that he resembles those he's feeding off.]] |
| 273 | * ThePowerOfFriendship: Krall spends the entire film sneering that the Federation's objective of peace and cooperation makes them weak. |
| 274 | * ThePowerOfRock: Spock comes up with the idea of using radio jamming to disorient Krall's fleet, but they need a signal to broadcast. [[spoiler:Cue Music/BeastieBoys.]] Judging from the reactions of the characters, the music itself is broadcast on the ship and Yorktown as well. (The trope's best shown as the biggest explosion occurs right at a MetalScream.) |
| 275 | * PreAsskickingOneLiner: Just before unleashing ThePowerOfRock, Kirk can't quite resist the temptation. |
| 276 | -->'''Kirk:''' Let's make some noise. |
| 277 | * RagnarokProofing: The USS ''Franklin'' seemingly crashed on the planet about 80 years ago and is expressly said not to be built for atmospheric travel. But with some hand-built repairs, the crew is able to get it back into decent condition and, with aid from a freefall, use it to escape the planet. It's not the first time in the franchise the Federation has made use of an 80+ year-old starship. It also helps that Jayla's been living in it since she was young; Scotty mentions she's done a number of repairs herself over time. |
| 278 | * RammingAlwaysWorks: |
| 279 | ** The antagonistic aliens assault the ''Enterprise'' by [[ZergRush swarming the ship with thousands of smaller craft]] that cause [[ExplosiveDecompression hull breaches]] wherever possible. When flying in formation, they're able to slice the nacelles right off, and separate the saucer from the engineering section a few minutes later. |
| 280 | ** This backfires on Krall at the end. In order to intercept his remaining swarm fighters in Yorktown, Kirk has the ''Franklin'' burst from a pool that the ships are travelling over, causing all three to embed themselves in the ''Franklin's'' armored saucer (it's an older model which doesn't have shields). |
| 281 | * RedShirt: |
| 282 | ** [[TropeCodifier The original red shirts]] are given the traditional treatment when Krall boards the ''Enterprise''. In this case [[JustifiedTrope it's fully justified]]; their shipboard function is to repel hostile boarders, and they are intentionally putting themselves in harm's way to protect the rest of the crew. They also manage to put up a decent fight, [[CurbStompBattle but it's a one-sided battle from the get-go]]. |
| 283 | ** In a somewhat meta twist, blue-shirted individuals play the traditional role more frequently: |
| 284 | *** The two who accompany Kirk during his first tussle with Krall are never named and don't last five seconds, although they do aid in taking down Krall's own mooks in turn. |
| 285 | *** When the boarders storm the bridge, a handful of blue-shirts soak up the fire, leaving the main cast unscathed. |
| 286 | *** Poor [[spoiler:Ensign Syl]] is slaughtered for no other reason than to showcase Krall's ultimate weapon. |
| 287 | *** A redshirt ''and'' a blueshirt are sacrificed to Krall's life-draining machine when he demonstrates it to Sulu and Uhura. In a cruel twist, Simon Pegg mentioned that these are Robert Tomlinson and Angela Martine, the couple MarriedAtSea in the Prime Timeline episodes ''TOS'': "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E14BalanceOfTerror Balance of Terror]]" and '''SNW'': "[[Recap/StarTrekStrangeNewWorldsS1E10AQualityOfMercy A Quality of Mercy]]." One of them dies in those episodes. |
| 288 | ** And like the second film, where he was involved in a [[DefiedTrope defiance]] of this trope, Hendorff again survives the film's events. In this case, the trope is merely averted for him. |
| 289 | * RetroUpgrade: Kirk's crew manage to replace damaged parts of the ''Franklin'' with what little they could salvage from the ''Enterprise''. |
| 290 | * TheReveal: Looking at some video logs (while doing some RewindReplayRepeat), Uhura finally figures out that [[spoiler:Krall WasOnceAMan, and even more, a Starfleet captain. Notably, she spots or rather ''hears'' the resemblance due to the way Krall and Captain Edison pronounce the word "frontier."]] |
| 291 | * RuleOfCool: Why does the swarm turn to engulf the ''Franklin'' in a ''literal'' oceanic-style wave? Why does Kirk's frequency attack use a Beastie Boys song? Because it's '''awesome.''' |
| 292 | * RuleOfThree: |
| 293 | ** Franchise-wide, played with. [[spoiler:After two previous films where Kirk gets his butt kicked by aliens/enhanced humans, he ''finally'' wins a fight against one of them.]] |
| 294 | ** Kelvin Universe-wise, this movie showcases the third time a starship has "breached" something it's typically not supposed to. The first movie had the ''Enterprise'' breach the clouds of Titan as a signature scene, ''Into Darkness'' had it breaching high-rise clouds on Earth after a narrowly avoided burn-up, and here we have [[spoiler:the ''Franklin'' breaching the water of a large pool, just in time to blockade all remaining enemy craft, including the BigBad's]]. |
| 295 | * RussianReversal: Actually a plot point: [[spoiler:Uhura's CunningLinguist ears are able to recognize the similarity in Krall's line to a recording of USS ''Franklin'''s missing CO, Captain Balthazar Edison, cluing her in that they're the same person.]] |
| 296 | -->'''Krall:''' The Federation has pushed the frontier for centuries. But no longer. This is where it begins, Lieutenant [Uhura]. This is where the frontier pushes ''back''. |
| 297 | * SavedByThePlatformBelow: Scotty's escape pod comes to a hold [[TeeteringOnTheEdge above a cliff's edge]]. When he exits, the pod drops into the abyss with Scotty following shortly after. Then the camera pans beyond the edge to show that he actually managed to hold on to a ledge just below. |
| 298 | * SceneryGorn: The ''Enterprise'' is again turned into an impressively detailed burning wreck of broken metal. |
| 299 | * SceneryPorn: The ''Enterprise'' entering Yorktown, which is absolutely ''stunning'' in its scope. A snowglobe in space, as [=McCoy=] describes it, containing cities in rings around the edges. |
| 300 | * SequelEscalation: The amount of damage done to the ''Enterprise'' goes up once again. |
| 301 | ** In [[Film/StarTrek2009 the first film]], the ship, albeit damaged, remained operative through the end. |
| 302 | ** In [[Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness the second]], the ship almost crashed after taking severe damage and had to be repaired so she could fly again at the end. |
| 303 | ** In this one, the ship finally gets completely wrecked beyond repair. |
| 304 | * ShiningCity: Yorktown, even filmed in one of the few cities on Earth that look futuristic, Dubai. |
| 305 | * ShootingTheSwarm: The ''Enterprise'' firing her phasers at Krall's swarm. It does little to no good. |
| 306 | * ShoutOut: |
| 307 | ** The central MacGuffin is [[spoiler:a bioweapon, over which its creators could not maintain control]]. It looks exactly like a Manga/{{Guyver}} unit. |
| 308 | ** The backstory of [[spoiler:Krall's time on the planet Altamid]] is one to ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''. |
| 309 | ** The plan at the end involves [[spoiler:stealing an enemy ship and using it to introduce a disrupting signal that will help eliminate the alien fleet.]] Perhaps Kirk had just rewatched ''Film/IndependenceDay''. |
| 310 | ** The plan at the end can also be seen as [[spoiler:an allusion to ''Film/TheLostBoys'' or ''Film/MarsAttacks'' [[MemeticMutation "Death by stereo."]]]] |
| 311 | ** The armor Krall's soldiers wear strongly resembles the Covenant Elites' armor in ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}''. |
| 312 | ** Yorktown's design brings to mind the space station/cityscape of ''Film/{{Elysium}}'', on a more massive scale. |
| 313 | ** Ensign Syl's cranium strongly resembles the facehuggers from the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' films, and she shares the name of the ''Film/{{Species}}'' femalien ("Sil") -- both [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong similar-typed aliens]] with H.R. Giger designs. |
| 314 | ** The name of the ''Franklin'' suggests that somebody at Starfleet made a very fate-tempting choice, as it refers to the English explorer Sir John Franklin, whose last expedition also [[spoiler:[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition went too far out]] and did some very dubious things in a vain attempt to survive]]. |
| 315 | ** One of Jaylah's traps ([[spoiler:the one Kirk and Chekov get caught in]]) is essentially the Amber gas from ''Series/{{Fringe}}''. |
| 316 | ** You can tell Creator/SimonPegg co-wrote this film, with his classic [[Series/{{Spaced}} "Skip to the End"]] line lurking in the script. |
| 317 | ** [=McCoy=] refers to the ''Franklin'''s medical systems as "from the Dark Ages". He has similar sentiment of 20th century medicine in ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' after coming across an elderly hospital patient on dialysis. |
| 318 | ** The motorcycle ridden by Kirk is a Hilts [=PX70=] -- the manufacturer being the name of Creator/SteveMcQueen's character in ''Film/TheGreatEscape'', who famously tries to evade Nazis using a bike (while ironically, the one in this movie is used to ''enter'' a prison). |
| 319 | * SingleBiomePlanet: Averted. Altamid has a wide variety of environments ranging from dense forests to arid wastes to craggy mountains. |
| 320 | * SinkTheLifeBoats: Subverted when the Swarm snatch the lifepods as they eject, as Krall needs them to maintain his youth. |
| 321 | * SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Kalara, for thinking that Kirk wasn't onto her]] after leading the ''Enterprise'' into a trap that saw it destroyed. |
| 322 | * TheSocialDarwinist: Krall believes that struggle makes you strong, and loathes the Federation's ideal that strength comes from unity, though his people seem [[{{Hypocrite}} pretty united themselves]]. |
| 323 | * SophisticatedAsHell: Spock of all people pulls one as [=McCoy=] attempts to cauterize his wounds and suggests that the pain would be less severe if Spock did not expect it: |
| 324 | -->'''Spock:''' If I may adopt a parlance with which you are familiar, I can confirm your theory to be [[PrecisionFStrike horseshit]]. |
| 325 | * SpaceClothes: Played with. Aboard ship, the crew all wear the regular Starfleet uniform, but after they're stranded dirtside following the ''Enterprise'''s destruction, Kirk and Chekov change into uniforms more practical for field duty, featuring knee pads, boots, and a heavy coat. (Spock, [=McCoy=], and Scotty leave the ship by means other than the escape pods and so don't have field uniforms on hand, and the rest of the crew is captured without the chance to change clothes.) |
| 326 | * SpaceMadness: |
| 327 | ** A downplayed version; after three years in deep space, Kirk is losing his sense of purpose. |
| 328 | --->'''Commodore Paris:''' There's no relative direction in the vastness of space. There's only yourself, your ship, your crew. It's easier than you think to get lost. |
| 329 | ** A more straight version would be Krall, whose sociopathy is borne out of being marooned on a desolate planet and feeling that [[spoiler:the Federation has abandoned him]]. |
| 330 | * SpaceStation: Starbase Yorktown, which is a large globe containing the equivalent of several cities floating in space. |
| 331 | * SpectacularSpinning: Krall's armor has a shoulder disc that spins for no reason other than to look awesome. |
| 332 | * StatingTheSimpleSolution: Upon seeing Starbase Yorktown for the first time, [=McCoy=] suggests that [[BoringButPractical it would've made far better sense to just rent out space on a planet instead]]. [[JustifiedTrope Spock says the decision was political]]: the Federation government apparently didn't want to show favoritism to any particular member planet, so they put it in deep space. |
| 333 | * StealthHiBye: |
| 334 | ** Spock gets unexpectedly beamed up while he and [=McCoy=] are both surrounded by hostile alien gunships. |
| 335 | ** When Kirk rides into Krall's base, Krall tries to shoot him down, allowing Uhura to slip away from captivity. |
| 336 | --->'''Krall:''' ''[to Manas]'' Where is she? |
| 337 | * StealthPun: |
| 338 | ** When Chekhov reports that Krall's swarm is forming an attack wave, it's shown resembling a massive tsunami wave coming at them. |
| 339 | ** The signal used to disrupt Krall's swarm ships? [[spoiler:[[Music/BeastieBoys "Sabotage"]]!]] |
| 340 | * StockScream: There's a Wilhelm scream when a RedShirt suffers a RailingKill in the initial battle. |
| 341 | * StraightGay: Hikaru Sulu is gay, in honor of his original actor Creator/GeorgeTakei, and he and his husband have a young child. |
| 342 | * StrangerInAFamiliarLand: Krall, born [[spoiler:Captain Balthazar Edison. A MACO and a combat veteran of the [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Xindi and Romulan conflicts]], Edison helped win the war for Earth, only for Earth to disband his entire organization during the formation of the Federation and merge its personnel with the only MildlyMilitary Starfleet. They gave him a ship and turned him into an explorer.]] Even before his obvious madness and belief that he was abandoned, it's not hard to imagine he harbored some resentment over it. |
| 343 | * StackedCharactersPoster: The movie poster depicts the main characters in a pillar from bottom right to top left. |
| 344 | * SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: Of all things, the USS ''Enterprise''. She's attacked and ripped apart by a ZergRush about a quarter of the way into the film. |
| 345 | * SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids: Krall's swarm of starship-killing drones were apparently originally built as ''mining robots''. |
| 346 | * SurpriseParty: Early in the film, Kirk and [=McCoy=] celebrate Kirk's birthday in a low-key manner a few days early because he doesn't really like to celebrate on his birthday, what with it being the day his father died. At the end of the film, however, [=McCoy=] ends up hosting a large surprise party on Yorktown with the surviving ''Enterprise'' crew. |
| 347 | * TakeBackYourGift: Uhura attempts to return a necklace Spock had previously given her (as it's a family heirloom). He refuses, saying that it is not the Vulcan custom. [[ChekhovsGun Good thing he didn't take it back.]] |
| 348 | * TakeMyHand: Kirk reaches out to grab Jaylah's hand as he's being transported while she's falling to her death. He manages to reach her just in time to take her with him, saving them both. |
| 349 | * TeamSpirit: After Scotty meets and befriends Jaylah, she begins helping out him and the other members of the ''Enterprise'' crew, but he has to teach her some of the Starfleet values of working together to support everyone. |
| 350 | -->'''Scotty:''' You're part of something bigger now, lassie. Right? Dinnae give up on that. 'Cause we'll sure as hell never give up on you. That is what being part of a crew is all about. |
| 351 | * {{Technobabble}}: When discussing how to defeat Krall's swarm. |
| 352 | -->'''Spock:''' Captain, the flight patterns of bees are determined by individual decisions. Krall's swarm formations are too complex not to rely on some form of unified cyberpathic coordination. I surmise that if we--\ |
| 353 | '''Kirk:''' Spock! Skip to the end.\ |
| 354 | '''Uhura:''' What he's saying is that if we disorient the swarm, we can kick its ass!\ |
| 355 | '''Spock:''' Precisely. |
| 356 | * TeleportationSickness: [=McCoy=] complains after being beamed up that his innards "feel like they went to a barn dance." Scotty replies that it's because the ''Franklin'''s transporter was only rated for cargo, and he had to make some modifications. |
| 357 | * TemptingFate: |
| 358 | ** As Kirk and Chekov are traveling, the younger officer queries Kirk about how he knew that their recent passenger was a mole, and Kirk replies that he has a "nose for danger". As soon as they drop down into a gulley, a strange noxious fume wafts out, and Kirk sighs upon seeing it, knowing he just did this trope. [[spoiler:It ended up being a good thing in the end, because they got ensnared in one of Jaylah's traps, and it leads to a reunion with Scotty.]] |
| 359 | ** As [=McCoy=] and Spock find themselves surrounded by hostiles, [=McCoy=] notes that at least he won't die alone. Spock is promptly beamed away. |
| 360 | --->'''[=McCoy=]:''' ... [[LampshadeHanging Well, that's just]] ''[[LampshadeHanging typical.]]'' |
| 361 | ** After being beamed onto and hijacking one of the drone ships, [=McCoy=] reminds Spock that the last time they attempted to pilot one of the ships it crashed -- mere moments later, they narrowly avoid crashing into one of the other drones; [=McCoy=] does, however, manage to pull off some impressive piloting. |
| 362 | * TerribleTrio: The Swarm is headed by three individuals: Krall is the BigBad, Manas assists him in taking vessels that are lured into the nebula by [[spoiler:Kalara]]. |
| 363 | * ThatsNoMoon: Upon first encountering Krall's swarm ships, the ''Enterprise'' reads them as one large vessel. Then Kirk orders a zoom and realizes their true nature. |
| 364 | * ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Kirk kills Kalara in repayment for [[spoiler:destroying the ''Enterprise'']] by [[spoiler:squashing her like a bug with the wreckage of the saucer.]] |
| 365 | * ThereWasADoor: Krall and his mooks are shown blasting through a door on ''Enterprise''. It's the vault, though, so odds are it was locked. |
| 366 | * ThinkNothingOfIt: When Commodore Paris thanks Kirk for saving Yorktown. |
| 367 | -->'''Kirk:''' It wasn't just me. It never is. |
| 368 | * ThrownOutTheAirlock: |
| 369 | ** Twice [=McCoy=] and Spock hijack an alien fighter and twice its pilot goes out the airlock. |
| 370 | ** [[spoiler:Krall/Edison, along with the bio-weapon he tried to use on Starbase Yorktown. Kirk is saved from the same fate.]] |
| 371 | * TinmanTypist: Each swarm drone has two android pilots and breathable air on board for some reason. |
| 372 | * ToAbsentFriends: |
| 373 | ** Said word-for-word by Kirk during his birthday toast, to the Starfleet personnel who died during the film (and to Creator/LeonardNimoy). Also, an unintended meta-example, when Kirk says his line, the camera turns to the crowd, and center in the shot is Chekov, played by Creator/AntonYelchin, who died a few weeks prior to the film's release. |
| 374 | ** An unsaid version in the early scene where [=McCoy=] pours himself and Kirk shots, and a third, representing Kirk's lost father. They tap their shot glasses to the extra glass, then to each other's. |
| 375 | * TrackingDevice: When Spock realizes that he can locate Uhura by scanning for a rare mineral in the necklace that he gave her, [=McCoy=] points out that he essentially put a tracker on his girlfriend. Spock's reaction is appropriately awkward. |
| 376 | * TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Later TV spots reveal the big third act surprise ([[spoiler:the WasOnceAMan twist concerning Krall]]), much to the fury of fans and Creator/SimonPegg. Several also show the big final space battle (although not the ''very'' end) with [[spoiler:the USS ''Franklin'' taking out the swarm.]] |
| 377 | * TranslatorMicrobes: Kalara uses a more realistic variation where you hear her speak an alien language, and a computer voice speaking English at the same time. |
| 378 | * TrueCompanions: Exploited by Krall, who drags Sulu into the prison area where the surviving ''Enterprise'' crews are held and attempts to drain his life to coerce the crew into surrendering the MacGuffin, knowing that they value each other's lives more than it. Ensign Syl finally relents and surrenders the MacGuffin to Krall because she doesn't want Sulu to die. [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog Krall later brutally kills her to demonstrate the MacGuffin's power.]]]] |
| 379 | * {{Tuckerization}}: The director's father Frank Lin inspires a starship, while planet Altamid is an anagram of Simon Pegg's daughter Matilda. |
| 380 | * TurbineBlender: Narrowly avoided by Kirk. [[spoiler:When trying to vent the atmospheric processor before the bioweapon is cycled into the atmosphere, Scotty warns him that failure to trigger the venting sequence will cause him to be sucked into the fan along with the bioweapon. Kirk manages to throw the switch just before he's sucked toward the fan.]] |
| 381 | * UniversalDriversLicense: |
| 382 | ** Despite not being a starship pilot, [=McCoy=] knows how to pilot the alien starfighter when he ends up in one. Though if this timeline is anything like the prime one, Starfleet Academy gives basic courses on shuttle piloting (which would help). |
| 383 | ** Sulu scoffs at the idea that he might not know how to pilot a 100-year-old starship. [[note]]In the prime universe, Sulu had an appreciation for older pilot-driven vehicles and the skills to adapt to them, [[MythologyGag as he did]] in ''The Voyage Home''.[[/note]] |
| 384 | * UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Kirk and Chekov attempt to use the ''Enterprise's'' sensors to locate the crew. [[spoiler:The actual plan was to get Kalara to think she's found the MacGuffin and thus contact Krall, allowing Chekov to trace the signal rather than look for bio-signs.]] |
| 385 | * VictoryIsBoring: |
| 386 | ** Or in Kirk's case, adventure is now boring. Three years into their five-year mission, Kirk is slowly starting to feel this way. He muses in his CaptainsLog that if space is truly infinite, then they will never truly reach whatever it is they're striving for. He's ready to retire and become an admiral with a cushy desk job [[spoiler:until the events of the film change his mind]]. |
| 387 | ** Krall also seems somewhat dissatisfied with what his victories have given him. [[spoiler:He is convinced that humanity has doomed itself by becoming a peaceful species, instead of a ProudWarriorRace.]] |
| 388 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Spock and [=McCoy=], having been separated from the crew during the crash landing, spend most of the film snarking at each other whilst [=McCoy=] tries to treat injuries Spock sustained in the crash with minimal supplies; nevertheless, Spock later confides in him the reasons for his strained relationship with Uhura, the death of Spock Prime, and his conflict over whether to remain at Starfleet or continue Spock Prime's work on New Vulcan, [[FireForgedFriends leading to the two of them seemingly growing warmer to one another]]. However, Spock later volunteers himself and [=McCoy=] to be beamed onto an enemy drone ship, much to [=McCoy=]'s chagrin. |
| 389 | * WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler:Krall isn't an alien, but a mutated human, and an ex-Starfleet officer at that.]] |
| 390 | * WeaksauceWeakness: Krall's drone swarms are terrifying, but it turns out they can easily be defeated by [[spoiler:broadcasting powerful VHF signals such as music, which disrupts their communications]]. However, this is justified in that [[spoiler:the drones are actually mining units, and not intended to be weapons]]. |
| 391 | * WeNeedADistraction: |
| 392 | ** As Spock states. Fortunately, Kirk is entirely willing to provide one, seeing as it involves riding a motorbike. |
| 393 | ** When [=McCoy=] has to yank out the metal embedded in Spock's torso, he asks Spock what his favorite color is, knowing that Spock will be distracted by such an illogical question. |
| 394 | * WhamLine: |
| 395 | ** Two in fairly close succession. |
| 396 | --->'''Scotty:''' Sir, [[OhCrap the nacelles,]] they're ''gone!''\ |
| 397 | '''Kirk:''' Mister Sulu, abandon ship. |
| 398 | ** After Uhura and Sulu temporarily escape and send a distress signal, Krall confronts them. |
| 399 | --->'''Sulu:''' You have no idea who we are. But you'll soon find out. |
| 400 | --->'''Krall:''' [[BatmanGambit You mean the distress signal you thought you sent]]? The coordinates were altered. Your rescue ships will be stranded in the Nebula, and your base left vulnerable... Millions of souls from every Federation world holding hands. It's a perfect target. |
| 401 | ** And then another one during the climax: |
| 402 | --->'''Kirk:''' I don't know how, but [[spoiler:Edison is Krall]]! |
| 403 | * WhamShot: |
| 404 | ** The sight of the ''Enterprise's'' severed warp nacelles floating away from the ship, their glow dying as power fades. At this point, it's clear that our heroes are ''screwed''. |
| 405 | ** After Scotty meets Jaylah, she takes him to her "house", which is actually a crashed ship. Scotty is then stunned when he sees the name of said ship: ''USS Franklin''. It's a ''Starfleet'' ship. |
| 406 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: |
| 407 | ** Despite the fact that she seemingly joined the ''Enterprise'' crew for their five-year mission at the end of ''Into Darkness'', Carol Marcus is never seen nor mentioned at all in this movie. [[WordOfGod According to Simon Pegg]], [[http://www.comicbookmovie.com/scifi_movies/star_trek/simon-pegg-explains-why-alice-eves-carol-marcus-is-not-in-a144201 there was originally a cut piece of dialogue]] which explained that at some point she parted ways with the ''Enterprise'' to begin work on Project Genesis. |
| 408 | ** Of a broader sort, [[spoiler:Krall and the ''Franklin'' crew were first stranded decades before Nero's temporal incursion. What happened to them in the prime reality?]] |
| 409 | ** [[spoiler:Two Swarm ships plus Krall's are left following the "Sabotage" scene and crash into the ''Franklin's'' hull. Hull breaches are reported and we see what happens to Krall, but what about the four drones aboard those ships?]] |
| 410 | * WhenSheSmiles: Subverted. [=McCoy=]'s reaction to [[TheStoic Spock]] breaking into a smile? |
| 411 | -->'''[=McCoy=]:''' ''[fairly shocked]'' You really ''are'' delirious! |
| 412 | * WheresTheFunInThat: Kirk is offered a promotion to Vice Admiral after saving Yorktown |
| 413 | -->'''Kirk''': Vice Admirals don't fly, do they?\ |
| 414 | '''Paris''': No. They don't.\ |
| 415 | '''Kirk''': Well, no offense, ma'am, but... where's the fun in that? |
| 416 | * WholePlotReference: |
| 417 | ** The background for [[spoiler:Krall]] is essentially a simplified and militarized version of [[spoiler:Morbius]] in ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'': [[spoiler:one of the last survivors of a mission of exploration is driven mad -- or at least madder -- by the technology of NeglectfulPrecursors, which he then uses for his own ends.]] Perhaps not coincidentally, the name of the planet is Altamid, which is close enough to "Altair IV" for one to suggest it wasn't a coincidence. Krall's name is also very similar to that of ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet's'' precursors, the Krell. |
| 418 | ** The idea of [[spoiler:combating a hostile alien race by using [[ThePowerofRock the power of music]]]] is a plot ripped straight out of ''Anime/{{Macross}}'', though in practice it has more in common with ''Film/MarsAttacks'' |
| 419 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: For all of Krall's crimes and insanity, it's hard to not pity the man. [[spoiler:Even Kirk seems to feel kinda bad for him in the end.]] |
| 420 | * TheWorfEffect: The ''Enterprise'' is one of the most advanced, well-armed ships in [[TheFederation a major galactic power's]] military fleet... yet it gets [[CurbStompBattle torn to pieces in short order]] by the new villain's swarm ships. Later in the film though, it's established the villain is intimately familiar with the workings of Starfleet, including specifications of ships like ''Enterprise'' via information/communication interceptions, so he knew ''exactly'' [[JustifiedTrope where and how to hit them hard prior to the attack]], as opposed to spontaneously. On top of that, there's a strong element of OutsideContextProblem at work: the ''Enterprise'' wasn't designed to fight large numbers of small craft, because nobody uses that kind of tactic in this setting. |
| 421 | * WorstAid: {{Lampshaded}} by [=McCoy=] when he says that pulling out the chunk of metal in Spock's gut could make him bleed to death. Unfortunately, he doesn't have the luxury of proper medical equipment to safely treat Spock, nor can he leave the object in Spock in their current situation. Instead, he decides to TakeAThirdOption by [[HealItWithFire heating another piece of metal]] with his phaser and using it to cauterize Spock's wound, once the object is removed -- it works well enough as a temporary measure until he finds better equipment. |
| 422 | * WoundedGazelleGambit: Kalara claims to be the sole survivor of a catastrophe to lure the ''Enterprise'' into Krall's trap. [[spoiler:She later tells Kirk that Krall is holding her family hostage to ensure her cooperation, hoping to gain the Captain's sympathy so she can steal the artifact from him. The second time, Kirk is onto her.]] |
| 423 | * WrenchWench: Jaylah, in addition to being a handy fighter, is a natural engineer. [[spoiler:She gets many of the ''Franklin'''s systems operational, despite a lack of formal training and ''not understanding English''. Kirk is so impressed that he arranges for her to be admitted to Starfleet Academy.]] |
| 424 | * YesNoAnswerInterpretation: When Scotty meets Jaylah, he asks if she's one of Krall's people, and she spits angrily on the ground. He decides to take that as a no. |
| 425 | * YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Scotty's reaction to his communicator falling apart. |
| 426 | * YouKilledMyFather: Jaylah gets her revenge on TheDragon Manas, who was the one who killed her father when she escaped. |
| 427 | * ZergRush: This is how Krall's fleet of drones operates, forming massive swarms of ships that are far too numerous for any single vessel to destroy before being overwhelmed. [[spoiler:And given they fly very close, they're foiled once their communication is jammed, leading the ships to crash into one another, causing ImpressivePyrotechnics.]] |
| 428 | [[/folder]] |
| 429 | ---- |
| 430 | ->''"We will find hope... in the impossible."'' |
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