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7	* The crew of the ''Enterprise'' are initially confused at being called at the board meeting detailing the future of the Klingon Empire in light of the explosion of Praxis.
8	-->'''Kirk:''' What are we doing here?\
9	'''[=McCoy=]:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Maybe they're throwing us a retirement party.]]\
10	'''Scotty:''' That suits me, I just bought a boat.
11	* Sulu's response to Commander Rand after witnessing the explosion of Praxis and being warned off by the Klingons is hilariously snappy:
12	-->'''Sulu:''' An ''incident''!\
13	'''Rand:''' Do we report this sir?\
14	'''Sulu:''' ''Are you kidding?''
15	* Before the ''Enterprise'' leaves Spacedock, Kirk orders Valeris to take the ship out under one-quarter impulse. Valeris notifies him that under Starfleet regulations it is thrusters-only while in Spacedock... [[FunnyBackgroundEvent all while the rest of the crew look at her, knowing full well that citing regulations to Kirk is not a smart move]]. Including the likes of Spock rather-loudly clearing his throat, and [=McCoy=]'s absolute knowing tone-of-voice, even as Kirk just smiles and says "You heard the order, Lieutenant."
16	* Bones after Kirk starts [[BoldlyComing sexing up a shapeshifter girl]] (though to be fair to Kirk, ''she'' kissed him):
17	-->'''[=McCoy=]:''' What ''is'' it with you, anyway?\
18	'''Kirk:''' Still think we're finished?\
19	'''[=McCoy=]:''' ''More than ever.''
20	** The next day, when they first believe they'd been had, then Marta as this disguised, very large creature corrects them before disappearing.
21	--->'''[=McCoy=]:''' What kind of creature is this? Last night you two were--\
22	'''Kirk:''' ''[recoiling]'' ''Don't remind me!''
23	* Missed the best part:
24	-->'''Kirk:''' I can't believe I kissed you!\
25	'''Shapeshifter Kirk:''' Must have been your lifelong ambition!
26	** Can also work the other way around:
27	--->'''Shapeshifter Kirk:''' I can't believe I kissed you!\
28	'''Kirk:''' Must have been your lifelong ambition!
29	** As they're wrestling on the ground, they roll right over [=McCoy=], who tries to get out of the way but gives up.
30	* Another moment with the shapeshifter girl (named Martia) when she tells Kirk what happened when he kicked that one alien in the knee and made him collapse in agony:
31	--> '''Martia:''' Not everyone keeps their genitals in the same place, Captain.\
32	'''Kirk: ''' Anything ''you'' want to tell me?\
33	''[Martia smiles]''
34	** Kirk volunteers [=McCoy=] to give the Alien to help treat his...injury. And to let him know that they aren't holding a grudge.
35	-->'''[=McCoy=]: '''Suppose HE'S holding a grudge!
36	* All of Spock's machinations to delay their return to headquarters while they work out who shot the Klingon ship, when pressed by Valeris:
37	--> "A lie?" "[[DistinctionWithoutADifference An error.]]"
38	--> "A lie?" "[[MetaphoricallyTrue An exaggeration.]]"
39	--> "A lie?" "[[InsistentTerminology An ommission.]]"
40	** Made a hell of a lot less funny later on with Valeris' IronicEcho:
41	---> "A lie?" "[[TheMole A]] ''[[TheMole choice.]]''"
42	** If it had been Saavik, it would have been a CallBack to the funny moment in the second film when Saavik stares at Spock and exclaims, "You lied!", to which Spock replied, "I exaggerated."
43	* Kirk and [=McCoy=] have convinced one of the bad guys to [[JustBetweenYouAndMe finally explain what the hell's been going on]]... [[HisNameIs just in time]] for the ''Enterprise'' to find them and beam them up. Once Kirk realizes what's going on, he shouts "Son of a bitch!" and disappears on the last word, leaving it to echo for a while longer, and arrives in the transporter room cursing up a storm.
44	-->'''Kirk:''' Couldn't you have waited 2 seconds?! He was just about to explain the whole thing!\
45	'''Chekov:''' You want to go back?\
46	'''[=McCoy=]:''' ''Absolutely'' not!\
47	'''Kirk:''' It's cold...
48	* [=McCoy's=] reaction to General Chang's incessant [[LargeHam hamming]] is gold:
49	--> '''Chang:''' I AM CONSTANT AS THE NORTHERN STAR!\
50	'''[=McCoy=]:''' I'd give real money if he'd ''shut up.''
51	** [=McCoy=] doesn't seem to be alone in his assessment. One of Chang's bridge officers [[FunnyBackgroundEvent can be seen looking confused and looking around]] as if to silently ask his crewmates "What's his deal?"
52	** Chang isn't just ''verbally'' hamming it up -- he's also [[SwivelChairAntics spinning around in his goddamn chair]]!
53	---> ''"[[https://youtu.be/XSqCJ-UGYns?t=202 Cry ''HAVOC''! And let slip the dogs of war!]]"''
54	* "If I were Human, I believe my response would be... ''[FascinatingEyebrow]'' 'Go to Hell.' If I were Human."
55	* When Kirk tackles the Federation President at the end of the movie (to save his life, of course) he briefly introduces himself as "Kirk, Enterprise" while he's basically lying on top of the man. It's also the super-casual way he says it that makes it hilarious. One wonders if he meets his blind dates that way.
56	** Speaking of blind... the Federation President was supposed to be blind (the glasses he puts on to see the Operation Retrieval papers were a prototype of the [=VISOR=] Geordi wears on TNG), so after flying-tackling a blind man as weapons are being fired, Kirk thinks this is the way to help the man calm down!
57	* [=McCoy=] is on the witness stand in Klingon court and is asked about his current medical status. He makes a joke about how it's fine, aside from a touch of arthritis. A SINGLE KLINGON laughs his head off while the rest of the assembled audience is quiet. Yes, some random Klingon in the peanut gallery thought that was the funniest thing he's heard all day. Yes, a Klingon guffawed at a ''dad joke''.
58	** Doubled by Bones' smile right after. As far as he's concerned, he ''nailed'' that joke.
59	** It's topped off by Chang congratulating Bones on his "singular wit", a StealthInsult, since he's saying Bones used it all up on that one joke.
60	* The ship is scoured for the missing gravity boots and finally found among the belongings of Crewman Dax ([[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine no relation]]. [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Probably]]). Chekov smugly deposits the boot in front of the crewman, with the declaration "If shoe fits, wear it." Problem is, the shoe DOESN'T fit, as the crewman can't wear standard-issue boots because of the unusual shape of his feet. This is capped by Uhura's FacePalm.
61	** Let's not forget Spock silently pointing to said crewman's feet when Chekov made his accusation. Spock's face usually doesn't change from a frown and it doesn't during this moment but somehow it looks more disappointed than usual.
62	** After TheReveal that Valeris was the handler for the two assassins (Burke and Samno), one can look back on her slightly-wider eyes in this moment as shock at how poorly those guys disposed of their spacesuits. If she hadn't already eliminated them, she definitely will now.
63	** Also, one last time, Chekov proudly claims something to be from Russia. Namely, the "Russian epic" ''Literature/{{Cinderella}}''.
64	* At the beginning of the diplomatic dinner on the ''Enterprise'', all the Klingons except Gorkon clearly have no idea what to do with their napkins until they see the Starfleet crew using them. Chang is studying his curiously, one of the others has to double-check that he's doing it right, and Azetbur looks like she's considering ''eating'' hers.
65	* After the disastrous dinner with the Klingons, Kirk dictates his personal log back in his quarters.
66	--> '''Kirk:''' Note to the galley: [[GargleBlaster Romulan ale]] ''no longer to be served'' at diplomatic functions.
67	** And shortly before that, once the Klingon party has beamed away:
68	--->'''Kirk:''' [''Rubbing his temple''] I'm going to sleep this off. Let me know if there's some ''other'' way we can screw up tonight.\
69	'''Bones:''' I'm gonna find a pot of black coffee.\
70	'''Spock:''' [''Silence, and a FascinatingEyebrow'']
71	* Shortly after dinner with the Klingons and Romulan Ale, the ''Enterprise'' is picking up strange radiation anomalies:
72	-->'''Kirk:''' Mr. Chekov, you know anything about a radiation surge?\
73	'''Chekov:''' ''[still suffering a wicked hangover]'' Only inside of my head.\
74	'''Kirk:''' ''[groans]'' I know what you mean...\
75	''[[[MoodWhiplash Torpedo careens towards Kronos One]] [[OhCrap and explodes, crippling the ship]]]''
76	* Rather a cruel joke, but in the last time Uhura ever appears in the credits of any ''Star Trek'' production (barring the 2009 movie and onward), it's ''misspelled''.
77	* Spock convinces Scotty to waste time in order to delay the ''Enterprise'''s return to Spacedock.
78	-->'''Spock:''' Ah, Mr. Scott, I understand you're having trouble with the warp drive. How much time do you require for the repair?\
79	'''Scotty:''' There's nothing wrong with the bloody thing!\
80	'''Spock:''' ''[looming over Scotty to press the urgency]'' Mr. Scott, if we return to Spacedock as ordered, the assassins will surely find a way to dispose of their incriminating footwear and we will never see the captain or Dr. [=McCoy=] alive again.\
81	'''Scotty:''' [[VerbalBackspace ...could take weeks, sir]].\
82	'''Spock''': Thank you, Mr. Scott.
83	* After Chekov wonders why the conspirators couldn't just "waporize" their uniforms and magnetic boots, Valeris demonstrates why by phasering a cooking pot out of existence, setting off an alarm. The OhCrap of the galley crew is funny enough as it is, but then Scotty ''and'' Uhura both come in through the end of the scene asking if someone fired off a phaser aboard the ship.
84	-->'''Uhura:''' Did somebody fire off a ''phaser''?!
85	-->'''Scotty:''' ''[angrily]'' Who fired a--?!
86	** In addition to those two, Chekov has to hold back a pair of security officers rushing into the galley just a split-second behind Uhura, decked out in armor and phasers at the ready!
87	** Furthermore, the pot itself is vaporised but not its contents, which remains whole and standing perfectly where they are, complete with embedded whisk.
88	** As Valeris walks off, Spock shoots her a look as if to say "Was that really necessary?"
89	** Later on, when the assailants are found murdered by a high setting stun from a phaser, Bones inquires why ''they'' weren't vaporized. Chekov states plainly that it would set off the alarms, like he knew the whole time.
90	* A bit of Metahumor and StereotypeFlip during the briefing scene early in the movie. When Admiral Cartwright, one of the few black characters in the movie, predicts that the Klingons will become the "alien trash of the galaxy", watch SouthernGentleman Doctor [=McCoy=]'s "dafuq?" reaction. Given TheReveal about Cartwright's part in the plot, the humor wears off later in the film.
91	** ''Not'' so humorous to Creator/BrockPeters, however. He was rather uncomfortable playing a racist, having been on the wrong end of racist treatment throughout his life (which arguably drives the point home all the more effectively).
92	* The ''Enterprise'' officers coming back to the bridge for their RidingIntoTheSunset final scene:
93	-->'''Kirk:''' [[SoOnceAgainTheDayIsSaved Well, once again, we've saved civilization as we know it]].
94	-->'''[=McCoy=]:''' [[CallBack And the good news is]], [[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome they're not gonna prosecute]]!
95	-->'''Uhura:''' They might as well have prosecuted me. I felt like Lt. Valeris.
96	-->'''[=McCoy=]:''' Well, they don't prosecute people for having feelings.
97	-->'''Chekov:''' Just as well, or we'll all have to turn ourselves in.
98	* Spock invites Doctor [=McCoy=] to assist him in modifying a Photon Torpedo to home in on a cloaked warship. It's all in Spock's phrasing.
99	-->'''Spock:''' Doctor, would you care to assist me in performing surgery on a torpedo?\
100	'''[=McCoy=]:''' (''with a smile'') [[BorrowedCatchphrase Fascinating!]]
101	* The Klingon court translator is played by the same actor who played Captain Klaa in the last movie, and some materials do identify the translator as Klaa. That's one hell of a demotion for insubordination!
102	* At Khitomer, as Kirk is triumphantly vindicated and the long sought after peace is achieved, we have a close-up of the Klingon ambassador, who has previously only been seen railing against Kirk for one reason or another, slowly clapping with the most put-out expression on his face.
103	* The entire scene where Uhura, the ''Enterprise's Communications Officer'' scrambles through multiple Klingon-translated Shakespeare prints to find the words to say that will allow them to pass safely through a scanning station. MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels is in full effect as the YeOldeButcheredEnglish [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=one1jSMceJUof the translated books only serves to confuse the station operators.]]
104	** Also the operators. From the moment they see a blip on their radar... They're in no hurry. The one that hails the ''Enterprise'' does so in a slow sluggish manner, clearly looking like he's been deep in a bottle the entire time. And when he gets no reply after several calls, he's still in no hurry, nor is his superior who comes to check on him. They're both just so bored (and possibly drunk) out of their skulls, that this perimeter warning doesn't faze them. [[note]]The novelization states that outpost duty on the Federation border is ''extremely'' boring as Federation ships obey treaty stipulations and that as a result the border outposts aren't equipped with the latest and greatest equipment, unlike those stations on the [[SpaceRomans Romulan]] border. And on the Federation border the operators usually spend their shifts searching for the bottom of a bloodwine bottle.[[/note]]
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