Line #382 WebAnimation/StarTrekSpecter


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4	->''"Each of us, at some point in our lives, will face a challenge that will force us to confront the very essence of who we are. How we meet those challenges is what defines us."''
5	-->-- '''Captain Gaius Reyf'''
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7	A popular ''Star Trek'' fan film set in 2378, being released primarily as a series of Webisodes on Platform/YouTube. A leading Starfleet [[MadScientist scientist]] suddenly goes off the deep end, faking his own death to go into hiding. Then, five years later, he returns, meaner and more dangerous than ever. The newly commissioned USS ''F Scott Fitzgerald'' scrambles to decipher his plan, only to learn that he's constructed his own fully-equipped [[CoolStarship starship]], a [[RobotGirl female android]] who's almost perfect, and even has an ElaborateUndergroundBase.
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9	Setting out to track the scientist down, [[TheCaptain Captain Gaius Reyf]] learns that the culprit is none other than his oldest friend, Dr. Braiyon Garr, who's amassed fourteen of the most advanced machines developed by TheFederation, and with them could tear space apart. Reyf follows Garr through an elaborate JigsawPlot, discovering in the process that his old friend is willing to go to any length--including using human lives as pawns--to accomplish his goal.
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11	Believing that to be his only problem, Reyf discovers early on that the reappearance of his old friend is stirring up some uncomfortable emotions concerning their history, guilt and remorse that threaten the success of the mission in ways his relative inexperience never could. When they finally meet face to face, Garr offers Reyf a DealWithTheDevil to travel into his own past, and SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.
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13	Considered one of the best works of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' [[FanFic fanon]] currently in production, the film is notable for its accurate [[AllCGICartoon CGI]] replicas of the classic [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]] and [[Series/StarTrekVoyager VOY]] shooting sets, as well as the creative use of kitbashed versions of the ''Enterprise-D'' and the USS ''Voyager''. The film introduces a new crew of [[IncrediblyLamePun enterprising young men]], heavily implied to be an {{Expy}} of the TNG crew (up to and including Captain Reyf's bald head, a trait shared by Jean-Luc Picard).
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15	For the sequel, see ''WebAnimation/StarTrekRetribution''.
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18	!!The cast:
19	* Captain Gaius Reyf. TheCaptain of the ''U.S.S. F. Scott Fitzgerald''. [[TheSpock Cultured, stoic and logical.]]
20	* Commander Bradley Prentice. First Officer of the ''Fitzgerald''. [[TheMcCoy A sounding board for Reyf]], if inexperienced and a bit impulsive.
21	* Dr. Elizabeth Falwell. The ''Fitzgerald'''s Chief Medical Officer. She and Reyf are good friends.
22	* Lt. Cmdr. Maxwell Garrett. Second Officer/Operations Officer of the ''Fitzgerald''. RedShirt
23	* Lt. Cmdr. Merv Ronston. The ''Fitzgerald'''s [[TheEngineer Chief Engineer]]. Has a one-sided crush on Lt. Erickson.
24	* Lt. Kendra Erickson. Chief of Security. She's [[BrutalHonesty unafraid to express her opinions]], even when discretion would be better.
25	* Dr. Braiyon Garr. BigBad. A former Starfleet Intelligence officer who was [[NeverFoundTheBody believed killed in 2373]], but has reappeared and is collecting exotic technology for some unknown purpose.
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27	!!Tropes seen in ''Specter'' include:
28	* "AsYouKnow, two of my officers were recently involved in a collision between Garr's ship and one of our shuttlecraft."
29	** One fan even dubbed it "TNG revived after 16 years!"
30	* AbortedArc: It was strongly hinted several times that the gold refit Constitution-class model in both Reyf's ready room and in Garr's office would play some part in the story.
31	** WordOfGod says that the original Scene 38 would've established it as an Academy training ship, which was the first upon which Garr and Reyf trained after they arrived at the Academy. Finding a holosimulation of its bridge would have reminded Reyf that Garr had once described it as "a perfect memory," endless possibilities open and that nothing could compare to that. That in itself would have tied in with Reyf's conversation with Counselor Troi in Scene 20.
32	* ActionGirl: Lieutenant Kendra Erickson. There's a reason when she beams down to investigate Garr's lab, ''she's'' the one with the biggest phaser.
33	* AllThereInTheManual: Overlaps with WordOfGod; during production, the producer maintained a [[http://stexpanded.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Trek%3A_Specter_of_the_Past Wiki]] as well as a thread on [[http://www.scifi-meshes.com/forums/showthread.php?65927-Star-Trek-Specter-of-the-Past Scifi-Meshes.com]], often including trivia and alternate ideas for some scenes.
34	* AndStarring: "And Introducing..."
35	* AnimationBump: Improvements in workflow and technology resulted in substantial improvements mid-film to the quality of animation (the introduction of RackFocus shots is just one example).
36	* {{Anticlimax}}: Many got fooled into thinking Reyf's confrontation with Garr on the bridge of the ISS ''Voyager'' was the finale. Little did they realize the ''real'' climax was still to come...
37	%%* AppliedPhlebotinum: Anti-time.
38	* AsideGlance: In Scene 38, as Reyf examines the holoprogram Garr left, he points out the various antique design elements, one of which is "liquid crystal displays." He says it just as he points almost directly at the camera.
39	* AsteroidThicket: Fans everywhere have pointed out that the asteroid belt of Sector 001 isn't nearly that dense. Partially subverted though when Reyf says "He's entering the densest part of the debris field."
40	* AuthorAvatar: Braiyon Garr, when he's playing nice. This is why he alone of the entire cast has glasses--a trait shared by the producer he's modeled after, implied in-story to be just one more manner in which he's different from a typical resident of the 24th century.
41	* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: When Dr. Chellik, who early on had expressed concerns about Reyf's ability to handle the Garr mission, admits he was wrong and tells Reyf he'll make a fine captain.
42	* BackForTheFinale: Maxwell Garrett, who hasn't been seen since the scene in sickbay after the first starship chase.
43	* BerserkButton: Don't tell Garr that his efforts into something are wasted.
44	%%* BigBad: Dr. Braiyon Elias Garr.
45	* BigBrotherMentor: The way Reyf remembers Garr through most of the movie. It's also implied that Reyf serves this function for Lieutenant Erickson and Ensign Hargrove.
46	* BittersweetEnding: So everything in the here and now is back to the way it's supposed to be. But Reyf's actions have resulted in Garr's demise (or so he believes).
47	* BigBudgetBeefUp: A curious invocation as the sets are all detailed replicas of the "upgraded" sets from ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' (also known as ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek TNG]]'': TheMovie).
48	* BigDamnHeroes: Painfully subverted with [[spoiler:the USS ''Fairgrieve'']]. Reyf and company arrive on scene too late to help.
49	* BigNo: Two of them: one at the end of "Garr's Nightmare," and another one while Reyf confronts him on the bridge of the ISS ''Voyager''.
50	%%* BookEnds: Dr. Chellik.
51	* TheBridge: Featuring Ensigns Hargrove and Kal as BridgeBunnies.
52	%%* BrokenPedestal: "If this is really what you want, then I guess I never really knew you."
53	%%* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:Braiyon Garr]] in the final scene when he disappears into a turbolift.
54	* CallBack: Many:
55	** "He knows we'll have to veer ''around'' the spacedocks, while he can just thread them like the [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Eye of a Needle]]."
56	** [[Series/StarTrekVoyager "Ensign--at ease, before you sprain something."]]
57	** Part of Reyf's {{backstory}} involves the Battle of Wolf 359. Complete with {{Flashback}}.
58	** [[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome "Phasers on stun, have fun!"]]
59	** [[Series/StarTrekVoyager "Set a course...for home!"]]
60	** Merv Ronston, the chief engineer, can't seem to get a date to save his life, much like Geordi La Forge from TNG.
61	** The call letters of the [[spoiler:''Voyager'' duplicate, "ISS,"]] are a reference to the Original Series episode "Mirror, Mirror."
62	** Garr: [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration "What possible incentive could anyone offer me to allow that to happen?"]]
63	** Reyf: "But [[TheSpock a great man]] one said: [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few...or the one]]."
64	* TheCameo:
65	** The USS [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Daystrom]] in the prologue, a fan design by Dennis Bailey.
66	** The [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Yellowstone-class]] shuttlecraft.
67	** The bridge of the ''Daystrom'' is actually the bridge of the [[Film/StarTrekGenerations Enterprise-B]].
68	*** Note that the aft MSD is of an ''Ambassador''-class starship, hinting that the ship is a refit of that class. A similar gag was used in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', when a monitor on the bridge showed the ''Enterprise'' in its pre-refit configuration rather than the revised design from ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''.
69	** The "computer core" on the transporter pad behind Garr in the prologue is actually a Starfleet Academy console from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.
70	*** The control interfaces on the computer core are actually from the ''Star Trek Online'' game. The same computer interface will be seen later in Garr's lab, implied to be a custom operating system designed by him.
71	** The Utopia Planitia Yards, played by many copies of the ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' drydock.
72	*** In the wide shot of Garr's flyby, two three [[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock Excelsiors]], one [[Film/StarTrekFirstContact Sovereign]], one [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration New Orleans]], and one [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Constellation]] class ship can be seen in the various drydocks.
73	** The [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Caretaker's Array]] as the Mellis II science station.
74	*** Look next to the door in Dr. Chellik's office and you'll spot [[Film/StarTrek2009 the Enterprise]].
75	** [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]
76	** [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Borg]].
77	** The [[Film/StarTrekFirstContact Enterprise-E]].
78	** [[spoiler: Counselor Deanna Troi and Lt. Cmdr. Data]]
79	%%* CaptainsLog: First Officer's Log.
80	* CatchPhrase Reyf: [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration "Make it so."]]
81	* Catch22Dilemma: The ''Fitzgerald'' crew can't figure out what Garr intends to use the equipment he stole for until they figure out what his goal is. But they can't figure out his goal until they figure out what he's building with the equipment he stole.
82	* CharacterDevelopment: By the end of the movie, just about everyone's grown up in some way.
83	* ChaseScene: Not one, but ''two''. Both involving a pair of [[CoolStarship cool starships]] no less.
84	* ChekhovsGun: The story of ''Frankenstein''.
85	%%* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Dr. Garr]]
86	%%* ClarkKenting: [[spoiler:Braiyon Garr's past self.]]
87	* CloseEnoughTimeline: [[spoiler: Some minor cosmetic changes occur as a result of the events of the film, such as the ''Fitzgerald'''s bridge at the end now sporting the colors and sounds of the ''Enterprise-E'' rather than the familiar ''Galaxy''-class look.]]
88	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Garr has a thing for the color blue: his uniform, the lights on his bridge (when at battle alert), [[spoiler:the hull of his ship]], the visual effect of his warp drive...
89	* ComingOfAgeStory: A new captain, an untested crew, and a new starship tossed into a mission where the stakes are incredibly high.
90	* ComplimentBackfire: Ronston's attempt to flatter Erickson: "Why, Kendra, I never knew you had a softer side!"
91	** "Don't go there."
92	* ContinuityNod:
93	-->"We're about to go up against the greatest threat to TheFederation since [[Film/StarTrekGenerations Tolian Soran]]. I hate to sound like [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Lieutenant Taurik]], but where's the logic in this?"
94	%%* CoolStarship: The USS ''F. Scott Fitzgerald''.
95	%%** Also, the [[spoiler:ISS ''Voyager''.]]
96	* CreatorCameo: During the "facial recognition search" scene, all of the photos the computer searches through (except the last one) are actually real-life photos of the executive producer.
97	* DarkerAndEdgier: Most of the movie was rewritten when fans felt that it was turning into too much of a TNG-like offering. The result? Braiyon ''slaps'' an elderly scientist just to prove the point that he's alive.
98	* DeadpanSnarker. The cast takes turns at this.
99	-->'''Reyf''': "Your advice, as always, is a study in efficiency."
100	-->'''Erickson''': "Obviously."
101	%%* DealWithTheDevil
102	* {{Dedication}}: Every cut of the movie from the start has begun with a "For Kristie" title card.
103	* DemotedToExtra: Deanna Troi, oddly enough, given that she was a cameo guest star.
104	* DeusExMachina: How Garr got back to the ISS ''Voyager'' is never explained in actual words, but the implied explanation is that it has something to do with the female android since none of the transporters on the ''Fitzgerald'' get used.
105	** "How thorough was their examination?"
106	%%* DisneyAcidSequence: "Garr's Nightmare".
107	%%* DistressCall: The USS ''Fairgrieve''.
108	* DivideAndConquer: Prentice and Garrett shouldn't have gone on that shuttle excursion.
109	* DownerEnding: After everything Reyf went through to redeem his oldest friend, Garr wound up slipping back over to TheDarkSide...and Reyf wound up having to use deadly force to stop him.
110	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness. Compared to its sequels, ''Specter'' has a very different style of storytelling, writing, voice acting, and editing. This is because it was originally intended to be a one-off story that was self-contained, and it was only after it became a hit with fans that the sequel was planned and written.
111	** Despite its popularity, this film is often also referred to as an OldShame by its producer, who has since stated that any scenes in the second sequel that take place during the events of this film will be handled carefully and would be equal in writing quality to the second and third films.
112	%%* EarnYourHappyEnding: Because everything ''didn't'' turn out okay in TheEnd.
113	%%* ElaborateUndergroundBase
114	* TheEndOrIsIt: "Well now, I'll tell you something, Data; on a night five years ago, very much like this, I watched as his shuttlecraft was vaporized by a warp core collapse. He survived that, somehow. And I wouldn't be surprised if, somehow, he survived this as well. Call it a hunch, call it a gut feeling, call it whatever you wish. But I don't think we've seen the last of Braiyon Garr."
115	* EnsignNewbie: Hargrove. She's unsure, prone to self-doubt, and panics when Reyf calls her into his Ready Room for a chat after their first encounter with the ''I.S.S. Voyager''.
116	%%* EpilogueLetter: Reyf's chat with Chellik could arguably qualify.
117	* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Every character gets one of these, but they're spread out through the movie.
118	** Garr's comes in the prologue when he threatens the starship pursuing him.
119	** Reyf's comes when he's shown to be in shock after he sees Garr on the viewscreen.
120	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Braiyon Garr specifically makes sure that everyone gets off the Alcawell Station "alive and well." The only time anyone's hurt is by accident. Except for the occupants of the shuttle he rams.
121	%%* EvilLaugh: Garr has a rather creepy one, to say the least..
122	* EvilPlan: An unusual one that has WeCanRuleTogether as one of the main points instead of a settlement. [[spoiler: Garr's entire plan is revealed to be one of these near the end when Reyf catches up to him. Garr reveals that that has been his intention all along, in order to get Reyf to join him. It's implied that he's deliberately kept Reyf guessing for so long to keep him out of the way until the right moment.]]
123	* FakeOutOpening: You didn't ''really'' think Dr. Garr was really dead when the shuttle crashed in the AsteroidThicket, did you?
124	* FanFilm
125	* TheFilmOfTheBook: A curious inversion: ''Specter'' doesn't have an official novelization (yet), but its length and elaborate storyline gives many fans cause to wonder if this isn't essentially a novel presented in movie format.
126	** WordOfGod says that it both is and isn't. Although each scene was written like a scene in a novel, the overall storyline wasn't initially planned to develop the same intricacies and level of detail as a novel. Although, the creator has explicitly said he isn't sorry that it worked out that way, and said likening it to this trope is a [[IncrediblyLamePun novel concept]].
127	* FiveSecondForeshadowing: The clock is ticking down to zero until the USS ''Fairgrieve'' explodes and the ''Fitzgerald'' [[UnusualEuphemism gets washed away]]. Power goes out, and Data restores the warp engines just in the nick of time. OneSecondLater, [[OutrunTheFireball the Fairgrieve explodes]].
128	%%* ForDoomTheBellTolls
129	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Basically, everything in ''Specter'' foreshadows something coming later.
130	** The opening quote from Charles Caleb Colton, which isn't explained until the very last scene.
131	** "The human race has evolved beyond the need for such outdated concepts as heroism and villainy. People of Film/{{Frankenstein\|1931}}'s obvious insanity are practically ''unheard of'' in this day and age. And you don't exactly see people setting up secret labs trying to play God the way he did."
132	** "Time, Gaius. I'll be seeing you."
133	* ForTheEvulz: Garr calling in red alert after Reyf comments that the ISS ''Voyager'' doesn't seem ominous enough. Horror ensues.
134	* GlowingEyesOfDoom[=/=]RedEyesTakeWarning: At several points throughout the movie, Garr's eyes glow red.
135	%%* GoneHorriblyWrong: Two words: Beta Reticuli.
136	* HandWave: In one scene, Reyf and Data discuss how Garr has seemingly pulled off one impossible feat after another. More accurately, Reyf says it, Data agrees, then Reyf gets a call and it's never mentioned again.
137	%%* HannibalLecture: Braiyon Garr gets one of these.
138	%%** Reyf also gets in his second PatrickStewartSpeech immediately thereafter.
139	%%* HappyEnding: In typical Trek style, it just wouldn't be right without this.
140	* HearingVoices: Reyf sees a hallucination of Dr. Garr only moments after the ship's EMH says he needs to rest. Turns out [[spoiler:it was actually Garr after all.]]
141	%%* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Garr says this was how his downfall began.
142	* IdiotBall: After Garr surrenders to the ''Fitzgerald'', he's apparently left to roam freely about the ship, and even given what seems to be normal quarters. This is despite him being responsible for the deaths of 47 people, his threatening of the very timeline itself, theft of Starfleet property, and various other crimes. Why he wasn't sent to the brig or at least kept under guard is anyone's guess, and these oversights allow him to escape.
143	* InkSuitActor: To make the animation for Garr as lifelike as possible, the animator (who also voiced the character) acted out his lines before sitting down to animate them.
144	%%* InsufferableGenius: Garr.
145	* ItsTheJourneyThatCounts: Played straight, because even though the ''Fitzgerald'' crew were ultimately shown to have failed to stop Garr from going back in time, the present was still largely unaffected, and the crew are shown to have grown closer together and more mature as a result.
146	* JigsawPuzzlePlot:
147	** Garr's EvilPlan.
148	** Reyf growing up and accepting his choices.
149	** Erickson and Ronston's love life.
150	** The mystery of the female android.
151	* JustInTime: During the final ChaseScene, Garr seems to have perfectly anticipated everything Reyf and friends will do, until Erickson remembers the magneton warhead that she and Ronston had designed earlier. They barely get it armed and ready in time to use it...and even then they're still too late.
152	* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Fans have likened the "V'Ger Flyover" sequence, with its loving closeups of the details of the nightmare starship [[spoiler:ISS ''Voyager'']] to the insanely long "New Enterprise" sequence from ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''.
153	* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: It's not made clear until Scene 42 (when Garr makes a song selection on a console), but the three "20th century pop song" sequences in the movie fall into this category. In all cases, when Garr is aboard the ISS ''Voyager'', whatever music we're hearing is what he's actually listening to. In Scene 29, it goes from diegetic aboard the ship, to non-diegetic on the station, and back again when Garr is back on his bridge. Justified as those three scenes are all pure RuleOfCool.
154	* {{Leitmotif}}: Several:
155	** Garr (Good): The ''Voyager'' theme (used mostly to represent Reyf's good memories of him), first heard when Garr's name appears in the opening credits. It's heard a total of six more times through the movie: the "V'Ger Flyover" sequence, in Garr's office as Reyf reminisces (arguably its most emotional use), when Reyf recounts the full story to Prentice before beaming to the ISS ''Voyager'', a brief reprisal after Reyf board the ISS ''Voyager'' and notices how ordinary it looks, and a final time as Garr sees his ship from the guest quarters of the ''Fitzgerald''.
156	** Garr (Evil): The Borg theme from ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact''. Ultimately heard three times: as the away team investigates his hidden laboratory, when Prentice and Garrett are investigating the ISS ''Voyager'', and again as the ''Fitzgerald'' approaches the USS ''Fairgrieve''.
157	** Reyf: The "friendship" theme from ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'' and ''Film/StarTrekNemesis''.
158	** Kristie: The theme from ''Film/Titanic1997'' is repurposed as Kristie's theme, heard only twice: once when the FacialRecognitionSoftware turns up a match, and again when the android visits Garr in his guest quarters.
159	%%* MadScientist: Guess.
160	* MementoMacGuffin: The ever-present photo of Reyf and Garr, which serves a dual purpose through the film. It appears a total of four times:
161	** The first time is right after Chellik calls. This is the first evidence that Reyf and Garr knew each other.
162	** The second time is in Garr's office when Reyf visits. It was deliberately not shown at any point before now since the first appearance, so that people wouldn't realize (at first) that it had been altered (from the TWOK uniforms to TNG cadet uniforms). Even though it gets a closeup during Reyf's walkthrough, it's treated as if the altered version that's there is exactly what's supposed to be there.
163	** The third time is in Reyf's quarters after the temporal shock wave hits. It's very small, on a computer screen that the camera pans quickly past. This time, not only are the uniforms different, but so is the background (changed from Starfleet Academy as seen in TNG's "The First Duty" to the city seen in the background at the end of the Wolf 359 flashback).
164	** The fourth and final time is in Reyf's ready room, when his wall paintaing has been replaced by a large version of the "third" version of the photo. The fact that the characters notice that it's askew--but not that the photo has been changed from the panorama of Bajor that we'd been seeing the entire time--is an indicator that the timeline has been changed.
165	%%* MissionBriefing: "His name is Dr. Braiyon Garr."
166	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Deconstructed near the end of the movie. Twice.
167	** First, when Garr wises up and realizes that in trying to reclaim his innocence in the past, he's sacrificed any chance of redemption in the present. Reyf is able to convince him that he can be redeemed, and thus convinces him to stand down.
168	** Then later, after Reyf orders the magneton warhead deployed and it destroys ''Voyager'' (we think), he's devastated when he realizes his oldest friend has just been KilledOffForReal—this time by his own hand.
169	* NegativeSpaceWedgie: Several of these:
170	** The first one that Garr makes in his lab, that draws the ''Fitzgerald'' to the location. [[spoiler:This is revealed at the end to have been a mistake on Garr's part, he underestimated how powerful the energy release would be.]]
171	** The one that Garr makes in space, that ultimately destroys the starship ''Fairgrieve'' [[spoiler:and devours the entire Beta Reticuli star system with it.]]
172	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Every main character in ''Specter'' is based in some way on characters we've actually seen:
173	** Reyf's mannerisms strongly favor TNG's Jean-Luc Picard. "Make it so, Number One." With a little [[Series/StargateSG1 Teal'c]] thrown in for flavor. "Indeed."
174	** Prentice's behaviors strongly favor one Will Riker.
175	** Erickson seems to share the gruff air, bravery, and ferocity of Lieutenant Commander Worf.
176	** Merv Ronston's repeated romantic failures are a dead ringer for Geordi [=LaForge=].
177	** The sarcastic and quick-tempered EMH is based on the EMH played by Robert Picardo from ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''.
178	** The performances for Counselor Troi and Lieutenant Commander Data were written with Marina Sirtis and Creator/BrentSpiner very much in mind.
179	* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Garr, when his ship gets torn apart at the end of the movie. [[spoiler:He survives, though.]]
180	* NotQuiteBackToNormal: The characters don't notice it, but we can see that the main bridge and ready room of the ''Fitzgerald'' are both different than they're supposed to be.
181	* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Averted with Admiral Thornton, who actually seems to want to help Reyf in his mission rather than impede him, as most Starfleet admirals tend to want to do.
182	* OhCrap: Commander Prentice's reaction when the ship's power goes out moments before a massive explosion.
183	** "Merv, I need warp power in two minutes or we're going to get washed away!"
184	** Also Reyf, when he realizes exactly what he's up against. "All this time, I was expecting a faceoff at Reichenbach Falls, but instead...oh my God."
185	%%* OmniscientDatabase: The "facial recognition search" towards the end of the movie is a textbook example.
186	* TheOnlyOne: Combined with TheChosenOne in the persona of Captain Reyf. As the person who knows Dr. Garr the best, it naturally falls to him to intervene and stop Garr from carrying out his EvilPlan. He soon realizes that that works both ways, and Garr can use everything he knows about Reyf against him, and to much greater effect.
187	* PatrickStewartSpeech: Reyf delivers three of these:
188	** One: the launch sequence. "Looking at this crowd of...strange people I barely knew, it's safe to say I'd never been quite so nervous in my life."
189	** Two: after Garr tempts him with the prospect of altering his own history. "You once told me that even suffering has value."
190	** Three: on the ''Voyager'' bridge when he tries to convince Garr to give it up. "After all that time you spent telling me to confront my pain, here you stand, still running from yours!"
191	** Lieutenant Erickson: "...personally I'm proud of you for facing him the way you did. And I don't want to see you lose your confidence, not now. Not after everything we've been through."
192	* PermissionToSpeakFreely: ''Usually'' occurs before a WithDueRespect discussion. Though at one point Lt. Erickson yells at Reyf for about a solid minute in private before he deadpans "Permission to speak freely is granted."
193	* PowerBornOfMadness: Garr's lack of inhibitions spurs him to do great and terrible things.
194	* PowerTrio: Erickson, Prentice, and Reyf, with Reyf playing the role of peacekeeper.
195	%%* ProjectedMan: The Emergency Medical Hologram of the ''Fitzgerald''.
196	* PutOnABus:
197	** Lt. Commander Maxwell Garrett. He returns for the final scene.
198	** Dr. Falwell. It's [[HandWave handwaved]] that she and the rest of the medical staff are at a conference on Bajor and there wasn't time to wait for them. She gets a quick scene via viewscreen before also coming back at the end.
199	%%* RapidFireTyping: Data in the ''Fitzgerald'' observation lounge calling up sensor information.
200	* ReadingsAreOffTheScale. "Tetryon radiation levels just jumped off the scale!"
201	%%* RedAlert
202	%%** Blue alert!
203	* RedHerring: [[spoiler:It's heavily implied midway through the film that the reason [[CallBack the chief engineer can't score]] with the tactical officer is that the tactical officer is [[GirlOnGirlIsHot already seeing Ensign Mitchell]]. Turns out they were just friends.]]
204	* TheReveal: Done several times throughout the movie.
205	** The best one: "Braiyon Garr...it can't be! ''You died five years ago!''"
206	** The first shot of the ''Fitzgerald'' docked at Deep Space Nine, when the camera pans past the docking pylon to reveal the shiny new ship.
207	** "Edward...is that...?"
208	*** "He touched me, he '''slapped my face''' for God's sake!"
209	** "It's an android...a female!"
210	** "What kind of ship is it?"
211	* RidingIntoTheSunset: The shot of the ''Fitzgerald'' going to warp as the credits roll arguably qualifies.
212	%%* RuleOfCool: The [[spoiler:ISS ''Voyager'' runs on this.]]
213	* RuleOfFun: This is one reason behind [[RuleOfThree the three]] "20th century song" scenes in the movie. Combines with CharacterDevelopment to show that Garr has an interest in Earth's 20th century.
214	* RuleOfFunny: "The clever fiendishness of this sinister plot..."
215	** "Why is it [[LampshadeHanging everytime someone goes off the deep end in this century]], it ''always'' winds up involving TimeTravel?"
216	* RuleOfThree: There are three "20th century song" montage sequences. And three lead characters on the ''Fitzgerald'' (Reyf, Prentice, and Erickson). And three scenes of technobabble. And three nacelles on the USS ''Fitzgerald'' itself.
217	* RunningGag:
218	** Count how many times you hear the number "47" pop up in this movie.
219	** The "coffee cup" gag. It first shows up during the "V'Ger Flyover" sequence, when the shuttle flies past the dark mess hall. Then the light catches the metal off the cup and the camera zooms in on it. The same thing happens again when Reyf visits [[spoiler:Garr's old office]]. The implication both times is that Garr had been there recently.
220	** Data's rambling. Which Reyf also interrupts every time with some form of "'''Thank''' you, Mr. Data."
221	%%* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler:Lt. Garrett]].
222	* SceneryPorn: Invoked at several places in the movie:
223	** When the away team first steps into Garr's lab.
224	** The entire sequence (with musical accompaniment no less) of Reyf looking around Garr's old office.
225	** Scene 38, with Reyf looking around [[spoiler:Studio 33]].
226	* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: An interesting use of the trope because when we start out, ''nothing'' is really "wrong." What Garr tempts Reyf with is [[spoiler:the possibility of saving his father from a premature death at the hands of the Borg.]]
227	* ShoutOut:
228	** Captain [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 Gaius]] [[Series/{{Andromeda}} Reyf]].
229	** Garr's GlowingEyesOfDoom are reminiscent of [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} The Terminator]].
230	** "I'm a doctor, not a nightlight." A shoutout to both ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]]'' and to the audition of Robert Picardo for ''Star Trek Voyager''; his ad-libbing this line landed him the part.
231	*** "This is a sickbay, not a flophouse!"
232	*** "I'm a doctor, not a drama critic."
233	** The EMH is using a [[Franchise/StarWars lightsaber hilt]] as a medical scanner in one scene. [[RuleOfFunny It's quite funny.]]
234	** Every reference to the number 47 is a nod to one of the writers of ''TNG'' and ''Deep Space Nine'', who would work the number into every other episode.
235	** The core of the Beta Reticuli moon is made of [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 exoboron]].
236	** The [[Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse Alcawell Station]] is said to be refining [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 berellium crystal]].
237	** "[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Number One]], [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan the ship is yours]]."
238	** [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine "Seal the airlock, release docking clamps."]]
239	** In the ''Fitzgerald'' sickbay, the supply boxes underneath the table below the large lighted mural suggest that the boxes contain quantities of [[Series/TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack GC-161]].
240	** Reyf: [[Film/ThePrincessBride "Inconceivable!"]]
241	** The starship [[Franchise/StarWars Antilles]].
242	** Garr: [[Franchise/StarWars "I dislike repeating myself, so this will be the last time I ask."]]
243	** Erickson: "When this mess began, you had to confront the reality that your oldest friend was still alive, and that he was [[Series/StargateAtlantis flying around hatching evil, supervillain plans]] across the quadrant."
244	** Even though it's not really legible on camera, WordOfGod says that the motto on the dedication plaque of the ISS ''Voyager'' reads: [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "Screw Flanders!"]]
245	** Look closely at [[Film/GalaxyQuest the bartender's uniform]]. And for that matter, doesn't the barkeep call himself [[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Uncle Phil]]?
246	** In Reyf's ready room in the final scene...isn't that a [[Series/NickelodeonGuts Glowing Piece of the Aggro Crag]] next to the door?
247	* SignificantAnagram:
248	** "Dennis Gard Robb" is an anagram of "Brandon Bridges," executive producer and the voice of Dr. Braiyon Garr. Dennis Gard Robb receives credit as the voice of Gaius Reyf and as a 3D prop designer.
249	** "John Leo Ivor" is also an anagram for the man who helped craft the original story, who declined to be credited by full name.
250	%%* SpaceIsNoisy
251	* SpaceStation: Several.
252	** Deep Space Nine.
253	** [[RuleOfCool The Caretaker's Array]] as the Mellis II Deep Space Research Station.
254	* StarTrekShake. Surprising given this is a CGI film, but on multiple occasions the ships "shake" (by means of wildly moving the cameras back and forth on stationary sets), and the actors fall and stumble exactly as they would if the sets were really moving.
255	** Parodied during the Wolf 359 flashback sequence. Most of the crew simply swerve when the ''Goodson'' gets hit by the blast wave, but the tactical officer on screen left is knocked clear off his feet.
256	* StockFootage: Subverted in that the producer went out of his way to avoid re-using anything from one scene to the next if he could avoid it.
257	* SwirlyEnergyThingy. The vortex that swallows the [[spoiler:Beta Reticuli system]] and the black hole near the end of the film.
258	* TechnoBabble: It's simply impossible to be in a ''Star Trek'' production without loads and loads of this. ''Specter'' involves a technical mystery (two, actually, Garr's mysterious DoomsdayDevice, and the brain of the female android).
259	* TechnologyPorn: The entire "V'Ger Flyover" sequence is a textbook example.
260	* TemptingFate. Invoked several times:
261	-->'''Reyf''': "Ensign Kal, has there been any word from the survey team Starfleet dispatched?"\
262	'''Kal''': "No, sir. They are now 28 hours overdue. Should I contact Starfleet for an update?"\
263	'''Reyf''': [[TropeTelegraphing "I don't think that will be necessary."]]
264	-->'''Prentice''': "Can you tell what kind of shape their records are in?"\
265	'''Data''': "It would appear they are largely intact. I am detecting less than four point seven percent degradation in the memory circuits."\
266	'''Prentice''': [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong "Finally, some good news."]]\
267	(moments later) '''Erickson''': "Commander, I'm getting some strange readings from the ''Fairgrieve''."\
268	'''Prentice''': [[LampshadeHanging "I knew it was too good to last."]]
269	* ThemeMusicPowerUp: When Reyf finally figures out Garr's plan, for the first time since the launch sequence, we get a piece of upbeat music.
270	* ThisCannotBe: Upon being told of the pillaging and destruction of the Alcawell Station, Reyf utters a single word: "Inconceivable!"
271	%%* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself. Reyf's confrontation with Dr. Garr.
272	%%* TimeTravel
273	* TitleThemeDrop: The ''Voyager'' theme is repurposed in the title sequence as Garr's theme (his good side, at least), and can be heard numerous times throughout the movie.
274	* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: We're not exactly sure where the ''Fitzgerald'' is when Reyf decides to visit Earth. But we can assume it's someplace decently close to Deep Space Nine, since the Beta Reticuli system is said to have been only two hours away from there at the ship's maximum speed. Canon tells us that it takes a while to get from Deep Space Nine to Earth, and yet the ''Fitzgerald'' seems to just show up there with little or no time having passed.
275	%%* TwistEnding
276	* TwoLinesNoWaiting: For most of the film, there are three storylines going; Reyf trying to figure out what Garr is doing; the crew trying to figure out what Reyf isn't telling them; and Garr's sinister plan.
277	%%* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: The computer simulation in Stellar Cartography serves as this.
278	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
279	** Averted; many thought that Chellik's mention of a survey team coming to help the ''Fitzgerald'' the next day would wind up being a plot hole.
280	** Invoked later: the ''Fairgrieve'' sensor records that our heroes risked their lives to retrieve don't seem to have made any identifiable contribution whatsoever.
281	* WhatTheHellHero: Reyf's crew is aware of their captain's emotional impairment given the mission, but they support him anyway because others had faith in him first, and he knows the villain better than anyone else. They talk amongst themselves about the captain needing to deal with his emotions, and Reyf finally wises up and starts seeing Garr as the threat he truly is rather than the friend he used to be near the end.
282	* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: Somehow, Braiyon Garr built a super-advanced [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom Starship of Doom]], a super-advanced android girl, and an ElaborateUndergroundBase, all in only five years by himself with no sign of shipyards or any other support facilities.
283	* WholePlotReference: Believe it or not, the basic premise of this movie is taken from an unused concept for ''Film/StarTrekInsurrection'', which was to have had Picard chasing down an old Academy classmate who had become obsessed with finding the Fountain of Youth.
284	** Also references ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Wrath of Khan]]'' with [[spoiler:Garr "dying" once in the opening, and then getting KilledOffForReal]] at the end of the movie.
285	*** "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few--or the one."
286	** Also beautifully references Frankenstein. Kristie (Victor Frankenstein) abandoning Garr left him emotionally disfigured, turning him into a monster (or so he believed); he, in turn, became Victor Frankenstein himself by creating the almost-human replica, whose ungainly metal limb separates her from being truly human.
287	* WidescreenShot: All the recreated shots of StockFootage from the TV series falls into this heading. Most of them are the original shots, blocked much as they originally had been for 4:3, but with the sides expanded for the 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
288	%%* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Braiyon Garr.
289	* XanatosGambit: Garr rams the shuttlecraft that had been scanning his ship. In addition to erasing the shuttle's sensor logs--thus averting a "two meter exhaust port" situation--this also damages the shuttle enough that the lives of its occupants are suddenly in mortal danger. Rather than pursuing Garr, which is implied to be a futile maneuver anyway, Reyf decides to turn back to rescue his two officers. As Garr knew he would all along.
290	%%* YouHaveFailedMe: Inverted by Garr in that he doesn't seem to have any Mooks of any kind, nor does he seem to have had any kind of outside help doing his impossible deeds.

Context WebAnimation / StarTrekSpecter