History Characters / StarTrek

* PuppeteerParisite: An odd benevolent version.

* SissyVilain

''Live Long and Prosper''

* PointyEars

''Today is a Good Day to Die''

* RatedMForManly: Their idea of a bachelor party is four days of MachoMasochism. Their idea of a honeymoon is going on a hike through the nastiest terrain in the galaxy. Their idea of a joyous wedding night is for the happy couple to gleefully beat each other to a pulp. And their idea of a wedding ceremony is to tell how two mythical Klingon's showed their love for each other by teaming up to sack and destroy the heavens. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Isn't that romantic?]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: In the novels they often come across is dignified and traditionalist aristocrats rather then simply as bad guys. The Romulan characters that appear on TV sometimes have that aspect to them.

* WorthyOpponent: several of the most memorable Romulan characters in the original series, as well as a number of times in the novelizations.

* [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bastards]]: Or, at least, they seem to produce Magnificent Bastards at an unusually high rate.

''Resistance Is Futile''

* [[StrawPolitical Straw Capitalists]]

* HonestJohnsDealership: ...and the less.

* HumanoidAliens: The only outside difference is the leopard like spots on the neck.

* PuppeteerParisite: An odd benevolent version

!!Jem'hader

''Victory Is Life''

* MeaningfulName: Related to the ranking system in KiplingsFinest

* RatedMForManly: Their idea of a bachelor party is four days of MachoMasochism. Their idea of a honeymoon is going on a hike through the nastiest terrain in the galaxy. Their idea of a joyous wedding night is for the happy couple to gleefully beat each other to a pulp. And their idea of a wedding ceremony is to tell how two mythical Klingon's showed their love for each other by teaming up to sack and destroy the heavens. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Isn't that romantic]]

* SlaveSoldier

* SlaveSoldiers

* WorthyOpponent: several of the most memorable Romulan characters.

* [[MagnificentBastard MagnificentBastards]]: Or, at least, they seem to produce Magnificent Bastards at an unusually high rate.

!Humans

!Vulcans

!Klingons

!Romulans

* [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Always Neutral Evil]]

* ShadowArchetype / EvilCounterpartRace: To Vulcans.

* StrawmanEmotional: Disagreed with Surak's logic, and left to start their own, more amoral, militaristic society.

!Cardassians

!Borg

* [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Always Lawful Evil]]

* MemeticMutation: I am X of Borg. MemeticMutation is irrelevant. You will be assimilated.

!Bajorans

!Ferengi

** Variations are used across Asia, ultimately all distortions of the word ''Frank,'' i.e. somebody from France, mistakenly interpreted to mean all Europeans.
* SpacePirate: Their original characterisation, when they were planed to be serious villains. Implicitly {{Retcon}}ned to be just a few who couldn;t make it in "legitimate" business.

* NeutralGood

* LawfulNeutral

* [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Always]] NeutralEvil

* LawfulEvil

* [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Always]] LawfulEvil

This characters page is for the species that populate the ''StarTrek'' [[TheVerse 'verse]]. Individual characters from a particular series go on one of those pages:

* MostWritersAreHuman (which is why all ''StarTrek'' series to date have centered around a human captain)

* PlanetOfHats (averted; we're the only planet that doesn't have a hat)

* MemeticHandGesture (their salute)

* OurElvesAreBetter: The ''original'' Space Elves
* TheParalyzer (Vulcan Nerve Pinch)

* PsychicLink (Mind Meld)
* StrangeSalute (the Vulcan salute)
* TheSpock ([[TropeNamer Trope Namers]], makers, and codifiers)

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: are portrayed this way in the [[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries original series]] and [[StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]], but not in the others

* KlingonPromotion: the TropeNamer

* ShadowArchetype[=/=]EvilCounterpartRace (to Vulcans)

* StrawmanEmotional (Disagreed with Surak's logic, and left to start their own, more amoral, militaristic society)

* [[MagnificentBastard MagnificentBastards]] (Or at least, they seem to produce Magnificent Bastards at an unusually high rate)

* MemeticMutation (I am X of Borg. MemeticMutation is irrelevant. You will be assimilated.)

* MeaningfulName: The name "Ferengi" is a corruption of the word "farhang," which was a derisive word used in some parts of Southeast Asia to describe European [[strike:colonialists]] merchants.

* [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Always]] NeutralEvil [[EvilCounterpartRace Counterpart Race]]

* ShadowArchetype (to Vulcans)

* [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Always]] NeutralEvil

* NeutralEvil

* [[StrawPolitical Straw Capitalists]]