History Characters / StarTrekDeepSpaceNineQuarksBar

* OddFriendship: With ''everyone!'' Amazingly, Morn seems to get along with practically everyone on the station. When he faked his death, pretty much everyone on [DS9=] showed up to pay their respects. His friendship even goes as high up as ''Sisko,'' who's trust in him convinced him the secret messsage smugged out during the height of the Dominion War was genuine.

* OddFriendship: With ''everyone!'' Amazingly, Morn seems to get along with pracitcally everyone on the station. When he faked his death, pretty much everyone on DS9 showed up to pay their respects. His friendship even goes as high up as ''Sisko,'' who's trust in him convinced him the secret messsage smugged out during the height of the Dominion War was genuine.

** In the expanded universe he eventually became Chief Engineer of the ''Enterprise''-E and eventually was promoted to captain of the ''USS Chimera'' (as implied in "The Visitor").

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Largely just a comedic background character, but if it weren't for him, the Federation wouldn't have found out the wormhole minefield was going to be disabled until it was too late.

->'''Played By''': Creator/AndreaMartin[=/=]Cecily Adams

->'''Played By''': James Darren

** His comment in "Bar Association" is telling; he can either cut everyone's hours (and salaries) by a third to keep the bar running, or fire half his staff. He chooses to keep everyone's job. He almost never resorts to violence to get anything done (other Ferengi have no such compunctions), and the reason why he gets so many {{Strawman|HasAPoint}} / JerkassHasAPoint moments is that he is entirely too human and can relate (his "Root Beer" speech is classic Quark). He gets into constant trouble with the Ferengi Commerce Authority because of his strangely compassionate side. Comes to a head in "Body Parts," where Brunt explains that his hatred of Quark is not due to any particular misdeed, but rather that he is a philanthropist by Ferengi standards[[note]]During the Occupation, he sold supplies to the Bajoran Resistance at ''slightly'' above cost rather than gouging them for all he could[[/note]].

->'''Played By''': Max Grodénchik

* HonorBeforeReason: [[BlueAndOrangeMorality In a Ferengi way]]. He was once willing to die (or have [[MagnificentBastard Garak]] kill him) rather than break a [[TheCommandments Rule of Acquisition]].

* WeWantOurJerkBack: After the Prophets turn him into a friendly, generous philanthropist via a HeelFaceMindScrew, Quark is horrified. It's not just because a HeelFaceMindScrew is inherently creepy, either - Ferengi culture is literally built on venal, money-grubbing dickery, and having the Grand Nagus turned like that could have apocalyptic consequences - it's basically the Ferengi equivalent of the Pope being caught by paparazzi blowing money at a strip club/brothel.

* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: Originally just a smuggler using the bar as a front, he gradually expanded it into a grill and arcade. Quark is still a smuggler, though, since the income from the bar barely breaks even.

* TheCastShowoff: Actually ''[[InvertedTrope inverted]].'' Although Rom is the worst player on the station's baseball team, Max Grodénchik was a semi-pro player in high school and considered going full professional before going into acting. In fact, Max was literally incapable of playing as badly as he was supposed to, which is why Rom plays left-handed. Nana Visitor was by far the worst player.

* PapaWolf: As Quark found out, mess with Nog at your peril. Rom went as far as to threaten to burn the bar down.

* MommasBoy: A vital message that changed the course of the Dominion War only got through because he smuggled it in one of the many presents he was rushing home to give his mother for her birthday.

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: By Ferengi standards, as he cares more for killing than latinum. That said, he does not shun wealth entirely: he was once mentioned seeking business advice from the Grand Nagus. He was also not pleased when it was revealed that Quark had tricked him into believing that the reward for Ishka's rescue was less than half of what it really was.

* CantGetAwayWithNuthin & TheChewToy: Quark's {{long list}} of injuries and near-death experiences rivals that of Harry Kim! (Who he incidentally tried to swindle in "Caretaker".) Most of these accidents occurred during a botched business deal or illegal exchange.

* PetTheDog: He's not afraid to pour some drinks on the house when O'Brien and Bashir are believed to have been killed, or to offer Odo romantic evidence.

** Subverted by Major Kira, who was extremely upset about him putting Jadzia's life at risk, even though he ultimately helped her. (Quark making a sexual hologram of her without her permission can't have helped either.) It was only after he risked his life to help out the DS9 resistance at the beginning of season 5 that she decided to forgive him.

* EarAche: At one point, he gets a nasty ear infection, on account of getting too much oomox...''self-administered'' oomox.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In his first appearance, he messes with Quark's head and sets him up for a fall, but that's about it. In later episodes Quark is his chosen agent when dealing with the Gamma Quadrant and for several other matters and be barely aware of Rom (who takes advantage of the situation to skim the profits). In his last few appearances he seems to actively hate Quark and love Rom apropos of nothing (although the shift can be attributed to a mix of his growing senility and his new relationship with Ishka).

** He's often capable of providing good advice, even if it's to people he (cordially) can't stand.