History Characters / StarTrekSpeciesNToZ

** Quinn politely admits to Janeway that despite Q's bluster, the Q are not actually "gods." Moreover, he says that while they are ''practically'' "omnipotent," this is for every possible frame of reference to human comprehension. They can make entire galaxies explode with a thought, or with a snap of their fingers turn the entire Borg Collective into cute puppies. But Quinn insists that up in the higher planes of existence in the Q continuum, there are still things they can't do, although such things are beyond our comprehension or description. He is much more modest about his race than Q is.

* PerfectPacifistPeople: They put up no resistance against Klingon occupation, and calmly accept all their demands. It helps that they're never actually in danger from the Klingons, and for all their power, they seem to utterly despise violence.

%%* ClassyCravat: The men all wear these.
* FireBreathingDiner: It was hinted at that Talaxians have a higher tolerance for spicy foods than other races. In "Faces", Neelix prepares a 'watered-down' plomeek soup, a mere sip of which knocks a sturdy Vulcan flat. Neelix, however, is able to guzzle down the soup as a beverage.

* NamedAfterTheirPlanet: Talax.
* OurGnomesAreWeirder: Not a direct inspiration for [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Jar Jar Binks]], but pretty close.

* DysonSphere: Their homeworld's sun, and that of their new star system, are surrounded by "Dyson rings", which serve the same purpose on a smaller scale.

* HiveMind: They exist as a single consciousness, and have trouble conceiving of beings that don't think this way.

* NonMaliciousMonster: They hold no ill will towards anyone with the [[EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes exception of Klingons]] and their euphoria-inducing effects can even be used in a positive manner. However, their ExplosiveBreeding combined with their cuteness often causes those who encounter them to be too distracted by their adorableness to properly manage their inevitable population explosion until it's too late.

* NonMaliciousMonster: They hold no ill will towards anyone with the [[EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes exception of Klingons]] and their euphoria-inducing effects can even be used in a positive manner. However, their ExposiveBreeding combined with their cuteness often causes those who encounter them to be too distracted by their adorableness to properly manage their inevitable population explosion until it's too late.

* HappyFunBall: Klingon hunting parties were no match for the tribble. Eventually they got fed up and plotted a course to the tribble homeworld, blowing it to smithereens.

* RapidAging: Ocampa age very rapidly, resulting in an average life span of only nine years (less than that of a household pet). As an upside, they develop and learn extremely quickly.

* WillNotTellALie: Vulcans have a reputation for being truthful, both in and out of universe, but this is rarely the case. It's more that they don't lie ''unnecessarily''; if they do find it necessary to do so they are perfectly capable of doing so, and [[ConsummateLiar are quite good at it]], even when not employing DoubleSpeak and [[MetaphoricallyTrue half truths]].
-->'''Saavik:''' ''([[FascinatingEyebrow raises eyebrow]])'' You lied.\\

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Their makeup and modus operandi is rather grotesque compared to the rest of the show, even compared to all of the many [[TheGrotesque visually and]] [[ScaryDogmaticAliens morally unappealing]] RubberForeheadAliens that litter the show. In the aptly-titled "Faces", one of the Vidiians steals a goldshirt's face and applies it over his own.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: It's not a fault of TNG that [=DS9=] would later state that the Trill have a much larger presence in the Federation than is initially shown (Curzon Dax was responsible for the signing of the Khitomer accords, probably the single most important piece of legislation next to the Prime Directive) but in hindsight it jars with the "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E23TheHost The Host]]", which goes to great pains to show that nobody in Starfleet (not even the esteemed Dr. Bev) knows anything about the nature of these beings. The TNG Trill also have rubber foreheads rather than spots, and the symbiote is shown as [[PuppeteerParasite totally taking over the host]] instead of forming a combined consciousness.

* ImmortalityBisexuality: Dax has been married six times: four times as the bride, and twice as the groom. In one episode, Jadzia Dax bucks the system and kisses her former spouse, who happens to be a lady. Odan tried to put the moves on Dr. Crusher once his symbiont was transplanted into a woman but she emphatically said no.

* FantasticRacism: They hate Klingons.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Played surprisingly straight. Even though they can apparently feed off ordinary table salt (though they need quite a bit of it), they seem to prefer sucking it out of other lifeforms, and it's never explained why.

* WillNotTellALie: Vulcans have a reputation for being truthful, both in and out of universe, but this is rarely the case. It's more that they don't lie ''unnecessarily''; if they do find it necessary to do so they are perfectly capable of doing so, and [[ConsummateLiar are quite good at it]], even when not employing DoubleSpeak and FromACertainPointOfView.

* TheNapoleon: Vorta have cooler heads than the Andorians, but on the demerit side, they tend to be arrogant and petty, without a sense of honour. The tallest one we see is Yelgrun, played by Music/IggyPop (admittedly something of a [[invoked]][[WTHCastingAgency miscasting]] according to Word of God). In general, they come across as {{Hobbits}} [[RecycledInSpace IN SPACE]]: they look affable, with their youthful appearances and piercing blue-white eyes, but just underneath the surface lie generous helpings of cruelty and deceptiveness.

* CloningBlues: The Weyoun clone who went renegade and almost cost them the war. Weyoun 7 asides that the cloning process is rather dodgy and doesn't always work as intended; on the surface, Weyoun 6 was a perfect copy, but he lacked his progenitor's "appetite for cruelty."

* AerithAndBob: In [[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS4E04SomethingBorrowedSomethingGreen Something Borrowed, Something Green]] we learn that some Orion names sound a lot like human names, for example Tendi's sister and dad are named D'Erica (Erica) and B'Rt (Bert) respectively, one of the crew members on the Orion ship at the beginning of the episode also named D'Bora (Deborah).

* PlanetOfHats: {{Subverted}}. While it's assumed that all Orions are SpacePirates, it's something of stereotype the spieces tries to forget.

* TheGiant: Twice as tall as humans.

* SpaceElves: Along with their pointy ears, Romulans are stronger, longer-lived and have a heightened sense of smell compared to humans. The most Elf-like character in the franchise is Elnor, who [[{{Elfeminate}} looks like]] he had transported from [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Middle-earth]] to the Franchise/TrekVerse. [[note]]His name means "Star-Run" in Sindarin, which is another way of saying "Star-Trek."[[/note]]

* SpaceJews: They bear a strong (and hopefully unintentional) resemblance, in both appearance and mannerisms, to people with Downs syndrome. ''Lower Decks'' would eventually steer them from this trope to being their own species, much like [=DS9=] did with the Ferengi.

** On top of that, they are highly smart, capable of scheming, infiltration and manipulation, the latter two the Borg suck in. It's lucky for the ST universe that they chose to start their annihilation campaign in the Delta Quadrant and against the Borg. Otherwise the Federation and their peer societies would have never known what hit them.

* ScrewYouElves: The only loveable Vulcans in ''Star Trek'' are the ones already affiliated with Starfleet or other organizations within the Federation. Native Vulcans are brusque, speciesist, and rather uncooperative in their relations with other races. They barely mask their low regard for the illogical aliens they begrudgingly work with. Vulcans also discriminate against those who marry outside of the race.

** However, it's mentioned that the Rite of Ta'loth involves young Vulcans being sent into the desert armed only with a ritual blade, implying that when push comes to shove, they ''will'' meat in order to survive. Unless these deserts are commonly populated with aforementioned ManEatingPlant, of course.

** Although the hand-to-hand combat practiced by the Qowat Milat sisterhood hasn't been named onscreen in ''Picard'', it's nevertheless the first time in the franchise that a specific Romulan martial arts is showcased. It's more "fantastic" than that of the Klingons or the Vulcans because the Romulan warrior nuns develop SuperReflexes during [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower their training]] that are fast enough to [[DodgeTheBullet dodge multiple energy weapons fire]] [[note]]which is a very rare ability in the Franchise/TrekVerse because it was only exhibited beforehand by Soong-type androids and Augments[[/note]]. This AmazonBrigade is [[MasterSwordsman remarkably adept at wielding a tan qalanq]] while also utilizing CombatParkour, HitAndRunTactics and [[StealthExpert stealth]] to single-handedly defeat several opponents.

** The Romulans believe themselves to superior to everyone, and still cling to the idea that that one day, the Romulan Empire will rule the entire galaxy. (''TNG'': "The Neutral Zone", "Data's Day", "The Enemy") According to Miles O'Brien, there was no piece of technology that the Romulans didn't claim they invented before everyone else.

** Although the hand-to-hand combat practiced by the Qowat Milat sisterhood hasn't been named onscreen in ''Picard'', it's nevertheless the first time in the franchise that a specific Romulan martial arts is showcased. It's more "fantastic" than that of the Klingons or the Vulcans because the Romulan warrior nuns develop SuperReflexes during [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower their training]] that are fast enough [[DodgeTheBullet dodge multiple energy weapons fire]] [[note]]which is a very rare ability in the Franchise/TrekVerse because it was only exhibited beforehand by Soong-type androids and Augments[[/note]]. This AmazonBrigade is [[MasterSwordsman remarkably adept at wielding a tan qalanq]] while also utilizing CombatParkour, HitAndRunTactics and [[StealthExpert stealth]] to single-handedly defeat several opponents.

* HighCollarOfDoom: Hard to feel intimated by a potato in a gym sock.

* AerithAndBob: In [[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS4E04SomethingBorrowedSomethingGreen Something Borrowed, Something Green]] we learn that some Orion names sound a lot like human names, for example Tendi's sister and dad are named D'Erica (Erica) and B'Rt (Bert) respectively.