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* {{Tuckerization}}: Much of the supporting cast of ''How Much For Just The Planet?'' is based on Ford's friends and fellow authors, including DianeDuane, Creator/PeterMorwood, Creator/NeilGaiman, PamelaDean, and JanetKagan.Creator/JanetKagan.
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* WinWinEnding: The Diredei would prefer not to have to deal with either the Federation or the Empire, but are pragmatic enough to realise that the dilithium is such a vital resource that they have no realistic chance of stopping one or the other side from taking it eventually. They decide to join the Federation, but with the condition that the Federation contract out the dilithium mining operation to the Klingons with the idea that the two powers would keep each other in check and prevent them annexing the entire planet. Both the Federation and the Klingons get dilithium (most likely 50% each) and the Diredei get to keep their planet and way of life.
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* WinWinEnding: The Diredei would prefer not to have to deal with either the Federation or the Empire, but are pragmatic enough to realise that the dilithium is such a vital resource that they have no realistic chance of stopping one or the other side from taking it eventually. They decide to join the Federation, but with the condition that the Federation contract out the dilithium mining operation to the Klingons with the idea that the two powers would keep each other in check and prevent either of them annexing the entire planet. Both the Federation and the Klingons get dilithium (most likely 50% each) and the Diredei get to keep their planet and way of life.
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* StereotypeFlip: T'Vau - she's absent-minded, clumsy, and a bit of a slob. It's even mentioned in-story by her commanding officer how "un-Vulcan" her mannerisms are while watching her fiddle with a 3-D chessboard, her hair messily arranged and her uniform splattered with the remains of the salad she had as her meal.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: Heavily implied to be due to someone spilling a milkshake on a console.
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* NotSoDifferent: Many of the humans and Klingons find common ground. Sanchez and Arizhel bond over unwanted male attention and fathers who didn't agree with their life choices, and Chekov and Korth bond over a shared exasperation with the odd ways of elder officers while Scotty and Maglus bond over a shared exasperation with the odd ways of junior officers.
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* NotSoDifferent: Many of the humans and Klingons find common ground. Sanchez and Arizhel bond over unwanted male attention and fathers who didn't agree with their life choices, and Chekov and Korth bond over a shared exasperation with the odd ways of elder officers while Scotty and Maglus bond over a shared exasperation with the odd ways of junior officers. And of course, the first time we visit any of the starships in the opening chapters, they are all having issues with the food replicators.
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''How Much for Just the Planet?'' ([[http://books.google.com/books?id=y682KhTN2AwC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false available for free on Google Books]]) is a novel in the Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse, written by Creator/JohnMFord.
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* AgainstMyReligion: [=McCoy=] explaining why he, Sulu, and two Klingons won't Kneel Before Zod [the evil queen Janeka]:
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** Various Direidians also quote from ''TheCherryOrchard'', ''Theatre/TheMikado'', and ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''.
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* ChainedHeat: Uhura and Aperokei; lampshaded as a homage to the 1935 film version of ''TheThirtyNineSteps''.
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* ChainedHeat: Uhura and Aperokei; lampshaded as a homage to the 1935 film version of ''TheThirtyNineSteps''.''Film/The39Steps''.
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** Ellen Kushner's ''Literature/{{Swordspoint}}'' is mentioned as a literary classic in the same breath as ''BenHur''.
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It's a comedy, in case that hadn't become apparent.
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It's a comedy, in case that hadn't become apparent.
apparent. Blue orange juice, inflatable starships, and milkshake-obsessed ship computers are not exactly the stuff of serious drama, after all.
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** Chapter titles include references to ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'', Creator/FScottFitzgerald's "The Diamond As Big As the Ritz", and MaeWest.
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* {{Angrish}}: A series of coincidences leads a Klingon officer to believe that he has walked in on Captain Kirk cheating with his love interest. Kirk is unable to determine whether his subsequent utterance is actual Klingon speech or just Angrish, since they normally sound very similar anyway (and he's rather distracted with his efforts to flee for his life).
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* {{Angrish}}: A series of coincidences leads a the Klingon officer captain, Kaden, to believe that he has walked in on Captain Kirk cheating with his love interest. Kirk is unable to determine whether his subsequent utterance is actual Klingon speech or just Angrish, since they normally sound very similar anyway (and he's rather distracted with his efforts to flee for his life).
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** While out shopping, Uhura recalls an earlier shopping trip that kick-started "The Trouble with Tribbles".
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* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: "I'm a cook, not an ichthyologist."
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* MacGuffin: Uhura and Aperokei's ''noir''-flavored subplot features one, naturally. And it's {{foreshadowing}} for the identity of the man behind everything: [[spoiler:the MacGuffin is supposedly a disguised star map to a valuable treasure -- which is the same backstory as the MacGuffin in the adventure novel Thed is reading near the beginning, because the same writer created both]].
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* NoodleIncident: The last time Thed turned down the sensible course of action because she had a much better idea.
-->"Oh, now wait a minute. The last time you had a much better idea--"\\
"That would have worked if the rubber band hadn't broken."
-->"Oh, now wait a minute. The last time you had a much better idea--"\\
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* {{Malaproper}}: The Starfleet admiral who briefs Kirk leaves a trail of twisted and broken figures of speech in his wake. (He's an alien, and his native language uses a lot of figures of speech that don't translate well into English.)
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The Direidians are eccentric, to say the least -- if "eccentric" is a strong enough word to describe a population given to sudden outbursts of CrowdSong -- and very little about the visit goes according to plan. Captain Kirk is enlisted in a ZanyScheme to reunite two starcrossed lovers. Uhura finds herself on the run with her Klingon opposite number. [=McCoy=] and Sulu, on an expedition to examine the dilithium deposits, are captured by barbarian tribesmen. Scotty faces a Klingon on the field of honour (ie. the golf course). Events build to an action-packed climax before the identity and purpose of the forces working behind the scenes are finally revealed.
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The Direidians are eccentric, to say the least -- if "eccentric" is a strong enough word to describe a population given to sudden outbursts of CrowdSong {{crowd song}}s -- and very little about the visit goes according to plan. Captain Kirk is enlisted in a ZanyScheme to reunite two starcrossed lovers. Uhura finds herself on the run with her Klingon opposite number.counterpart. [=McCoy=] and Sulu, on an expedition to examine the dilithium deposits, are captured by barbarian tribesmen. Scotty faces a Klingon on the field of honour (ie. (i.e., the golf course). Events build to an action-packed climax before the identity and purpose of the forces working behind the scenes are finally revealed.
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* AgainstMyReligion: [=McCoy=] explaining why he, Sulu, and two Klingons won't Kneel Before Zod (the evil queen Janeka):
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* EngineeredHeroics: Deedee and Pete are in love, but her parents don't approve of him. Deedee recruits Sanchez and Arizhel in a scheme to set up a situation in which Pete can be a hero and thereby impress her parents. Then Pete recruits Kirk and Kaden in a scheme to set up a situation in which he can be a hero and thereby impress Deedee's parents...
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* HorseOfADifferentColor: The barbarian tribesmen ride giant lizards.
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* ParentalMarriageVeto: Deedee and Pete are in love, but her parents don't approve of him because they're idle rich and he works for a living.
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-->'''[=McCoy=]:''' Well, it's against Mr. Sulu's religion, these two gentlemen already have a dictator, and I'm a Democrat.
* {{Angrish}}: A series of coincidences leads a Klingon officer to believe that he has walked in on Captain Kirk cheating with his wife. Kirk is unable to determine whether his subsequent utterance is actual Klingon speech or just Angrish, since they normally sound very similar anyway (and he's rather distracted with his efforts to flee for his life).
* {{Angrish}}: A series of coincidences leads a Klingon officer to believe that he has walked in on Captain Kirk cheating with his wife. Kirk is unable to determine whether his subsequent utterance is actual Klingon speech or just Angrish, since they normally sound very similar anyway (and he's rather distracted with his efforts to flee for his life).
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-->'''[=McCoy=]:''' Well, it's against Mr. Sulu's religion, You see, ma'am, these two gentlemen already have a dictator, it's against Mr. Sulu's religion... and I'm a Democrat.
* {{Angrish}}: A series of coincidences leads a Klingon officer to believe that he has walked in on Captain Kirk cheating with hiswife. love interest. Kirk is unable to determine whether his subsequent utterance is actual Klingon speech or just Angrish, since they normally sound very similar anyway (and he's rather distracted with his efforts to flee for his life).life).
* AstronomicalExchangeRate: Invoked in Uhura's favour. A harp she's interested in buying costs 1140 in the local currency, and she's about to give up on it when she's informed that in Federation currency it's 2 credits.
* {{Angrish}}: A series of coincidences leads a Klingon officer to believe that he has walked in on Captain Kirk cheating with his
* AstronomicalExchangeRate: Invoked in Uhura's favour. A harp she's interested in buying costs 1140 in the local currency, and she's about to give up on it when she's informed that in Federation currency it's 2 credits.
-->"This isn't a movie, Proke."\\
"I think Ilen thinks it is."
* CatchPhrase: "There is a certain logic in your position."
* ChainedHeat: Uhura and Aperokei; lampshaded as a homage to the 1935 film version of ''TheThirtyNineSteps''.
* ContinuityNod:
** Sanchez, reflecting on the tendency of Starfleet captains to go strange, mentions the events of "Whom Gods Destroy" and "The Omega Glory".
** Kirk, having misplaced his communicator, recalls a similarly misplaced communicator in "A Piece of the Action".
"I think Ilen thinks it is."
* CatchPhrase: "There is a certain logic in your position."
* ChainedHeat: Uhura and Aperokei; lampshaded as a homage to the 1935 film version of ''TheThirtyNineSteps''.
* ContinuityNod:
** Sanchez, reflecting on the tendency of Starfleet captains to go strange, mentions the events of "Whom Gods Destroy" and "The Omega Glory".
** Kirk, having misplaced his communicator, recalls a similarly misplaced communicator in "A Piece of the Action".
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* DeathTrap: Uhura and her colleague are put in one by the villain of their subplot.
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* DeathTrap: Uhura and her colleague Aperokei are put in one by the villain of their subplot.subplot.
* DoYouWantToHaggle: When Uhura buys the harp, the shopkeeper tries to get her to haggle, but she can't get over the fact that it's already much cheaper than she'd expect.
-->"No, no, madam, you're not getting into the spirit of the thing. I say, 'Two credits.' You say, 'For this bauble, this frippery, this bagatelle? Fifty centicreds, and no more.' I say, 'For an item of such rare beauty? You mock it, madam. One credit ninety-five.' You raise to sixty, and so on until we strike a bargain at approximately ninety-three cents."
* DoYouWantToHaggle: When Uhura buys the harp, the shopkeeper tries to get her to haggle, but she can't get over the fact that it's already much cheaper than she'd expect.
-->"No, no, madam, you're not getting into the spirit of the thing. I say, 'Two credits.' You say, 'For this bauble, this frippery, this bagatelle? Fifty centicreds, and no more.' I say, 'For an item of such rare beauty? You mock it, madam. One credit ninety-five.' You raise to sixty, and so on until we strike a bargain at approximately ninety-three cents."
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* FilkSong: Most of the songs in ''How Much For Just The Planet?'' are based on existing tunes, including "Just a Gigolo" and "Theme from Rawhide", to avoid the problem of the readers otherwise not being able to hear them.
* FoodFight: ''How Much For Just The Planet?'' culminates in one.
* GenreSavvy: The Klingon communications officer.
* FoodFight: ''How Much For Just The Planet?'' culminates in one.
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* FilkSong: Most of the songs in ''How Much For Just The Planet?'' are based on existing tunes, including "Falling in Love Again", "Just a Gigolo" and "Theme from Rawhide", to avoid the problem of the readers otherwise not being able to hear them.
*FoodFight: ''How Much For Just FoodFight:
** ThePlanet?'' prisoners of Queen Janeka, with the assistance of the kitchen staff, start a food fight to cover an attempt to escape.
** [[spoiler:The entire plot culminates inone.
another, much larger, food fight.]]
* GenreSavvy: The Klingon communicationsofficer.officer, Aperokei.
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* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Deliberately lampshaded (along with much else) in Uhura's confrontation with the villainous Ilen.
-->"I have seen a lot of Republic serials."\\
"Of course. You would never kill anyone before the last reel."
* TheMovieBuff: The extremely GenreSavvy Klingon communication officer has made a study of human fiction in order to communicate better; he specializes in [[Creator/AlfredHitchcock Hitchcock]] movies, and is pretty much a walking encyclopedia of same.
-->"I have seen a lot of Republic serials."\\
"Of course. You would never kill anyone before the last reel."
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: At the climax of Uhura and Aperokei's ''noir''-flavored subplot.
* IWantSong: Deedee's "The Girl Inside the Story-Book Clothes" / Pete's "The Boy Inside the Commonplace Clothes"
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Deliberately lampshaded (along with much else) inUhura's Uhura and Aperokei's confrontation with the villainous Ilen.
-->"I have seen * LifeDrinker: Queen Janeka apparently maintains her youth by draining LifeEnergy from captives and servants who displease her.
* LightbulbJoke: How many Vulcans does it take to change alot of Republic serials."\\
"Of course. You would never kill anyone beforetranstator? One to change the last reel."
transtator and one to ask what's so funny.
* MostDefinitelyNotAVillain: "We're cadets, and we're supposed to get this ... really ordinary cargo off the ship." The transparent deception works because the people they're trying to convince are engaged in exactly the same deception.
* TheMovieBuff: The extremely GenreSavvy Klingon communication officer Aperokei has made a study of humanfiction in order to communicate better; movies, with a particular emphasis on FilmNoir; he specializes in [[Creator/AlfredHitchcock Hitchcock]] movies, and is pretty much a walking encyclopedia of same.
* IWantSong: Deedee's "The Girl Inside the Story-Book Clothes" / Pete's "The Boy Inside the Commonplace Clothes"
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Deliberately lampshaded (along with much else) in
* LightbulbJoke: How many Vulcans does it take to change a
"Of course. You would never kill anyone before
* MostDefinitelyNotAVillain: "We're cadets, and we're supposed to get this ... really ordinary cargo off the ship." The transparent deception works because the people they're trying to convince are engaged in exactly the same deception.
* TheMovieBuff: The extremely GenreSavvy Klingon communication officer Aperokei has made a study of human
* NewOldFlame:
** The Federation diplomat, Charlotte Sanchez, turns out to be an old girlfriend of Kirk's. [=McCoy=] takes great pleasure in hanging a lampshade on how often that seems to happen.
** Played with in the case of T'Vau, the science officer of the ship that discovers Direidi's dilithium. Spock clearly recongises her, and Kirk speculates about her being an old flame; Spock eventually admits that they once shared a milkshake when they were much younger, and that's all. (It's implied she spilled the milkshake on him.)
** The Federation diplomat, Charlotte Sanchez, turns out to be an old girlfriend of Kirk's. [=McCoy=] takes great pleasure in hanging a lampshade on how often that seems to happen.
** Played with in the case of T'Vau, the science officer of the ship that discovers Direidi's dilithium. Spock clearly recongises her, and Kirk speculates about her being an old flame; Spock eventually admits that they once shared a milkshake when they were much younger, and that's all. (It's implied she spilled the milkshake on him.)
* NotSoDifferent: Many of the humans and Klingons find common ground. Sanchez and Arizhel bond over unwanted male attention and fathers who didn't agree with their life choices, and Chekov and Korth bond over a shared exasperation with the odd ways of elder officers while Scotty and Maglus bond over a shared exasperation with the odd ways of junior officers.
* NotSoInnocentWhistle: Done by a ''computer'' (the one that had a milkshake spilled into it).
* NotSoInnocentWhistle: Done by a ''computer'' (the one that had a milkshake spilled into it).
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** The prisoners of Queen Janeka, with the assistance of the kitchen staff, start a food fight to cover an attempt to escape. It begins with a guard getting a pie in the face.
** Pretty much everybody during the climactic FoodFight.
-->Blueberry, --->Blueberry, Kirk thought instead of ducking.\\
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* SeizeThem: The evil barbarian queen says Queen Janeka gets to shout "Seize them! her!" several times during the scene in which she disciplines a servant girl who tried to help the prisoners escape. The last time, it's "Seize her again. Oh, I do love like saying that! Seize that."
* ShoutOut:
** Chapter titles include references to ''Film/{{Alien}}'', FScottFitzgerald's "The Diamond As Big As the Ritz", and MaeWest.
** Many and many a ShoutOutToShakespeare, from the Direidians, from the Federation delegation, and even, thanks to Aperokei, from the Klingons.
** Various Direidians also quote from ''TheCherryOrchard'', ''Theatre/TheMikado'', and ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''.
** In an attempt to match the Direidians' WelcomingSong, Sulu sings a snatch from ''Theatre/{{Ruddigore}}'', Uhura adds a bit from ''Theatre/{{Patience}}'', and Scotty caps themagain!"with a few lines from ''Theatre/TheSorcerer''.
** Aperokei quotes and namechecks a long string of black-and-white films, including most of the classics of FilmNoir and the best of Creator/AlfredHitchcock. He also shows some knowledge of color film, at one point misquoting ''Film/DirtyHarry''.
** Ellen Kushner's ''{{Swordspoint}}'' is mentioned as a literary classic in the same breath as ''BenHur''.
** "Monochrome", the song sung by the proprietor of the Silver Magic movie theatre, has a shout-out-per-word ratio approaching 1:1.
** One of the posters at the Silver Magic movie theatre is a fake poster for a version of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' starring RonaldReagan and Anne Sheridan. (Reagan and Sheridan were announced as the stars of ''Casablanca'' early in pre-production, but they were never in serious contention for the roles; the announcement was just a publicity stunt for their film ''Kings Row''.)
** The players of the BizarreAndImprobableGolfGame encountered by Scotty and Chekov appear to be [[Series/DoctorWho the Brigadier and Sergeant Benton]].
* SkunkStripe: Queen Janeka has a white stripe in her hair, the width of which varies depending on when she last did the LifeDrinker ritual.
* TakeThat: By the time the novel reached print, Ford was thoroughly disgruntled with Paramount's oversight, and at one point it leaks into the text:
-->Scott's eye was caught by an unusual constellation: a ring of stars haloing a distant peak. "Look at that, now. Doesn't it awe you a little? To think there might be a higher power than us, arranging matters?"\\
"Or that we are the property of some vast indifferent thing. No, Scott, I shall finish out my service to the Empire with the best honor I can, and then there shall be nothing, nothing at all."
* ShoutOut:
** Chapter titles include references to ''Film/{{Alien}}'', FScottFitzgerald's "The Diamond As Big As the Ritz", and MaeWest.
** Many and many a ShoutOutToShakespeare, from the Direidians, from the Federation delegation, and even, thanks to Aperokei, from the Klingons.
** Various Direidians also quote from ''TheCherryOrchard'', ''Theatre/TheMikado'', and ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland''.
** In an attempt to match the Direidians' WelcomingSong, Sulu sings a snatch from ''Theatre/{{Ruddigore}}'', Uhura adds a bit from ''Theatre/{{Patience}}'', and Scotty caps them
** Aperokei quotes and namechecks a long string of black-and-white films, including most of the classics of FilmNoir and the best of Creator/AlfredHitchcock. He also shows some knowledge of color film, at one point misquoting ''Film/DirtyHarry''.
** Ellen Kushner's ''{{Swordspoint}}'' is mentioned as a literary classic in the same breath as ''BenHur''.
** "Monochrome", the song sung by the proprietor of the Silver Magic movie theatre, has a shout-out-per-word ratio approaching 1:1.
** One of the posters at the Silver Magic movie theatre is a fake poster for a version of ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' starring RonaldReagan and Anne Sheridan. (Reagan and Sheridan were announced as the stars of ''Casablanca'' early in pre-production, but they were never in serious contention for the roles; the announcement was just a publicity stunt for their film ''Kings Row''.)
** The players of the BizarreAndImprobableGolfGame encountered by Scotty and Chekov appear to be [[Series/DoctorWho the Brigadier and Sergeant Benton]].
* SkunkStripe: Queen Janeka has a white stripe in her hair, the width of which varies depending on when she last did the LifeDrinker ritual.
* TakeThat: By the time the novel reached print, Ford was thoroughly disgruntled with Paramount's oversight, and at one point it leaks into the text:
-->Scott's eye was caught by an unusual constellation: a ring of stars haloing a distant peak. "Look at that, now. Doesn't it awe you a little? To think there might be a higher power than us, arranging matters?"\\
"Or that we are the property of some vast indifferent thing. No, Scott, I shall finish out my service to the Empire with the best honor I can, and then there shall be nothing, nothing at all."
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* WelcomingSong: The Direidians sing a CrowdSong to welcome the Federation and Klingon delegations, with lyrics that betray a certain ambivalence.
-->We've been on pins and needles\\
Since you first appeared\\
We hope you don't have plans to\\
Do anything weird
-->We've been on pins and needles\\
Since you first appeared\\
We hope you don't have plans to\\
Do anything weird
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* DeathTrap: Uhura and her colleague are put in one by the villain of their subplot.
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* CardCarryingVillain: Ilen the Magian.
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* {{Farce}}: Kirk's subplot, complete with mistaken identities, mistaken intentions, multiple people in identical outfits, heterodyning zany plans, people entering just as other people are leaving, etc.
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* ThirdLineSomeWaiting: The subplot involving the crew of the survey ship that detected Direidi's dilithium; it passes within hailing distance of each of the other plot threads in turn without having any significant effect until right at the end.
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* XanatosSpeedChess: The mastermind behind Plan C is engaged in this, frequently revising the Plan to account for unfolding events and still bringing everything together at the end.
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* {{Angrish}}: A series of coincidences leads a Klingon officer to believe that he has walked in on Captain Kirk cheating with his wife. Kirk is unable to determine whether his subsequent utterance is actual Klingon speech or just Angrish, since they normally sound very similar anyway (and he's rather distracted with his efforts to flee for his life).
* CookingDuel: Scotty gets challenged to a duel by a Klingon security officer. He chooses "the ancestral weapon of the Scots" -- that is, golf.
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* FilkSong: Most of the songs in ''How Much For Just The Planet?'' are based on existing tunes, including "Just a Gigolo" and "Theme from Rawhide".
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* FilkSong: Most of the songs in ''How Much For Just The Planet?'' are based on existing tunes, including "Just a Gigolo" and "Theme from Rawhide".Rawhide", to avoid the problem of the readers otherwise not being able to hear them.
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* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: The barbarian queen Janeka.
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Deliberately lampshaded (along with much else) in Uhura's confrontation with the villainous Ilen.
-->"I have seen a lot of Republic serials."\\
"Of course. You would never kill anyone before the last reel."
* TheMovieBuff: The extremely GenreSavvy Klingon communication officer has made a study of human fiction in order to communicate better; he specializes in [[Creator/AlfredHitchcock Hitchcock]] movies, and is pretty much a walking encyclopedia of same.
* MundaneUtility: On Direidi, our heroes encounter a slab of solid dilithium engraved with writing from the local {{Precursors}} -- which is being used as a baking dish. The locals argue that if dilithium can regulate a matter-antimatter reaction a few hours in the oven isn't going to hurt it.
* MusicalEpisode
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Deliberately lampshaded (along with much else) in Uhura's confrontation with the villainous Ilen.
-->"I have seen a lot of Republic serials."\\
"Of course. You would never kill anyone before the last reel."
* TheMovieBuff: The extremely GenreSavvy Klingon communication officer has made a study of human fiction in order to communicate better; he specializes in [[Creator/AlfredHitchcock Hitchcock]] movies, and is pretty much a walking encyclopedia of same.
* MundaneUtility: On Direidi, our heroes encounter a slab of solid dilithium engraved with writing from the local {{Precursors}} -- which is being used as a baking dish. The locals argue that if dilithium can regulate a matter-antimatter reaction a few hours in the oven isn't going to hurt it.
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* NotAMorningPerson: "Bones [=McCoy=] was not a morning person". Even after getting the coffee he fails to notice his grits are bright orange -- though everybody else at the table does. He also didn't notice Kirk's electric blue "orange juice" until he'd finished the mug. (The food replicators were malfunctioning that morning.)
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* SeizeThem: The evil barbarian queen says "Seize them! Oh, I do love saying that! Seize them again!"
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* VillainSong: "My Own Sweet Tyrannical Way", sung by Queen Janeka. Having captured Sulu, [=McCoy=], and a pair of Klingons, she launches into a high-kicking musical number about [[PunchClockVillain what a pain in the ass is it to be a barbarian queen in these crazy modern times]]... her litany of complaints include an uncomfortable ChainmailBikini, dodging KlingonPromotion attempts, keeping a rowdy barbarian horde under control, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking paying the heating bill for the]] [[ElaborateUndergroundBase Underground Lair]]. Though in the end, she concludes it's totally WorthIt, since the [[ForTheEvulz Evulz are too much fun to give up]].
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!!This novel provides examples of:
* AgainstMyReligion: [=McCoy=] explaining why he, Sulu, and two Klingons won't Kneel Before Zod (the evil queen Janeka):
-->'''[=McCoy=]:''' Well, it's against Mr. Sulu's religion, these two gentlemen already have a dictator, and I'm a Democrat.
* BizarreAndImprobableGolfGame: That involves land mines and artillery.
* CrowdSong: The Direidians break out into crowd songs around the visiting Federation and Klingon diplomatic delegations on several occasions. It turns out that [[spoiler:it ''was'' all carefully rehearsed and planned out ahead of time, as part of the Direidian "plan C" to prevent either of the two sides from taking over their planet and disrupting their way of life]].
* FilkSong: Most of the songs in ''How Much For Just The Planet?'' are based on existing tunes, including "Just a Gigolo" and "Theme from Rawhide".
* FoodFight: ''How Much For Just The Planet?'' culminates in one.
* GenreSavvy: The Klingon communications officer.
* MustHaveCaffeine: It's quickly established over breakfast that "Bones [=McCoy=] was not a morning person":
-->'''[=McCoy=]:''' Plergb hfarizz ungemby, ''and coffee''.
* NoWaterProofingInTheFuture: An entire subplot is kicked off by someone accidentally spilling a peppermint milkshake into a computer.
* PieInTheFace: Pretty much everybody during the climactic FoodFight.
-->Blueberry, Kirk thought instead of ducking.\\
''Splat.''\\
Blueberry it was.
* TimeForPlanB: The Diredei plan to stop the Federation and/or Klingons from exploiting their dilithium is called "Plan C". [[spoiler:There was no Plan A or B; C stands for the keystone of the plan: "Comedy".]]
* {{Tuckerization}}: Much of the supporting cast of ''How Much For Just The Planet?'' is based on Ford's friends and fellow authors, including DianeDuane, Creator/PeterMorwood, Creator/NeilGaiman, PamelaDean, and JanetKagan.
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''How Much for Just the Planet?'' is a novel in the Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse, written by Creator/JohnMFord.
After large quantities of dilithium are detected on the planet Direidi, the Federation and the Klingon Empire each send a delegation to persuade the planet's inhabitants to grant them mining rights. The starship ''Enterprise'' draws the duty of transporting the Federation's diplomat.
The Direidians are eccentric, to say the least -- if "eccentric" is a strong enough word to describe a population given to sudden outbursts of CrowdSong -- and very little about the visit goes according to plan. Captain Kirk is enlisted in a ZanyScheme to reunite two starcrossed lovers. Uhura finds herself on the run with her Klingon opposite number. [=McCoy=] and Sulu, on an expedition to examine the dilithium deposits, are captured by barbarian tribesmen. Scotty faces a Klingon on the field of honour (ie. the golf course). Events build to an action-packed climax before the identity and purpose of the forces working behind the scenes are finally revealed.
It's a comedy, in case that hadn't become apparent.
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After large quantities of dilithium are detected on the planet Direidi, the Federation and the Klingon Empire each send a delegation to persuade the planet's inhabitants to grant them mining rights. The starship ''Enterprise'' draws the duty of transporting the Federation's diplomat.
The Direidians are eccentric, to say the least -- if "eccentric" is a strong enough word to describe a population given to sudden outbursts of CrowdSong -- and very little about the visit goes according to plan. Captain Kirk is enlisted in a ZanyScheme to reunite two starcrossed lovers. Uhura finds herself on the run with her Klingon opposite number. [=McCoy=] and Sulu, on an expedition to examine the dilithium deposits, are captured by barbarian tribesmen. Scotty faces a Klingon on the field of honour (ie. the golf course). Events build to an action-packed climax before the identity and purpose of the forces working behind the scenes are finally revealed.
It's a comedy, in case that hadn't become apparent.
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