History Quotes / TheMainCharactersDoEverything

->The man drives a 700,000 ton starship, so somebody thinks he'd make a good [[TheMedic medic.]]

->He's at Chernobyl and he's studying earthworms, and they're getting twice as big or something like that. So, the military lands a helicopter and says, "You're an earthworm expert? Godzilla attacked a fisherman's boat. And we think that...somehow... you can help! Because you're studying ''earthworms!'' So [[ExcusePlot get involved with this plot!]]

->THAT'S your job too?? At this point I'm starting to wonder is "TOM" is the only name on the roster that Janeway can remember, so any time a job needs doing she just tells ''[[SureLetsGoWithThat him]]'' to.

->The Astrometrics laboratory is packed full of people watching the race (with only Tuvok trying [[OnlySaneMan to do his job!]]) so it makes me wonder who is flying the ship. I never thought I would say this but it would be hilarious if one of those Borg wormholes would open up and spit out a Cube to blast ''Voyager'' to pieces when the entire crew have their pants down!
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2012/10/voyager-season-seven.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Star Trek: Voyager'', "Drive"

-->--'''{{Website/SFDebris}}''' on [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Chakotay]], "Demon"

->That time child abuse victims & people who wanted to kill themselves were sent to get untrained advice from [[Series/SavedByTheBell Screech]].
-->--'''[[https://twitter.com/baysideforever/status/506840573912035328 Stuart Millard]]'''

->I don’t want to be accused of being a party pooper but reassigning 15 crewmembers to get the ''Delta Flyer'' ready for a space race? Again, this is indicative of [[FranchiseZombie a show in crisis]] (or rather a ship ''not'' in crisis) because ''Voyager'' should be limping home, damaged and half dead where such a suggestion wouldn’t even be made let alone considered and consented. Doesn’t it always strike you that when ''Voyager'' engages with something like this race that there never seems to be anything else going on on the ship and everybody in all their various roles is involved? It's another reason why this doesn’t ever feel like a functioning ship...The Astrometrics laboratory is packed full of people watching the race (with only Tuvok trying [[OnlySaneMan to do his job!]]) so it makes me wonder who is flying the ship. I never thought I would say this but it would be hilarious if one of those Borg wormholes would open up and spit out a Cube to blast ''Voyager'' to pieces when the entire crew have their pants down!

->''Enterprise'' itself feels strangely empty while [[DieHardOnAnX under siege]]. It doesn’t seem like anybody but the senior staff are left on board with the Suliban. While Silik tries to torture information out of the crew, it never occurs to him that he has a ship [[RedshirtArmy full of people]] as leverage. It also seems like Reed should be working with his security teams to help re-take the ship, rather than relying on senior staff members whose expertise lies outside siege and combat. (Wouldn’t it make more sense to use a small trained security officer instead of using Hoshi to ferry tools between cabins?)\\\
It seems like nobody exists on the ship outside the main cast and a few anonymous extras...''Star Trek'' shows have a long history of assuming that the main cast do everything, and there’s a valid dramatic reason for that. However, here it feels like there’s no acknowledgement of the fact that running a top-of-the-line ship should probably take more than four or five people. It doesn’t matter, though, because the Suliban are [[IdiotPlot idiots]].
-->--'''[[http://them0vieblog.com/2015/04/01/star-trek-enterprise-shockwave-part-ii-review/ Darren Mooney]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', "Shockwave Pt. II"

->First of all, why is ''Data'' part of the team observing some bunch of Podunk colony people somewhere? Data is the Second Officer and Special Operations guy on the Federation flagship, which is apparently bogged down with so much shit to do that they don't know where to start. But instead, he's 'on assignment'...To me, Data's the last person you want ''anywhere near'' a primitive society. Every time he's ever been involved in a mission like this one, [[AesopAmnesia it's always ended in some kinda horrible disaster]].\\\
So why would Starfleet send an android who ''still'' doesn't really understand emotions or culture to walk around and help to study a bunch of throwbacks making dough and herding goats? ''What purpose'' does he serve there? other than to conveniently discover the plot [[VoodooShark that would've gone on without a hitch if they didn't have him there at all?]]
-->--'''''WebVideo/RedLetterMedia''''' on ''Film/StarTrekInsurrection''

->First of all, why is ''Data'' part of the team observing some bunch of Podunk colony people somewhere? Data is the Second Officer and Special Operations guy on the Federation flagship, which is apparently bogged down with so much shit to do that they don't know where to start. But instead, he's 'on assignment.'\\\
Now, this team of people in invisible costumes is there to do what, exactly? Study the Ba'ku, right? They didn't have Data there so he could use his technical abilities to help them design and build the holo-ship, 'cause that was ''a secret!'' And that's why he freaked out; 'cause ''[[HeKnowsTooMuch he started to figure out the secret]]'' and the guys shot him! Then his fail-safe brain mechanism made go run around like a crazy man!\\\
To me, Data's the last person you want ''anywhere near'' a primitive society. Every time he's ever been involved in a mission like this one, [[AesopAmnesia it's always ended in some kinda horrible disaster]].\\\

->''Enterprise''' itself feels strangely empty while [[DieHardOnAnX under siege]]. It doesn’t seem like anybody but the senior staff are left on board with the Suliban. While Silik tries to torture information out of the crew, it never occurs to him that he has a ship [[RedshirtArmy full of people]] as leverage. It also seems like Reed should be working with his security teams to help re-take the ship, rather than relying on senior staff members whose expertise lies outside siege and combat. (Wouldn’t it make more sense to use a small trained security officer instead of using Hoshi to ferry tools between cabins?)\\\

->I don’t want to be accused of being a party pooper but reassigning 15 crewmembers to get the ''Delta Flyer'' ready for a space race? Again, this is indicative of [[FranchiseZombie a show in crisis]] (or rather a ship ''not'' in crisis) because ''Voyager'' should be limping home, damaged and half dead where such a suggestion wouldn’t even be made let alone considered and consented. Doesn’t it always strike you that when ''Voyager'' engages with something like this race that there never seems to be anything else going on on the ship and everybody in all their various roles is involved? It's another reason why this doesn’t ever feel like a functioning ship...The Astrometrics laboratory is packed full of people watching the race (with only Tuvok trying to do his job!) so it makes me wonder who is flying the ship. I never thought I would say this but it would be hilarious if one of those Borg wormholes would open up and spit out a Cube to blast ''Voyager'' to pieces when the entire crew have their pants down!

->''"He's at Chernobyl and he's studying earthworms, and they're getting twice as big or something like that. So, the military lands a helicopter and says, "You're an earthworm expert? Godzilla attacked a fisherman's boat. And we think that...somehow... you can help! Because you're studying ''earthworms!'' So [[ExcusePlot get involved with this plot!]]"''

->'''Matt''': Dredd reveals that Hershey will defend him at the tribunal, even though she’s a street judge. Judges are attorneys, too! If there had been sequels, we would have found out they’re notary publics, can perform weddings and will spay your pets.
->'''Chris''': If there has ever been a ''Comicbook/TwoThousandAD'' prog about Judges running around performing weddings, I want to know so that I can buy it immediately. I want Dredd to just kick in the door on two rival gang members, declare them to be married, and leave.
->'''Matt''': “Prepare to be…[[StabTheSalad WED!]]”
->'''Chris''': Judge Wedd.
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''Matt Wilson''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/comicsalliance-reviews-judge-dredd-part-one/ on]] ''Film/JudgeDredd'' (1995)

->''"You know what this school is like -- if we don't do it, it doesn't get ''done!''"''

->''"The man drives a 700,000 ton starship, so somebody thinks he'd make a good [[TheMedic medic.]]"''

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->''"I don’t want to be accused of being a party pooper but reassigning 15 crewmembers to get the ''Delta Flyer'' ready for a space race? Again, this is indicative of [[FranchiseZombie a show in crisis]] (or rather a ship ''not'' in crisis) because ''Voyager'' should be limping home, damaged and half dead where such a suggestion wouldn’t even be made let alone considered and consented. Doesn’t it always strike you that when ''Voyager'' engages with something like this race that there never seems to be anything else going on on the ship and everybody in all their various roles is involved? It's another reason why this doesn’t ever feel like a functioning ship...The Astrometrics laboratory is packed full of people watching the race (with only Tuvok trying to do his job!) so it makes me wonder who is flying the ship. I never thought I would say this but it would be hilarious if one of those Borg wormholes would open up and spit out a Cube to blast ''Voyager'' to pieces when the entire crew have their pants down!"''
-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2012/10/voyager-season-seven.html Doc Oho]]''' on ''Star Trek: Voyager'', "Drive"

->''"First of all, why is ''Data'' part of the team observing some bunch of Podunk colony people somewhere? Data is the Second Officer and Special Operations guy on the Federation flagship, which is apparently bogged down with so much shit to do that they don't know where to start. But instead, he's 'on assignment.' Now this team of people in invisible costumes is there to do what, exactly? Study the Ba'ku, right? They didn't have Data there so he could use his technical abilities to help them design and build the holo-ship, 'cause that was ''a secret!'' And that's why he freaked out; 'cause [[HeKnowsTooMuch he started to figure out the secret]] and the guys shot him! Then his fail-safe brain mechanism made go run around like a crazy man. To me, Data's the last person you want ''anywhere near'' a primitive society. Every time he's ever been involved in a mission like this one, it's always ended in [[AesopAmnesia some kinda horrible disaster]]. So why would Starfleet send an android who ''still'' doesn't really understand emotions or culture to walk around and help to study a bunch of throwbacks making dough and herding goats? So what purpose does he serve there? other than to conveniently discover the plot [[VoodooShark that would've gone on without a hitch if they didn't have him there at all?]]"''

->''"I don’t want to be accused of being a party pooper but reassigning 15 crewmembers to get the ''Delta Flyer'' ready for a space race? Again, this is indicative of a show in crisis (or rather a ship ''not'' in crisis) because ''Voyager'' should be limping home, damaged and half dead where such a suggestion wouldn’t even be made let alone considered and consented. Doesn’t it always strike you that when ''Voyager'' engages with something like this race that there never seems to be anything else going on on the ship and everybody in all their various roles is involved? It's another reason why this doesn’t ever feel like a functioning ship...The Astrometrics laboratory is packed full of people watching the race (with only Tuvok trying to do his job!) so it makes me wonder who is flying the ship. I never thought I would say this but it would be hilarious if one of those Borg wormholes would open up and spit out a Cube to blast ''Voyager'' to pieces when the entire crew have their pants down!"''

->'''Matt''': Dredd reveals that Hershey will defend him at the tribunal, even though she’s a street judge. Judges are attorneys, too! If there had been sequels, we would have found out they’re notary publics, can perform weddings and will spay your pets.\\
'''Chris''': If there has ever been a ''Comicbook/TwoThousandAD'' prog about Judges running around performing weddings, I want to know so that I can buy it immediately. I want Dredd to just kick in the door on two rival gang members, declare them to be married, and leave.\\
'''Matt''': “Prepare to be…[[StabTheSalad WED!]]”\\
'''Chris''': Judge Wedd.

-->-- '''The Doctor''' re Tom Paris, '''Series/StarTrekVoyager'''

-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2012/10/voyager-season-seven.html Doc Oho]]''' on ''Star Trek: Voyager'', "Space Race"

->''"Picard beaming down to the planet is a double edged sword because while it is great to see Jean Luc [[TookALevelInBadass get in on the action]] for a change it does seem like a fundamentally stupid decision when there are weapon systems roaming about."''
-->--'''[[http://www.docohobigfinish.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/tng-season-one.html Doc Oho]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "The Arsenal of Freedom"

->''"The man drives a 700,000 ton starship so somebody thinks he'd make a good medic."''
-->-- The Doctor re Tom Paris, '''Series/StarTrekVoyager'''

-->''"The man drives a 700,000 ton starship so somebody thinks he'd make a good medic."''

-->--'''Mike Stoklasa''' on ''[[{{Film/Godzilla1998}} Godzilla]]'' (1998), ''[[WebVideo/RedLetterMedia Half in the Bag]]''

->'''Chris''': I laughed my ass off at Chloe in this scene. “I’ll have my guy take a look at it.” The boys down at the crime lab are workin’ in shifts to verify the findings of the Smallville High newspaper!\\
'''David''': I get that they’re trying to sell her as NancyDrew with all of these [[FriendOnTheForce really esoteric contacts]] and favors she can call in, but it’s just hilarious here that a grown man comes to her for help like this, especially considering it’s a situation involving a woman who can vaporize people.
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/smallville-adrianne-palicki-episode-3-22-covenant/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Covenant")