History Recap / StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS01E16IfWishesWereHorses

But that's not the only unusual thing occurring around [=DS9=]. People's imaginations appear to be running wild and summoning all manner of things. Jake has been followed out of his Holo-Suite game by Buck Bokai (Creator/KeoneYoung), a baseball player for the London Kings... who's been dead for over 200 years. Quark has [[ALadyOnEachArm beautiful women hanging on each arm]], which is good for him, and all his customers are winning at dabo, which he doesn't like so much (and he can't just wish for them to not win, because as Odo points out, he's outnumbered). And Bashir? Well, he's summoned Dax. A Dax dead-set on humping his brains out. The real Dax actually finds this mildly amusing. Odo, on the other hand, is stuck on the ass-end of this imagination fest, dealing with blizzards and wild animals appearing on the promenade. Though he does find amusement in imagining Quark locked up in a cell.

While Buck and Perv!Dax are treated with amusement, Miles is understandably worried about having a child-stealing imp hanging around him. Meanwhile, in a potentially lethal distraction from the wish shenanigans, a [[NegativeSpaceWedgie rift]] has appeared near the station -- the same of kind of rift that destroyed an entire system some years ago. And it's growing.

Luckily, the rift is a semi-solved problem, and the crew is fairly certain that they can fix it with some TechnoBabble torpedoes. When the torpedoes have no effect and the rift continues to grow, putting the station in imminent danger, it's time for Sisko to save the day. He does so by ordering the crew to ignore the rift completely... and the rift vanishes. There was a minor sensor blip that someone imagined might be a rift, and then people imagined it getting bigger and the station being in danger, and so on. All they had to do was stop imagining. With that, Buck, Rumpelstiltskin, and Perv!Dax vanish.

Later, Buck comes by for one last visit to Sisko. He's part of a group of aliens that followed one of their ships through a wormhole and they found themselves fascinated by imaginations of the station's inhabitants, something they apparently lack. After the standard HumansAreSpecial speech, Buck tosses Sisko his ball, and vanishes.

* OtherMeAnnoysMe: {{Downplayed}}, fortunately. Dax is more amused than annoyed at her imaginary counterpart, though she does react to the "cold fish" comment.
* SequelHook: Before leaving, the being in the form of Buck Bokai hints that they might return. [[NoEnding They don't]].

But that's not the only unusual thing occurring around [=DS9=]. People's imaginations appear to be running wild and summoning all manner of things. Jake has been followed out of his Holo-Suite game by Buck Bokai, a baseball player for the London Kings... who's been dead for over 200 years. Quark has [[ALadyOnEachArm beautiful women hanging on each arm]], which is good for him, and all his customers are winning at dabo, which he doesn't like so much (and he can't just wish for them to not win, because as Odo points out, he's outnumbered). And Bashir? Well, he's summoned Dax. A Dax dead-set on humping his brains out. The real Dax actually finds this mildly amusing. Odo, on the other hand, is stuck on the ass-end of this imagination fest, dealing with blizzards and wild animals appearing on the promenade. Though he does find amusement in imagining Quark locked up in a cell.

* TechnoBabble: The closest explanation to all this we get is "Elevated Thoron emissions."

* HumanAliens: The animal equivalent, as a supposed alien species are clearly emus without any kind of adornment.
** Odo may not know about emus, but he does know about Gunji jackdaws, and the two species look similar
* HypocriticalHumor: Dax assures Julian that she doesn't blame him for his private fantasies which are likely out of his control, and says that she actually feels as if it's her who's wronged him by impinging on his privacy by seeing Fantasy Dax. Then, after a brief moment of silence, she gripes "She's awfully ''submissive'', isn't she, is that what you want me to be?"

* SequelHook: Before leaving, the being in the form of Buck Bokai hints that they might return. They don't.

But that's not the only unusual thing occurring around [=DS9=]. People's imaginations appear to be running wild and summoning all manner of things. Jake has been followed out of his Holo-Suite game by Buck Bokai, a baseball player for the London Kings... who's been dead for over 200 years. Quark has beautiful women hanging on each arm, which is good for him, and all his customers are winning at dabo, which he doesn't like so much (and he can't just wish for them to not win, because as Odo points out, he's outnumbered). And Bashir? Well, he's summoned Dax. A Dax dead-set on humping his brains out. The real Dax actually finds this mildly amusing. Odo, on the other hand, is stuck on the ass-end of this imagination fest, dealing with blizzards and wild animals appearing on the promenade. Though he does find amusement in imagining Quark locked up in a cell.

'''Quark:''' It's a living.

Luckily, the rift is a semi-solved problem, and the crew is fairly certain that they can fix it with some TechnoBabble torpedoes. When the torpedoes have no effect and the rift continues to grow, putting the station in imminent danger, which means it's time for Sisko to save the day. He does so by ordering the crew to ignore the rift completely... and the rift vanishes. There was a minor sensor blip that someone imagined might be a rift, and then people imagined it getting bigger and the station being in danger, and so on. All they had to do was stop imagining. With that, Buck, Rumpelstiltskin, and Perv!Dax vanish.

While Quark tries convincing Odo of the potential fun of a nice Holo-Suite, Miles is putting Molly to bed with the old FairyTale of Literature/{{Rumpelstiltskin}}. Not 10 seconds after he and Keiko step out of the room, Molly comes running out. Claiming Rumpelstiltskin is in her room. Miles plays along...and is rather surprised to find the little imp sitting there in the flesh.

But that's not the only unusual thing occurring around [=DS9=]. Peoples imaginations appear to be running wild and summoning all manner of things. Jake has been followed out of his Holo-Suite game by Buck Bokai. A baseball player for the London Kings. Who's been dead for over 200 years.

And Bashir? Well, he's summoned Dax. A Dax dead-set on humping his brains out. The real Dax actually finds this mildly amusing.

Odo on the other hand is stuck on the ass-end of this imagination fest, dealing with blizzards and wild animals appearing on the promenade. Though he does find amusement in imagining Quark locked up in a cell.

While Buck and Perv!Dax are treated with amusement, Miles is understandably annoyed over a child-stealing imp hanging around him.

All this wishing is starting to cause an issue. Namely, a growing [[NegativeSpaceWedgie rift]] near the station. The same of kind of rift that destroyed an entire system some years ago.

The solution? Shoot some TechnoBabble torpedoes at it. Surprisingly, this doesn't work. But Sisko has figured this oddness out. It's all in their minds. Even the station-threatening rift. All it takes is for everyone to stop imagining the danger. With that, Buck, Rumpelstiltskin, and Perv!Dax vanish.

Though Buck comes by for one last visit to Sisko. He's part of a group of aliens that followed one of their ships through a wormhole. And they found themselves fascinated by their imaginations, something they apparently lack. After the standard HumansAreSpecial speech, Buck tosses Sisko his ball, and vanishes.

While Quark tries convincing Odo of the potential fun of a nice Holo-Suite, Miles is putting Molly to bed with the old FairyTale of Literature/{{Rumpelstiltskin}}.

Not 10 seconds after he and Keiko step out of the room, Molly comes running out. Claiming Rumpelstiltskin is in her room. Miles plays along...and is rather surprised to find the little imp sitting there in the flesh.

Though Buck comes by for one last visit to Sisko. He's part of a group of aliens that followed one of their ships through a wormhole. And they found themselves fascinated by their imaginations, something they apparently lack.

After the standard HumansAreSpecial speech, Buck tosses Sisko his ball, and vanishes.

And Bashir? Well, he's summoned Dax. A Dax dead set on humping his brains out. The real Dax actually finds this mildly amusing.

While Buck and Perv!Dax are treated with amusement, Miles is understandably annoyed over a child stealing imp hanging around him.

The solution? Shoot some TechnoBabble torpedoes at it. Surprisingly, this doesn't work. But Sisko has figured this oddness out. It's all in their minds. Even the station threatening rift. All it takes is for everyone to stop imagining the danger. With that, Buck, Rumpelstiltskin, and Perv!Dax vanish.

* AdultFear: Rumpelstiltskin harassing O'Brien's family.

All this wishing is starting to cause an issue. Namely, a growing rift near the station. The same of kind of rift that destroyed an entire system some years ago.