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** The ''Enterprise'' apparently has ''another'' Scottish engineer.

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** The ''Enterprise'' apparently has ''another'' Scottish engineer.Celtic engineer. (This one's Welsh rather than Scottish.)
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* ReluctantWarrior: Pike. Number One states that, even though he is ''the'' most decorated Starfleet Captain for his actions in combat, Pike hates resorting to force and considers using it as admitting failure.

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* ReluctantWarrior: Pike. Number One states that, even though he is ''the'' most decorated Starfleet Captain captain for his actions in combat, Pike hates resorting to force and considers using it as admitting failure.
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** The ''Enterprise'' apparently has ''another'' Scottish engineer.

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* DareToBeBadass: When Spock says he has no interest in Command, Number One immediately calls him out on it, saying that no one who took the brutal courseload he did at the Academy would do that to "sling a tricorder for the rest of their lives".
* DoomItYourself: Tired of waiting for Engineering, Number One climbs on Spock's shoulders and opens a maintenance panel to try and fix the problem. Unfortunately, she grabs the wrong component and the shock knocks them both to the floor.
* EnsignNewbie: Spock in this case - stiff as a board, barking out responses as if he were a green recruit, and doesn't speak unless he is responding to Number One's statements. He relaxes a little by the end.

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* DareToBeBadass: When Spock says that he has no interest in Command, Number One immediately calls him out on it, saying that no one who took would take the brutal courseload that he did at the Academy would do that just to "sling a tricorder for the rest of their lives".
* DoomItYourself: Tired of waiting for Engineering, Number One climbs on Spock's shoulders and opens a maintenance panel to try and to fix the problem. Unfortunately, she grabs the wrong component and the shock knocks them both to the floor.
* EnsignNewbie: Spock in this case - case-- stiff as a board, barking out responses as if he were a green recruit, and doesn't speak unless he is responding to Number One's statements. He relaxes a little by the end.



* TheGadfly: Number One orders Spock to do this, telling him she wants him to ask every single crewman he encounters question after question until they get annoyed with him. Of course, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor then she gets stuck with him for an extended period of time]].
* HiddenDepths: Turns out the stoic, businesslike Number One is an exceptional singer, belting out the "Major-General's Song" while stuck in the turbolift.

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* TheGadfly: Number One orders Spock to do this, telling him that she wants him to ask every single crewman that he encounters question after question until they get annoyed with him. Of course, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor then she gets stuck with him for an extended period of time]].
* HiddenDepths: Turns out that the stoic, businesslike Number One is an exceptional singer, belting out the "Major-General's Song" while stuck in the turbolift.



* MythologyGag: This is not the first time that prominent crew members from the ''Enterprise'' have indulged in [[Film/StarTrekInsurrection singing a bit of Gilbert and Sullivan]], nor is it the first instance of the "Major-General's Song" itself, as a partial rendition showed up in TNG's "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E5Disaster Disaster]]".

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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag:
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This is not the first time that prominent crew members from the ''Enterprise'' have indulged in [[Film/StarTrekInsurrection singing a bit of Gilbert and Sullivan]], nor is it the first instance of the "Major-General's Song" itself, as a partial rendition showed up in TNG's "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E5Disaster Disaster]]".



* ReluctantWarrior: Pike. Number One states that even though he is ''the'' most decorated Starfleet Captain for his actions in combat, Pike hates resorting to force and considers using it as admitting failure.

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* ReluctantWarrior: Pike. Number One states that that, even though he is ''the'' most decorated Starfleet Captain for his actions in combat, Pike hates resorting to force and considers using it as admitting failure.



* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Number One mentions with undisguised awe that on her first deep space cruise aboard ''Enterprise'' they passed within half a light-year of 99 Pegasi, a "triple-mode, high-amplitude, Delta Scuti star". Spock openly admits he is envious that she got to experience that.

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* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Number One mentions with undisguised awe that that, on her first deep space cruise aboard ''Enterprise'' ''Enterprise'', they passed within half a light-year of 99 Pegasi, a "triple-mode, high-amplitude, Delta Scuti star". Spock openly admits that he is envious that she got to experience that.
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* ThemeTuneCameo: The episode's soundtrack has a few bits of Michael Giacchino's score from the [[Film/StarTrek2009 reboot films.]]
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** And then Spock, the reserved Vulcan, joins in. And genuinely enjoys it.
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** Spock admits to Pike that Vulcans often feel a sense of wonder, they just usually keep it to themselves.
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* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Number One mentions with undisguised awe that on her first deep space cruise aboard ''Enterprise'' they passed within half a light-year of 99 Pegasi, a "triple-mode, high-amplitude, Delti Scuti star". Spock openly admits he is envious that she got to experience that.

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* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Number One mentions with undisguised awe that on her first deep space cruise aboard ''Enterprise'' they passed within half a light-year of 99 Pegasi, a "triple-mode, high-amplitude, Delti Delta Scuti star". Spock openly admits he is envious that she got to experience that.

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* ForgottenPhlebotinum: No one suggests using the transporters to get Spock and Number One out of the turbolift. Granted, this is not the first time the transporters are forgotten.

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* ForgottenPhlebotinum: No one suggests using the transporters to get Spock and Number One out of the turbolift. Granted, Though at this point in canon, intra-ship beaming is not the first time the transporters are forgotten.still considered risky and dangerous.


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* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Number One mentions with undisguised awe that on her first deep space cruise aboard ''Enterprise'' they passed within half a light-year of 99 Pegasi, a "triple-mode, high-amplitude, Delti Scuti star". Spock openly admits he is envious that she got to experience that.

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** Number One chides Spock for shouting. Shouting out information was an EarlyInstallmentWeirdness quirk of Spock back in "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E0TheCage The Cage]]".

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** Number One chides Spock for shouting. Shouting out information was an EarlyInstallmentWeirdness quirk of Spock back in "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E0TheCage The Cage]]". Spock's smiling was another bit of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness that she similarly needles him for.
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** Not to mention his relatively lax self-discipline, getting caught smiling in a momentary lapse of bearing.
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** Number One chides Spock for shouting. Shouting out information was an EarlyInstallmentWeirdness quirk of Spock back in "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E0TheCage The Cage]]".
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* ForgottenPhlebotinum: No one suggests using the transporters to get Spock and Number One out of the turbolift. Granted, this is not the first time the transporters are forgotten.
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* CallForward: Spock and Number One discuss his intentions to pursue Command. He eventually captains the ''Enterprise'' many years later, [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan although he willingly hands command over to Admiral Kirk for the duration of the Genesis incident.]]
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* MajorGeneralSong: Performed by Number One.
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* ThemeMusicCameo: The episode's soundtrack has a few bits of Michael Giacchino's score from the [[Film/StarTrek2009 reboot films.]]

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* ThemeMusicCameo: ThemeTuneCameo: The episode's soundtrack has a few bits of Michael Giacchino's score from the [[Film/StarTrek2009 reboot films.]]
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* ThemeMusicCameo: The episode's soundtrack has a few bits of Michael Giacchino's score from the [[Film/StarTrek2009 reboot films.]]
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* MST3KMantra: Spock at one point brings up the Prime Directive and its moral implications. Number One advises him that, for the sake of his own sanity, it's best not to pull that thread.

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* MST3KMantra: [[invoked]] Spock at one point brings up the Prime Directive and its moral implications. Number One advises him that, for the sake of his own sanity, it's best not to pull that thread.
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* MST3KMantra: Spock at one point brings up the Prime Directive and its moral implications. Number One advises him that, for the sake of his own sanity, it's best not to pull that thread.
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* MythologyGag: This is not the first time that prominent crew members from the ''Enterprise'' have indulged in [[Film/StarTrekInsurrection singing a bit of Gilbert and Sullivan]], nor is it the first instance of the "Major-General's Song" itself, as a partial rendition showed up in TNG's "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E5Disaster Disaster]]".

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* EnsignNewbie: Spock in this case - stiff as a board, belting out responses as if he were a green recruit, and doesn't speak unless he is responding to Number One's statements. He relaxes a little by the end.

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* DoomItYourself: Tired of waiting for Engineering, Number One climbs on Spock's shoulders and opens a maintenance panel to try and fix the problem. Unfortunately, she grabs the wrong component and the shock knocks them both to the floor.
* EnsignNewbie: Spock in this case - stiff as a board, belting barking out responses as if he were a green recruit, and doesn't speak unless he is responding to Number One's statements. He relaxes a little by the end.


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* ReluctantWarrior: Pike. Number One states that even though he is ''the'' most decorated Starfleet Captain for his actions in combat, Pike hates resorting to force and considers using it as admitting failure.
* RudelyHangingUp: Number One cuts off Lt. Upjohn twice this way, usually when Upjohn is rambling on the comm line rather than providing useful information to solve the problem.
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* DareToBeBadass: When Spock says he has no interest in Command Number One immediately calls him out on it, saying that no one who took the brutal courseload he did at the Academy would do that to "sling a tricorder for the rest of their lives".

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* DareToBeBadass: When Spock says he has no interest in Command Command, Number One immediately calls him out on it, saying that no one who took the brutal courseload he did at the Academy would do that to "sling a tricorder for the rest of their lives".



* HiddenDepths: Turns out the stoic, businesslike Number One [[spoiler: is an exceptional singer, belting out the "Major-General's Song" while stuck in the turbolift.]]
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Number One ''orders'' Spock, on his honor as a Starfleet officer, to never [[spoiler: speak of her singing.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: After an uncomfortable silence, Spock [[spoiler: sings the chorus from the "Major-General's Song" back to Number One.]]

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* HiddenDepths: Turns out the stoic, businesslike Number One [[spoiler: is an exceptional singer, belting out the "Major-General's Song" while stuck in the turbolift.]]
turbolift.
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Number One ''orders'' Spock, on his honor as a Starfleet officer, to never [[spoiler: speak of her singing.]]
singing.
* NotSoAboveItAll: After an uncomfortable silence, Spock [[spoiler: sings the chorus from the "Major-General's Song" back to Number One.]]



-->'''Number One:''' People don't talk in elevators.
-->'''Spock:''' I have observed that, sir.

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-->'''Number One:''' People don't talk in elevators.
-->'''Spock:'''
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'''Spock:'''
I have observed that, sir.
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Ensign Spock reports aboard the ''Enterprise'', and gets stuck with Number One in a malfunctioning turbolift.

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* DareToBeBadass: When Spock says he has no interest in Command Number One immediately calls him out on it, saying that no one who took the brutal courseload he did at the Academy would do that to "sling a tricorder for the rest of their lives".
* EnsignNewbie: Spock in this case - stiff as a board, belting out responses as if he were a green recruit, and doesn't speak unless he is responding to Number One's statements. He relaxes a little by the end.
* TheGadfly: Number One orders Spock to do this, telling him she wants him to ask every single crewman he encounters question after question until they get annoyed with him. Of course, [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor then she gets stuck with him for an extended period of time]].
* HiddenDepths: Turns out the stoic, businesslike Number One [[spoiler: is an exceptional singer, belting out the "Major-General's Song" while stuck in the turbolift.]]
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Number One ''orders'' Spock, on his honor as a Starfleet officer, to never [[spoiler: speak of her singing.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: After an uncomfortable silence, Spock [[spoiler: sings the chorus from the "Major-General's Song" back to Number One.]]
* UncomfortableElevatorMoment: After the turbolift gets stuck, Number One mentions this.
-->'''Number One:''' People don't talk in elevators.
-->'''Spock:''' I have observed that, sir.

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