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* SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfMass: The ''Enterprise'' encounters a mysterious cube, which Sulu says is 107 metres on each side and masses just under 11,000 metric tonnes. Scotty says it must be solid metal, leaving him wondering how it could be powered and how it moves around. But the quoted measurements give a density of about 9 kilograms per cubic metre, significantly less than styrofoam--implying the cube is almost certainly hollow (they may have been aiming for 9 tonnes per cubic metre, which is between the densities of iron and lead, and dropped a factor of a thousand somewhere).
** The Fesarius itself. The ship's sensors seem to be unable to measure its mass, despite the sensors in other episodes being able to measure objects orders of magnitude larger (like moons, planets, stars, and black holes). Sure, while the ship is massive compared to the Enterprise, it's nowhere even close to a moon, let alone a planet or something bigger.
* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: The ''Enterprise'' is 289m long, yet it dwarfs the 107m cube. The ''Fesarius'' is a mile in diameter (1609m) according to Spock, yet it dwarfs the ''Enterprise'' from 5km away, appearing a hundred times bigger.
** The Fesarius itself. The ship's sensors seem to be unable to measure its mass, despite the sensors in other episodes being able to measure objects orders of magnitude larger (like moons, planets, stars, and black holes). Sure, while the ship is massive compared to the Enterprise, it's nowhere even close to a moon, let alone a planet or something bigger.
* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: The ''Enterprise'' is 289m long, yet it dwarfs the 107m cube. The ''Fesarius'' is a mile in diameter (1609m) according to Spock, yet it dwarfs the ''Enterprise'' from 5km away, appearing a hundred times bigger.
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* SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfMass: SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale:
** The ''Enterprise'' is 289m long, yet it dwarfs the 107m cube. The ''Fesarius'' is a mile in diameter (1609m) according to Spock, yet it dwarfs the ''Enterprise'' from 5km away, appearing a hundred times bigger.
** The ''Enterprise'' encounters a mysterious cube, which Sulu says is 107 metres on each side and masses just under 11,000 metric tonnes. Scotty says it must be solid metal, leaving him wondering how it could be powered and how it moves around. But the quoted measurements give a density of about 9 kilograms per cubic metre, significantly less thanstyrofoam--implying styrofoam -- implying the cube is almost certainly hollow (they may have been aiming for 9 tonnes per cubic metre, which is between the densities of iron and lead, and dropped a factor of a thousand somewhere).
** TheFesarius ''Fesarius'' itself. The ship's sensors seem to be unable to measure its mass, despite the sensors in other episodes being able to measure objects orders of magnitude larger (like moons, planets, stars, and black holes). Sure, while the ship is massive compared to the Enterprise, ''Enterprise'', it's nowhere even close to a moon, let alone a planet or something bigger.
* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: The ''Enterprise'' is 289m long, yet it dwarfs the 107m cube. The ''Fesarius'' is a mile in diameter (1609m) according to Spock, yet it dwarfs the ''Enterprise'' from 5km away, appearing a hundred times bigger.bigger.
** The ''Enterprise'' is 289m long, yet it dwarfs the 107m cube. The ''Fesarius'' is a mile in diameter (1609m) according to Spock, yet it dwarfs the ''Enterprise'' from 5km away, appearing a hundred times bigger.
** The ''Enterprise'' encounters a mysterious cube, which Sulu says is 107 metres on each side and masses just under 11,000 metric tonnes. Scotty says it must be solid metal, leaving him wondering how it could be powered and how it moves around. But the quoted measurements give a density of about 9 kilograms per cubic metre, significantly less than
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* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: The ''Enterprise'' is 289m long, yet it dwarfs the 107m cube. The ''Fesarius'' is a mile in diameter (1609m) according to Spock, yet it dwarfs the ''Enterprise'' from 5km away, appearing a hundred times bigger.
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* SmartPeoplePlayChess: In light of this episode, maybe the trope should be "Book Smart People Play Chess" and a new trope be called "Street Smart People Play Poker". Spock contextualizes their conflict with Balok as a game of chess: Balok has them in checkmate, the game is over, ''Enterprise'' loses. Kirk changes the game to poker, and bluffs his way to victory.
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* SmartPeoplePlayChess: In light of this episode, maybe the trope should be "Book Smart People Play Chess" and a new trope be called "Street "[[CunningPeoplePlayPoker Street Smart People Play Poker".Poker]]". Spock contextualizes their conflict with Balok as a game of chess: Balok has them in checkmate, the game is over, ''Enterprise'' loses. Kirk changes the game to poker, and bluffs his way to victory.
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An ordinary day on the ''Enterprise''. Kirk is taking a required physical, so Spock has the chair. Suddenly, they run into what looks like the [[UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh Apple Spinning Beach Ball of Doom]] that they just can't seem to escape. When evasive maneuvers fail, Spock calls for a red alert. Navigator Bailey, who's struggling to deal with all this, suddenly becomes a little trigger happy until Kirk reminds him who's in charge. Kirk tells Bailey to plot a spiral course at increasing speeds to get away from this NegativeSpaceWedgie. When it starts emitting radiation, Kirk orders to open fire, destroying the object.
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An ordinary day on the ''Enterprise''. Kirk is taking a required physical, so Spock has the chair. Suddenly, they run into what looks like the [[UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh [[Platform/AppleMacintosh Apple Spinning Beach Ball of Doom]] that they just can't seem to escape. When evasive maneuvers fail, Spock calls for a red alert. Navigator Bailey, who's struggling to deal with all this, suddenly becomes a little trigger happy until Kirk reminds him who's in charge. Kirk tells Bailey to plot a spiral course at increasing speeds to get away from this NegativeSpaceWedgie. When it starts emitting radiation, Kirk orders to open fire, destroying the object.
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* FacialDialogue: Following Kirk's "corbomite" bluff, Kirk and Spock have such a clear nonverbal exchange that when Spock switches to actual ''audible'' speech, he phrases it like they'd been talking aloud the whole time:
-->''"However, it was well played."''
-->''"However, it was well played."''
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* WeightLossSalad: Kirk is given a salad on DoctorsOrders. He's not amused.
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* NotSoDifferentRemark: After revealing that he is not hostile but actually friendly and jovial, Balok stresses that he and Captain Kirk are much alike, giving the example that both are commanders who are proud of their ships.
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** Kirk gets a snark at Bailey's expense after Bailey "votes" to open fire when he tells him "I'll keep that in mind, Mr. Bailey...when this becomes a democracy."
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** Kirk gets a snark at Bailey's expense after Bailey "votes" to open fire when he tells him "I'll keep that in mind, Mr. Bailey... when this becomes a democracy."
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* IfIDoNotReturn: The first time Balok threatens their vessel Kirk orders a recorder marker dispatched to warn other Earth ships, but it's destroyed on launch.
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* IfIDoNotReturn: The first time Balok threatens their vessel vessel, Kirk orders a recorder marker dispatched to warn other Earth ships, but it's destroyed on launch.
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** Kirk's revelation that he should be playing ''poker'' instead of chess perfectly encapsulates his ability to think on his feet, to bluff his way out of certain doom, and to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat; all traits which would define his character.
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* PickyEater: Kirk doesn't really want salad, but Bones says he's putting on weight.
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* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: Spock says this of Balok's mothership when they're attempting to measure its size. Which makes no sense, given that the Enterprise's sensors are able to easily measure the mass of moons, planets, stars, and even black holes, and that ship is nowhere even close to the size/mass of a small moon, let alone something larger.
* RecklessGunUsage: No matter how badly you want the captain to notice you, a phaser is a weapon, not a kitchen gadget!
* RecklessGunUsage: No matter how badly you want the captain to notice you, a phaser is a weapon, not a kitchen gadget!
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* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: Spock says this of Balok's mothership when they're attempting to measure its size. Which makes no sense, given that the Enterprise's sensors are able to easily measure the mass of moons, planets, stars, and even black holes, and that ship is nowhere even close to the size/mass of a small moon, let alone something larger.
* RecklessGunUsage: No matter how badly you want the captain to notice you, a phaser is a weapon, not a kitchen gadget!
* RecklessGunUsage: No matter how badly you want the captain to notice you, a phaser is a weapon, not a kitchen gadget!
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** The fake Balok's voice, portrayed by [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0144252/ Ted Cassidy]].
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** The fake Balok's voice, portrayed by [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0144252/ Ted Cassidy]].Creator/TedCassidy.