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* {{Antimatter}}: There are two versions of Lazarus, one made of matter from our universe and one made of antimatter from a parallel universe. If they ever get together in either universe, both universes will be destroyed. [[ArtisticLicensePhysics This would not happen in real life, although you'd get a sizable explosion. ]]
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* {{Antimatter}}: There are two versions of Lazarus, one made of matter from our universe and one made of antimatter from a parallel universe. If they ever get together in either universe, both universes the results will be destroyed. [[ArtisticLicensePhysics disastrous.
* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Spock declares the planet they are orbiting has a "oxygen-hydrogen atmosphere". This is extremely unlikely, as oxygen and hydrogen are highly reactive and react rather violently with each other, producing water. Specifically, this is the strongest chemical reaction per weight unit we know about, and we use it in rockets like the Space Shuttle to get satellites and other equipment into space. Very likely Spock wanted to say "oxygen-nitrogen" instead, describing an atmosphere like the one we currently enjoy on earth.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Nearly everything anyone says about antimatter. For one thing, matter-antimatter annihilation happens on a much smaller scale than people and antipeople, so antiLazarus should have exploded the first time he encountered ''any'' matter, not just the lump of it that happened to be shaped like him. Also, while the resulting explosion wouldnot happen have been quite dramatic in real life, although you'd get a sizable explosion. ]]human terms, it would be hardly affect anything beyond the planet, let alone threaten the entire universe.
* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Spock declares the planet they are orbiting has a "oxygen-hydrogen atmosphere". This is extremely unlikely, as oxygen and hydrogen are highly reactive and react rather violently with each other, producing water. Specifically, this is the strongest chemical reaction per weight unit we know about, and we use it in rockets like the Space Shuttle to get satellites and other equipment into space. Very likely Spock wanted to say "oxygen-nitrogen" instead, describing an atmosphere like the one we currently enjoy on earth.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Nearly everything anyone says about antimatter. For one thing, matter-antimatter annihilation happens on a much smaller scale than people and antipeople, so antiLazarus should have exploded the first time he encountered ''any'' matter, not just the lump of it that happened to be shaped like him. Also, while the resulting explosion would
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* HollywoodScience: Spock declares the planet they are orbiting has a "oxygen-hydrogen atmosphere". This is extremely unlikely, as oxygen and hydrogen are highly reactive and react rather violently with each other, producing water. Specifically, this is the strongest chemical reaction per weight unit we know about, and we use it in rockets like the Space Shuttle to get satellites and other equipment into space. Very likely Spock wanted to say "oxygen-nitrogen" instead, describing an atmosphere like the one we currently enjoy on earth.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Anti-Matter!Lazarus views his eternal struggle with his double as this. A StupidSacrifice when you really think about it.
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* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Two identical men named Lazarus. One is from our universe and insane. The other is from an anti-matter universe. Apparently, if both meet in the same universe, it destroys both of them. No explanation was given why the anti-matter Lazarus didn't blow up upon contact with any matter from our universe. The episode ends in a FridgeLogic moment where Kirk traps the two between universes, so they can fight it out for eternity. [[WhatAnIdiot Apparently no one thought of killing or imprisoning the insane one.]]
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* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Two identical men named Lazarus. One is from our universe and insane. The other is from an anti-matter universe. Apparently, if both meet in the same universe, it destroys both of them. No explanation was given why the anti-matter Lazarus didn't blow up upon contact with any matter from our universe. The episode ends in a FridgeLogic moment where Kirk traps the two between universes, so they can fight it out for eternity. [[WhatAnIdiot Apparently no one thought of killing or imprisoning the insane one.]]
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The original script had a subplot about a romance between Lazarus and Lieutenant Masters. It was cut when network heads objected due to the actress playing Masters being black. The hasty rewrites that followed were one cause of the uneven story we ended up with.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Ugh. That constant "winking" effect with the overlays of a nebula and two ghostly figures struggling against each other. It was probably trying to be arty, but it comes across as pretentious, confusing, and just plain boring. All the scenes that get cut for syndication, and they couldn't reduce any of this useless {{Padding}}?
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The idea of a man going insane when he learns he has a double from another universe and wants to kill said double at all costs is one of the more interesting concepts in the series. Unfortunately, the episode does little to effectively build upon it.
* TroubledProduction: Part of the reason this episode is so bad is that the intended guest star, John Drew Barrymore, the most notoriously flaky member of that family, suddenly disappeared shortly before shooting and Robert Brown had to replace him at literally the last minute.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The idea of a man going insane when he learns he has a double from another universe and wants to kill said double at all costs is one of the more interesting concepts in the series. Unfortunately, the episode does little to effectively build upon it.
* TroubledProduction: Part of the reason this episode is so bad is that the intended guest star, John Drew Barrymore, the most notoriously flaky member of that family, suddenly disappeared shortly before shooting and Robert Brown had to replace him at literally the last minute.
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* WhatAnIdiot: They got Laz in sick bay. Bones says he's "not going anywhere. Not this time." after telling a muscley RedShirt to take a hike. Bones and Kirk then walk off, leaving Laz unattended. Bones even lingers by the doorway, as if trying to remember something he forgot. Oh yeah, he should've either tranqed or restrained the madman who was trying to steal the dilithium crystals!
* WhatTheHellCostumingDepartment: Robert Brown seems to be wearing a different fake beard in just about every scene.
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* EverythingSensor: the ''failure'' of the sensors is sufficient prove that a parallel universe is involved:
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--> Spock: ''our ship's instruments are specifically designed to locate and identify any object in our universe, be it energy or matter.''
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* SoBadItsHorrible: If [[Recap/StarTrekS3E1SpocksBrain 'Spock's Brain']] is the ''[[Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace Plan 9]]'' of TOS episodes, with NarmCharm buoying its absurd premise, this episode is its ''[[Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate Manos]]'', an exercise in confusing tedium devoid of even guilty pleasure.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The original script had a subplot about a romance between Lazarus and Lieutenant Masters. It was cut when network heads objected due to the actress playing Masters being black. The hasty rewrites that follow followed were one cause of the uneven story we ended up with.
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* WhatTheHellCostumingDepartment: Robert Brown seems to be wearing a different fake beard in just about every scene.
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* VehicularSabotage: The ''Enterprise'' qualifies as a vehicle, right? In this case, Lazarus uses his magic hanky to cause an electrical fire that will distract the engineering crew long enough for him to steal the dilithium crystals.
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* VehicularSabotage: The ''Enterprise'' qualifies as a vehicle, right? In this case, Lazarus uses his magic hanky swaps a few banana plugs in a control panel to cause an electrical fire that will distract the engineering crew long enough for him to steal the dilithium crystals.
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* MeaningfulName: [[TheBible Lazarus]] was a man who was resurrected. The two Lazaruses (Lazari?) are forever in a cycle of non-death.
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* MeaningfulName: [[TheBible [[Literature/TheBible Lazarus]] was a man who was resurrected. The two Lazaruses (Lazari?) are forever in a cycle of non-death.
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* SealedEvilInACan: If Lazarus and his insane counterpart from the antimatter dimension were ever to meet in the same universe, that universe would be destroyed. Both of them are sent into an [[PhantomZone intermediate dimension]] so that this can never happen, and where the two of them will be [[SealedEvilInADuel locked in combat for all eternity]].
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* SoBadItsHorrible: If [[Recap/StarTrekS3E1SpocksBrain 'Spock's Brain']] is the ''[[Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace Plan 9]]'' of TOS episodes, with NarmCharm buoying its absurd premise, this episode is its ''[[Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate Manos]]'', an exercise in confusing tedium devoid of even guilty pleasure.
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* TroubledProduction: Part of the reason this episode is so bad is that the intended guest star, John Barrymore, the most notoriously flaky member of that family, suddenly disappeared shortly before shooting and Robert Brown had to replace at literally the last minute.
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* TroubledProduction: Part of the reason this episode is so bad is that the intended guest star, John Drew Barrymore, the most notoriously flaky member of that family, suddenly disappeared shortly before shooting and Robert Brown had to replace him at literally the last minute.
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* TroubledProduction: Part of the reason this episode is so bad is that the intended guest star, John Barrymore, the most notoriously flaky member of that family, suddenly disappeared shortly before shooting and Robert Brown had to replace at literally the last minute.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The idea of a man going insane when he learns he has a double from another universe and wants to kill said double at all costs is one of the more interesting concepts in the series. Unfortunately, the episode does little to effectively build the suspense.
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* OmnicidalManiac: Matter!Lazarus is so far round the bend that he doesn't care if he and both universes are destroyed, so long as his double goes with him.
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* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Two identical men named Lazarus. One is from our universe and insane. The other is from an anti-matter universe. Apparently, if both meet in the same universe, it destroys both of them. No explanation was given why the anti-matter Lazarus didn't blow up upon contact with any matter from our universe. The episode ends in a FridgeLogic moment where Kirk traps the two between universes, so they can fight it out for eternity. [[WhatAnIdiot Apparently no one thought of killing or imprisoning the insane one.]]
* SeeYouInHell: "Come! Come! It'll do you no good! I'll chase you to the very fires of ''''HELL!!!!''''"
* SeeYouInHell: "Come! Come! It'll do you no good! I'll chase you to the very fires of ''''HELL!!!!''''"
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* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Two identical men named Lazarus. One is from our universe and insane. The other is from an anti-matter universe. Apparently, if both meet in the same universe, it destroys both of them. No explanation was given why the anti-matter Lazarus didn't blow up upon contact with any matter from our universe. The episode ends in a FridgeLogic moment where Kirk traps the two between universes, so they can fight it out for eternity. [[WhatAnIdiot Apparently no one thought of killing or imprisoning the insane one.]]
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* OmnicidalManiac: Matter!Lazarus is so far round the bend that he doesn't care if he and both universes are destroyed, so long as his double goes with him.
* SeeYouInHell: "Come! Come! It'll do you no good! I'll chase you to thevery ''very fires of ''''HELL!!!!''''" of'' '''''HELL!!!!'''''"
* OmnicidalManiac: Matter!Lazarus is so far round the bend that he doesn't care if he and both universes are destroyed, so long as his double goes with him.
* SeeYouInHell: "Come! Come! It'll do you no good! I'll chase you to the
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:How both versions of Lazarus end up.]]
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:How both versions of Lazarus end up.]]
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* WhatAnIdiot: They got Laz in sick bay. Bones says he's "not going anywhere. Not this time." after telling a muscley RedShirt to take a hike. Bones and Kirk then walk off, leaving Laz unattended. Bones even lingers by the doorway, as if trying to remember something he forgot. Oh yeah, he should've either tranqed or restrained the madman who was trying to steal the dilithium crystals!
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* WhatAnIdiot: They got Laz in sick bay. Bones says he's "not going anywhere. Not this time." after telling a muscley RedShirt to take a hike. Bones and Kirk then walk off, leaving Laz unattended. Bones even lingers by the doorway, as if trying to remember something he forgot. Oh yeah, he should've either tranqed or restrained the madman who was trying to steal the dilithium crystals!crystals!
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** It doesn't help that the actor (Robert Brown, later from "Here Come the Brides" Brides") was a last-minute hire, owning to the original actor, John Drew Barrymore, failing to show up for work.work the day filming was to begin.
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* HollywoodScience: Spock declares the planet they are orbiting has a "oxygen-hydrogen atmosphere". This is extremely unlikely, as oxygen and hydrogen are highly reactive and react rather violently with each other, producing water. Specifically, this is the strongest chemical reaction per weight unit we know about, and we use it in rockets like the Space Shuttle to get satelites and other equipment into space. Very likely Spock wanted to say "oxygen-nitrogen" instead, describing an atmosphere like the one we currently enjoy on earth.
* TheKlutz: Lazarus makes ChevyChase look graceful! He falls a total of 3 times and several times looks like he's about to fall if weren't for that handy wall.
* TheKlutz: Lazarus makes ChevyChase look graceful! He falls a total of 3 times and several times looks like he's about to fall if weren't for that handy wall.
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* HollywoodScience: Spock declares the planet they are orbiting has a "oxygen-hydrogen atmosphere". This is extremely unlikely, as oxygen and hydrogen are highly reactive and react rather violently with each other, producing water. Specifically, this is the strongest chemical reaction per weight unit we know about, and we use it in rockets like the Space Shuttle to get satelites satellites and other equipment into space. Very likely Spock wanted to say "oxygen-nitrogen" instead, describing an atmosphere like the one we currently enjoy on earth.
* TheKlutz: Lazarus makesChevyChase Creator/ChevyChase look graceful! He falls a total of 3 times and several times looks like he's about to fall if weren't for that handy wall.
* TheKlutz: Lazarus makes
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Opening shot: a lovely view of Spock's back. Just as he's giving his survey analysis of the uninhabited iron-silican planet the ''Enterprise'' is orbiting, everything rocks violently and we get a subliminal image of a nebula. Yeah, get used to this effect, you'll be seeing it a lot. Make a drinking game of it if you wanna get hammered. Once everything stops shaking, they realize that the planet is no longer quite so uninhabited.
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Opening shot: a lovely view of Spock's back. Just as he's giving his survey analysis of the uninhabited iron-silican planet the ''Enterprise'' is orbiting, everything rocks violently and we get a subliminal double exposure image of a nebula. Yeah, get used to this effect, you'll be seeing it a lot. Make a drinking game of it if you wanna get hammered. Once everything stops shaking, they realize that the planet is no longer quite so uninhabited.
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* AlternateSelf: Lazarus and Lazarus
* BigNo: Lazarus lets out a BigNo when Kirk vanishes into a antimatter universe.
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* HollywoodScience: Spock declares the planet they are orbiting has a "oxygen-hydrogen atmosphere". This is extremely unlikely, as oxygen and hydrogen are highly reactive and react rather violently with each other, producing water. Specifically, this is the strongest chemical reaction per weight unit we know about, and we use it in rockets like the Space Shuttle to get satelites and other equipment into space. Very likely Spock wanted to say "oxygen-nitrogen" instead, describing an atmosphere like the one we currently enjoy on earth.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Anti-Matter!Lazarus views his eternal struggle with his double as this. A StupidSacrifice when you really think about it.
* HollywoodScience: Spock declares the planet they are orbiting has a "oxygen-hydrogen atmosphere". This is extremely unlikely, as oxygen and hydrogen are highly reactive and react rather violently with each other, producing water. Specifically, this is the strongest chemical reaction per weight unit we know about, and we use it in rockets like the Space Shuttle to get satelites and other equipment into space. Very likely Spock wanted to say "oxygen-nitrogen" instead, describing an atmosphere like the one we currently enjoy onearth.earth.
* TheKlutz: Lazarus makes ChevyChase look graceful! He falls a total of 3 times and several times looks like he's about to fall if weren't for that handy wall.
* HollywoodScience: Spock declares the planet they are orbiting has a "oxygen-hydrogen atmosphere". This is extremely unlikely, as oxygen and hydrogen are highly reactive and react rather violently with each other, producing water. Specifically, this is the strongest chemical reaction per weight unit we know about, and we use it in rockets like the Space Shuttle to get satelites and other equipment into space. Very likely Spock wanted to say "oxygen-nitrogen" instead, describing an atmosphere like the one we currently enjoy on
* TheKlutz: Lazarus makes ChevyChase look graceful! He falls a total of 3 times and several times looks like he's about to fall if weren't for that handy wall.
* MeaningfulName: [[TheBible Lazarus]] was a man who was resurrected. The two Lazaruses (Lazari?) are forever in a cycle of non-death.
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* SeeYouInHell: "Come! Come! It'll do you no good! I'll chase you to the very fires of '''HELL!!!!''"
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* SeeYouInHell: "Come! Come! It'll do you no good! I'll chase you to the very fires of '''HELL!!!!''" ''''HELL!!!!''''"
* SpecialEffectsFailure: Ugh. That constant "winking" effect with the overlays of a nebula and two ghostly figures struggling against each other. It was probably trying to be arty, but it comes across as pretentious, confusing, and just plain boring. All the scenes that get cut for syndication, and they couldn't reduce any of this useless {{Padding}}?
* {{Understatement}} Kirk remarks that Lt. Masters has a knack for this when she says that the ''Enterprise'' will be at risk without the power of the dilithium crystals.
* VehicularSabotage: The ''Enterprise'' qualifies as a vehicle, right? In this case, Lazarus uses his magic hanky to cause an electrical fire that will distract the engineering crew long enough for him to steal the dilithium crystals.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: Ugh. That constant "winking" effect with the overlays of a nebula and two ghostly figures struggling against each other. It was probably trying to be arty, but it comes across as pretentious, confusing, and just plain boring. All the scenes that get cut for syndication, and they couldn't reduce any of this useless {{Padding}}?
* {{Understatement}} Kirk remarks that Lt. Masters has a knack for this when she says that the ''Enterprise'' will be at risk without the power of the dilithium crystals.
* VehicularSabotage: The ''Enterprise'' qualifies as a vehicle, right? In this case, Lazarus uses his magic hanky to cause an electrical fire that will distract the engineering crew long enough for him to steal the dilithium crystals.
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This episode is also known as "The One That's Almost As Bad as [[Recap/StarTrekS3E1SpocksBrain 'Spock's Brain'."Brain']]."
Tropes for this episode include:
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Lazarus and his alternate universe counterpart: were they human, or Human Alien? The episode itself seemed confused on this point.
*{{Antimatter}}: There are two versions of Lazarus, one made of matter from our universe and one made of antimatter from a parallel universe. If they ever get together in either universe, both universes will be destroyed. [[ArtisticLicensePhysics This would not happen in real life, although you'd get a sizable explosion. ]]
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Matter!Lazarus goes stark raving mad upon learning of the existence of his Anti-Matter double and becomes hellbent on destroying him, even if it means the destruction of both universes.
* HellIsWar: Matter and Anti-Matter versions of the same man are locked in combat forever in the corridor separating their universes.
* HollywoodScience: Spock declares the planet they are orbiting has a "oxygen-hydrogen atmosphere". This is extremely unlikely, as oxygen and hydrogen are highly reactive and react rather violently with each other, producing water. Specifically, this is the strongest chemical reaction per weight unit we know about, and we use it in rockets like the Space Shuttle to get satelites and other equipment into space. Very likely Spock wanted to say "oxygen-nitrogen" instead, describing an atmosphere like the one we currently enjoy on earth.
* LargeHam: Lazarus makes Kirk look subtle.
* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Two identical men named Lazarus. One is from our universe and insane. The other is from an anti-matter universe. Apparently, if both meet in the same universe, it destroys both of them. No explanation was given why the anti-matter Lazarus didn't blow up upon contact with any matter from our universe. The episode ends in a FridgeLogic moment where Kirk traps the two between universes, so they can fight it out for eternity. [[WhatAnIdiot Apparently no one thought of killing or imprisoning the insane one.]]
* SeeYouInHell: "Come! Come! It'll do you no good! I'll chase you to the very fires of '''HELL!!!!''"
* WhatAnIdiot: They got Laz in sick bay. Bones says he's "not going anywhere. Not this time." after telling a muscley RedShirt to take a hike. Bones and Kirk then walk off, leaving Laz unattended. Bones even lingers by the doorway, as if trying to remember something he forgot. Oh yeah, he should've either tranqed or restrained the madman who was trying to steal the dilithium crystals!
Tropes for this episode include:
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Lazarus and his alternate universe counterpart: were they human, or Human Alien? The episode itself seemed confused on this point.
*{{Antimatter}}: There are two versions of Lazarus, one made of matter from our universe and one made of antimatter from a parallel universe. If they ever get together in either universe, both universes will be destroyed. [[ArtisticLicensePhysics This would not happen in real life, although you'd get a sizable explosion. ]]
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Matter!Lazarus goes stark raving mad upon learning of the existence of his Anti-Matter double and becomes hellbent on destroying him, even if it means the destruction of both universes.
* HellIsWar: Matter and Anti-Matter versions of the same man are locked in combat forever in the corridor separating their universes.
* HollywoodScience: Spock declares the planet they are orbiting has a "oxygen-hydrogen atmosphere". This is extremely unlikely, as oxygen and hydrogen are highly reactive and react rather violently with each other, producing water. Specifically, this is the strongest chemical reaction per weight unit we know about, and we use it in rockets like the Space Shuttle to get satelites and other equipment into space. Very likely Spock wanted to say "oxygen-nitrogen" instead, describing an atmosphere like the one we currently enjoy on earth.
* LargeHam: Lazarus makes Kirk look subtle.
* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Two identical men named Lazarus. One is from our universe and insane. The other is from an anti-matter universe. Apparently, if both meet in the same universe, it destroys both of them. No explanation was given why the anti-matter Lazarus didn't blow up upon contact with any matter from our universe. The episode ends in a FridgeLogic moment where Kirk traps the two between universes, so they can fight it out for eternity. [[WhatAnIdiot Apparently no one thought of killing or imprisoning the insane one.]]
* SeeYouInHell: "Come! Come! It'll do you no good! I'll chase you to the very fires of '''HELL!!!!''"
* WhatAnIdiot: They got Laz in sick bay. Bones says he's "not going anywhere. Not this time." after telling a muscley RedShirt to take a hike. Bones and Kirk then walk off, leaving Laz unattended. Bones even lingers by the doorway, as if trying to remember something he forgot. Oh yeah, he should've either tranqed or restrained the madman who was trying to steal the dilithium crystals!
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Opening shot: a lovely view of Spock's back. Just as he's giving his survey analysis of the uninhabited iron-silican planet the ''Enterprise'' is orbiting, everything rocks violently and we get a subliminal image of a nebula. Yeah, get used to this effect, you'll be seeing it a lot. Make a drinking game of it if you wanna get hammered. Once everything stops shaking, they realize that the planet is no longer quite so uninhabited.
Kirk, Spock and more RedShirts than you can shake a stick at beam down to KirksRock to find a crashed FlyingSaucer. They also meet [[IncomingHam Lazarus]], who rants about death and destruction as he takes a pratfall off the rock he's standing on.
Lazarus rants about a "monster" that destroyed his civilization that must be destroyed. According to Spock, there is no other life form on this planet. And...overlay of the nebula again.
Lazarus, meanwhile, has enormous [[MoodSwinger mood swings]] and a scrape on the forehead that seems to disappear and reappear. And that beard goes from thin to thick after every ad break.
This episode is also known as "The One That's Almost As Bad as 'Spock's Brain'."
Kirk, Spock and more RedShirts than you can shake a stick at beam down to KirksRock to find a crashed FlyingSaucer. They also meet [[IncomingHam Lazarus]], who rants about death and destruction as he takes a pratfall off the rock he's standing on.
Lazarus rants about a "monster" that destroyed his civilization that must be destroyed. According to Spock, there is no other life form on this planet. And...overlay of the nebula again.
Lazarus, meanwhile, has enormous [[MoodSwinger mood swings]] and a scrape on the forehead that seems to disappear and reappear. And that beard goes from thin to thick after every ad break.
This episode is also known as "The One That's Almost As Bad as 'Spock's Brain'."
