History Recap / StarTrekS3E20TheWayToEden

* TheNamesTheSame: The episode was written by D.C. Fontana under her pen name, not [[{{Seinfeld}} Cosmo Kramer]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: Before playing a military guy in almost every movie ever made, Charles Napier is the musically inclined, but doltish young hippie Adam.
** Notably including an Army General in the ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E08LittleGreenMen Little Green Men]]".

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The original script for this episode, by D.C. Fontana, was titled "Joanna" and was to have introduced Joanna [=McCoy=], Bones' daughter (who had been created by Fontana and [=DeForest=] Kelley between the first and second seasons). The changes to the script, particularly the removal of Joanna from the story, led to Fontana asking to be credited under the pseudonym Michael Richards.

* TheNamesTheSame: The episode was written by D.C. Fontana under her pen name, not [[{{Seinfeld}} Cosmo Kramer]]

* TheNamesTheSame: The episode was written by D.C. Fontana under her pen name, not [[{{Seinfeld}} Cosmo Kramer]{

** Notably including an Army General in the ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Little Green Men".

* HeyItsThatGuy: Before playing a military guy in almost every movie ever made, Charles Napier is the musically inclined, but doltish young hippie Adam.

* Deconstruction: A rather anvilicious one, of idealistic societies framed outside accepted social norms. A blatant TakeThat at hippies.

* YouFool: Kirk shouts this as Sevrin takes a bite out of the poisoned fruit. (Incidentally, the image of him yelling this is obviously flipped. His com badge is on his right instead of his left.)

* HeyItsThatGuy: Before playing a military guy in almost every movie ever made, Charles Napier is the doltish young hippie Adam.

* TooDumbToLive: Well, here I am on an unexplored planet! What will I do first? I know! I'll nom down this fruit that I know absolutely bupkis about!"

Kirk and the ''Enterprise'' are in Hot pursuit of the stolen spaceship ''Aurora''. The ''Aurora'' isn't giving up easily and leads them on a high speed chase. (As in warp speed, high speed.) The cruiser's engines become strained from the chase and the whole thing goes ka-blooey! Fortunately, Scotty manages to beam aboard the six miscreants before the cruiser explodes.

* HarsherInHindsight: Hippies blindly following a charismatic leader feels dangerously close to the Manson family.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: Roddenberry may have been an atheist, but he was fond of alluding to themes from TheBible.

* TheissTitillationTheory: Another rare example where males bare as much flesh as the females. Most of the men may as well be topless and Irini's dress has no back or midsection.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Not only does Severin look like that wannabe {{Hitler}} from the Nazi episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E21PatternsOfForce Patterns of Force]]", but Adam looks as much like the American general from ''AustinPowers'' as the ''Aurora'' and the ''Galileo'' looked like a couple of huge, smooth...Bones! What does that look like? Well, I'm a doctor, not an engineer, but I'd say it looks like a big, floppy....Willy! What's the deal with giving the hippies deviled eggs for brooches? Well, at least none of them look like a dangling little...Jimmy! Come fight me Jimmy! Finnegan, quit acting like such a...Dick! That's all this RunningGag is! A bunch of dick jokes!Patterns of Force", but Adam looks as much like the American general from ''AustinPowers'' as the ''Aurora'' and the ''Galileo'' looked like a couple of huge, smooth...Bones! What does that look like? Well, I'm a doctor, not an engineer, but I'd say it looks like a big, floppy....Willy! What's the deal with giving the hippies deviled eggs for brooches? Well, at least none of them look like a dangling little...Jimmy! Come fight me Jimmy! Finnegan, quit acting like such a...Dick! That's all this RunningGag is! A bunch of dick jokes!

* HeyItsThatGuy: Not only does Severin look like that wannabe {{Hitler}} from the Nazi episode "Patterns of Force", but Adam looks as much like the American general from ''AustinPowers'' as the ''Aurora'' and the ''Galileo'' looked like a couple of huge, smooth...Bones! What does that look like? Well, I'm a doctor, not an engineer, but I'd say it looks like a big, floppy....Willy! What's the deal with giving the hippies deviled eggs for brooches? Well, at least none of them look like a dangling little...Jimmy! Come fight me Jimmy! Finnegan, quit acting like such a...Dick! That's all this RunningGag is! A bunch of dick jokes!

* HeyItsThatGuy: Not only does Severin look like that wannabe Hitler from the Nazi episode, but Adam looks as much like the American general from AustinPowers as the ''Aurora'' and the ''Galileo'' looked like a couple of huge, smooth...Bones! What does that look like? Well, I'm a doctor, not an engineer, but I'd say it looks like a big, floppy....Willy! What's the deal with giving the hippies deviled eggs for brooches? Well, at least none of them look like a dangling little...Jimmy! Come fight me Jimmy! Finnegan, quit acting like such a...Dick! That's all this RunningGag is! A bunch of dick jokes!

[[caption-width-right:300:Sevrin (the bald man in front) and his followers.]]

[[caption-width-right:300:Sevrin (the bald guy in front) and his followers.]]

Tropes for this episode include:

* AllPlanetsAreEarthlike: A planet that was technically habitable (right sunlight and air quality), but all the flora excreted a deadly acid, and the fruit was lethal

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]: Tongo Rad has long, purple hair and thick, matching eyebrows. It's unknown if this is a natural hair color among Catullans, but at least it matches the bunch of grapes he has painted on his forehead for some reason.

* HarsherInHindsight: Hippies blindly following a charismatic leader fels dangerously close to the Manson family.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Not only does Severin look like that wannabe Hitler from the Nazi episode, but Adam looks as much like the American general from AustinPowers as the ''Aurora'' and the ''Galileo'' looked like a couple of huge smooth...Bones! What does that look like? Well, I'm a doctor, not an engineer, but I'd say it looks like a big, floppy....Willy! What's the deal with giving the hippies deviled eggs for brooches? Well, at least none of them look like a dangling little...Jimmy! Come fight me Jimmy! Finnegan, quit acting like such a...Dick! That's all this RunningGag is! A bunch of dick jokes!

* HeyItsThatGuy: Not only does Severin look like that wannabe Hitler from the Nazi episode, but Adam looks as much like the American general from AustinPowers as the ''Aurora'' and the ''Galileo'' looked like a couple of huge smooth...Bones! What does that look like? Well, I'm a doctor, not an engineer, but I'd say it looks like a big, floppy....Willy! What's the deal with giving the hippies devil eggs for brooches? Well, at least they don't look like a dangling little...Jimmy! Come fight me Jimmy! Finnegan, quit acting like such a...Dick! That's all this RunningGag is! A bunch of dick jokes!

* TyphoidMary:

Kirk wants to bring this group to the nearest starbase, but of course they have other ideas. They've come up with a ZanyScheme involving [[NoodleImplements pressure points, the ''Galileo'' and a musical hubcap.]]

* AllPlanetsAreEarthlike:

The six spaceship jackers are a group of young idealists in search of the mythical planet Eden and led by the brilliant if insane engineer Dr. Sevrin. Among them are the son of a Catullan ambassador and [[GirlOfTheWeek Irini Galliuin]], An OldFlame of Chekov's.

Kirk wants to bring this group to the nearest starbase, but of course they have other ideas. They've made a CunningPlan involving [[NoodleImplements pressure points, the ''Galileo'' and a musical hubcap.]]