History Trivia / StarTrekLowerDecks

** [[spoiler: Creator/JonathanFrakes and Creator/MarinaSirtis reprise their roles as William Riker and Deanna Troi.]]

** John de Lancie reprises his role as Q for the first time since Series/StarTrekVoyager
** [[spoiler: Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis reprise their roles as William Riker and Deanna Troi.]]

* ActorAllusion: In a roundabout way; Creator/WilWheaton and Creator/JerryOConnell were both in Film/StandByMe. Difference though is that Wesley Crusher was a dorky acting ensign and Ransom is a suave first officer.
** Also, Jerry O'Connell was the star of ''Sliders'', which was created by former TNG writer Tracy Torme.

* This is the first ''Star Trek'' production with an explicitly comedic bent since ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'' in 1989 (as that film's failure is a large part of the reason the franchise got a reputation for being "bad at comedy" and largely avoided it since).

* This series has the lowest-ranked main character of any ''Star Trek'' series in Ensign Beckett Mariner. Before this, the lowest-ranked main characters were [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Commander Benjamin Sisko]] and [[Series/StarTrekDiscovery Commander Michael Burnham]].

** Also, Jerry O'Connell was the star of {{Sliders}}, which was created by former TNG writer Tracy Torme.

** Also, Jerry O'Connell was the star of [[Series/Sliders Sliders]], which was created by former TNG writer Tracy Torme.

** Also, Jerry O'Connell was the star of [[Series/Sliders]], which was created by former TNG writer Tracy Torme.

** Also, Jerry O'Connell was the star of Series/Sliders, which was created by former TNG writer Tracy Torme.

* This is the first official ''Star Trek'' production of any kind with an explicitly and deliberately comedic tone.
* This is the second ''Star Trek'' series to be animated, following ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'', a gap of 46 years (and 110, in-universe).

----

* ActingInTheDark: According [[https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-lower-decks-dawnn-lewis-interview/ to]] Creator/DawnnLewis , none of the actors what characters they were really playing until the announcement. In particular, she was told they were playing animal characters.

* ActingInTheDark: According [[https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-lower-decks-dawnn-lewis-interview/ to]] Creator/Dawn Lewis , none of the actors what characters they were really playing until the announcement. In particular, she was told they were playing animal characters.

* FanNickname: Due to her role as the ship's doctor, having a course attitude, and being a [[CatFolk Caitian]], some fans affectionately call her "Dr. Purrlaski", a play of Dr. Pulaski who appeared during the second season of ''TNG'' with a similar attitude.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: The four main Ensigns appeared in ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' as Duty Officer cards two days prior to the series' debut. It was here that Tendi's race was revealed, which interested many a player as Orions were Klingon-based in game and the only other Orion in any Starfleet capacity was the girl Kirk slept with in ''Film/StarTrek2009''.

* PromotedFanboy/RunningTheAsylum: Writer Mike [=McMahan=] is a lifelong Star Trek fan, and was previously the creator of [[https://twitter.com/TNG_S8 TNG Season 8]], which parodied the franchise's more absurd plotlines and/or its tendency for tonal mismatch between the A-plot and B-plot. Examples include "Picard must debate a copy of himself... to the death" and "Trapped in her patient's holo program, Troi literally battles a child's fears. Geordi starts tipping his visor when he says something cool." Now he's writing an officially licensed AffectionateParody of the franchise he grew up with.

* RunningTheAsylum: Writer Mike [=McMahan=] was previously the creator of [[https://twitter.com/TNG_S8 TNG Season 8]], which parodied the franchise's more absurd plotlines and/or its tendency for tonal mismatch between the A-plot and B-plot. Examples include "Picard must debate a copy of himself... to the death" and "Trapped in her patient's holo program, Troi literally battles a child's fears. Geordi starts tipping his visor when he says something cool."

* RunningTheAsylum: Writer Mike [=McMahon=] was previously the creator of [[https://twitter.com/TNG_S8 TNG Season 8]], which parodied the franchise's more absurd plotlines and/or its tendency for tonal mismatch between the A-plot and B-plot. Examples include "Picard must debate a copy of himself... to the death" and "Trapped in her patient's holo program, Troi literally battles a child's fears. Geordi starts tipping his visor when he says something cool."

* SpiritualSuccessor: [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E14LowerDecks A direct homage and named for the TNG episode of the same name]], although with a much different tone.

* SpiritualSuccessor: [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E14LowerDecks A direct homage and named for the TNG episode of the same name]]

* SpiritualSuccessor: [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E14LowerDecks A direct homage and named for the TNG episode of the same name]]