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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process


* UncannyValley: “Nancy” while she was stalking Rand's salt. Creepy.
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** The (unnamed) alien is almost universally known as "the salt vampire". Became AscendedFanon in ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'', 55 years after the episode first aired. (Memory Alpha, which is notorious for eschewing fan nicknames, had previously described the alien as the "M-113 creature".)

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** The (unnamed) alien is almost universally known as "the salt vampire". Became AscendedFanon in ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'', 55 years after the episode first aired. (Memory Alpha, which is notorious for eschewing fan nicknames, had previously described the alien as the "M-113 creature".creature", but finally relented and changed it to "salt vampire" once it became onscreen canon.)

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* FridgeBrilliance: Kirk assuring the other captain that the peppers he wants are fine and he picked them personally comes off as hilariously unexpected, but later we find out that Kirk [[FarmBoy comes from Iowa]].

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* FridgeBrilliance: Kirk assuring FanNickname:
** The (unnamed) alien is almost universally known as "the salt vampire". Became AscendedFanon in ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'', 55 years after
the other captain that episode first aired. (Memory Alpha, which is notorious for eschewing fan nicknames, had previously described the peppers he wants are fine and he picked them personally comes off alien as hilariously unexpected, but the "M-113 creature".)
** Sulu's quip about the Great Bird of the Galaxy, which
later we find out that Kirk [[FarmBoy comes from Iowa]]. became a fan nickname for Creator/GeneRoddenberry.



* UncannyValley: “Nancy” while she was stalking Rand’s salt. Creepy.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The true form of the salt vampire is one of the show's most impressive (and scary) aliens. Too bad we don't get to see it for long.

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* UncannyValley: “Nancy” while she was stalking Rand’s Rand's salt. Creepy.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The true form of the salt vampire is one of the show's most impressive (and scary) aliens. Too bad we don't get to see it for long.long.
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* SpecialEffectFailure: Beauregard the moving plant is doing pretty good when it gently interacts with Yeoman Rand. When it freaks out due to the creature's presence, though, Beauregard is all too obviously a glove with pink fluff glued to the fingers.
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* FridgeBrilliance: Kirk assuring the other captain that the peppers he wants are fine and he picked them personally comes off as hilariously unexpected, but later we find out that Kirk [[FarmBoy comes from Iowa]].
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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The true form of the salt vampire is one of the show's most impressive (and scary) aliens. Too bad we don't get to see it for long.

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* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The true form of the salt vampire is one of the show's most impressive (and scary) aliens. Too bad we don't get to see it for long.
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* HilariousInHindsight: [=McCoy=] says that he can't sleep. Kirk then advises him to [[RedPillBluePill take one of the red pills McCoy gave Kirk, then Kirk appears to eat something blue]].
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* UncannyValley: “Nancy” while she was stalking Rand’s salt. Creepy.
* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The true form of the salt vampire is one of the show's most impressive (and scary) aliens. Too bad we don't get to see it for long.

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