History YMMV / StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E12Datalore

* WhatAnIdiot:
** At one point, when Data and Lore are alone, Lore reveals himself to be an EvilTwin by incapacitating Data, then claims that ''he'' is Data and that Lore attacked him, and he disabled Lore in response.\\
'''You'd think''': That the very blatantly obvious fact that the two are ''identical'' would make Picard suspicious, and he would ask Lore something only Data would know to find out if he was really Data or not. Even if he didn't bother with any of that, you'd think he'd ''at least'' be sure to keep a careful eye on Lore and take any advice from him with a grain of salt, just in case.\\
'''Instead''': Picard implicitly trusts Lore, believing he's Data, even when he does things that Data wouldn't do. Even worse, Wesley explicitly tries to point out the possibility to Picard, and Picard for some reason ignores him. Sure, he's a CreatorsPet, but that ''does'' mean he has a tendency to be right. The only reason everyone on the Enterprise didn't die due to Picard's appalling stupidity is that Wesley goes against orders and manages to save the day.
** To stop Lore, he is beamed into space whole. You’d think they might pick him up instead of just leaving him drifting in space.

* {{Applicability}}: Data finding it insulting of his crewmates to use "it" instead of "he" for Lore may resonate with trans and nonbinary viewers. They, too, are sometimes referred to as "it" even when their pronouns are different, which is both hurtful and insulting. Especially as some people start misgendering someone they disagree with (like some crewmates using "it" for Lore again after his true intentions are revealed, as a sign they don't respect him as a person), or because some people make an effort to use correct pronouns for friends and acquaintances, but "it" for other people (like the crew at the start calling Data "he" and Lore "it", despite both being masculine-looking androids).

* Applicability: Data finding it insulting of his crewmates to use "it" instead of "he" for Lore may resonate with trans and nonbinary viewers. They, too, are sometimes referred to as "it" even when their pronouns are different, which is both hurtful and insulting. Especially as some people start misgendering someone they disagree with (like some crewmates using "it" for Lore again after his true intentions are revealed, as a sign they don't respect him as a person), or because some people make an effort to use correct pronouns for friends and acquaintances, but "it" for other people (like the crew at the start calling Data "he" and Lore "it", despite both being masculine-looking androids).

** To stop Lore, he is beamed into space whole. You’d think they might pick him up instead of just leaving him drifting in space.

* WhatAnIdiot: At one point, when Data and Lore are alone, Lore reveals himself to be an EvilTwin by incapacitating Data, then claims that ''he'' is Data and that Lore attacked him, and he disabled Lore in response.\\

'''Instead''': Picard implicitly trusts Lore, believing he's Data, even when he does things that Data wouldn't do. Even worse, Wesley explicitly tries to point out the possibility to Picard, and Picard for some reason ignores him. Sure, he's a CreatorsPet, but that ''does'' mean he has a tendency to be right. The only reason everyone on the Enterprise didn't die due to Picard's appalling stupidity is that Wesley goes against orders and manages to save the day.

* DiscreditedMeme: In 2016, Creator/WilWheaton confirmed that he insta-bans [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore people that tweet "Shut up, Wesley!"]] to him on Twitter, even if it's in jest.

** The Crystalline Entity is still impressive over 30 years later. The HD remaster made it even better.

** The Crystalline Entity is still impressive over 30 years later.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The split-screen which allows for Data and Lore to be on-screen together is completely seamless.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The split-screen which allows for Data and Lore to be on-screen together is completely seamless.

* HeReallyCanAct: The episode served as one to much of the show's own crew regarding Creator/BrentSpiner. Not only does he pull off the tricky task of playing two characters who spend time pretending to be each other, but they also had to deal with a body double for the split screen shots who was ''way'' too into playing a robot even knowing he wouldn't actually appear in the episode. As Wil Wheaton later quoted from one crew member in his episode review, it's pretty hard to properly appreciate Spiner's portrayal of an emotionless robot, until you see someone doing it badly.

* HeReallyCanAct: The episode served as one to much of the show's own crew regarding Brent Spiner. Not only does he pull off the tricky task of playing two characters who spend time pretending to be each other, but they also had to deal with a body double for the split screen shots who was ''way'' too into playing a robot even knowing he wouldn't actually appear in the episode. As Wil Wheaton later quoted from one crew member in his episode review, it's pretty hard to properly appreciate Spiner's portrayal of an emotionless robot, until you see someone doing it badly.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The split-screen which allows for Data and Lore to be on-screen together is completely seamless.

* TakeThatScrappy: Probably unintentional, but many people cheered when Picard delivers the line "Shut up, Wesley!" Ironically, at a point when Wesley isn't being obnoxious and actually has a good point.

* DiscreditedMeme: In 2016, Creator/WilWheaton confirmed that insta-bans [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore people that tweet "Shut up, Wesley!"]] to him on Twitter, even if it's in jest.

* TakeThatScrappy: Probably unintentional, but many people cheered when Picard delivers the line "Shut up, Wesley!" Ironically, at a point when Wesley isn't being obnoxious and actually has a good point.