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1	* BestKnownForTheFanservice: There's a reason Tasha Yar's revealing, midriff-baring outfit is mentioned so many times on the recap page.
2	* BizarroEpisode: Although it fully appears as though this is a LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain episode, the fact that Data and Tasha Yar were "intimate" together and implied to have had sex ''is'' mentioned in later episodes, notably in "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E9TheMeasureOfAMan}} The Measure Of A Man]]" where it is used to help establish [[TheSpock Data's]] sentience. It even gets a CallBack much, ''much'' later in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'' with [[TheSpock Data]] telling the Borg Queen that he is "fully functional" in the sex department, and when she asks whether he's had sex, [[LudicrousPrecision he gives a precise answer]] dating back to this episode (meaning he hadn't gone all the way with Lt. Jenna D'sora in the season 4 episode "In Theory").
3	* BrokenBase: A common complaint about this episode is that it took place ''much'' too early in the show to work right by trying to feature characters out of character in only the ''second story'', before the series even had a real, honest-to-God chance to establish everyone's character, causing this to feel like a premature BizarroEpisode, and makes all the out-of-character moments feel very creepy and unfounded. It's also a pretty blatant rehash of a ''TOS'' episode, which is not a good way to get a new show established. That, and it shills the hell out of Wesley and establishes him as an [[BrattyHalfPint obnoxious and meddlesome]] [[InsufferableGenius know-it-all]] [[AttentionWhore who shoehorns himself into everything]] -- at one point, some of the crew actually starts worshipping him with applause. Others will campaign that if this episode is watched about 10 to 15 episodes later during Season 1 than intended, it works a lot better. There's no getting around the blatant Wesley worship, though.
4	* CreatorsPet: This episode is the start of Wesley earning this particular reputation. Even while intoxicated and supposedly OutOfCharacter, he's still the one who comes up with the idea to get Data to reconfigure the command chips at SuperSpeed, and then he transfers his concept of a reflector beam to the ship in mere seconds and saving the ''Enterprise'' by pushing it away from the ''Tsiolkovsky'', giving Data the time he needs to complete the job. Wesley used a fraudulent voice command (which in itself is... weird) and took control of the ''entire ship,'' and there are no repercussions for that, because everyone is going cuckoo and ultimately [[EasilyForgiven forgiven for their antics while loopy]]. In fact, Wesley's a hero (a DesignatedHero, but a hero nonetheless)! This acidic portrayal dominated much of his early time on the series and many viewers soon grew to despise it entirely (not to mention Creator/WilWheaton himself).
5	* HilariousInHindsight:
6	** Although played for serious drama in this particular instance, this would not be the [[Recap/StarTrekPicardS3E08Surrender last time that the emergency evacuation hatch on a starship's bridge would be intentionally opened to space...]]
7	** [[Recap/StarTrekPicardS3E10TheLastGeneration Data would also not be able to complete that particular limerick]] that Captain Picard cuts him off from saying...
8	* LesYay: Little bit of this between Tasha and Troi, when Tasha's trying on Troi's clothes.
9	* SpecialEffectFailure:
10	** In the original version of the episode, the starfield in the background stayed static as the ''Enterprise'' pushed itself away from the ''Tsiolkovsky'', making it instead look like the ''Enterprise'' was trying to slow down the neutronium fragment by pushing the ''Tsiolkovsky'' into it -- which, for perspective, would be like trying to stop an oncoming high-speed freight train by throwing a pebble at it. A clearly dubbed-on line from Creator/WilWheaton tries to make clear what's supposed to be happening, indicating that the producers were aware of the issue. The HD remaster properly animates the starfield, making it clear that the ''Enterprise'' is pushing itself away from the ''Tsiolkovsky''.
11	** Picard nearly gets clipped by the "automatic" doors in Sick Bay near the end of the episode when the stagehands close them too soon. Patrick Stewart visibly jumps out of the way to avoid them.
12	* ToughActToFollow: "The Naked Time" was a wacky episode, but had CharacterFocus and beats for Kirk and Spock that would follow them the rest of their lives (Spock's struggle with emotions, Kirk's identity being tied to his Captain role). This one has... rape gangs as a backstory.

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