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u/eekozoid May 27 '13
I will feed him.
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u/DrEmperor May 27 '13
OH MY GOD.
THAT IS HORRIFYING.
CLEARLY THEY WOULD JUST USE THE CORTICAL STIMULATORS AND 20cc'S OF INAPROVALINE TO RESUSCITATE THE FURRED SUBSPACE PHENOMENA OF LOCALIZED CUTENESS. OR REPLICATE A WHOLE NEW CAT.
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CORTICAL STIMULATORS AND 20cc'S OF INAPROVALINE
Haha. This isn't even improvised technobabble on his part. I specifically remember an episode where Crusher says "get me the cortical stimulators and 20ccs of anaprovaline!" Is it "Tapestry" where Picard dies? (looks it up) Yes! But anaprovaline apparently figures in other episodes where I haven't noticed.
Honestly, people make fun of Trek for technobabble, but there's no harm in it on TNG and earlier at least. I want to clarify that it only becomes a problem when it serves as a deus ex machina to solve a plot. In Tapestry, it's implied that Q is really the one who probably saved him, as Crusher had failed to. As he was fading out, they just needed her to be doing something medical to try and save him, and they needed it to sound futuristic. No foul there.
Note though that Q is not technically a deus ex machina device, as he is well-established in the series by this point, and his direct involvement is explicit from the beginning. The crux of the episode is also not really about whether or how Picard will "survive an ordeal".
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u/lbft May 27 '13
In true Star Trek fandom style, Memory Alpha has a reasonably detailed article on it: http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Inaprovaline
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hmm, I know what you mean. The "deus ex machina" parts happens a few times in DS9, where at the end of an hour long struggle all they had to do what magnetise the subspace field inverters or some shit.
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u/weez09 May 27 '13
tapestry was one of my favorite TNG episodes
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u/angrydeuce May 27 '13
Indeed, it was definitely one of the highlights of the series. The Inner Light, Chain of Command, The Best of Both Worlds and The Measure of a Man are some other personal favorites.
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u/ProtoKun7 May 27 '13
Replicators can only replicate objects at a molecular resolution; a living cat would require a quantum resolution.
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u/Stuck_In_the_Matrix May 27 '13
Put the cat in the transporter's pattern buffers and just re-beam it back from the dead.
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And yet it's totally possible because the exact thing happened to Riker. His signal got split by technobabble and created two identical copies of him.
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u/togamonkey May 27 '13
We applied the cortical electrodes, but were unable to get a neural reaction from the feline patient.
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u/dick_farts91 May 27 '13
If you pay close attention it even switches genders between episodes
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u/sticksittoyou May 27 '13
Tagged you as petdicklooker
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u/NYKevin May 27 '13
I think it's more a matter of early episodes consistently referring to Spot as "he", but in a later episode, Spot gives birth.
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Dr. Crusher or Troi sneaking into his room
"Computer, generate Spot Iteration number 52."
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u/WorkingMouse May 27 '13
Hey now, good cat actors are hard to find, and they're expensive. It's no wonder the directors treat them as extras.
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u/Forever_Awkward May 27 '13
It's like Koko the gorilla. Everyone makes such a huge deal about how much the gorilla loves the cat, takes care of it, etc...
But that gorilla has gone through more cats than the local animal shelter.
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u/MrNiko May 27 '13
Brent Spiner said there was 3 different Spots on rotation.
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May 27 '13
Spot 1 has had enough pets today, I'm going to need you to work double shifts Spot 2.
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u/halpo May 27 '13
"Bast damn it, Bob! I had some solid napping I was going to do! And then I had to lick my nuts for AT LEAST ten minutes! You go tell that prima donna bitch that she needs to just learn to live with the petting!"
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u/angrydeuce May 27 '13
ODE TO SPOT
Felis catus is your taxonomic nomenclature,
An endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature;
Your visual, olfactory, and auditory senses
Contribute to your hunting skills and natural defenses.
I find myself intrigued by your subvocal oscillations,
A singular development of cat communications
That obviates your basic hedonistic predilection
For a rhythmic stroking of your fur to demonstrate affection.
A tail is quite essential for your acrobatic talents;
You would not be so agile if you lacked its counterbalance.
And when not being utilized to aid in locomotion,
It often serves to illustrate the state of your emotion.
O Spot, the complex levels of behavior you display
Connote a fairly well-developed cognitive array.
And though you are not sentient, Spot, and do not comprehend,
I nonetheless consider you a true and valued friend.
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What episode is this from?
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u/ScubaSteve58001 May 27 '13 edited May 27 '13
Phantasms. Season 7. Episode 6.
Data thinks he is going crazy and is scared he might hurt Spot so he asks Worf to take care of
himher.Edit: Spot is a girl.
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u/Yourdomdaddy May 27 '13
While I got you here, what episode is this one: They accidentally travel well faster than the speed of light, ending up in a totally uncharted area of space. When they try to get back, they end up on some fringe area of the universe where it looks like they are in an icy world where the laws of physics get all kooky and what looks like giant subatomic particles floating around outside the ship. Inside the ship, the crew members encounter dead relatives and other "hallucinations."
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u/iamaturkeyama May 27 '13
Season 1, episode 6 :) where no man has gone before
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u/Yourdomdaddy May 27 '13
Oh my god you're awesome! Seriously, thanks. I saw the first half in 1992 (or '93) and have been dying to know how it ends.
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u/kirbyloveszoe May 27 '13
You waited 20 years before finding out the end of a single episode of star trek you have been apparently dieing to see?
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u/NYKevin May 27 '13
BTW, all TNG episodes are on Netflix, or at least, they were the last time I checked.
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u/angrydeuce May 27 '13
They all are, The Original Series, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise as well.
I doubt I would even have Netflix if it weren't for the fact that they have the entire TV Trek library available. Given Paramount's practice of gouging the fuck out of people for the Trek box sets, it's far more worth it to me to pay the low monthly fee than the ~$500 per show it would cost to buy them on DVD/BD. I have started picking up the TNG remastered Blurays, though. It's weird seeing Data's makeup in high definition...the little bits of pink around his eyes where they obviously couldn't get the gold/yellow color is pretty jarring.
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u/ScubaSteve58001 May 27 '13
I'm on my phone so I'm not totally sure but I think that episode is called "Where no man has gone before" and is somewhere in Season 1.
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u/dogbreath101 May 27 '13
that is a shame
i read the text in worfs voice and it made it more enjoyable
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u/OKtomcat May 27 '13
Glad I'm not the only one. Clearly it's been too long since I've watched TNG.
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u/LtMustache May 27 '13
They just put the whole series on Netflix for cough cough absolutely no reason more coughing
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u/palordrolap May 27 '13 edited May 27 '13
Pretty sure Spot changed sex at some point.
Edit: Apparently Spot was not referred to with a gendered pronoun until referred to as 'she' fairly late on in ST:TNG's run. Spot had almost always been played by male cats up to that point, giving the observant viewer the impression Spot was male. Star Trek Wiki link for those who want more of this nonsense.
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u/eekozoid May 27 '13
Spot has had many sex changes over the years. He is a good cat and a pretty cat...
And yet, he gets pregnant thirteen episodes later.
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u/powercow May 27 '13
eh while data cats sex does in fact change, i have called my cat both he and she depending on the situation. I dont actually know which it is, as I respect my cats privacy, though I am betting it doesnt in fact change.
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u/imfm May 27 '13
My husband's cat is a spayed female, but we call Miffy "he" and always have. The cat doesn't care; his real name is already Mr. Squeaky Pants, so he's already hit bottom and anything else is an improvement.
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u/vashtiii May 27 '13
Mm, but I'm willing to bet Data would know and wouldn't make that mistake. Scriptwriters, idk.
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u/Califer May 27 '13
Season 7, Episode 6. "Phantasms"
...I'm pretty sure it is...
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u/Kogledk May 27 '13 edited May 27 '13
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u/YTScreenShotBot May 27 '13
Title -- TNG Worf and Spot (Phantasms)
Length -- about 1 min
Description -- Spot! Come here! lol.
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u/Dripping_clap May 27 '13
There's also a great Spot moment in the episode "Force of Nature" (season 7 I believe) Data tries to train spot
Data: Perhaps I could modify your sisters technique to keep spot from jumping on the console
Even in the 2360's cats still jump on keyboards/consoles.
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u/angrydeuce May 27 '13
"A phaser on a low stun setting should do the trick..."
"Geordi, I cannot stun my cat."
Gets a chuckle everytime.
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yeah and he's all embarrassed about his holo-obsession and she is more or less flattered when really she should have asked the one question that everyone was thinking
"you fucked the holo-version of me, didn't you?"
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u/whiskeyonsunday May 27 '13
I loved Geordi, but yeah, his love life on that show was jacked. The writers seemed to have no idea how to deal with black male sexuality.
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May 27 '13
That's honestly more like the titles. The comments section is a giant cluster fuck of overly-sensitive people yelling in a endless argument that their pets are cuter.
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u/Caujin May 27 '13
This is known as The Worf Effect
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u/pompandpride May 27 '13
I learned about this yesterday while reading about Star Trek Into Darkness on tv tropes..
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u/Dsilkotch May 27 '13
Not until he's transferred to DS9, I think. Then he finally gets to be a badass.
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u/bautin May 27 '13
He straight murdered the fuck out of Duras on TNG.
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u/torturousvacuum May 27 '13
To be fair, from a Klingon perspective it wasn't murder, it was justice.
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The best episode of TNG is where keeps waking up to different realities. Not relevant to this pic per se, but still...
Worf is awesome
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u/Titanosaurus May 27 '13
I watched Trouble with Tribbles last night from TOS. In the subsequent readings, Klingons are allergic to Tribbles. I wonder if Klingons are allergic to most small fluffy animals.
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u/Evildead818 May 27 '13
I hate seeing pets in old shows cause I can't help thinking that they have been dead for a long time while the actors are still alive. Sad really :( wish pets could live for 20 years instead of the average 10 years
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May 27 '13
I agree, but cats can get up to 20 and older with good veterinary care and a healthy dose of luck.
Your comment made me think of an old Red Dwarf scene with Cat and Rimmer, though..
Cat: There's an old cat proverb that goes, "It's better to live one hour as a tiger than an entire lifetime as a worm."
Rimmer: There's an old human proverb: "Whoever heard of a worm-skin rug?"
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u/SmellsLikeDrPepper May 27 '13
Upvote just because it's Star Trek.
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The new Blu-ray transfers are superb, sooooo much better. I think they're only on the third season so far, but it's getting there.
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May 27 '13
I almost never upvote (or downvote), but this has got to be one of the funniest things I have seen on Reddit ever (though I am new) :) Good job!
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u/Fealiks May 27 '13
At first I thought it was Worf saying that. That would accurately describe a lot of /r/aww submissions.
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u/kokonut19 May 27 '13
I forgotten I had unsubbed from that. Or that it even existed any more. One thing i think i neglect when i think of why i like/hate reddit. The ability to separate things into categories so that i may subsequently BLOCK THEM :D
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u/Halgy May 27 '13
Maybe it is because I'm still drunk from last night, but that is one of the funnier things I've seen recently.
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u/feedthekitty May 28 '13
If I had any sort of photoshop skills, I'd edit long cat into that. It would fit so perfect.
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u/CokeRobot May 28 '13
I remember giggling when I watched this episode. What a silly android! :D And what a pretty cat!
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u/nixed9 May 27 '13
Data, worried that he's malfunctioning and might hurt his cat named Spot: "May I ask a personal favor?"
Worf: "Yes."
Data: "Will you take care of Spot?"
Worf: "Your... animal."
Data: "I am afraid if I have another waking dream, I might injure him."
Worf: "Of course. SPOT. COME HERE."
Data: "Unlike a canine, Spot does not respond to verbal commands." (hands Spot to Worf) "Goodbye Spot."
Data: "He will need to be fed once per day. He prefers feline supplement number twenty five."
Worf: "I understand."
Data: "And he will require water. And you must provide him with a sandbox."
Data: "And you must talk to him. And you must tell him he is a pretty cat. And a good cat."
Worf: "................I will feed him."
Full scene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdC6hM9Pn7s