Star Trek: The Animated Series — 1x05 — More Tribbles, More Troubles

Aired 1973-10-06

SpaceOpera.com rating:7

Average reader rating:4.9

Synopsis

The tribbles return for more trouble as the Enterprise encounters Cyrano Jones, the Klingons and a new breed of the popular pest.

Remarkable scenes

The Klingons attacking the scout ship.
The Klingons disabling the Enterprise with their new weapon.
Uhura, regarding the ship being defenseless: "We could always throw rocks!"
Spock: "You can't afford to lose that grain!" Kirk: "I can afford to lose the Enterprise even less!"
Kirk winning against the Klingons using the robot ships.
A tribble eating creature! Hahaha.
The tribble eating creature trying to sink his teeth into a giant tribble.
Kirk reluctantly defending Cyrano Jones from the Klingons.
The Klingons buried in tribbles.
Kirk buried in tribbles.

Review

This episode is a funny homage to TOS: The Trouble with Tribbles. Indeed, it's funnier than the original, even if less intelligent a plot. You have to forgive it for that, as TAS was largely marketed to children. Granted it was cliched to deliberately bury people in tribbles again, I would have seen it as a missed opportunity if they hadn't taken advantage. :)

2 reader comments

Funnier than the original? This is a tiny fraction of comedy compared to The Trouble With Tribbles.
Oh yeah, is it me, or are they mispronouncing the name of the grain (quadrotriticale) throughout this episode?
by Orion Pimpdaddy | 10/14/2009 at 5:02 pm

I didn't think it was as funny as the Trouble with Tribbles, but it was cute. As you say, a less intelligent plot.
The tactic of using the robot freighters to overload the Klingon battlecruiser was interesting because it was a real, legitimate tactic, rather than the "make up imaginary scientific words" tactics so often used in later Star Trek shows.
A weapon that can render the Enterprise helpless and susceptible to boarding hardly sounds useless. I guess it was too expensive, and the Federation must have developed counter-measures.
The Klingon captain's voice is so wimpy sounding, it is really hard to imagine this is the same species that becomes so ultra-macho in later shows.
by Christopher Alexander | 04/06/2011 at 2:42 am