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Oh I KNEW something happened! Thought RUclips was trying to gaslight me when I was trying to pull it back up to leave a like, but didn't see this video in my history after watching it a few minutes before. I was like "I JUST watched this! I'm not crazy! Where is the video???" Lol
@@sparkymist It's really nothing, but I'm betting his superiors or sponsors got their panties in a bunch over it. A short promo clip from his sponsor was deleted. Sean didn't realize that white compression shirts hug contours well. Straight guys and most straight women would never have noticed. Gay guys -- like me -- saw the effect instantly.
Sean. You missed one of the best ones - Star Trek: DS9 "House of Quark" Quark enters the Chamber of the Klingon High Council: "I'm Quark, Son of Keldar. Here to challenge D'Ghor, Son of ... _Whatever."_ The Klingons in the High Council gasp at the audacity. Anyone who can make Klingons "clutch the pearls" is #1 in my book.
Honestly, this is the most perfect burn the entire franchise has ever seen. The sheer contempt Quark delivers the line with is beautiful. It's also matched by his line shortly thereafter, "And when you tell your children and your grandchildren the glorious story of how you rose to power and took Grilka's house from her, I hope you remember to tell them how you heroically killed an unarmed Ferengi half your size."
A similar one from Grilka to Quark "You have been a great help to my house. That is why I am going to allow you to remove your hand from my knee instead of pulling your arm out of its socket."
I like the one when Cdr. T'Pol gives Dr. Phlox the Vulcan Nerve Pinch in sickbay. He tells her to remove her hand so he can continue his "surgery" on Travis (in 'Singularity'). She does and moves her hand toward his neck and legs him drop, as she did that Ferengi space pirate (in 'Acquisitions'. Love that tiny quirky grin on this Vulcan and her skip when she leaves Engineering with Cdr. Tucker on "Enterprise").
Too bad she couldn't give him the nerve pinch like Cdr. T'Pol did to Dr. Phlox when he told her to remove her hand from his (in 'Singularity' on "Enterprise"). She gave him the Vulcan Nerve Pinch and just let him fall down on the floor like she did to that Ferengi (in 'Acquisitions').
Another one is Odo's "With what?" line from _The Way of the Warrior._ Everyone is evacuating the promenade, and Odo walks up to Quark telling him he needs to be in the shelter as well. Quark: "I'm not going to any emergency shelter. This is my bar, and I'm going to defend it." Odo: "Really? And how do you plan to do that?" Quark: "With this." Odo: "You're going to hit them with a box?" Quark: "No. This is my disruptor pistol. The one I used to carry in the old days, when I was serving on that Ferengi freighter." Odo: "I thought you were the ship's cook." Quark: "That's right. And every member of that crew thought he was a food critic. If the Klingons try to get through these doors, I'll be ready for them." (opens the box to see a note from Rom) "'Dear Quark, I used parts from your disruptor to fix the replicators. Will return them soon. Rom.'" Quark: "I will _kill_ him!" Odo: "With what?"
What about Odo in Trials and Tribble-ations? Worf : Hundreds of warriors were sent to track them down throughout the galaxy. An armada obliterated the tribbles' home world. By the end of the twenty third century they had been eradicated. Odo : *Another glorious chapter of Klingon history. Tell me, do they still sing songs of the great tribble hunt?*
I LOVE Odo's sass, my favorite was when the station was being evacuated but Quark was staying to protect the bar. He went to open the case where his weapon was but only found a note from Rom saying he took it for parts. Quark: I'm going to kill him! Odo: With what?
Not exactly a burn, but I loved "Unification" when Picard was trying to borrow a Klingon ship and crew so he could get into Romulan territory undetected. He had recently helped Gowron rise to power; now he was calling in the favor. However, he could only get a hold of a low-ranking subordinate. The Klingon subordinate acted like he was put out by Picard's request. He finally asked Picard what Gowron would get in return for helping him. Picard said, "Tell Gowron that he will have our gratitude." The Klingon looked like, "That's it? Your gratitude in exchange for a ship?" Picard said, "Yes. Oh, and also tell Gowron that if he is unable to help us out, I'm sure we can find someone else in the Klingon Empire who can loan us a ship... and then THEY would have our gratitude." I've never seen a Klingon look like he was going to wet himself before.
Klingons are known for their warrior code and honor, but they're often very shrewd politician. They understand not only the value of a good ally, but also the value of denying an ally to a rival.
WESLEY: Since when did you become an expert on women? LAFORGE: Compared to you, every male on this ship is an expert on women. WESLEY: Well at least I don't have to find my women on the holodeck!
Vulcan influence gave the will, but the wit is his. Picard and Riker Just yelled at each other. O'Brien got into a fight, and Doctor Crusher slapped Wesley.
A little scene in The Next Generation 7th season episode, "Liaisons." Worf is trying to entertain an "ambassador" who is very difficult and demanding, and he's at a buffet line getting the ambassador some food. DATA: How is your diplomatic assignment progressing? WORF: Fine. DATA: I have heard that in moments of diplomatic tension, it is often helpful to find elements of commonality. WORF: Ambassador Byleth is demanding, temperamental and rude. DATA: You share all of those qualities in abundance. Perhaps you should try to build on your similarities. Best part is the little pat on the back Data gives Worf at the end of that scene. :D (Though I have to say, Worf isn't rude, he's a bit abrupt at times, but generally very respectful).
HA!! I scrolled down to add this and here it already was! And I agree - the little pat on the back and it looks like there might be a slight wink as well - is THE best!
One of my favourites would have to be in TNG episode Redemption: Part 2 when Data is transferred to temporarily take command of the U.S.S. Sutherland for a fleet operation. His first officer Hobson requests a transfer because just as he doesn't believe a Klingon would make a good ship's counsellor or that a Berellian would make a good engineer, he also doesn't believe an android would make a good starship captain. With the exact same calmness and poise Hobson uses to deliver the bigoted reasoning for his request, Data replies with, "I understand your concerns. Request denied."
For some reason, in "Our Man Bashir", Garak's line: "Another decorator's nightmare. This era had a distinct lack of taste." sends me into giggles. The utter disgust Robinson conveyed in his voice was awesome. The entire episode, he keeps 'em coming.
One crossover I would want to see (but won't happen for countless reasons). Is Garak, vs House. The man who loves to lie and the man who says everyone lies.
Q : Without your assistance on our last encounter, I would never have survived. I would have taken my own life but for you. Picard : We all make mistakes.
McCoy:"Go? Where are we going?" Kirk:"Where they went." McCoy:"Suppose they went nowhere?" Kirk:"Then this will be your big chance to get away from it all."
How could you forget Worf's single greatest line ever? I don't know if the doomed Borg heard him, but Captain Picard certainly did. First Contact, the shootout on the deflector dish, Worf aims his phaser rifle and snarls... "Assimilate THIS!"
The Motion Picture McCoy: Spock, you haven't changed a bit. You're just as warm and sociable as ever Spock: Nor have you doctor, as your continued predilection for irrelevancy demonstrates
Naw, the top Star Trek burn was in The Trouble with Tribbles. Klingon says that the Enterprise is only fit to haul garbage. Scotty asks the Klingon to rephrase his statement, and the Klingon obliges. "I didn't mean to say that the Enterprise should be hauling garbage. I meant to say that it should be hauled away, *AS GARBAGE* !"
The season 6 episode of Star Trek Voyager, Virtuoso. The Doctor wants to have the auditorium remodeled so that the audience can see him more clearly, and Torres turns to him and says "you're right, the last five rows will only be able to see the top of your head. The glare could blind them "
One of my favourite episodes of Voyager, The Rise (with the orbital tether) when Neelix wanted to check outside because he had a hunch, Tuvok decides to go instead. When he's asked what he's looking for, he replies "I'm looking for Mr. Neelix's 'instinct' - perhaps it will be marked." Tuvok gives good snark.
Good reporting! It's fair to say most Cardassians are "difficult", but I have to say something nice about Andrew Robinson, who played Garak on DS9. I met him at a small Trek Con in Marietta GA, back around 1999? What a nice, decent, generous human being. Not at all slick and slippery like his character. He clearly, clearly appreciates his fans and we love him right back. All good wishes, Andrew!
You missed Voyager's "Learning Curve". One of the former Maquis is complaining to Chakotay about wanting to do things "the Maquis way" instead of "the Starfleet way". Chakotay nods, casually puts down his drink and *punches the crewman in the face* because "That's the Maquis way too, isn't it?", pulls him off the floor, orders him to wise up, and strolls out of the mess hall like a boss.
You insult Kirk in front of Scotty, he’s fine with it. You insult the Enterprise though, he’s knocking you so far into next week you end up at the same station but on the DS9 episode!! 🤣🤣🤣
Not really a burn but in the episode ‘The measure of a man’ after Data and Picard win the court battle Data goes up to Maddox and says “I refuse to take part in your experiments”. The fact Data didn’t wait for a second after winning and also walked in front of the man is the biggest middle finger the Android could ever pull off
TOS: The Trouble with Tribbles. There are so many zingers in that episode, but the one that pops to mind is: McCoy: I don't know a lot about these Tribbles, but I do know one thing. Spock: What is that, Doctor? McCoy: I like them, better than I like you. Spock: They do indeed have one redeeming characteristic. McCoy: What's that? Spock: They do not talk too much.
Same episode: when Kirk is talking to Scotty trying to determine when the fight started. Everything that was followed by “…and that’s when you…” “no, sir” Not until “then they called the Enterprise a garbage scow, Captain” Gets me every time.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard, to junior adjutant B'iJik: "if he is unable to provide us with a ship, then I am sure there are others in the Klingon Empire who would be willing to help me. And then... *they* would have our gratitude." Priceless!
I know it's not exactly cannon but from the animated series (1st one) episode "The Survivor" after a shapeshifting alien who has impersonated several crew members is finally captured. McCoy: You caught him! Spock: Acute observation doctor. McCoy: Well I'm glad to see him under guard Jim, if he had turned into a second Spock that would be too much to take! Spock: Perhaps, but then two Dr. McCoys just might bring the level of medical efficiency on this ship, up to an acceptable level. Now that is how you burn with style.
Definitely Picard vs. the Sheliak in "The Ensigns of Command". When he finally gets them on a judicial detail in their contract and makes them wait. It's a non-verbal burn and it's brilliant. :)
Here's a lesser known one that made me laugh from TNG. It was when Worf and Troi were together and Worf has spent a good part of the episode trying to avoid a surprise birthday party. Troi reassures him, knowing that he'd rather just be alone "and you probably want to go hit yourself with a painstick or something." The best line in TNG though wasn't really a burn but it's just delivered so well. Laforge and Data are working in a Jeffries Tube and discussing Data's difficulties training Spot, his cat. Geordie makes some comment about a phaser "tuned to a low stun setting" and Data pauses and says" Geordie. I cannot stun my cat."
There was a nearly wordless burn. In Qpid, when Picard and co were turned into Robin hood and his Merry Men. There's the shot of Geordi strumming on his lute, badly, when Worf comes up, takes it by the neck, and smashes it against a tree and hands it back to him. And just says "sorry". What makes it perfect is the look of shock on Beverley's face in the background.
Picard's politeness and eloquence lets him pull off some lines that no-one else could. He had a real gem in "Redemption" when the Duras sisters invite him over for some tea and bribery: B'ETOR: So why be our enemy, when you can be our friend? PICARD: You have manipulated the circumstances with the skill [pauses and turns to face Lursa] of a Romulan. My decision will be announced at high sun tomorrow. Excellent tea. Good day, ladies. Which was just so much more perfect, because they actually WERE scheming with the Romulans so he was also telling them that he'd already seen through them, while insulting them.
Seriously?? SERIOUSLY!?!?! When Q talks to Worf and say, " Oh, very clever Worf. Eat any good books lately?" That is by far the best insult in ST: TNG! I still drop when I see that episode. lol
@@mohmoony3918 there's definitely enough content out there for a part 3 as well... We could probably make individual episodes dealing with Q and the doctor from Voyager
my favorite one is from Star Trek 3, right after Kirk tells Bones what happened to him thanks to Spock at the end of Wrath of Khan, "That green blooded S.O.B.!! This is for all those arguments he lost!!." I laugh everytime.
Great list. I wish we had room for 10 more. I personally loved...and use often...the line from Message in a Bottle when the Doctor says: "you know, you really should keep a personal log, why bore others needlessly".
How could you forget these lines: Bashir: Out of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't? Garak: My dear Doctor, they're all true. Bashir: Even the lies? Garak: Especially the lies. and... Garak: The truth is just an excuse for lack of imagination.
Indeed, he told him many half-truths about Elim being exiled for saving Bajoran children and regretting it. It caused Bashir to investigate and discover the truth for himself which is always far more believable than simply hearing and trusting it. He was training Bashir to trust nothing and verify everything. Too bad everyone trusted the changeling Bashir for months and had no idea he never came back from the conference.
From the episode where Riker served on a Klingon ship At dinner, one of the Klingons noticed Riker wasn't eating much and delivered this zinger. "If Klingon food is too strong for you, maybe we can have one of the females breast feed you."
If the last line of this scene from TOS “Amok Time” wasn’t a burn, I don’t know what it would be (other than in the top 10 McCoy and Spock moments). McCoy: "There's just one thing, Mr. Spock. You can't tell me that when you first saw Jim alive that you weren't on the verge of giving us an emotional scene that would have brought the house down!" Spock: "Merely my quite logical relief that Starfleet had not lost a highly proficient Captain." Kirk: "Yes, Mr. Spock. I understand." Spock: "Thank you, Captain." McCoy"Of course, Mr. Spock, your reaction was quite logical…" Spock: "Thank you, Doctor." McCoy’s burn: "…in a pig's eye!"
McCoy: Well, we found a whole world of minds that work just like yours - logical, unemotional, completely pragmatic - and we poor, irrational humans whipped them in a fair fight. Now you'll find yourself back among us illogical humans again. Spock: Which I find eminently satisfactory, Doctor, for *nowhere* am I so *desperately* needed as among a shipload of illogical humans.
You missed the ultimate Star Trek burn: ''Stonn, she is yours, after a time you will find that HAVING is not as pleasing a thing as WANTING. It is not logical but often true.''
My favourites are still from "The Trouble with Tribbles" - Nilz Baris : Captain Kirk, I consider your security measures a disgrace. In my opinion, you have taken this entire, very important project far too lightly. Capt. Kirk : On the contrary, sir. I think of this project as very important. It is YOU I take lightly. Actually, come to think of it - that whole episode is burn after burn.
Another great one from Kirk in that episode. "I have never questioned the orders or the intelligence of any representative of the Federation... Until now."
I never knew that Worf's wife and Q's Wife were played by the same actress, but now that I do, I can't unsee it. This is why I watch these videos. I learn so many new and awesome things.
Spock: They remind me of the lilies of the field. "They toil not, neither do they spin." But they seem to eat a great deal. I see no practical use for them. McCoy: Does everything have to have a practical use for you? They're nice, soft, and furry, and they make a pleasant sound. Spock: So would an ermine violin, but I see no advantage in having one.
Good compilation, thanks for that.... There are a few charactors who deliver some great lines regularly.... Garrick had some of the best come back and sarcastic lines in the whole show, the ones featured in this compilation, the Tailor Shop and later, Bio Bed comment to Bashir about the Klingon assault are right up there with the best... Quark could also be relied upon to make us laugh too... Talking to Odo he complains about the noise that Odo is making during sleep time in his quarters above him..... Odo says he transformed into some small animal that would make little noise and asked Quark..."You heard that?"...... Quark replied something to the effect..... "What did you expect....with these ears?" That had me howling.... 😂🤣
1: Data describing the make up of his skull and spinal support to the klingon that head butted him 2: Data alters his premace of the game 3: Picard "With the first link the chain is forged"-"Villians who twirl their mustaches are easy to spot" 4: Worf tells Q to "Die"
need a reversed polarity version of this video: a list of the greatest one liners. of course it would have to include such lines as Spock's "Nor I, a work of art...", or Riker's delivery of "One, or both?" (from the episode where he serves on a Klingon ship).
RIP Andreas Katsulas. In "All Good Things" his character Tomalak seems to have realized Picard is a man to be respected and believed. I wish we could have seen more of an arc with him.
@@GSBarlev I'm remembering D'Lenn the Minbari defending B5 against an attacking Earth force after B5 declares independence. Earth Force: "Do not force us to engage you." D'Lenn: "Why not? Only one human commander has ever survived battle with a Minbari battle cruiser. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else!" In less than a second, all the attacking ships begin to turn tail and "gate" away. Their navigators must have already been punching in the instructions before D'Lenn even finished speaking. "Brown Pants Moment" barely begins to cover it. 😆 And yes, Andreas Katsulas put on a master-class in acting in B5. The personal interplay between G'Kar and Londo was one of the highlights of the series.
I'm going to risk everything and say that much as I genuinely love Star Trek, Babylon 5 was by far the better show. Last I heard JMS is going to bring it back. Possibly a reboot from the start (better CGI these days). I can't wait!
@@y_fam_goeglyd According to what people are reporting, JMS has said that it won't be a "remake" as such, in that he won't be trying to exactly copy the original stories. I'm going to guess that he'll be following the original theme (which was basically the Shadow War) but put new single-episode stories around that same theme.
The best thing about Kirk's "double dumb-a$$" line was that it was an ad-lib response to the cabbie, whom's reaction was genuine. That was not a scripted moment. Shatner legitimately accidentally stepped out in front of a cab, and spontaneously created one of the most memorable scenes, requiring the production to track down the cab company and driver to get him to sign a release - so that they could use the scene. They were also filming on a (not closed off) city street, when a passersby tried to help Chekov, telling him the ships were across the bay in Alameda (which he had already said). The crew had to catch her to get a release signed, because like the cabbie, her genuine reaction was too good not to use. Definitely an outstanding, fun film.
Practically EVERY interaction with Q and Picard has very good zingers. My fave is when Q claims he's "God" and Picard calls bullshit because he refuses to believe the universe was designed THAT badly.
Another great one from Wrath of Khan: As Khan is chasing Kirk into the nebula, Khan's right hand man slows the ship done ("We don't want to follow them into the Nebula!"). Kirk, when he see's this, hails Khan with this zinger: "Khan, I'm laughing at the superior intellect". Possibly the one insult that would send Khan into a blind rage.
Odo - You'd shoot a man in the back? Garak - Well, it's the safest way isn't? And Then I thought nah, who's going to help me against all these Klingons? So I let him live." Odo - And now you regret it? Garak -Ah. my dear constable, by the end of the day everyone on this station is going to regret it!.
There’s always one minor blip on each of these videos 😩. “What are you doing with that DOG” Also, I was hoping to hear my favorite McCoy line from TMP “Spock, your child is about to wipe away every living thing on earth. Now what do you suggest we do? Spank it?!”
while it wasn't one of my favorite burns this one cracked me up: WORF: Your motives for rescuing me were not honourable. EZRI: Do you really think that I would disobey orders and risk my life so I could seduce you? I hate to burst your bubble, Worf, but it wasn't that good.
His burns were normally softened with an academic air, but he was Cardassian underneath. This theme is going to produce plenty of good responses I reckon
Elim Garak should have just been #1 Not a particular line, just Garak. He was a constant source of burns. Why do you think he befriended Bashir? He needed someone close by to apply the burn cream to his witless victims. Except Weyoun. He was hoping that was the last clone of him.
The Doctor’s line from Voyager’s “Displaced” when he says to Torres “Now I can begin my new career as a tricorder” was a stinger that still gives me a chuckle.
The burns were even sicker on Babylon 5. "Are you challenging me?" "You've already made the challenge! We're just waiting to see if you've got the guts to back it up."
@@WilliamMoses355 Season 5 gets a bad rap, but if the show had ended after just four, we never would have had G'Kar's lessons on religion like the one he gives to a disciple who insists on textual literalism: "Show me the [contradictory] passage in the book. Good. Now put your face in the book." (disciple hesitates) "Well if the book is holy and I am holy then I must help you become closer to the thoughts of the universe." (still hesitating) "[The passage reads that] we can always trust a fellow Narn, yes?" (puts head in book) (G'Kar slams the guy's head in the book) "There's lesson number one."
I would have loved to read/seen more of Nestral's experience after he parted ways with his crew to spend the rest of his life on Earth. My favorite burn: "I think you're both going to be insufferably pleased with yourselves for at least a month... SIR." ST:TOS "Friday's Child"
I'm sure T'Mir, Stron, and Mestral would have not only died from starvation, but possible pneumonia as it can get quite cold and rainy in Pa., not conducive to Vulcans used to a hot, dry Vulcan. They weren't prepared for winter's cold, snowy weather anyway had they remained in the woods.
I think the saddest thing about Voyager, is the fact that it is highly likely that Janeway's dog dies before she gets home. Unless they apply the same life extending technology to dogs that they do to humans.
I remember reading an old Voyager novel many years ago that took place just after they returned home. Molly was still alive, but didn't recognize her right away. And considering they were only gone for 7 years it would depend on how old Molly was before they left.
It’s not really life extending technology, they just have perfect nutrition, medical care, they’re all in good physical shape, there’s no pollution, and most things that kill us (cancer, heart disease, etc) are easily treatable. Basically, unless you have an accident everyone lives to their full potential, which is around 120 years old.
Here's another good one from Garak. I won't go into the details, though I hope it's well remembered. "Now get out of here, before I say something unkind."
Not an episode, but a novel, "Q-in-law", when Q gives Lwaxana Q powers and they eventually get in a fight. Riker: She's really beating the stuffing out of him. What should we do? Worf: Sell tickets.
The Trouble with Tribbles had some insults between Scotty and the Klingons, and transporting all the Tribbles to the Klingon ship was classic. "There'll be no tribble at all."
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*_I_* see what changed between the first upload and the re-upload. You should have left it. You have fans, you know. 😜
@@ficialintelligence1869 what did I miss?
Oh I KNEW something happened! Thought RUclips was trying to gaslight me when I was trying to pull it back up to leave a like, but didn't see this video in my history after watching it a few minutes before. I was like "I JUST watched this! I'm not crazy! Where is the video???" Lol
@@sparkymist It's really nothing, but I'm betting his superiors or sponsors got their panties in a bunch over it. A short promo clip from his sponsor was deleted. Sean didn't realize that white compression shirts hug contours well. Straight guys and most straight women would never have noticed. Gay guys -- like me -- saw the effect instantly.
im fkn dead loool
Kirk: "I suspect you're becoming more and more human all the time."
Spock: "Captain, I see no reason to stand here and be insulted."
That's a classic.
Spock got his feelings hurt!
I like it when Spock replies to the statement that he might change his mind: "Is there something wrong with the one I have?"
Q to Everyone, “What do I have to do to prove I’m mortal?!”
Worf, “Die”
Q, “Oh very good, eat any good books lately?”
Worf and Q. Getting along like a house on fire.
@@wrath2501 Talking Heads style?
Now that's a great burn, burning another great burn.
I am surprised this wasn’t on the list
DOUBLE burn!
Sean. You missed one of the best ones - Star Trek: DS9 "House of Quark"
Quark enters the Chamber of the Klingon High Council: "I'm Quark, Son of Keldar. Here to challenge D'Ghor, Son of ... _Whatever."_ The Klingons in the High Council gasp at the audacity. Anyone who can make Klingons "clutch the pearls" is #1 in my book.
Honestly, this is the most perfect burn the entire franchise has ever seen. The sheer contempt Quark delivers the line with is beautiful. It's also matched by his line shortly thereafter, "And when you tell your children and your grandchildren the glorious story of how you rose to power and took Grilka's house from her, I hope you remember to tell them how you heroically killed an unarmed Ferengi half your size."
Came here to say just that. Best burn ever.
The absolute best
The pure contempt in his voice. Priceless
Yeah but with Klingons the trick is balance. You want to make them clutch their perls, without making them kill you.
I always ended up choking in laughter on this one.
Data: The captain and many of the crew are not yet convinced he is truly Human.
Guinan: Really?
*Guinan has more wisdom than Troi at times*
I'm not sure if that counts as a "burn" but it's one of my favorite scenes in Star Trek.
One of my favorites!😂
Nice. Definitely the high point of Goldberg's career
@@docholliday7157 I rather like that movie where her and Ted Danson made...whoopie🙂
Don't forget the one from 7 of 9:
"Remove your hand or I will remove your arm."
Terse and tacit with no confusion 😆
A similar one from Grilka to Quark
"You have been a great help to my house. That is why I am going to allow you to remove your hand from my knee instead of pulling your arm out of its socket."
@@LiGeBosTic92 A vague disclaimer is nobodies friend. 😆
I like the one when Cdr. T'Pol gives Dr. Phlox the Vulcan Nerve Pinch in sickbay. He tells her to remove her hand so he can continue his "surgery" on Travis (in 'Singularity'). She does and moves her hand toward his neck and legs him drop, as she did that Ferengi space pirate (in 'Acquisitions'. Love that tiny quirky grin on this Vulcan and her skip when she leaves Engineering with Cdr. Tucker on "Enterprise").
Too bad she couldn't give him the nerve pinch like Cdr. T'Pol did to Dr. Phlox when he told her to remove her hand from his (in 'Singularity' on "Enterprise"). She gave him the Vulcan Nerve Pinch and just let him fall down on the floor like she did to that Ferengi (in 'Acquisitions').
Another one is Odo's "With what?" line from _The Way of the Warrior._
Everyone is evacuating the promenade, and Odo walks up to Quark telling him he needs to be in the shelter as well.
Quark: "I'm not going to any emergency shelter. This is my bar, and I'm going to defend it."
Odo: "Really? And how do you plan to do that?"
Quark: "With this."
Odo: "You're going to hit them with a box?"
Quark: "No. This is my disruptor pistol. The one I used to carry in the old days, when I was serving on that Ferengi freighter."
Odo: "I thought you were the ship's cook."
Quark: "That's right. And every member of that crew thought he was a food critic. If the Klingons try to get through these doors, I'll be ready for them."
(opens the box to see a note from Rom) "'Dear Quark, I used parts from your disruptor to fix the replicators. Will return them soon. Rom.'"
Quark: "I will _kill_ him!"
Odo: "With what?"
Odo and Quark really make that show
Quark should have replied "My cooking." 😁
🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️
I loved that bit! 😂
What about Odo in Trials and Tribble-ations?
Worf : Hundreds of warriors were sent to track them down throughout the galaxy. An armada obliterated the tribbles' home world. By the end of the twenty third century they had been eradicated.
Odo : *Another glorious chapter of Klingon history. Tell me, do they still sing songs of the great tribble hunt?*
An absolute beauty, made even more beautiful by Whorf's perfectly straight delivery of the story!
😂😂😂 Love Odo!!
@@maryqualls5086 Watch "The Big Bus".
I LOVE Odo's sass, my favorite was when the station was being evacuated but Quark was staying to protect the bar. He went to open the case where his weapon was but only found a note from Rom saying he took it for parts.
Quark: I'm going to kill him!
Odo: With what?
@@sarahkinsey5434 Parts from Quark's disruptor to fix the replicator, haha.
Not exactly a burn, but I loved "Unification" when Picard was trying to borrow a Klingon ship and crew so he could get into Romulan territory undetected. He had recently helped Gowron rise to power; now he was calling in the favor. However, he could only get a hold of a low-ranking subordinate. The Klingon subordinate acted like he was put out by Picard's request. He finally asked Picard what Gowron would get in return for helping him. Picard said, "Tell Gowron that he will have our gratitude." The Klingon looked like, "That's it? Your gratitude in exchange for a ship?" Picard said, "Yes. Oh, and also tell Gowron that if he is unable to help us out, I'm sure we can find someone else in the Klingon Empire who can loan us a ship... and then THEY would have our gratitude." I've never seen a Klingon look like he was going to wet himself before.
I like when Sela says that she doesn't get to do a lot of writing in her current job and Data says 'Perhaps you would be happier in another job".
That was a good one.
That was down right savage.
Klingons are known for their warrior code and honor, but they're often very shrewd politician. They understand not only the value of a good ally, but also the value of denying an ally to a rival.
Yep, that was a good one!
WESLEY: Since when did you become an expert on women?
LAFORGE: Compared to you, every male on this ship is an expert on women.
WESLEY: Well at least I don't have to find my women on the holodeck!
I'm not giving that one to Wesley. He was under the influence of Vulcan telepathy. So, in essence, this was another Vulcan burn.
@@ficialintelligence1869 So, one Burn for Sarek?
@@christopherg2347 Definitely.
Vulcan influence gave the will, but the wit is his. Picard and Riker Just yelled at each other. O'Brien got into a fight, and Doctor Crusher slapped Wesley.
*LaForge: "good luck making it through your next use of the transporter there Wesley"*
A little scene in The Next Generation 7th season episode, "Liaisons." Worf is trying to entertain an "ambassador" who is very difficult and demanding, and he's at a buffet line getting the ambassador some food.
DATA: How is your diplomatic assignment progressing?
WORF: Fine.
DATA: I have heard that in moments of diplomatic tension, it is often helpful to find elements of commonality.
WORF: Ambassador Byleth is demanding, temperamental and rude.
DATA: You share all of those qualities in abundance. Perhaps you should try to build on your similarities.
Best part is the little pat on the back Data gives Worf at the end of that scene. :D (Though I have to say, Worf isn't rude, he's a bit abrupt at times, but generally very respectful).
To be fair, Data was trying to be helpful, not insulting. Still, it's a great scene.
@@zigweegwee Yeah. :) In some ways that makes it funnier.
Why is it that the logical characters always seem to deliver the sickest burns?
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HA!! I scrolled down to add this and here it already was! And I agree - the little pat on the back and it looks like there might be a slight wink as well - is THE best!
One of my favourites would have to be in TNG episode Redemption: Part 2 when Data is transferred to temporarily take command of the U.S.S. Sutherland for a fleet operation. His first officer Hobson requests a transfer because just as he doesn't believe a Klingon would make a good ship's counsellor or that a Berellian would make a good engineer, he also doesn't believe an android would make a good starship captain. With the exact same calmness and poise Hobson uses to deliver the bigoted reasoning for his request, Data replies with, "I understand your concerns. Request denied."
You could make a whole list of just the witticisms of Garak alone.
But then, Garak has that business all sewn up.
For some reason, in "Our Man Bashir", Garak's line: "Another decorator's nightmare. This era had a distinct lack of taste." sends me into giggles. The utter disgust Robinson conveyed in his voice was awesome. The entire episode, he keeps 'em coming.
One crossover I would want to see (but won't happen for countless reasons).
Is Garak, vs House. The man who loves to lie and the man who says everyone lies.
Garak does have a needle sharp wit about him.
Let's not make this a whole thread.
@@martyncurrill2766 CLEVER TAILOR-MADE GARAK ONE-LINERS. I'M IM-PRESSED. SUITS ME JUST FINE.
Can't believe you left out the zinger in The Undiscovered Country - "I can't believe I kissed you." - "It must've been your lifelong ambition"
Gross, but technically should have been high on the list, yeah.
According to Nick Meyer, he was terrified William Shatner would hate that line. Apparently, Shatner loved it.
Q : Without your assistance on our last encounter, I would never have survived. I would have taken my own life but for you.
Picard : We all make mistakes.
Lmfao. Yes. Great exchange
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McCoy:"Go? Where are we going?"
Kirk:"Where they went."
McCoy:"Suppose they went nowhere?"
Kirk:"Then this will be your big chance to get away from it all."
LOL!
lol
Not a burn per se, but soo funny.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
"You ay test that assumption at your convenience" is the classy way to say "F*ck around and find out."
ROFLMMFAO!!!!
Duras did indeed test that assumption, and ended up with two dead assassins.
@@alanthielking6527Well, I guess they found out.
How could you forget Worf's single greatest line ever? I don't know if the doomed Borg heard him, but Captain Picard certainly did.
First Contact, the shootout on the deflector dish, Worf aims his phaser rifle and snarls...
"Assimilate THIS!"
I've heard that Michael Dorn actually refused to say that line and someone else had to dub it in.
Actually, Worf's best ever comback was to Q after "What must I do to convince you people?" - Deadpan Worf: "DIE". Cast basically lost it.
The Motion Picture
McCoy: Spock, you haven't changed a bit. You're just as warm and sociable as ever
Spock: Nor have you doctor, as your continued predilection for irrelevancy demonstrates
"GENTLEMEN!!!"...."we need him....I need him"
"will you please....sit down" ;)
Naw, the top Star Trek burn was in The Trouble with Tribbles. Klingon says that the Enterprise is only fit to haul garbage. Scotty asks the Klingon to rephrase his statement, and the Klingon obliges.
"I didn't mean to say that the Enterprise should be hauling garbage. I meant to say that it should be hauled away, *AS GARBAGE* !"
Or, when using tribbles to find the saboteur, he says "they even seem to like you" to the base commander "well, there's no accounting for taste ".
"And then you hit him." "AYE, Sorrr!"
Classic, in any era, any language, any culture.
Yes this should have been on the list
Yeah but Scotty could only report to Kirk that they had called the Enterprise a garbage scow! He was literally too incensed to recall the rest!
How can you not include this one?
Alien: "GENESIS?"
MyCoy: "Yes, Genesis! How can you be deaf with ears like that?"
Solid (at least honorable mention) nomination!
That was probably the early phase one concept of what a Ferengi would look like....m
@@docholliday7157 exactly, im convinced that 'Mr Big-ears', was supposed to be a ferengi.
@@Zoie3x8 Like A Ferengi would turn don't a huge score over legal concerns.
The season 6 episode of Star Trek Voyager, Virtuoso. The Doctor wants to have the auditorium remodeled so that the audience can see him more clearly, and Torres turns to him and says "you're right, the last five rows will only be able to see the top of your head. The glare could blind them "
B'Lana was amazing!
Data to Dr. Rasmussen: "I assume your handprint will activate the exit whether you are conscious or not."
Or when Picard tells the Doctor, "Welcome to the 24th Century."
*mic drop*
That's not a burn, it's a threat.
Could’ve been worse. “I assume your handprint will activate the exit whether it is attached to you or not.”
Ya missed the Q / Worf burn in Deja Q
Where Q says "What must I do to convince you I am human?"
To that Worf replies "Die"
The "eat any good books lately" is also a winning retort.
@@cg2929 That didn't take long!
excellent one. makes me laugh every time i encounter it
FTW!!!!!
That line drew a smirk from Riker, if I recall....
Surprised I didn't see my favorite on here....
Dax: "On this trip my bed is as empty as yours, Leskit. Except mine is empty by CHOICE."
Yeah I forgot about that one. Truly magnificent
Yes!! Loved Jadzia!!
Picard telling Wesley about the incident with the Nosicans that cost him his heart: "...I made a passing reference to his questionable parentage..."
Picard's "Yo mama" jokes lol.
I thought he as stabbed by a Naussicaan?
or Q in tapestry where he was like it gets me right there and he does a stabbing motion to the heart
One of my favourite episodes of Voyager, The Rise (with the orbital tether) when Neelix wanted to check outside because he had a hunch, Tuvok decides to go instead. When he's asked what he's looking for, he replies "I'm looking for Mr. Neelix's 'instinct' - perhaps it will be marked."
Tuvok gives good snark.
Good reporting! It's fair to say most Cardassians are "difficult", but I have to say something nice about Andrew Robinson, who played Garak on DS9. I met him at a small Trek Con in Marietta GA, back around 1999? What a nice, decent, generous human being. Not at all slick and slippery like his character. He clearly, clearly appreciates his fans and we love him right back. All good wishes, Andrew!
You missed Voyager's "Learning Curve".
One of the former Maquis is complaining to Chakotay about wanting to do things "the Maquis way" instead of "the Starfleet way". Chakotay nods, casually puts down his drink and *punches the crewman in the face* because "That's the Maquis way too, isn't it?", pulls him off the floor, orders him to wise up, and strolls out of the mess hall like a boss.
It's such a perfect response.
Scotty: He called you a Denebian slime devil!
Kirk: And that's when you hit the Klingon?
Scotty: No sir. We're big enough to take a few insults.
"He called the Enterprise a garbage scow"
@@GrimmShadowsII Yup...you can insult a man all day long and he'll take it in stride. You insult his beloved? Get ready for pain :)
You insult Kirk in front of Scotty, he’s fine with it. You insult the Enterprise though, he’s knocking you so far into next week you end up at the same station but on the DS9 episode!! 🤣🤣🤣
@@GrimmShadowsII Best line Scotty ever spoke.......l felt his indignation. At least he got to catch up on his technical reading. 🤣
@@GrimmShadowsII and then Bashir and O'Brien changed history and got involved and thought Scotty was Kirk!
Don’t forget “don’t call me tiny”! Sulu was savage.
Yes !
"Who's been holding up the damn elevator!?"
Oh myyyyyyy
I LOVE that scene!
Top 3 most epic things Sulu said:
3. Let the regulations be damned.
2. Don't call me tiny.
1. Fly her apart then!
Not really a burn but in the episode ‘The measure of a man’ after Data and Picard win the court battle Data goes up to Maddox and says “I refuse to take part in your experiments”. The fact Data didn’t wait for a second after winning and also walked in front of the man is the biggest middle finger the Android could ever pull off
Too bad censoring laws prevented him from actually doing it.
TOS: The Trouble with Tribbles. There are so many zingers in that episode, but the one that pops to mind is:
McCoy: I don't know a lot about these Tribbles, but I do know one thing.
Spock: What is that, Doctor?
McCoy: I like them, better than I like you.
Spock: They do indeed have one redeeming characteristic.
McCoy: What's that?
Spock: They do not talk too much.
Same episode: when Kirk is talking to Scotty trying to determine when the fight started. Everything that was followed by “…and that’s when you…” “no, sir”
Not until “then they called the Enterprise a garbage scow, Captain”
Gets me every time.
@@IAmTheRealBill Scotty was probably reading Trip Tucker's "dry" journals when he was quarantined after the fight.
Of course the Vulcans would be on this list a lot. Their suppressed emotions have been turned into snark.
Captain Jean-Luc Picard, to junior adjutant B'iJik: "if he is unable to provide us with a ship, then I am sure there are others in the Klingon Empire who would be willing to help me. And then... *they* would have our gratitude." Priceless!
I know it's not exactly cannon but from the animated series (1st one) episode "The Survivor" after a shapeshifting alien who has impersonated several crew members is finally captured.
McCoy: You caught him!
Spock: Acute observation doctor.
McCoy: Well I'm glad to see him under guard Jim, if he had turned into a second Spock that would be too much to take!
Spock: Perhaps, but then two Dr. McCoys just might bring the level of medical efficiency on this ship, up to an acceptable level.
Now that is how you burn with style.
Don't worry about it, Discovery isn't canon either.
@@beepboopkendo4206 Bravo, Good Sir!
Spock is sweet and savage at the same time and it’s perfect.
The animated series is considered canon
Definitely Picard vs. the Sheliak in "The Ensigns of Command". When he finally gets them on a judicial detail in their contract and makes them wait. It's a non-verbal burn and it's brilliant. :)
I love that moment so much.
And picard's response to riker when the commander says "you enjoyed that" is the icing on the cake. One of a handful of my top next Gen. Moments.
@@demonicusa.k.a.theblindguy3929 "You're damned right!"
@@redfive2008 Lol yep. It's the confident satisfaction and the delivery of those 3 words that is that icing
Here's a lesser known one that made me laugh from TNG. It was when Worf and Troi were together and Worf has spent a good part of the episode trying to avoid a surprise birthday party. Troi reassures him, knowing that he'd rather just be alone "and you probably want to go hit yourself with a painstick or something."
The best line in TNG though wasn't really a burn but it's just delivered so well. Laforge and Data are working in a Jeffries Tube and discussing Data's difficulties training Spot, his cat. Geordie makes some comment about a phaser "tuned to a low stun setting" and Data pauses and says" Geordie. I cannot stun my cat."
And also “After a time, you may find that ‘having’ is not so pleasing a thing after all as ‘wanting.’ It is not logical, but it is often true.”
There was a nearly wordless burn. In Qpid, when Picard and co were turned into Robin hood and his Merry Men. There's the shot of Geordi strumming on his lute, badly, when Worf comes up, takes it by the neck, and smashes it against a tree and hands it back to him. And just says "sorry".
What makes it perfect is the look of shock on Beverley's face in the background.
Even funnier when you realize that it was a ripoff/homage of a scene from the movie: "Animal House"!
When Lwaxana constantly calls the son of Mogh "Mr. Woof" is one of my favorite ST unintentional burns.
Or Neelix "Mr Vulcan" to Tuvok. Or Worf "I am NOT a merry Man!!!!!!"
Lwaxana, the ultimate Karen 🤣
@@Enterprise1701J No No No, that's Kai Winn.
@@SonicSlicer I stand very corrected 🤣
My favourite has to be when the doctor tells seven:
"Between impulse and action, there is a realm of good taste begging for your acquaintance "
Picard's politeness and eloquence lets him pull off some lines that no-one else could. He had a real gem in "Redemption" when the Duras sisters invite him over for some tea and bribery:
B'ETOR: So why be our enemy, when you can be our friend?
PICARD: You have manipulated the circumstances with the skill [pauses and turns to face Lursa] of a Romulan. My decision will be announced at high sun tomorrow. Excellent tea. Good day, ladies.
Which was just so much more perfect, because they actually WERE scheming with the Romulans so he was also telling them that he'd already seen through them, while insulting them.
"I'm not talking about the puppy." Just about died laughing at that one
In "Carbon creek", those Vulcans had another neighbor not shown on camera. The McCoys lived right next door. This is where the feud began.
Funny, that episodes been on the Horror Channel tonight.
If this show was rated higher, she would have certainly also used another word than "animal". 😂😂😂
@@johnbockelie3899 That would've been funny if the Vulcans used the Hatfields as their cover name.
@Okiedog1
You'd died laughing at that one, me...my face was the same as Q's when saw that episode. Plus I shouted, "DAMMMNNNN!!!!"
When your home planet is covered in fireplains, impossibly arrid deserts, probably two suns and whatnot you get really good at throwing shade.
Worf: Be quiet, or disappear back where you came from
Q: I can't disappear, any more than you could win a beauty contest
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Seriously?? SERIOUSLY!?!?! When Q talks to Worf and say, " Oh, very clever Worf. Eat any good books lately?"
That is by far the best insult in ST: TNG! I still drop when I see that episode. lol
No the one Worf says immediately before that one Q is responding to when he tells him to "die"
I'm thinking we need a best of - part II.
"And Microbrain! Growl for me, let me know you still care!" - Q
@@mohmoony3918 there's definitely enough content out there for a part 3 as well... We could probably make individual episodes dealing with Q and the doctor from Voyager
Damn that was a good one!
my favorite one is from Star Trek 3, right after Kirk tells Bones what happened to him thanks to Spock at the end of Wrath of Khan, "That green blooded S.O.B.!! This is for all those arguments he lost!!." I laugh everytime.
Great list. I wish we had room for 10 more. I personally loved...and use often...the line from Message in a Bottle when the Doctor says: "you know, you really should keep a personal log, why bore others needlessly".
Another good one from that episode: we don't use scalpels… Or leeches anymore.
Or when the EMH 2 asks if the Doctor can help him upload the sex subroutine, and the Doctor just says, “Perhaps.”
How could you forget these lines:
Bashir: Out of all the stories you told me, which ones were true and which ones weren't?
Garak: My dear Doctor, they're all true.
Bashir: Even the lies?
Garak: Especially the lies.
and...
Garak: The truth is just an excuse for lack of imagination.
"often"
Indeed, he told him many half-truths about Elim being exiled for saving Bajoran children and regretting it. It caused Bashir to investigate and discover the truth for himself which is always far more believable than simply hearing and trusting it. He was training Bashir to trust nothing and verify everything. Too bad everyone trusted the changeling Bashir for months and had no idea he never came back from the conference.
@@DirtyVoudouthank you. I thought that last line skipped a beat somewhere.
"You are incapable of that level of incompetence." - Riker
I was trying to think of one by Riker. Thanks. Reminds me that he also told Picard to shut up.
@@joelellis7035 but that was a simulation
@@suryanarayan2032 he didn't know it at the time.
@@joelellis7035 I think he had figured it out by that point
@@joelellis7035 He did know ant that was a compliment.
Russet: I've struck a nerve!
Kira: No THIS is striking a nerve (plants fist firmly between spleen and kidney).
There needs to be a video on "10 moments where Vulcans were sassy af"
*T'Pol enters room....we done here....
From the episode where Riker served on a Klingon ship
At dinner, one of the Klingons noticed Riker wasn't eating much and delivered this zinger.
"If Klingon food is too strong for you, maybe we can have one of the females breast feed you."
Quark: "Somebody extracted all the latinum. It's nothing but worthless gold."
Odo: "And it's all yours."
If the last line of this scene from TOS “Amok Time” wasn’t a burn, I don’t know what it would be (other than in the top 10 McCoy and Spock moments).
McCoy: "There's just one thing, Mr. Spock. You can't tell me that when you first saw Jim alive that you weren't on the verge of giving us an emotional scene that would have brought the house down!"
Spock: "Merely my quite logical relief that Starfleet had not lost a highly proficient Captain."
Kirk: "Yes, Mr. Spock. I understand."
Spock: "Thank you, Captain."
McCoy"Of course, Mr. Spock, your reaction was quite logical…"
Spock: "Thank you, Doctor."
McCoy’s burn: "…in a pig's eye!"
McCoy: Well, we found a whole world of minds that work just like yours - logical, unemotional, completely pragmatic - and we poor, irrational humans whipped them in a fair fight. Now you'll find yourself back among us illogical humans again.
Spock: Which I find eminently satisfactory, Doctor, for *nowhere* am I so *desperately* needed as among a shipload of illogical humans.
You missed the ultimate Star Trek burn: ''Stonn, she is yours,
after a time you will find that HAVING is not as pleasing a thing as WANTING. It is not logical but often true.''
My favourites are still from "The Trouble with Tribbles" -
Nilz Baris : Captain Kirk, I consider your security measures a disgrace. In my opinion, you have taken this entire, very important project far too lightly.
Capt. Kirk : On the contrary, sir. I think of this project as very important. It is YOU I take lightly.
Actually, come to think of it - that whole episode is burn after burn.
Another great one from Kirk in that episode.
"I have never questioned the orders or the intelligence of any representative of the Federation... Until now."
Q: "What must I do to convince you?"
Worf: "Die."
Very clever Worf... Eat any good books lately ?
Oh yes, that's a good one.
I never knew that Worf's wife and Q's Wife were played by the same actress, but now that I do, I can't unsee it. This is why I watch these videos. I learn so many new and awesome things.
She played a female Andorian in Enterprise too. A love interest of Shran before he met his Aenar mate.
And Dr Selar in next gen
Spock: They remind me of the lilies of the field. "They toil not, neither do they spin." But they seem to eat a great deal. I see no practical use for them.
McCoy: Does everything have to have a practical use for you? They're nice, soft, and furry, and they make a pleasant sound.
Spock: So would an ermine violin, but I see no advantage in having one.
McCoy loved me and my fellow Tribbles... 💗
"I have not studied these creatures for long, Doctor, but I am convinced of one thing."
"What's that?"
"I like them better than I do you."
That would be a great Easter Egg to put in an episode of one of the new shows, have someone have or even play an ermine violin.
Good compilation, thanks for that....
There are a few charactors who deliver some great lines regularly....
Garrick had some of the best come back and sarcastic lines in the whole show, the ones featured in this compilation, the Tailor Shop and later, Bio Bed comment to Bashir about the Klingon assault are right up there with the best...
Quark could also be relied upon to make us laugh too...
Talking to Odo he complains about the noise that Odo is making during sleep time in his quarters above him..... Odo says he transformed into some small animal that would make little noise and asked Quark..."You heard that?"......
Quark replied something to the effect..... "What did you expect....with these ears?"
That had me howling.... 😂🤣
The greatest burn of all time was...
THERE ARE 4 LIGHTS!!
talk about toughness
Picard's "you may test that assumption at your convenience"! "Shall we die together?" Is the most badass reply to a bully. That is Picard!
1: Data describing the make up of his skull and spinal support to the klingon that head butted him
2: Data alters his premace of the game
3: Picard "With the first link the chain is forged"-"Villians who twirl their mustaches are easy to spot"
4: Worf tells Q to "Die"
need a reversed polarity version of this video: a list of the greatest one liners. of course it would have to include such lines as Spock's "Nor I, a work of art...", or Riker's delivery of "One, or both?" (from the episode where he serves on a Klingon ship).
I love the "work of art" line!! One of my favorites in the TOS!
Klingon Female: I may be back for you.
Riker: *damn, "fuck around and find out" just bit me in the ass.*
RIP Andreas Katsulas. In "All Good Things" his character Tomalak seems to have realized Picard is a man to be respected and believed. I wish we could have seen more of an arc with him.
Luckily he had plenty of screen time on Babylon 5, which honestly is worth watching for Katsulas' G'Kar alone--talk about an arc...
@@GSBarlev I'm watching Bab5 for the first time right now, and loving his performance as G'Kar
@@GSBarlev I'm remembering D'Lenn the Minbari defending B5 against an attacking Earth force after B5 declares independence.
Earth Force: "Do not force us to engage you."
D'Lenn: "Why not? Only one human commander has ever survived battle with a Minbari battle cruiser. He is behind me. You are in front of me. If you value your lives, be somewhere else!"
In less than a second, all the attacking ships begin to turn tail and "gate" away. Their navigators must have already been punching in the instructions before D'Lenn even finished speaking. "Brown Pants Moment" barely begins to cover it. 😆
And yes, Andreas Katsulas put on a master-class in acting in B5. The personal interplay between G'Kar and Londo was one of the highlights of the series.
I'm going to risk everything and say that much as I genuinely love Star Trek, Babylon 5 was by far the better show. Last I heard JMS is going to bring it back. Possibly a reboot from the start (better CGI these days). I can't wait!
@@y_fam_goeglyd According to what people are reporting, JMS has said that it won't be a "remake" as such, in that he won't be trying to exactly copy the original stories.
I'm going to guess that he'll be following the original theme (which was basically the Shadow War) but put new single-episode stories around that same theme.
Spock: "Congratulations, Captain. A dazzling display of logic"
Kirk: "You didn't think I had it in me, did you, Spock?"
Spock: "No, Sir."
The best thing about Kirk's "double dumb-a$$" line was that it was an ad-lib response to the cabbie, whom's reaction was genuine. That was not a scripted moment. Shatner legitimately accidentally stepped out in front of a cab, and spontaneously created one of the most memorable scenes, requiring the production to track down the cab company and driver to get him to sign a release - so that they could use the scene. They were also filming on a (not closed off) city street, when a passersby tried to help Chekov, telling him the ships were across the bay in Alameda (which he had already said). The crew had to catch her to get a release signed, because like the cabbie, her genuine reaction was too good not to use. Definitely an outstanding, fun film.
Practically EVERY interaction with Q and Picard has very good zingers. My fave is when Q claims he's "God" and Picard calls bullshit because he refuses to believe the universe was designed THAT badly.
"Blasphemy! You're lucky I don't cast you out or smite you or something!"
"Dismissed. That's a Starfleet expression for 'get out.'"
Another great one from Wrath of Khan: As Khan is chasing Kirk into the nebula, Khan's right hand man slows the ship done ("We don't want to follow them into the Nebula!"). Kirk, when he see's this, hails Khan with this zinger: "Khan, I'm laughing at the superior intellect". Possibly the one insult that would send Khan into a blind rage.
Probably one of my top 2 favorite Trek lines.
Odo - You'd shoot a man in the back?
Garak - Well, it's the safest way isn't? And Then I thought nah, who's going to help me against all these Klingons? So I let him live."
Odo - And now you regret it?
Garak -Ah. my dear constable, by the end of the day everyone on this station is going to regret it!.
There’s always one minor blip on each of these videos 😩. “What are you doing with that DOG”
Also, I was hoping to hear my favorite McCoy line from TMP “Spock, your child is about to wipe away every living thing on earth. Now what do you suggest we do? Spank it?!”
Definitely one of McCoy's top classic cracks
She definitely says "dog"... That episode was coincidentally on tv a couple of days ago, so I immediately spotted that error as well...
while it wasn't one of my favorite burns this one cracked me up: WORF: Your motives for rescuing me were not honourable.
EZRI: Do you really think that I would disobey orders and risk my life so I could seduce you? I hate to burst your bubble, Worf, but it wasn't that good.
Looking through the comment section, there's definitely need for a second video of this nature. 🖖
Yeah there should really be a part two
There's a whole series to be mined here. A video for each principal character, even.
Love how Vulcans made the list 3 times and Picard 2 times. Glad Garak made the list, wish he had been #1.
His burns were normally softened with an academic air, but he was Cardassian underneath. This theme is going to produce plenty of good responses I reckon
Elim Garak should have just been #1 Not a particular line, just Garak. He was a constant source of burns. Why do you think he befriended Bashir? He needed someone close by to apply the burn cream to his witless victims. Except Weyoun. He was hoping that was the last clone of him.
Garak was sassy a.f
Garak would need his own top ten tbh
Riker you're so stolid, you weren't like that before the beard!
The best line in The Voyage Home is "They are not the hell your whales". Well maybe not, there are SO many.
"I suppose they told you that."
"The hell they did!"
Nah, the best line was ( as the crew leave the invisible ship behind) "now everybody remember where we parked."
If Saavik could get away with cussing on the Bridge, so could Spock.
The Doctor’s line from Voyager’s “Displaced” when he says to Torres “Now I can begin my new career as a tricorder” was a stinger that still gives me a chuckle.
Martok (Changeling): Yoooou took my sons honor
Work: You cannor take what one does not possess.
10:24 Garak should have a list like this of his own!
Garak: “You shot me!”
Bashir: “You’ll live; it’s just a flesh wound.”
"Monty Python" at its best!
Andreas Katsulas had such a screen presence.He is sorely missed.
The burns were even sicker on Babylon 5.
"Are you challenging me?"
"You've already made the challenge! We're just waiting to see if you've got the guts to back it up."
@@WilliamMoses355 Season 5 gets a bad rap, but if the show had ended after just four, we never would have had G'Kar's lessons on religion like the one he gives to a disciple who insists on textual literalism:
"Show me the [contradictory] passage in the book. Good. Now put your face in the book."
(disciple hesitates)
"Well if the book is holy and I am holy then I must help you become closer to the thoughts of the universe."
(still hesitating)
"[The passage reads that] we can always trust a fellow Narn, yes?"
(puts head in book)
(G'Kar slams the guy's head in the book) "There's lesson number one."
@@GSBarlev It was actually his companion with the sword who delivered that last line as I recall.
I would have loved to read/seen more of Nestral's experience after he parted ways with his crew to spend the rest of his life on Earth.
My favorite burn: "I think you're both going to be insufferably pleased with yourselves for at least a month... SIR."
ST:TOS "Friday's Child"
I'm sure T'Mir, Stron, and Mestral would have not only died from starvation, but possible pneumonia as it can get quite cold and rainy in Pa., not conducive to Vulcans used to a hot, dry Vulcan. They weren't prepared for winter's cold, snowy weather anyway had they remained in the woods.
I was well on board with Tilly immediately. She instantly became my favourite character in the show.
"Shut up, Wesley!"
'Nuff said.
Wesley was the Meg of TNG.
In the U.S. version of the episode, Female Q says "What are you doing with that *dog*?" and follows up with "I'm not talking about the *puppy*."
Which make a little more sense doesn't it
"You may test that assumption at that convenience" the galaxy sized quantum balls on this man!!!
They didn't make him captain of the fleet's flagship for nothing
dry wit is the best thing for a cutting put down, that's why the Vulcans are so great
When Spock called Sulu "D'artagnon' after he pinches Sulu unconscious in "The Naked Time"
"Take D'artagnon here to sickbay"
A, not o.
@@tomf3150 Sorry!
Seven of Nine to the Borg Queen: Comforting words. Use them next time instead of "Resistance is futile. You may elicit a few volunteers."
I think the saddest thing about Voyager, is the fact that it is highly likely that Janeway's dog dies before she gets home.
Unless they apply the same life extending technology to dogs that they do to humans.
They probably do
I remember reading an old Voyager novel many years ago that took place just after they returned home. Molly was still alive, but didn't recognize her right away. And considering they were only gone for 7 years it would depend on how old Molly was before they left.
It’s not really life extending technology, they just have perfect nutrition, medical care, they’re all in good physical shape, there’s no pollution, and most things that kill us (cancer, heart disease, etc) are easily treatable.
Basically, unless you have an accident everyone lives to their full potential, which is around 120 years old.
Spock.......she's very emotional, I've often wondered why you married her
Sarek........at the time it seemed the logical thing to do.
Of course we know that Sarek was lying.
Here's another good one from Garak. I won't go into the details, though I hope it's well remembered.
"Now get out of here, before I say something unkind."
"You tried to destroy it once, Commodore. The result was a wrecked ship and a dead crew." Spock to Matt Decker, 'The Doomsday Machine'.
Kirk: "I would not presume to debate you."
Spock: "That is wise."
Not an episode, but a novel, "Q-in-law", when Q gives Lwaxana Q powers and they eventually get in a fight.
Riker: She's really beating the stuffing out of him. What should we do?
Worf: Sell tickets.
The Trouble with Tribbles had some insults between Scotty and the Klingons, and transporting all the Tribbles to the Klingon ship was classic. "There'll be no tribble at all."
Loved Scotty's pun! He later made fun of the Excelsior when he compared her: "If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a wagon."