"More Tribbles, More Troubles" was the fifth episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series in the show's first season, airing during the week of 6 October 1973. The episode was written by David Gerrold as a sequel to TOS episode: "The Trouble with Tribbles". It was directed by Hal Sutherland and novelized in Log Four by Alan Dean Foster.
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Description[]
- VHS teaser
- Captain Kirk finds he has "More Tribbles, More Troubles" in this sequel to one of the honored episodes of Paramount Television's Star Trek.
Summary[]
Episode log entries[]
- Captain's log, stardate 5392.4.
- The Enterprise has been assigned to escort two robot grain ships to Sherman's Planet, which has been struck by crop failures and famine. This shipment of seed grain, quintrotriticale, is necessary to the survival of the colonists. We are breaking course to Sherman's Planet to investigate what appears to be a Klingon battle cruiser pursuing some kind of smaller ship. Observation may confirm a rumor that the Klingons have a new weapon, type so far unknown.
- Captain's log, supplemental.
- Our rescue effort has given us some knowledge of the new Klingon weapon and the presence of Cyrano Jones, intergalactic trader and general nuisance.
- Captain's log, supplemental.
- The Klingon ship under command of Captain Koloth is forcing us into a battle for custody of Cyrano Jones for reasons still unknown.
Novelization log entries[]
- Captain's log, stardate 5526.2.
- Having been assigned to escort two robot grain ships to Sherman's Planet, the Enterprise is now approximately ... [cited a number]... from the colony. Upon completion of delivery of the quinto-triticale seed, the Enterprise will proceed to… Changing course to investigate a small ship of unknown origin by a Klingon ship of the line.
- Captain's log, supplemental.
- Our rescue of the pilot of the one-man ship being pursued by the Klingon cruiser Devisor has given us important knowledge of a new Klingon weapon — as yet unperfected. It has also inflicted on us—for as short a time as possible—the presence of Cyrano Jones, interstellar trader and general nuisance.
- Captain's log, supplemental.
- The Klingon battle cruiser Devisor, under comand of Captain Koloth, appears about to force us into another battle for custody of the trader Cyrano Jones.
References[]
Characters[]
Episode characters[]
- Arex Na Eth • Hacker • Cyrano Jones • James T. Kirk • Koloth, son of Lasshar • Korax • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • glommer • tribbles
Novelization characters[]
- Arex Na Eth • Hacker • Cyrano Jones • James T. Kirk • Koloth, son of Lasshar • Korax • John Kyle • Massey • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Hikaru Sulu • Nyota Uhura • glommer • tribbles
- Referenced only
- Kor, son of Rynar • Kurr
Starships and vehicles[]
Episode starships and vehicles[]
- NCC-G1465 (Antares-class cargo drone) • NCC-G1478 (Antares-class cargo drone) • IKS Devisor (D7-class battlecruiser) • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • Federation scout ship
Novelizations starships and vehicles[]
- NCC-G1465 (Antares-class cargo drone) • NCC-G1478 (Antares-class cargo drone) • IKS Devisor (D7-class battlecruiser) • USS Enterprise (Constitution-class heavy cruiser) • Federation scout ship
- Referenced only
- Deep Space Station K-7 • IKS Klothos (Klolode-class battlecruiser)
Locations[]
Episode locations[]
- Federation space
- Referenced only
- Sherman's Planet • unnamed planets (Tribble-infested Klingon planet)
Novelization locations[]
- Federation space • Kansastan
- Referenced only
- Delta Triangle • Sherman's Planet • Starbase 23 • Starfleet Science Center • unnamed planets (Tribble-infested Klingon planet)
Races and cultures[]
Episode races and cultures[]
Novelization races and cultures[]
- Human • Klingon • Edosian or Triexian • Vulcan
- Referenced only
- Romulan • Shermanite • Sironian • Tellarite
States and organizations[]
- Federation • Klingon Empire • Starfleet (Interstellar Relief Service)
Science and technology[]
- chronometer • communications • computer • deflector shield • disruptor • engine • ensign • Feinberger • genetic engineering • hand phaser • hypospray • impulse engine • Jefferies tube • library computer • matter-antimatter generator • minute • neoethylene • phaser • photon torpedo • power cell • psycho-engineer • remote guidance system • selective breeding • stasis field projector • tractor beam • transporter • turbolift • viewscreen
Ranks and titles[]
- captain • chemist • chief engineer • engineer • farmer • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • first officer • gunner • helmsman • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • marine • pilot • rank • sanitation engineer • security guard • sergeant • Starfleet ranks • sub-lieutenant • transporter chief
Other references[]
- agriculture • alert status • battle stations • assignment patch • atmosphere • Board of Inquiry • bridge • briefing room • captain's log, USS Enterprise, 2269 • cargo hold • colony • concrete • coral • day • democracy • egg • engineering • Federation law • gene • glass • glommer • grain • gravity • hour • hull • kuvit • laboratory • logic • meter • minute • month • parking orbit • parole • pet • quadrant • quarters • quintotriticale • radiation • second • shuttle bay • soil • species • Spican flame gem • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2265-2270) • transporter room • treaty • tribble • virus • war • warp factor • warp six • warp eight
Appendices[]
Background[]
- A TOS sequel to "The Trouble with Tribbles" was green-lit by Gene Roddenberry, but aborted by third-season producer Fred Frieberger, who disliked that episode. TAS producer D.C. Fontana asked for a sequel for the animated series.
- Ensign Hacker was written into the story as a cameo for writer David Gerrold.
- The tribbles and Klingons' uniforms were colored pink not as a result of director Hal Sutherland's color-blindness, but because of colorist Irv Kaplan's personal preference. He was in charge of ink and paint on the series. (TAS reference: The Official Guide to The Animated Series)
- When Hikaru Sulu observed the approach of the Devisor, the episode cut to a rare view of what he saw within his helm viewer. The episode also briefly displayed an image of the shuttle bay full of cargo containers.
- Koloth’s ship is named the I.K.S. Devisor in this episode. His ship was identified as the IKS Gr'oth in DS9‘s "Trials and Tribble-ations," however. "A Bad Day for Koloth" by David DeLee addresses this inconsistency by explaining that the Gr’oth had to be scuttled, because of the ship's tribble infestation created by Scotty at the end of "The Trouble with Tribbles."
- The backstory of the glommer is filled out in "Excelsior: Forged in Fire". These creatures were created by a Klingon scientist named Nej via genetic engineering.
Novelization[]
- The novel was set a few days after the Enterprise escaped from Elysia in "The Time Trap" and referenced both Kor and his vessel, the IKS Klothos, noting that it was not outfitted with a stasis weapon.
- Koloth's IKS Devisor was identified by name in the script and novelization.
- While buried in tribbles, Kirk threw an orange tribble at Montgomery Scott following the joke about little tribbles.
- John Kyle beamed the tribbles over to the Devisor.
Related media[]
- Koloth and tribbles: TOS - Strange New Worlds 9 short story: "A Bad Day for Koloth", ST - Seven Deadly Sins short story: "The Unhappy Ones", TOS comic: "The Great Tribble Hunt"
- Cyrano Jones and tribbles: TOS - Strange New Worlds I short story: "The Last Tribble", FASA RPG - Adventure Book module: Again, Troublesome Tribbles
- DS9 and tribbles: DS9 episode & novelization: Trials and Tribble-ations, DS9 - Strange New Worlds 9 short story: "The Tribbles' Pagh", DS9 comic: "Nobody Knows the Tribbles I've Seen"
- Stories with the glommer: TOS novel: Excelsior: Forged in Fire, TOS novel: Pawns and Symbols
Video releases[]
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: First Episode Produced |
TAS episode produced | Next episode: The Infinite Vulcan |
| Previous episode: The Lorelei Signal |
TAS episode aired | Next episode: The Survivor |
| Previous story: The Time Trap |
Log Four
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Next story: last story |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Where Time Stands Still (backstory) |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: Excelsior: Forged in Fire Chapters 7, 9, 11 |
| Previous Adventure: Where Time Stands Still (backstory) |
Next Adventure: The Ambergris Element | |
Images[]
NCC-G1465.
NCC-G1478.
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Quintotriticale.
IKS Devisor boarding party.
IKS Devisor stasis field projector.
A 250-kilogram tribble.
External links[]
- More Tribbles, More Troubles article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- More Tribbles, More Troubles article at TrekToday.
- More Tribbles, More Troubles article by Keith R.A. DeCandido at Tor.com.
- More Tribbles, More Troubles article at Eruditorium Press.
- More Tribbles, More Troubles article at ScienceFiction.com.
- More Tribbles, More Troubles discussion at the Mission Log podcast.
- More Tribbles, More Troubles discussion at the Saturday Morning Trek podcast.
