"The Trouble with Tribbles" was the 42nd episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, the 13th episode of the show's second season, first aired on 29 December 1967. The episode was written by David Gerrold, directed by Joseph Pevney and novelized in Star Trek 3 by James Blish.
References
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CharactersEdit
Episode charactersEdit
- Nilz Baris • Pavel Chekov • Fitzpatrick • Jerry Freeman • David Galloway (?) • Gralmek • Bill Hadley • Cyrano Jones • James T. Kirk • Koloth, son of Lasshar • Korax • Roger Lemli • Ryan Leslie • John Lurry • Walt Mathison • Leonard McCoy • Wade Moody • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Nyota Uhura • Vinci (?) • tribbles • unnamed Humans • unnamed Starfleet personnel (Starfleet personnel) • unnamed 2260s USS Enterprise personnel (USS Enterprise personnel)
- Referenced only
- John Burke • Peter the Great
Novelization charactersEdit
- Nilz Baris • Pavel Chekov • Jerry Freeman • Gralmek • Cyrano Jones • James T. Kirk • Koloth, son of Lasshar • Korax • John Lurry • Leonard McCoy • Montgomery Scott • Spock • Nyota Uhura • Vinci • tribbles
Starships and vehiclesEdit
LocationsEdit
- Referenced only
- Sherman's Planet (the galaxy's Beta Quadrant) • Canada, Russia (Earth, Sol system, sector 001, (the galaxy's Alpha Quadrant)
Shipboard areasEdit
Races and culturesEdit
Technology and weaponsEdit
- intercom • medical tricorder • sensors • starship • viewscreen • transporter • tricorder
Materials and substancesEdit
- atmosphere • blood • gas • oxygen
LifeformsEdit
States and organizationsEdit
Ranks and titlesEdit
- admiral • assistant • bureaucrat • captain • chief engineer • chief medical officer • commander • commanding officer • communications officer • doctor • engineer • Federation Starfleet ranks • Federation Starfleet ranks (2260s) • first officer • lieutenant • lieutenant commander • helmsman • medical practitioner • navigator • officer • scientist • science officer • second officer • tactical officer • Undersecretary for Agriculture
Other referencesEdit
- Argilian flame gem • chicken sandwich • coffee • credit • distress call • Earther • Organian Peace Treaty • Sirian glow water • system locator • anatomy • arm • beaming • birthrate • Bones • boot • captain's log • captain's log, USS Enterprise, 2268 • clothing • dress • finger • five-year mission • government • homeworld • humanoid • jumpsuit • language • lifeform • log entry • logic • matter • memory • ear • nation-state • orbit • pants • planet • population • quadrant • races and cultures • rank • regulation • sandwich • space • star • star system • stardate • Starfleet uniform • Starfleet uniform (2260s) • technology • title • treaty • tunic • uniform • universe • virus • weapon
ChronologyEdit
- stardate 4523.3, 2267 (2260s chronology, 2264–2270 Enterprise voyages)
- Enterprise travels to K-7.
AppendicesEdit
Related mediaEdit
- TAS episode: "More Tribbles, More Troubles"
- DS9 episode: "Trials and Tribble-ations"
- "Nobody Knows the Tribbles I've Seen"
Video releasesEdit
VHS cover.
VHS cover.
VHS cover.
VHS cover.
VHS cover.
VHS release with "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield".
VHS release with "I, Mudd".
VHS release with "I, Mudd".
VHS release with "Journey to Babel" and "Bread and Circuses".
Laserdisc release with "The Tholian Web".
DVD release with "I, Mudd".
Blu-ray release with "The Cage, "Errand of Mercy", "Space Seed" and "Where No Man Has Gone Before".
BackgroundEdit
- Kirk mistakenly guesses an over-fed tibble results in a "fat" one. In TAS episode: "More Tribbles, More Troubles", this becomes the end result.
- The novelization in James Blish's Star Trek 3 makes a number of changes:
- An introduction on tribbles is added
- The briefing room scene is removed
- Spican flame gems and Antarean glow water become Argilian flame gems and Sirian glow water.
- The brawl between the Klingons and the Enterprise crewmen is removed along with the lineup
- Scotty's closing line "they'll be no tribble at all" is replaced with "all their tribbles will be big ones."
ImagesEdit
Episode imagesEdit
A mountain of tribbles
Pavel Chekov arguing about vodka.
Enterprise.
Koloth.
Baris.
Jones.
Freeman.
Fitzpatrick
Phaser diagram.
Lurry.
Chekov and Uhura meet Cyrano.
Adaptation imagesEdit
ConnectionsEdit
TimelineEdit
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: I, Mudd | TOS episode produced | Next episode: Bread and Circuses |
| Previous episode: Wolf in the Fold | TOS episode aired | Next episode: The Gamesters of Triskelion |
| Previous story: first in book | Star Trek 3
| Next story: The Last Gunfight |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: Beneath the Skin pages 12-19 | Memory Beta Chronology | Next Adventure: Trials and Tribble-ations |
| Previous Adventure: The Galactic Whirlpool | Next Adventure: Trials and Tribble-ations | |
| Previous Adventure: The Galactic Whirlpool | Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (2264 to 2270) | Next Adventure: Beneath the Skin |
External linksEdit
- The Trouble with Tribbles article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- The Trouble with Tribbles article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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