'''"The Trouble With Tribbles"''' is a classic second-season episode of ''[[Star Trek(original series)|Star Trek: The Original Series]] episode about a conflict between the Federation and the Klingons. The Federation wants to claim Sherman's Planet, with the aid of a grain hybrid called quadratriticale, and a Federation official uses (or abuses) a high priority distress call to get Starfleet security on the wheat, stored in a space station'. Meanwhile, a trader is selling tribbles: cute, little furry animals whose trilling has "a tranquilizing effect on the human nervous system."
A Klingon ship arrives ==Plot summary==The Federation wants to claim [[shore leave]] rights. Uhuru brings colonize Sherman's Planet with the aid of a free sample tribble back grain hybrid called quadro-triticale. However, the Klingon Empire wishes to do the shipsame, and it spawns there is a treaty stipulating that whoever can manage the planet best has claim over it. A Federation official abuses a dozen more by high priority distress call to lure the next dayUSS ''Enterprise'' to Deep Space Station K7 as protection for the wheat, much to the same size as itselfire of Captain Kirk. McCoy brings one However, a Klingon ship arrives soon after, ostensibly to claim shore leave rights under the lab to find out "what makes it tick"terms of the treaty, and it spawns 10 moreKirk chooses to remain.
Meanwhile, in the station bar, the merchant Cyrano Jones is selling tribbles, small furry animals whose trilling has "a tranquilizing effect on the human nervous system." Lt. Uhuru brings a free tribble back to the ship, and it spawns over a dozen more by the next day, the same size as itself. McCoy brings one to the lab to analyze it, and it spawns 10 more. The trouble starts when a drunken Klingon soldier uses an encounter with tribbles (which shriek when near a Klingon) to profess his dislike of Earthers who "remind him of Regulan bloodworms." The drunken soldier twits Chekov begins flinging insults directed at Kirk and Scott by insulting the ''Enterprise's captain; Scott tells Chekov ' around to ignore the "opinions" provoke a group of the Klingon until he says the ''Enterprise should be "hauled off as garbage"'' crew members. Lt. Cmdr. Scott comes up swingingattacks the soldier, and the slugfest fight continues until 5 security guards arrivearrives. Kirk treats the incident mildly: he cancels shore leave for both ships and confines Scott and the other involved crew to quarters.
It would be unfair to the reader to give away the rest of the story, but the idea for tribbles is reminiscent of the Martian flat cats of ''The Rolling Stones'', a science fiction story by [[Robert Heinlein]].
==Episode sequel==Scenes from this episode were used in a sequel episode on the fifth season of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', "[[category:Science FictionTrials and Tribble-ations]]", with members of the Deep Space Nine crew digitally inserted into the scenes that featured Captain Kirk, Spock and other ''Original Series'' cast members from that episode (including a notable scene near the end of the episode, actually taken from the ''Original Series'' episode "Mirror, Mirror", where Deep Space Nine commander Captain Sisko, disguised as an ''Enterprise'' lieutenant, interacts with Captain Kirk on the ''Enterprise'' bridge).<ref>[http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Trials_and_Tribble-ations_(episode) "Trials and Tribble-ations"] at Memory Alpha ''Star Trek'' wiki</ref> Thanks to the nostalgia generated by "The Trouble with Tribbles", "Trials and Tribble-ations" was the most-watched ''Deep Space Nine'' episode that season. ==References==<references/> [[Category:TV ShowsScience Fiction]]
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