Cardassian - From DS9

[aceplace57]

This is Gul Dukat a character in Deep Space Nine.
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I’ve always wondered. Were the costume designers having a bit of fun with his forehead? It does resemble something quite human-like. Did they really do that on purpose?

[Tim_R.Mortiss]

I don’t know what it is reminding you of, but I remember the Bajorans, who hated the Cardassians, liked to call them “spoon-heads.”

[aceplace57]

It does look like a spoon. I had forgotten about the Bajoran insults.

[cochrane]

According to the admittedly non-canon DS9 Millenium trilogy of novels, the spoon-shaped depression in the center the Cardassians’ foreheads is actually an umbilical membrane.

[Captain_Amazing]

@Tim_R.Mortiss

I don’t know what it is reminding you of, but I remember the Bajorans, who hated the Cardassians, liked to call them “spoon-heads.”

So did the costume designers, which was where the nickname got started.

[Kamino_Neko]

Memory Alpha’s article on the Cardassians talks about their design process…re the spoons:

In terms of the “spoon” design on the forehead of Cardassians, Westmore says he was influenced by an abstract painting of a woman with a spoon in her forehead which he saw one night while out for dinner with his wife. (Michael Westmore’s Aliens: Season One, DS9 Season 1 DVD special features)

[The_Piranha_Brothers]

@Tim_R.Mortiss

I don’t know what it is reminding you of, but I remember the Bajorans, who hated the Cardassians, liked to call them “spoon-heads.”

Personally, I call them second-hand Romulans.