# Dope Trek - A guide to the inside jokes and other FAQs in the Trek/Enterprise threads **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896 "2003-10-11T20:26:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896/21 "2003-10-12T22:36:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cervaise \* > \*\*.Alla these maroons make fun of me because rather than discussing the show I usually write a ten-thousand word essay explaining why I think each week’s episode is little more than a continuation of the mediocrity that’s been driving me freakin’ _nuts._ \*\* No offense, but you write a 10k page essay explaining why Buffy (whatever that is) is better. 🙂 -Tars Tarkas ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896/22 "2003-10-12T22:37:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > Anyone still have copies of \*Broken Bow, The Andorian Incident, A Night In Sickbay, Cogenitor, \* etc… that can be passed around? I actually think I do, and as a matter of fact, I don’t have a VCR, so they’re not getting much use. Is there any interest in this? I can try to find out what I have. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896/23 "2003-10-12T22:43:47Z")
I have them too, NoClue, the Famous Canadian Versions. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896/24 "2003-10-12T23:01:03Z")
Well… we’ll just sit here and wait for requests. If you don’t want to sacrifice an original, maybe a good copy will work. Okay, new Trek Dopers, who wants to see what ep? ---
**Author:** ![Rainbowthief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4bbf92/32.png) [@Rainbowthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rainbowthief)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896/25 "2003-10-12T23:09:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoClueBoy \* > \*\*Anyone still have copies of \*Broken Bow, The Andorian Incident, A Night In Sickbay, Cogenitor, \* etc… that can be passed around? > > If enough of us do, then some newcomers can get caught up on character and series developements, and also see such things as Decon, Topless Hoshi, Crewman Cutler, Chef, water polo, etc… > > Maybe some can post what ones they have avaible to share and those who want to see them can pay the postage, and we’ll just round robin them. I’m going to start recording them, just in case. \*\* **NoClueBoy** , I have those episodes on tape (except for _The Andorian Incident_–I was on the road when it aired and watched it in my hotel room), but no equipment to duplicate them. I will be purchasing a new computer later this year and will be able to burn them on DVD, after which I’ll be happy to make copies for anyone. Nerd confession: I’m a married man who turns thirty next month and I have posters of Linda Park and Dominic Keating in front of my computer. I need to get the rest of the cast. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896/26 "2003-10-12T23:14:13Z")
Rainbow: What hardware are you using to digitize the tapes? How large is a file? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896/27 "2003-10-13T01:02:02Z")
Crewman Cutler? Did you mean Daniels or is that someone else? ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896/28 "2003-10-13T01:05:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*\*-Tars Tarkas \*\* And that’s another Inside Joke these folks started doing recently in the _Enterprise_ threads – everybody signs their name as **Tars Tarkas**. Except maybe for Tars, of course. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896/29 "2003-10-13T01:09:04Z")
Joke my foot. Didn’t you notice he forged my name in the header? ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896/30 "2003-10-13T02:40:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Chef is an invisible character Doesn’t he give advice to the ‘children’, then break into semi-inappropriate songs about his salty, chocolate balls? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896/31 "2003-10-13T03:28:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by squeegee \* > \*\*My, god, do they still show those commercials? I thought I would be one of the few who would think of that reference, so I kept it to myself. > > SNIP \*\* Keckler, the reviewer for Enterprise at [www.televisionwithoutpity.com](http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com), always refers to the MACOs as the Uh-Ohs and to Archer as Quantum. She’s got her own vocabulary. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896/32 "2003-10-13T05:04:44Z")
Crewman Daniels is a guy from the future. But, he’s not Future Guy. Future Guy is a shadowy figure bossing the Suliban. His identity is unknown. Crewman Daniels is fighting is fighting him in a Temporal Cold War. But, there is another crewman who has had an important part in one show, and has bit parts, been in ND shots or mentioned in dialogue in others. It’s Dr. Phlox’s girlfriend, [Crewman Cutler](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/characters/ENT/bio/1126080.html). ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896/33 "2003-10-13T05:17:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rainbowthief \* > **I have those episodes on tape (except for _The Andorian Incident_–I was on the road when it aired and watched it in my hotel room)** You watched _Trek_ when there was perfectly good hotel pay porn available? Man, you _are_ a nerd. 😉 > [@](#): > > **Nerd confession: I’m a married man who turns thirty next month and I have posters of Linda Park and Dominic Keating in front of my computer.** I have _National Geographic_’s [Mars map](http://www.trailsillustrated.com/acb/showdetl.cfm?&DID=15&Af_ID=7&User_ID=2096902&st=2282&st2=61056674&st3=70878770&Product_ID=1090&CATID=3) on the wall above my computer, so don’t be talkin’ to _me_ about no geekiness. (double ;)) ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896/34 "2003-10-13T15:19:29Z")
Another view of [Crewman Cutler](http://www.kelliewaymire.com/images/gallery/004145.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![dakravel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@dakravel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dakravel)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896/35 "2003-10-13T15:40:27Z")
> [@](#): > > - Hoshi, Hoshi, Hoshi: Although T’Pol is the obvious T&A on the show, many if not most posters in these threads have expressed a preference for Hoshi as their hottie of choice with Tars Tarkas as probably the one who has most often mentioned his undying lust for her. “Topless Hoshi”, “Naked Hoshi” or just “Hoshi, Hoshi, Hoshi” are throwaway lines that refer to that, as well as refering to the episode where she lost her top in an improbable manner. Is her character name actually “Hoshi”? If so…, I’d assume she’s Japanese, and that’d be really bizarre since “Hoshi” means “want” in Japanese. So when you say, “Hoshi, hoshi, hoshi”, you mean, “I want, I want, I want”. Just wondering… ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896/36 "2003-10-13T15:51:44Z")
Her name’s Hoshi Sato (which I assume is Japanese) but she’s played by a Korean, Linda Park. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896/37 "2003-10-13T15:52:46Z")
[Hoshi Sato](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/characters/ENT/bio/1122654.html) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896/38 "2003-10-13T16:57:42Z")
Oh rats: STE:Impulse didn’t record on the PVR last night. Stupid thing recorded exactly 1 minute of the ads before the show. I guess my stupid questions will have to wait for Wednesday’s show, if the SO can relinquish the PVR. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896/39 "2003-10-13T17:42:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dakravel \* > \*\*Is her character name actually “Hoshi”? If so…, I’d assume she’s Japanese, and that’d be really bizarre since “Hoshi” means “want” in Japanese. So when you say, “Hoshi, hoshi, hoshi”, you mean, “I want, I want, I want”. Just wondering… \*\* Hoshi means star, hoshii means want, the extra i at the end is what gets screwed around with for the various verb forms (boy does that sound dirty…hehehehehe!) So i can say “Watashi wa Hoshi ga hoshii desu.” She should be Hoshiko to fit in with Japanese custom of having almost every girl’s name ending with Ko. From her father’s appearance, he is such a dunderhead he probably thought she was a boy. –Not Tars Tarkas ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896/40 "2003-10-13T17:45:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cervaise \* > \*\* ;)I have _National Geographic_’s [Mars map](http://www.trailsillustrated.com/acb/showdetl.cfm?&DID=15&Af_ID=7&User_ID=2096902&st=2282&st2=61056674&st3=70878770&Product_ID=1090&CATID=3) on the wall above my computer, so don’t be talkin’ to _me_ about no geekiness. (double ;)) \*\* I’m, at work, where i sequence DNA thousands of times a week. I’m looking at DNA sample’s right now, and i have a sign above my labbench titled “Gene Juice” which has a cell about to drink a beaker of Gene Juice (which looks amazingly like Pee, and is why i have it hanging up, since we don’t do cell stuff here.). I also have Battle Beasts, Star Wars toys, and Origami dinosaurs on my comp. This is a very professional lab! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-trek-a-guide-to-the-inside-jokes-and-other-faqs-in-the-trek-enterprise-threads/206896.md?page=3)