# Help me find a scene from Star Trek TNG (?)

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-scene-from-star-trek-tng/974460
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, star-trek-paramount
**Created:** [November 6, 2022, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-scene-from-star-trek-tng/974460 "2022-11-06T09:55:50Z")
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### Author: ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2022, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-scene-from-star-trek-tng/974460/1 "2022-11-06T09:55:50Z")

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My google skills are failing me. I distinctly remember the following: a young boy is brought to the Enterprise, and (I think by Counselor Troi) given a device that he points at a block of material, which then glows and is shaped into a dolphin (I think). He then asks whether he did that.

I thought it might be ‘Hero Worship’, where Data rescues a young boy that proceeds to emulate his mannerisms, but I couldn’t find any reference to the scene (although there is a therapeutic art scene, that only involves painting). I don’t think the boy was from the Enterprise, and may have been part of a less advanced civilization, hence his marvel at the technology.

Does this ring any bells for anyone? I’m starting to think I made the whole thing up, or misremembering something from another show…

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### Author: ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2022, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-scene-from-star-trek-tng/974460/2 "2022-11-06T10:16:00Z")

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_When The Bough Breaks_ (where the kid’s line is “Did I really do this?” following a quick bit of, as you said, dolphin-sculpting-light).

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### Author: ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-scene-from-star-trek-tng/974460/3 "2022-11-06T10:47:09Z")

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([Link to the episode](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/When_The_Bough_Breaks_(episode)) on Memory Alpha.)

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### Author: ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-scene-from-star-trek-tng/974460/4 "2022-11-06T12:10:44Z")

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Perfect—thank you!

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### Author: ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-scene-from-star-trek-tng/974460/5 "2022-11-06T15:37:23Z")

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[Moderating]  
I fixed the typo in the title, because it was bugging me (it said “scence”, and I kept reading either “science” or “seance”).