# Today's Star Trek Google Doodle. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 7, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012 "2012-09-07T17:11:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012/1 "2012-09-07T17:11:24Z")
It’s interactive and pretty clever. > **[Google](https://www.google.com)** > > Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012/2 "2012-09-07T17:20:24Z")
I love the look on Ensign E at the end there. Just wish you could torment him more… ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012/3 "2012-09-07T17:22:32Z")
Too funny. The redshirt cries on the transporter pad. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012/4 "2012-09-07T17:25:13Z")
ha ha! Anyone else beam down and kill the Gorn? ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012/5 "2012-09-07T17:26:44Z")
Yes, but he (the redshirt ‘e’)survives to the end! At first I thought I had done something wrong…then I realized he couldn’t die, or they’d have to change the name of the company to “Googl”. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012/6 "2012-09-07T17:31:27Z")
I mouse over the doodle, nuthin happens. I click on the doodle, and I get google search results for Star Trek. How is it interactive? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012/7 "2012-09-07T17:35:45Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > I mouse over the doodle, nuthin happens. I click on the doodle, and I get google search results for Star Trek. > > How is it interactive? The first “O”, the console in the foreground, and the doors should all highlight if you mouse over them and do something when you click on them. You may need to try a different browser. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012/8 "2012-09-07T17:36:58Z")
Maybe it’s your browser. You should be able to open a bin full of tribbles, beam down to a planet, and kill a gorn. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012/9 "2012-09-07T17:38:53Z")
Missed the tribbles! I have my sound off at work. Does it come with sound? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012/10 "2012-09-07T17:46:41Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Maybe it’s your browser. You should be able to open a bin full of tribbles, beam down to a planet, and kill a gorn. I got the closeup of "O"hura, fired phasers and torpedoes, killed the Gorn but no tribbles. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012/11 "2012-09-07T17:49:24Z")
The Tribbles are causing trouble in the transporter room. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012/12 "2012-09-07T17:50:11Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > ha ha! > > Anyone else beam down and kill the Gorn? Looks more like a Gorn Pez dispenser. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012/13 "2012-09-07T17:50:33Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > I got the closeup of "O"hura, fired phasers and torpedoes, killed the Gorn but no tribbles. The tribble-bin is on the upper-left in the transporter room. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012/14 "2012-09-07T17:50:51Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > The Tribbles are causing trouble in the transporter room. Just found 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012/15 "2012-09-07T17:52:07Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Looks more like a Gorn Pez dispenser. Oh, good, I’m not the only one who saw that. o.o ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012/16 "2012-09-07T17:57:10Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Yes, but he (the redshirt ‘e’)survives to the end! Starfleet has a never-ending supply of Redshirts, flown in regularly from the breeding colonies on Eta Carinae III. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012/17 "2012-09-07T17:57:43Z")
In the first scene the bridge also makes various noises when you repeatedly click on it. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012/18 "2012-09-07T17:59:04Z")
HAHA what an awesome idea! Hail Google! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012/19 "2012-09-07T18:04:24Z")
Any idea if 46 years is somehow a significant anniversary, moreso than, say, 45 years, or 50 years? Why such a “celebratory” doodle for #46? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012/20 "2012-09-07T18:07:02Z")
Someone came up with it after last year, and they didn’t feel like sitting on it for 4 years would be my guess. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-star-trek-google-doodle/634012.md?page=2)