# Which Star Trek characters would you off?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 9, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-star-trek-characters-would-you-off/588380 "2011-07-09T03:17:48Z")\
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**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)\
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OS: Those “Black on the Other Side” fellas.  
NG: Wesley, of course.  
DS9: Morn, or whatever his name was.  
STV: Nelix  
STE: Archer

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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-star-trek-characters-would-you-off/588380/2 "2011-07-09T03:43:13Z")

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OS: The Nazi planet  
NG: That Cardassian who captured Picard  
DS9: Keiko O’Brien  
STV: The entire Kazon race  
STE: Those Ferengi that went back in time

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-star-trek-characters-would-you-off/588380/3 "2011-07-09T03:55:44Z")

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Reported for forum change to CS.

NG: Wesley x Eleventy Billion. Hated that little bastard.

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**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:** [July 9, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-star-trek-characters-would-you-off/588380/4 "2011-07-09T04:14:30Z")

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> [@Oakminster](#):
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> Reported for forum change to CS.

Oh, the shame!  
Do I get D-Hall? 🙂

If this isn’t mundane and pointless, what is?

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> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> OS: Those “Black on the Other Side” fellas.  
> NG: Wesley, of course.  
> DS9: Morn, or whatever his name was.  
> STV: Nelix  
> STE: Archer

What’s wrong with Archer?

And, moving to Cafe Society.

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**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-star-trek-characters-would-you-off/588380/6 "2011-07-09T05:29:31Z")

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> [@Oakminster](#):
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> Reported for forum change to CS.
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> NG: Wesley x Eleventy Billion. Hated that little bastard.

Absolutely. And I’ll supply the flamethrower.

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**Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-star-trek-characters-would-you-off/588380/7 "2011-07-09T06:19:24Z")

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Just so you know, Morn (DS9) did die. I hope you’re pleased with yourself.

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I have to say a word defending Neelix. He was a nice departure from the regimented cookie-cutter characters in all the ST series. It’s nice to know that in the future, not everyone will march to the same drummer, fresh out of Starfleet Academy, or whatever it’s called in a given week’s alien culture. And hey, you’ve gotta give the guy credit for having to spend so long in makeup.

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**Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-star-trek-characters-would-you-off/588380/9 "2011-07-09T11:20:21Z")

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The entire DS9 crew.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-star-trek-characters-would-you-off/588380/10 "2011-07-09T12:05:47Z")

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1. Counselor Troi. She is the most useless character on ANY of the “Star Trek” series.

As Romulans are bombarding the Enterprise and the shields are falling, thank God we have Troi to tell us helpful things like, “I sense hostility, Captain.”  
2) Her freaking mother. I know we’re SUPPOSED to regard her as a delightful, uninhibited free spirit. She’s not. She’s an annoying old lady who needs to learn to keep her clothes on.  
3) Guinan. Because she’s Whoopi Goldberg (do I need another reason?)

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**Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-star-trek-characters-would-you-off/588380/11 "2011-07-09T12:18:31Z")

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OS: The creepy kid who had Q-jr like powers that also had a hard on for the token hot blond lady.

NG: That doctor who replaced Crusher.

DS: That fat lady who was jealous of Sisko being the emissary.

V: The other Vulcan.

E: The dog. I mean, I love dogs but c’mon man!

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**Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-star-trek-characters-would-you-off/588380/12 "2011-07-09T12:20:59Z")

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TOS - I would like to feed all space hippies & the annoying children from “Miri” to the Doomsday Machine.

TNG - I would gladly trade Wesley’s death for the opportunity to bitch-slap his mom, Troi’s mother, & Picard as the need arises.

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**Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-star-trek-characters-would-you-off/588380/13 "2011-07-09T12:24:00Z")

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Janeway Must Die!

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**Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-star-trek-characters-would-you-off/588380/14 "2011-07-09T12:32:13Z")

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TOS- The “space hippies”

NG- Wesley Crusher

DS9-That Bajoran religious leader, played by Nurse Ratchett

Voyager-actually, I didn’t mind most of the regular crew, and I can’t remember specific aliens.

E- Never watched much, but the Vulcan, whatever her name was.

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**Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-star-trek-characters-would-you-off/588380/15 "2011-07-09T12:41:39Z")

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Neelix was a troll… Well, at least, he LOOKED like one.

As for Troi, all I can say is

HUBBA! HUBBA!🆒

(who cares if she couldn’t act, or was given shitty dialog?)

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**Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-star-trek-characters-would-you-off/588380/16 "2011-07-09T12:42:11Z")

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You mean besides Wesley?

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**Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-star-trek-characters-would-you-off/588380/17 "2011-07-09T12:56:03Z")

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Hmmm-

OS- Chekov. He was annoying. (I actualy like Walter Koenig as an actor in other things like Babylon 5)  
TNG- Wesley.  
DS9- Ezri Dax.  
Voyager- All of them except the EMH.  
Enterprise- All of them but the Asian chick.

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**Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-star-trek-characters-would-you-off/588380/18 "2011-07-09T13:02:38Z")

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OS: Uhura. What the hell dose she do anyway.

TNG: The elder Crusher; I like Gates McFadden but I think after a spike in season 3,4, she was just a passenger in the last three seasons.

DS9; Jake Sisko

Voyager: Janeway. If it has been Chakotay incharge as it should have been they would have gotten home ages ago

Enterprise: Pulloxwhatshisname.

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**Post date:** [July 9, 2011, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-star-trek-characters-would-you-off/588380/19 "2011-07-09T13:40:02Z")

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> [@EvilTOJ](#):
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> Just so you know, Morn (DS9) did die. I hope you’re pleased with yourself.

I want to say that was just a single episode. He faked his own death and left his (unknown until now, very substantial) holdings to Quark, in order to ferret out someone who was out to kill him for those holdings.

As far as Troi’s mom goes, I never got the impression that we were ever supposed to particularly like her. That is to say, I think she was _supposed_ to be annoying as all get-up, as that was how she was consistently portrayed and perceived by the other characters.

For TOS, I’m drawing a blank. Maybe just whoever wrote “Spock’s Brain”. 😃

Maybe a couple of the Weyouns on DS9. Not that it would help. 😃

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> [@astorian](#):
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> 1. Counselor Troi. She is the most useless character on ANY of the “Star Trek” series.
> 
> As Romulans are bombarding the Enterprise and the shields are falling, thank God we have Troi to tell us helpful things like, “I sense hostility, Captain.”  
> 2) Her freaking mother. I know we’re SUPPOSED to regard her as a delightful, uninhibited free spirit. She’s not. She’s an annoying old lady who needs to learn to keep her clothes on.  
> 3) Guinan. Because she’s Whoopi Goldberg (do I need another reason?)

+1 on all three counts.

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