History Music / BannedFromArgo

In 2021, Fish posted a longer prose version of the song's events, which can be found [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/28669932 here]].

* TamerAndChaster: The prose version tells the story behind the BawdySong's lyrics, with the seemingly-sexual situations involving Kirk, Spock, and Nurse Chapel having other explanations, and Sulu's plants "seducing" the governor's wife being a hysterical exaggeration by the man to explain his wife leaving him.

TheCaptain's [[AnythingThatMoves tastes were simple]], but his methods were complex.\\

But found too late it wasn't geared for spacers such as we!

'''Chorus:''' And [[PersonaNonGrata we're Banned From Argo]], everyone.\\

But [[GetOut Argo doesn't want us any more]].

We [[TeleportationRescue beamed him up]] [[JustInTime in the nick of time]] -- [[ClothingDamage in the remnants of his pants]].

(Chorus)

[[CarMeetsHouse And now they've got a shuttlecraft on the roof of City Hall!]]

(Chorus)

Except he's somehow [[ClusterFBomb taught the bridge computer how to swear]].

(Chorus)

And a painful way of walking - with her feet a yard apart.

(Chorus)

The flesh is there, but [[NakedPeopleAreFunny the clothes they wear are nowhere to be seen]]!

(Chorus)

We found him in the city jail, locked on and [[TeleportationRescue beamed him free]] -\\
Intact except for hickeys and six kinds of VD.

(Chorus)

That [[PlantAliens a gang of plants entwined his house and then seduced his wife!]]

(Chorus)

[[KnowWhenToFoldEm But the Klingons only looked at us]], [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere and turned and ran away]].

(Chorus)

At least we're sure that planet won't be quick forgetting us!

'''Final Chorus:''' And we're Banned From Argo, everyone.\\

But Argo doesn't want us any more. (Wonder why?)

But found too late it wasn't geared for spacers such as we!\\
\\

We [[TeleportationRescue beamed him up]] [[JustInTime in the nick of time]] -- [[ClothingDamage in the remnants of his pants]].\\

[[CarMeetsHouse And now they've got a shuttlecraft on the roof of City Hall!]]\\

Except he's somehow [[ClusterFBomb taught the bridge computer how to swear]].\\

And a painful way of walking - with her feet a yard apart.\\

The flesh is there, but [[NakedPeopleAreFunny the clothes they wear are nowhere to be seen]]!\\

Intact except for hickeys and six kinds of VD.\\

That [[PlantAliens a gang of plants entwined his house and then seduced his wife!]]\\

[[KnowWhenToFoldEm But the Klingons only looked at us]], [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere and turned and ran away]].\\

At least we're sure that planet won't be quick forgetting us!\\
\\

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!Song Lyrics

* DrinkingContext: The ship's engineer and navigator take part in such a contest during shore leave. The engineer manages to drink SpaceMarines and construction laborers under the table; the navigator puts up a good show, but ultimately winds up in a drunken bender that ends with the ship's shuttle parked on top of the city hall.

There is now finally a novelization of the song, written by Leslie Fish, which can be found [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/28669932 here]].

!!Tropes not related to the lyrics

* AscendedMeme: As of ''Literature/ASingularDestiny'' it's an official part of the Literature/StarTrekNovelverse!
* BawdySong: Lots of sex and drunken shennanigans, and it's a reminiscence about getting kicked out of a port town. Fits the criteria of being "Sentimental with dirty bits".
** The novelization makes the actual events somewhat TamerAndChaster, with the seemingly-sexual situations involving Kirk, Spock, and Nurse Chapel having other explanations, and Sulu's plants "seducing" the governor's wife being a hysterical exaggeration by the man to explain his wife leaving him.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep[=/=]NamelessNarrative: The characters are identified by role rather than name, not that this obscures their identities one bit.

* PersonaNonGrata: It's right there in the title, and is the former TropeNamer.

* CreatorBacklash[=/=]HypeBacklash: The song got played so often in filking circles that many filkers, including Leslie Fish herself, grew sick of it. She even wrote [[https://archive.org/details/filk_tapeworm_3/ a song]] about how overdone it is.

* EveryoneHasLotsOfSex: Even TheSpock, thanks to "an odd green potion guaranteed to cause Pon Farr", and the helmsman's [[WhenTreesAttack plants]]. In the novelization, [[spoiler:Someone adds the potion to the city's water supply, starting spontaneous orgies all over town]].
* FollowTheLeader: As mentioned, there are many versions of the song, done for both ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and other universes. Leslie Fish has even written a SelfParody [[https://archive.org/details/filk_tapeworm_1 version about paganism]].

* CreatorBacklash[=/=]HypeBacklash: The song got played so often in filking circles that many filkers, including Leslie Fish herself, grew sick of it.

* FollowTheLeader: As mentioned, there are many versions of the song, done for both ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and other universes. Leslie Fish has even written a SelfParody [[https://archive.org/details/filk_tapeworm_1/13+Argo's+Fire-Breathing+Daughter.mp3 version about paganism]].

* FollowTheLeader: As mentioned, there are many versions of the song, done for both ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and other universes.

There is now finally a novelization of the song, written by Leslie Fish, which can be found [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/28669932?fbclid=IwAR0UmZay5zE3VLJMFygWUSBPkvhAey0wTejUSMBSOjGL_qRA9AAKreSinik here]].

* EveryoneHasLotsOfSex: Even TheSpock, thanks to "an odd green potion guaranteed to cause Pon Farr", and the helmsman's [[WhenTreesAttack plants]].

* WhatDidIDoLastNight: an itemized list of what happened last night to get the crew kicked off Argo.

There is now finally a novelization of the song, written by Leslie Fish, which can be found [[here https://archiveofourown.org/works/28669932?fbclid=IwAR0UmZay5zE3VLJMFygWUSBPkvhAey0wTejUSMBSOjGL_qRA9AAKreSinik]].

There is now finally a novelization of the song, written by Leslie Fish, which can be found here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28669932?fbclid=IwAR0UmZay5zE3VLJMFygWUSBPkvhAey0wTejUSMBSOjGL_qRA9AAKreSinik

'''"Banned From Argo"''', by Leslie Fish, is one of the best-known {{Filk Song}}s in existence, and the former [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]] for what is now PersonaNonGrata. The song describes the crew of the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries USS Enterprise]]'' going to Argo on shore leave, and the trail of destruction they leave in their wake. It has inspired many imitators, from both the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise and other universes, including at least two complete songbooks ("The Bastard Children of Argo" and "The Bastard Grandchildren of Argo").

We beamed him up [[JustInTime in the nick of time]] -- [[ClothingDamage in the remnants of his pants]].\\

Our [[CommonicationsOfficer lady of Communications]] won a ship-wide bet\\

Our lady of Communications won a ship-wide bet\\

'''"Banned From Argo"''', by Leslie Fish, is one of the best-known {{Filk Song}}s in existence, and the former [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]] for what is now PersonaNonGrata. The song describes the crew of the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries USS Enterprise]] going to Argo on shore leave, and the trail of destruction they leave in their wake. It has inspired many imitators, from both the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise and other universes, including at least two complete songbooks ("The Bastard Children of Argo" and "The Bastard Grandchildren of Argo").

* AscendedMeme: As of ''Literature/ASingularDestiny'' it's an official part of the Franchise/StarTrekNovelverse!

We found [[ExtremeOmnisexual him]] with five partners, [[BizarreAlienBiology each of a different world and sex]].\\

The flesh is there, but the clothes they wear are nowhere to be seen!\\