History Recap / StarTrekS1E22SpaceSeed

* {{HumanPopsicle}}s: Khan and Company, before being woken up.

* HumanPopsicles: Khan and Company, before being woken up.

* NostalgiaFilter: Pointed out by Spock {{in-universe}}. The human command crew view Khan through distant centuries, remembering him from their history classes fondly as the least evil of the Eugenics Wars' genetic supermen and they have the impression he was 'firm but fair'. Spock has a different and, it turns out, more accurate perspective that Khan was still a ruthless tyrant. This is probably meant to reflect how people romanticise historical figures like Napoleon and, indeed, Genghis Khan, as well as the old saw that Mussolini 'made the trains run on time'.

* SocialDarwinist: this is Khan ''full stop'' - and a large part of the reason he is so horrible.
* TakeOverTheWorld: seemingly Khan's objective.

* BadassNormal: Kirk. He beats the tar out of a supposed "superman" with nothing but his bare fists and a pipe.

* BossBookworm: [=McCoy=] tells Khan to "[[GetItOverWith make up [his] mind]]" how to kill him and even tells him the "most effective" way to do it. Even Khan is impressed.
* BossNormal: Kirk. He beats the tar out of a supposed "superman" with nothing but his bare fists and a pipe.

* BossBookworm: [=McCoy=] tells Khan to "[[GetItOverWith make up his mind]]" how to kill him and even tells him the "most effective" way to do it. Even Khan is impressed.

* BossBookworm: [=McCoy=] tells Khan to "[[GetItOverWith make up his mind]" how to kill him and even tells him the "most effective" way to do it. Even Khan is impressed.

* BewareTheSuperman: Khan is the ''reason'' why, as far forward as DeepSpaceNine, BioAugmentation is forbidden.

* SacredHospitality: Kirk is very hospitable to Khan. Khan does not reciprocate.

The FanNickname for this episode is, of course, "TheOneWith Khan". The episode can also quite reasonably be called "[[DieHardOnAnX Die Hard on the]] ''[[DieHardOnAnX Enterprise]]''", even though it came out [[OlderThanTheyThink some twenty years before the movie]].

At this point, [=McGivers=] [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor has had enough]] and [[HighHeelFaceTurn sets Kirk free]], begging him to let Khan live. This leads to Kirk and Khan's {{Stunt Double}}s having a big ProfessionalWrestling-style fight which ends in Khan's defeat despite his superior strength due to Kirk breaking off a mechanical lever from the ship as an [[ImprovisedWeapon]]. Kirk and Khan agree that he and his followers will be dumped on the savage planet Ceti Alpha V, providing Khan the opportunity to build his own empire. [=McGivers=] decides to go with Khan rather than face court-martial. Kirk and Spock speculate about what will become of them:

At this point, [=McGivers=] [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor has had enough]] and [[HighHeelFaceTurn sets Kirk free]], begging him to let Khan live. This leads to Kirk and Khan's {{Stunt Double}}s having a big ProfessionalWrestling-style fight which ends in Khan's defeat. Kirk and Khan agree that he and his followers will be dumped on the savage planet Ceti Alpha V, providing Khan the opportunity to build his own empire. [=McGivers=] decides to go with Khan rather than face court-martial. Kirk and Spock speculate about what will become of them:

It all begins when the ''Enterprise'' comes across the ''S.S. Botany Bay'', an apparent derelict from [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture the 1990s]], which the characters [[AsYouKnow handily remind each other]] was when Earth was nearly destroyed in a world-wide war which was ''[[RetCon not]]'' WorldWarIII. This war was caused by [[ForScience unthinking scientists]] creating [[BewareTheSuperman genetically-superior humans]]. These superhumans decided to TakeOverTheWorld, but ultimately ended up fighting amongst themselves.

Kirk, Bones, Scotty and Lt. [=McGivers=] (our GirlOfTheWeek) beam onto the ''Botany Bay'', finding it full of {{Human Popsicle}}s. Ricardo Montalban, who [[FakeNationality we're told is a Sikh]], wakes up and [=McGivers=] falls in LoveAtFirstSight. In Sickbay, he's discovered to be superhuman, holds a knife to [=McCoy's=] throat and says his name is "Khan", but refuses to answer any other question. Kirk decides it's a good idea to let Khan look at all the technical information on the ''Enterprise''. Meanwhile, [=McGivers=] gets to have a rather lame love scene with Khan in which we learn she wears her hair in a 1960s updo (which looks uncannily like a wig) because it's "comfortable".

Series:Main/{{Star Trek The Original Series}}\\

The episode which was the basis for ''StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''.

It all begins when the ''Enterprise'' comes across the ''S.S. Botany Bay'', an apparent derelict from [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture the 1990s]], which the characters [[AsYouKnow handily remind each other]] was when Earth was nearly destroyed in [[strike:WorldWarIII]] a world-wide war which was ''[[RetCon not]]'' World War III. This war was caused by [[ForScience unthinking scientists]] creating [[BewareTheSuperman genetically-superior humans]]. These superhumans decided to TakeOverTheWorld, but ultimately ended up fighting amongst themselves.

Kirk and Spock question Khan some more and he as good as admits that he was one of the superhuman {{Evil Overlord}}s from the '90s. Since EvilIsSexy, [=McGivers=] takes Khan's side and apologizes to him for how rude everyone else was. He then manipulates her feeble [[strike:[[ValuesDissonance female]]]] mind into agreeing to help him hijack the ship. With her help, he unfreezes his EvilMinions and takes over Engineering. It turns out he actually learned a bit from those tech manuals and cuts off life-support systems to the bridge. After everyone has passed out, he treats them to Kirk's torture in a decompression chamber, offering to let him live if someone joins him.

At this point, [=McGivers=] [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor has had enough]] and [[HighHeelFaceTurn sets Kirk free]], begging him to let Khan live. This leads to [[strike:Kirk and Khan]] astoundingly obvious {{Stunt Double}}s having a big ProfessionalWrestling-style fight which ends in Khan's defeat. Kirk and Khan agree that he and his followers will be dumped on the savage planet Ceti Alpha V, providing Khan the opportunity to build his own empire. [=McGivers=] decides to go with Khan rather than face court-martial. Kirk and Spock speculate about what will become of them:

Kirk, Bones, Scotty and Lt. [=McGivers=] (our GirlOfTheWeek) beam onto the ''Botany Bay'', finding it full of {{Human Popsicle}}s. Ricardo Montalbán, who [[FakeNationality we're told is a Sikh]], wakes up and [=McGivers=] falls in LoveAtFirstSight. In Sickbay, he's discovered to be superhuman, holds a knife to [=McCoy's=] throat and says his name is "Khan", but refuses to answer any other question. Kirk decides it's a good idea to let Khan look at all the technical information on the ''Enterprise''. Meanwhile, [=McGivers=] gets to have a rather lame love scene with Khan in which we learn she wears her hair in a 1960s updo (which looks uncannily like a wig) because it's "comfortable".

'''Kirk''': [[{{Irony}} Yes, Mr. Spock.]] [[{{Understatement}} It would indeed.]]