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[[caption-width-right:350:Here's Sylvia rocking [[Website/SFDebris the divorced aunt in the clown pajamas look]].]]
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* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Someone explain, again, why it was a good idea for the captain, first officer, second officer, and chief medical officer all to be on a strange and possibly sinister planet at the same time.
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* VoodooDoll: Sylvia calls it "Sympathetic magic". It's how she killed Jackson. She makes a model of the starship ''Enterprise'' that she uses as a voodoo doll. Incidentally, the prop used is now in the Smithsonian.
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* VoodooDoll: Sylvia calls it "Sympathetic magic". It's how she killed Jackson. She makes a model of the starship ''Enterprise'' that she uses as a voodoo doll. Incidentally, the prop used is now in the Smithsonian.
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* BrutalHonesty: When confronted with an illusion that threatens the landing party with death using a weak imitation of Shakespearean dialogue:
-->'''Kirk''': Analysis, Spock.\\
'''Spock''': [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Very bad poetry]], Captain.
-->'''Kirk''': Analysis, Spock.\\
'''Spock''': [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Very bad poetry]], Captain.
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* NightmareFuel: The whole episode is meant to be scarey, but those three witch faces that appear out of nowhere are beyond mildly creepy.
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Scotty, Sulu and [[{{Redshirt}} Ensign Jackson]] have been beamed down to explore Pyris VII. Only Jackson beams aboard to die and then (Yes,in (yes, in this order) give a prophesy of doom and destruction in an eerie, echoing voice. Kirk, Spock and [=McCoy=] beam down to investigate. The place has an eerie, spooky atmosphere and there's a creepy looking castle nearby. The crew goes there in search of their lost crewmates. The interior looks like something out of a HauntedHouse, complete with dust and cobwebs. And a hissing and spitting black cat. Kirk and company fall through a trap in the floor and land in a dungeon where they're chained to the walls. A zombified Scotty and Sulu release them and they are transported to the sumptuous throne room of Korob the Wizard, who seems very interested in humanity, but doesn't seem very educated on modern (as of Stardate 3018.2) human culture. And there's something about that black cat that keeps hanging around him....
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* All Wizards Have Cats: An inversion! It seems that it's the cat who has the wizard.
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* All Wizards Have Cats: AllWitchesHaveCats: An inversion! It seems that it's the cat who has the wizard.
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* CallARabbitASmeerp: Lt. [=DeSalle=] says "I bet you credits to navy beans!" where most would say "I bet you dollars to donuts!" They don't have donuts in the future? What sort of Dystopia is this!?!?!
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* CallARabbitASmeerp: Lt. [=DeSalle=] says "I bet you credits to navy beans!" where most would say "I bet you dollars to donuts!" They don't have donuts in the future? What sort of Dystopia is this!?!?!this?!
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* CobwebOfDisuse: It's not a HauntedCastle without a few
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* CobwebOfDisuse: It's not a HauntedCastle without a fewfew.
* CuffsOffRubWrists: When Kirk, Spock and [=McCoy=] are let out of the dungeon the first time.
* CuffsOffRubWrists: When Kirk, Spock and [=McCoy=] are let out of the dungeon the first time.
* GhostButler: When the landing party enter the castle, the door closes itself behind them.
* NightmareFuel: The whole episode is meant to be scarey, but those three witch faces that appear out of nowhere are beyond mildly creepy.
* PropheciesRhymeAllTheTime: The three witches when they prophesy doom for the landing party if they don't turn back. As with the other Halloween tropes, the landing party is not impressed, either by the warning or by the quality of the verse.
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* ShoutOut: Korob mentions to Sylvia of their duty to the ''[[CthulhuMythos Old Ones]]''. Appropriate, considering the episode's writer was Creator/RobertBloch.
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* ShoutOut: Korob mentions to Sylvia of their duty to the ''[[CthulhuMythos ''[[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Old Ones]]''. Appropriate, considering the episode's writer was Creator/RobertBloch.
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* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Sylvia and Korob can't get enough of human sensation
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* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Sylvia and Korob can't get enough of human sensationsensation.
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* [[AllWitchesHaveCats All Wizards Have Cats]]: An inversion! It seems that it's the cat who has the wizard.
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* [[AllWitchesHaveCats All Wizards Have Cats]]: Cats: An inversion! It seems that it's the cat who has the wizard.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Kirk nearly refers to [=McCoy=] by his usual nickname of "Bones", until he sees what's in the iron maiden. He changes his mind and calls him "Doc".
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* [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty I Have You Now My Handsome]]: Sylvia tries to pull this on Kirk in a rare genderflip of this trope. Kirk, being [[TheCasanova Kirk]], quickly flips it into his favor.
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* [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty I Have You Now My Handsome]]: IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Sylvia tries to pull this on Kirk in a rare genderflip of this trope. Kirk, being [[TheCasanova Kirk]], quickly flips it into his favor.
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* NightmareFuel: The whole episode is meant to be scarey, but those three witch faces that appear out of nowhere are beyond mildly creepy.
* [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine No, Captain Kirk, I Expect You To Dine]]: Korob offers Kirk and company a banquet. When they seem unimpressed, he offers them plates of jewels.
* [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine No, Captain Kirk, I Expect You To Dine]]: Korob offers Kirk and company a banquet. When they seem unimpressed, he offers them plates of jewels.
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* NightmareFuel: The whole episode is meant to be scarey, but those three witch faces that appear out of nowhere are beyond mildly creepy.
* [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine No, Captain Kirk, I Expect You To Dine]]:NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Korob offers Kirk and company a banquet. When they seem unimpressed, he offers them plates of jewels.
* [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine No, Captain Kirk, I Expect You To Dine]]:
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Modern reruns of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' the Original Series have digitally remastered special effects, but there was only so much they could do with the scene with the giant cat. Remember the "black panthers" from ''TeamAmericaWorldPolice''? Yeah, it was like that. The fuzzy blue marionettes representing Sylvia and Korob's true forms have since had the wires edited out.
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* AlasPoorVillian: Korob turned out to be a pretty decent guy in the end. Too bad the Starfleet landing party stood there and watched him die helplessly along with Sylvia.
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* AlasPoorVillian: AlasPoorVillain: Korob turned out to be a pretty decent guy in the end. Too bad the Starfleet landing party stood there and watched him die helplessly along with Sylvia.
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* AlasPoorVillian: Korob turned out to be a pretty decent guy in the end. Too bad the Starfleet landing party stood there and watched him die helplessly along with Sylvia.
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* ShoutOut: Korob mentions to Sylvia of their duty to the ''[[CthulhuMythos Old Ones]]''. Appropriate, considering the episode's writer was RobertBloch.
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* ShoutOut: Korob mentions to Sylvia of their duty to the ''[[CthulhuMythos Old Ones]]''. Appropriate, considering the episode's writer was RobertBloch.Creator/RobertBloch.
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* {{Foreshadowing}} / LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Sylvia tells Korob "I'm not a puppet like you!" At the end of the episode their true forms are played by puppets...complete with strings in the original version.
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* PowerEchoes: The doom and gloom prophesy about terrible curses that Jackson gives posthumously is delivered in an ominous echo.
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* PowerEchoes: The doom and gloom prophesy prophecy about terrible curses that Jackson gives posthumously is delivered in an ominous echo.
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* BaldOfEvil: Koron has this along with a BeardOfEvil
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* BaldOfEvil: Koron Korob has this along with a BeardOfEvil
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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Both Scotty and Sulu, with [=McCoy=] eventually joining them.
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* {{Redshirt}}: In a surprise inversion, Ensign Jackson wears a yellow shirt, while the most prominent Red Shirt character in the episode has command of the bridge while Kirk is offship and survives the whole episode.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: While the writers sure seemed to treat Redshirts like cannon fodder, Kirk makes it clear he doesn't feel that way about them.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: While the writers sure seemed to treat Redshirts like cannon fodder, Kirk [[AFatherToHisMen Kirk]] makes it clear he doesn't feel that way about them.
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* ResetButton: Destroying Korob's transmuter undoes everything except the death of Jackson.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Part of what makes Korob so AffablyEvil is that he's clearly not as malicious as Sylvia. As Kirk is being brought in for his second "interrogation", Korob complains to Sylvia about her being "cruel" and "torturing the specimens", implying he would much rather barter or persuade Kirk and co to go along with what he wants than brutalise them into compliance like she has.
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* PowerEchoes: The doom and gloom prophesy about terrible curses that Jackson gives posthumously is delivered in an ominous echo
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* PowerEchoes: The doom and gloom prophesy about terrible curses that Jackson gives posthumously is delivered in an ominous echoecho.
* SenseFreak: A mild case, but Sylvia blatantly admits she's enjoying the ability to experience the world through human senses when Korob questions her as having forgotten their mission.
* SenseFreak: A mild case, but Sylvia blatantly admits she's enjoying the ability to experience the world through human senses when Korob questions her as having forgotten their mission.
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* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Korob offers Kirk and company a banquet. When they seem unimpressed, he offers them plates of jewels.
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* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine No, Captain Kirk, I Expect You To Dine]]: Korob offers Kirk and company a banquet. When they seem unimpressed, he offers them plates of jewels.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Modern reruns of ''StarTrek'' the Original Series have digitally remastered special effects, but there was only so much they could do with the scene with the giant cat. Remember the "black panthers" from ''TeamAmericaWorldPolice''? Yeah, it was like that. The fuzzy blue marionettes representing Sylvia and Korob's true forms have since had the wires edited out.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Modern reruns of ''StarTrek'' ''Franchise/StarTrek'' the Original Series have digitally remastered special effects, but there was only so much they could do with the scene with the giant cat. Remember the "black panthers" from ''TeamAmericaWorldPolice''? Yeah, it was like that. The fuzzy blue marionettes representing Sylvia and Korob's true forms have since had the wires edited out.
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Scotty, Sulu and [[{{Redshirt}} Ensign Jackson]] have been beamed down to explore Pyris VII. Only Jackson beams aboard to die and then (Yes,in this order) give a prophesy of doom and destruction in an eerie, echoing voice. Kirk, Spock and [=McCoy=] beam down to investigate. The place has an eerie, spooky atmosphere and there's a creepy looking castle nearby. The crew goes there in search of their lost crewmates. The interior looks like something out of a haunted house, HauntedHouse, complete with dust and cobwebs. And a hissing and spitting black cat. Kirk and company fall through a trap in the floor and land in a dungeon where they're chained to the walls. A zombified Scotty and Sulu release them and they are transported to the sumptuous throne room of Korob the Wizard, who seems very interested in humanity, but doesn't seem very educated on modern (as of Stardate 3018.2) human culture. And there's something about that black cat that keeps hanging around him....
* [[AllWitchesHaveCats All Wizards Have Cats]]: An inversion! It seems that it's the cat who has the wizard.
* CatsAreMagic: Justified. Sylvia is actually a shape shifting alien.
* CatScare: The first thing our heroes get when they enter the castle.
* CobwebOfDisuse: It's not a HauntedCastle without a few
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* HalloweenEpisode: Was originally aired around Halloween of 1967. Nearly all HauntedHouse tropes are present and occasionally discussed. Spock is familiar with a few Terran superstitions, but not with the custom of "Trick or Treat".
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Modern reruns of Star Trek the Original Series have digitally remastered special effects, but there was only so much they could do with the scene with the giant cat. Remember the "black panthers" from TeamAmericaWorldPolice? Yeah, it was like that. The fuzzy blue marionettes representing Sylvia and Korob's true forms have since had the wires edited out.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Modern reruns of Star Trek ''StarTrek'' the Original Series have digitally remastered special effects, but there was only so much they could do with the scene with the giant cat. Remember the "black panthers" from TeamAmericaWorldPolice? ''TeamAmericaWorldPolice''? Yeah, it was like that. The fuzzy blue marionettes representing Sylvia and Korob's true forms have since had the wires edited out.
* StrippedToTheBone: There is a whole, bleached human skeleton in an iron maiden in the dungeon for no purpose other than to be scarey.
* StrippedToTheBone: There is a whole, bleached human skeleton in an iron maiden in the dungeon for no purpose other than to be scarey.
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* [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty I Have You Now My Handsome]]: Sylvia tries to pull this on Kirk in a rare genderflip of this trope. Kirk, being Kirk, quickly flips it into his favor.
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* [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty I Have You Now My Handsome]]: Sylvia tries to pull this on Kirk in a rare genderflip of this trope. Kirk, being Kirk, [[TheCasanova Kirk]], quickly flips it into his favor.
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* PowerEcho: The doom and gloom prophesy about terrible curses that Jackson gives posthumously is delivered in an ominous echo
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ThisWasHisTrueForm: The true forms of Sylvia and Korob looked like something a Kindergartner made out of blue pipe cleaners.
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* ThisWasHisTrueForm: The true forms of Sylvia and Korob looked like something a Kindergartner made out of blue pipe cleaners.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Kirk nearly refers to [=McCoy=] by his usual nickname of "Bones", until he sees what's in the iron maiden. He changes his mind and calls him "Doc".
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* MagicWand: Korob has one with a crystal on the end. It is a transmuter that allows him to perform his illusions.
* MindManipulation: How the aliens get Sulu and Scotty to do what they want. They claim it to be harmless. Kirk disagrees.
* NightmareFuel: The whole episode is meant to be scarey, but those three witch faces that appear out of nowhere are beyond mildly creepy.
* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Korob offers Kirk and company a banquet. When they seem unimpressed, he offers them plates of jewels.
* MindManipulation: How the aliens get Sulu and Scotty to do what they want. They claim it to be harmless. Kirk disagrees.
* NightmareFuel: The whole episode is meant to be scarey, but those three witch faces that appear out of nowhere are beyond mildly creepy.
* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Korob offers Kirk and company a banquet. When they seem unimpressed, he offers them plates of jewels.
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* OminousFog: It's all over the place. Spock comment that due to the low level of water vapor in the air, it shouldn't exist. It's there purely to look scarey.
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ThisWasHisTrueForm: The true forms of Sylvia and Korob looked like something a Kindergartner made out of blue pipe cleaners.
* VoodooDoll: Sylvia calls it "Sympathetic magic". It's how she killed Jackson. She makes a model of the starship ''Enterprise'' that she uses as a voodoo doll. Incidentally, the prop used is now in the Smithsonian.
* VoodooDoll: Sylvia calls it "Sympathetic magic". It's how she killed Jackson. She makes a model of the starship ''Enterprise'' that she uses as a voodoo doll. Incidentally, the prop used is now in the Smithsonian.
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* CallARabbitASmerp: Lt. [=DeSalle=] says "I bet you credits to navy beans!" where most would say "I bet you dollars to donuts!" They don't have donuts in the future? What sort of Dystopia is this!?!?!
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* CallARabbitASmerp: CallARabbitASmeerp: Lt. [=DeSalle=] says "I bet you credits to navy beans!" where most would say "I bet you dollars to donuts!" They don't have donuts in the future? What sort of Dystopia is this!?!?!
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* CallARabbitASmeerp: CallARabbitASmerp: Lt. [=DeSalle=] says "I bet you credits to navy beans!" where most would say "I bet you dollars to donuts!" They don't have donuts in the future? What sort of Dystopia is this!?!?!
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* ChainedToAWall: Kirk, Spock and Bo...uh...[=McCoy=] all experience this.
* ColdIsBlue: The planet seems to be filled with bluish rock formations, giving us a chilling atmosphere.
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* ChainedToAWall: ChainedToARock: Kirk, Spock and Bo...uh...[=McCoy=] all experience this.
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* CallARabbitASmerp: CallARabbitASmeerp: Lt. [=DeSalle=] says "I bet you credits to navy beans!" where most would say "I bet you dollars to donuts!" They don't have donuts in the future? What sort of Dystopia is this!?!?!
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Scotty, Sulu and [[{{Redshirt [[{{Redshirt}} Ensign Jackson]] have been beamed down to explore Pyris VII. Only Jackson beams aboard to die and then (Yes,in this order) give a prophesy of doom and destruction in an eerie, echoing voice. Kirk, Spock and [=McCoy=] beam down to investigate. The place has an eerie, spooky atmosphere and there's a creepy looking castle nearby. The crew goes there in search of their lost crewmates. The interior looks like something out of a haunted house, complete with dust and cobwebs. And a hissing and spitting black cat. Kirk and company fall through a trap in the floor and land in a dungeon where they're chained to the walls. A zombified Scotty and Sulu release them and they are transported to the sumptuous throne room of Korob the Wizard, who seems very interested in humanity, but doesn't seem very educated on modern (as of Stardate 3018.2) human culture. And there's something about that black cat that keeps hanging around him....
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CatsAreMean: Sylvia is the meanest of mean cats, no matter her form. Spock discusses the trope, reflecting on a cat's natural savageness dating back to the sabre-tooth tiger.
ColdIsBlue: The planet seems to be filled with bluish rock formations, giving us a chilling atmosphere.
EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: Sparkly, yes. Valuable, not when you can replicate jewels as easily as making a cup of coffee. And then there's that diamond collar that Sylvia wears in both cat and human forms.
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* BaldOfEvil: Koron has this along with a BeardOfEvil
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* CallARabbitASmerp: Lt. [=DeSalle=] says "I bet you credits to navy beans!" where most would say "I bet you dollars to donuts!" They don't have donuts in the future? What sort of Dystopia is this!?!?!
* CatsAreMean: Sylvia is the meanest of mean cats, no matter her form. Spock discusses the trope, reflecting on a cat's natural savageness dating back to the sabre-tooth tiger.
* ChainedToAWall: Kirk, Spock and Bo...uh...[=McCoy=] all experience this.
* ColdIsBlue: The planet seems to be filled with bluish rock formations, giving us a chilling atmosphere.
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: Sparkly, yes. Valuable, not when you can replicate jewels as easily as making a cup of coffee. And then there's that diamond collar that Sylvia wears in both cat and human forms.
* HeelFaceTurn: Korob
* HumansAreSpecial: Korob and Sylvia admire the human ability to feel.
* [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty I Have You Now My Handsome]]: Sylvia tries to pull this on Kirk in a rare genderflip of this trope. Kirk, being Kirk, quickly flips it into his favor.
* OhCrap: Scotty and Sulu AREN'T here to save them after all!
* SpecialEffectsFailure: Modern reruns of Star Trek the Original Series have digitally remastered special effects, but there was only so much they could do with the scene with the giant cat. Remember the "black panthers" from TeamAmericaWorldPolice? Yeah, it was like that. The fuzzy blue marionettes representing Sylvia and Korob's true forms have since had the wires edited out.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Sylvia can change into a black cat and back and change her size. (We don't actually see this happen. We must infer that it does.))
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Sylvia and Korob can't get enough of human sensation
* CatsAreMean: Sylvia is the meanest of mean cats, no matter her form. Spock discusses the trope, reflecting on a cat's natural savageness dating back to the sabre-tooth tiger.
* ChainedToAWall: Kirk, Spock and Bo...uh...[=McCoy=] all experience this.
* ColdIsBlue: The planet seems to be filled with bluish rock formations, giving us a chilling atmosphere.
* EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: Sparkly, yes. Valuable, not when you can replicate jewels as easily as making a cup of coffee. And then there's that diamond collar that Sylvia wears in both cat and human forms.
* HeelFaceTurn: Korob
* HumansAreSpecial: Korob and Sylvia admire the human ability to feel.
* [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty I Have You Now My Handsome]]: Sylvia tries to pull this on Kirk in a rare genderflip of this trope. Kirk, being Kirk, quickly flips it into his favor.
* OhCrap: Scotty and Sulu AREN'T here to save them after all!
* SpecialEffectsFailure: Modern reruns of Star Trek the Original Series have digitally remastered special effects, but there was only so much they could do with the scene with the giant cat. Remember the "black panthers" from TeamAmericaWorldPolice? Yeah, it was like that. The fuzzy blue marionettes representing Sylvia and Korob's true forms have since had the wires edited out.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Sylvia can change into a black cat and back and change her size. (We don't actually see this happen. We must infer that it does.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Sylvia and Korob can't get enough of human sensation
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Scotty, Sulu and [[{{Redshirt Ensign Jackson]] have been beamed down to explore Pyris VII. Only Jackson beams aboard to die and then (Yes,in this order) give a prophesy of doom and destruction in an eerie, echoing voice. Kirk, Spock and [=McCoy=] beam down to investigate. The place has an eerie, spooky atmosphere and there's a creepy looking castle nearby. The crew goes there in search of their lost crewmates. The interior looks like something out of a haunted house, complete with dust and cobwebs. And a hissing and spitting black cat. Kirk and company fall through a trap in the floor and land in a dungeon where they're chained to the walls. A zombified Scotty and Sulu release them and they are transported to the sumptuous throne room of Korob the Wizard, who seems very interested in humanity, but doesn't seem very educated on modern (as of Stardate 3018.2) human culture. And there's something about that black cat that keeps hanging around him....
Tropes for this episode include:
BaldOfEvil: Koron has this along with a BeardOfEvil
CallARabbitASmerp:
CatsAreMean: Sylvia is the meanest of mean cats, no matter her form. Spock discusses the trope, reflecting on a cat's natural savageness dating back to the sabre-tooth tiger.
ColdIsBlue: The planet seems to be filled with bluish rock formations, giving us a chilling atmosphere.
EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: Sparkly, yes. Valuable, not when you can replicate jewels as easily as making a cup of coffee. And then there's that diamond collar that Sylvia wears in both cat and human forms.
VoluntaryShapeshifting: Sylvia can change into a black cat and back and change her size. (We don't actually see this happen. We must infer that it does.)
Tropes for this episode include:
BaldOfEvil: Koron has this along with a BeardOfEvil
CallARabbitASmerp:
CatsAreMean: Sylvia is the meanest of mean cats, no matter her form. Spock discusses the trope, reflecting on a cat's natural savageness dating back to the sabre-tooth tiger.
ColdIsBlue: The planet seems to be filled with bluish rock formations, giving us a chilling atmosphere.
EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry: Sparkly, yes. Valuable, not when you can replicate jewels as easily as making a cup of coffee. And then there's that diamond collar that Sylvia wears in both cat and human forms.
VoluntaryShapeshifting: Sylvia can change into a black cat and back and change her size. (We don't actually see this happen. We must infer that it does.)
