History WesternAnimation / StarTrekProdigy

* CasualInterstellarTravel: Space seems to have gotten a lot smaller post-''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'', with ships like the ''Protostar'' and the ''Dauntless'' capable of flying to the Delta Quadrant and back more or less at will. It's justified in their case, being equipped with a protostar drive and a quantum-slipstream drive, respectively, but there's also a lot more overlap between Delta Quadrant and Alpha Quadrant species -- Dal's adoptive "mother" is a Ferengi trader doing business in the Delta Quadrant, Kazon smugglers clash with Xindi-Reptilian guards at remote Federation outposts, and four of the main cast belong to Alpha Quadrant species (Brikar, Medusan, Tellarite, and [[spoiler:Human Augment]]) that wound up on Tars Lamora independently from one another. One of Janeway's Instagram logs explains that the Kazon, at least, are using the Borg transwarp network to get around, ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' and ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' both having featured the conduits as methods of quick (if unsafe) travel.

** Holo-Janeway's description of the Federation includes faces of the four founding member races (Human, Andorian, Tellarite, Vulcan) as well as their respective symbols under the UFP logo.

* ArtisticLicenseSpace: The ''Protostar'''s drive system is apparently [[spoiler: powered by a literal protostar that they have on board]]. This in spite of the fact that protostars weigh trillions of tonnes and don't undergo nuclear fusion.[[note]]Protstars are still a realtively poorly understood thing due to the fact that they output very little visible light. However, remote observation suggests that, while they don't undergo fusion, they ''do'' output spectacular amounts of infrared radiation. For a society with ArtificialGravity and the creation of Antimatter, containing a protostar and harnessing its radiative output would be fairly easy. The real question is if it would generate more power than the Matter/Antimatter reaction they already use to power ships[[/note]]

* ArtisticLicenseSpace: The ''Protostar'''s drive system is apparently [[spoiler: powered by a literal protostar that they have on board]]. This in spite of the fact that protostars weigh trillions of tonnes and don't undergo nuclear fusion.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Possibly a mixture of a lack of knowledge in-universe by some characters, and confusion about what actually happened by others. Everyone seems to think the crew of the Protostar stole it. As it was abandoned their actions should actually be considered perfectly legal salvage.

* FiveSeondRule: After the RagtagBunchOfMisfits learn about the [[TeleportersAndTransporters transporter]], they put it to the test by beaming a slice of pie all around the ship, then are amazed that it's still hot when it beams. At one point, Gwyn even picks it up off the floor and eats it, declaring it delicious, with Jankom Pog even marvelling at the idea of "floor pie".

** Dal screaming "Fire everything!" in frustration during his Kobayashi Maru exam is a clear reference to Nero from [[Film/StarTrek2009 Star Trek (2009)]]

** The Living Weapon [[spoiler: stashed on the ProtoStar as a Trojan Horse to destroy Starfleet]] is constantly shifting and changing shape

* AndStarring: Kate Mulgrew as the holographic Captain Janeway.

''Star Trek: Prodigy'' is a 2021 ScienceFiction animated series created by The Hageman Brothers (''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}''; ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}''). The series premiered on October 28, 2021, first on Creator/ParamountPlus, then on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}. It is the third animated Franchise/StarTrek series, following ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'', which reran on Nickelodeon back in the 1980s & 90s and ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'', a CBS series which premiered in 2020.

In 2383, after the events of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', a motley crew of young aliens in the Delta Quadrant find an abandoned Starfleet ship, the U.S.S. ''Protostar''. Taking control of the ship, they must learn to work together as they make their way towards the Alpha Quadrant.

The series was expunged from Paramount+ in June 2023; In October of the same year, it was announced that the series’ first season would be moved to Creator/{{Netflix}} in several regions, including the US, with the previously commissioned second season premiering on the streamer the following year.

** The members of the Vau N'Akat Order abandoned their names in favor of portentous nouns like [[SpellMyNameWithAThe "the Decider" and "the Vindicator"]], just like outlaw members of a [[Series/DoctorWho certain other famous time-travelling culture]].

** Janeway's sister, who was mentioned several times on Star Trek: Voyager, is finally given the name Phoebe, which was first established in the 1996 Voyager novel Mosaic, written by Voyager co-creator Jeri Taylor.

** Rok-Tahk's explanation of how different people can seem so far away from each other in the holodeck through "motion floor tracking" and "visual horizon manipulation" comes from the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual reference book.

* {{Telepathy}}: As a Medusan, Zero naturally has this trait. What more surprising is tha Dal also has this as one of the species that comprise his genetic make-up is Proto-[[Recap/StarTrekS1E26ErrandOfMercy Organian]]. This become a plot point in the episode "Mindwalk".

** In the season 1 finale, [[spoiler:the Construct activation causes the Universal Translator to fail for the whole fleet, leaving orders unable to be correctly relayed and Starfleet unable to call their allies for help]].

** Jankom Pog is listed in official materials as being 16 but, being a [[PigMan Tellarite]] and all, he looks like a 30 to 40-year-old by human standards.
*** [[spoiler: Subverted with Jankom, at least chronologically- turns out he is originally from the period of Enterprise, i.e pre-Federation founding, and therefore is more than ''two hundred'' and sixteen based purely on birthdate, even if cryostasis prevented him aging.]]

*** [[spoiler: subverted with Jankom, at least chronologically- turns out he is originally from the period of Enterprise, i.e pre-Federation founding, and therefore is closer to 116 based purely on birthdate, even if cryostasis prevented him aging.]]

The series was expunged from Paramount+ in June 2023; In October of the same year, it was announced that the series’ first season would be moved to Creator/{{Netflix}}, with the previously commissioned second season premiering on the streamer the following year.

The series was expunged from Paramount+ in June 2023; season 2, previously announced for the service, will be shopped to other outlets.