History YMMV / StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E13DejaQ

* ArtisticLicenseSpace: Geordi's plan to lift the moon back into its proper orbit involves pushing the moon while it is at its orbital perigee. Two issues with this plan:
** The 'gee' in perigee specifically refers to Earth-centered orbits. Geordi would more likely describe his plan with the more general term periapsis. This could qualify as an AcceptableBreakFromReality, as the writers and audience would likely be more familiar with the word perigee.
** More seriously, an orbit's perigee denotes the point of closest approach. Pushing the planet's moon while it is at perigee would lift the point of ''furthest'' approach (apogee), but the moon's perigee would continue to be just as close to the planet as before. For the plan to work, the ''Enterprise'' would need to push the moon during its apogee, which would lift the point of closest approach and actually elevate the moon away from the planet's surface.
** Furthermore, when the moon is restored to its orbit, Data describes the orbit as "circular". Technically, there's no such thing as a perfectly circular orbit, though some bodies have orbits whose eccentricity is so low that they're very nearly circular. (Triton's orbit, for example, has an eccentricity of 0.000016, the lowest known value in our solar system.)

** Furthermore, when the moon is restored to its orbit, Data describes the orbit as "circular". Technically, there's no such thing as a perfectly circular orbit, though some bodies have orbits whose eccentricity is so low that they're very nearly circular. (Triton's orbit, for example, has an eccentricity of 0.00002, the lowest known value in our solar system.)

-> 1) The 'gee' in perigee specifically refers to Earth-centered orbits. Geordi would more likely describe his plan with the more general term periapsis. This could qualify as an AcceptableBreakFromReality, as the writers and audience would likely be more familiar with the word perigee.

-> 2) More seriously, an orbit's perigee denotes the point of closest approach. Pushing the planet's moon while it is at perigee would lift the point of ''furthest'' approach (apogee), but the moon's perigee would continue to be just as close to the planet as before. For the plan to work, the ''Enterprise'' would need to push the moon during its apogee, which would lift the point of closest approach and actually elevate the moon away from the planet's surface.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: After regaining his powers, Q decides to return with a mariachi band!

* HilariousInHindsight:
** Q's comment, "Eat any good books lately?" [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic thanks to a certain spirit of chaos eating a book]].
** After being rendered mortal, during his check-up with Dr. Crusher, Q [[DeadpanSnarker snarks]] that he's "been under a lot of pressure, family problems". Ironically, Q would later start a family during his appearances on ''Voyager'', where his son proved to be as much trouble as he was!
*** Doubles as HarsherInHindsight for fans of ''Series/BreakingBad'', where Creator/JohnDeLancie plays an air traffic controller [[spoiler:whose daughter dies of a drug overdose, causing him to become distracted and inattentive when he returns to work too soon, leading to a midair collision that kills hundreds.]]

* RetroactiveRecognition: The second Q is played by a very young [[{{Series/Psych}} Corbin Bernsen]]. Due to his role as Arnold Becker on ''Series/LALaw'', Corbin was a major star at the time; his appearance was pretty much a CelebrityCameo.

* HilariousInHindsight: Q's comment, "Eat any good books lately?" [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic thanks to a certain spirit of chaos eating a book]].

* JerkassWoobie: Q is as obnoxious and selfish as ever, and he's also intensely whiny about losing his powers and being forced to live out a mortal life as a human, but his usual arrogance and amorality have slipped. He really does hate and fear being mortal, and he believes he is so out-of-touch with humans that he is incapable of living as one; depending on your AlternativeCharacterInterpretation, either he would rather die than face life as a human, or he chooses to perform a HeroicSacrifice because he sees his life as having no value.
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: One for Worf (which also qualifies as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}):
-->'''Q:''' I have no power! What must I do to convince you people?\\
'''Worf:''' Die.
** And this moment from Data, given in his usual understated manner:
-->'''Q:''' Who does he think he is, giving me orders?\\
'''Data:''' Geordi thinks he is in command here, and he is correct.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: One for Worf (which also qualifies as a CrowningMomentOfFunny):

-->'''Q:''' Who does he think he is, giving me orders?
-->'''Data:''' Geordi thinks he is in command here, and he is correct.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: One for Worf:
-->'''Q:''' I have no power! What must I do to convince you?\\

-->'''Q:''' Who does he think he is, giving me orders.
-->'''DATA:''' Geordi thinks he is in command here, and he is correct.

--> '''Q:''' "I have no power! What must I do to convince you?"
--> '''Worf:''' "Die."
* HilariousInHindsight: Q's comment "Eat any good books lately?" [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic thanks to a certain spirit of chaos eating a book.]]

* RetroactiveRecognition: The second Q is played by a very young [[{{Series/Psych}} Corbin Bernsen]].
** It should be noted that, due to his role as Arnold Becker on ''LALaw'', Corbin was a major star at the time; his appearance was pretty much a CelebrityCameo.

* MemeticMutation: Picard's reaction to Q picking the ''Enterprise'' for refuge has become the MostTriumphantExample for {{Facepalm}}s.

--> '''Worf:''' "Die."