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More Tribbles, More Troubles

Season 1, Episode 5, Aired 10/6/73

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Cyrano Jones returns, along with new tribbles that can't multiply.

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William Shatner

Capt. James Tiberius Kirk
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Kirk and company encounter Cyrano Jones, who has more tribbles and is being pursued by the Klingons.

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By Celedorian, Jan 29, 2011 Report Abuse

With the success of the original tribbles episode, "The Trouble With Tribbles", it's no surprise that the animated series would produce a sequel. Actually, this episode was proposed for the final season of the original show, but that season had a new producer who didn't wish to pursue comedic scripts. (So don't you go laughing at the space hippies episode. That's supposed to be serious drama, young man! Or lady.) The original series' loss is the animated series' gain. Written by David Gerrold, who wrote the original, and featuring Stanley Adams, who reprises Cyrano Jones, the animated tribbles episode is faithful to its live action prequel and nearly as exciting and interesting. It's just too bad William Campbell wasn't asked to reprise the Klingon captain Koloth. (In a budget saving move, James "Scotty" Doohan takes over the role.)moreless

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In the sequel to "The Trouble with Tribbles", the crew of the Enterprise find a ship being chased by the Klingons. They beam the hunted person aboard to discover that it is Cyrano Jones.moreless

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By GameraTrekkie, Jan 07, 2011 Report Abuse

Fans of the original tribble episode of the original series will automatically really enjoy this one. In this episode, it tells what happened to charaters like Cyrano Jones after Kirk and the others left him behind in the original episode. There are some interesting things about tribbles that are shown, the fact that on how big they can actually grow was unbelievable, but not in a bad way. I overall really thought it was a pretty good episode, but not as good as the TOS "Trouble with Tribbles". A new alien known as the Tribble Predator was introduced in this episode, it is an alien that eats tribbles. That'll definitly control a population of tribbles, and that is why the Klingons want it so badly.moreless

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- The tribbles in this episode are pink. (The goof resulted from the fact that director Hal Sutherland is color blind and was unaware of the color change). Edit
- Late in the episode Koloth explains that they need to recover the glommer to avoid an ecological disaster. But this doesn't match with his earlier actions, where he deliberately and repeatedly tries to destroy Jones' scout ship. If it wasn't for Kirk, Koloth would have destroyed the very thing he was told to retrieve. Edit
- Both grain ships have the same registration number, NCC 61465. Registration numbers are supposedly unique; each grain ship should have its own. Edit
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- This episode was also released as a bonus feature the DVD Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 2 Remastered along The Original Series episode "The Trouble With Tribbles" and the Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" (all of which are located on Disc 5). Edit
- This episode along with "The Infinite Vulcan" was released on The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek for VHS. Edit
- Majel Barrett is credited but doesn't lend her voice talents to the episode. Edit
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- Koloth: (on the viewscreen) It won't work, Captain Kirk. (cuts out) Kirk: It will work. Or he'd still be gloating. Edit
- Spock: But apparently, it also immobilizes the attacking ship's abilities at the same time. Scotty: Aye, and if that's true, then it's a weapon that leaves them as helpless as it does us. Spock: I believe I just said that, Mr. Scott. Edit
- Kirk: Sherman's Planet needs that grain desperately. Scotty: Aye, sir, but we've got tribbles on the ship, quintotriticale in the corridors, Klingons in the quadrant. It can ruin your whole day, sir. Edit
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