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More Tribbles, More Troubles

Episode aired Oct 6, 1973
TV-PG
24m

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7.0/10

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James Doohan in Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973)

Action Adventure Animation Family Sci-Fi

Cyrano Jones returns, infesting the Enterprise with tribbles that now grow to monstrous size.Cyrano Jones returns, infesting the Enterprise with tribbles that now grow to monstrous size.Cyrano Jones returns, infesting the Enterprise with tribbles that now grow to monstrous size.

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William Shatner

Capt. Kirk
(voice)

Leonard Nimoy

Mr. Spock
(voice)

DeForest Kelley

Dr. McCoy
(voice)

George Takei

Sulu
(voice)

Nichelle Nichols

Uhura
(voice)

Majel Barrett

Nurse Christine Chapel
(voice)
(credit only)

James Doohan

Scott
(voice)
…

Stanley Adams

Cyrano Jones
(voice)
(uncredited)

David Gerrold

Security Ensign
(voice)
(uncredited)

Director
- Hal Sutherland
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Trivia
David Gerrold's original idea for this episode was that the tribble predators would breed as fast as the tribbles. Crew members would then begin to go missing, implying that the predators ate them. Producers felt that would be too violent for a Saturday morning cartoon.

Goofs
Close-ups of Scotty operating the transporter clearly show a mustache sticking out from his face. This is actually footage of Mr. Kyle, the other transporter operator.

Quotes
[last lines]
Captain James T. Kirk: Someday I'll learn.
Scotty: Aye, Captain, but you've got to admit, if we've got to have tribbles, it's best if all our tribbles are little ones.

Connections
Featured in Drawn to the Final Frontier (2006)

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5/10

Prizes at a County Fair

The Klingons move in and chase good old Cyrano Jones in a cruiser. After destroying his little ship the Enterprise is inundated with tribbles. They need to be gotten rid of because of their voracious appetites. They are attracted to grain and can never get their fills. This episode is another one that substitutes decent writing and imaginative plot lines for cuteness. For some reason the original episode was one of the more popular. It was attractive to people who didn't really care for science fiction. This does nothing to improve on the whole tribble thing.