Thank you for bringing attention to the animated series. It holds very special place in my heart having watched it in my youth. And I believe The Animated Series introduced the FIRST mention of Tiberius in Kirk's full name.
I watched these when they first aired. So many good memories. Absolutely loved seeing M'Tess and Arex. It's always good to rewatch and hear Majel Barrett and James Doohan voice multiple characters.
Yeah, the highlight of _TAS_ for me was the cooler non-human crewmembers. I know we've had Caitians in live action (the Twins in _Into Darkness_ and some sort of admiral in _Voyage Home_ ), and between Shran and Hemmer, we've seen a decent amount of representation from Andoria, but *I really want Cadet Arex* to make an appearance in _Strange New Worlds_ (and would love if we could see some scenes of Uhura mentoring M'Ress).
I still miss my Labrador retriever after nearly fifty years. I remember hugging him while watching this episode as a teenager and imagining what life would be life after he was gone. Best pet this lonely, friendless remotely-rural country boy ever had.
We quite nicely retconned the Bonnie: First ship to have a MODERN warp drive--a post NX engine (around the time of the NX refit). Also later when Sarah April said"As the first medical officer aboard a ship equipped with warp drive, I'm afraid I had to come up with new ideas all the time." we chalked it up to a dry sense of humor like "Get me, I'm old!"
Right - The Phoenix was the first ship capable of warp speed. The NX Enterprise was the first ship capable of warp 5. The Bonnie was probably the first ship that could fly at warp 7 for long times. The original Constitution class was faster ( and the drive was referred to as a "time warp drive" in "The Cage"), The Enterprise from the TMP was a refit and far faster and more powerful. The Galaxy class ended up rewriting the warp scale with speeds above warp 9.5. So the Bonnie would have been a newer class of warp drive ship than it's older counterparts. Which of course the crew would say was the first of it's kind - what crew wouldn't brag about having the first in the class of the newest starships? Excelsior's captain sure did brag about his ship.
@@krisgonynor689 Exactly! I actually love to see a story about the Bonaventure in IDW or something like that because they had two "voyages" before they disappeared on their 3rd outing. Nothing to say a voyage wasn't months!
Got my stepdaughter to say, "SEND IN THE WOMEN!" Uhura grinded so Janeway could thrive. Said to her, "who is she to be making all these decisions." "She's the Captain!"
If Lower Decks is canonically animated because it's from Mariner's POV and she's constantly off her gourd from Orion Hurricanes, then TAS is animated because Kirk got his hands on that brain candy drug from Harlan Ellison's first draft for CotEoF
@@Decipher13 What about the flying space tumors from Operation: Annihilate? Those were pretty alien too. 🙂Also the reveal of the "witchcraft" aliens' actual form at the end of Catspaw.
@@jasontoddman7265 It's been a while since I watched through TOS, so that's why I made sure to put indefinite "at least". I was sure there were other examples given and you stepped up. :)
I have always loved the animated series, even with its sometimes wonky episodes. The animated series had the coolest music which really added a lot of atmosphere to the series. The animated series really captured the essence of Star Trek.
I watched these when they first came out and loved every bit of it. Brings back great memories. Also, each of these stories were released in a 10 book series, Star Trek Log's 1 - 10. Each one is greatly expanded upon making them a lot more enjoyable.
Thing is, during the 1990s and up until Discovery (I think), “Yesteryear” was considered the *only* episode of TAS to be included as ST Canon, as its depiction of Spock’s childhood was referenced in the TNG episode “Unification Part 1.”
No, you are correct. During my late high school-early college years, I owned a copy of the at-the-time current edition of the "Star Trek Encyclopedia" which addresses this topic. Gene only allowed that episode to be cannon given the details of Vulcan history at present. However, the series as a whole was not considered cannon as the book wanted to focus on just the "live-action on TV/Movies" stuff. Practically all the Star Trek novels of the era were not included as well.
One thing people seem to not realize is that a good portion of the animated series was composed of compiled remains of full scripts and useable remnants of script ideas that were going to be used in the original series if it had not been canceled. So there is actually a good amount of what should have always been canon for Star Trek.
Fun fact: in 1970, 3 years before TAS launched, a Rendezvous ship that included Kizinti's was "painted shocking pink" and Larry told us that Kzin had a lot of pink and purple in the natural landscape so at least THAT part of the TAS color scheme made sense!
I loved the animation series so much, I brought the novelisations. I highly recommend them to you. Do find and read them. They will likely be secondhand. Some stories are done as a whole novel and some are short stories. ❤
Same writer wrote the novelization for Star Wars and its first proposed sequel Splinter of the Mind's Eye; meant to be a low-budget affair until the popularity of the first movie allowed for the big budget Empire Strikes Back
I think Jihad would be another of the most watch . We saw ancient culture the Velda .Of course three new aliens which part of the Kirk's team to stop a holy war .
About 10 years ago the Space Channel in Canada aired all the episodes of the animated series in a 2 day marathon. I had never seen it before so I watched all the episodes. It is both the greatest and the worst thing I have ever seen. The animation is cheap, The voice acting is lazy, and the stories are ridiculous. And yet I love it.
I love that early on they were going to get rid of Uhura and Sulu for... some reason... but after they couldn't, they ended up giving Uhura command (even if for only one episode).
The powers that be wanted to get rid of Uhura and Sulu, but Leonard Nimoy put his foot down, insisted the characters were retained and, I believe, getting better pay for Nichelle!
Star Trek: The Animated Series was an excellent take on the original. The Magicks of Megas II and Jihad are my fave episodes. An anime version of Star Trek should be considered.
I picked up the DVDs cheap and really enjoyed going through them. There are some interesting moments that would have been very difficult to film, but were possible in animation. There was a lot of background tension about how many of the actors would be involved until Leonard Nimoy took a stand - but Jimmy Doohan and Nichelle Nicholls still ended up playing multiple characters.
Great episode, Marcus! In fact, it’s now in my top ten TrekCulture episodes. 😃 You picked the best 10 and really made me happy by picking “Yesteryear” as No. 1.
I remember watching the series on Saturday mornings as a kid....at the time, instead of medical treatment, pets were commonly "put to sleep" or were "put of their misery." It was traumatic, but also accepted as a responsible act by pet owners. It was indeed euthanasia, but it was also a common practice with non-sentient life forms.
If these TAS episodes were in the Friends universe: 10. The One with the Life Support Belts 9. The One Where Uhura Takes Command 8. The One with the Pink Tribbles 7. The One Where Spock is Really Big 6. The One with the Bonaventure 5. The One with the Kzinti 4. The One with the Love Potion 3. The One Where Kirk is a Jerk 2. The One Where They Go Over Warp 22 1. The One Where I-Chaya Dies
Although this series may fail to impress viewers now (especially younger ones who have never experienced the long dearth of new Star Trek episodes in the 1970s), back when it first aired it was a breath of fresh air which brought new hope that Star trek was not dead forever. And imo the animated series recaptured the feel of the original series in a way that no subsequent show from TNG onward *never* has. If you wanna say "Okay, Boomer," feel free. But for older viewers like me growing up in the dark days after TOS was cancelled, it was a godsend.
I recall watching these when they first aired. I am still hoping we see M'Ress and Arex in live action. As Jack and Marcus point out here, as technology catches up, Trek is able to implement more of its original ideas. So, come one! We've seen both species show up on Lower Decks, it's time to bring on the live-action (or CGI) OG bridge aliens (I mean, aside from Spock, obviously)!
I would add two animated episodes to the list: "Bem" and "The Pirates of Orion", both well above average for this set of 22. Honorable mention goes to "The Eye of the Beholder" and "The Jihad".
I really need to watch this one. But there's so much to do. For example, I still haven't finished the last couple series of Doctor Who. Eventually it'll happen, just not today.
Yes! What we see as pink he sees as gray! Apparently no one questioned it because they figured it must have been on purpose, kind of like on the first Star Trek pilot The Cage editors kept color correcting Susan Oliver's green Orion slave girl skin to look normal because they didn't know she was SUPPOSED to be green!
The better fact is that the slaver weapon is a full part of nivens ringworld Universen and not only a short store. In one the newer ringworld novels it is again in it in a newer Version. It's not anymore a short store. Now it's what for nessis and his terraner Crew happens
Ive always loved this series since the 70s. Totally Canon and could go places TOS could not sue to animation and limited effects at the time and budget.
Best of type things are always open to debate. For me, I'd drop "Practical joker" in favor of "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth"--Native American mythology, Shakespeare and a would-be helpful alien humanity turned it back on.
number 3 actually explains why there were holographic emitters aboard discovery (though they were generally only used for subspace communications ... still it does explain how it was possible)
Are any of these episodes where we learn that Kirk's middle name is Tiberius? Not many people are aware that first came to light in the animated series.
No. That episode was called "Bem", about a (very obnoxious) alien that can split into three separate (and floating) parts who intereferes with an away mission on a planet full of primitive reptilian natives... and an invisible goddess that looks over them.
When watching The Counter-Clock Incident for the first time, I couldn't help thinking of Red Dwarf. Were Grant Naylor inspired by Trek when they wrote the episode Backwards? I think Red Dwarf had a better concept of time flowing in reverse and used it to the fullest potential. Who wouldn't want to see Spock make the same shocked facial expression Cat made at the end of the episode? LOL!🙀 😸
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Im sorry but any TAS list that doesnt include The Magicks of Megas-Tu is incomplete. I know its not a straight faced episode but my god is it a great example of how Trek can be peak camp. I mean they befriend satan and Spock does magic by determining its “logical, here”. So freaking good.
7:26 - You pointed out the prominence of pink in the show but you neglected to explain why. Turns out that Hal Sutherland, the director of The Animated Series, was colorblind! What we see as pink 🩷 he would see as gray 🩶. I guess no one ever questioned him on it because they figured he was the boss and knew what he was doing!
What do you mean that the animated series isn’t canon? The opening dialogue of TOS stated that the Enterprise was on a five year mission, however we only got three years of live action, I always thought that the animated series was the last two years.
I haven't seen TAS since I was a kid (I'm 38 now), the lack of it being on repeat somewhere made me somewhat forget it was a thing, it was a saturday TV thing (I forget which channel) which my dad mostly watched, I wasn't into trek as yet so didn't give it much attention back then, and seeing clips of it these days, it seems cheesier than fromage itself... :P
@@jimlee911 I'm sure that means something to people in the US, but I'm in the UK, could have been either BBC or Channel 4, but it was early 90s which was long years ago and relaly doesn't matter now... :P
@@suneelj93 Yup. It would be. I do have my favorites but I like them all. Though there are a few scenes that get utterly annoying (Uhuru's humming when they return to the shore-leave planet; Chapel's repeated to the point of annoyance cries for help when shrunken and drowning inside a water glass; stuff like that) but not whole episodes. Something I cannot say for any of the live-action series; even TOS.
Well let's see if we can squeeze it back into canon. The Pheonix was not a ship. NX-01 was not the first warp capable ship. It is conceivable that in the years following First Contact, the space boom kicked off with the launch of a warp-one ship bearing that name. A ship which would eventually vanish without a trace.
Thank you for bringing attention to the animated series. It holds very special place in my heart having watched it in my youth. And I believe The Animated Series introduced the FIRST mention of Tiberius in Kirk's full name.
It does, the Ep 'BEM'!
I watched these when they first aired. So many good memories. Absolutely loved seeing M'Tess and Arex. It's always good to rewatch and hear Majel Barrett and James Doohan voice multiple characters.
Yeah, the highlight of _TAS_ for me was the cooler non-human crewmembers. I know we've had Caitians in live action (the Twins in _Into Darkness_ and some sort of admiral in _Voyage Home_ ), and between Shran and Hemmer, we've seen a decent amount of representation from Andoria, but *I really want Cadet Arex* to make an appearance in _Strange New Worlds_ (and would love if we could see some scenes of Uhura mentoring M'Ress).
M'Ress.
The episode where Spock looses his pet hit hard for me
I still miss my cat big boy Digit gone now almost one year😢
I still miss my Labrador retriever after nearly fifty years. I remember hugging him while watching this episode as a teenager and imagining what life would be life after he was gone. Best pet this lonely, friendless remotely-rural country boy ever had.
We quite nicely retconned the Bonnie: First ship to have a MODERN warp drive--a post NX engine (around the time of the NX refit). Also later when Sarah April said"As the first medical officer aboard a ship equipped with warp drive, I'm afraid I had to come up with new ideas all the time." we chalked it up to a dry sense of humor like "Get me, I'm old!"
Right - The Phoenix was the first ship capable of warp speed. The NX Enterprise was the first ship capable of warp 5. The Bonnie was probably the first ship that could fly at warp 7 for long times. The original Constitution class was faster ( and the drive was referred to as a "time warp drive" in "The Cage"), The Enterprise from the TMP was a refit and far faster and more powerful. The Galaxy class ended up rewriting the warp scale with speeds above warp 9.5.
So the Bonnie would have been a newer class of warp drive ship than it's older counterparts. Which of course the crew would say was the first of it's kind - what crew wouldn't brag about having the first in the class of the newest starships? Excelsior's captain sure did brag about his ship.
@@krisgonynor689 Exactly! I actually love to see a story about the Bonaventure in IDW or something like that because they had two "voyages" before they disappeared on their 3rd outing. Nothing to say a voyage wasn't months!
Got my stepdaughter to say, "SEND IN THE WOMEN!"
Uhura grinded so Janeway could thrive. Said to her, "who is she to be making all these decisions."
"She's the Captain!"
If Lower Decks is canonically animated because it's from Mariner's POV and she's constantly off her gourd from Orion Hurricanes, then TAS is animated because Kirk got his hands on that brain candy drug from Harlan Ellison's first draft for CotEoF
This series is blessed with the visual freedom of animation, but the first "alien-looking alien aliens" are Horta in TOS.
Followed by the Tholians, so that’s at least 2 before TAS.
@@Decipher13 What about the flying space tumors from Operation: Annihilate? Those were pretty alien too. 🙂Also the reveal of the "witchcraft" aliens' actual form at the end of Catspaw.
@@jasontoddman7265 It's been a while since I watched through TOS, so that's why I made sure to put indefinite "at least". I was sure there were other examples given and you stepped up. :)
"Mudd's Passion" hits different now after Season 2 of _SNW_ but the Scotty/M'Ress ship is definitely one that I proudly fly.
I watched the hell out of this series when I was a kid. Still remembered quite a bit considering I have not watched it since.
I have always loved the animated series, even with its sometimes wonky episodes. The animated series had the coolest music which really added a lot of atmosphere to the series. The animated series really captured the essence of Star Trek.
That music basically carried the whole show to the point the show wouldn't have worked without it I don't think. Kudos to the composer.
I agree; more, I think it does so better than anything that has been produced ever since.
How Sharper Than A Serpent's Tooth is one of my favorites and explores Mayan culture along with The Pirates of Orion, oh and don't forget Albatross.
I watched these when they first came out and loved every bit of it. Brings back great memories. Also, each of these stories were released in a 10 book series, Star Trek Log's 1 - 10. Each one is greatly expanded upon making them a lot more enjoyable.
Written by the great Alan Dean Foster - I have most of them still.
@@krisgonynor689 Indeed. He did a magnificent job on them.
The episode Yesteryear made me cry as a child. It will always be the Star Trek episode that moved me the most in all of Trek ❤️
Thing is, during the 1990s and up until Discovery (I think), “Yesteryear” was considered the *only* episode of TAS to be included as ST Canon, as its depiction of Spock’s childhood was referenced in the TNG episode “Unification Part 1.”
No, you are correct. During my late high school-early college years, I owned a copy of the at-the-time current edition of the "Star Trek Encyclopedia" which addresses this topic. Gene only allowed that episode to be cannon given the details of Vulcan history at present. However, the series as a whole was not considered cannon as the book wanted to focus on just the "live-action on TV/Movies" stuff. Practically all the Star Trek novels of the era were not included as well.
One thing people seem to not realize is that a good portion of the animated series was composed of compiled remains of full scripts and useable remnants of script ideas that were going to be used in the original series if it had not been canceled. So there is actually a good amount of what should have always been canon for Star Trek.
Fun fact: in 1970, 3 years before TAS launched, a Rendezvous ship that included Kizinti's was "painted shocking pink" and Larry told us that Kzin had a lot of pink and purple in the natural landscape so at least THAT part of the TAS color scheme made sense!
I loved the animation series so much, I brought the novelisations. I highly recommend them to you. Do find and read them. They will likely be secondhand. Some stories are done as a whole novel and some are short stories. ❤
Same writer wrote the novelization for Star Wars and its first proposed sequel Splinter of the Mind's Eye; meant to be a low-budget affair until the popularity of the first movie allowed for the big budget Empire Strikes Back
The Tribble episode is great. I just luv how Kirks smacks the tribbles (small, medium, large) of his chair 😃
ps.: great list and good episodes.
I remember watching them as Saturday Morning cartoons back in the day. It's weird how many I remember when I only saw them once in the '70s.
I love TAS. So many good episodes. A good selection here.
I watched the giant Spock one right after watching this Trek Culture. I'm going to go back and watch them all!
I think Jihad would be another of the most watch . We saw ancient culture the Velda .Of course three new aliens which part of the Kirk's team to stop a holy war .
About 10 years ago the Space Channel in Canada aired all the episodes of the animated series in a 2 day marathon. I had never seen it before so I watched all the episodes.
It is both the greatest and the worst thing I have ever seen. The animation is cheap, The voice acting is lazy, and the stories are ridiculous. And yet I love it.
The Counter Clock Incident holds a special place in my heart. I saw it when I was in the hospital ad a child.
I love that early on they were going to get rid of Uhura and Sulu for... some reason... but after they couldn't, they ended up giving Uhura command (even if for only one episode).
The powers that be wanted to get rid of Uhura and Sulu, but Leonard Nimoy put his foot down, insisted the characters were retained and, I believe, getting better pay for Nichelle!
Thank you so much for this list. I didn't know I needed it
An honourable mention should be added for the episode Bem.
That's where Kirk's middle name of Tiberius is first mentioned.
Thank you for covering this important problem of Trek history. Born in 1962, I watched the first run of TOS and was excited when TAS aired.
Born in 1956 and ditto. It gave me hope that Star Trek would rise again. Which of course it eventually did.
I have watched the Lorelai Signal so many times. Its soo good
Yesteryear is my favorite ❤
Star Trek: The Animated Series was an excellent take on the original. The Magicks of Megas II and Jihad are my fave episodes.
An anime version of Star Trek should be considered.
I picked up the DVDs cheap and really enjoyed going through them. There are some interesting moments that would have been very difficult to film, but were possible in animation. There was a lot of background tension about how many of the actors would be involved until Leonard Nimoy took a stand - but Jimmy Doohan and Nichelle Nicholls still ended up playing multiple characters.
Great episode, Marcus! In fact, it’s now in my top ten TrekCulture episodes. 😃 You picked the best 10 and really made me happy by picking “Yesteryear” as No. 1.
I love Kzinti❤
I think The Magicks of Megas-Tu deserves a shout as well.
I agree, because that one most strongly taught the virtues of acceptance of other people/cultures.
I always thought Marcus Bronzy was the TAS of TrekCulture, much beloved by those who know and too few episodes
I think one of the TAS episodes also introduces the idea of Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations.
The Infinite Vulcan.
Yesteryear belongs on the Mount Rushmore of Star Trek episodes without a doubt.👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
I have seen and have the entire dvd series. It is classic 60s Trek.
"Albatross" episode is pretty important as it originated a Kirk meme (Kirk covering his mouth scene from the very end of the episode) 😂
I remember watching the series on Saturday mornings as a kid....at the time, instead of medical treatment, pets were commonly "put to sleep" or were "put of their misery." It was traumatic, but also accepted as a responsible act by pet owners. It was indeed euthanasia, but it was also a common practice with non-sentient life forms.
If these TAS episodes were in the Friends universe:
10. The One with the Life Support Belts
9. The One Where Uhura Takes Command
8. The One with the Pink Tribbles
7. The One Where Spock is Really Big
6. The One with the Bonaventure
5. The One with the Kzinti
4. The One with the Love Potion
3. The One Where Kirk is a Jerk
2. The One Where They Go Over Warp 22
1. The One Where I-Chaya Dies
Well, actually several other episodes had the life-support belts. So maybe 10. The One With the Vapor With Attitude might work better. 🙂
8:37 funniest bit of that episode 😂😂
Good timing on this video. I just won some Star Trek animation stuff today from and auction.😊
I only remember two episodes of Star Trek from the original runnings in my childhood. These are The Tholian Web (TOS) and Yesteryear (TAS).
Great to see you back Marcus awesome episode
Although this series may fail to impress viewers now (especially younger ones who have never experienced the long dearth of new Star Trek episodes in the 1970s), back when it first aired it was a breath of fresh air which brought new hope that Star trek was not dead forever. And imo the animated series recaptured the feel of the original series in a way that no subsequent show from TNG onward *never* has.
If you wanna say "Okay, Boomer," feel free. But for older viewers like me growing up in the dark days after TOS was cancelled, it was a godsend.
Ok, i need to get a KIRK IS A JERK Uniform now.
My favourite episode is "Pirates of Orion"
I went to a Trek convention in the mid-70s and they were selling original cells from TAS. I wish I had picked some up.
I would love it if they kept the audio from TAS and updated it with modern animation like possibly the Lower Decks
I watched it all. It is awesome
I recall watching these when they first aired. I am still hoping we see M'Ress and Arex in live action. As Jack and Marcus point out here, as technology catches up, Trek is able to implement more of its original ideas. So, come one! We've seen both species show up on Lower Decks, it's time to bring on the live-action (or CGI) OG bridge aliens (I mean, aside from Spock, obviously)!
I remember all 10 episodes
I would add two animated episodes to the list: "Bem" and "The Pirates of Orion", both well above average for this set of 22. Honorable mention goes to "The Eye of the Beholder" and "The Jihad".
I really need to watch this one. But there's so much to do. For example, I still haven't finished the last couple series of Doctor Who.
Eventually it'll happen, just not today.
I read that all the pink was due to director Hal Sutherland being colour blind!
Yes! What we see as pink he sees as gray! Apparently no one questioned it because they figured it must have been on purpose, kind of like on the first Star Trek pilot The Cage editors kept color correcting Susan Oliver's green Orion slave girl skin to look normal because they didn't know she was SUPPOSED to be green!
The better fact is that the slaver weapon is a full part of nivens ringworld Universen and not only a short store. In one the newer ringworld novels it is again in it in a newer Version. It's not anymore a short store. Now it's what for nessis and his terraner Crew happens
Thanks. 🖖🏻
Good sirrah, no mention of Shibolene M'Ress in 'Mudd's Passion' nor 'The Practical Joker'? Disappointed eardroop, good sirrah.
Ive always loved this series since the 70s. Totally Canon and could go places TOS could not sue to animation and limited effects at the time and budget.
This (Infinite Vulcan) is also the only example of a uniform shirt not worn by Kirk structurally failing.
ALL of TAS is MUST watch! It fills IN the remaining 2 years of Kirk's 1st 5 year DS mission!
It IS Trek, it IS CANON!
I wish Infinite Vulcan wasn't made or kept canon.
@@tidepoolclipper8657 WHY?
Best of type things are always open to debate. For me, I'd drop "Practical joker" in favor of "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth"--Native American mythology, Shakespeare and a would-be helpful alien humanity turned it back on.
Not to mention it won an Emmy!
number 3 actually explains why there were holographic emitters aboard discovery (though they were generally only used for subspace communications ... still it does explain how it was possible)
Are any of these episodes where we learn that Kirk's middle name is Tiberius? Not many people are aware that first came to light in the animated series.
No. That episode was called "Bem", about a (very obnoxious) alien that can split into three separate (and floating) parts who intereferes with an away mission on a planet full of primitive reptilian natives... and an invisible goddess that looks over them.
When watching The Counter-Clock Incident for the first time, I couldn't help thinking of Red Dwarf. Were Grant Naylor inspired by Trek when they wrote the episode Backwards? I think Red Dwarf had a better concept of time flowing in reverse and used it to the fullest potential. Who wouldn't want to see Spock make the same shocked facial expression Cat made at the end of the episode? LOL!🙀 😸
Pet euthanasia...old yeller was a far more horrific intro to that concept
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A fun fact about "The Slaver Weapon" ... it was the only episode of Star Trek without James T. Krik.
You might as well have just said watch ST-TAS! It's often better than TOS itself...
Those Amazing Scientists!
Never thought I'd say this, but...
MORE ADS PLEASE!
Rillak is fukken' awesome
Great to see Marcus as always.
Video idea:
The 10 worst ridicules of Worf after he looses a poker hand.
I didn't know Nichelle Nichols voiced other characters. I loved the animated series. I'm glad they drew it into cannon.
Coming to love your videos Marcus
There are only 22 TAS episodes, so after these ten, might as well check out the remaining 12...
Is the animated series on paramount+? If not where can you watch it?
Yes it is. I watched the whole thing for the first time recently on there.
@@KnordRW thank you I’ll get it in my watch list post haste
Im sorry but any TAS list that doesnt include The Magicks of Megas-Tu is incomplete. I know its not a straight faced episode but my god is it a great example of how Trek can be peak camp. I mean they befriend satan and Spock does magic by determining its “logical, here”. So freaking good.
More Tribbles more trouble is worth watching.
Imo they *all* are.
To be honest, I'd never once watch the Star Trek The Animated Series. After watching this video, I really should watch the animated series.
7:26 - You pointed out the prominence of pink in the show but you neglected to explain why. Turns out that Hal Sutherland, the director of The Animated Series, was colorblind! What we see as pink 🩷 he would see as gray 🩶. I guess no one ever questioned him on it because they figured he was the boss and knew what he was doing!
Warp 36??? Ludricous speed?? 😂😂😂😂😂
Last time I saw David Gerrold he was selling stuffed toy Glommers.
Magic 64!
My first Trek.......
What do you mean that the animated series isn’t canon? The opening dialogue of TOS stated that the Enterprise was on a five year mission, however we only got three years of live action, I always thought that the animated series was the last two years.
Me too, and I think also many other fans alive at the time.
@@jasontoddman7265 oh I wasn’t even born when it first aired.
I’m still hoping for an anime Star Trek series
I haven't seen TAS since I was a kid (I'm 38 now), the lack of it being on repeat somewhere made me somewhat forget it was a thing, it was a saturday TV thing (I forget which channel) which my dad mostly watched, I wasn't into trek as yet so didn't give it much attention back then, and seeing clips of it these days, it seems cheesier than fromage itself... :P
It was whichever of your local channels was the NBC affiliate
@@jimlee911 I'm sure that means something to people in the US, but I'm in the UK, could have been either BBC or Channel 4, but it was early 90s which was long years ago and relaly doesn't matter now... :P
Weight, Gorge Take was running for office? What he was running for governor of California?
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lol this list is nearly half the entire series. 10/22
Yes, but imo they still left out too many good episodes.
@@jasontoddman7265 Seems like your MUST-SEE list would be 21/22. It would be easier to just list the ones NOT to watch.
@@suneelj93 Yup. It would be. I do have my favorites but I like them all. Though there are a few scenes that get utterly annoying (Uhuru's humming when they return to the shore-leave planet; Chapel's repeated to the point of annoyance cries for help when shrunken and drowning inside a water glass; stuff like that) but not whole episodes. Something I cannot say for any of the live-action series; even TOS.
All those links for your social media and none for trekculture discord!?!? Where else are we supposed to share trek memes?
Reddit?
@@ashedarke EWWW.. No!😂
Well let's see if we can squeeze it back into canon. The Pheonix was not a ship. NX-01 was not the first warp capable ship. It is conceivable that in the years following First Contact, the space boom kicked off with the launch of a warp-one ship bearing that name. A ship which would eventually vanish without a trace.
There should be an Anime Star Trek series.
Why does Sean look and sound different in this one?
It's calling acting.
Weren't there only like 20 episodes? So is this video The Half of TAS You Shoukd Watch?
22 actually, but yeah. Except that most of the others are pretty good too imo, though a couple *are* scientifically implausible.
Yeah most are cheesy, but that’s part of the charm.
The horta predates the alien looing aliens in TAS. Also, all tribble episodes should be cancelled and considered non-canon.
Ptomley Wept