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TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name

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[–] teft@piefed.social 56 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Andorian Thy'lek Shrank Reynolds:

[–] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dude, we never see ambiguously "dumb" characters on Star Trek, well excepting Lieutenant Broccoli, so having an odd-ball character who's really good at one thing, but completely fucked everything else up!? Boom, DeVito

[–] coolman@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] kieron115@startrek.website 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Pakleds are one of the goofier mono-cultures in Trek. Up there with the Tamarians on my list of "How the hell did this species learn to fly?". The bottom of the list is the Klingons, only because we know they stole most of their ship tech from the Hur'q.

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[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 40 points 4 months ago (1 children)

All of them. Let's make Danny DeVito the next Jeffrey Combs.

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Imagine an episode in which DeVito portrays dozens of different guest characters, one from each species that has ever been featured in Star Trek. Then, the rest of the Sunny gang portrays a merry band of outlaws or something.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My 'shop skills are terrible, so just use your imagination:

Dennis (as Worf): I am not a merry man.

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 17 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[–] kieron115@startrek.website 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

"It's Always Sunny in the Holodeck" is a crossover I didn't know I needed until this very second. Bravo. Now I'm picturing Lore going off about being a golden god.

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[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Horny Betazoid with a crass personality like on always sunny.

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

So Lwaxana Troi, but half-in-the-bag

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 months ago

Yes, maybe he could play her grand/father on SNW, give her some more background on why she's like that.

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 22 points 4 months ago

I vote Ferengi

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My vote goes for a generally tall and slender species.

I think he'd play the hell out of a Kelpien for example. Say, Saru's long lost brother they don't talk about, at all?

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 4 points 4 months ago

This is probably my favorite idea from this entire thread

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He would just be off-the-street Danny DeVito, and there would be no explanation to what his species is.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

But have it be slightly implied he's an El Aurian, Lanthanite, or something like that.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

At the end of the episode, he just vanishes off the ship and no one knows when or how it happened.

[–] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

An El Aurian that just talks and talks and never listens!

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

“…in one incredibly long, unbroken sentence moving from topic to topic…”

[–] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

"...no one had a chance to interrupt..."

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Gonna go with a Harry Mudd - Vulcan mashup.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah I'm here for the vulcanvito

[–] Throbbing_banjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I vote Risan. Put that man in a swimsuit.

[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] kieron115@startrek.website 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I've got the moooooooves

[–] Throbbing_banjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for your service

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[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago
[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 9 points 4 months ago (4 children)

I want to see him as a recurring background character of every race!

Also, Jeffrey Combs frequently shows up with DeVito.

This should be an ongoing bit throughout multiple series/movies.

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[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago

I want to see him as all the characters in a single episode.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Danny DeVito as the shortest Klingon.

[–] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Someone's about to get stabbed!" And he pulls out a mini Mek'leth.

[–] Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He pulls a Klingon disruptor at the slightest inconvenience

[–] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

And then i started disrupter-ing

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's just a standard dwarf

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 5 points 4 months ago
[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)
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[–] __nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago
[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Shouldn't he get his own alien type: DeVitian or something?

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I would like to see him as either tellarite counselor (the books have one working on Titan with Captain Riker) specialized in trauma.

Or as a Ferengi running a call center for a non profit for 24th century version of climate pollution.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 4 months ago

I think his performance as Frank on It's Always Sunny shows he would be a pretty great Ferenghi.

[–] dumbass@piefed.social 3 points 4 months ago
[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Easy, Medusan.

We'll finally get to see what they look like and why it drives people violently insane.

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[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Both. In the same episode.

[–] SculptusPoe@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Klingon. A stumpy DeVito Klingon would be pretty epic.

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