Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles"

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television episode

"The Trouble with Tribbles" is a classic 1967 Star Trek episode from the original series, famed for its comedic tone and the chaos caused by rapidly multiplying furry creatures aboard the Enterprise.

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Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" (uncredited production rewrite) 1
Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" 1
The Trouble with Tribbles 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf television episode ⓘ
centralConflict Protection of quadrotriticale grain shipment ⓘ
centralElement rapidly multiplying tribbles ⓘ
continuity set in the original Star Trek timeline ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception widely regarded as one of the most popular and beloved Star Trek episodes ⓘ
director Joseph Pevney NERFINISHED ⓘ
episodeNumberInSeason 15 ⓘ
executiveProducer Gene Roddenberry NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresCaptain James T. Kirk NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresCharacter Hikaru Sulu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leonard McCoy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Montgomery Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nyota Uhura NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pavel Chekov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spock NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uhura NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresLocation Deep Space Station K7 NERFINISHED ⓘ
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresSpecies Klingon NERFINISHED ⓘ
tribble ⓘ
featuresStarship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingStyle single-camera ⓘ
firstAppearanceOf tribble ⓘ
followedBy More Tribbles, More Troubles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trials and Tribble-ations NERFINISHED ⓘ
franchise Star Trek NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasHomage Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSpinOff Star Trek: The Animated Series episode "More Tribbles, More Troubles" NERFINISHED ⓘ
includedInList TV Guide 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy Alexander Courage NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor bar fight between Enterprise crew and Klingons ⓘ
comedic tone unusual for early Star Trek episodes ⓘ
introduction of tribbles to the Star Trek franchise ⓘ
scene where tribbles fall on Captain Kirk from an overhead storage compartment ⓘ
originalAirDate 1967-12-29 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork NBC ⓘ
plotSummary The Enterprise must protect a grain shipment on Deep Space Station K7 while dealing with rapidly multiplying tribbles and tensions with nearby Klingons. ⓘ
producer Gene L. Coon NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCode 42 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 50 ⓘ
season 2 ⓘ
series Star Trek: The Original Series NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingCentury 23rd century ⓘ
storyBy David Gerrold NERFINISHED ⓘ
title The Trouble with Tribbles NERFINISHED ⓘ
tone comedic ⓘ
writer David Gerrold NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearOfFirstBroadcast 1967 ⓘ

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Stanley Adams → notableWork → Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" ⓘ
Marc Daniels → directed → Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Trouble with Tribbles"
Gene L. Coon → wroteEpisode → Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" (uncredited production rewrite)
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) → notableEpisode → Star Trek episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Trouble with Tribbles