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File:The Casein Glory.jpg|link=The Casein Glory|"'''[[The Casein Glory]]'''" is one of the so-called "[[Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes|Forbidden Episodes]]" of the television series Star Trek.
File:City on the Edge of Flower Power.jpg|link=City on the Edge of Flower Power|Publicity still for "'''[[City on the Edge of Flower Power]]'''", one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of Star Trek.
File:City on the Edge of Flower Power.jpg|link=City on the Edge of Flower Power|Publicity still for "'''[[City on the Edge of Flower Power]]'''", one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of Star Trek.


File:The Socialist Iteration.jpg|link=The Socialist Iteration|"'''[[The Socialist Iteration]]'''" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek, in which Mister Spock ponders the difficulty of having conversations about the word "Socialism". The episode is loosely based on the film ''My Dinner With Andre''.
File:The Socialist Iteration.jpg|link=The Socialist Iteration|"'''[[The Socialist Iteration]]'''" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek, in which Mister Spock ponders the difficulty of having conversations about the word "Socialism". The episode is loosely based on the film ''My Dinner With Andre''.
File:TARDIS on the Edge of Forever.jpg|link=The TARDIS on the Edge of Forever|[[The TARDIS on the Edge of Forever]] is one of the so-called "[[Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes|Forbidden Episodes]]" of the television program Star Trek.
File:Moonbeam Voyage Jollities Ahead - I Dial Up Star Trek.jpg|link=Moonbeam Voyage Jollities Ahead: I Dial Up Star Trek (nonfiction)|The anagram "[[Moonbeam Voyage Jollities Ahead: I Dial Up Star Trek (nonfiction)|Moonbeam Voyage Jollities Ahead: I Dial Up Star Trek]]" may be related to one or more of the Forbidden Episodes.


File:Tribbles_for_Ichneumon_(tweet).jpg|"Tribbles for Ichneumon" (social media post screenshot).
File:Tribbles_for_Ichneumon_(tweet).jpg|"Tribbles for Ichneumon" (social media post screenshot).
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* [[Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes]]
* [[Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes]]
* [[The Casein Glory]]
* [[The Socialist Iteration]]
* [[The Socialist Iteration]]
* [[The TARDIS on the Edge of Forever]]
* [[Weaponizing Spirograph]] - documentary film which has short interview with The Ichneumon discussing the inherent menace of recursion
* [[Weaponizing Spirograph]] - documentary film which has short interview with The Ichneumon discussing the inherent menace of recursion


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Revision as of 17:36, 8 August 2021

Tribbles for Ichneumon.
"Tribbles for Ichneumon" inspired a brief fashion craze for Tribble-pelt sporrans.

"Tribbles for Ichneumon" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek.

Plot

The Ichneumon, an alien ambassador from the "Spock's Bug" parallel universe, is sterile, and will soon die without progeny, threatening the intra-universe treaty between Insects and Humanoids.

In a desperate effort to save both universes from extinction, Doctor McCoy synthesizes an experimental fertility drug using compounds isolated from living tribbles, but The Ichneumon refuses to take the drug unless it can first sting its eggs into a living host, naming McCoy as its host of choice.

McCoy is ready to sacrifice himself, but is knocked unconscious by a stunt double playing Kirk, who is in turn neck-pinched by the actual Leonard Nimoy (who narrates the episode).

During this human-on-human action, The Ichneumon grows increasingly impatient, finally stinging itself in a tantrum of alien petulance.

Thus does The Ichneumon bear its own young, which eat their progenitor and then sting themselves, sub specie aeternitatis.

In the News

  • "The Casein Glory" is one of the so-called "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek.

    "The Casein Glory" is one of the so-called "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek.

  • Publicity still for "City on the Edge of Flower Power", one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of Star Trek.

    Publicity still for "City on the Edge of Flower Power", one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of Star Trek.

  • "The Socialist Iteration" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek, in which Mister Spock ponders the difficulty of having conversations about the word "Socialism". The episode is loosely based on the film My Dinner With Andre.

    "The Socialist Iteration" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek, in which Mister Spock ponders the difficulty of having conversations about the word "Socialism". The episode is loosely based on the film My Dinner With Andre.

  • "Tribbles for Ichneumon" (social media post screenshot).

    "Tribbles for Ichneumon" (social media post screenshot).

  • Are You Sure ... that surrealist artist Salvador Dalí played The Ichneumon, an alien ambassador struck by tragedy, in "Tribbles for Ichneumon"?

    Are You Sure ... that surrealist artist Salvador Dalí played The Ichneumon, an alien ambassador struck by tragedy, in "Tribbles for Ichneumon"?

  • Plan Hydrox from Outer Space is a 2021 children's educational allegory film describing alien cookie monsters and their plan to turn the Earth into a steaming cup of hot milk.

    Plan Hydrox from Outer Space is a 2021 children's educational allegory film describing alien cookie monsters and their plan to turn the Earth into a steaming cup of hot milk.

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