Star Trek: The Next Generation. Star Trek: The Next Generation was a science fictiontelevision series that aired from 1. It follows the crew of the USS Enterprise- D, with the events set 7. Star Trek: The Original Series. Four feature films with the show's cast were also produced. Taglines. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. The final frontier.. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. KNIGHT RIDER: KNIGHT OF THE PHOENIX 2 HOUR SERIES PREMIERE. PRODUCER: Glen Larson PRODUCER: Harker Wade. Production #57309 9th Draft - July 16, 1982 (F.R.). ![]() The mission of Highland Martial Arts is to provide quality martial arts instruction along with ethical, professional service in a school dedicated to mental and. Artist: Monsoon Title: Ever So Lonely Broadcast date: 1-5-1982 TV program: TopPop Video rights: AVRO http:// gives you easy access to unique. And so began my stewardship.” Edith Bolling Wilson, First Lady to President Woodrow Wilson. These words were written by Edith Bolling Wilson in her autobiography. Judy Garland, Actress: The Wizard of Oz. One of the brightest, most tragic movie stars of Hollywood's Golden Era, Judy Garland was a much-loved character whose warmth. The title is taken from. Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds.. To seek out new life; new civilizations.. To boldly go where no one has gone before! Thou art directed to return to thine own solar system immediately. Q: Go back, or thou shalt most certainly die! Q: But you can't deny that you're still a dangerous, savage child race. Q: .. and 4. 00 years before that, you were murdering each other in quarrels over tribal god images. Since then, there are no indications that humans will ever change. Q: There are preparations to make, but when we next meet, Captain, we'll proceed exactly as you suggest. Jean- Luc Picard: If we're going to be damned, let's be damned for what we really are. Data: I am superior, sir, in many ways, but I would gladly give it up to be human. William Riker: Nice to meet you.. Intriguing. William Riker: You're going to be an interesting companion, Mr. Data. Q: It is an unknown, Captain. Isn't that enough? Jean- Luc Picard: If you'd earned that uniform you're wearing you'd know that the unknown is what brings us out here. Admiral Mc. Coy: Have you got some of a reason my atoms scattered all over space, boy? Data: No, sir. But at your age, sir, I thought you shouldn't have to put up with the time, and trouble of a shuttlecraft. Admiral Mc. Coy: Hold it right there, boy? Data: Sir? Admiral Mc. Coy: What about my age? Data: Sorry, sir. If that subject troubles you.. Admiral Mc. Coy: Troubles me? What's so damn troublesome about not havin' died? How old you think I am anyway? Data: 1. 37 years, Admiral, according to Starfleet records. Admiral Mc. Coy: Explain how you remembered that so exactly. Data: I remember every fact I am exposed to, sir. Admiral Mc. Coy: I don't see no points on your ears boy, but you sound like a Vulcan. Data: No, sir, I am an android. Admiral Mc. Coy: Almost as bad. Data: I thought it was generally accepted, sir, that Vulcans are an advanced, and most honorable race. Admiral Mc. Coy: They are, they are, and damn annoying at times. Data: Yes, sir. Admiral Mc. Coy: Well, this is a new ship, but she's got the right name. Now you remember that you hear? Data: I will sir. Admiral Mc. Coy: You treat her like a lady, and she'll always bring you home. Data: Indications of what humans would call.. You are fully functional, aren't you? Data: . Humans have fingerprints. My chemical nutrients are like your blood. Data, the French language for centuries on Earth represented civilization. Data: Indeed? But surely, sir.. William Riker: I suggest you drop it, Mr. I want Lieutenant Yar to become my first one. Yareena: I challenge your right of supersedence! Hagon: No woman has challenged supersedence for over 2. Yareena: The right is mine, and I will have it. Natasha Yar, I challenge you to a struggle to the death. Jean- Luc Picard: No! The challenge is unequivocally refused. Lutan: Then you shall have no treaty! And no Lieutenant Yar! Data: . I seem to have reached an odd functional impasse. That is what I'm trying to do, sir, but the solution eludes me. Geordi La Forge: My hero. William Riker: . Therefore, her systems' failures are not endemic to the ship, but are the result of the actions of an unknown adversary. William Riker: We have a saboteur aboard. Data: I believe I said that. Data: It's elementary, my dear Riker. State the purpose of what you have done. Jean- Luc Picard: I'm Captain Picard, commanding this Federation starship. Edo God: State the purpose of your visit here. Jean- Luc Picard: We have sent down what we call an away team, to make peaceful contact here. Edo God: Do you plan to leave life- forms here? Jean- Luc Picard: No. We are merely visiting here. Edo God: But you did more at the world you just left. Why have you left your own life- forms there? Data: The colony we just planted, sir. Jean- Luc Picard: We found that world uninhabited. The life- forms we left there had.. Life on our world is driven to protect itself by seeding itself as widely as possible. Edo God: Do not interfere with my children below. Rivan: They are called mediators and they are needed only in one place each day. Liator: The punishment zone, an area that's selected for a period of time. Tasha Yar: It's a completely random selection? Liator: No one but our mediators know what place or for how long. We're very proud of the wisdom of our ancestors. No person ever knows where or when a zone will be. Rivan: And so no one risks death. Worf: Death? Rivan: By breaking any law. Tasha Yar: Wait, explain this. Liator: Only one punishment for any crime. Worf: Anyone who commits any crime in the punishment zone dies? Liator: So, we are not yet as advanced as they are. And since you are advanced in other ways, too, I suggest you use your superior powers to rescue the Wesley boy. We will record him as a convicted criminal out of our reach- - an advanced person who luckily escaped the barbarism of this backward little world. Data: They were able to communicate with me quite.. I was about to say quite easily but there was nothing easy about it. Fortunately, they stopped short of overloading my circuitry. Jean- Luc Picard: You're saying they? So it is a vessel of some sort? Data: Definitely not a single entity, if that's what you mean, sir, although they know the Edo worship them as a god thing. Jean- Luc Picard: They know? Data: They recognize that this is quite expected and harmless at the present Edo stage of evolution. Jean- Luc Picard: What sort of vessel? Data: It is perhaps not what we would understand as a vessel, sir. The dimensions this one occupies allows them to be.. It was probably unwise of us to attempt to place a human colony in this area. Of course, there are 3,0. The largest and closest.. Jean- Luc Picard: Data! Don't babble. Data: Babble, sir? I am not aware that I ever babble, sir. It may be that from time to time I have considerable information to communicate, and you may question the way in which I organize it.. Jean- Luc Picard: Please, organize it into brief answers to my questions. We have very little time. Do they accept our presence at this planet? Data: Undecided, sir. Jean- Luc Picard: Data, please feel free to volunteer any important information. Data: I volunteer that they are now observing us, sir. Jean- Luc Picard: To judge what kind of life- forms we are? Data: No. I doubt that they expect us to abide by their value systems. Jean- Luc Picard: Do they know of our Prime Directive? Data: They know everything I know, sir. Jean- Luc Picard: And if we were to violate the Prime Directive.. Beverly Crusher: That's not a fair question. Jean- Luc Picard: How would they react? Data: That would be a case of judging us by our own rules, sir. If we violate our own Prime Directive they might consider us to be deceitful and untrustworthy. You do recall, they cautioned us not to interfere with their children below. What has happened? Beverly Crusher: The Edo want to execute my son. Tasha Yar: What of Justice to Wesley? Does he deserve to die? Jean- Luc Picard: I'm truly sorry, Liator, but I must have justice for my people, too. Transporter Room, energize. Transporter Room, come in. Transporter Officer: We can't energize the beam, sir. Everything checks out, but we're getting no results. First Mediator: God has prevented your escape. Beverly Crusher: Then your God is unfair. My son had no warning that his act was criminal. Second Mediator: We cannot allow ignorance of the law to become a defense. Jean- Luc Picard: I don't know how to communicate this, or even if it is possible, but the question of justice has concerned me greatly of late and I say to any creature who may be listening, there can be no justice so long as laws are absolute. Even life itself is an exercise in exceptions. William Riker: When has justice ever been as simple as a rule book? Bok: It is a gift from us with which we honor the hero of Maxia. William Riker: Your shields were failing, sir. Jean- Luc Picard: Mm- hmm. With the enemy vessel coming in for the kill, I ordered a sensor bearing, and when it came into the return arc.. Data: You performed what Starfleet textbooks now refer to as the . I dropped into high warp, stopped right off the enemy vessel's bow fired everything I had. William Riker: And blowing into maximum warp speed, you appeared for an instant to be in two places at once. Jean- Luc Picard: And our attacker fired on the wrong one. Bok: Collecting on an old debt. Bok: Die well, Captain! Kazago: First Officer Kazago to human Riker. William Riker: Not now, Kazago! Kazago: We do not wish to become involved in what is clearly a Federation matter.. William Riker: Fine, fine! Enterprise, out. Kazago: You should also know that Dai. Mon Bok no longer commands this vessel. His first officer has confined him for engaging in this unprofitable adventure. Good luck, First Officer Riker.! Where is Bok?! William Riker: Removed from command, sir. And placed under guard for his act of personal vengeance. Seems there was no profit in it. Jean- Luc Picard: In revenge, there never is. Beam me home, Riker. Jean- Luc Picard: Oh, I know . How infinite in faculty. In form, in moving, how express and admirable. In action, how like an angel. In apprehension, how like a god. Is it that which concerns you? Lwaxana Troi: After the young couple have removed their clothing.. Tasha Yar: The bride and groom go naked? Data: Could you please continue the petty bickering? I find it most intriguing. Jean- Luc Picard: Earth, United States, San Francisco, California. Computer: Time period? Jean- Luc Picard: 1. AD. Data: Hiya, Doc. What's cooking? Beverly Crusher: You know I had some trouble getting through? Where's Captain Picard? Data: He's on ice. Beverly Crusher: Pardon? Data: He's being grilled. Loads and Loads of Characters More characters than the Japanese Language. There's 1. 12 in that picture. Therefore, one week some characters will appear, while some different characters will appear in another. You'll rarely get the same combination twice. This is especially common in Long Runners, as characters tend to accumulate over time. Shows with this many characters tend towards one- dimensional characterization for many of them (but not always, if the writers will put in the effort), and often make filler easy to create. Other video games, such as fighting games, start with just a few characters but keep adding characters to the roster as more sequels come out, until you eventually have enough characters to populate an entire 'verse. If the writers are smart, they'll start making a Cast Herd. The Love Dodecahedron is a way to spice things up, the Geodesic Cast makes use of the characters through variations on a theme, and The Clan happens when the loads are related. A Character- Magnetic Team can sometimes create this effect. Gets really convoluted if everyone is somehow related. It's really not all that uncommon for a story to have ten or fifteen characters, especially with a Villain of the Week format. May result in/from You All Share My Story. Can contribute to Continuity Lockout in Long Runners. Compare Revolving Door Casting and Heroes Unlimited. The inversion of this trope is Minimalist Cast. We have an article on how to write this variety of character roster. With all of the expansions released so far, the current edition includes: Elf, Dwarf, Priest, Warrior, Thief, Troll, Ghoul, Monk, Wizard, Sorceress, Minstrel, Druid, Assassin, Prophetess, Highlander, Valkyrie, Cleric, Rogue, Swashbuckler, Vampiress, Knight, Dread Knight, Chivalric Knight, Merchant, Alchemist, Sprite, Warlock, Sage, Philosopher, Gladiator, Magus, Gypsy, Amazon, and Necromancer. The third volume even included a diagram of the 3. Over the entire run, there have been more than 8. Because of frequent continuity reboots, who is actually on the team varies from time to time but the core group is generally the size of 2. The post- Infinite Crisis. JSA roster grew to Legion- sizes at the end of Geoff Johns' reign, as countless Legacy Character- types were drawn from the ether. The new writers eventually split them into two teams to properly write them. It got even crazier when the two teams were reunited under Marc Guggenheim, and several other new characters like Manhunter Ri, and Libery Belle were added to the cast. At that point, Guggenheim Re. Tooled the team into a literal society of superheroes living in the city of Monument Point. The people who did it felt that there were getting to be too many super- powered people in the Marvel Universe. Not only all X- Men members, their students, New Mutants, his original creations and characters he brought back from the death or Comic- Book Limbo but even Magneto and.. One wonders why, as he clearly crossed the line and cannot handle so much of them (it's doubtful that anybody would), yet brings back many other ones. Three books deal with the Jean Grey Academy alone. However, thanks to a heaping dose of Screwed by the Lawyers, most of the original characters have been jettisoned from the comic, bringing down the number significantly. While all the characters from the games and most from the TV series stayed on, new original characters are being introduced consistently, leading to several new groups of freedom fighters and factions working under Eggman, and that's not even counting the sudden introduction of even more obscure game characters such as Honey the Cat and Wendy and the Witchcarters. After Heroes Reborn, when the team was assembled to fight Morgana, the issue after showed 3. Avengers attempting to take down one B- list villain, with disastrous results. Typically these assemblies also show one- time Avengers Incredible Hulk, Spider- Man, or the Fantastic Four making an excuse not to tag along. In the story, Avenger's Mansion was so full of superheroes that one couldn't swing a dead Skrull without knocking down a dozen or so of Marvel Comics finest. The team included Captain America, Iron Man, The Wasp, Yellowjacket, Black Panther, The Falcon, Namor, Ms. Marvel, Scarlet Witch, The Vision, Ant- Man (Scott Lang), Hawkeye, She- Hulk, and Jack of Hearts. Looking at his tenures on the above- mentioned JSA and the New 5. Justice League, it seems that he loves working with huge casts. He's perhaps the ultimate Ineffectual Loner. Dream himself has six siblings and over half a dozen recurring servants. Crisis on Infinite Earths put together every version of every major hero at once while throwing in a couple of unique characters. That's just counting the main story line, side stories eventually pulled in virtually every single character in DC history. Ultimately, Crisis on Infinite Earths had almost every DCU character who had their own series ever. Elf. Quest characters all have distinct personalities and appearances, and varying, unique, pretty outfits. Remember that Spidey villains like to form a team called Sinister Six? When Marvel announced there's going to be a story titled . And it's just scraping the surface. And that's not counting the villains who pop up from time to time. This happens because it follows two shifts of the Major Case Unit at the Gotham Police Department, and each shift has eight detectives and a shift commander. The ASS had upwards of 7. Over the 5. 0 year history of the Justice League of America, there have been 1. Even excluding one- shots and background cameos, the lack of a single main character/team (along with the Cryptic Background References and Continuity Nods) causes Astro City to have several dozen characters with regular appearances scattered throughout the series' run. This is especially true in extended story arcs like . Most of them were identified in annotations added in the trade paperback release. Just in the core group, we have Archie, Betty, Veronica, Reggie, Kevin, Cheryl and their family, which would bring up the tally to roughly 8- 1. And that doesn't count Jughead, who was Patient Zero of the zombie apocalypse and the leader of the zombies. The series even made an effort to pull out obscure characters such as the Lodge's butler Smithers, Jughead and Betty's sister Jellybean and Polly, Nancy and Ginger (who are Promoted to Love Interest to each other) and even from different titles such as Sabrina the Teenage Witch and even Josie and the Pussycats. At one time a Sunday strip ran that was just one big panel with a group- photo- style picture of the entire cast. Along the side of the panel was a Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon- style chain of how they are connected to one another. A few of them were brother chucked, though. He appeared in quite a few summer camp strips. And what about the pig- tailed girl who's friends with Rerun? Oh, and that's just the named cast members. Due to the strip's Long Runner status, the core of the cast has evolved as it's gone on. Shermy, Patty, Violet, Pig- Pen, Frieda, Franklin, Rerun, and Eudora have been members of the core, or at least the main cast, at some point or another; a case could also be made for 5, Roy, Spike, and Rerun's aforementioned friend. That's 1. 7- 2. 1 main cast members, a pretty remarkable tally, though no more than ten or so at any one time. And then the kids started having families of their own.. Several dogs, many cats, an array of invertebrates and other animals, and a few humans later, it definitely qualifies. In that time, many castmembers have died, new ones have kept getting introduced, baby Skeezix is now an old man, and Walt Wallet, the original protagonist, is now over 1. The cast is very big, and long stretches can go by without Walt or Skeezix popping up, although together they are still both the heart of the strip. By the author's count, over 2. Fractured, have one in Origins, or are carryovers from canon. Except it has a Mirror Universe in the form of TCB! Equestria as well as Canon! Equestria, and Earth. On top of that, has several original characters, human and pony alike and utilizes an Ensemble Cast and You All Share My Story (at least as the fic is nearing its conclusion). The third story in the series currently has one hundred characters, canon and original, on its character sheet. Moreover, it's sometimes hard to say whether a new character is a one- shot, a new regular cast member or a one- shot who's really a Chekhov's Gun. Some of those from the last category can return after twenty chapters of absence. Yuki- Rin's crew has over 3. The Owls, Dragons, Horses, and other animals. The only thing keeping it from getting too mind- boggling is the fact that the author gleefully kills characters left and right. By the end of the series, there's a total of at least 6. And from that point on, more and more named characters are thrown at the readers, to the point where even the characters themselves don't remember them all. One insane example is Lonely Souls, a crossover of Ranma . Some characters that at first appear minor and insignificant turn out to be highly important later on. Even with one person getting eliminated each challenge, chapters average about 1. Mandatory Line. Then it starts bringing in characters from Warhammer Fantasy, Starcraft, Warcraft, Star Wars, Final Fantasy and then some. This goes to the point where the author regularly forgets how many characters are in any particular scene. Due to having No Fourth Wall, this is frequently lampshaded by the characters themselves. Sooner or later, everyone from That Guy with the Glasses is going to be in this thing. Almost every character, no matter how minor, who has ever appeared in the Kirby series has most likely appeared in this story, and the cameos and Canon Immigrants. Every named Batman character from the animated series or comics at least makes a minor appearance, with almost every rogue or member of the Batfamily getting to star in at least one story.
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