Star Trek NextGen Plot Bunnies

Plor BUnnies “An idea for a fanfic that may strike at any time. Sometimes they're great, sometimes they suck." Plot Bunny is a term pulled from fanfic writing to denote ideas obtained from writers, sometimes making them forgo previously developed ideas because "this one was so good". It has been suggested that happened to Star Trek Next Generation on occasion when the fans actually wondered why such-and-such a story had been written and just where did they think it would ever go [i.e. the alien invasion of the worm-like mind creatures]. The 177 episodes from Star Trek Next Generation were sorted into 33 categories [or plot bunnies] to show the general division of the story lines. In the case where there were two separate plot bunnies the more prominent plot bunny was used. Plot BUNnies By The Bubbles STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION Holy Grail la KiI It Before It Multiples 20 4b Good Idea Bad Execution First Contaet 7b Prime Directive Be Damned Another Omnipotent Being Back To The Future sb Love At First Sight Is Worf A Real Klingon? Fish Out Of Water Space Cooties 30 Space Anomoly 16 Technology Goes Wonky 14 Stockholm Syndrome Resident Evil False Gods 1d Lost World Trapped Family Affair Is Data A Real Boy? Three Card Monte Better It's The Law, Now Hang'em Than Life Sa Can't We Al Just Get Along 4e War, What Is It Good For He was Such A Adventures In Babysitting 3b Nice Guy Leopard And Its Spots I Come In Peace, Shot To Kill Wormheld Gone Wild Invasion: Earth Ib How Did That Get Here Topsy-Turvey World Plor BUNnies By The Numbers Adventures in Babysitting Another Omnipotent Being Back To The Future Q's First Tasha comes Appearance back from the dead for a visit 1 2 3 4 season 1 2 3 season 5 5 6 3 season 5 6 On many occasions the crew had to deal with aliens who were, to put it mildly, just plain stupid. But they had to play nice cause they're the Federation. Any encounter with a being that appears to do magic. It didn't matter if these beings were good or evil, they were mostly just annoying. Q is the most prominent example. The Enterprise crew did its share of Time Travel and Dimension Hopping episodes. And they make about as much sense as any episode of Doctor Who. Better Than Life Can't We All Just Get Along False Gods The Wanky Space Western, A Fistful of Datas 4 season 1. 5 6 5 2 3 season 1 3 season Why would a piece of equipment such as the Holodeck be allowed to continue operations. With its track record of foulups any real military department would have had it discomissioned long ago. The crew occasionally had to mediate between two people or planets many times. And both sides were usually complete idiots. Didn't you just want to shot both sides and get it over with? There was the occasional charletain or fake god. Everybody's out for a quick buck pretending to be the next incarnation of something from the past. But unlike the Omnipotent Beings, these guys really had no power. Family Affair Fish Out Of Water First Contact Lwaxana is the most fun family member. I bet they didn't know how much fun Déjà Q Best Fish episode ever! the Ferengi would end up being... 5 5 1 3 season 5 6 season With families like this, who needs enemies. season First contact with a new race was always fun and interesting. So serious a task, so People are comfortable in their situation. Take that person and put them in a situation completely different and you can use every “fish out of water" gag possible. Just invite them on board and see what happens. These episodes were far sillier than some of the currently running sitcoms. And the favorite family member seems to be Lwaxana. the You screw-up. guaranteed that something would go wrong. enormous were Good Idea, Bad Execution He was Always Such A Nice Guy Holy Grail Remember those worm like thingies in the necks of Star Fleet officers? Don't you wish you could forget them? 4 4 3 4 season 5 2 3 4 season 3 season A massive hunt for the ultimate solution. Only Take an average person and make them do crazy things. Oh, and remember, you need to come up with a convoluted reason why they did what they did. Plot threads that went nowhere. And though NextGen didn't have many, there were still one of these in NextGen but it was a real some that caused a fair bit of head doozy. scratching. Remember those neck worms? How Did That Get Here I Come In Peace, Shoot To Kill Invasion: Earth 5 An utterly insignificant little blue-green planet far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the galaxy. 3 season 5 6 'season 3 season Things that shouldn't be there are, but they make a goot plot devices. LIlke a lifetime of thoughts about another man's life. Good people gone bad. Something just drives them over the edge. How do they justify their actions? Another race wants to take over the Earth. Why? Because it's there... Is Data A Real Boy Is Worf A Real Klingon It's The Law, Now Hang'em 5 Wesley steps on a Lore is discovered and so starts Data's, "Dad always liked you best" stage. Data got over his issues. Worf continued to flower. 4 Condemned to Death. doubt his Almost had him... Klingon heritage. 3 4. 2 3 season 2 3 season 6 season Data and his issues. These are the stories where Data felt the need to prove he was more than just a mechanoid. And they were just as much stories about prejudice. Worf and his issues. And if you thought Data had issues Worf was a walking basket case about his Klingon heritage. And the big, bad Klingon usually got his ass handed to him on a silver platter. A law of the planet trumps the law of the Federation, always. Doesn't sound a whole lot different than what we have here in the real world. Steal an apple in the wrong country and you could lose an arm. Kill It Before It Multiples Leopard And Its Spots Lost World It's easy for a Plot Bunny to change its spots. How do you 4 lose an entire planet? 3 4 6 4. season Sometimes things aren't what they appear to be. It takes some time and effort to discover the true motive to prevent people from getting 5 3 3 6 season Whether it's a rampaging monster or the girl next door, sometimes people just get hurt. season There's always got to be a story about a mythical worlds that is supposed to be a fairy tale. hurt. Love At First Sight Prime Directive Be Damned Resident Evil The Picard/Crusher story was the only one that didn't feel like it was faked. 5 6 7 3 season Boy meets Girl. Boy loses girl. Boy forgets girl next episode as if she never existed. Another one of those cheap and dirty plot bunnies... 6 2 5 6 7 season season A Prime Directive story and the reasons it's not always a great idea. But does make wonderful plots. Something with a murderous intent that just wants to kill, but it always had a good reason. At least "it" thought so... Space Anomoly Space Cooties Stockholm Syndrome Hostage taking looked good in all seasons. Looks like the 4 Quarentine procedure broke down in Except Four. season 2. 1 2 3 4 season 6 5 6 3 season 2 season Space, it's big. I mean really, really big. It's so big I think they could have run across so many more space anomolies if they have only tried. Strange space diseases that can cause a multitude of strange occurances. It's a wonder there weren't a dozen of these every season? You can't go to another country on Earth without worrying about what you're going to catch. Someone is taken hostage. The crew needs rescue them. Where were those red shirts when you need them. Definitely an all-time go-to plot. Technology Goes Wonky Topsy-Turvey World Three Card Monte 5 5 I'm glad this chart is so empty cause it's such a lazy plot bunny 4 3 4 season 4 5 2 3 5 2 season 3 season 5 6 Technology that does not work as advertised. How do they get anywhere without the ship constantly breaking down. This one is just so easy to misuse. A confidence scam in which the antogonist attempt to cheat the crew only to be foiled, usually by Jean-Luc Situations that are "opposite" than what is expected. Aren't you glad they got that "world dominated by women" out of their system in the first season. Trapped Like Rats War, What Is It Good For Wormhole Gone Wild 5 Tasha-Yar's 5 Death was very sad. Wesley's leaving was not, to many, as sad... 3 4 season 1 4. season 5 1 3 season 6 Any aspect of war Especially if one of them was Romulan. Someone is stranded or marooned and the between people. "From Here" but not necessarily "Back Again". crew must do everything in their power to rescue them. Most Popular Plor Bunnies By SeaSon 12% Trapped Like Rats SEASON ONE Topsy-Turvey World Another Omnipotent Being Three Card Monty. Better Than Life Technology Goes Wonky Can't We All Just Get Along Technology Gone Wonky # of Episodes - 25 Plot Bunnies - 19 - Family Affair Stockholm Syndrome First Contact Technology Goes Wonky - 3 Space Cooties Fish Out Of Water Season One was fairly balanced in terms of plots. 19 different plot bunnies over the course of 25 Good Idea, Bad Execution Resident Evil episodes. But it does show the beginnings of how well the wonky technology would do in the future. Is Data A Real Boy Is Worf a Real Klingon Prime Directive Be Damned Lost World It's The Law, Now Hang'em 18% SEASON Two War-What is It Good For Back To The Future Stockholm Syndrome Better Than Life Can't We All Just Get Along Space Cooties Space Cooties # of Episodes - 22 Fish Out Of Water Plot Bunnies - 13 Space Cooties - 4 Is Data A Real Boy Surprisingly there's no Technology Gone Wonky episodes this season. Space Anomaly Resident Evil Is Wort a Real Klingon Prime Directive Be Damned Love At First Sight 15% SEASON Three Wormhole Gone Wild War-What Is It Good For Adventures in Babysitting Technology Goes Wonky. Another Omnipotent Being Back To The Future Stockholm Syndrome Can't We All Just Get Along # of Episodes - 26 First Contact Plot Bunnies - 16 Stockholm Syndrome Stockholm Syndrome - 4 The writers decide to go back to bad technology Fish Out Of Water stories but they've found a new love, the hostage Prime Directive Be Damned Is Data A Real Boy story. Love At First Sight Is Wort a Real Klingon Leopard And Its Spots It's The Law, Now Hang'em 22% Trapped Like Rats Another Omnipotent Being SEASON Four Three Card Monty Can't We All Just Get Along Technology Goes Wonky Family Affair Stockholm Syndrome First Contact / Is Data A Real Boy Space Cooties # of Episodes - 26 First Contact Plot Bunnies - 17 First Contact /Is Data a Real Boy - 3 each Space Anomaly This is Data's season but he gets tied by the First Love At First Sight Contact stories. Fish Out Of Water It's The Law, Now Hang'em Is Worf a Real Klingon Good Idea, Bad Execution Is Data A Real Boy He Was Always Such A Nice Guy 22% Adventures in Babysitting War-What Is It Good For Another Omnipotent Being SEASON Five Back To The Future Three Card Monty Fish Out Of Water / Three Card Monte Can't We All Just Get Along Technology Goes Wonky- # of Episodes - 27 Stockholm Syndrome - Plot Bunnies - 19 Space Cooties Fish Out Of Water / Three Card Monte - 3 each Resident Evil False Gods Prime Directive Be Damned Family Affair Love At First Sight KilI It Before It Multiplies Fish Out Of Water Is Worf a Real Klingon How Did That Get Here? 11% Adventures in Babysitting SEASOn Six Technology Goes Wonky Another Omnipotent Being Back To The Future Technology Goes Wonky # of Episodes - 26 Stockholm Syndrome Plot Bunnies - 15 Better Than Life Technology Goes Wonky - 4 Holy Grail And the technology stories make a break just Resident Evil I Come In Peace-Shoot To KiII edging out three other bunnies. This season was Love At First Sight also big on weird time travel stories with Scotty Invasion-Earth Leopard And Its Spots Is Data A Real Boy and Q. Is Worf a Real Klingon Kill It Before It Multiplies 20% Back To The Future Three Card Monty SEASON SevEn Technology Goes Awry False Gods Family Affair # of Episodes - 25 Plot Bunnies - 14 Family Affair Stockholm Syndrome Family Affair - 5 By far the fewest number of plot bunnies and as Space Cooties you can see silly family stories and wonky Good Idea, Bad Execution technology make up more than 1/3 of the episodes. With the weird time travel and hostage situation episodes that accounts for nearly 50% of Resident Evil He Was Always Such A Nice Guy Prime Directive Be Damned I Come In Peace-Shoot To Kill Love At First Sight Is Wort a Real Klingon the stories. 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