Annoying Character

'Annoying Character' is one of the jocular or sarcastic SF Debris "awards" given to clichéd or puzzling elements in reviewed episodes of the *Star Trek* franchise.

## Definition

Exactly what it says on the tin label.

This award of infamy is given to a main, supporting or guest character - and sometimes, even a concept or object ! - that annoyed SF Debris in the reviewed episode.

## Annoying Character "awards" overview

### *Star Trek: The Next Generation*

#### Season 2 (1988-1989)

* 22 - Shades of Gray - Awarded to episode writer and outgoing showrunner Maurice Hurley, as a special parting gift for the man Chuck considers the worst-ever Star Trek writer.

#### Season 3 (1989-1990)

* 11 - The Hunted - Won by James Cromwell's mustache.
* 15 - Yesterday's Enterprise - Won by Lt. Castillo for picking on Happy Gilmore.
* 19 - Captain's Holiday - Won by the entire Enterprise crew for the way they spend most of the first act.
* 22 - The Most Toys - Awarded to the episode's costume designer (Robert Blackman) due to the ugly outfits worn by Kivas Fajo and his crew, plus the one that Data had to wear while kidnapped.
* 24 - Ménage à Troi - Chuck (SF Debris) gave up, as between Lwaxana Troi and the Ferengi, it had too many annoying people.
* 26 - The Best of Both Worlds - Won by Wesley's hair.

#### Season 4 (1990-1991)

* 12 - The Wounded - Won by Gul Macet's hat. *(This episode is the debut of the Cardassians, and their strange headgear would not be seen in any of their subsequent appearances in the franchise, even though their look and esthetics otherwise stayed the same for an entire decade.)*
* 20 - Qpid - Won by the episode's directornote , due to the awkward staging and filming of much of the episode, combined with the fact that he didn't find any of the characters that annoying.

#### Season 5 (1991-1992)

* 5 - Disaster - Awarded jointly to Troi and Ro, the former for her inept handling of the crisis, and the latter for making the situation worse through her belligerent attitude.
* 6 - The Game - Won by The "Outrageous" Okona, even though he wasn't in the episode, because he was so annoying in his own episode giving him the award just once simply wasn't enough. *(Originally, this episode's review immediately followed the review of "The Outrageous Okona". Okona still got the award in the redone version {which wasn't uploaded in the same order} because this episode repeated the "Wesley Wesley Crusher" gag featured in that episode, and it brought back painful memories of Okona for Chuck.)*

#### Season 6 (1992-1993)

* 2 - Realm of Fear - Won by the bad special effects for making the object within the transporter look like an eye instead of a mouth.
* 12 - Ship in a Bottle - Won by Dr. Pulaski despite the fact that she had long-since departed TNG, due to Chuck's resentment at her being in "Elementary Dear Data," which he had to rewatch to get the backstory for this episode.
* 14 - Face of the Enemy - Won by the Romulan uniforms, for looking like novelty football uniforms.
* 20 - The Chase - Awarded to Disney for shutting down Blip at the time, making Chuck go to the trouble of finding a new host for his reviews.

#### Season 7 (1993-1994)

* 11 - Parallels - Won by Data's painting.

### *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine*

#### Season 1 (1993)

* 1 - Emissary, Part I
* 2 - Emissary, Part II - Dr. Bashir.
* 4 - A Man Alone - The entire cast. Awarded to everyone who isn't Molly O'Brien, for failing to live up to her standards of cuteness

#### Season 3 (1994-1995)

* 3 - The House of Quark - Awarded to "*The absence of Molly O'Brien because she makes every scene better with her bottomless cuteness,*" and she does not appear at all despite multiple scenes with Miles and Keiko.
* 7 - Civil Defense - The Replicator Death Ray, because its killing of a red shirt turned the situation from darkly humorous to just plain mean.
* 10 - Fascination - The entire cast.
* 11 - Past Tense, Part I - Awarded to hippies "for the major crime of being hippies".
* 12 - Past Tense, Part II - Awarded to hippies "for the major crime of being hippies".

#### Season 4 (1995-1996)

* 5 - Indiscretion - Awarded to a sand spine Dukat accidentally sits on "for being a pain in the ass".
* 18 - Rules of Engagement - Awarded for the judge's silly bell.
* 24 - The Quickening - Awarded to anti-vaxxer Jenny McCarthy for "showing up afterwards and denouncing Bashir's successful vaccine".

#### Season 5 (1996-1997)

* 2 - The Ship - Awarded to all the characters in the ops scene — Kira, Bashir, Odo and Quark — due to the stark contrast in mood the scene caused in an otherwise tense, tightly-paced episode.
* 4 - ...Nor the Battle to the Strong - The entire cast, with the exception of Dr. Bashir and Jake Sisko. Awarded to everyone involved in the decaffeinated coffee scene, which is the entire main cast, except for Bashir and Jake.
* 6 - Trials and Tribble-ations - *Not given*, due to no one coming across as particularly annoying.
* 7 - Let He Who Is Without Sin... - The entire cast.
* 12 - The Begotten - The entire cast. Technically to everyone involved with the B-plot, but this is the entire cast bar Odo, Dr. Mora and Sisko.
* 13 - For the Uniform - *Not given*, due to no one coming across as particularly annoying.
* 19 - Ties of Blood and Water - Awarded to Major Kira, but only for the teaser of the episode.

#### Season 6 (1997-1998)

* 13 - Far Beyond the Stars - Given to whoever makes a reference to Louis C.K. in the comments since Chuck knows that his including.
* 20 - His Way - Awarded to whoever put so many songs (five) in the episode. *(Assuming this is the writers of the episode, that would mean Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler.)*
* 23 - Profit and Lace - The entire cast.

#### Season 7 (1998-1999)

* 4 - Take Me Out to the Holosuite - Awarded to Abner Doubleday, the supposed inventor of baseball, for ultimately being the one responsible for the episode being made.
* 18 - 'Til Death Do Us Part - Awarded to villains Dukat and Winn's makeout session, for making SF Debris extremely uncomfortable.
* 19 - Strange Bedfellows
* 20 - The Changing Face of Evil - Awarded to Okona, as the discussion of independent traders made Chuck think of him. (Even though he isn't even a DS9 character.)
* 25/26 - What You Leave Behind - *Not given*, due to no one coming across as particularly annoying.

### Star Trek: Voyager

In the *Voyager* reviews, the equivalent is the Stupid Neelix Moment.

### Other series

Because the Annoying Character award is given only to *Star Trek* series, having this award appear in the review of a non-*Trek* series or film is meant to be somewhat tongue-in-cheek.

#### Futurama

* Where No Fan Has Gone Before - Melllvar: "'Annoying Character' goes to Melllvar, who is entirely too pushy."

#### Space Patrol Orion (Raumpatrouille Orion)

* 1 - Attack from Outer Space - Lt. Tamara Jagellovsk: "She's one of those people who's so uptight, when she farts, it shatters glass."