The Trouble with Tribbles

15th episode of the second season of Star Trek: The Original Series
TVEpisode star_trek_episode Q1136084
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The Trouble with Tribbles

Summary

The Trouble with Tribbles is a Star Trek episode[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of star_trek_episode entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (321 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Trouble with Tribbles's instance of is recorded as Star Trek episode[3].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's instance of is recorded as television series episode[4].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's director is recorded as Joseph Pevney[5].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's screenwriter is recorded as David Gerrold[6].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's composer is recorded as Jerry Fielding[7].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's genre is recorded as science fiction[8].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's follows is recorded as Wolf in the Fold[9].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's followed by is recorded as The Gamesters of Triskelion[10].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's cast member is recorded as William Shatner[11].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's cast member is recorded as Leonard Nimoy[12].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's cast member is recorded as DeForest Kelley[13].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's cast member is recorded as James Doohan[14].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's cast member is recorded as Nichelle Nichols[15].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's cast member is recorded as Walter Koenig[16].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's cast member is recorded as Stanley Adams[17].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's cast member is recorded as Whit Bissell[18].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's cast member is recorded as Bill Blackburn[19].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's producer is recorded as Gene L. Coon[20].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's part of the series is recorded as Star Trek: The Original Series[21].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's director of photography is recorded as Gerald Finnerman[22].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0708480[23].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's part of is recorded as Star Trek: The Original Series - Fan Favorites, Vol. 1[24].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[25].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's language of work or name is recorded as English[26].
  • The Trouble with Tribbles's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for The Trouble with Tribbles include The Trouble with Trillions[28], an animated series episode[29], directed by Swinton O. Scott III[30].

Why It Matters

The Trouble with Tribbles ranks in the top 3% of star_trek_episode entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (321 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for it include The Trouble with Trillions[28], an animated series episode[29], directed by Swinton O. Scott III[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] . Star Trek Concordance. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Star Trek Concordance. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . memory-alpha.fandom.com. memory-alpha.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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