Comedy Episodes Masterlist/Discussion

[Odo]

Anyone interested in helping put together a masterlist of every comedy Trek episode? I'll edit the list as we go along - I can't think of every comedy ep.

Comedy Episode/Movie List:

TOS:
The Naked Time
Mudd's Women
Shore Leave
The Squire of Gothos
Tomorrow is Yesterday
Catspaw
I, Mudd
The Trouble with Tribbles
A Piece of the Action
By Any Other Name
Bread and Circuses
Assignment: Earth
Spock's Brain ()
Plato’s Stepchildren
Elaan of Troyius
Whom Gods Destroy

TAS:
More Tribbles, More Troubles
Mudd’s Passion
The Practical Joker

TOS Movies:
The Voyage Home

TNG:
The Naked Now
Haven
Elementary, Dear Data
The Royale
Déjà Q
Captain's Holiday
Hollow Pursuits
Ménage à Troi
Data's Day
Devil’s Due
Q-Pid
In Theory
Disaster
A Matter of Time
Rascals
A Fistful of Datas
Lessons
Sub Rosa ()

DS9
Q-Less
The Nagus
If Wishes Were Horses
The Forsaken
Dramatis Personae
Melora
Rules of Acquisition
Rivals
Playing God
Profit and Loss
The House of Quark
Fascination
Little Green Men
Our Man Bashir
Trials and Tribble-ations
Ferengi Love Songs
In the Cards
You Are Cordially Invited
The Magnificent Ferengi
Who Mourns for Morn?
One Little Ship
His Way
Profit and Lace
Take Me Out to the Holosuite
Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang
The Emperor's New Cloak

VOYAGER
False Profits
Message in a Bottle
Bride of Chaotica!
Someone to Watch Over Me
Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy
Live Fast and Prosper
Body and Soul
Author, Author

ENTERPRISE:
Unexpected
Breaking the Ice
Shuttlepod One
Acquisition
Two Days and Two Nights
Carbon Creek
A Night in Sickbay
Singularity
Precious Cargo
Doctor’s Orders

SHORT TREKS
The Escape Artist
Q&A
The Trouble with Edward

LOWER DECKS
All of it!

 

[Tosk]

DS9
House of Quark
Fascination
Little Green Men
Our Man Bashir (not exactly a comedy, maybe I should leave this one out)
Trials and Tribble-ations
You Are Cordially Invited
Take Me Out to the Holosuite
Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang

And some people say DS9 is too dark and serious.

I'd also add The Magnificent Ferengi, Who Mourns for Morn?, Profit and Lace, and The Emperor's New Cloak to that list. And probably even One Little Ship.

 

[Oddish]

Off the top of my head, throw in "Naked Now" and "If Wishes Were Horses". Maybe Hollow Pursuits as well, though the latter dealt with some serious issues.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I think TAS "The Practical Joker" has enough gags to be a comedy episode.

 

[Brennyren]

I would leave "Our Man Bashir" on the list -- there was a lot of funny stuff in that episode. I'd also add:

TNG: "A Fistful of Datas"

VOY: "False Profits" (I didn't say it was a good comedy!)
"Message in a Bottle"

 

[Kraig]

I would add Voyager's "Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy" to the comedy list.

 

[TimeIsAPredator]

Sub Rosa

 

[at Quark's]

And some people say DS9 is too dark and serious.

I'd say DS9 has relatively many comedy episodes exactly because it is so dark and serious - to provide some counterbalance.

It may be hard to draw the line. For example both Author, Author , and Message in a bottle (both from Voyager) have lots of comedy in them, yet can also be considered 'serious' episodes.

 

[plynch]

Well, since I have rarely laughed out loud at purported Trek comedy, I wouldn't classify them as comedies. Sorry.

I get they were aiming that way.

Little Green Men, I think I laughed at.

I'm more likely to laugh at funny lines, well-written.

Been watching the end of DS9: a couple Julian/Chief moments; Worf being deadpan funny. Things that are funny that arise form the people being "themselves."

The comedy episodes are more "cute" or lighthearted, than comedy to me. YMMV and probably does.

 

[1001001]

I would add Voyager's "Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy" to the comedy list.

Body and Soul
Someone to Watch Over Me

 

[TimeIsAPredator]

Well, since I have rarely laughed out loud at purported Trek comedy, I wouldn't classify them as comedies. Sorry.

I get they were aiming that way.

Little Green Men, I think I laughed at.

I'm more likely to laugh at funny lines, well-written.

Been watching the end of DS9: a couple Julian/Chief moments; Worf being deadpan funny. Things that are funny that arise form the people being "themselves."

The comedy episodes are more "cute" or lighthearted, than comedy to me. YMMV and probably does.

T'Pol often made me laugh with her unintended putdowns in the same way

 

[cosmic mouse]

VOYAGER
Bride of Chaotica!

Body & Soul

 

[Odo]

Thanks for the contributions!

Maybe Hollow Pursuits as well, though the latter dealt with some serious issues.

It may be hard to draw the line. For example both Author, Author , and Message in a bottle (both from Voyager) have lots of comedy in them, yet can also be considered 'serious' episodes.

It's absolutely hard to draw the line - some episodes are intended as comedy, but more often than not, dramatic episodes have comedic elements. I'm going to cast as wide a net as I can - episodes where humor (or intended humor!) were a major element. Maybe I'll add an asterisk next to episodes that are funny but not meant to be taken as comedies.

VOY: "False Profits" (I didn't say it was a good comedy!)

Well, since I have rarely laughed out loud at purported Trek comedy, I wouldn't classify them as comedies. Sorry.
I get they were aiming that way.
Little Green Men, I think I laughed at.
I'm more likely to laugh at funny lines, well-written.
Been watching the end of DS9: a couple Julian/Chief moments; Worf being deadpan funny. Things that are funny that arise form the people being "themselves."
The comedy episodes are more "cute" or lighthearted, than comedy to me. YMMV and probably does.

Yeah, comedy is subjective of course. I don't necessarily think all these episodes listed are funny, but I do think they were either intended as comedy episodes or at least to be comedic.

Sub Rosa

 

[Oddish]

Sub Rosa's biggest laugh scare found in its tag line: Beverly falls in love with an alien plasma candle ghost!

It sounds like a Captain Proton episode, actually.

 

[Brennyren]

I remember reading that TNG "Haven" was intended as a comedy.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Nobody’s mentioned The Royale yet which might be TNG’s best pure comedy episode.

 

[Odo]

I remember reading that TNG "Haven" was intended as a comedy.

Speaking of Lwaxana, maybe I should include The Forsaken? Been awhile since I've seen - but yeah, it's like what some others have said - many episodes aren't comedies but have comedic moments.

 

[Farscape One]

DS9...

"FERENGI LOVE SONGS" as a possibility? Quite a bit of it feels like a comedy.

I certainly think "IN THE CARDS" qualifies. It's certainly light hearted, and one of my favorite episodes.

 

[Odo]

Both great, especially In the Cards.