"Filthy Andorians"

[Jax]

Maybe they don't bathe enough for his liking.

 

[BillJ]

Got rejected by an Andorian chick in high school. Antennae turn him on.

 

[Tomalak]

I've never seen a Klingon wearing blue, or in a blue ship. Maybe they hate blue things? Everything is red or brown or green.

 

[seigezunt]

As suggested above, I bet it's some reference to their mating practices.

 

[The Wormhole]

I've never seen a Klingon wearing blue, or in a blue ship. Maybe they hate blue things?

I guess the Blue Man Group isn't welcome on Qo'nos.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Why are Andorians the ones he singles out as "filthy"?

If you'd seen his search history, you'd know.

 

[dahj]

The Andorians played the hobbitses in an interstellar production of The Lord of the Rings.

 

[Paradise City]

Filthy might be a Klingon way of saying that Andorrians are a duplicitous, untrustworthy horde of antenna quivering backstabbers.

 

[zar]

Aside: I want to call Captain Georgiou simply "Jojo" because it's a) easier to spell, b) an affectation and meant endearingly, and c) pretty much how it sounds anyway. But I can't decide if it's racially sensitive or not. Once, a junior high classmate took to calling me Mark "Noodles", corrupting my last name, but a) that kid was an asshole, and b) it was more blatantly racist. OTOH, many Trek fans have nicknames for some characters. Chakotay = Chuckles, Tacoma here, etc.

d) It's literally "Jojo" according to the youtube closed caption bot:

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[Ridcully]

It is a Greek surname....funny!

 

[Locutus of Bored]

As suggested above, I bet it's some reference to their mating practices.

Once you go four way, you never go... back to something that rhymes with "four way."

 

[Psion]

Tacoma is funny.

I'd say he called Andorians "filthy" because they ARE an aggressive warrior-styled race, now working with people they could/should have conquered by Klingon standards. If anything, I'd say the average Klingon of this era would consider an Andorian in higher esteem for their cultural similarities, but now see them as disdainful for working with people that in Klingon eyes are not worthy of honor or respect as a people.

Aside: I want to call Captain Georgiou simply "Jojo" because it's a) easier to spell, b) an affectation and meant endearingly, and c) pretty much how it sounds anyway. But I can't decide if it's racially sensitive or not. Once, a junior high classmate took to calling me Mark "Noodles", corrupting my last name, but a) that kid was an asshole, and b) it was more blatantly racist. OTOH, many Trek fans have nicknames for some characters. Chakotay = Chuckles, Tacoma here, etc.

Mark

This is a very interesting point ... especially since there are clear references to "The Final Reflection" by John M. Ford in the first two episodes. In that book, published before The Next Generation aired, Klingons viewed the tokhe straave, or willing slave, with especial disdain. So the idea of a capable warrior species like the Andorians serving the Federation makes them literally tokhe straave, and contemptible. Singling out the Andorians in this manner might well have been deliberate on the part of the writers and possibly a clue about events to come.

 

[Psion]

I've never seen a Klingon wearing blue, or in a blue ship. Maybe they hate blue things? Everything is red or brown or green.

Maybe they can't see that end of the spectrum.

 

[Tomalak]

Maybe they can't see that end of the spectrum.

Maybe Klingon shit is blue? Their blood is purple.

 

[Ithekro]

One should note that Captain Georgiou attended advanced tactical courses on Andoria. So we might want to view her tactical decisions based on Andorian combat logic.

 

[ELURIA]

So while Tacoma the Klingon is delivering one of his oh so delightful Klingon language monologues, one of them he runs through the founding races of the Federation saying "Humans, Vulcans, Tellarites, and filthy Andorians." Why are Andorians the ones he singles out as "filthy"? After all, the Tellarites are the ones who literally are pigs wallowing in mud, wouldn't that be the very definition of filth? And given Andorians are themselves a warrior culture, shouldn't they be one Federation race the Klingons would actually respect?

Do closeminded prejudiced fanatics ever really have good reasons for what they say and do?

 

[Vger23]

Lots of times birds of a feather actually resent one another. Warrior Race 1 is "competitive" with Warrior Race 2. Who has the better philosophy? Who are greater warriors in combat? Etc etc.

Could be just that.

 

[Awesome Possum]

An Andorian cut him off in traffic once and he really holds a grudge.

 

[Kor]

I've never seen a Klingon wearing blue, or in a blue ship. Maybe they hate blue things? Everything is red or brown or green.

I always thought the Klingon ambassador's furry suit was slightly tinged with blue. But it could be the setting on my TV. http://movies.trekcore.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=500&pid=53505#top_display_media

Kor

 

[The Wormhole]

On the issue of do Klingons hate blue, I feel like noting Worf was married to a Starfleet officer who wore a blue uniform. And had a brief relationship with another.