Who else had the hots for this alien chick as a kid? i mean when the animated show came on Nickeledon when i was 4 in 1985 i had a huge crush on M'ress, i mean HOT DAMN that cat-alien babe is so fine i just wanna give her kittens.
M'Ress.
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*looks around for Gep...*
I saw M'Ress during the initial run of Star Trek: Animated in 1973 when I was 10, but I didn't think anything of it at that time. Fast forward to 1982. I saw a rather lurid remake of a 1942 noir thriller titled "Cat People". The original was a tale of jealousy where you were never sure if the supernatural elements were "real" or just the acts of a woman driven insane with envy. The remake dealt with the characters literally turning into cats (actually black leopards) when they, ahem, "enjoyed the company" of someone not of "their kind". What a bizarre but oddly intriguing idea!
Then I remembered a seldom seen "background" character from the Old Trek cartoon, M'Ress. Didn't she appear in the Alan Dean Foster adaptations? I pulled out the Star Trek: Log series he wrote, expanding upon the admittedly "brief" scripts of the animated series. In two of the volumes, she presented character expanding prologues that focused upon M'Ress. one of them had her daydreaming, recalling events that eventually led to her posting aboard the Enterprise. Because Foster had only one episode to adapt in the final volume, the others having three episodes each, he expanded the book by presenting two original adventures. One of these dealt with M'Ress and two other Caitains seemingly going "crazy" and trying to take the ship! Imagine, a whole story focusing upon this cat-girl who had appeared in just 6 of the 22 episodes! (In case you haven't read or read about "Star Trek: Log Ten", let me place the following in a spoiler field.)
Foster's additional material made M'Ress a far more rounded character than the switchboard operating cat depicted in the episodes. Her most noted scene was falling for Scotty while under the influence of Harry Mudd's "love crystals", other than that she simply answered and routed "phone calls".
As I stated, this was 1982, still three years before it was rerun upon Nick. The only visual reference material I had was the felt-top line illustration printed in Bjo Trimble's "Star Trek Concordance" (first Ballentine edition). When ST:A returned to the "cable"-waves, I discovered those two "figure study" drawings were a bit "interpretive", rather different from most shots in the actual cartoon. Frankly, I liked the slightly angular details in the reference book better than the cartoon. (I've since discovered those two illos were based upon the "official character study cels", and really, all but a single shot from the cartoon deviated from that "official" design (due to the insanely short time-table to get the 'toon on the air). I'd also completely forgotten about Majel's performance. I'm sure sure what I had expected, but ooh, I really wish Filmation could have budgeted for a larger voice cast. (I personally think Eartha Kitt would have been cool as M'Ress! Listen to her scenes as Catwoman from the camp 60s version of Batman. That lady could out purr an actual feline!) Basically, my rose-colored memories of the character, influenced by the depth of Alan Dean Foster's adaptations and the stylized art of the Concordance, proved more interesting than the lackluster "reality" of the cartoon itself.
To close this post, here's a digital render (several others here have already seen) that I hope will be new to you, 'Zorg. If you like it, I can hot-link others.
Enjoy!
Sincerely,
Bill
Then I remembered a seldom seen "background" character from the Old Trek cartoon, M'Ress. Didn't she appear in the Alan Dean Foster adaptations? I pulled out the Star Trek: Log series he wrote, expanding upon the admittedly "brief" scripts of the animated series. In two of the volumes, she presented character expanding prologues that focused upon M'Ress. one of them had her daydreaming, recalling events that eventually led to her posting aboard the Enterprise. Because Foster had only one episode to adapt in the final volume, the others having three episodes each, he expanded the book by presenting two original adventures. One of these dealt with M'Ress and two other Caitains seemingly going "crazy" and trying to take the ship! Imagine, a whole story focusing upon this cat-girl who had appeared in just 6 of the 22 episodes! (In case you haven't read or read about "Star Trek: Log Ten", let me place the following in a spoiler field.)
While Spock, Uhura and Sulu are away dealing with the Slaver stasis box and the Kzinti, M'Ress starts experiencing migraine like headaches. Later, a crewman is attacked within the arboretum, seemingly my M'Ress. Not long after that, additional attacks are reported, committed by two other Caitians assigned to the ship. Before they can be apprehended, the Caitians storm the bridge, but they are stunned before they can do anything. Strangely, M'Ress is not with them. The two phasered felines are sent to sickbay where McCoy discovers their hormone levels are off the charts. Suddenly, power to the bridge is cut! The two other females were simply a diversion for M'Ress while she rerouted controls and power. She's in the crawl-way surrounding the bridge. Kirk sends a guard or two into the crawl-way, but due to her slimmer and far more agile frame, she stuns them before they can get her. Kirk fears he may have to take far more drastic action when Scotty (by way of intercom) says he has an idea. But first he needs to speak to McCoy. Time passes in creepy silence until he hears a scuffle within the crawlway. He nearly phasers the figure crawling through the panel opened beneath the viewscreen when he realizes the "Caitian" is toting its "head" under its arm! It's Scotty wearing a makeshift costume, a "fur-suit" if you will, reeking of an odd musk. It turns out the three Caitains went into a kind of delirious "heat" because there are no males aboard the ship and they had not yet received a seasonal counter-acting drug. The "musk" wafting from Scotty's costume was to "confuse" M'Ress just long enough to tranq' her. After getting their injections, M'ress and the others return to normal barely remembering the events while they were in a semi-feral state. Thus, the matter is dropped along with any charges initially considered.
Foster's additional material made M'Ress a far more rounded character than the switchboard operating cat depicted in the episodes. Her most noted scene was falling for Scotty while under the influence of Harry Mudd's "love crystals", other than that she simply answered and routed "phone calls".
As I stated, this was 1982, still three years before it was rerun upon Nick. The only visual reference material I had was the felt-top line illustration printed in Bjo Trimble's "Star Trek Concordance" (first Ballentine edition). When ST:A returned to the "cable"-waves, I discovered those two "figure study" drawings were a bit "interpretive", rather different from most shots in the actual cartoon. Frankly, I liked the slightly angular details in the reference book better than the cartoon. (I've since discovered those two illos were based upon the "official character study cels", and really, all but a single shot from the cartoon deviated from that "official" design (due to the insanely short time-table to get the 'toon on the air). I'd also completely forgotten about Majel's performance. I'm sure sure what I had expected, but ooh, I really wish Filmation could have budgeted for a larger voice cast. (I personally think Eartha Kitt would have been cool as M'Ress! Listen to her scenes as Catwoman from the camp 60s version of Batman. That lady could out purr an actual feline!) Basically, my rose-colored memories of the character, influenced by the depth of Alan Dean Foster's adaptations and the stylized art of the Concordance, proved more interesting than the lackluster "reality" of the cartoon itself.
To close this post, here's a digital render (several others here have already seen) that I hope will be new to you, 'Zorg. If you like it, I can hot-link others.
Enjoy!
Sincerely,
Bill
Enjoy!
Sincerely,
Bill
Pretty cool....
Nothing beats space babes, no matter what they look like. Agree?
*looks around for Gep...*
Man, I am slow.
Here, have more sexy kitty space babe.
I can't say I care for the character design as originally presented, but as you can see, some artist's interpretations of her have been lovely.
Memory Alpha says so, but they don't cite a source for that beyond the film itself. They're ugly anyway, so I'd rather pretend they're unrelated to our good communications officer.
Oh man, nice pics of her. She's so hot i just want to marry her and give her space kittens.
What would those kittens look like? an abomination or something?
What would those kittens look like? an abomination or something?
huh, only took you three months...
Nice artork!Mrrowr!But, no-no M'Ress crush here, though.I saw M'Ress during the initial run of Star Trek: Animated in 1973 when I was 10, but I didn't think anything of it at that time. Fast forward to 1982. I saw a rather lurid remake of a 1942 noir thriller titled "Cat People". The original was a tale of jealousy where you were never sure if the supernatural elements were "real" or just the acts of a woman driven insane with envy. The remake dealt with the characters literally turning into cats (actually black leopards) when they, ahem, "enjoyed the company" of someone not of "their kind". What a bizarre but oddly intriguing idea!
Then I remembered a seldom seen "background" character from the Old Trek cartoon, M'Ress. Didn't she appear in the Alan Dean Foster adaptations? I pulled out the Star Trek: Log series he wrote, expanding upon the admittedly "brief" scripts of the animated series. In two of the volumes, she presented character expanding prologues that focused upon M'Ress. one of them had her daydreaming, recalling events that eventually led to her posting aboard the Enterprise. Because Foster had only one episode to adapt in the final volume, the others having three episodes each, he expanded the book by presenting two original adventures. One of these dealt with M'Ress and two other Caitains seemingly going "crazy" and trying to take the ship! Imagine, a whole story focusing upon this cat-girl who had appeared in just 6 of the 22 episodes! (In case you haven't read or read about "Star Trek: Log Ten", let me place the following in a spoiler field.)
While Spock, Uhura and Sulu are away dealing with the Slaver stasis box and the Kzinti, M'Ress starts experiencing migraine like headaches. Later, a crewman is attacked within the arboretum, seemingly my M'Ress. Not long after that, additional attacks are reported, committed by two other Caitians assigned to the ship. Before they can be apprehended, the Caitians storm the bridge, but they are stunned before they can do anything. Strangely, M'Ress is not with them. The two phasered felines are sent to sickbay where McCoy discovers their hormone levels are off the charts. Suddenly, power to the bridge is cut! The two other females were simply a diversion for M'Ress while she rerouted controls and power. She's in the crawl-way surrounding the bridge. Kirk sends a guard or two into the crawl-way, but due to her slimmer and far more agile frame, she stuns them before they can get her. Kirk fears he may have to take far more drastic action when Scotty (by way of intercom) says he has an idea. But first he needs to speak to McCoy. Time passes in creepy silence until he hears a scuffle within the crawlway. He nearly phasers the figure crawling through the panel opened beneath the viewscreen when he realizes the "Caitian" is toting its "head" under its arm! It's Scotty wearing a makeshift costume, a "fur-suit" if you will, reeking of an odd musk. It turns out the three Caitains went into a kind of delirious "heat" because there are no males aboard the ship and they had not yet received a seasonal counter-acting drug. The "musk" wafting from Scotty's costume was to "confuse" M'Ress just long enough to tranq' her. After getting their injections, M'ress and the others return to normal barely remembering the events while they were in a semi-feral state. Thus, the matter is dropped along with any charges initially considered.
Foster's additional material made M'Ress a far more rounded character than the switchboard operating cat depicted in the episodes. Her most noted scene was falling for Scotty while under the influence of Harry Mudd's "love crystals", other than that she simply answered and routed "phone calls".
As I stated, this was 1982, still three years before it was rerun upon Nick. The only visual reference material I had was the felt-top line illustration printed in Bjo Trimble's "Star Trek Concordance" (first Ballentine edition). When ST:A returned to the "cable"-waves, I discovered those two "figure study" drawings were a bit "interpretive", rather different from most shots in the actual cartoon. Frankly, I liked the slightly angular details in the reference book better than the cartoon. (I've since discovered those two illos were based upon the "official character study cels", and really, all but a single shot from the cartoon deviated from that "official" design (due to the insanely short time-table to get the 'toon on the air). I'd also completely forgotten about Majel's performance. I'm sure sure what I had expected, but ooh, I really wish Filmation could have budgeted for a larger voice cast. (I personally think Eartha Kitt would have been cool as M'Ress! Listen to her scenes as Catwoman from the camp 60s version of Batman. That lady could out purr an actual feline!) Basically, my rose-colored memories of the character, influenced by the depth of Alan Dean Foster's adaptations and the stylized art of the Concordance, proved more interesting than the lackluster "reality" of the cartoon itself.
To close this post, here's a digital render (several others here have already seen) that I hope will be new to you, 'Zorg. If you like it, I can hot-link others.
Enjoy!
Sincerely,
Bill
For some reason, I'm picturing M'Ress urinating on any new stuff she gets to show it's hers. 
Plus imagine her boy(girl)friend having to deal with her hairballs.
M'Ress: I don't mind dating that human, he/she's the one only who will change my litter box.
Plus imagine her boy(girl)friend having to deal with her hairballs.
M'Ress: I don't mind dating that human, he/she's the one only who will change my litter box.
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^ I'm up to the challenge. 
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Those are minor quibbles compared to the awesomeness that would go with having M'Ress.
J.
You outta see some toilets in Japan.
You're welcome.
This should be interesting.I'm up to the challenge.
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