Poor Riker

[Gary Sebben]

Anyone notice that if someone needs to be abducted and experimented on/shoved into a virtual world it's always Riker?

Future Imperfect
Schisms
First Contact
Frame of Mind

Am I missing any? Is Frakes just that good at playing confused and agitated?

 

[warriorsfan]

He should consider himself lucky. Look at what they did to O'Brien on Deep Space 9!

 

[Too Much Fun]

There was another thread about how often Picard gets abducted too, though, so he wasn't the only one to be frequently abducted. For example, Picard is stuck in a room with other people as part of a psychological experiment in "Allegiance" and beamed to a planet against his will to be tested with another captain in "Darmok". I think there were other times he was abducted too, but can't remember them off the top my head.

 

[Trekker4747]

I think Geordi hold the record for kidnappings/abductions and other "bad shit" that happens to him.

Kidnapped in "Samaritan Snare"
Stranded and taken hostage by a Romulan on Galorndon Core in "The Enemy"
Kidnapped and brainwashed by Romulans in "The Mind's Eye."
Dies in an alternate universe in "Paralells"
Attacked and nearly dies in "Timescape"
Attacked and nearly dies in "Starship Mine"
Altered into an alien being in "Identity Crisis"
Kidnapped in Generations.
Phase-Cloaked in "The Next Phase"
Kidnapped and tested on by Data in "Descent Part 2"

 

[Frazzled]

Maybe they just think Riker is tough enough to take it! I'm not a big fan of him at all but I think he's quite entertaining in those episodes, you never worry he'll just faint away or anything either.

As Trekker says Geordi goes a lot too, he always looks pretty green and like he may just die. Picard is very old but very clever so he handles himself well when it's his turn, particularly in that Cardassian prison.

 

[Anwar]

Let's not get started on what happens to Troi throughout the series. She's pretty much the prototype for the "O'Brien must suffer" DS9 stuff.

 

[RyuRoots]

I think Geordi hold the record for kidnappings/abductions and other "bad shit" that happens to him.

Kidnapped in "Samaritan Snare"
Stranded and taken hostage by a Romulan on Galorndon Core in "The Enemy"
Kidnapped and brainwashed by Romulans in "The Mind's Eye."
Dies in an alternate universe in "Paralells"
Attacked and nearly dies in "Timescape"
Attacked and nearly dies in "Starship Mine"
Altered into an alien being in "Identity Crisis"
Kidnapped in Generations.
Phase-Cloaked in "The Next Phase"
Kidnapped and tested on by Data in "Descent Part 2"

Yeah, I always considered Geordi the universe's whipping boy in TNG (O'Brien had that dubious honor on DS9).

 

[Captain Fine]

LOL I never realized just how full of abductions the Star Trek universe was.

 

[Trevacious]

Yeah, but Geordi never had to eat worms or take a dip in Metamucil mixed with printer's ink.

 

[Tachyon]

Never really thought about it this way; Riker being the one that gets his hiny kicked.

 

[SilentP]

Yeah, I always considered Geordi the universe's whipping boy in TNG (O'Brien had that dubious honor on DS9).

Seems the post of chief engineer comes jinxed, since the colour change

 

[arasam22]

lol a lot of shite seems to happen to everybody unfortunate enough to live in the ST universe, doesn't it?

of course, i guess people just going about their lives and having nothing happen to them wouldn't be a lot of fun to watch, would it?

 

[SilentP]

lol a lot of shite seems to happen to everybody unfortunate enough to live in the ST universe, doesn't it?

of course, i guess people just going about their lives and having nothing happen to them wouldn't be a lot of fun to watch, would it?

U.S.S Monotony
Captains Log
Stardate 5743792345234232.0^(1/3)

No stellar anomalies to investigate. All systems functioning normally. No distress signals or urgent emergency assignments.

...3 months straights.

Nothing.

I'm thinking of growing a mohawk.

End log.

 

[tim851]

At least as a victim Riker had a purpose. The rest of the time he was just superfluous. I'd imagine on a real spaceship the captain and his first officer would alternate on the bridge, giving both time to rest while the other commands the ship. But due to the concept of a TV show, Riker always sat/stood next to Picard doing useless or redundant things, like telling Worf to raise shields (as if he wouldn't know...)

So it's like: hey, he's here, he doesn't have anything useful to do, let's get him abducted then!

 

[LeadHead]

I think Geordi hold the record for kidnappings/abductions and other "bad shit" that happens to him.

Kidnapped in "Samaritan Snare"
Stranded and taken hostage by a Romulan on Galorndon Core in "The Enemy"
Kidnapped and brainwashed by Romulans in "The Mind's Eye."
Dies in an alternate universe in "Paralells"
Attacked and nearly dies in "Timescape"
Attacked and nearly dies in "Starship Mine"
Altered into an alien being in "Identity Crisis"
Kidnapped in Generations.
Phase-Cloaked in "The Next Phase"
Kidnapped and tested on by Data in "Descent Part 2"

Don't forget that he can't dog sit without it turning into an evil alien life form!

 

[Zeppster]

I think Geordi hold the record for kidnappings/abductions and other "bad shit" that happens to him.

Kidnapped in "Samaritan Snare"
Stranded and taken hostage by a Romulan on Galorndon Core in "The Enemy"
Kidnapped and brainwashed by Romulans in "The Mind's Eye."
Dies in an alternate universe in "Paralells"
Attacked and nearly dies in "Timescape"
Attacked and nearly dies in "Starship Mine"
Altered into an alien being in "Identity Crisis"
Kidnapped in Generations.
Phase-Cloaked in "The Next Phase"
Kidnapped and tested on by Data in "Descent Part 2"

Picard has a ton also.

 

[Ace77]

its funny how each Trek series has a "whipping boy"

TOS :Chekov
TNG: Geordi
DS9: O'Brien
VOY: Harry
ENT: Archer

These characters frequently gets abducted, beaten, and get diseased.

 

[Zeppster]

Cloud kidnaps and tries to take him to it's home in Lonely Among Us

He gets brainwashed into trying to destroy the Enterprise by a Ferengi in The Battle

Trapped in the Holodeck in the Big Goodbye

Him and Riker are kidnapped by the Binars to save their star.

Time Squared he was apparently sent back in a loop then killed by himself.

Had to replace his heart in Samaritan Snare

Kidnapped and replaced by a duplicate in Allegiance

Sarek makes him go crazy for a bit so Sarek could function.

Borg in Best of Both Worlds

Tamarians kidnap him to try and kill some type of invisible bull.

Romulans kidnap him, Spock, and Data in Unification II

Lives an entire life on a long dead planet in the Inner Light

One of the crew members that was reverted to being a child in Rascals

Cardassians kidnapped and tortured him in Chain of Command

Kidnapped by Moriarty in Ship in a Bottle

Q forces him to relive his past in Tapestry

Terrorist in Starship Mine

Kidnapped and tortured by Data and Lore in Descent

Basically kidnapped in Liaisons

Kidnapped and goes undercover in Gambit

He and Crusher are kidnapped and forced to listen to each others thoughts in Attached

Q forces him to live in 3 time periods at once in All Good Things

Insurrection he is kidnapped also.

 

[Captain Fine]

lol a lot of shite seems to happen to everybody unfortunate enough to live in the ST universe, doesn't it?

of course, i guess people just going about their lives and having nothing happen to them wouldn't be a lot of fun to watch, would it?

U.S.S Monotony
Captains Log
Stardate 5743792345234232.0^(1/3)

No stellar anomalies to investigate. All systems functioning normally. No distress signals or urgent emergency assignments.

...3 months straights.

Nothing.

I'm thinking of growing a mohawk.

End log.

In reality I think this is more along the lines of the lives of the crew of your typical starship in the Federation Starfleet.

 

[Anwar]

Yeah, basically like Sulu on the Excelsior at the start of TUC. Aside from the whole "Praxis blows up thing".