"The Trouble with Tribbles" Line-by-Line

[Enterprise1981]

SCOTTY: Probably through one of the air vents.

 

[LeadHead]

Spock: Captain, there are vents of that type on the Space Station.

 

[Enterprise1981]

KIRK: And in the storage compartments. (goes to a table monitor) This is Kirk. Contact Manager Lurry and Nilz Baris. Have them meet us near the storage compartments. We're beaming down. Come on, Spock.



[Transporter room]

(The tribbles are all over the pads too. Kirk picks one up but there's nowhere else to put it.)

KIRK: Energize.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

[Lurry's office]

LURRY: What's wrong?

 

[LeadHead]

Kirk: Plenty, if what I think's happened has happened.

Kirk, Spock, Lurry and Baris arrive at door near Storage Compartment

Kirk: Is that door secure?

 

[Enterprise1981]

GUARD: Yes, sir. Nothing could get in.

 

[LeadHead]

Kirk: Good. Open it.

 

[Enterprise1981]

GUARD: It's not working, sir. It seems to be stuck.

^ Possibly thanks to Sisko and Dax???

 

[LeadHead]

Kirk: Here, let me try it.

Kirk attempts to open the door aiming downward, and fails, so Kirk opens the overhead door. Instead of being covered by grain, Kirk is covered by a seemingly never ending number of Tribbles.

 

[Enterprise1981]

SPOCK: They seem to be gorged.

 

[LeadHead]

Baris: Gorged? On my grain?! Kirk, I am going to hold you responsible! There must be thousands of them!

 

[Enterprise1981]

KIRK: Hundreds of thousands.

 

[LeadHead]

Spock: One million, seven hundred seventy one thousand, five hundred sixty one. That's assuming one tribble, multiplying with an average litter of ten, producing a new generation every twelve hours over a period of three days.

 

[Enterprise1981]

^ You're not genetically engineered. You're a Vulcan. Oops, wrong series.

KIRK: That's assuming they got here three days ago.

 

[LeadHead]

Spock: And allowing for the amount of grain consumed and the volume of the storage compartment.

 

[Enterprise1981]

BARIS: Kirk, you should have known. You are responsible for turning the development project into a total disaster.

 

[LeadHead]

Kirk: Mister Baris-

 

[ClayinCA]

BARIS: And I'm through being intimidated, Kirk! You have insulted me, you have ignored me, you've walked all over me! You have abused your authority, and you've rejected my requests. And this, this!--is the result. I'm going to hold you responsible!

 

[Brian]

KIRK: Mr. Baris, I'll hold you in irons if you don't shut up.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

MCCOY: Jim, I think I've got it. All we have to do is quit feeding them. We quit feeding them, they stop breeding.