"The Trouble with Tribbles" Line-by-Line

[Enterprise1981]

KOLOTH: Mister Spock, as far as Sherman's Planet is concerned, Captain Kirk has already given it to us.

 

[LeadHead]

Kirk: Well, we'll see about that, but before I take any official action, I'd like to know just what happened. Who put the tribbles in the Quatrotriticale? What was in the grain that killed them?

 

[Enterprise1981]

KOLOTH: Captain Kirk, before you go on, may I make a request.

 

[LeadHead]

Kirk: Yes.

 

[Leandar]

Koloth: Can you get those things out of here?

 

[LeadHead]

The guards start to take the tribbles away, as they reach the door, Darvin enters and the tribbles scream

Kirk: Hold on a minute. I thought you said Tribbles liked everybody.

 

[Leandar]

^^Missed one:

The guards start to take the tribbles away, as they reach the door, Darvin enters and the tribbles scream

Spock: Remarkable.

Kirk: Hold on a minute. I thought you said Tribbles liked everybody.

Jones: They do. I can't understand it. The last time I saw one act this way was at the bar.

 

[LeadHead]

^Sorry!

Kirk: What was in the bar?

 

[Leandar]

^Meh, it happens.

Jones: Klingons! Him, for one! (points at Korax)

 

[Alienesse]

(Kirk takes two tribbles from the guards and brings them near Korax. They shriek.)

KIRK: You're right, Mister Jones. They don't like Klingons. (McCoy enters) But they do like Vulcans. I didn't know you had it in you.

 

[LeadHead]

Spock: Obviously Tribbles are very perceptive creatures, Captain.

 

[Alienesse]

KIRK: Obviously. Mister Baris, they like you. Well, there's no accounting for taste. (and back to Darvin) They don't like you, Mister Darvin. I wonder why. Bones?

 

[LeadHead]

McCoy scans Darvin

McCoy: Heartbeat is all wrong. His body temperature is... Jim, this man is a Klingon!

 

[Alienesse]

Baris: A Klingon?

 

[LeadHead]

Kirk: I wonder what Starfleet Command will say about that. What about the grain, Bones?

 

[Alienesse]

MCCOY: Oh, yes. It was poisoned.

 

[Gul Re'jal]

BARIS: Poisoned?

 

[Brian]

MCCOY: Yes. It's been impregnated with a virus. The virus turns into an inert material in the bloodstream. The more the organism eats, the more inert matter is built up. So after two or three days, they reached a point where they couldn't take in enough nourishment to survive.

 

[CoveTom]

KIRK: They starved to death. In a storage compartment full of grain, they starved to death.

 

[Brian]

MCCOY: That is essentially it.