"The Trouble With Tribbles" Line-by-Line

[May 20]

KIRK: And get these tribbles off the bridge.

 

[Brennyren]

UHURA: Aye, aye, Captain.

 

[May 20]

[Lurry's office]

JONES: Captain Kirk, I'm mystified at your tone of voice. I've done nothing to warrant such severe treatment.

 

[Brennyren]

KIRK: Oh, really?

 

[May 20]

SPOCK: Surely you must have realised what would happen if you removed the tribbles from their predator-filled environment into an environment where their natural multiplicative proclivities would have no restraining factors.

 

[mattman8907]

JONES: Of course. What did you say?

 

[Brennyren]

SPOCK: By removing the tribbles from their natural habitat, you have, so to speak, removed the cork from the bottle and allowed the genie to escape.

 

[mattman8907]

JONES: If by that, you mean do they breed quickly? Of course, that's how I maintain my stock. Breeding animals is not against regulations, only breeding dangerous ones. And tribbles are not dangerous.

 

[May 20]

KIRK: Just incredibly prolific.

 

[Brennyren]

JONES: Precisely, and at six credits a head, well, that is, a body, it mounts up. Now if you'll excuse me --

 

[mattman8907]

KIRK: You should sell an instruction and maintenance manual for this thing.

 

[May 20]

JONES: If I did, what would happen to man's search for knowledge? Well, I must be tending my ship. Au revoir.

 

[Brennyren]

(He passes Baris and Darvin at the door.)
DARVIN: Go ahead, sir. Tell him.

 

[May 20]

BARIS: Captain Kirk, I consider your security measures a disgrace. In my opinion, you have taken this important project far too lightly.

 

[Mysterion]

KIRK: I regard this project as extremely important, Mr. Baris. It is you I regard lightly.

 

[Brennyren]

BARIS: (furious) I am going to report fully to the proper authorities that you have given free and complete access to this station to a man who is quite probably a Klingon agent!

 

[May 20]

KIRK: That's a serious charge. To whom are you referring?

 

[Brennyren]

BARIS: To that man who just walked out of here.

 

[May 20]

KIRK: Cyrano Jones, a Klingon agent?

 

[Athena28]

BARIS: You heard me.