What other species would The Tribbles not like?

[John Vasiliou]

My Top 5 would be:

The Borg
The Romulans
The Cardassians
Q
The Gorn

 

[Finn]

Frankly, I found the idea that a tribble would dislike a Klingon silly. Given their lifestyle, I don't see why they would react violently to a Klingon.

 

[John Vasiliou]

Frankly, I found the idea that a tribble would dislike a Klingon silly. Given their lifestyle, I don't see why they would react violently to a Klingon.

Yeah I aways found that strange myself...they just hate Klingons?

 

[JiNX-01]

Frankly, I found the idea that a tribble would dislike a Klingon silly. Given their lifestyle, I don't see why they would react violently to a Klingon.

Yeah I aways found that strange myself...they just hate Klingons?

Hey! The Klingons started it!
And besides why should the tribbles like Klingons? Huh?

My list:
Romulans
Jem Hadar
Cardassians
Ferengi
Borg
Xindi Reptilians (not because they have anything against them, but because they might mistake tribbles for rodents).

 

[Gul Re'jal]

Why the Romulans? The Tribbles liked the Vulcans.

 

[Finn]

Hey! The Klingons started it!
And besides why should the tribbles like Klingons? Huh?

My list:
Romulans
Jem Hadar
Cardassians
Ferengi
Borg
Xindi Reptilians (not because they have anything against them, but because they might mistake tribbles for rodents).

AH! CANON VIOLATION!

One was sitting on Quark, so no.

 

[John Vasiliou]

Why the Romulans? The Tribbles liked the Vulcans.

Tribbles are very perceptive...they know the difference.

 

[JoeFromEarth]

Frankly, I found the idea that a tribble would dislike a Klingon silly. Given their lifestyle, I don't see why they would react violently to a Klingon.

I always figured it was the smell...

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

Frankly, I found the idea that a tribble would dislike a Klingon silly. Given their lifestyle, I don't see why they would react violently to a Klingon.

Is it possible that Klingons smell or feel (according to some other sense) like a predator on their homeworld?

 

[JiNX-01]

Why the Romulans? The Tribbles liked the Vulcans.

The Romulans might look like the Vulcans, but Spock made it clear in Balance of Terror that they were warlike and clearly Tribbles like friendly species.

 

[UssGlenn]

I doubt the Tribbles response to the Klingons have anything to do with their personality. It's probably scent based and it just so happens that the Klingons smell bad to them.

 

[Sector 7]

My list:
Fanboys, it is also a smell thing for the tribbles.

 

[Gul Re'jal]

I don't think Tribbles are smart enough to judge who is nice and who is a warlord. I think it's about biology, not friendliness, so even with small differences between the Vulcans and the Romulans I don't think a Tribble would care or notice.

 

[Finn]

Frankly, I found the idea that a tribble would dislike a Klingon silly. Given their lifestyle, I don't see why they would react violently to a Klingon.

Is it possible that Klingons smell or feel (according to some other sense) like a predator on their homeworld?

I'd go with a special sense. I thought about the smell but that Klingon imposing as a Human probably didn't smell like most Klingons at the time.

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

I don't think Tribbles are smart enough to judge who is nice and who is a warlord. I think it's about biology, not friendliness, so even with small differences between the Vulcans and the Romulans I don't think a Tribble would care or notice.

The only way temperament would show up as a determining factor, I think, would be if they somehow sensed the metabolic rate that they associate with aggression (i.e. a creature on their homeworld that wants to eat them--and to keep the tribble population in check they must have some RAVENOUS creatures on their worlds), or other metabolic by-products of aggression. They were not portrayed as sophisticated to be a judge of character in a slightly more "thinking" manner the way a cat or dog often can.

 

[The Wormhole]

Frankly, I found the idea that a tribble would dislike a Klingon silly. Given their lifestyle, I don't see why they would react violently to a Klingon.

Well, yeah, it is silly. But last time I checked, The Trouble with Tribbles was meant to be a silly episode. Just roll with it.

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

I'm not sure the reaction was what I would characterize as violent, from the tribbles. It seemed more like a sound that was either intended to hurt a predator's ears to make them go away, or an alarm cry to other tribbles. (Who knows...maybe it told them to speed up the baby-making so that their population wouldn't drop if predators did attack...)

 

[dooky]

Caitians. The Caitian word for "Tribble" is the same as their word for "delicious".

 

[Nerys Myk]

Frankly, I found the idea that a tribble would dislike a Klingon silly. Given their lifestyle, I don't see why they would react violently to a Klingon.

Is it possible that Klingons smell or feel (according to some other sense) like a predator on their homeworld?

I'd go with a special sense. I thought about the smell but that Klingon imposing as a Human probably didn't smell like most Klingons at the time.

TRIBBLE-MAN: My tribby sense is tingling, this guy is a jerk. Is it lunchtime yet?