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* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Mor glasch Tev in [[Starfleet Corps of Engineers]]. Also, the most intelligent members of the Tiburonian race are sometimes said to be particularly likely to fall into this category - "brilliant but difficult", to use one character's phrasing.

* [[Interservice Rivalry]]: Very common. In the Klingon Empire, the Klingon Defense Force and Imperial Intelligence hold each other in considerable distaste. In particular, there's a subplot in [[Star Trek: Klingon Empire]] involving I.I's displeasure with Captain Klag, and his [[Honor Before Reason]] tactics. Also, in the [[Star Trek: The Lost Era]] novel ''The Art of the Impossible'', Captain Qaolin of the Defence Force and his Imperial Intelligence liasion really don't like each other - again, because the berserker battle-hungry tendencies of the warriors clash with I.I's "dishonourable" sneakiness and caution. The Klingons aren't the only ones; the Romulan military takes its codes of honour, and the passionate brotherhood between warriors, very seriously. The cool, passionless underhanded tactics of the Tal Shiar intelligence agency therefore offend them, as does their tendency to question a warrior's loyalty. The Tal Shiar, for their part, view the military leadership as inbred, unimaginative fools. Then there's Cardassia, where [[Interservice Rivalry]] is endemic, particularly between the Central Command and the Obsidian Order. In the first [[Terok Nor]] novel, Skrain Dukat sums up Central Command's angle on the Order:

* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Many.

** [http://www.trektoday.com/reviews/books/creative_couplings.shtml Klingon-Jewish wedding, anyone?]

** On the other hand, played straight on Kevratas.

* [[Rousing Speech]]: At times. Martok to the High Council in the ''[[Star Trek Destiny]]'' trilogy is a good example:

* [[Rule of Three]]: The Wormhole Aliens' faithful - three races (the Eav'oq, the Bajorans, and the Ascendants), a holy trio of figures (the Voice, the Hand and the Fire), nine sacred orbs (three times three), and nine Emissaries. The Wormhole Aliens certainly like the number three. Added to this the Hebitian love of the number, and the frequent hints that Hebitian culture is connected to that of the Bajorans, and we have a whole interconnected spiritual community valuing the rule of three, though quite why (other than this trope of course) remains unclear.

* [[Running Gag]]: Sinnravian drad music (and the fact that everyone who isn't Carol Abramowitz or Nog hates it), Fo Hachesa bungling his grammar, Vance Hawkins always getting hurt or roughed up.