Star Trek: 10 Bloopers You Need To See
8. Full Meme Ahead
If you can go viral without turning everyone into pre-historic, de-evolved monsters, you’re probably onto a winner. That is, at least, the case for a selection of bloopers from The Next Generation which have created more memes than there have been 502 errors on the holodeck.
One of the best, outside of the captain’s chair facepalm and the Ménage A Troi
monologue, comes from the episode Booby Trap (the one where Geordi definitely had a meeting with HR after the fact). On a side note, if you’ve not seen the Picard Song video, then what are you doing here? Stop, go watch, come back!
When La Forge calls the bridge to inform them that he’s ("we’ve") found a way to extend the anti-matter supplies, Riker must congratulate him, but in the blooper Jonathan Frakes flubs the line, much to his dismay. Patrick Stewart reacts with childlike glee, letting out a silent giggle and planting his hand firmly on the side of his face for full effect. It is this moment that has had the meme treatment.
They go for another take, and Frakes only makes it halfway through the line: "Geordi, can you give us a…" His eyes wide open at his own stumble, Frakes tries to duck down beneath the camera, but a chuckling Stewart falls back to catch him as he does.
It's a miracle they ever escaped that aceton assimilator trap! We’re just glad for the meme that keeps on giving.