Star Trek: 10 Bloopers You Need To See

5. This One’s Going To Be Full Shat[ner]

Johnathan Frakes Riker Tracy Star Trek TNG
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A certain band of Kelvin counterparts have also done their universe proud when it comes to outtakes, although there was some controversy over the differing amounts of special features in the various DVD/Blu-Ray versions of Star Trek: Into Darkness and Star Trek: Beyond.

The bloopers released for all three films are decidedly funny. From the very first, we see the actors fumbling their lines, getting the giggles, making jokes, and generally messing around on set. Try counting the number of times Chris Pine stumbles over the pronunciation of the name of the alien race 'The Fibonans' in an outtake from the beginning of Beyond.

In the gag reel from the corridor scene that follows Kirk’s rescue from the Teenaxi, Karl Urban, who plays Doctor McCoy, seemingly improvises a stream of witty and embarrassing diagnoses that, let’s just say, reveal a lot more about Kirk than we wanted to know, but that we had probably already assumed to be true. In any case, the "Gangorian clap" is definitely not a type of alien applause.

In another clip from Beyond on the bridge of the USS Franklin, John Cho, who plays Sulu, stops the scene to note that Pine sounds like he’s "doing Shatner" (he really does). Before the next take, the latter retorts, "This one’s going to be full Shat. Watch out!"

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Jack Kiely is a writer with a PhD in French and almost certainly an unhealthy obsession with Star Trek.