"The Man Trap" is the first episode of of the American science fiction television series "". Written by George Clayton Johnson and directed by Marc Daniels, it first aired on September 8, 1966. In the episode, the crew visit an outpost on planet M-113 to conduct routine medical exams on the residents, only to be attacked by a shapeshifting alien who kills by extracting salt from the victim's body. This was the first "Star Trek" episode to air on television, although the sixth to be filmed; it was chosen as the first of the series to be broadcast by the studio due to the horror plot.
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The USS "Enterprise" arrives at planet M-113 to provide supplies and medical exams for the only known inhabitants of the planet, Professor Robert Crater (Alfred Ryder) and his wife Nancy (Jeanne Bal), who operate an archaeological research station there. Captain Kirk, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Leonard McCoy, and Crewman Darnell (Michael Zaslow) transport to the surface as Kirk teases McCoy about his affection for Nancy ten years earlier. They arrive in the research station, and each of the three men sees Nancy differently: McCoy as she was when he first met her, Kirk as she should look accounting for her age, and Darnell as an attractive blonde woman whom he met on a pleasure planet.
The Man Trap | Plot
In response, Kirk transports back down to the planet with McCoy and two crewmen, Green (Bruce Watson) and Sturgeon (John Arndt). Kirk tells Professor Crater that he and his wife should stay aboard the Enterprise until they find out what killed Darnell. Crater then runs off trying to find Nancy. Nancy kills both Sturgeon and Green; their faces show the same mottling as Darnell. Nancy assumes the form of Green, and meets Kirk and McCoy. They beam back up to the ship with Sturgeon's body. "Green" roams the corridors, stalking several crew members, killing one. It shape-shifts into the form of McCoy after confirming that the real McCoy has taken a sedative to sleep.
The Man Trap | Plot
When Nancy goes out to fetch her husband, she beckons Darnell to follow her. Professor Crater is reluctant to be examined, telling Kirk that they only require salt tablets. Before McCoy can complete the examination, they hear a scream from outside. They find Darnell dead, with red ring-like mottling on his face, a plant root in his mouth, and Nancy standing over him saying she was unable to stop Darnell from tasting the plant. On board "Enterprise", Spock analyzes the plant. He confirms that it is poisonous, but that mottling is not a symptom. McCoy conducts a medical exam and, together with Spock, determines that all the salt was drained from Darnell's body.
The Man Trap | Plot
Jeanne Bal was cast as Nancy Crater, McCoy's former love interest; the actress had previously guest-starred in "Perry Mason" and was one of the main performers in the sitcom "Love and Marriage". Alfred Ryder was well known for his numerous appearances in similar genre series such as "The Wild Wild West" and "The Outer Limits". After his appearance as Robert Crater in "The Man Trap", he appeared in the science fiction series "The Invaders". Actors playing two of the crewmen who died on screen later appeared in other episodes of "Star Trek". Michael Zaslow, seen in "The Man Trap" as Darnell, appeared in "I, Mudd", and later had a long-running role in the soap opera "Guiding Light" as Roger Thorpe.
The Man Trap | Guest appearances
Meanwhile, Spock confirms that scans show only one person, Crater, on the planet; Kirk and Spock beam down to capture him. They find Green's body before Crater tries to frighten them away with phaser fire. After they stun him with a phaser beam, the dazed Crater reveals that the real Nancy was killed by the creature – the last member of a long-dead civilization of shape-shifters who feed on salt – a year earlier. The creature continued to take on the appearance of Nancy out of affection for Crater, and he has been feeding it. Kirk informs "Enterprise" of the creature's intrusion, as the landing party and Crater transport back to the ship.
The Man Trap | Plot
After Roddenberry's second pilot episode, "Where No Man Has Gone Before", received a more favorable response from NBC, "Star Trek" finally aired its first episode—"The Man Trap"—at 8:30PM on September 8, 1966. "Where No Man...", which eventually aired in a re-edited format as the series' third episode, retained only Spock as a character from "The Cage" but introduced William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk, James Doohan as chief engineer Scotty, and George Takei as physicist (later helmsman) Sulu. Also joining the cast were DeForest Kelley as ship's surgeon Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy and Nichelle Nichols as the communications officer Uhura in "The Man Trap"; the first aired episode of the series.
List of Star Trek: The Original Series episodes | Season 1 (1966–1967)
This draft was delivered on May 23, but NBC felt that hallucinations were being overused; the same plot device had appeared in the pilot episode "". Johnson wrote a further draft on May 31, which reduced the number of apparitions, and was well received by Robert H. Justman. Roddenberry and Justman made further tweaks; one was to restore the name "The Man Trap" from Erwin's original treatment, another removed a scene which introduced McCoy's apprehension when using the transporter. Johnson further edited the script, but complained about the change in name. After a second edit by Johnson, it was passed from Justman to story editor Black.
The Man Trap | Writing
John Arndt appeared in four further episodes of the original series.
The Man Trap | Guest appearances
Among more recent reviews, Zack Handlen of "The A.V. Club" gave the episode an "A-" rating, describing it as "done very well" with a plot that is dark and ambiguous. Torrie Atkinson and Eugene Myers reviewed the episode in 2009 for Tor.com, saying that it suitably introduced the characters, although certain elements of the show were not yet in place. These included the lack of the death of a redshirted character, as the crewmen who died in "The Man Trap" did not wear red shirts, along with the lack of red and yellow alerts, instead referred to as general quarters three and four in this episode.
The Man Trap | Critical reception
"The Man Trap" is the first episode of of the American science fiction television series "". Written by George Clayton Johnson and directed by Marc Daniels, it first aired on September 8, 1966. In the episode, the crew visit an outpost on planet M-113 to conduct routine medical exams on the residents, only to be attacked by a shapeshifting alien who kills by extracting salt from the victim's body. This was the first "Star Trek" episode to air on television, although the sixth to be filmed; it was chosen as the first of the series to be broadcast by the studio due to the horror plot.
The Man Trap | Introduction
During the events of that pilot, Spock became concerned at the risk to the ship posed by Lieutenant Commander Gary Mitchell (Gary Lockwood) and suggested possible solutions to Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner). The earliest appearance of Spock in the series as broadcast was "The Man Trap", the first such episode. When he needs to knock out an evil version of Kirk in "", he uses a Vulcan nerve pinch. Spock and Chief Engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (James Doohan) work together to rejoin the good and evil versions of the Captain, which had been split following a transporter accident.
Spock | "The Cage" and the first season
The duo added that the episode demonstrated that the series was "something special", and that it remained more culturally diverse than modern television. They gave it a rating of four out of six. Ryan Britt, also writing for Tor.com, said that "The Man Trap" was not a good introduction to the series, but praised the screen time given to Rand, Uhura and Sulu. He added that the latter two were more interesting in this episode than they would be at any point until the start of the movie franchise. Britt said that "The Man Trap" was different than the rest of the series, and more akin to "The Twilight Zone" owing to the background of the writer.
The Man Trap | Critical reception
"It's a Trap!", the 2011 episode of the animated comedy series "Family Guy" spoofing "Return of the Jedi", took its name from Ackbar's famous line; Ackbar himself makes an appearance in the episode, portrayed by the character Klaus Heissler – a talking goldfish – from the animated series "American Dad!". Additionally, a smartphone app was developed with the sole purpose of playing Ackbar's "It's a trap!" line whenever the user pushes a button.
Admiral Ackbar | "It's a trap!"
"The Man Trap" appeared in Gene Roddenberry's original pitch for "Star Trek" as the title of a show with a different plot: the crew face several apparitions that are "wish-fulfilment traps which become as real as flesh and blood"; the traps increase in subtlety until the crew struggle to differentiate between apparition and reality. Lee Erwin, who had previously worked on "The Lieutenant" with Roddenberry, was commissioned to produce a treatment; an outline featuring a salt-devouring vampire was handed in on April 8, 1966. Meanwhile, George Clayton Johnson had been assigned a storyline, tentatively titled "Chicago II", in which the crew of the "Enterprise" visit a planet where the culture was that of 1920s mob-era Chicago, which later evolved into """".
The Man Trap | Writing
In Hollywood.com's ranking of all 79 episodes of "The Original Series", Christian Blauvelt placed "The Man Trap" as 73rd, calling the creature "incredibly pointless". It was also listed as one of the show's "cheesiest classic creatures" by "Wired" magazine in 2007; however, "Rolling Stone" magazine listed it as the tenth best villain in the franchise.
The Man Trap | Critical reception
The theme had already been used in written form, in Gustave Le Rouge's 1908 French science fiction work "Le Prisonnier de la Planète Mars". Block and Erdmann also discussed another part of the episode where Spock is in charge on the bridge and Uhura begins to flirt with him, calling it a "quintessential scene of the series" due to the characters' sexual interest in each other. They suggested this may have been the inspiration for the Spock/Uhura relationship introduced in the 2009 reboot film "Star Trek". Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura, later said that she felt there were hints of an Uhura/Spock relationship in other episodes of the original series.
The Man Trap | Themes
All previous episodes of "Star Trek" had overrun their filming schedules, and the producers were concerned that not enough time had been allotted to each production. Marc Daniels was recruited as director of "The Man Trap"; among his varied directing credits were episodes of "I Love Lucy" for Desilu Productions. Pre-production began during the six scheduled filming days for "", but that episode ran long. Filming for "The Man Trap" commenced around 3:20 p.m. on June 22 and continued until 7:10 p.m. Several futuristic-looking salt shakers were sourced for scenes in "The Man Trap", but due to concerns that they would not be recognized, they were instead used from "The Man Trap" onward as McCoy's tools in sickbay.
The Man Trap | Direction and filming
In "The Man Trap", she becomes friends with Sulu while refuting the advances of Crewman Green. Kirk admits his feelings for Rand while under the influence of an affliction in "The Naked Time". When Charlie Evans is brought on board the "Enterprise" in the episode "Charlie X", he falls for Rand. She is older than the adolescent boy and attempts to dissuade his affections by introducing him to Yeoman Tina Lawton. But he declares his feelings for Rand. Concerned, Rand seeks the advice of the Captain who intervenes and involves Evans in some sparring practice. After he falls over, he reveals his powers to make people disappear when one of the other sparring partners laughs at him.
Janice Rand | Appearances
Leading into "Star Trek" was the first episode of "Tarzan" showing Ron Ely, and leading out was Richard Mulligan's "The Hero". "The Man Trap" placed first in its timeslot, with Nielsen ratings of 25.2 during the first half-hour; some 46.7 percent of all televisions in use at the time were tuned in to the episode. In the same timeslot, "The Tammy Grimes Show" on ABC and "My Three Sons" on CBS received ratings of 14.1 and 9.4 respectively. During the second half of the episode, the rating for "The Man Trap" dropped to 24.2, with 42.2 percent of televisions tuned in.
The Man Trap | Broadcast
However, Geraghty felt that the writers tried to prevent viewers from feeling sympathy for the creature by revealing its true appearance as it died. Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann also discussed the killing of the creature in their book "Star Trek: The Original Series 365", saying that it was "the right thing to do", but suggested that the nature of the death would have troubled McCoy for some time after the event although this was not shown in the series. A vampiric alien is a recurring idea in science fiction television series, such as the "Blake's 7" episode "Sand", the "Babylon 5" episode "Soul Hunter" and the television film "".
The Man Trap | Themes
The first full day of filming on June 23 was predominantly shot on the set representing the bridge of the "Enterprise". Two small establishing shots were postponed until the filming of the next episode. The following day, corridor scenes were filmed, as was the climactic scene featuring the creature's death. At that point, Daniels estimated that he was only a third of a day behind schedule. After a break for the weekend, production resumed on June 27 for scenes in the botany lab, the briefing room and sickbay. One of Grace Lee Whitney's favorite sets to work on throughout the series was the lab, which was the sickbay redecorated, as she enjoyed working with George Takei.
The Man Trap | Direction and filming
In his book "The Influence of Star Trek on Television, Film and Culture", Lincoln Geraghty wrote that episodes such as "The Man Trap" demonstrated a recurring theme within the series: the more barren the planet, the more likely that characters will be in danger. Other episodes which he said supported this view included "The Cage" and "What Are Little Girls Made Of?". Geraghty also pointed out that elsewhere in the original series, the predominant view was that alien predators such as the salt vampire were a lower life form which should be destroyed. He said that in "The Man Trap", the alternative argument is presented: that such creatures should not be killed.
The Man Trap | Themes
It reappeared on-screen in "The Squire of Gothos". Although referred to officially as the "M-113 creature", during production it was called the "salt sucker" and fans of the show have taken to referring to the alien as the "salt vampire".
The Man Trap | The creature
While the former felt that the script still needed work, Black felt it was nearly ready. Following Black's review, Roddenberry re-wrote the script between June 16 and 21. Johnson felt this re-write had "downgrad[ed] the story." Black later said that Roddenberry removed a large part of Johnson's work, and that Johnson's original work was better than Roddenberry's edited version. Johnson was pleased with the final episode, although he was concerned that viewers might not understand "Star Trek" after watching "The Man Trap" owing to differences in characterization between this episode and the rest of the series. He admitted that he did not like Spock and was concerned that the character would not be understood after this episode.
The Man Trap | Writing
The first adaptation of "The Man Trap" was as a re-working into a short story by author James Blish as part of the novelization "Star Trek". This book contained seven short stories, each based on an episode of "The Original Series", and was published in January 1967. The adaptation of "The Man Trap" appeared as the third story in the book, although it was named "The Unreal McCoy". The first home media release of "The Man Trap" was on Compact Cassette from Startone productions in 1982. A further release on LaserDisc took place in 1985, alongside "Charlie X". Further releases of all episodes of the series were made on VHS and Betamax.
The Man Trap | Home media release and other adaptations
The episode was made available to over 200 local stations across the United States with the rights to broadcast "Star Trek".
The Man Trap | Overseas broadcasts and re-releases
Sir, and camp counselor Dr. Kiowa Pendanski. Prisoners who are known by their nicknames – including Zero, Zig-Zag, Armpit, Squid, X-Ray, and Magnet – spend each day digging holes in the desert; they may earn a day off if the inmates find anything interesting. During one night, Mr. Sir rescues Stanley from a yellow-spotted lizard, which he warns Stanley are aggressive, venomous, and lethal. After finding a golden lipstick tube initialed K.B. and a fossil, Stanley is accepted into the group and is given the nickname Caveman. After taking the blame for Magnet's stealing of Mr. Sir's sunflower seeds, Stanley is taken to the warden's house where old wanted posters and newspapers lead him to realize that "KB" stands for Katherine "Kissin' Kate" Barlow, a school teacher turned outlaw from the past.
Holes (film) | Plot
Stan Robertson at NBC suggested to Roddenberry that they might wish to get medical advice over whether the draining of a chemical from a person would kill them instantly. To find out, Roddenberry asked Kellam de Forest Research, who said that, while it had never happened in reality, a quick death would be likely. Johnson suggested that the creature in "The Man Trap" could be the last of its species. He compared its situation to the reduction in numbers of American bison. Roddenberry found the idea intriguing. Erwin was paid a further fee to terminate his contract, and Johnson wrote a first draft teleplay titled "Damsel With a Dulcimer." While writing, Johnson consulted Black, who advised him to place the creature on the "Enterprise" quickly to increase the pace of the episode.
The Man Trap | Writing
Roddenberry was pleased with Johnson's work, and offered him further writing work on "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", which had been written by Robert Bloch. Roddenberry only wanted Johnson to "polish" the script; Johnson, feeling he was unable to improve it without starting from scratch, turned down the offer, but expressed the desire to work on the show again. He later wrote a story outline titled "Rock-A-Bye Baby, or Die!" in which the "Enterprise" would have become a childlike sentient being who idolizes Kirk as its father. This was not commissioned, so "The Man Trap" was Johnson's only work on the franchise.
The Man Trap | Writing
The ruins were constructed out of cardboard boxes covered in gunite (a spray-on, cement-like product) to give them a rocky appearance. Production wrapped on June 30, at 2:55 p.m. Bob Justman later referred to Daniels as the "savior" of the series for delivering "The Man Trap" on schedule, and when the director for "The Naked Time" dropped out, Daniels took over and shot the episode back to back with "The Man Trap" a quarter of a day faster than the schedule. By the end of the original series, Daniels had filmed more episodes than any other director.
The Man Trap | Direction and filming
The animated plant in that scene was a hand puppet controlled from under the table, and Whitney later recalled that the operator could see right up her skirt throughout the shoot and would occasionally try to grope her using the puppet. For the sickbay scenes when Spock bleeds, Daniels decided that Vulcans should have green blood. Roddenberry disliked the idea and unsuccessfully attempted to have it corrected in post-production. By the end of the fifth day of shooting, Daniels estimated that he was now only half an hour behind schedule. Days six and seven were spent on the sets used to show the surface of M-113; while the design of the planet did not match Johnson's vision, he was pleased with it nonetheless.
The Man Trap | Direction and filming
Mr. Garrison was commonly known as "Mr. Garrison" without a first name until the episode "The Entity", where it was revealed as "Herbert Garrison". However, in the episode "Cherokee Hair Tampons", when he wrote his book "The Valley of the Penises", his name on the cover read as "Ethan Garrison", though this may simply be a pen name. As of season 21, he is generally not referred to by name at all, with characters only referring to him as "The President".
Mr. Garrison | Name history
Secret agent Joshua McCord (Chuck Norris) is assigned by President Adam Mayfield (Robert Urich) to prevent a band of terrorists from setting off a nuclear device in a U.S. city. McCord has to infiltrate the terrorists' headquarters and disarm the bomb. Deke Slater (Judson Mills), McCord's younger assistant, develops a relationship with McCord's daughter Que (Jennifer Tung).
The President's Man: A Line in the Sand | Plot
John, Jack Klugman and Robert Duvall.
List of The Name of the Game episodes | Introduction
None of the stories had on-screen titles, or any official titles assigned by the writers. The Region 1 Complete Series DVD release gives the titles "Escape Through a Crack in Time", "The Railway Station", "The Creature's Revenge", "The Man Without a Face", "Dr. McDee Must Die" and "The Trap", respectively. These titles have often been cited as having been created by science fiction magazine "Time Screen". Further reading reveals that in the booklet for the series, written by Tim Worthington, and included with the most recent DVD box set, on page 7 there is this quote regarding titles from creator P.
Sapphire &amp; Steel | Television stories
In the book "Inside Star Trek: The Real Story", he suggests that it was "scarier and more exploitable than the others". "The Man Trap" was the sixth episode produced. Although Roddenberry initially disagreed with NBC's decision, he and production executive Herbert Franklin Solow came to believe it was the correct choice. Shatner also disagreed with the network, feeling that "The Man Trap" was the worst episode out of those available. The episode was the first episode of "Star Trek" broadcast in the United States, on NBC on September 8, 1966. "The Man Trap" formed part of NBC's "Sneak a Peek Week", in which the network showed the premiere episodes of several new shows in prime time slots, ahead of the rival channels ABC and CBS, who were still showing repeats from the previous season.
The Man Trap | Broadcast
The story of a man who goes to a trip with his family and encounters life-changing event and falls into a mysterious trap.
Trap (TV series) | Synopsis
Joshua McCord (Norris) is thinking about retiring from his grueling job as a Secret Service agent who is assigned to protect the President (Waite). But first, he must save the First Lady (Adams), kidnapped by a mysterious band of terrorists. To help him on the mission, McCord prepares to train his replacement. Along this path he notices Deke Slater (Neal) previously an Army sergeant with a temper.
The President's Man | Plot
Captain John Francis Xavier McIntyre appears in the novels, the film (played by Elliott Gould), the "M*A*S*H" TV series (Wayne Rogers), and the "Trapper John, M.D." series (Pernell Roberts). He is one of the main characters in the "M*A*S*H" TV series during the first three seasons, and the central character of the latter series. His nickname comes from an incident in which he was caught having sex with a woman in the lavatory aboard a Boston & Maine Railway train: she claimed in her defense that "he trapped me!" In the book and the film, Trapper John is a graduate of Dartmouth College (having played quarterback on the school's football team) and serves as thoracic surgeon of the 4077th.
List of M*A*S*H characters | Trapper John
In an interview published in the 1988 book "The Star Trek Interview Book", Johnson claimed that the response of critics to "The Man Trap", and the initial episodes of "Star Trek" in general, was "complete bewilderment". In previewing the broadcast of "The Man Trap", "The Daily Reporter" said that "Star Trek" had the "usual far-fetched suppositions" present in other science fiction works, but praise was given to the acting skills of Shatner and the plots of the initial episodes. The "Edwardsville Intelligencer" called the reveal of the creature in the episode "the kicker of a great sci-fi plot". "Daily Variety" columnist Jack Hellman gave the episode an unfavorable review over its "lack of meaningful cast leads", who "move around with directorial precision with only violence to provide the excitement." The weekly edition of the magazine offered a similar opinion, stating that the "Enterprise" "trudged along for a long hour with hardly any relief from violence, killing, ugly stuff and a distasteful monster".
The Man Trap | Critical reception
A shot of the reconstructed XQR making its final approach to Cloudbase was filmed but ultimately cut. Glen Garry Castle was adapted from a scale model that had previously been used as McGregor Castle in the "Stingray" episode "Loch Ness Monster" and Glen Carrick Castle in the "Thunderbirds" episode "30 Minutes After Noon". It was expanded for its appearance in "The Trap". The conference hall seats had appeared in the earlier "Stingray" and "Thunderbirds" episodes. The puppet playing Morton was modelled on actor Robert Mitchum.
The Trap (Captain Scarlet) | Production
Janice Rand is a fictional character in the American science fiction television series "" during its , as well as three of the "Star Trek" films. She is the Captain's yeoman on board the USS "Enterprise" (NCC-1701), and first appeared in the episode "The Man Trap". She had significant roles in the episodes "", where she fights off an evil version of Captain James T. Kirk; "Charlie X" where a young man with god-like powers falls in love with her; and "" where she is infected with a deadly disease while on an away mission and is kidnapped by jealous children.
Janice Rand | Introduction
Previous members have included, but were not limited to, Tiberius Lyn, Pow Pow (Christopher Powell), Sweet Chestnut (Dan Scofield), Brown Sugar (Adam Schatz), Shono (Bryan Murphy), Kritter Krat/Cougar/Alejandro Borg (Russell Higbee), Turkey Moth/Giamebee (Jamey Robinson), Chang Wang (Billy Blaise Dufala), Blanco (Steven Dufala), Les Mizzle (Craig Van Hise), G. Clinton Killingsworth (Sam Henderson), Liz Rywelki, Dicky Betts Jr. (Matt Gibson), Moonbeam (Evander Green), Jefferson, Brown Sugar Jr. (Michael Kammers), Shit Foot (Stephanie Smith), Sara Yurman, and Sergei Sogay (Chris Shar).
Man Man | Past members
Although injured in combat, Matt Jameson returns home from Korea safely and works in California as an engineer. He is unhappily married to Nina, an alcoholic, and is attracted to his boss's secretary, Liz Addams. Vince Biskay, a friend from the Marines whose life Matt saved, turns up with a risky but tempting offer. He knows of a Central American dictator whose shipment of $3.5 million in illegal weapons is being transported to the U.S. If they can intercept it, Matt and Vince could turn it in to law authorities and split the reward. A gun battle erupts at the San Francisco airport, with the dictator's thugs trying to protect the loot.
Man-Trap | Plot
The following is a list of episodes in the CBS TV series "Trapper John, M.D."
List of Trapper John, M.D. episodes | Introduction
Doctor Lawrence Trapp, a.k.a. Doctor Trap (first appearance: "Chase" #3 (April 1998)), is a supervillain with a mechanical jaw. He is an enemy to the Justice Experience, the Martian Manhunter, and Cameron Chase.
List of minor DC Comics characters | Doctor Trap
Eric Roberts makes his first appearance as a new character, Thompson, an associate of Mr. Bennet at Primatech. The episode also marks Missy Peregrym's first appearance as Candice Wilmer, although her illusion powers and name isn't revealed until the next episode. This is the first episode in the series that Masi Oka does not appear in. His character, Hiro Nakamura, however, appears as a child, played by Garret Masuda. As of season 3, this episode has the fewest regular cast members appearing in it. Only Jack Coleman (Mr. Bennet), Greg Grunberg (Matt Parkman), and Hayden Panettiere (Claire Bennet) appear.
Company Man (Heroes) | Series continuity
There was also throughout the years of the series, several parodies of comics' superheroes, like Superman (mostly played by Didi because of his leader role), Batman (played mostly by Dedé because of Dedé's second banana role and also because of the homosexual interpretations about Batman and him), Spider-Man, Hulk, The Phantom, etc.
Os Trapalhões | The show
Gary, who is gullible and unable to lie, has been asking the production staff to give him a spy mission. However, when the production staff decided to give him the mission, they decided to trick him and created hidden camera episodes instead.
List of Running Man special series | Tru-Gary Show
While "Abyssinia, Henry" is well known for the departure of McLean Stevenson from the series, it was also the final episode in which Wayne Rogers appeared. During the summer 1975 break between seasons three and four, he quit the series. 20th Century Fox sued him for breach of contract, but the lawsuit collapsed. The character of Trapper John McIntyre was subsequently written off the series in "Welcome to Korea," the first episode of the next season. As a result, when the cast returned to begin filming the series' fourth season in September 1975, there were major changes in both the makeup and the direction of the show: The more earnest and faithful family man Captain B.J.
Abyssinia, Henry | Aftermath
First lines of each episode: "Host:" "How do you do, ladies and gentlemen. I'm your host, Truman Bradley".
Science Fiction Theatre | Intro and outro
Footage from "The Trap" was later incorporated into the flashback episode "The Inquisition".
The Trap (Captain Scarlet) | Introduction
Five series comprising 130 episodes have been broadcast.
Cowboy Trap | Series overview
3 and the "Irredeemable Ant-Man" miniseries.
Robert Kirkman | Career
is a Machiner's Platoon operative wearing an Omihalcon suit, he carries a M61 Vulcan machine gun on his arms with a drum barrel on his back. He was wounded by Yu's Omihalcon combat knife in Turkey during the raid on ARCAM's Turkish research center. Jean ended his life by firing his Franchi SPAS-12 shotgun into Fatman's face.
List of Spriggan characters | Colonel McDougal
Rygaard, Papac, Dreadknots, Chapman, and Swamp Man return for this season, along with two new crews.
Ax Men | Season 8
Cosby himself is a cyborg from the future named BSM-471, sent back in time to destroy the binder before it could rise to power; Cosby manages to destroy it, but Cartman buys another one and refuses to allow it to be destroyed. Meanwhile, Mr. Garrison has been demoted to a kindergarten teacher, and his class holds an election for class president. Kyle's brother Ike has been admitted to kindergarten two years early because of his supposed intelligence (despite not being able to speak properly). Ike is chosen by Mr. Garrison to run against a boy named Filmore, resulting in a tie that is broken by the vote of a little girl named Flora.
Trapper Keeper (South Park) | Plot
It was announced in March 2009 that the cast of the show had read through an early draft of the script under the working title, "Episode VI: The Great Muppet Caper". The second working title, "We Have a Bad Feeling About This," was a reference to the recurring catchphrase used in the "Star Wars" films. The settled-upon title is a reference to the line by Admiral Ackbar in the film.
Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy | "It's a Trap!"
The short-running series features microscopic characters who live in the fictitious land of "Do As You're Told", a strange and colourful place (that was not completely separate from the human world, as one episode features a busy road and another features children playing) whose inhabitants are named after orders directed at children by their parents. Unlike "The Trap Door", which ran for 40 episodes over two series, only a single series of thirteen episodes was produced. Each episode is named after a character that features in the episode (however, the character "Not Now" did not have an episode named after him because he was the pet of the series' antagonist "I Said No").
Stoppit and Tidyup | Description
Johnson was hired after story editor John D. F. Black recommended him to the producers. Johnson decided to use the 1953 science fiction novel "The Syndic" by Cyril M. Kornbluth as the basis for the story. Roddenberry felt that Johnson's treatment did not match his vision for "Star Trek", but did not want to lose him entirely, and asked him to write "The Man Trap". Erwin was paid in full for his version, and given a separate "kill fee" because it would not be used. Roddenberry wanted to see more action, so the creature's ability to create apparitions was added to the script from the original pitch.
The Man Trap | Writing
"The Time Trap" is the twelfth episode of the first season of the American animated science fiction television series "". It first aired in the NBC Saturday morning lineup on November 24, 1973, and was written by American actress and screenwriter Joyce Perry. In this episode, Captain Kirk must cooperate with distrusted Klingons to escape a "Sargasso Sea" of dead starships. The episode introduces the first example of a Starfleet starship other than a "Constitution"-class ship: the USS "Bonaventure", which is said to be the "first ship to have warp drive installed" in the episode. The ship is never referenced in live-action Star Trek, although it is the name of Zephram Cochrane's ship in the non-canonical novel "Federation" by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens.
The Time Trap | Introduction
When Matt gets a six-month suspension for his rogue actions at work, she provides him with emotional support and reveals that she is pregnant. Four months later Matt and Janice are divorced, and Matt later reveals to Nathan Petrelli that the child his wife bore is not his, but rather the man's with whom his wife cheated. It is later revealed that the child, named Matt Parkman, Jr, was in fact his. In the episode 'Cold Snap', the infant displayed the ability to control energy (turning on a TV and activating several electronic toys), which also allowed him to jump-start/reactivate an evolved human's ability (by touching Hiro, baby Matt immediately restored Hiro's lost ability to "stop time" and eventually his teleporting and time-travel abilities).
List of Heroes characters | Janice Parkman
During the next 11 serial chapters, Cody, now back on Earth, and his associates Joan (Aline Towne), Ted (William Bakewell) and Dick (Gayle Kellogg) battle an elusive lunar agent named Krog (Peter Brocco) and his gang of human henchmen led by Graber (Clayton Moore) and Daly (Bob Stevenson), who use Lunarium-powered ray cannons to disrupt defense forces and weaken public morale. After a second trip to the Moon, in which he captures a sample ray cannon for duplication in his lab, Cody tracks Retik's minions to their hideout where Krog is killed by one of his own devices, and Graber and Daly subsequently die in an over-the-cliff car chase.
Radar Men from the Moon | Plot
And a librarian in another Star Trek episode was named 'Mr. Atoz' (A to Z).
Pun | Design
To keep the show fresh, old characters were dropped and new ones introduced over the years.
It's That Man Again | Introduction
The creators decided an innocent character would be featured in each episode, giving the audience someone with whom to identify. Despite many changes over four seasons, "innocents" remained a constant – from a suburban housewife in the pilot, "The Vulcan Affair" (film version: "To Trap a Spy"), to those kidnapped in the final episode, "The Seven Wonders of the World Affair."
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Innocent character
An attempt to blast through the cell wall with the new captives' phasers fails as the weapons are apparently non-functional. That night, Pike is able to capture the Keeper as he attempts to confiscate the weapons. Pike intuits that the phasers still function, and that their escape attempt was thwarted by an illusion. He forces the Talosian to reveal a hole in the cell wall. The humans proceed to the surface, but learn that this was the Talosians' plan. Number One (Majel Barrett, billed as M. Leigh Hudec) sets her phaser on overload, preferring to die rather than be enslaved, but deactivates the weapon when more Talosians arrive.
The Menagerie (Star Trek: The Original Series) | Part II
Kelley's first broadcast appearance as Doctor Leonard McCoy was in "The Man Trap" (1966). Despite his character's prominence, Kelley's contract granted him only a "featuring" credit; it was not until the second season that he was given "starring" credit, at the urging of producer Robert Justman. Kelley was apprehensive about "Star Trek"s future, telling Roddenberry that the show was "going to be the biggest hit or the biggest miss God ever made". Kelley portrayed McCoy throughout the original "Star Trek" series and voiced the character in the animated "Star Trek". Kelley, who in his youth wanted to become a doctor like his uncle, but whose family could not pay for a medical education, in part drew upon his real-life experiences in creating McCoy: a doctor's "matter-of-fact" delivery of news of Kelley's mother's terminal cancer was the "abrasive sand" Kelley used in creating McCoy's demeanor.
Leonard McCoy | Development
Rygaard, Papac, Chapman, Zitterkopf, and Swamp Man return for this season, with one new crew.
Ax Men | Season 9
The episode was released on DVD paired with "The Naked Time" as part of the general release of the series in 1999. There were no other extras added to that series of releases, except the DVD containing "Turnabout Intruder". "The Man Trap" was later released within a DVD box set of the first season in 2004; all three seasons of "The Original Series" were released as full-season box sets that year. The episode was included in the remastered season one release on DVD and Blu-ray in 2009.
The Man Trap | Home media release and other adaptations
In the original "Star Trek" series, the title character was given the name James T. Kirk. It was not until the animated series that writer David Gerrold expanded on the "T", giving us Captain James Tiberius Kirk. It was purely coincidental that he chose "Tiberius" (on Gene Roddenberry's first series "The Lieutenant", the principal character was William Tiberius Rice). According to Gerrold, he had been influenced by "I, Claudius", and had approached Roddenberry with his choice of middle name, but it was not until 2014 that he learned of its earlier use. The animated series introduced a three-armed, three-legged alien member of the bridge crew with a long neck named Arex and a cat-like alien crew member named M'Ress.
Star Trek: The Animated Series | Novelties in the series
Many years later, in 1973, the names of Manhunter and Paul Kirk were resurrected in a story by Archie Goodwin and Walt Simonson in "Detective Comics" #437 Simonson noted that: Contrary to popular belief, although the name was chosen as an acknowledgement of the 1940s character, it was not the original intent of the creators for this to be the same character. This link was later established within the series to quickly provide backstory within the limited eight-page structure. Kirk carried and used primarily three weapons: a Bolo Mauser, a Katar (कटार), and two shuriken "throwing stars". These are carried by Kirk as part of his costume, on the chest.
Manhunter (Paul Kirk) | 1970s revival
Initially the group was five teens: a telepath/telekinetic Reign, (Jason Drew) who initially used a focusing gem he wore on his forehead, but later found it had mind-controlling properties and abandoned its use; Byrd, (Adam Booth) who was friendly and laid back, began with small wings that protruded from his arms, but later evolved further growing feathers, talons and other bird-like features; a blonde speedster called Dash, (Lisa Richards) who was involved in romantic relations with Byrd and Reign; Exit, (Derrick Rowland) who could teleport via entering another dimension (he was later replaced by a being from this dimension, Charade); and Kodiak, (Thomas Runningbear Jr.) the youngest member (who was apparently Native American), who could turn into a giant man-beast.
New Men (Image Comics) | Fictional character biographies
After this first series was over, one interviewer asked McGoohan if he would have liked the series to continue, to which he replied, "Perhaps, but let me tell you this: I would rather do twenty TV series than go through what I went through under that Rank contract I signed a few years ago and for which I blame no one but myself."
Patrick McGoohan | "Danger Man"
He invented system games that reflected his beliefs about human behaviour, including one he called 'Fuck You Buddy' (later published as "So Long Sucker"), in which the only way to win was to betray your playing partner, and it is from this game that the episode's title is taken. These games were internally coherent and worked correctly as long as the players obeyed the ground rules that they should behave selfishly and try to outwit their opponents, but when RAND's analysts tried the games on their own secretaries, they were surprised to find that instead of betraying each other, the secretaries cooperated every time.
The Trap (TV series) | Part 1. "F**k You Buddy"
The figure had yellow eyes whereas he had normal eyes in the cartoon.
List of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe characters | Trap Jaw
The program stars Tristram Coffin as the real life Captain Thomas H. Rynning and Kelo Henderson, a Golden Boot Award winner, as Ranger Clint Travis. The series was based on true incidents with episodes centered on the Arizona Rangers' attempts to maintain order.
26 Men | Synopsis
A note found with him indicates that he and several others including "Jane's" captain William Guy had survived the assassination attempt at Tsalal and are still alive.
An Antarctic Mystery | Volume 1
A month prior to the premiere of "Star Trek", Desilu held a screening for NBC executives to help decide which episode to broadcast first, and several stories were considered. Executives were concerned that "Mudd's Women", one potential choice, would have reviewers discussing "space hookers"; they felt another possibility, "Where No Man Has Gone Before", contained too much exposition, even though it was filmed as a second pilot. The final choice was between "The Man Trap" and "The Naked Time". Justman felt that "The Naked Time" would make it easier for viewers to understand the characters, but later agreed with NBC's decision to show "The Man Trap" first.
The Man Trap | Broadcast
There are clues in the story that indicate who he is, though..."" Also, in "Trinity" #27, Swashbuckler reveals a scar visible all around his neck. At the end of the "Trinity" series, the Dreambound including Swashbuckler switch to the side of the heroes, and are later pardoned in court. Their current whereabouts are unknown.
Manhunter (comics) | Kirk DePaul
Joe Trapchek was a retired chief of police in Seattle, Washington who came out of retirement to consult on cases. Also seen were Detective Chris Trapchek, Joe's grandson, and Detective Jack Cloud, Chris' partner and the ex-partner of Chris' father who was killed in the line of duty.
Traps (TV series) | Premise
Three other Kelvans transport aboard the "Enterprise", and quickly gain control of the ship. Rojan orders the landing party to a cave guarded by Kelinda. Mr. Spock uses his Vulcan telepathic ability to lure her into the cave, where Kirk knocks her unconscious and seizes her control belt. Their freedom is short-lived, however, and as punishment Rojan orders the Kelvan Hanar to activate his belt, transforming two of the landing team members to small cuboctahedral blocks of a chalk-like substance. Rojan picks up the blocks and crushes one to dust, killing Yeoman Thompson. He then transforms the other block (Lt.
By Any Other Name | Plot
the Snake-Men" towards the end of the first season, in addition sidelining Skeletor as chief villain in favor of King Hiss, leader of the reptilian Snake Men (Kobra-Kahn, General Rattlor, Tung-Lashor, Snake-Face, and Sssqueeze), with He-Man and many of the characters now bearing a new "Snake-Armor" look. He-Man's ancestor King Grayskull and his Sorceress wife Veena also debuted in this season against his nemesis Hordak (now an ancient sorcerer). Hordak and the Evil Horde were to be the main antagonists for the third season if the show had continued, but it was not renewed. The 40th and final episode was produced as a comic-book "special feature" on the last DVD set of the series, which was part of a three-volume release, originally by BCI Eclipse in 2008 (and later in a collected release by Mill Creek Entertainment in 2009 and 2012).
Masters of the Universe | 200X Animated series – Mike Young Productions
Within days of seeing the "Star Trek" series premiere "The Man Trap" on September 8, 1966, 22-year-old Gerrold wrote a sixty-page outline for a two-part episode called "Tomorrow Was Yesterday", about the "Enterprise" discovering a ship launched from Earth centuries earlier. Although "Star Trek" producer Gene L. Coon rejected the outline, he realized Gerrold was talented and expressed interest in his submitting some story premises. Bearing preliminary titles and, in some cases, preliminary character names, Gerrold submitted five premises. Two of the submissions of which he later had little recollection involved a spaceship-destroying machine, similar to Norman Spinrad's "", and a situation in which Kirk had to play a chess game with an advanced intelligence using his crew as chess pieces.
David Gerrold | "Star Trek: The Original Series"
The series is set in 1870 and portrays an amnesiac facing hardship and danger while trying to unravel his identity and his past.
A Man Called Shenandoah | Introduction
Spy Trap was a BBC drama that ran from 1972 to 1975 on BBC1, and set around "The Department", a British counter-espionage organisation. It starred Paul Daneman as Commander Paul Ryan, a naval officer and spy chief, Prentis Hancock as Lieutenant Saunders, and Michael Gwynn as agent Carson. Other regular cast members included Julian Glover as Commander Anderson (first season only) and Tom Adams as Major Sullivan (from the second season). "Spy Trap" was created by Robert Barr, who also wrote the earlier BBC TV series "Spycatcher", and was notable for its complex plot lines. It ran for three seasons.
Spy Trap | Introduction
He is defeated by getting tricked into eating a special alloy named Deterninum that weakens him. Both cartoon series depict Trap Jaw as bold but coarse. In the 1980s cartoon, his helmet, mantrap mouth, robotic arm and legs are cerise but his robotic arm and legs were black on the original figure; the figure's helmet and mantrap mouth are recolored purplish red. Whereas he had loads of arm attachments in the cartoon (again, most were colored cerise in the cartoon), the figure only came with three (claw, gun and hook) [these were also black]. His belt did not have the skull and crossbones (Jolly Roger) in the cartoon; this was only on the figure's belt.
List of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe characters | Trap Jaw
(Kirk: "Did he just... punch my ship?") Meanwhile, the seven crew members of the destroyed ship are revealed to be members of the X-Men - Cyclops, Wolverine, Jean Grey, Beast, Storm, Gambit, and Bishop - who managed to transport to the "Enterprise" before their own vessel's destruction, though they are hiding to avoid detection. As Dr. McCoy discovers Beast and Storm sneaking Gambit into Sick Bay for medical attention, Spock has sensed the presences of the X-Men on board and confronts the remaining members, engaging Wolverine in combat and actually putting him under for a few moments with the Vulcan nerve pinch.
Star Trek/X-Men | Plot synopsis
Papac, Rygaard, S&S, and Swamp Man appear in this season, along with six new crews.
Ax Men | Season 5
"To Trap a Spy" is the third and longest version of the same story, in this case, the pilot known as "The Vulcan Affair". The original pilot "Solo" was filmed in color and, as was standard at the time for U.S. network television shows, shown primarily to network executives to gain their approval for a series, and if not picked up for filming, released as a second feature. After the series was ordered the pilot episode was edited down to fit a one-hour timeslot, modified somewhat to – among other minor changes – substitute Leo G. Carroll's character Alexander Waverley for that of Mr.
To Trap a Spy | Production
The episode's title refers to the subject of both the episode and the season as a whole; the statewide (which quickly becomes nationwide) manhunt for the Fox River 8. The series regular cast members who did not appear are Paul Adelstein (who plays Paul Kellerman) and Marshall Allman (who plays L. J. Burrows). Despite their roles as two of the eight prison escapees, the two recurring cast members Lane Garrison (who plays David "Tweener" Apolskis) and Silas Weir Mitchell (who plays Charles "Haywire" Patoshik) did not appear in this episode, though they did appear in brief flashbacks at the beginning of the episode.
Manhunt (Prison Break) | Introduction
Pike (Jeffrey Hunter), Spock, and a landing party beam down to the planet, and find a number of survivors including a young woman named Vina (Susan Oliver), who was born shortly after the crash of "Columbia". Dr. Boyce (John Hoyt), Pike's chief medical officer, establishes that the survivors are all in perfect health, despite the circumstances. Vina promises to show Pike the secret of their health, and leads him to a rocky knoll. Two aliens emerge from a hidden door, stun Pike, and carry him through the door. Vina, the other survivors, and their camp suddenly disappear. Pike has been abducted by the , humanoid aliens with the power to create illusions indistinguishable from reality (Reality distortion fields).
The Menagerie (Star Trek: The Original Series) | Part I
Armed with an advanced technology weapons, he begins fighting Tentacle's cyborgs and protect humankind. A few episodes later, Machineman succeeds in dismantling Tentacle; however, Professor K flees to Spain and his niece, Lady M, appears. With her aide Tonchinkan, they establish a new organization called "Octopus". Like her uncle, she is allergic to children (whenever she is near one, her nose turns red). In the beginning, she calls up various thieves and legendary criminals from around the world, but later robotic drones are assembled to combat Machineman. By the end of the series, the missing Professor K returns, bringing with him the biggest threat the hero had ever faced: Golden Monsu, a fortified version of Tetsujin Monsu.
Nebula Mask Machineman | Plot
In December 2019 an animated version of the creature made a brief appearance in the opening scenes of the Ephraim and Dot.
The Man Trap | Themes
Don Lanning was part of the team working on the creature effects for the 2009 film "Star Trek". He was the key sculptor for the production, and personally revamped some of the aliens from the original series, including the salt vampire seen in "The Man Trap". He described the original design as "hokey", and said that he tried to change it to "something organic". The new version of the creature was unused in the film, which pleased Lanning. The creature did return in "Star Trek Online", a massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Rather than a single salt vampire, the 20-player PvE mission "Mine Trap" saw a Romulan colony overrun with them.
The Man Trap | Later appearances
The original name was "Ian Fleming's Solo." Robert Towne, Sherman Yellen, and Harlan Ellison later wrote scripts for the series. Author Michael Avallone, who wrote the first original novelisation based upon the series (see below), is sometimes incorrectly cited as the show's creator.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Background
It is revealed that Hank is actually a doctor working with Mr. Bennet, who later performs tests on Sylar. Hank is killed by Sylar, who then escapes from containment at Primatech.
List of Heroes characters | Hank and Lisa
The Bug's first victims are square record moguls Lawrence Milk and Jive Davis, who are hypnotized or otherwise prodded into killing themselves, and bandleader 'Scream' Dorsey, whose car is booby trapped and then run off a cliff. The Bug, his henchmen and henchwomen (including the villainess Sombra) are opposed by the J-Men, a group of government agents hired by the legendary J. Eager Believer. Besides the Chief and his bumbling sidekick, Agent Barton, the J-Men include Agents Spike, Claire and Lance, Buzz Cufflink, Yank Smellfinger, James Armhole, Rocket Jock (clips of Commando Cody from "Radar Men from the Moon"), the Lone Star (clips from "Captain America"), the Caped Madman (clips of Captain Marvel from "Adventures of Captain Marvel"; who transforms by using the phrase "Sh-Boom"), Spy Swatter (clips from "Spy Smasher"), Sleeve Coat, Juicy Withers, and Admiral Balzy.
J-Men Forever | Plot
It was announced in March 2009 the show had read through an early draft of the script under the working title, "Episode VI: The Great Muppet Caper". The second working title, "We Have a Bad Feeling About This", was a reference to the recurring catchphrase that is used in the "Star Wars" films. The settled-upon title is a reference to the line by Admiral Ackbar in the film, which became an Internet meme through YTMND. Due to the declining number of unused "Family Guy" characters, the episode also features characters from "American Dad!" and "The Cleveland Show": Roger appears as Moff Jerjerrod, (with Vader/Stewie commenting "What, have we run out of our characters already?") Klaus appears as Admiral Ackbar, Tim appears as Wicket the Ewok and Rallo appears as Nien Nunb.
It's a Trap! | Background
Nellie Atkins, James Anderson, Ms. Brown (Matron), Pauline Jenkins, Franklyn Phipps, Wuss-Wuss, Sylvia, Gerald, Teacher Mack, Mr Henry, Pet and Precious (twins), Bess( dog)
Escape to Last Man Peak | Characters