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the_la_baker — 11 years ago(May 23, 2014 12:22 PM)

Who is Tommy parodying?
FTR: I know very little about Star Trek, so if this is the dumbest question ever, go easy on me.

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He was a cross between La Forge and Wesley Crusher.
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Incidentally, I feel bad that that actor's career was stolen by Kevin hart.
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He was a cross between La Forge and Wesley Crusher.
Incidentally, I feel bad that that actor's career was stolen by Kevin hart.
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It's a combination of Wesley Crusher and Georgi LaForge.
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I thought the character was based more on Chekov. He was the youngest member on TOS (though obviously not as young as Tommy) plus, like Tommy, was a navigator.
Plus, every character was a pastiche of a TOS character, it doesn't make sense to suddenly have a pastiche of a TNG character, especially one that's generally disliked. Conversely, Chekov seems pretty popular.

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He was a parody of both Wesley and black kids in 80's sitcoms like Gary Coleman.
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That is an amazing quote.
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The character is based on Wesley Crusher, who was played by Will Wheaton in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" when he was a teen. Note that Tommy in the "Galaxy Quest" TV show was a child when he was on the show.
I think all that is being parodied is having a cast member who was very young when the series was first filmed. I never watched TNG so I'm not sure what else, if anything, is being parodied here. I'm not sure if audiences didn't like the character, or didn't like that he was a minor I guess supposed to be so brilliant he could be on a starship crew even as a teen.
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I love that quote.

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The character is based on Wesley Crusher, who was played by Will Wheaton in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" when he was a teen. Note that Tommy in the "Galaxy Quest" TV show was a child when he was on the show.
I think all that is being parodied is having a cast member who was very young when the series was first filmed. I never watched TNG so I'm not sure what else, if anything, is being parodied here. I'm not sure if audiences didn't like the character, or didn't like that he was a minor I guess supposed to be so brilliant he could be on a starship crew even as a teen.
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