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| date      = March 10, 2010
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| title    = Darmok and Jalad
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| titletext = I wonder how often Patrick Stewart has Darmok flashbacks when talking to Star Trek fans.
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| titletext = Using a ring to bind someone you covet into your dark and twisted world? Wow, just got the subtext there. Also, the apparently eager Beyoncé would've made one badass Nazgȗl.
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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This comic is a parody of the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "{{w|Darmok}}" in which Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew meet with a Tamarian ship. They can translate the words, of Tamarian but because the language is based on metaphors, they cannot understand what the words mean. "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra" is repeated many times in this episode by the Tamarian captain Darmok. Picard is eventually able to decipher the line to discover that it was a story of two warriors that work together to defeat a common foe. The alien's intention is that he and Picard work together to defeat a a monster as a way to cement ties between the Tamarians and the Federation.
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In the comic, instead of suggesting a dramatic gesture to achieve a diplomatic breakthrough, the alien seems to be using a corny up chat line. It is not clear if he is chatting up Deanna Troi (who has the long curly hair) or Picard. However, given that in the original episode Darmok and Jalad (the two warriors) were identified with Picard and Darmok, it seems likely that he is flirting with Picard.
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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:[Captain Dathon is seen on a communications screen]
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:[ {{w|Sauron}} is in a nightclub, sitting unhappily at a table with a drink. The Beyoncé song "{{w|Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)|Single Ladies}}" is playing. Beret Guy walks up to Sauron.]
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:Alien: Darmok and Jalad at Kalenda's!
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:Beret Guy: Hey Sauron. Why so Glum?
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:[Jean-Luc Picard and Deanna Troi stand next to each other, looking off to the right.]
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:Saron: Gil-Galad saw through me and threw me out of Lindon. Galadriel, too. I'll never rule anyone at this rate.
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:Picard: Their language must be based on folklore and metaphor! Computer! Search cultural archives for Darmok-Jalad-Kalenda!
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:[Single Ladies continues playing]
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:[Picard and Troi listen to the response]
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:Sauron: Eru created such beautiful creatures - Elves and Men and Dwarves - and all I've got are these stupid Orcs.
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:Computer (off-panel): In Tamarian legend, Darmok and Jalad got totally wasted and hooked up at a party at Kalenda's.
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:[Music: 'cause if you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it]
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:[Dathon is seen on the communications screen again, winking]
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:Suaron: I mean, I -
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:[Music: If you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it]
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:[Sauron still sits at the table but an idea seems to have come to him]
  
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Latest revision as of 18:34, 23 January 2013


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[ Sauron is in a nightclub, sitting unhappily at a table with a drink. The Beyoncé song "Single Ladies" is playing. Beret Guy walks up to Sauron.]
Beret Guy: Hey Sauron. Why so Glum?
Saron: Gil-Galad saw through me and threw me out of Lindon. Galadriel, too. I'll never rule anyone at this rate.
[Single Ladies continues playing]
Sauron: Eru created such beautiful creatures - Elves and Men and Dwarves - and all I've got are these stupid Orcs.
[Music: 'cause if you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it]
Suaron: I mean, I -
[Music: If you liked it, then you should have put a ring on it]
[Sauron still sits at the table but an idea seems to have come to him]


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