DS9 Morn Hits Quark with a Barstool (Blaze of Glory)

[@a.g.m8790]

I love how apparently offscreen Morn is a talkative and sometimes violent dude that cracks hella jokes and gets into all kinds of wild shit but onscreen all we ever see him do is silently mope around the bar looking like a bulldog that fell in the sewer lol. He’s unironically one of my favorite characters of all time

[@philiphunn194]

Funny story - the Morn suit had a movable jaw built into it by the costume department just in case the writers ever decided to give Morn some dialogue, but as we all now know, it was never needed. Good to be prepared, though, am I right?

[@bigshadow847]

He was Worf's favorite sparring opponent

[@RequiemPoete]

Yeah. The one thing he ever did was drool out latinum from his second stomach.

[@bigshadow847]

Jadzia even nursed a crush on him but he turned her down like a gentleman

[@daefaron]

In star trek online you can talk to Morn, and one option blacks out the screen and implies he talked your ear off for hours on end telling stories.

[@3Rayfire]

The nice thing about DS9 was, they always left you with a feeling that when we weren't watching all kinds of crazy stuff was going on.

[@rippspeck]

Very true. On the other hand, the majority of TNG felt like as soon as the cameras stopped rolling, everybody just hibernated in their place till the next adventure. At least to me, that is.

[@AaronSmith-kr5yf]

@@rippspeck I always felt like that was one thing TNG never really addressed. The bordem of the crew, people getting restless, starting to lose their mind in the monotony of deep space travel. Keep in mind it took over a week at warp 8 to go from one place to the next in some instances.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

@@AaronSmith-kr5yf Well, they had the holodeck, as well as Ten Forward.

[@Escap1st7]

DS9 had quite a low budget - no wonder they made full use of off-screen action.

[@3Rayfire]

@@AaronSmith-kr5yf That's about a normal travel time in a Navy ship. Heck we'd have been thrilled to get somewhere once a week.

[@GreatFox42]

The whole-series spanning running joke of Morn's wild offscreen activities is one of my favorite things ever.

[@matthew8153]

It’s one of the few jokes I’ve seen stay going for 30 years.

[@mediocreman6323]

The great thing about Armin Shimerman is, that you get that feeling that he enjoyed every second of playing Quark 😃

[@qasimmir7117]

Remember when he dressed up as a woman?😂😂😂

[@keennickolas8575]

Shimerman felt like he really enjoyed whatever he played :D

[@BX138]

He did

[@Crlarl]

@@qasimmir7117 Maybe not _every_ second.

[@SirNilzey]

@@Crlarl I'll wager the time in-between takes would be next to unbearable. Sitting there, more prosthetics and makeup than man, waiting for hours upon hours...

[@EvilMariobot]

"Careful, that hurts!" "I haven't done anything yet." "What are you waiting for? I told you, it hurts!"

[@Avatarbee]

The Morn-jokes never get old.

[@davido.1233]

Did you know, that at one time Morn was originally going to have an actual line in the show? Actually, there were supposed to be snippets of him saying real lines but they always got cut! At one point, the actor once said that Morn was to emerge down the spiral staircase wearing a tuxedo and give Quark a line, "Shaken, not stirred" before being handed a drink. Sometimes I wish that scene had been kept in the show, given that it would at least give us something regarding his voice, aside from the four seconds of raucous laughter we hear in the episode "The Nagus".

[@matthew8153]

Dave Matthew His character was obviously a joke about Cheers. But the episode where he faked his death had me in stitches when they were talking about all these things he said and did, and how he’d never shut up.

[@mangaranwow2543]

@@matthew8153 "Good afternoon everybody". NORM!!!....Norman.

[@funkmantim2661]

Even in Star Trek Online his jokes continue! at one point I actually thought I was going to get a epic story from him only for it to fade to black then continue with Morn being exhausted and having a drink.

[@davidallbaugh6858]

@@matthew8153 That was DS9's version of "The Maltese Falcon", a great episode. Another episode in season 6 when DS9 has been occupied by the Dominion, it is Morn who brings Sisko the news that the Dominion is about to detonate the minefield that is keeping Dominion reinforcements from coming through the wormhole. Sisko tells Admiral Ross that Morn is a reliable source that he has used before. Morn is just not someone who spends his time drinking at Quarks bar, he is also a master criminal and an intelligence operative. A mystery man of many talents is Morn

[@mytwocentshere3943]

In the Star Trek Online game, which is set 40 years after the events in Nemesis, Quark has moved back to Feringinar but he still owns title to his bar on DS9, and there at the end of the bar still sits Morn where you can have a "chat" with him.

[@HunhowsShadowStalker]

Not to mention there's a part in the game where you're send to an alternate timeline where you meet Morn in a colony run by Tholians. There you can also have a one-sided talk with him.

[@ccghidorah1]

That's where Quark is! I assumed he retired to some moon

[@DelcoRanz93]

+My Two Cents Here The only thing is that he's sitting in the wrong stool.

[@christoffelmiddel6663]

+My Two Cents Here Man I miss star trek. I wish JJ didn't mess around our universe.

[@christoffelmiddel6663]

+My Two Cents Here Man I miss star trek. I wish JJ didn't mess around with our universe.

[@KEVMAN7987]

I wish that at least once they had a scene where Morn walked into Quark's and everyone yelled "Morn!"

[@TazarZero]

*Steve Rogers* - I understood that reference!

[@JanoyCresvaZero]

I CLAPPED BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT REFERENCE!

[@Milnoc]

"Morn" spelled backwards is "Norm." Not an accident.

[@spudhead169]

Followed by a single Mornan

[@hobanagerik]

@@Milnoc Look again.

[@Snowwie88]

Morn just talks too much.

[@allengilbert7463]

"You know Morn, he never shuts up." -Quark

[@ThatSlowTypingGuy]

Quark: I haven't the faintest idea Kira: -_- Think harder.

[@spk1121]

Her response actually made me laugh out loud 😄

[@foxxygradius7858]

HIGHLY ADVANCED Space Federation first aid: Shine the red light on it, then the blue one, then the red one again.

[@lukevankleef4245]

Its so advanced it looks (and probably is) super easy.

[@KnightRaymund]

Barely an inconvenience.

[@pottaishi8679]

And in an absolute emergency, but only if you ABSOLUTELY MUST, shine the green light on it.

[@plucas1]

I think Bashir was enjoying making Quark suffer a little, and was dragging it out a bit for giggles.

[@Janoha17]

Scanner, auto-suture, dermal regenerator.

[@Asher_Tye]

while a part of me dislikes it when writers use offscreen incidents like this for characters, I can't help but feel if they'd shown half the things attributed to Morn that they talked about he wouldn't have been nearly as entertaining.

[@PrinceSilvermane]

That's the best part it's left entirely to your imagination. That's why I love Who mourns for Morn because it's a character episode that doesn't even feature the said character in it!

[@smf5576]

+Kidou At least not until the very end.

[@hypnometal]

Not to mention the fact that all these characters repeat these things that Morn "says," even though when he's actually shown on screen, he never actually says a word. :-D

[@Xerock]

Morn is an amazing character. His adventures and dialogue are all done by exposition. Probably one of the better running gags in sci-fi history. It would absolutely ruin the gag if they ever showed him talking. I dont think any other series has ever attempted anything nearly so ambitious.

[@StryderK]

That's the whole idea behind Morn and the whole entire series! It was such a good running and gag that it is entertaining! Somethings need not to be shown for effect! If you can't use your imagination, then you are a dumb ass! LOL!

[@Gothtecdotcom]

Every bar has a Morn! If you don't seem to have one its probably you!!

[@SweSikalus]

***** Morn is love, Morn is life...

[@davido.1233]

I think Morn is the DS9 version of Norm (Cheers). I mean, rearrange two of the letters in Morn's name, and you get Norm!

[@Gothtecdotcom]

Thats actual the in-joke, if you know Cheers then you know the joke

[@Tigerman1138]

***** MORN---- anagram of our beloved "NORM"!

[@Gothtecdotcom]

yup

[@gdavis]

Love how they defend morn despite quark being the victim.

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

Quark is never the victim....

[@ayanithtalreign]

Odo would defend Garak before defending Quark.

[@lunazeppeli8340]

@@ayanithtalreign 🤣

[@develynseether4426]

Quark wasn't exactly the victim when he riled up someone.

[@ianmoseley9910]

They have all probably wanted to hit Quark with a bar-stool at sometime!

[@archades115]

I love how the mopy barfly we never hear say one word, not do anything vaguely interesting, is apparently the life of the party offscreen. Love it!

[@zippacna]

I love how he has 0 onscreen dialogue but is actually a chatterbox

[@matthew8153]

@@zippacna He’s not just a chatterbox, he’s also a diva, an old hen, and a loudspeaker all rolled into one. He the reason the Dominion never put a listening post of this side of the wormhole.

[@willjenkins4195]

I had the opportunity to be in a panel with the actress who played Lita, so I asked about the morn jokes, most she said came right from the actor himself who would come up with crazy ideas and basically be the class clown between takes so the writers started putting in off camera things that morn did all the while keeping him silent. She said they did think about in the end giving him a line and even floated the idea he was going to be some king of intelligence officer in the end but it was scraped. He was also going to have a big reveal and play some major role in the org draft of the finale back when they had it end as all being stories Benny wrote.

[@matthew8153]

I hated those Benny episodes. I skip the scenes whenever I rewatch the show.

[@saiyamanGXT]

René Auberjonois (Odo) passed away on 12/08/2019. He was 79 years young.

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

Rene's name is on the memorial plaque on Q'onos first city, DS9, Romulan command and I assume earth space dock along with all the other's who passed away related to star trek.

[@saiyamanGXT]

@Leo Peridot It's not about being PC, it's about respecting the new wave. Inanimate objects get old, not people. Feel free to call yourself old. Thank goodness others don't think like you.

[@saiyamanGXT]

@Leo Peridot You're talking about people being PC, yet you like to take things literally. You're about to "hit the BIG 3-0", you haven't lived yet, not even in 10 more years. You're still wet behind the ears. Make it past 50 if you can, and maybe you'll get it, WITHOUT TAKING THINGS LITERALLY.

[@SergeantPsycho]

I've been watching this on Netflix. This show is solid gold. xD

[@SuperFireGamez]

+sdhubbard I can't find this on Netflix, is it only in the US?

[@wink1eafc774]

It's on UK Netflix now

[@xsailor85]

It’s not gold. It’s latinum.

[@pattimcb31]

I agree DS9 is my favorite go-to-Trek

[@drewstar412]

@@xsailor85 I seen what you did there! LOL

[@jorchs83]

not the stool sample Bashir was expecting

[@zachzent8287]

Jeff Rosenberg Buh dum tsssss

[@davecrupel2817]

😂

[@Rubyofthedead]

That is a shitty joke.

[@vikingreflections2824]

And just like that, from five years in the future, you won the internet.

[@tobiaswalker7562]

I would've loved to have seen the look on Kira's face when Mourn ran into the shrine naked! Would she have been shocked? Bewildered....or...."Mourn what are you doing? It isn't Thursday!"

[@Captain_Blue_Beard]

Wait did you just make a Friends reference?

[@tobiaswalker7562]

Renji Abarai If I did, I didn't know it! I never watched that show!

[@Scyllax]

Tobias Walker It’s “Morn”, an anagram of “Norm”, the character on “Cheers” who always occupies the same barstool.

[@beatrixthegreat1138]

I'm still curious what compeled him to take off his clothes... "I'm in danger!" *strips*

[@thesandwich5321]

Rule of acquisition... uhhh... something. I'm sure they cover it somewhere in there.

[@Real_Iron_Smith]

I always loved how Morn was built off screen through dialogue like this, and on screen he was just a silent character.

[@rickypoon6406]

Come to Quarks, he said. Quarks is fun he said.

[@willthiswork100]

Which part... the hitting Quark or the running through the Promenade screaming "we're all doooooooooooooooooomed!!!"?

[@Tim_3100]

willthiswork100 love morn and quark

[@Fyrwulf]

Quark has a point.

[@tobiaswalker7562]

Quark should have doubled as a fortune teller! He was about a year early!

[@PeachWookiee]

Morn having naked time… may the Prophets block the worst of that memory for Nerys…

[@davidknowles2491]

I love how Kira is thoroughly enjoying herself at Quarks expense. XD

[@milamila1123]

Bashir is probably the only Star Trek doctor who's able to tolerate Quark.

[@johnrust592]

I think Flox could have tolerated Quark fairly well. The guy was pretty chill. McCoy, however, would have thrown him out of sick bay by the ear.

[@vguyver2]

@@johnrust592 Nonsense, Quark would have bribed him with alcohol.

[@samsonguy10k]

@@vguyver2 "Why do you tolerate that Ferengi, Bones?" "He keeps me stocked with Romulan Ale."

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

I can just imagein Bones treating him "DAMMIT QUARK!!!"

[@lorefox201]

i could see his patience running thin when he was trying to treat him but quark kept moving his head lmao

[@lazyperfectionist1]

I have to say, under _no_ circumstances can I picture Morn doing anything that requires this level of exertion.

[@borgduck]

All these Quark clips make DS9 look more like a Sci-Fi *Comedy!*

[@builder396]

+borgduck Well, Quark probably is one of the main comic relief characters in DS9, but unlike most shows, Quark always kept his dignity and had something rather intelligent and witty to him, as opposed to the usual slapstick idiot that is rom.

[@KetchupRevenge]

+borgduck DS9 was considered an experimental Star Trek series, and the first one that Gene Roddenbury wasn't a major part of because he was dying. Unlike TOS and TNG, with DS9 they wanted to focus on things that they hadn't before, like races other than Humans, Vulcans, Klingons, and Romulans. Character establishment, development, and character relationships were high priority on this show, unlike the other two series (until Voyager came along). And the characters on DS9 have widely varying personalities and codes of conduct because not every major character is a Star Fleet Officer, where personalities can vary from character to character, but they always conform to a guideline from a writing perspective. Out of all Star Trek series, I like DS9 the best because it has more components layers than the conventional Star Trek series. It's a motley crew with a sense of family and bonding that the other series don't have, imo.

[@Sraye]

+IceQueenEmeriti919 I feel that every series ends up with a sense of family. The difference is in each family's overall culture.

[@borgduck]

Xepthrichros I've literally just finished watching 'Sons Of Mogh' in the last twenty minutes!

[@BillyBoze]

Ironic considering a episode is 43 minutes long...

[@Totema1]

Worf: "You're lucky it wasn't a barrel."

[@blockmasterscott]

1:31 I love Julian's look of "I cannot believe you told him that" on his face. That's hilarious!

[@alcohol-freebeer3642]

DS9 actually managed to reverse the usual "Show, don't tell" rule of writing and make it work.

[@MindHunger]

Few people know this but Morn has a wonderful singing voice.

[@55Quirll]

Could he be related to the Pak Mahrah from B5?

[@xsailor85]

I would have love to see Morn hit Quark with his bar stool & scream “We’re all doomed!!!” But this way is better & funnier.

[@jamestown8398]

Plus it saves the audience from having to see what Morn looks like naked.

[@xsailor85]

@@jamestown8398 Jadzia, Leeta, & Major Kira would have liked that.

[@amazingdrewH]

​@@xsailor85 she arrested him, so she couldn't have liked it that much

[@MichaelBlanchardII]

And yet he was right

[@Deehvad]

Has Morn ever been wrong about anything?

[@hudsonball4702]

When you think about it, Quark has been sent to the infirmary more that any other character in the show.

[@matthew8153]

He doesn’t have the lobes for pain.

[@Trojianmaru]

I'm impressed Bashir managed to keep calm through that whole thing. Quark just would not stay still!

[@Shatterverse]

Well he _is_ British.

[@nelsonchereta816]

Shows up at the shrine stark naked and begins crying out to the Prophets to save him. That is so Morn.

[@davido.1233]

Kira's expression is priceless!

[@jimhuffman9434]

1:51 I love Kira's look there

[@mitchellbewick3097]

The one character who gets absolutely no lines, is somehow the best. Someone please tell me how that works.

[@Revkor]

sort of like Fraiser's sister in law or Al borlan's mom

[@Real_Iron_Smith]

Good Writing.

[@spk1121]

The power of suggestion

[@bubbledoubletrouble]

The power of imagination. It’s like how no one can ever live up to a fantasy version of themselves.

[@Chuck-PK]

Morn is the Freddy Freaker of Star Trek.

[@roberthenryscott8176]

Lol!!!!!!! This is one of my favorite episodes of DS9. Thanks for uploading!!

[@Shadowkey392]

Morn is EASILY the GREATEST character in Star Trek history...and all he does is sit on a stool in a bar, saying nothing.

[@matthew8153]

Because he lives our ultimate fantasy.

[@glenndallas7171]

To be fair, he saved the alpha quadrant.

[@TheNN]

Say what you will, but aside of the whole 'everyone is gonna die' thing, Quark was right.

[@PlayNiceFolks]

"*smug scoff*" - Odo

[@mikesweeney5619]

when the writers came up with the character Morn,it was supposed to be a respectful nod to the show "Cheers" (Morn is an anagram of Norm). :)

[@xsailor85]

I can't blame Morn for doing what he did. We're all doomed.

[@Arkhigoul]

Just realized Morn is an anagram of Norm from Cheers lolololololol

[@Howlrunner82]

I would wish for a Morn Spin Off....but after Picard...oh hell no

[@gremice31]

I’d love to know how many takes this took without breaking character into laughter!!

[@collinsdarkwa281]

Morn hits Quark with a bar stool and say we are doomed

[@hoodoo2001]

Quark was an awesome component of Deep Space nine. He added a civilian perspective

[@storozhevoy75]

Poor Morn...

[@robertwest6350]

Just realized Morn is an anagram for Norm from Cheers, if you think about it they share many characteristics.

[@jatigre1]

Every minute of this show is pure gold.

[@koshi6505]

The pain was probably from the high pitched tool suddenly starting near his ears.

[@jonathonrodriguezthomas6457]

I like how throughout the video we see Bashir struggling to treat Quarks wound because he's moving around so much then at the end of the video he just grabs Quarks head to get a stable view.

[@richardpalicki3583]

I was playin star trek online a game and I went to ds9 and still there when I asked about his story it was hours later and nothin morn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@floppydisksareop]

I didn't know anything about that series when I encountered him and I thought he would give me a quest or something. Then I talked with him and I didn't understand anything... But now I actually find it funny!

[@backwhenarmyoftwofirstcame2873]

Alright 12 year old

[@TheRogueWolf]

Morn. Naked. You've thought it! You can't UN-think it!

[@Johnny-rx4hs]

What about the guy Jadzia dated with the transparent cranium?

[@harkonnenn]

One of the many epic moments in DS9.

[@Jnor116]

I love how no one seems to get the joke that morn is a cheeky nod to norm from cheers.

[@davidlape4943]

Jnor116 I get that reference lol. Heard that Norm / Morn connection ages ago. He always sits at the end bar stool just like Norm. DS9 was my favorite Trek series. Garak was my favorite character. 🖖🤗

[@wrath2501]

WAY before his name was ever mentioned, my parents always called him Norm.

[@davido.1233]

Until that one time when he was about to say something and Quark interrupted him in the episode "Who Mourns for Morn?"

[@QuarrellaDeVil]

Nope. He hit him because he called the Enterprise a "garbage scow."

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

"I"M sorry I meant the Enterprise should be hauled away, AS GARBAGE!"

[@HacksignKT]

@@sheilaolfieway1885 kek

[@mckenzie.latham91]

So basically Morn is the norm of quarks

[@saiyamanGXT]

And Morn is Norm with the letters rearranged.

[@rkmugen]

Morn just never shuts up.

[@kellyrk2007]

Anybody else notice that the brooch or whatever that Quark is wearing at his neck is the symbol/logo for Under Armour?

[@sakar181]

And if Worf hadn't stopped Garak from killing all the Changelings, the whole war could have probably been averted. :/

[@MarkJohnson-ro1ed]

All the best scenes with Morn happen off camera!

[@BlackDiamond2718]

Their entertained looks are so cute. Shows they are having fun as actors and characters.

[@Peachfuzz437]

Ok but the way Bashir is just trying to do his fucking job while Quark keeps moving his head is hilarious XD

[@KarlSturmgewher]

Morn's actions speak louder than words.

[@relazar]

This about sums up my mood right now.

[@Owl_Space]

At first I thought the title was "Mom hits Quark with a Barstool": and thought about Quark's Mom. I didn't remember that from the series, but it didn't seem out of character either. Because Quark.

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

She might have done it but Ferengi women aren't allowed to wear clothes until later in the series.

[@redcardinalist]

Good old Norm...err....I mean Morn! You can't stop him talking!

[@mangaranwow2543]

Good afternoon everybody. Sam and all of Cheers: Norm! Diane: Norman.

[@HarPlayer]

Morn was SCREAMING!!!!!! 😀😀😀😃😃😃😃😃

[@jamestown8398]

It's always the talkative ones who snap first.

[@Tiger74147]

Commander Kira hnnnnnng!

[@kalijasin]

Quark is a trouble maker 🙈

[@TheVergile]

“morn, i cannot let you drink for free anymore”

[@robertjackson3552]

Morn just wants to be where everybody knows his name

[@roachdoggjr5647]

Atleast we got a couple scenes in the entire show where Morn is not constantly yapping

[@zoidberg444]

I still nearly piss myself laughing at this even though this will be 30 years old soon.

[@Mekratrig]

Teh more I rewratch DS9, the more I get a blast from the ‘secondarry’ characters like Quark and Garach. Armin Shimmerman’s performace gets bettar with age (as does Andrew Robison’s).

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

*Garek

[@SWIFTO_SCYTHE]

Morn - i never would have suspectee he was a crazy violent drunk!

[@tobor88]

I'm fairly sure that Morn is a one-way telepath. You can only hear him if your in the same room.

[@DanRaidersWarriorsSharksGiants]

The Morn stool is like the Barney from the Simpsons stool.It would be interesting to bring them together for a drink.

[@CrimsonMystery]

Yet, Quark was absolutely right....

[@taclas1]

Is Morn the same as Norm (from Cheers)???!!!

[@MedalionDS9]

Mom hits Quark with Barstool... yep, sounds like Moogie alright :D

[@drmayeda1930]

Huh? Moonie is quarks nickname for his mother.

[@linus1116]

The Internet: "I might have done a little harmless theorizing..."

[@beatrixthegreat1138]

anyone else having trouble picturing Morn screaming? yet its so damn funny like teen age Maggie Simpson attempting to talk and someone interupting her.

[@klyanadkmorr]

This episode is after Children of Time & Kira/Odo walk in together tight as BFFs normal but then next episodes they are agitated with each other because Kira doesn't want to talk about Odo, his feelings and how Gaia ODO stopped the time bubble accident future DS9 descendants Ergo SAVING the Prophet's EMISSARY. But noes Gaia Odo BAD wrong!?

[@BinaryJoe]

Maybe my favourite clip of the entire series...Odo's last line ( 1:48 ) is one of those lines I find myself repeating to myself randomly and laughing like a idiot. 😂👍

[@James-hs3tu]

Morn. Yelling???? Quark. Idoly suggested 😂😂😂😂😂 1:38

[@joshythehand2960]

Morn Peterson

[@RurouniKalain]

Morn. It just worked.

[@CtrlAltPhreak]

I always wondered if "Morn" is an anagram of "Norm". Like a nod to the show Cheers, from the writers of DS9.

[@rikosaikawa9024]

lol so many people have posted such before you. Common knowledge is common

[@1BigBen]

noooo 34 War is good for business. this gose under 286 When Morn leaves, it's all over

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

35 peace is good for business.

[@thewewguy8t88]

It sounds like it would have been a sight to see him doing that lol.