TNG Riker and Quark (First Born)

[@qasimmir7117]

Riker: ‘On screen.’ Screen:… ‘Come to Quark’s, Quark’s is fun, come right now, don’t walk… RUN!’🎵🎶

[@elovejapan7818]

Qasim Mir I wouldn’t be surprised if those “vouchers” were singing that song...

[@MillywiggZ]

Foreshadowing for an important arc in Worf’s story.

[@Foebane72]

Kira will come to Quark's, and believe me, she WILL have FUN.

[@oculosprudentium8486]

@@Foebane72 Quark has had his eyes on Kira for the longest time. I still feel that he has the Holo images of her secretly stashed away to be used one day in a Special Holo Suite program.

[@Allangulon]

I'd buy a raktajino mug that plays that!

[@Dream0Asylum]

Everybody else's take-away from this: Riker is goddamned smooth. My take away from this: Quark was *never* going to redeem those vouchers. Well played Quark; well played.

[@SovereignStatesman]

Nah, Riker could have gotten them; he just knew that they'd be worth more with Quark for a favor, since as Nog said, "it's hard to keep secrets from a Ferrengi." I mean they've got ears, and their ears have ears. And Quark was the only Ferrengi bartender across two quadrants, hearing conversations from everyone. In DS9, Rom also showed that Ferrengi are able to isolate conversations from everyone across the Promenade, at great distances... of course it backfired when the Chief accidentially hit him with the ultrasonic probe.

[@bermyvlogger]

llol yea he would have blamed a computer glitch,,,damed those isolinear rods

[@pt8306]

If he would never have redeemed them, then it's actually well played Riker since he managed to trade some worthless vouchers for information

[@CoralCopperHead]

@@SovereignStatesman Huh, that bit about Ferengi being able to focus their hearing on one specific spot is really cool, and explains a lot.

[@tedtedstone1231]

I disagree, Quark has to honor the vouchers by Ferengi law. But he can pile all the stipulations on it he wants. I doubt Riker likes Canar.

[@no1reallycaresabout2]

Despite their vastly different values, it seems Riker and Quark have a certain mutual respect for each other

[@Frankie2012channel]

They're frenemies. Kinda like Quark and most of the Starfleet Officers (and Bajorans) and Odo on the station. Heck, throw in his Klingon allies, like Grilka. Everyone is wary of Quark but deep down they kinda like him :D

[@brauliob]

@@Frankie2012channel That's because Quark is a "People Person". He likes to interact with his patrons.

[@smc1942]

Deep down, Quark is a nice guy. Two of my favorite scene's in the whole series are the "rootbeer" scene's. In one, Quark & Garak compare the Federation to the drink; "it's cloying". "It's Insidious". Later, a drunk Quark talks about how he hates the Dominion, & wants the Federation back; "I want to sell rootbeer again!" Also, Quark saves himself & Odo in "The Ascent". When he was broke, & forced to sell weapons, he ends up agast one guy wants to kill 28 million people, & schemes to destroy the deal. In doing so, he sets the antagonist to destroy each other! So time after time, we see Quark really is a good guy. He just wants to get rich, & deals with shady elements of the criminal world.

[@pwnmeisterage]

Quark is a civilized criminal. Always pleasant when interacting with the cops. The cops, in turn, prefer to remain civilized when Quark is cooperative. Besides, Riker knows Quark probably has sordid cam footage of his drunken escapades with the girls at the Dabo table.

[@perendinatorian]

Riker has always seemed to adapt to other cultures faster than most, like when he was an officer on a klingon vessel.

[@pinoypizza]

I can just imagine Worf thinking... "Harumph! That Ferengi is spineless and with no honor or courage! The day I work alongside him is the day that my son will actually be a worthwhile warrior!"

[@MRJCMiller]

*wince* ....Oh Worf, you poor naive Klingon. :| You have MUCH TO LEARN. What if I told you Quark might even one day wind up leading a Klingon House? :D

[@ered203]

Hehehe!

[@excrafter7419]

XDD

[@PoptartzzofGorg]

lel

[@z8ph0d]

Or be the Chancellor of the High Council!

[@jackkraken3888]

Quark:"Don't bother" ME:"Oh how nice.." Quark:"I voided them as we were talking." Me:"Dammit. I forgot he was a ferengi"

[@r0bw00d]

It took your comment to make me realize that Quark said "I voided" instead of "I've ordered," which never made any sense.

[@Spentbrass]

@@r0bw00d Oh good, it wasn't just me then.

[@0doublezero0]

Best part is you can hear him pressing the buttons to void the vouchers while he was talking. lol

[@Devonimp]

At the same time, it's rather respectable that despite being able to easily do so any time, and claim some error or problem..... those vouchers were valid until used in a proper business transaction. And in fact, he arguably provided additional service and convenience of not having to travel out to DS9, and to his bar, where he may well have been a paying customer 'While he's there'. (Tho that may have been self preservation. Riker may well have racked up another stack of 'em XD)

[@arvurebantra7639]

@@Devonimp The funny thing about Quark is he probably knew the entire time they were talking that he was going to redeem the vouchers. And Riker seemed to know that Quark would do this to begin with. Riker knew exactly how to work Quark, which is why this interaction was great. It also signifies that Riker and Quark probably have good business relations. Honestly, if they wanted to do it, we could see something like this again in ST: Picard.

[@X-Prime123]

Quark is one of the most entertaining characters ever made.

[@josephschultz3301]

Smarmy, slick, intelligent, and just fun to watch.

[@tablescissors67]

Good dresser too!

[@nonnobis2232]

Him and Garak are a big part of why I love DS9.

[@Bitchslapper316]

@@nonnobis2232 DS9 and TNG did such a great job developing all thier characters, even the minor ones. That was something Michael Pillar told the writers to focus on when he took over in season 3 of TNG. Even minor characters like Rom, Nog and Jake had good stories written around them.

[@nonnobis2232]

@@Bitchslapper316 yeah, I feel it would have been better if Voyager did more of that. Rather than overusing The Borg it would have made even more sense for developing minor characters on a ship stranded so far from home.

[@a.j.miller1060]

This clip really shows how much more raucous DS9 was compared to TNG. The way this feels so sanitary for Quark, compared to how he presents in a DS9 episode. DS9's so underrated imo.

[@ryline666]

Everything that has ever happened is underrated

[@kapitankapital6580]

I'm not sure I'd say it's underrated, given it frequently tops or places very highly on "best Star Trek shows" lists

[@Sabaal]

DS9's one of my favourite Star Trek series. Oh, wait! Not one, but THE favourite. Of course I need to rewatch TOS and TNG, but I'll do it after finishing Voyager and Enterprise.

[@bobdole4916]

One is a military vessel and the other is a space colony that the military oversees. There's a lot less decorum when everybody's not enlisted.

[@wlaba272]

I admire the fact they've started DS9 when TNG was still on air and "tng movies" were produced so they interalace a lot even if just in the background. I enjoyed TNG and DS9 on different levels, cannot say which one is better in general but I find Cardassians the best villains in the series, love how they look, how "cardiassian" actors act and that they're not just one sided evil. The same you can say about Borg, which is the ultimate sci-fi villain but I have soft spot for Cardassians. Also my beloved Captain is Picard but Sisko has much bigger and more interesting arch and also he is much bigger ashole than Picard with this particular smile and fire in his eyes every time he does his shananingans :D

[@ModernRelik]

It almost sounds as if Quark says "Big talk, small tits". Can't be thinking of the Duras sisters then hahaha!

[@bsgtrekfan88]

lol gotta love Klingon Cleavage!

[@Djarra]

***** Yep even Garak was a fan, when he first met the sisters he tried to get them into some "Bolian silk lingerie"

[@2Scribble]

+Djarra - and then they almost disemboweled him lol

[@neelubird]

Quark's marriage to the Klingon woman was awesome to watch.... and their divorce was simply epic ROFL!

[@SovereignStatesman]

Yeah I've seen Kim's.

[@JRGomez81]

I get the feeling that Riker probably has more vouchers, he just told Quark 12 because that's what he felt the information was worth...

[@jamestown8398]

Even so, Quark voided all of them while Riker was talking.

[@tyrongkojy]

Why Commander, you're thinking like a Ferengi. You make me so proud.......

[@szylaj]

3rd rule of aquisition: Never spend more for an aqusition, than you have to.

[@Djarra]

Well the next time he stopped at Quarks, sometime after this but before 'The Defiant' he had to get a loan from Jadzia Dax to pay Quark what he owed. This is mentioned in 'The Defiant' where Tom Riker has to bluff Jadzia as, obviously, he wasn't sure what she was talking about.

[@SuperNintendawg]

No way Quark would forget a debt

[@Nick-jb4xi]

I love that Quark doesn't wait for the conversation to be over. As soon as they have a deal, he acts to protect his gain.

[@samsmith2635]

Quark is always on the Sigma grind

[@courtneym75]

Rule of Acquisition #1: Once you have their money, you never give it back.

[@murphyjackedoff5970]

I like how the ds9 crew woman is suppressing a smirk, looking at Riker as Quark is voiding the wavers juuust offscreen, she’s probably thinking “dude he pulls this shit all the time on ds9”.

[@tomwhone9804]

Quark is big on customer service.

[@bonitawauls6274]

I love Quark, also! I met Armin Shimerman in Wilkes- Barre at a Star Trek conference. He was so down to earth, charming, and I waited 2 hours for his autograph and he was patient after signing so many pictures and posed for pictures. Absolutely wonderful man.

[@noelnicholls1894]

Bonita Wauls He made Deep Space 9 the success it was. Best character in Star Trek

[@MCFPapa]

I love it when an actor has a really impressive range. Armin Shimerman was able to make Quark one of the best characters in Star Trek, and he also voice acted Andrew Ryan in Bioshock, one of the best characters in gaming.

[@gregoryeatroff8608]

He is terrific. I saw him at a convention in Richmond this year and we had a wonderful conversation about his time on "Brooklyn Bridge."

[@KalOrtPor]

Him and Tom Savini are two of the coolest celebrities you can meet.....I've seen Tom get trouble from organizers for giving autographs and pictures for free at conventions where that was against the rules.

[@dropkickmurphy4114]

Really? They hold trek conferences in Wilkes-Barre?? Cool!

[@Kajichuu]

You think Quark is gonna have a charitable moment before he deadpan tells you he already took back his IOUs before the deal was even finished. The earlobes on this Ferengi xD

[@carlostaffanelly418]

Not just earlobes, but his frontal lobe too!

[@robertfalk3767]

But no, mostly the earlobes.

[@ensignmjs7058]

You can hear the beeping of his pad when he's talking.

[@joermnyc]

One of the rules of acquisition : once you have their money, never give it back.

[@laminatedsamurai]

@@joermnyc First Rule of Acquisition.

[@georgedarkrender388]

"Big words, small tips." Edgy Quark, is best Quark.

[@pwnmeisterage]

KZbin streaming across wifi with bad bluetooth headphones. Quark's staticky lisp sounded like "big talk, small tits" ... which just didn't make sense. Thanx for clearing that up, haha.

[@mikeb6033]

watch his arms/hands when he says "big talk", definitelpy looks like hes talking about the Duras sisters, LOL sorry I had to.

[@KristineMaitland]

Definitely a character accessment. And in truth, it was clear that Quark was doing Riker a favour - the voucher exchange was just for show as they really had little value.

[@adammclaughlin845]

DS9 was a more mature show with much stronger and better fleshed-out characters. It was nice to see Riker holding his own against one of their best.

[@PumpkinHoard]

@@KristineMaitland Not really, Quark is a true Ferengi. Riker could someday show up in his bar and go on a coupon spending spree. And that would hurt the one thing Quark cares about above all else; his profits!

[@simoncaron1086]

The Ferengi are the most human species in the star trek universe.

[@LCTesla]

except even they think late 20th century humans are insane and primitive

[@BigMikeMcBastard]

@@LCTesla Our levels of inequality are worse than the Roman Empire or France just before the revolution.

[@evertonporter7887]

They're very much like us, aren't they!

[@johnwang9914]

They were originally proposed to represent 19th century Americans with the merchant princes. Capitalism with minimal regulations and little governance, a haphazard foreign policy. Unfortunately, we seem to be working back to this.

[@David-cg6wl]

but they are more greedy and ugly

[@Wimpoman]

"What's wrong Worf?" "Nothing. It's just..." *huff* "For some reason, I can see my future in him." "Mr. Worf?" "Never mind."

[@karlsmith2570]

Well, he would eventually end up stationed on Deep Space 9

[@EvilMariobot]

Getting his prune juice in a "Quark's Bar" mug... ...and it's musical, too!

[@SovereignStatesman]

@@EvilMariobot And on the DEFIANT, while Worf was living there! Seriously, Worf sucks at security on ANY ship.

[@EvilMariobot]

Worf: Why do I get the feeling not killing the Duras sisters when we find them will result in me having to put up with that Ferengi on a regular basis?

[@papadoc711]

I fucking love Quark.

[@natickssc]

I love how Quark is Andrew Ryan and Odo is Mr. House. Not to mention the fact that New Vegas had more than one Star Trek actor.

[@Kev95682]

+Ontotheology Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit, if it isn't my old friend from Goodsprings!

[@tf2whackyengineer]

+Ontotheology It's a perfect role considering their ideals. Quark is also Stan the Caddy on Seinfeld. Kramer is going to try a lawsuit against someone with big money, and he asks Stan's advice. Stan's line? "Let's go for the green!"

[@natickssc]

BeefyLevinson Sloan...

[@natickssc]

tf2whackyengineer I used to watch Seinfeld when I was a kid. They were still airing new episodes at that time. Why the fuck did Netflix go with friends over Seinfeld?

[@toddsmitts]

Should've ended with Riker saying "See you at the Dabo table." (In other words, "you can keep your vouchers, I can always win more next time. And I will.")

[@edthejester]

Don't kid yourself; Quark would never let Riker at the tables again.

[@richardludwig3673]

Not Riker’s style. Riker got what he wanted, no reason to barb with Quark any longer. He enjoys Quark for being Quark.

[@limemobber]

@@richardludwig3673 Besides Riker can now expense the loss of the vouchers and their latnum value to Starfleet and get actually spendable money of some sort for them. Win for Riker too.

[@kg4boj]

@@limemobber Money doesn't exist in the 24th century though

[@spandanganguli6903]

@@kg4boj Credit of some sort must, like a program to purchase artisanal goods that have value since a person spent effort on them.

[@Dorian-_-Gray]

Boy, does it ever show that Rene Echevarria wrote this episode...! So many effective uses of established continuity without descending into the trivia-mongering that defines so much of the franchise today, and just in this scene. Not only Quark, Riker's past with him and the Duras sisters, but the Pakleds as an interstellar power that can't find its behind with both hands.

[@takerdust]

I like how there's a Starfleet security guard with Quark when he's communicating with the Enterprise. It's sad that Discovery and ST: Picard don't put much attention to details in their shows.

[@SuzanneYoungblood-lj3eb]

Disco and Picard wish they were as good as TNG and DS9!

[@gskaloyan]

Quark is just awesome. Say what you want about a lot of his practices the man has a sense of fair play.

[@JKAzrael247]

It wasn't much so of his fair play, it was more of the character being entertaining in many ways. I bet the actor was enjoying every time he was on set.

[@applepie231]

gskaloyan I'm watching DS9 for the first time and the Odo/Quark rivalry is very entertaining. Quark is one of my favorite characters in all of Star Trek.

[@GoranXII]

Not quite a rip-off of those two, since Londo and G'kar were diplomats of their respective people, not loners.

[@BrockBerakyahDavis]

I totally agree; He's likely one of my fav supporting characters in Trek.

[@FlyingMonkies325]

Thing is though Quark's primitive thinking of needing currency to pay for things gets used against him all the time because humans don't need money any more and they can just replicate latinum xD so they just entertain them to appease them as to not influence their culture too much all the while... their exposure to earth sneakily influences them xD it's kind of cute how humans of earth just plays along like to a kid playing shop keeper hehe.

[@MrDibara]

It's so freaking heartwarming to see how well Riker and Quark get along! 😆😊

[@themajesticotter193]

I know this is a 3 year old comment, but the best thing about Riker was how he didn't just tolerate non-humans, he understood them on some level. Like with the klingons, he learned their ways and ate their food. To put it simply he tries to Think like who he's talking to instead of just thinking like a human. Like Sisko barely tolerates quark from what I've seen ( though that might be farengi as a whole minus one or two ) and I think the reason why Picard tolerates them is because he is legally required to do so. Where Sisko would interact with strongarm methods ( not as a first action of course, but he's got a lot to deal with ) and Picard would use workarounds like loopholes, Riker would play by Farengi rules and come out on top. If he isn't already I'd wager he'd be an honorary member of every non-human they come across.

[@danieldickson8591]

@@themajesticotter193 Riker has always been depicted as a lot like Kirk, thinking outside the box, doing the unorthodox.

[@SuzanneYoungblood-lj3eb]

😊

[@mistertea597]

Honestly this was when Star Trek was Amazing.. I loved that TNG and Deep Space 9 were in the same universe!!!

[@wilm3864]

Nemesis stunk, and as far as I am concerned, anything after that is non-canon and does not count.

[@AdmiralKarelia]

They're all in the same universe (until JJTrek that is). The cameos between TNG, DS9, and VOY were cool though. Episodes like this aired when both TNG and DS9 were on TV at the same time, so it was easy to do crossover cameos. Stargate SG-1 and Atlantis had a similar relationship.

[@benagon]

@ZoeQuinnIsAMurderer too bad Riker doesn't remember it

[@lioneckenbach552]

@@wilm3864 youre an idiot

[@wilm3864]

@Lioness I never would have thought that a simple difference in taste was a test of intelligence.

[@DarkGob]

Bashir actually did visit the Enterprise, he broke into Sickbay while the ship was docked at DS9 so he could use Dr. Crusher's medical equipment. He met Data and helped him to discover the dream subroutine that Dr. Soong had programmed into him. And of course, Sisko and Picard met in the DS9 pilot. I guess you could also say that Worf and O'Brien both "interacted" with the Enterprise crew but they don't really count.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

More than once actually. in the pilot. First time they met onscreen was when Picard was under different ... occupation.

[@TomalakGeretkal]

@@HappyBeezerStudios Moonlighting, if you will...

[@MTalac]

Other TNG-Charakters on DS9: Thomas Riker, Keiko O'Brien, Duras-Sisters, Q, Vash, Mother of Counsellor Troy, a female admiral

[@MTalac]

@Jessica The Azu Right. Thx. I forget to mention Gowron and Kurn :D

[@canaan5337]

Cisco had already met Picard well more like he had done battle against Locutus of Borg, his wife died in that battle, that is why he dislikes Picard

[@lordlossize]

you know what would have been fun to see? a little bit of that call in a DS9 episode. maybe quarks walking back to his bar and odo stops him, asks him where hes going, and quark replies "i ws just on my way back froma call from will riker, he asked about the dura sisters"

[@pickeljarsforhillary102]

Or "What are you so happy about Quark? You doubled your profits on your watered Saurian Brandy again? "For your information Cmd Riker just cancelled his vouchers for 12 bars of Gold Pressed Latium."

[@BrockBerakyahDavis]

I can hear that in my head; gj ;D

[@henderson023]

When exchanging cash vouchers for information, it never hurts to have several witnesses.

[@adammclaughlin845]

They actually managed this in Buffy and Angel. Angel called Buffy, you heard her answer, but he just hung up. Then in an episode of Buffy we see her getting this silent call.

[@AndrewChapman]

That would've been cool cuz I can't tell which DS9 set that is in this TNG scene. I know it's not Sisko's office cuz the office has a much bigger window.

[@leonkernan]

Using the main view screen for a conversation that could have been patched to any terminal, good going riker

[@Theri4444]

Leon Kernan he is the first officer and if he wants to use the main view screen to have a conversation about something that pertains to the current mission should be no problem and Picard has done the same before

[@leonkernan]

+Star Trek Theory Back in the days when Picard wouldn't let children on his bridge.

[@z8ph0d]

Look up the Twitter handle @RikerGoogling to get an idea of what's going through Riker's mind right now!

[@slashingraven]

+Evi1M4chine Fuck off back to 4chan with that elitist garbage. @RikerGoogling is at least mildly amusing.

[@foxxygradius7858]

Keeping the conversation out in the open serves a tactical purpose. If it was a more private conversation Quark might get the impression it's a back alley deal, and would thus have more leverage in the deal. Consider talking to a gang boss over the phone VS meeting one in their home base, surrounded by loyal soldiers.

[@louiscirigliano5896]

"Big talk small tips" 😂😂 don't know why this one went over my head all these years.

[@tedtedstone1231]

I used to work for the circus circumcising elephants. The pay was lousy, but the tips were enormous.

[@AndrewChapman]

What is that female security guard doing there? Has Quark been getting himself into trouble again?

[@MrErizid]

Andrew Chapman He was in Ops, probably requires an escort to be in there.

[@Theri4444]

Andrew Chapman well quark was in ops and they don't trust quark in deep space nine plus ops is the bridge of deep space nine for the federation and riker was on offical business so he went through offical channel by contacting the superior officer on deep space nine they sent someone to get quark and escorted him to the bridge or command center of deep space nine while he talked to riker with the security guard waiting on the side to take quark back to his shop after he was done

[@AndrewChapman]

Oh okay. To be honest, I don't really watch DS9 all that much. I've seen some episodes, but I'm not really into it as much as the other shows. EDIT: How times have changed as I checked out DS9 a year or two after I originally sent this comment and enjoy it much better now. Will we ever get to see it released in HD or 4K?

[@Calzaki]

+Theri4444 That doesn't look like ops to me. I just see a generic DS9 bay window. More likely that River contacted DS9 asking about the Duras sisters and pointed to Quark and Quark was reluctant to answer questions from Starfleet or talk to a man he owed money to.

[@Nebagram]

Andrew Chapman I'm guessing from the shape of the window and the terminal on the desk that he's in Sisko's office. If so, it's a wonder every Starfleet security officer on the station isn't in there with him. :-)

[@joelww2501]

I wish we had more crossovers like this

[@SuzanneYoungblood-lj3eb]

This is definitely one of the best LoL!

[@PANTA-Music]

"Quark! I see you remember me?" "Ah, how do I forget the man who stole the Defiant and almost made sure we lost our ship and our new cloaking technology!"| "Eh, what?"

[@redpillfreedom6692]

This was before that incident.

[@SovereignStatesman]

Quark's a Ferrengi not a Prophet.

[@galdruslock6371]

I like how quark decided to cut through the b.s. and get the conversation going to productive and profitable one.

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

That is the Ferengi way.

[@dappercharmer9176]

I think the funniest thing is that you can actually hear him voiding the vouchers for they talk 😂

[@ultramaximusreviews]

I like how you can hear the beeping and see his hand motions while he was invalidating the vouchers LOL

[@blindsportslover]

Riker: I'll send those vouchers to you. Quark: Don't bother. I voided them while we've been talking. Insert audience laughing. Quark is my favorite DS9 character.

[@jex8542]

Lol I love how quark just changes the subject. Such a loveable character

[@tom_something]

I love that Quark didn't do the campy thing of only giving part of the information and then saying, "Oh, it's going to cost you _more_ now." Quark knows how much he can take from Riker, so once they agreed to the vouchers, he couldn't really milk him for more.

[@jasonhenry8067]

I’m pretty sure he was going to tell him no matter what, it’s just a part of the game they play

[@tom_something]

@@jasonhenry8067 Exactly. But if it was someone else, he would have divulged most of the information, withholding some crucial piece of information to get a little bit more out of the deal. But Will Riker is an idealist who only has what he has and offers it to achieve an ideal. If Quark were working with Thomas Riker, there would have been a few more steps in the "getting the info" process. Thomas would have offered half of the credit back, and then Quark would have withheld a bit, and then Thomas would have relinquished the rest of it. Same exact terms for the final transaction, but different routes. Quark is one of my favorite characters in the whole thing. While he's lacking in ethics, it's in line with his culture. If he were a human and he acted the way he acts, he'd be an unfair person. But as a Ferengi, he just transacts as expected. If anything, he's softer than most Ferengi. It tends to be lost on us because of Rom and Nog who are even more hoo-mon-ish in their values. But if you look at every Ferengi character in the STU, side-by-side--excluding that worm hole scientist (or were there two?)--on the whole he's kind of a good guy. Which is why he's one of my favorite characters. While he is mostly entrenched in his society's culture and values, he can sometimes see values other than latinum. He's a day-walker. He understands and even empathizes with Federation values, while mostly walking the walk of Ferengi culture. If Ferenginar ever joined the federation, he'd be one hell of an ambassador. Given the proper compensation, of course.

[@silverjohn6037]

48th rule. The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife. And when a Starfleet commander is smiling it's best to remember not just how sharp his knife is but how many and how big.

[@leotamer5]

Quark was really upset with how bad they tipped.

[@DATWagonator]

I was never a fan of DS9 growing up but man it is so much better than I gave it credit and Quark and Odo are amazing, Quark really set the show on fire. His episodes are ALMOST as good as any Q episode and some are better.

[@FLAME4564]

haha XD u wanna know what else would have been funnier in a DS9 eppisode? Q annoying and tourmenting Quark just for the fun of his own amusement XD HAH now that would have been funnier xD

[@Lark88]

Sometimes I forget that these two great shows were running at the same time.

[@lordmaddrox]

Ds9 also ran during voyager also. I cant think of another show that ran and blended with two other series of the same franchise

[@leonardmosca6852]

That's one of the reasons why I love DS9 Star Trek it took a little while getting used to a space station Star Trek but they had many great episodes and Odo and Quark what some of the more interesting ones when they were in it was very underrated and a very well-done show yeah sure or not all the shows were good but there was enough just to make it possible is a good series for as long as Star Trek has been on TV and that says a lot

[@smc1942]

"The Ascent" with Quark & Odo stranded on an inhospitable planet remains among my favorite episodes. Armin & Rene had great chemistry together!

[@akigreus9595]

The lady with the red hair in the background, has the most amazing body-language I've ever seen. I think I just learned sign language.

[@kxmode]

Fun fact. Riker was the first person to meet and talk to the Ferengi in "The Last Outpost" (S01; E05). Armin Shimerman also played the Ferengi who spoke. The Ferengi were supposed to be TNG's villains, but it became evident they were more comic relief. So the writers eventually settled on the Borg.

[@KalOrtPor]

I think we can thank him for helping establish the Ferengi as we know them, he played a big part in how their appearance came to be and ironing out their characteristics.

[@HexAyed]

Even tho it came out after, Trip Tucker is technically the first to meet, and talk to the Ferengi, S1E19 Acquisition

[@hypnometal]

Gotta love Quark for making sure to collect! "Don't bother. I voided them while we were talking." :-D

[@thecianinator]

These shows that such good characters. The characters were so good you could tell the writers loved them cuz they almost wrote themselves.

[@LordsofMedia]

The Ferengi came along way since TNG Season 1

[@Bubba-Fudd-bulletsmith]

I did not know Quark was ever on TNG!

[@Djarra]

Quark is one of only four characters to be 'TNG', 'DS9' and 'VOY' Morn, Gul Evek and Q are the other. Riker doesn't count as although he was in 'VOY' briefly it was Thomas Riker posing as Will who appeared in 'DS9' (of course played by Jonathan Frakes)

[@chuckb11]

Djarra Quark was in Voyager?

[@Djarra]

chuckb11 In the first episode Voyager is docked at DS9 before going into the badlands where it encounters the wave that takes it to the Delta Quadrant. Quark tries to con Harry Kim into buying some crap, Paris points out it's worthless starting their friendship. Morn and Rom are in the background.

[@Sonikgav]

Djarra Does mean Frakes has been in every Star Trek Series barring TOS.

[@Djarra]

Sonikgav Frakes yes Will Riker no. He played Tom Riker in DS9, a duplicate but distinct person.

[@invisiblejaguar1]

I'm a sucker for cameos, I just love them lol.

[@nothri]

I've always assumed Latinum must be some funky metal that can't be replicated, hence it still has some value in an age when you can get any material you want out of thin air at presumably little to no cost in energy.

[@FLAME4564]

actualy Latinum to me is a kind of Sci fi metal thats known to be rare in the Star Trek universe which to many trek cultures like the Ferengi they often have used as currency on their homeworld of Ferenginar and their commercial trade industry known as the f.c.a and many other things. If im alo no mistaken Latninus is over the years that Star Trek has existed has become one of the most well valued and well known sci fi star trek currencies in trek history even in games like Star Trek Online itself.

[@olorin1710]

Ben Stiller's greatest work.

[@wjmcd703]

Leave it to Quark to refuse to divulge information unless there's something in it for him.

[@cpin1278]

Well yeah. Nothing is free and everything is for sale.

[@ered203]

I'm sure there is a Rule of Acquisition about that.

[@dannydoberman8248]

#13 "Anything worth doing is worth doing for money."

[@johntrevy1]

He's a Ferengi, what did you expect?

[@teresapappas9773]

At least he is predictable. A Ferengi.

[@jorgeluz9560]

Rule of Acquisition 287: If you wanna make a buttload of money, give Quark his own show.

[@stevenshewfelt888]

Star trek: the acquistions of Quark...yeah could have worked

[@smc1942]

Just "Star Trek; Quark". I'd watch that! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@ChopStickZero]

Man, he played this character so well. I remember some famous actor/actress saying they wanted to become an actor when they as kids, saw their mom in a play and didnt recognize her for half the play. Its so ridiculous how we praise De Niro (the most overrated actor on the planet) or Pacino who play EXACTLY the same person in every movie(which doesnt mean the movie is bad) ,the mannerism,minute traits,gait etc... While actors like this never get such wide recognition. Luckily there are still some good actors in Hollywood like Oldman or Meryl Streep.

[@ugthankikebab]

apply some burn cream to all that butthurt you have

[@dfghj241]

have you seen master of comedy with deniro? he isn't himself there per example.

[@dugowt9243]

Seriously read " Old man Meryl Streep" at first. I was a little confused.

[@Rodshark75]

Nowadays? Yes, Deniro and Pacino are basically playing parodies of themselves in every movie they are in... but back in the day they were actually excellent actors.

[@xyzsame4081]

I disagree regarding De Niro - he plays very different characters. From the bumbling loser to a psychopathic criminal.

[@robboyte1101]

Should've included the follow-up: when the Klingon asks if Quark could've been lying, Riker simply says "I don't know why. I'd only be on his doorstep in a few days... and I wouldn't be in as good a mood." That's such a classic, I've used it with telephone CS reps; they get the message.

[@mitche5007]

Anyone else notice the Starfleet security officer in the background, the whole time with the smile on her face 😊

[@ered203]

The great thing about Quark is that you can always count on him being Quark.

[@Rensune]

This alone demonstrates why Picard and Riker both should've been promoted.

[@HereticDuo]

yeah, Riker even had the offer of his own command before the 1st episode of TNG, he thought 1st officer on the Enterprise had more potential.

[@Milnoc]

Besides, if Riker were a captain, that would mean no more away missions.

[@scaper8]

Evi1M4chine I kind of get where you're coming from, but a hierarchy like this one is simply very well suited to that sort of organization. And it it there really aren't too many options besides stay put, move up, or get out. And many real-life organizations that use this kind of hierarchy don't even like the "stay put" option and rarely let people use it. All that said, I'd say Riker was absolutely qualified for the captain's chair; he was just waiting for a very particular one… And, although he might not really like it, Picard would have likely done well in the admiralty. His diplomatic skills, people skills, eloquence, and command presence were all better suited to captaincy, but could easily work as an admiral.

[@VideoAmateurLuxembourg]

@@scaper8 Just watch TNG movies. Picard refused promotions and Riker got the command of the USS Titan.

[@Krahazik]

@Evi1M4chine Actually when they wanted to promote him, it was into a position he is being trained for, Captain. But he wanted to remain with Picard as he alwasy flet he still had much more to learn from Picard about being a captain before taking a ship of his own. That and he was hoping that Picard would get promoted up, and he would get promoted to Captain and get the Enterprise.

[@ericbrenner690]

And, right there, lay the seeds for character development for DS9.

[@adammclaughlin845]

I've never seen this episode, or the DS9 one with Lursa and Betor (?) for that matter. I wish there were more clever little crossover scenes like this in Trek, it often feels like the shows are in their own little universes. The Stargate shows have tons of really well-done crossovers so it feels like all three shows exist in the same universe.

[@KvnDWr]

0:52 - That face... I wonder what kind of holosuite program he was referring to lol

[@TheN9nth]

It was probably Vulcan Love Slave, Part 2: The Revenge

[@vincentx915]

Riker: Its seems like it was just yesterday, you were hitting me with an energy whip. Quark: What? Wasn't it fun?

[@omegafolf]

Calling it now, this will end up being some deep-cut reference on Lower Decks season 2.

[@salozmen29]

Riker will always be the biggest bad ass.

[@harpiyon]

hmmm maybe you don't know Sisko, Gul Dukat, Garak or Weyoun yet... each was much more badass than Riker

[@salozmen29]

harpyion Sisko was complete crap. Pathetic.

[@nienawidzeloginu]

riker is actually one of themost annoying characters. also he is a moron.

[@Kasparovwannabe]

***** I'd be too busy laughing at his terrible acting to care.

[@benthompson2136]

nienawidzeloginu, what did you have in mind when you call Riker a moron?

[@destyrian]

I thought that he said "Big talk, small tits" for a second there. I almost yelled "No they bloody aren't!" at the monitor.

[@DAS_k1ishEe]

Quark: "Yes, Lursa and B'Etor. Big talk, small tips." Subtext: "OH PLZ RYKER BRIBE THE SHIT OUT OF ME!"

[@MattJohno2]

Quark didn't even charge a voiding fee? How generous of him!

[@robertbundy3278]

DS9 and TNG was really cool when i was a kid i enjoy ever one

[@JustPippaNY]

"No description available." No description needed! This scene is win!

[@jmiester25]

I love it when members of the Federation respect understand members of the Ferengi Society.

[@champbaka]

I love the details how the security officer at DS9 is wearing the Voyager uniform.

[@smc1942]

I don't care what anyone says, I love Quark. I lmao every time he runs a scam!😂😂😂😂 Thank you Armin, for bringing that character to life!

[@mjptrapster]

Good old Quark. That had to be one Hell of a shore leave. Beardy McShagalot with Quark's holosuite collection.

[@Sgt_Glory]

"I'll be in holosuite 4"

[@joe579003]

He aint Barclay though he don't need no holosuite to get bitches

[@smc1942]

"Vulcan Love Slave" anyone? Quark talked about that one pretty often! It must have been very popular! (My own crossover) Or maybe Riker just enjoyed the monthly magazine, "Pointy Ears & Shapely rears". 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MetalSmith]

After watching lower decks, hearing him say the packlids don't even know its there is somehow more amusing.

[@seamusburke639]

1:52 Riker's like "Ugh, the fucking Pakleds again..."

[@moviebuff3000]

Worf: I hope I never see that Ferengi Bartender again.

[@insertanynameyouwant5311]

Worf a bit later: well at least all Klingon women on that station will be mine.

[@mikevanroy9356]

Big talk, small what? Oh, tips! For a minute I thought he said...

[@tek512]

Trust me, there was nothing small about the Duras sisters' tits.

[@randybobandy3840]

@@tek512 Unless its "Big talk, small nips"

[@topchingon]

😹

[@LordDavid04]

..."Big talk, small tits" Worf: Klingon females DO NOT have small TITS!

[@bronzb3ard311]

No the D'uras sisters are actually quite well endowed.

[@jonathanliddane4144]

I love how worf was aware of ds9 and had no idea what kind of impact it would have on his life.

[@mrbloodmuffins]

I love how Riker pauses after Quark mentions a holo-suit as if that's what he usually calls for.

[@smc1942]

I was thinking the same. In his head, Riker is thinking... "Not now, Quark! Everyone will hear you!!! And YES! Reserve 'Vulcan Love Slave' for me." 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Reserve a holosuite? Pretty sure Riker calls him afterwards offscreen for some ... vacation

[@sithsmasher7685]

If I remember it right, Armin Shimerman played a generic Ferengi before in 'The Outpost'.

[@thehomernator1]

+Sith Smasher they were meant to be the next big enemy in he star trek universe, but with their appearance, they were bumped :)

[@dicecube7403]

Not surprising, considering they were initially portrayed as comically villainous. Honestly, all they were missing was a waxed moustache that they could twirl while reciting the Rules of Acquisition. In comparison, once they got past the cardboard cutout and actually gave some Ferengi some depth, they (especially Quark) turned out to be pretty interesting.

[@KiwiKugai]

Shimmerman was one ot THE original Ferengi when they made their first appearance in the show.

[@Kay_The_Coffee_Weirdo]

KiwiKugai Shimerman had massive influences on the writing and development of the Ferengi. He basically made the Ferengi into what we come to know them as in Deep Space Nine and Enterprise.

[@k1productions87]

He was first in "The Last Outpost" as part of the Ferengi landing party. He then appeared again as another Ferengi in "Peak Performance" in TNG season 2

[@alioshahand8040]

I like Quarks hand gesture when he says "Big Talk" small tips

[@CPT85]

It's almost as if they *couldn't afford* any OTHER DS9 appearances!

[@Thatslifebro_]

Well in one double episode (dont remember the name) Baishir got in helping Data to deal with his new found Dreams.

[@darthroden]

They couldn't have even had a Chief OBrien cameo either.

[@lyianx]

that was a TNG episode though.

[@parkinsaw]

Or they simply forgot, short notice. Was Morn present? Sometimes with crossovers they actually do forget its a whole other universe. Usually Star Trek is pretty good, (mirror universe had Tuvok)

[@hardwirecars]

is that a deadpool reference?

[@muriloninja]

LMAO @ "Don't bother, I've ordered them while we've been talking". Classic Quark!

[@furrykef]

He said "voided". So Riker can just throw the vouchers away since they're now worthless.

[@blindsportslover]

A classic one liner by Quark.

[@niceguy60]

Gotta love Quark

[@MrSinfold]

Riker: "I have enough for twelve bars of latinum." Quark:

[@civ4life]

I would so loved to have seen those two interact more!

[@edwardmarlowe7926]

Riker messed up. Offer to return 3 bars then haggle

[@ghosty918]

Riker had more than 12 bars of vouchers, it's why Quark voided all the vouchers.

[@OhNoTheFace]

As said, only good in his bar. Lowers thier value significantly. He likely knew it was sort of lost and maybe a favour when he accepted the vouchers

[@DivinePearl]

When I saw this exchange, I immediately liked Quark and wanted to see more of him. Has a lot more personality than most of the cast on TNG

[@kennethober6626]

Physicists: “Nothing is faster than the speed of light” Star Fleet subspace communication…

[@potaterjim]

"well that's not very nice-Ohh, _tips,_ nevermind"

[@lordvonlord]

This was an enjoyable scene.

[@benjaminstorace6699]

I would love a story about an old Harry Mudd and a young Quark getting into severe trouble.

[@TheLongjohntim]

I loved Quark and Nog as well as Nog's dad. Loved how Riker and Quark understood each other the interaction was delightful.

[@glamourweaver]

It’s weird how seeing TNG characters cameo (or join the cast) on DS9 isn’t weird at all - but seeing Quark on a TNG episode like this feels so bizarre.

[@pickeljarsforhillary102]

12 bars. Bye 12 bars.

[@Strome88]

Lets give a good hand for Quark!...Quark everybody!!!

[@Introbulus]

Quark says he took them back while they were talking, but you'll notice the little beeps on his pad don't begin until Riker's agreed to the deal. He may be a cutthroat, but he holds to his deals.

[@hey.hombre]

The Duras sisters Big TALK with two hand gestures. 🌰 🌰

[@blkmanbat]

this is Star Trek

[@EnvisionerWill]

Very observant of you....

[@Poop-nu1so]

wut

[@pingpongpung]

No. THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Mxyzptlksac]

Whew... I thought it was Days of Our Lives

[@dannyboylee]

Riker's beard is super short here.

[@AndrewChapman]

He had his beard reasonably short during the later TNG seasons and then the TNG films.

[@user-ov5zm5rz3v]

Quark!!!! What a wonderful and mean spirit!

[@ariadnefrolich7243]

"I'll send those vouchers to you." "Don't bother. I voided them while we were talking." Classic Quark.

[@aperson22222]

So did Riker hit his jackpot offscreen during “Emissary” or “Birthright?” I suspect the latter; the Promenade was pretty grim during the former, I don’t see many Enterprise officers going there just to hang out. Also, he apparently charmed the pants off Kira, and given how unhappy she was about Starfleet taking over the station before Sisko discovered the Wormhole, I doubt she would have been receptive.