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#49 Nyota Uhura
"Now hear this. Now hear this. All senior officers report whether it's yanny or laurel by 0800 hours."

I'm gonna be an open book here: I don't remember a damned thing about Nyota Uhura on The Original Series. Close to nothing, anyway. She took over for various roles on the bridge here and there when some crewmember got sick or exploded or whatever but otherwise she handled comms. At one point she and Christine Chapel saved the day because all the male officers were screwed in the head or something? I think she sang a few times. Wait, oh god, that's right. She sang and danced in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. OK, it's coming back to me now. Oof.

In the films, however, I do remember a few things. She's snarky and kind of delightful in III, IV, and VI. She has a cool scene in VI when she's flipping through a real damn book stumbling to speak Klingon when everyone's lives are on the line. I like that scene, yeah. It's fun. Um... yep. Oh, um, she kissed Kirk. That kind of blew up on national politics for a while. Because, you know. America. Actress Nichelle Nichols has a far cooler story than the character she played on TV. Her famous meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr. in which the the Reverend talked her into remaining on the show despite racist mail is the stuff of legends.

In the Kelvinverse movies, Zoe Saldana invigorates Nyota with aggressive energy and she's kind of a good character but not much like her Primeverse counterpart. Her relationship with Kelvinverse Spock is largely the only thing fans ever really parrot on about, but she has a handful of smart, sassy moments throughout the movies. If Star Trek "4" ever actually enters production, I'll kind of, sort of, look forward to seeing more of her. Le shrug.

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