You Cannot Destroy An Idea

bait and switch ds9 subplot when aliens rescue/kidnap jadzia and tell her "hey, by the way - we also took care of that parasite you had in your stomach! do not worry the worm is no longer present!" the music swells dramatically, close-up on jadzia's face; ad break. after the ad break we find out it was an unrelated tapeworm

jadzia is deeply distraught. that was her tapeworm and she was raising it to be big and strong

Star Trek equivalent of a "Glup Shitto" is some obscure class of Federation starship that was only ever seen on screen for 0.68 seconds as a battle-damaged wreck at Wolf 359, but which somehow has a model from Eaglemoss, multiple, lengthy video essays discussing its lore, and an extremely vocal fan campaign by people demanding that it be made playable in Star Trek Online.

love the way martok says worf's name. that's his good friend hwoghoarf