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Shut up, Wesley!
— Star Trek: The Next Generation ‧ 1987
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The sharpest sting in TNG: the ship's most dignified man snaps at a teenager who happens to be right. It became the show's best-known putdown, and the shorthand for Wesley, the boy-genius whom fans and writers alike loved to deflate. It remains the all-purpose reply to anyone who will not stop talking.
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In context
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In "Datalore" (Star Trek: The Next Generation, first season, first aired 18 January 1988), the Enterprise crew finds Data's evil brother Lore, who then impersonates Data. Wesley Crusher realises that something is wrong with the android, and tries repeatedly to tell the captain, even as the Crystalline Entity closes in on the ship. Picard, convinced he is talking to Data, tells him to be quiet. Wesley's mother Beverly repeats the phrase in shock, and then says it herself to stop him from embarrassing himself in front of the bridge crew. Wesley turns out to have been right.
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- Memory Alpha: DataloreSummary and production notesReference checked
- Memory Alpha: Wesley Crusher2364Reference checked
- Wikipedia: Datalore (Star Trek: The Next Generation)PlotReference checked
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