Star Trek: The 10 worst hairstyles in the galaxy

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Sometimes you are faced with a monumental task; a post that will throw the discussion within a fan base light years forward. This is also the case in this article: The website Nerdist.com recently put together a top 6 hairstyle for Worf. An important and, above all, necessary job to lead Roddenberry's franchise into the future. An enrichment for every trekker and a good reason to pause for a moment, to go inside and then to realize that our fan efforts so far have been nothing but smoke and mirrors. We can't let that sit on us!

Since we also want to make our contribution to the welfare of the Star Trek universe, we offer you a top 10 of the most horrific Star Trek hairstyles of all Times, across all films and series. Whether it's Worf's regal, shoulder-length bob, the volcanic pot cut (protects the ears) or the famous "Kazon kale", we dig relentlessly and serve you some particularly fine figments of extraterrestrial hairdressing. Bonus: We explain the time and money wasting battle that was fought over Captain Janeway's hairstyle. So pull out the scissors, load your spray can and salute with us for the most horrific and great hairstyle mistakes in this galaxy.

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Place 10: Captain Janeway's hairstyle debacle

We start with the most famous bun in the Delta Quadrant: Captain Janeway's hairstyle cost the studio a fortune. The reason for this was Kate Mulgrew's natural hairstyle, which was supposed to be pulled back in an elegant sweep. However, after viewing the footage of the pilot episode "The Welfare", Paramount President Kerry McCluggage called the studio and requested that all scenes with Janeway be re-shot. The reason: Mulgrew's head of hair appeared practically transparent in the finished product.

The slightly annoyed facial expression is justified: Kate Mulgrew was given a wig that was "nailed to the head" before each shot. Source: CBS / Paramount Pictures

No styling trick helped, so Janeway got a half-wig and her famous bun. Demolished film sets had to be set up again and sound stages had to be rented again. It went so far that Executive Producer Rick Berman remarked in an interview: "I can honestly say that this is the Star Trek pilot episode in which a single hairstyle cost more than all the special effects." Except for the enormous costs, however, we are very satisfied with the finished product. A Janeway without her "steel bun" would be hard to imagine today!

Place 9: Ensign Jae

With her futuristic David Hasselhoff hairstyle, Ensign Jae cannot win any prizes - the brave one receives for that Crew member a Starfleet Order for faithful service and unconditional loyalty. From the fourth season of Spaceship Enterprise: The Next Century, Jae appeared in a total of 63 episodes and 3 movies. In the end, the brave lady held the rank of junior lieutenant and was (amazingly) still alive.

Once you've seen the hairstyle, you can't miss it: Ensign Jae dives in a total of 63 TNG- Episodes and 3 films on! Source: CBS / Paramount Pictures All of this was achieved by the flagship Starfleet member with a quiff that, in its voluminous 80s splendor, would have practically deserved its own fee. By the way: Actress Tracee Lee Cocco never spoke a single filmed word in her entire Star Trek career and was also not mentioned in the credits of the series and the films. We salute a commitment that is only surpassed by the height of her power lock.

Place 8: Shahna

We take everything back and claim the opposite: Ensign Jae's hairstyle defies the established ones Gravity in every situation, but the real queen of weightless tower hairstyles is still the Triskelian slave Shahna. In the episode "Master of the Slaves" Kirk frees an arena full of gladiators from the rule of a trio of disembodied brains.

Shahna has the unique ability to look shrill and bored to death at the same time. Actress Angelique Pettyjohn was famous as a burlesque dancer in her time!

Source: CBS / Paramount Pictures In this case, his lady of the hour is beautiful Shahna, whose head of hair looks like a negative snapshot of "Blanka" from Street Fighter paired with the stage appearance of Lady Gaga. Kirk triumphs, the slaves are freed and Shahna's hairstyle remains in our memories in its green splendor to this day.

Place 7: The new, old Spock

In Star Trek: Discovery we learn that Know the "real" Spock as a young adult (not the "Kelvin-Spock" of the 2009 films). Observers must have noticed two things. First, our favorite semi-Vulcan's pot cut looks like he spent two months in the desert. Second, the rest of his face is feral too.

The beard was a bold choice that doesn't really go along with the feral pot cut. The triumph of hair literally buries the face of Ethan Peck under itself. Source: CBS / Paramount Pictures

We know from the Voyager episodes "One Year of Hell, Parts 1 & 2" and "Heaviness" that Vulcans do have beards. So Spock's cheek fluff is not part of his human heritage, but an expression of his inner turmoil. In spite of everything, the strong growth of the beard of the actor Ethan Peck unfortunately makes the character look as if the pot cut was growing into his face from two directions.

Place 6: Commander Sela

In a row "The battle for the Klingon Empire, Part 1" is the first time we see Commander Sela. The daughter of Tasha Yar and a Romulan general kidnaps Geordi Laforge over time and even teamed up with the Duras sisters - but she is remembered by many Star Trek fans because of her unique look, which is best known as " Angry Couch "lets describe. The pot cut, which is typical for both Romulans and Vulcans, is a rather bold fashion decision anyway.

Sela's head disappears into the background with the pot cut and blonde hair, so that her expressive eyes and the rectangular uniform in combination like a disgruntled one Let the living room couch work. Source: CBS / Paramount Pictures Due to the lack of the characteristic facial ridges of the Romulans, their blonde hair color and the slim physique of Denise Crosby, the entire ensemble (including the 80s concrete shoulders) looks like grim, quilted furniture. Crosby is an excellent actress - but the Romulan star empire is doing her a disservice with this hairstyle.

Place 5: Worf

In his long and eventful styling history, Worf had a total of six hairstyles that from the "first season seal" to the popular "warrior braid". Our favorite cucumber hairstyle, however, was created in seasons 4 and 5, while Worf's family was dishonored: The Prince Eisenherz haircut already reveals the later mane and pigtail.

Is going through a difficult phase: Worf wore in Seasons 4 and 5 the infamous He-Man mane, before he later switched to the mighty warrior braid. Source: CBS / Paramount Pictures However, the hairstyle is still so short that at this point Worf looks as if he is about to destroy Ingeborg and Liselotte in an over-70 bridge tournament. Apparently it works with Klingons as it does with us humans: Difficult times often bring problematic hairstyles with them.

Place 4: The Troyian

We leave the realm of unfortunate haircuts and enter with the fourth Place finally the zone of hairdressing weapons. The Troyian, visible in the episode "Bridal Ship Enterprise", not only has a trustworthy facial expression and a cheap necklace, but also a haircut that would be in good hands in the Ben Stiller comedy "Zoolander".

Mugatu proud: The Troyan from the episode "Bridal Ship Enterprise" would not attract attention in the comedy "Zoolander". Source: CBS / Paramount Pictures A mixture of zebra stripes and cheetah skin give his rear spoiler a hairstyle that is very streamlined, while the fluffy sideburns really bring out his radiant smile and green skin. We bow to the Troyian hairdressing guild.

3rd place: T'Pol

Like practically every character who has ever seen the inside of a Star Trek set, Vulcan T 'Pol carried out a character development that made her appear more and more human and personable over the seasons. We heard you like high foreheads and huge skulls? T'Pol's first hairstyle makes her head look three times as heavy as the rest of her body. Source: CBS / Paramount Pictures However, she managed her first season with a hairstyle that hairdressing circles like to refer to as a "disaster helmet."

Careful observers have now recognized that the entire Star Trek franchise is one Has a tendency to have a high forehead - the first hairstyle by T'Pol is accordingly what comes out when a Vulcan at a hairdresser's visit expresses the wish "very good, but I would like a higher forehead and a skull twice as large."

2nd place: Tongo Wheel

Have we already mentioned the love for the giant forehead? The Catullans in the Starship Enterprise episode "The Journey to Eden" have a rather difficult reputation as "space hippies" in the fan base anyway. One of the Catullans, however, shoots the bird with his haircut, because Tongo Rad, the son of the Catullan ambassador, resembles a professional wrestler who is walking along his bald head while advertising for fruit juice. In this case, Tongo doesn't even have the excuse of a furrowed forehead with mastic appliqués - he just had to remove his pink hair to make room for a picture of a few grapes.

Tongo Rad wonders in this one Presumably attitude as to whether taking part in face painting in the supermarket parking lot was really a good idea. (1) Source: CBS / Paramount Pictures

Place 1: The Kazon

Of course, the Kazon are in first place, what did you expect? The whole people look like a bunch of Klingons who were used as tattered cleaning rags to scrub the very difficult corners behind the stove. Every single kazon wears a rotten kale on their head, mixed with the dandruff that has been choked up by a particularly sick owl. With the Kazon, Star Trek created a bunch of opponents who have a frightening resemblance to the "alien meme" and are just as threatening. You don't believe us? Ask the Borg. If the collective arrives at a ship called "Species 329", the drones reverse back out of the airlock. And then, presumably, whispering in binary code about the people's absurd hairstyles.

The scourge of the first Voyager season and the bogeyman of every hairdressing salon: The Kazon have the same hairstyle, but don't wear suits as chic as the " Aliens "type. Source: CBS / Paramount Pictures

Bonus round: Not Geordi

Not so long ago a now removed video was circulating on Youtube: In the mysterious clip "TNG ORIGINAL WARDROBE / MAKEUP TEST" one could Well-known characters from Starship Enterprise: Look at the next century as they performed different variations of make-up, hairstyles and uniforms. The video was also accompanied by an ominous background music that would have suited Silent Hill - a real curiosity that only survives a few moments on YouTube these days.

The extra, affectionately known in fan circles as "Not Geordi", takes care of it mysterious test video for a good mood: his frize is chic, but does not go at all with the Laforge as we know it today. Source: CBS / Paramount Pictures One of the most memorable moments in the video was the dress rehearsal for Geordi Laforge ... which was not performed by LeVar Burton! Instead, we see a stranger in the clip who has a resemblance to the rapper Eazy-E and Prince's hairstyle. The improvised gold foil visor is the icing on the cake, which secures "Not Geordi" a bonus place on this list.