Thanks to the original Star Trek series, over the past several decades the word “red shirt” has become synonymous with “expendable, soon-to-be-dead extra” This is because on the classic ...

Because while a red shirt is merely a warmly colored garment ... And so, in celebration of Star Trek’s forgotten heroes, let's take a moment to take a look back at the Enterprise’s fallen ...

as the poor red shirt’s fate is still sealed. [FoxTrot – Thanks, David] Meme Star Trek Get the best tech, science, and culture news in your inbox daily. News from the future, delivered to your ...

It's a tragic tale that plays out countless times every day on re-runs of classic Star Trek ... red shirts get vaporized, stabbed and poisoned by booby-trapped flowers. Being a "Red Shirt ...

Red-shirted "Star Trek" characters have earned a reputation as the most likely ones to get offed in an episode. What if our assumptions are wrong? Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets ...

was a "Star Trek" anomaly. She was a red shirt who survived. Red shirts on "Star Trek" were notoriously expendable — the often unnamed crew members who went on missions with Capt. Kirk ...

As you likely all know by now, the security officers in Starfleet are known for being the characters who were routinely killed in episodes of the original Star Trek ... red uniforms, so a "Red ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Megan Levens added, “Star Trek ... cover of a deceased Red Shirt skeleton floating in ...

Being a Red Shirt is clearly the most thankless job in the Star Trek universe. These humble Starfleet crew members are the first line of defense in any scenario, and usually end up as cannon ...

Actor Jason Matthew Smith has played a red shirt in not one, but all three of the modern Star Trek films, and he hasn’t been killed off yet. Well, that’s not entirely true. Smith’s security ...

If that's true, it's hard to understand why Star Trek – the video game – got released. I tried to like the game, both because I'm something of a fan of the series and out of patriotism for ...

Shatner is out promoting his new film Aliens Ate My Homework and in speaking to Cinema Blend he revealed that if he were to play someone else in Star Trek, it would be a simple red shirt.