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s01e02 Chandler: I don't know, but I think it's about to attack the Enterprise

What is Enterprise? And why the sonogram is supposedly about to attack it?

Ross is showing guys the sonogram, the first video of his child inside Carol's belly. But Chandler and Joey aren't fast to share Ross's enthusiasm and excitement. Honestly boys are not able to make out much of this sonogram video.

Joey: What are we supposed to be seeing here?

Chandler: I don't know, but I think it's about to attack the Enterprise.

What is Enterprise? And why is sonogram is supposed to attack it?

The word enterprise itself means a big undertaking. But notice how it is written in FRIENDS subtitles above. Enterprise there starts with a capital E. So Chandler must be referring to Enterprise the starship from science fiction tv show Star Trek.

Star Trek is the American tv show from the 60-ies. Over 60 years of the show's existence it has grown into all sorts of films, comic books, reboots of tv shows and the most popular conventions.

Gene Roddenberry, the Star Trek's creator, writer and producer, was notably determined to sending the anti-war message with his show. That is why the Enterprise, the starship, carried a message of peace across the space and wouldn't ever have the intention to attack any alien species. But we know no conflict no story, so the episodes' acrs must have been centered around Enterprise being a target.

Plus since the Star Trek show is pretty old and movie technologies weren't as thorough as they are now, the images of possible attackers the Enterprise ship would receive might have looked pretty similar to a sketchy video of baby's first sonogram.

I feel like giving Star Trek a chance now!

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