-"what is it?" -"it is-" *uses optical sensors* -unidentified- "it is-" *uses olfactory sensors* -unidentified- -whatever- "it is green"

The moment Data killed Scotty with a bottle of green detergent that he found under the bar.

For all they knew, that was the stuff Guinan uses to clean her counter.

"I hate this! It is revolting!" "More?" "Please."

I like the way Scott shrugged when Data said "It's green" as if to say, "fuck it, why not?"

1:25 "What is it" - "It is green" Those are lines spoken in a TOS episode by Scotty serving alcohol to an alien he's trying to intoxicate.

I just watched yesterday the episode where Scotty says the same thing that Data said in the OS, smells then "its green". It was a wonderful moment. To be very honest, I have been a long time fan of Star Trek but I did not remember Scotty's identical scene. The connection between series and characters is stupendous.

~a couple days later~ Guinan: Data, do you know what happened to my bottle of antifreeze? Data: Oh My!

"Can I help you, sir?" "Aye, lad. Hawaiian Punch." "There you go, sir." "What in blazes is this?!?" "...didn't you order Hawaiian Punch?" "Laddie, I was drinking Hawaiian Punch thirty years before you were born, and I can tell you that whatever this is, it is definitely not Hawaiian Punch." "I believe I can be of some assistance. Captain Scott is unaware of the existence of sucralose." "S...sucralose?" "It is an artificial sweetener now being used in fruit drinks. It mimics the taste of sugar, but the diabetic effects can be easily dismissed."

I love how Brent Spiner interrupts himself when playing as Data. He doesn't trail off - at all - like a human would. The way he stops is full, and sudden. Like a computer. The way he even repeats himself with the exact same intonation feels like a computer trying to resolve an error. You also see it with the scene with the finger trap. He pauses between each word like a computer lagging, trying to process two different intense processes at the same time, interfering with each other. Brent Spiner really sold it to the audience that he was an android, a robotic life form, with a computer for a brain.

I still find it ironic that Brent Spiner was so perfect as Data yet he made his career playing over the top characters. He himself is something of a clown in person. Yet he turned that into a dry emotionless android that he gave more personality than 99% of the characters on TV.

Ah, Scotty. My favorite Scotsman named Scott who drinks scotch played by someone from...Canada.

It is.........It is Green. I love Star Trek xD

What a fantastic quotation and hommage to the original series 🥰

RIP Scotty you are in all honesty the reason I perused a career in engineering.

Synthetic scotch, synthetic commanders.

"It is green" And Scotty's like 'fuck it, we'll do it'.

'It is green', that's all Kirk needed to know about Orion girls too XD

I love the subtle facial expressions Data makes when he's trying to deduce whatever that drink was before just giving up and calling it "Green." He became so genuinely perplexed, like his actor was actually thrown off by the smell and was trying to figure out for himself.

1:35 "It is... it is green." "Oooooh, if this is the same green stuff as from the incident with the Kelvins... I don't remember what it tastes like." "...shall I pour extra then, sir?" "Please!"

I do love that Scottie initially dismisses Data as a synthetic Commander, but immediately warms up to him when he suggests raiding Guinan's liquor cabinet.

Aldeberon Whiskey, because Captain Picard ALSO hates synthehol.

Offering a Scotsman non-alcoholic Scotch...should humanity ever become extinct in Star Trek, THIS was the point it deserved its demise :D

This episode made me cry a river. Scotty broke my heart. ._.

I remember sitting there watching this episode the first time it aired. Knowing exactly where the writers were going, as Data was trying to identify it and say "It is... It is...", I was all "C'mon...c'mon...I know what's coming." And then when he gave the line "It is green." I was all "YES!"

Data's quick facial expression after Scotty says "synthetic commanders" cracks me up. It's as if to say, "That comment intrigues me. I suspect it would evoke an emotional response if I were human."

LOL "Synthetic scotch, synthetic Commanders..."

Such a beautiful moment between beloved characters.

"If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee." -- Abraham Lincoln

"It's green" line first used in Star Trek "By any other Name" Episode 50

I'm so glad I got into Star Trek. I wish I had been watching since I was a kid.

"What is it?" "It is. . . It is. . . It is antifreeze."

This was indeed a funny scene... I remember him in TOS serving a drink to an Alien (I believe it was "By Any other Name") and mentioning the same thing to him, when the Alien asked Scotty for what it was: "Well,... it's... It's Green!" I laughed so hard then and I am still laughing today. I have had my fondest and funniest moments when James Doohan delivered his quips. How I miss the man, and how I miss Scotty. When will Scotty ever beam me up, I wonder...

I wish Scotty had returned to Earth and joined Starfleet in some honorary position. Instead he was given a shuttle, headed off into space never to be seen again.

And Scotty goes from bad pissed to good pissed.

"It is green." One of the lines from TNG that I can remember perfectly all these decades later.

Synthetic scotch, synthetic commanders. Nice line!!! :)

I love the call back to the old series, a similar scene played out with Scotty trying to drink an alien under the table. he was so toasted he couldnt recall what the alcohol was named so he just shrugged and just said the color of the liquor.

"It is greene" - one of the best Data lines ever :)

imagine going to a club with data as your wingman

this episode really made me have some feels. Especially when scotty went on the holodeck image of the original enterprise.

the it is green is a tribute to the TOS, when scotty had to get an invader aboard the ship drunk. (can't remember the name of the episode, darn it)

His short perfectly timed pauses before he says: "It is green." is absolute genius. He is a great actor.

In a show filled with touching tributes to Scotty, this may be the coolest of them all. Fans of the old show, myself included, lit up like Christmas at that line. I love KZfaq for allowing me to play the punch line over and over, and over again.

My favorite part: “It is...it... ...it is green.”

>Serves a scott named scotty scotch >Gets it wrong

A wonderful homage to Scotty's old line.

1:22 Nothing but pure absinth.

Synthetic scotch, synthetic commanders

1:38 I like that gesture Scotty makes. 'Well it can't be worse than synthehol, so let's try it!'

...wait wait wait wait. "This is... it's green." Holy crap, I am now aware of what is quite possibly a very subtle Star Trek reference in Mass Effect 2.

It is green.

"It is green..." Scotty's mind: this feels very familiar...nah, what are the chances that an android would say something that i would about an alcoholic with a hundred years difference between then and now.

"It is green". You can tell after that statement by Data, Scotty decided he like his new android friend.

Honestly I don't get the point of non-intoxicating alcohol any more than I get the point of decaf coffee.

The way he said "Aaaaaa" reminds me of how I felt when I last tried Glenmorangie 18 year

Scotty cheerfully reflects on the time he disassembled the warp core to make "The Finest Bloody Distillery You'll See Outside of Islay"

"It's green." A tribute to a TOS episode involving the Kelvins.

It is...*sniff* it is....green. Priceless! XD

1:43: "Up your shaft!"

The phrase "It is Green" is a Easter Egg reference to a older STAR TREK episode from the 1960's. In that Episode a Curious Alien Species had taken human form and was holding the Enterprise Crew at bay to observe and study them. The Aliens were wearing these Hi-Tech Belt Buckles which seemed to be the source of their power while onboard the Enterprise. It is during this time that Spock🖖 had observed that the Alien/Aliens were showing signs of Human emotions while eating some fruit, one Alien seemed to be enjoying the fruit so much that it seem to distract the Alien from his normal duties of observation. After seeing this Spock came to the Logical Conclusion that the Alien/Aliens had never felt emotions of any sort before and the now hijacked human form that they had taken was having an unexpected side effect making them feel...well human. This gave Kirk the idea on how they can gain the upper hand on their captives by distracting them and taking their belt buckles of power devices, but what distraction would work the best? Enter Montgomery Scott also known as "Scotty",who is not only is the greatest engineer on this side of the known Galaxy but also the Greatest Drinker the Universe has ever seen. Scotty informs Captain Kirk that he knows he can get the Alien Drunk and allowing for him to retreave his Magic Belt Buckle of Wonder, Kirk approves of the plan and so does Scotty. Back in Scotty' s quarters Scotty starts breaking out his collection of rare Human and Alien Alcohol and talks the Alien into joining him. The Alien already addicted to human emotion thanks in part to the fruit he had eaten earlier starts drinking. Over a course of a few hours they tear through Scotty's liquor collection at Warp 9 and Scottys running low on Liquor but continues to give the Alien everything hes got decides to opens his last two bottles. The last one was a rare bottle of original Scotch he was saving for only the most special of times but before he went to his ace in the hole he decides to bring out the other bottle first, a bottle that was a mysterious Alchole, Scotty knew it was Liquor but what kind and type was unknown. The Alien who was close to docking his ship in the town of "Pass Out" loved the names of each bottle and without missing a beat turns and asks Scotty "Whats that?" Scotty looks at the bottle and sees no lable, Scotty opens the bottle and smells no smell, Scotty pours a glass from the bottle and replies "It's Green" and they drink it. Type in KZfaq search "Scotty drinks a alien under the table" and the episodes scene should show up I left out the ending so you can find out what happens, a really great easter egg.

I love the fact that Scotty comes around to the fact that Data is there when back in his day, it was never heard of.

Yeah,I like the way the alien,now drunk,asks "what is it?". Scotty then loooks & smells,says "it's green" & pours him some. Sucker didn't hit the floor till Scotty broke out a very old bottle of scotch!

I knew Jimmy Doohan. He drank Johnnie Walker Black. Straight.

It's a nod to the episode that Scotty drank an alien under the table. He brings out a bottle and when the alien asks what it is he says "it's green!" Original series and bloody hilarious 😂

I remember that episode...LOL! I remember thinkin' "Gee for an alien supposedly new to the human body he sure had an awfully high tolerance for alcoholic beverages"

I really wish Guinan was in this episode. Would have been good to see her and Scotty interact.

It is a fucking Cuervo bottle with the label removed. Lol.

and that's when they realized they had grabbed the liquid plumber.

Did the bartender just leave in the middle of the conversation? lol

what the fuck is the point of drinking alcohol that doesn't get you drunk

"It is green" LMAOOOO what a wonderful callback to the "Scotty drinks an alien under the table" scene from tos XD

Damn that's a generous pour. I want data as my bartender.

Syntehol what is the point, when I drink alcohol I do it to become drunk.

Am I the only one who thinks that Scotty would never call it 'scotch'? No one outside of America calls it that, and in Scotland it's always called 'whisky'.

In the book, Scotty gets to meet Guinain. Shame he didn't in the episode.

That look Scotty gives him when he says "it is green" is a common one in Scotland when a friend offers you something weird to drink.

It is green. So is weed, laddie

Synthehol existed in classic Star Trek. Or at least it most certainly was in the classic Trek books, and before TNG came out. I've read "all" the novels, at least until SJW nonsense started utterly ruining them in the past 2 decades.

I love that the only explanation Data could come up with for it is based on its color

Love the tie-back to the TOS episode 'By Any Other Name'! Great stuff!!!

"It is green" is one of the best Call backs/ Easter eggs ever.

I like how the barman has just walked off mid way through Datas explanation.

The way brent spiner delivers his lines is even better than the scene from the original series. :D

Anyone else get the "It is green" reference.

“It is green” sums up absinthe perfectly

ABsolutely best episode of TNG - "Relics". So great to see Scotty again!!

The "It is green" is a nod to the TOS episode where Scotty outdrank an alien.

I suspect Data would have been able to tell but the TOS reference was just too good to pass up and it made the scene all the better for it.

That look on Scotty's face just said "just...green? Ah. That's the good stuff then."

Scotty just chugs everything, even if it could be crap

Love how in scotty fasion hes like "eh why not..." once data just comes up with the fact its green. Fitting.

Some fun facts about James Doohan. He was born and raised in Canada. He doesn't have a Scottish accent in real life. He was a WW2 vet, and stormed the beaches of Normandy. He was shot 6 times by friendly fire, lost one of his fingers, and survived a chest shot because of a metal cigarette case his brother gave him. He went to serve on still until the end of the war.

The original crew will never ever be replaced God-bless each and every one of them I miss them all.

Gods that "It is green" callback was tremendous

Data says the only truthful thing he could say, "It is green."

The bartender at the hotel bar during the Star Trek convention laughed when I bellied up to the bar and requested a Dewars on the rocks. She told me a few moments ago James Doohan, Mr Scott Himself, had just walked up to her bar and ordered the exact same thing in the exact same manner. Cool, huh?

"It is green" is a throw back to an TOS episode where Scotty says the exact same thing to an alien that he is drink with.

It is green! Great throwback reference. Great episode.

I like how the barman stands there and watches him drink.