TP: "From now on I promise no more affairs with strange ships" BLT: "What about the Delta Flyer?" TP: "We're just friends."

the story of Tom Paris the PERFECT example of "NEVER in my wildest imagination, did my life turn out like i expected or planned"

"Gotta go fast!" (Warp 10) "Whoa! Too fast!"

I imagine Tom being on Voyager was a good personal growth experience for him.

Nobody talk about his identical twin or you’ll have to pay royalties.

"The only thing I remember is someone standing over me saying 'This is my friend and no one touches him but me!'". -Harry Kim (Paraphrased)

The real world reason he became "Tom Paris" instead of being the continuation of Lacarno is that the producers (I think it was Brandon Braga specifically) felt that Lacarno's attitude and actions left the character irredeemable.

Tom Paris, current whereabouts: Classified, but rumored to be writing and directing under the alias Robert Duncan McNeil. 😎😁😏😉

Tom returned in the Lower Decks episode "We'll Always Have Tom Paris" where he remained in Starfleet and was promoted to full lieutenant. During a handshake tour in 2381, he visited the USS Cerritos where he told Voyager stories for morale and during the visit, he assaulted Ensign Bradward Boimler, who wished to get Paris' signature on his Voyager plate, when he thought Boimler was a Kazon. He later apologized by getting drinks with Boimler, who still hoped to get his signature.

Tom was originally supposed be a continuation of the character Locarno from TNG

He was my favorite character in Voyager.

Awesome!! Thank you for that. So much detail and more character info!!

-Thank you for this well done insight to Lieutenant Paris's life in Star Trek, Like alway I look forward to one on Commander Chakotay and all First Officers THANKS

Me: Waiting for the "Threshold" jokes Not disappointed.

Pity they didn't make him the same character from Weesly's Academy the flight squadron would had been perfect and would explain why he went to jail

Love these videos.

For the next Personnel File, I would recommend Reginald Barcley.

I imagine how awkward Tom Paris' academy years were with Nic Locarno around.

How "Thershold" should have ended Tom Pairs wakes up from a nightmare, the end.

First I saw this actor was in He Man. Lol. Then that STNG episode where the one cadet dies.

Definitely one of the better VOY characters(easily 3rd best after Doc and 7). Even if he practically is just renamed Locarno. :)

Do Gowron, leader of the Klingon high council!

Oh mate good work 👍🏽

Can we get a video on Chakotay, please?

Something I always liked about Tom was he was really the frist person on Voyager to reach out to Seven of his own variation and with seemingly no alteriver motive and acpect her. Some might say that BS given Janeways actions in the gift. But Janeway always wanted to change seven to make her human her acceptance of sevens own natuer and choices always seemed at lest to me early on after a bit of auement or reasoning. Not that this is bad persay it was nessary. But id dare say Tom was Sevens frist friend. And while there reationship did have a bumb here and there it remained strong through out Voyager run. And when Tom was bing influenced by the Alice ship Seven was one of the people to be really alarmed by his actions and when he got body jacked by that alien. People cought on that something was wrong with him the moment he tryed hitting on Seven and was cruel to her.

The glorious Rocking and Rolling Captain Proton !

Imagine an alternate timeline where instead of Geordi as a helmsman at the beginning of TNG it was Tom

I was always either very annoyed or amused by Tom, he had the attitude of an ungrateful spoiled rich kid

Listening the rock n' roll music makes think of Guy Fieri pulling up for Diners, Drive-Ins, N' Dive.

Any possiblity of doing some videos on the Orville? Have been binge watching over the past week and think there's a lot of potential for that series

"Totally not Locarno." I see you. :)

Nice use of rockabilly music in the outro

I'm watching that one episode of tng where that one friend of whesley looks like Tom Parris

Um wow... The 2381 Borg Invasion through Azure Nebula is a crazy story line. Not sure what to think of it...

Tom Paris was my favourite Voyager Character.

You forgot the time he helped He-Man defeat Skeletor in 1987

You forgot about that time he tracked a mouse through jeffries tube 32.

You left out the most important scene in the history of Tommyboi. The doctor slap man, the slap that will echo threw time and space, and make itself heard any time a pretty boy says something a bit dumb.

I'M DYING! : "Totally NOT "Locarno"

One of my personal favorite characters...and the only one to bonk Captain Janeway...he had to err, ummm....struggle snuggle but, he apparently succeeded, since they had a litter of...umm...things Oedipal allusions not withstanding.

I always wondered if Tom Paris knew Nick Locarno because like Tom Locarno had a habit of getting into trouble like what happened in the Star Trek TNG episode 'The First Duty' where he convinced Cadet Wesley Crusher and 2 others to cover up an accident that he was responsible for that caused the death of another cadet that was a friend of Wesley's which Captain Jean-Luc Picard had discovered when he learned from Geordie La Forge and Lt. Commander Data that they were trying to perform a dangerous maneuver that led to the death of said cadet and Locarno's expulsion from the Academy and Wes and the other 2 being held back from graduating because they partook in the cover-up.

I was about to say you had Tom's academy accident wrong but I rewatched that tng ep. and realized it was same actor as Tom Paris in Voyager but different char.

2:04 It's pronounced Mar-say (the L's are silent) 😅 Great video though, I love how in depth you go to the characters across canon and non canon stuff. Really entertaining and informative.

"Totally Not Lacarno". 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Tom found his way to Paris.

Good abrupt goodbye at the end there

I never understood the whole admirals don't command ships thing. That's never how it's worked IRL.

They should do a video about Project Full Circle.

Oh yea... That Delta Quadrant mission is coming up, isn't it... Gawd is it a PitA...

Um tipo de Flash Gordon Trekker.

I have it as head canon that Paris and Locarno were the same person. He changed his name to distance himself from his father.

Could you do Bones?

Aren’t you forgetting about the alt future admiral Jane way came from where he’s a holonovelist? Or is it just not enough information to speculate on his life in that alternate timeline?

I would love to see bios on kang koloth and kor

Ah yes, Tom Paris, and totally not Nicholas Locarno from TNG's "The First Duty". Yeah, totally not him. I bet Tom thought he was totally a handsome guy though and would have totally been a great Starfleet officer if he hadn't ALSO been thrown in prison for his crimes as a cadet. Totally.

can you cover the ships of full circle?

Lieutenant Paris, we are not building a hot rod..

What is this "Threshold" that you speak of, I have never heard of it. I have also not heard of Ghostbusters 2016, or any Jurassic Park movie after The Lost World, or any Alien movie after Aliens.

So basically Captain Janeway got really lucky the Mocke had some competent space skills.

It's a shame they couldn't work in his Red Squad character because they didn't want to pay the writer of that episode.

How about a Personnel File on William Riker?

I'm at the beginning of the video and listening to the family history. Except for a great-aunt mentioned it sounds like the women in his family didn't do crap when it comes to Starfleet. They just stayed home got knocked up and had babies.

He always seemed like an assistant manager at Target or Walmart to me. Don’t know if it was how the character was written but I think the role was miscast. But then I think a lot of the casting choices were off for me, to the point of being an annoying distraction.

Tom and B' ellona were one of the hottest loves in star trek

Do Riker next or The Doctor

Honestly I prefer the version where the accidents happened when he was Ensign, it differentiates him from Nick Locarno

Tuvok lead a mission as an admiral.

What about B'Elanna Torres chakotay and Egypt in the kids

Love they said he could have gone to the navy over going to space haha

1:00 don’t forget Commadore Paris

Was Patricia the commodore in Beyond?

"I am Borg"

I guess him appaearing in LD as a Leutenant in 2381 is beta canon breaking

Um... That is NOT a Oldsmobile, That is a 1969 Chevy Camaro! HUGE DIFFERENCE. Shame!

Voyager is a good series. It's a pity it came out at the onset trekkie burnout.

My only issue with his story is his rising to Admiral. Seems highly unlikely considering his painted past. Maybe Captain, he would have to work much harder than others to achieve the rank though.

You know what just realized. Tom was wearing a SF uniform when he joined on the origanal Voyger mission but was not a member of SF at the time. why was he allowed to be in uniform after he was discharged and branded a traitor?

Honestly Tom Paris is one of my favourite treck characters, him and Harry Kim were always a highlight.

Tom Paris was originally meant to be that Red Squad character he played on TNG before

Best couple

i need the song names

Bought time 🤘🤪🤘

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I never got the “Federation Naval Patrol” thing. Why does this exist? Is there a lot of smuggling or something on Earth’s seas in the 24th century? In a future where there are sensors than can scan whole planets from orbit, plus other stuff like transporters, why do the oceans on any Federation planet need patrolling, presumably with sea based vessels? 10:58 that’s not Tom Paris ;-)

In-Universe-Theorie: Mybe Tom and Nick are Twins and Tom is the younger brother from Nick and Tom want become a better version and nick Changed his name into Locarno that he dont want have anything todo with his starfleet - family anymore

he was a bit like a james dean type in the beginning it sucks his dad mistreated him he really evolved in the show loved his holodeck holo adventures of captain proton very flashgordon esq and howhim and torres got together.

He should be a captain of a ship bye now.

It always baffled me why they renamed the character from the STNG episode with Crusher.

Weird. I thought starfleet academy was a 4 year education, not 2.

That's not an Oldsmobile. Lol

You mean we could have had Tom Paris on the bridge instead of Wesley? Thanks Admiral!

Is it just me or does this guy sound kinda like piers Morgan. Thoughts?

Totally Not Locarno is a great character.

Half the comments are about Locarno? Lol come on. Really?

Thomas Mary Sue Paris

it always bugged me how he was REALLY into goofy 20th century B-Movies and classic cars...it would be like me being REALLY into 1600s lifestyle, just out plowing fields and hunting witches

Wasn't he was originally supposed to be the same test pilot character introduced in the TNG series?

Tom "Locarno" Paris... The most interesting Character besides the Doctor and Seven of Nine in the overall weak Star Trek Voyager show Go Loca... uh i mean Tom! Warp 10 FULL SPEED!! 😂👍

Of all the Voyager characters I cared nothing about, Paris was one of them.

Applied for Helmsman aboard the NCC 1701 D but was denied because of Admiral Paris. Ok now I take Toms side if it wasn't for Admiral Paris we wouldn't have had to put up with Westly on the bridge.