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I've been watching star trek (TNG, DS9, Voyager) and still don't get the red shirt reference. I know it's about them getting killed all the time but I just don't see it.
They swapped the red and gold job responsibilities between TOS and TNG. In 90s trek, it's the gold shirts dying most often
Its a TOS thing. They swapped the red and yellow colours for the following series.
D'oh, just saw that this was already said. I should read more.
The meme is from TOS. Not as many people died in the newer ones.
It's a running gag more than anything. The idea is Kirk, Spock, McCoy and Ensign Smith in a red shirt beam down to the dangerous planet. Who dies?
Ensign Smith:
Obviously the one who is not one of the lead actors, whose character usually doesn’t have a name, no lines, never appeared, and is from security and tasked to protect the captain and jump first in combat is going to survive.
In TOS, there were more characters in red shirts than any other color. So of course most deaths were characters wearing a red shirt. Proportionally, I believe it was actually yellow with the highest mortality rate.
Cause you didn't watch the series the meme is made upon (TES)
The edgy series? The excellent series? The ecstatic series? The evil series? The Elvin series? The e-coli series? The epinephrine series?
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I had to.