Star Trek: 10 Things You Didn't Know About B'elanna Torres 

She's a phenomenal actor and director and so glad she's getting recognition for those chops!

I was always struck by one scene between B'lanna and Seven, after Seven goes off to fix something without telling anyone first. Seven of Nine: I am unaccustomed to working in a hierarchy. In the Collective, there was no need to ask permission. B'Elanna Torres: If you're going to be a member of this crew, get used to it. Procedures exist for a reason; we've got to work together, follow the same set of rules... Seven of Nine: Lieutenant? B'Elanna Torres: [musing] I was given that lecture once. By Captain Janeway, when I first joined this crew... B'Elanna Torres: [to Seven] If I could adjust to Starfleet life, so can you. Seven of Nine: Of course. I am... sorry for the inconvenience. She grew!

B'Elanna was a fantastic character. With the very same personality traits, she could have been awful, but the balance between strength and vulnerability was brilliantly struck.

I loved her character. And seeing her in full Klingon battle gear, just wow.❤

B'Elanna has always been my favorite Voyager character. I definitely could relate to the anger and emotional numbness at one phase of my life, plus her no-nonsense engineering as well. If she's not returning on-screen to Trek, I'd love to hear her voice again as a ship's computer, or at least get some mention. If Trip could get Tucker Tubes, she should get a Torres (transporter) scan for finding crew members by their bone minerals.

She was one of those characters that I started loving right away. That doesn't happen often. They usually have to grow on me.

I'm not saying she's better than all the other Starship engineers - but given how often engineering is attacked, I choose the genius Klingon!

I really feel like Voyager doesn't get a fair shake. She was outstanding.

Enjoyed this. A wonderful character, story arc, and actress.

I just watched Workforce Pt 1 and 2 the other day. While B'Elanna was not a heavy focus, episode 2 goes into a little bit more of her with Roxann directing. It was really good.

It was a relief when the writers figured out what to do with her beyond "Omg I'm a half Klingon/human" in the first season and she had an interesting character arc. I love the majority of the cast, but she's been my inspiration for figuring myself and my heritage out more, me being Puerto Rican/White (Irish/English). There's a lot of fight/temper in me like a Klingon, so she always spoke to me on a deeper level. Bonus, she's also tiny like me and that's kind of hilarious. (Did anyone else notice the cast is really short or average height?) And technically she was more Hispanic representation on television, as her birth surname is Caballero. Side note, I said if I ever had a girl I'd name her Baylana (way easier spelling and grave symbols in names probably don't always work in real life.) I just think the name is pretty, even though the character is sic awesome. Woot! Another great video!

I love B’Elanna’s character development. She is my favorite Star Trek character and I am so happy to be named after her. I think it’s so cool that she went from being angry to getting married and starting a family. This is the kind of character development that modern female characters need, take notes marvel/Star Wars/Hollywood etc.

Although Roxann Dawson said she wouldn’t be returning to Trek, I wonder if she’d be open to having a very brief cameo. If I were writing for a Star Trek: Legacy episode, I’d probably make B’Elanna the director of the newly rebuilt Utopia Planitia Shipyards and with the rank of Commodore. Seven could reach out to B’Elanna for help with a mission. And they could name drop people like Janeway, Tom Paris, or Miral (Tom and B’Elanna’s daughter). Or B’Elanna could talk about how she’s preparing to deliver a guest lecture at Starfleet Academy. Just some ideas, but Terry Matalas would probably write it better than I could.

B’Elanna was my very favorite character by the end of Voyager to the point I felt a little envy of the Tom Paris character. It would be nice to see some follow up on her.

She did a fantastic directing job in the Foundation series 👍.

One of my favorite characters in all of Star Trek. Very underappreciated.

Brilliant, thank you!

Thank you so much! B'Elanna is my favorite character, glad to see her get some limelight.

The beauty of Star Trek is of all Alien species all races. Keylehr was Worf's mate on Star trek TNG. On Brent Spiner's birthday who played Data.

B Elanna is my favorite character!

B'lanna and Tom are my favorite couple...she's also my 2nd Trek crush after Dr. Crusher ;)

My junior high choir director was a huge Trekkie....she always called me B'Elanna. 😀 She and I have a lot of the same tendencies

B'Elanna, Kira, and Ro were my favorite characters of their respective series. It's no wonder they were all intended to be the same character at one point.

One of my favorite characters on the show, one who ironically feels the most 'human' lacking Borg or Vulcan stoicism and being very in touch with her anger. I wish every major actor in this series got to direct at least one episode focusing on their character. Who would understand them better?

Many of Voyager's highlights are with Torres; episode "Prototype" while under discussed is one of the best episodes of sci-fi in my book. Dawson plays Torres with so much passion, but also an intellectualism that's more about rugged curiosity if not progress than it is brute force. She created life in Prototype, and I think she is my favorite engineer in Trek, especially in terms of knowledge and but especially malleability. Some believe Voyager made it back to the Alpha Quadrant in such good condition because Torres ran a tight ship! :)

Thanks. 🖖🏻

Great list. I always learn something new in these videos. I have just one question. Turkey platter?

The way I see it, when Tom was visiting the Cerritos in "We'll Always Have Tom Paris." B'Elanna was at home, taking care of young Miral.

B'elanna is currently the Defiant's Engineer in IDW's "Star Trek: Defiant" ongoing comic. Now "Offically Disavowed" by Starfleet, she and the Defiant crew are doing secret missions, handling tasks Starfleet can't officially get involved in. Then there is her husband Tom....

One of the best characters

oh wow, Christie Golden did Star Trek novels??? I love her WoW novels.

Ellie!

Extreme Risk does provide some insight on how depression can make you feel quite numb about everything, from people you like, places you enjoy, interests you find relaxing, all becoming something you just can't connect with any more, and you try and find ways to replace them, only to end up causing damage to yourself, and others around you, sadly, the cure-all at the end of the episode isn't representative of what truly needs to be done, as it's a long process, one that some, including myself, never seem to reach the other end of...

Queen

i have to admit, after the pancakes episode i referred to her as Banana Torres..

I've always assumed the Trill reassociacion rules would have to be relaxed if the planet and its people were to participate in the federation and starfleet, as it would not be up to the Trill government where starfleet stations it's officers, and with whom

Star Trek: The Journey Home. It's like someone in the writer's room went, "I know, we can call it The Voyage Ho-wait a minute..."

Allow me to correct you, regarding FACES: Actress Joy Kilpatrick was cast as Dawson's photo double to avoid a reliance on split screen..

Don't get your hopes up to see B'lanna anywhere that isn't animated. She has(politely) made it clear she's done with the role more than once.

Man, that's interesting.

23rd of March 2384 would be a birthday for me

bonus points for the precise length of this video both character and actress (and now director) are indeed 1337

I love her

"allround turkey platter" 😂😂 is that a British expression? Is brilliant😂

I hope B'Elanna would make appearances in Lower Decks or Prodigy, along with her daughter, Miral.

I like those lists, make more.... And why not make a list about companions of the Doctor (Who)?

Always liked her

Star trek outer bounds sounds kinda cool

5 & 92

B'elanna designed the Dauntless? I wonder what Tom had to say about it's aesthetics.

Next video idea 100 things you didn’t know about Spot.

Regardless of how you felt about Neelix. Despite which side of the moral line you were on regarding the killing of Tuvix. I think we call ALL agree that the decision to NOT name the show Star Trek...GALAXY'S RIM was a good choice😂.

I always get actresses Roxann Dawson (B'elanna Torres) and Rosario Dawson (Ahsoka Tano) mixed up.

Sean Blass has really been struggling 😂

Its sad Star trek never had like an Endgame movie/tv series like. I mean, chars from TNG, DS9 VOY, all combined in a good plot.

I liked see Torres in a borg costume

The log entry by Janeway(12.09), dated 23rd March 2384, is interesting for me on a personal level: it would/will be my 406th birthday (having been born in 1978)😂😂

A mixed species character is always going to be conflicted in some way! Spock was the template, & he WAS severely conflicted at times!

Roxanne pretended she couldn't talk very clearly when she was wearing the mouth prosthetic so she wouldn't have to wear it

ok now I can’t stop wondering why the camera man has on boxing gloves 7:36

Darn, I have always thought that Brigitte thing was using some pregnancy prosthetic and that Roxanne was pregnant much later on when it was actually plot-relevant (B'Ellana's and Tom's kid).

B'Elanna is a Maquis partly human half human nice species the Maquis besides the Kazon Ogla & Klingons. Half Klingon & half human female remarkable.

I recently watched "Extreme Risk" Although it is groundbreaking to address depression in a TV show of that era, it is a very poor representation of depression B'lanna is effectively cured by the hollow deck visit and saving the delta Flyer. As someone who batted depression, I feel that the episode, although a valiant effort, suggests depression can be cured by just facing your issues once, then you're golden

I love banana pancakes 🥞😊

Here's a Voyager quiz for you! You have a Maquis crew member who assaults a superior officer. What is an appropriate consequence? A. Make an example. Reduced rank and 30 days in the brig. B. Make allowances. Confine her to quarters for 48 hours and give her a stern warning. C. Let Chakotay handle it... this time. D. Promote her to chief engineer. Maybe if Harry Kim had taken a poke at Tuvok, Janeway would have promoted him!

She is the meaning of the show struggling with 2 different hafts ( 2 different craws) eventually accepts both (the 2 craws get rid of their differences)

She had the nick name BLT in the academy, I'd have nick named her Banana Tores 😅

I like how her ridges reduced over the years

yum… Be’lanna pancakes!

I did find her interest at the begining but it felt like they softened her way too much. Cause by the end she was little more than a human with forehead ridges and "The Rachel"

Maybe B'elanna fell in with Nick Locarno!

the struggle of being biracial is something i have dealt with the fact that i look white to ppl who dont pay enough attn doesnt help either

Star Trek: Galaxy's Rim sounds like an adult parody.

When are they gonna redeem Harry Kim? At least mention him like "Captain Kim died in the battle of so and so..."

Six

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…and now I want banana pancakes.

Ngl, I had a huge crush on her as a teen

any books that were canon no longer are. to make Star Trek Picard canon, there was a book trilogy that was the Star Trek equivalent of Endgame and Loki that ended up wiping out all of the book realities. Riker was the bad guy.

TNG had some strong actors, mostly passable and then only a couple terrible ones. VOY was mostly high-school-theatre level.

She regrets not going out with the guy that cut the other guys face off and wore it as his face ?

B'elanna : "Paris, did you create this guy?" Tom: "Yes" B'elanna : "He's a pig, just like you" .... ends up marrying him. 🤣🤣

I've got to say it b'Ellana looks better as a klingon

"Be'lanna Pancakes"

To be fair Earth is almost on the Galaxy's rim.

She could voice Nick Lorcano's girlfriend out for revenge against the Ceritos in the next season of Lower Decks!

Why don’t they bring back in las vages,Star trek convention,why they don’t do that any more dam you economy,why vages sucks now not same very sad sad

So who are all of these humans that can survive sex with Klingons?

Mrs turtle head

I like the idea of B'Elanna but she was not what was promised. We were supposed to get a bad ass, person with a need for a constant attitude adjustment. Someone who stood her ground and threw a fist first. What we got was a kitty Klingon. Just my opinion tho🖖

Wait... Am I first? Oh yeah! Star Trek is 100% better than star wars ,':)

*B'elanna Pancakes*

Why this girl? Her voice is grating 😢

stop quoting “beta canon”, it’s not canon at all! it’s at best fan fiction but is not canon. you guys quote beta stuff all the time but it useless, and incorrect, because it isn’t canon.

Ms. Dawson has had some problematic moments.

ugh the full klingon, her inflections were terrible, she. paused. be. tween. each. word. I can’t stand the episode for that reason. that’s not at all how klingons talk. I can’t stand the evil bashir ds9 episode for the same reason

Great character, lousy person playing her.

A latina kilngon. Hot blooded as hell