OK, since no one else has stepped up to the task, Star Trek: Voyager, Season 2, Episode 7, Parturition. Directed by Star Trek: Next Generation cast member Jonathan Frakes (William Riker).

Neelix (Ethan Phillips) and Lt. Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill) are sent on a mission to a nearby planet because Voyager has detected proteins on its surface. To escape a poisonous trigemic vapor on the planet's surface, they seek shelter in a cave where they discover a nest of eggs, one of which hatches. The hatchling is named Kes. Lots of other things happen, and, well, there's a happy ending, too.

Deep traxx man

On 1/31/2024 at 4:31 PM, CarlHoliday said:

OK, since no one else has stepped up to the task, Star Trek: Voyager, Season 2, Episode 7, Parturition. Directed by Star Trek: Next Generation cast member Jonathan Frakes (William Riker).

The only thing I can contribute to this is a Latin tag based on the same Latin root. In Victorian times, it was fashionable to use as few words as possible to express ideas, as telegrams were priced per word. One of the most famous is when Charles Napier captured the region of Sindh (present day Pakistan) he sent a telegram reading "Peccavi": I have sinned.

A close second is "Monotremes oviparous, ovum meroblastic", indicating that platypuses (platypodes for the pedants out there) lay eggs like reptiles. Stick that in your ovipositor and smoke it.