Robinson had never received a nomination during his entire career.Both Robinson and Fred MacMurray played roles against type (Robinson gained notoriety for his role as a gangster inLittle Caesar (1930), and MacMurray had previously played genial, lightweight, good-guy roles in comedies) - and their performances represented some of their best career work.Mildred begins to gargle with mouthwash.Each time, her gargling causes him o jump.He snaps:If you want me to cut my throat, keep that up! (She gargles again and he mumbles) Evidently do."Great Scene(s):The formal state dinner party between Klingons andEnterprisecrew members (with Romulan ale served) and Gorkon boasting: "You haven""t heard Shakespeare until you""ve heard it in the original Klingon!", he scene of Spock""s traumatizing mind-meld technique intimately used on Vulcan Lieutenant Valeris, and the destruction of General Chang""s invisible Klingon ship Bird of Prey as he spoke: "To Be or Not to Be.As he rushed toward the monument o save everyone from mortal danger, the core did explode and trapped Ned and some team members (and sponsoring teacher Roger Harrington (Martin Starr)) in one of the monument""s elevators that had ascended o the top of the 555 foot tower.She found the pathway to Freddy""s brain - a maze of surreal colors, structures, and firing and crackling synapses in an electrical hallway.