Synopsis: The Star Trek Scouts chew up a bubble gum asteroid with a set of chattering teeth.
This episode can be seen as another illustration of the importance of diversity—the inclusion of individuals with different talents and attributes, and inclusivity—the idea that everybody has a place in the universe, or in Star Trek, the multiverse.
“Star Trek Scouts Chomp Through a Bubble Gum Asteroid! – Asteroid Blaster #8” began with the Scouts jumping rope. Sprocket and Roo turning the ropes for JR and Star, who were jumping in the middle. Then the asteroid alarm went off. An asteroid was heading straight for the Star Trek Scouts, which Sprocket identified as a Bubble Gum Asteroid from the Candy Quark Galaxy. The asteroid deflector wheel was activated and a snow cone was chosen as the weapon to use against the asteroid. The snow cone was activated and fired into the asteroid. It did not work. Instead it created a snow storm. The asteroid deflector wheel was activated again, and the next weapon chosen was a set of chattering teeth. But something went wrong when they tried to launch the set of chattering teeth. The top of the deflector was covered with a sheet of ice. Roo took a hoover board outside and tried to break the sheet of ice. That didn’t work. Sprocket suggested that if they could not break the ice they could try to melt it with heat. JR used a phaser, set on heat mode, to melt the ice. The set of chattering teeth were launched at the asteroid and chewed it into bite-sized pieces.
In this episode, when Sprocket solved the problem from a different point of view, this can be seen as an illustration of the need for diversity and inclusivity in what Carl (C. G.) Jung called the unus mundus, one united world. Without Sprocket’s ability to find a solution from a different perspective, which was a result of being different from the others, the crew may not have thought of launching the set of chattering teeth to chew up the Bubble Gum Asteroid. Diversity can be physically and visually apparent, or it can be invisible, as in the case of neurodivergent individuals. And whether diversity is visible or not, it should be respected as a necessary part of the multiverse, as reflected here.
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