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The '''targ''' was a herding [[Non-sentient lifeforms|animal]] [[homeworld|native]] to [[Qo'noS]].
 
The '''targ''' was a herding [[Non-sentient lifeforms|animal]] [[homeworld|native]] to [[Qo'noS]].
   
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==Physiology and uses==
==Information==
 
Targs were comparable in form to [[Terran]] boars but with spikes on their backs. They were usually dark brown, although some were spotted. Targs were generally regarded as "vicious and destructive" animals. [[Klingon]]s kept domesticated targs as pets and livestock, and hunted wild targs for sport. The meat and [[heart of targ|heart of the targ]] was eaten, while their shoulder fat was used to make [[var'Hama candle]]s. ({{TNG|A Matter Of Honor}}; {{DS9|You Are Cordially Invited}}; {{VOY|Day of Honor}})
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Targs were comparable in form to [[Terran]] boars but with spikes on their backs. They were usually dark brown, although some were spotted. Targs were generally regarded as "vicious and destructive" animals. [[Klingon]]s kept domesticated targs as pets and livestock, and hunted wild targs for sport. The meat of the targ – including [[heart of targ|the heart]] – was eaten, while their shoulder fat was used to make [[var'Hama candle]]s. ({{TNG|A Matter Of Honor}}; {{DS9|You Are Cordially Invited}}; {{VOY|Day of Honor}}) Targs produced [[milk]]; [[targ milk]] could be used as an ingredient in beverages such as the [[Prakal II mixed drink]]. ({{TNG|In Theory}}) Wistan ''[[gagh]]'' was packed in targ [[blood]]. ({{DS9|Field of Fire}})
   
 
Klingon wedding ceremonies sometimes involved the ritual sacrifice of a targ. ({{DS9|A Time to Stand}}) As part of the [[Day of Honor]] ceremony, the participant had to eat from the heart of a sanctified targ. ({{VOY|Day of Honor}})
One of the earliest encounters [[Human]]s had with targs was when members of the {{NX|01}} boarded the {{IKS|Somraw}} in a rescue attempt.({{ENT|Sleeping Dogs}})
 
   
 
Targ herds could be a collision hazard on Qo'noS; Klingon ground assault vehicles used [[targ scoop]]s to clear the animals away from their path. ({{VOY|Elogium}}) A behavior typically associated with targ was hiding in dirt. ({{ENT|Marauders}}) The [[Hamar Mountains]] were abundant with targ. ({{DS9|You Are Cordially Invited}})
{{bginfo|The targ for this episode was created as a [[CGI model]] at [[Foundation Imaging]]. [[Robert Bonchune]] recalled the creation of the shot, "The Targs were a big deal, even though they were in a throwaway shot. Everything beyond that door [[Hoshi Sato|Hoshi]] opens was [[CGI|CG]]. [[John Teska]] had to build the pig; [[Dan Curry|Dan]] was in on that too. They sat there getting this thing to look right. Then it was a big deal getting it approved and putting three of them in there, and attaching them to the chains, building the whole room and putting straw on the floor.''"(''[[Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 3, Issue 9]]'', p.48; [http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/tastes-like-bacon/])}}
 
   
 
[[Toby the targ]] was a popular children's character and purported [[Holographic novel|holonovel]] author of a series of children's works, published by [[Broht & Forrester]]. ({{VOY|Author, Author|Tsunkatse}})
Klingon wedding ceremonies sometimes involved the ritual sacrifice of a targ. ({{DS9|A Time to Stand}})
 
   
 
The phrase "targ manure" (an expression used by [[Boothby]]) was a slang term to describe a lie, or a made-up story (analogous to the [[Human]] expletive "bullshit"). ({{VOY|In the Flesh}})
As part of the Day of Honor ceremony, the participant had to eat from the heart of a sanctified targ. ({{VOY|Day of Honor}})
 
   
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==History==
The phrase "targ manure" was a slang term to describe a lie, or a made-up story (analogous to the Human expletive "bullshit"). This term was used by [[Boothby]]. ({{VOY|In the Flesh}})
 
 
According to [[Neelix]] in [[2376]], [[Sarpek the Fearless]] was searching for his lost targ when he unearthed the [[Knife of Kirom]]. ({{VOY|Barge of the Dead}})
   
 
One of the earliest encounters [[Human]]s had with targs was when, in [[2151]], members of the {{NX|01}}'s crew boarded the {{IKS|Somraw}} in a rescue attempt. ({{ENT|Sleeping Dogs}})
The [[Hamar Mountains]] were abundant with targ. ({{DS9|You Are Cordially Invited}})
 
   
 
{{bginfo|The targs shown as being alive in "Sleeping Dogs" were depicted using a [[CGI model]] created at [[Foundation Imaging]]. [[Robert Bonchune]] recalled the creation of the shot; "The Targs were a big deal, even though they were in a throwaway shot. Everything beyond that door [[Hoshi Sato|Hoshi]] opens was [[CGI|CG]]. [[John Teska]] had to build the pig; [[Dan Curry|Dan]] was in on that too. They sat there getting this thing to look right. Then it was a big deal getting it approved and putting three of them in there, and attaching them to the chains, building the whole room and putting straw on the floor.''"({{STTM|3|9}}, p. 48; {{DrexFiles|2009/04/27/tastes-like-bacon/}}) One of the hanging targ corpses from the same episode was put up for [[Star Trek auctions|auction]] on the [[It's A Wrap! sale and auction|''It's A Wrap!'' sale and auction]].}}
Targ herds could be a collision hazard on Qo'noS; Klingon ground assault vehicles used [[targ scoop]]s to clear the animals away from their path. ({{VOY|Elogium}})
 
   
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During a conflict between Klingon troops led by Captain {{dis|Korok|Captain}} and a combined force involving colonists from a deuterium mining colony together with officers from ''Enterprise'', Korok described the behavior of his opponents when they were trying to evade him and his officers as "hiding in the dirt like targ." ({{ENT|Marauders}})
[[Neelix]] recounted that [[Sarpek the Fearless]] was searching for his lost targ when he unearthed the [[Knife of Kirom]]. ({{VOY|Barge of the Dead}})
 
   
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Later that year, ''Enterprise'' captain [[Jonathan Archer]] was provided a bone joint from a targ, served on a metal plate, while enduring imprisonment on [[Narendra III]]. Archer decided, based merely on the appearance of the meat, that he disliked Klingon cuisine and [[Denobulan]] [[doctor]] [[Phlox]] concurred that the food did not look appetising. A while after Phlox advised Archer to eat the targ meat because it seemed to be rich in [[protein]], Archer tried it but almost immediately spat it out, moments later telling [[Advocate]] {{dis|Kolos|Klingon}} that it tasted "a little underdone." ({{ENT|Judgment}})
Both [[Martok]] and [[Worf]] owned pet targs at some point in their lives. ({{DS9|Strange Bedfellows}}; {{TNG|Where No One Has Gone Before}}) One targ that Martok had owned since childhood escaped after his wife, [[Sirella]], "accidentally" left the door of their home open while moving her belongings into the residence following their marriage. Despite being responsible for the loss of the creature, Martok later told Benjamin Sisko that he would "not trade Sirella for all the targs on Qo'nos". ({{DS9|Strange Bedfellows}})
 
   
 
Both [[Martok]] and [[Worf]] owned pet targs at some point in their lives. ({{DS9|Strange Bedfellows}}; {{TNG|Where No One Has Gone Before}}) Martok once described a targ he had owned during his childhood as "''a filthy, mangy beast, but in his bony breast beat the heart of a warrior''" and "faithful" to its master but "ever-ready to follow the call of the wild." Martok's wife, [[Sirella]], detested the creature. It escaped into forestland after she "accidentally" left the door of their home open while moving her belongings into the residence following their marriage. Despite Sirella being responsible for the loss of the creature, Martok later told [[Benjamin Sisko]] that he would "not trade Sirella for all the targs on Qo'nos". ({{DS9|Strange Bedfellows}})
In [[2364]], an illusory replica of Worf's targ was created from his memories of the animal on board the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} when the ship traveled a billion [[light year]]s away from our [[Milky Way Galaxy|galaxy]] and entered the outer rim of the [[universe]], where the physical and mental world are integrated. ({{TNG|Where No One Has Gone Before}})
 
   
 
In [[2364]], an illusory replica of Worf's targ was created from his memories of the animal, on board the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}. The creature appeared when the ship traveled a billion [[light year]]s away from our [[Milky Way Galaxy|galaxy]] and entered the outer rim of the [[universe]], where the physical and mental world are integrated. As a pet, [[Tasha Yar]] made the comparison to a Terran [[cat|"kitty-cat"]]. ({{TNG|Where No One Has Gone Before}})
{{bginfo|This "Targ" was portrayed by the Russian wild boar [[Emmy-Lou]].}}
 
   
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{{bginfo|This "Targ" was portrayed by the Russian wild boar [[Emmy-Lou]]. For its appearance as the targ, the animal wore an original costume designed by [[William Ware Theiss]]. (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'', 3rd ed., p. 37)}}
One of [[Molly O'Brien]]'s toys, "[[Piggy]]", was a plush targ. ({{DS9|Fascination}})
 
   
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After [[Ira Graves]]' intellect was transferred from [[Data]] to the main [[computer]] of the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}}, [[Commander]] [[William T. Riker|Riker]] claimed to Data – who had no memory of the events while Graves' mind had possessed him – that he had wrestled with a targ. Extremely puzzled by what had happened, Data wondered if he had won the contest. ({{TNG|The Schizoid Man}})
In early [[2373]], [[Odo]] told [[Benjamin Sisko]] that Sisko would need someone who could turn into [[Gowron]]'s pet targ to help infiltrate [[Ty'Gokor]], something Odo was not able to do, after Odo had lost his shapeshifting ability several weeks earlier. ({{DS9|Apocalypse Rising|Broken Link}})
 
   
 
While residing on [[space station]] [[Deep Space 9]], one of [[Molly O'Brien]]'s toys, "[[Piggy]]", was a plush targ. ({{DS9|Fascination}})
[[Quark]] once sold a herd of targs to an unknown party at some time in or prior to [[2369]]. In [[2372]], he speculated that Odo had trashed quarters in the form of a targ. In 2373, he believed that by throwing away his ''[[bat'leth]]'' and kneeling before [[Thopok]], he would "''be humiliated and slink away like a scalded targ''". ({{DS9|The Storyteller|Crossfire|Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places}})
 
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In early [[2373]], [[Odo]] told Benjamin Sisko that Sisko would need someone who could turn into [[Gowron]]'s pet targ to help infiltrate [[Ty'Gokor]], something Odo was unable to do, after Odo had lost his shapeshifting ability several weeks earlier. ({{DS9|Apocalypse Rising|Broken Link}})
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[[Quark]] once sold a herd of targs to an unknown party at some time in or prior to [[2369]]. In [[2372]], he speculated that Odo had trashed [[quarters]] in the form of a targ. In 2373, he believed that by throwing away his ''[[bat'leth]]'' and kneeling before [[Thopok]], Thopok would "be humiliated and slink away like a scalded targ." ({{DS9|The Storyteller|Crossfire|Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places}})
   
 
[[Q]] told [[Captain]] [[Kathryn Janeway]] that he could have mated with a Klingon targ for the purpose of creating a child, but that he instead chose her. ({{VOY|The Q and the Grey}})
 
[[Q]] told [[Captain]] [[Kathryn Janeway]] that he could have mated with a Klingon targ for the purpose of creating a child, but that he instead chose her. ({{VOY|The Q and the Grey}})
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[[B'Elanna Torres]] told [[Harry Kim]] that he looked like a speckled targ after he acquired facial spots due to a [[Taresian]] [[retrovirus]]. ({{VOY|Favorite Son}})
 
[[B'Elanna Torres]] told [[Harry Kim]] that he looked like a speckled targ after he acquired facial spots due to a [[Taresian]] [[retrovirus]]. ({{VOY|Favorite Son}})
   
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While arguing with Worf in a [[Cardassian]] [[prison]] cell, [[Ezri Dax]] told him, "''The least you can do is stop acting like a self-righteous targ.''" ({{DS9|Strange Bedfellows}})
Wistan ''[[gagh]]'' was packed in targ [[blood]]. ({{DS9|Field of Fire}})
 
   
 
After Worf was appointed [[Federation]] [[ambassador]] to the [[Klingon Empire]] following the [[Dominion War]], Martok was delighted as he had an ambassador who would go targ hunting with him. ({{DS9|What You Leave Behind}})
 
After Worf was appointed [[Federation]] [[ambassador]] to the [[Klingon Empire]] following the [[Dominion War]], Martok was delighted as he had an ambassador who would go targ hunting with him. ({{DS9|What You Leave Behind}})
 
[[Toby the targ]] was a popular children's character and purported [[Holographic novel|holonovel]] author of a series of children's works, published by [[Broht & Forrester]].
 
 
In [[2376]], [[Tom Paris]] told [[Seven of Nine]] that B'Elanna Torres would often take a stuffed "Toby the targ" toy with her if she was leaving the starship {{USS|Voyager}} for longer than a day. ({{VOY|Tsunkatse}})
 
   
 
During a [[music]]al recital by Harry Kim, [[The Doctor]] commented to B'Elanna Torres that Kim's [[saxophone]] playing reminded him of a wounded targ. A month later, in [[2378]], the [[EMH]] confessed this act to Kim and apologized for his indelicate behavior. ({{VOY|Renaissance Man}})
 
During a [[music]]al recital by Harry Kim, [[The Doctor]] commented to B'Elanna Torres that Kim's [[saxophone]] playing reminded him of a wounded targ. A month later, in [[2378]], the [[EMH]] confessed this act to Kim and apologized for his indelicate behavior. ({{VOY|Renaissance Man}})
 
{{bginfo|The animal meat which is eaten by [[Harrad-Sar]] in {{ENT|Bound}} may have been a skinned targ. The meat can be seen on Harrad-Sar's ship, during the scene in which three [[Orion slave girl]]s first appear and subsequently continue to dance.|It is also possible that the [[Klingon monster dog]] seen in {{film|3}} and the [[Jackal mastiff]]s seen in {{film|6}} were different breeds of targs based on similar appearances and similarity to [[dog|canine]] breeds.|One of the hanging targs found on the IKS ''Somraw'' was put up for auction on the [[It's A Wrap! sale and auction]].}}
 
   
 
==Appendices==
 
==Appendices==
 
===Appearances===
 
===Appearances===
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*{{TNG}}
 
*{{TNG}}
 
** {{e|Where No One Has Gone Before}}
 
** {{e|Where No One Has Gone Before}}
 
*{{ENT}}
 
*{{ENT}}
 
** {{e|Sleeping Dogs}}
 
** {{e|Sleeping Dogs}}
** {{e|Exile}}
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** {{e|Exile}} (archive footage only)
 
** {{e|Affliction}}
 
** {{e|Affliction}}
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===References===
 
===References===
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*{{ENT}}
 
*{{ENT}}
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** {{e|Marauders}}
 
** {{e|Judgment}}
 
** {{e|Judgment}}
 
** {{e|United}}
 
** {{e|United}}
 
*{{TNG|The Schizoid Man}}
*[[Star Trek films|''Star Trek'' films]]:
 
** {{film|3}}
 
** {{film|6}}
 
*{{TNG}}
 
** {{e|The Schizoid Man}}
 
** {{e|A Matter Of Honor}}
 
 
*{{DS9}}
 
*{{DS9}}
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** {{e|Crossfire}}
 
** {{e|A Time to Stand}}
 
** {{e|Penumbra}}
 
** {{e|Penumbra}}
 
** {{e|Strange Bedfellows}}
 
** {{e|Strange Bedfellows}}
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** {{e|In the Flesh}}
 
** {{e|In the Flesh}}
 
** {{e|Author, Author}}
 
** {{e|Author, Author}}
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===Background information===
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[[File:Dorn and Emmy-Lou.jpg|thumb|[[Michael Dorn]] on set with wild boar [[Emmy-Lou]]]]
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This type of creature received its name before it was decided what type of animal the targ was to be. In the revised final draft script of {{e|Where No One Has Gone Before}} (dated {{d|30|July|1987}}), it is noted that the form of creature the targ is was "yet to be determined," though the script goes on to say "it is LARGE." {{Star Trek Minutiae|academy/literature329/106.txt}} One early design for a targ was submitted by [[Rick Sternbach]]. This was far different from how the creature turned out, however, bearing much more of a [[reptilian]] appearance. ({{STTM|2|12}}, p. 48) [[Rob Bowman]], who directed "Where No One Has Gone Before", explained, "''The Klingon Targ basically went through five different designs. Nobody wanted it to look like anything on Earth, and yet they didn't want it too ridiculous-looking either. Finally, the producers just said, 'You decide.{{'}}''" (''[[Starlog (magazine)|Starlog]]'' #136)
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The word "targ" has been featured into several pronunciation guides in [[DS9]] scripts. These scripts include those of {{e|Apocalypse Rising}} and {{e|Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places}}, but the guides in both teleplays suggest pronouncing the word exactly as it is spelled. {{Star Trek Minutiae|academy/literature329/499.txt}} {{Star Trek Minutiae|academy/literature329/501.txt}} The word also appears in the pronunciation guide in the script for {{e|Prodigal Daughter}}, which alternatively instructs that the word is to be pronounced "targh". {{Star Trek Minutiae|academy/literature329/561.txt}}
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Animal meat which is eaten by [[Harrad-Sar]] in {{ENT|Bound}} may have been a skinned targ. The meat can be seen on [[Harrad-Sar's barge|Harrad-Sar's ship]], during a scene in which three [[Orion slave girl]]s first appear and subsequently dance. It is also possible that a [[Klingon monster dog]] seen in {{film|3}} and [[Jackal mastiff]]s seen in {{film|6}} were different breeds of targs based on similar appearances and similarity to [[dog|canine]] breeds.
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According to the [[reference works|reference book]] ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion]]'' (3rd ed., p. 57), the menu at the [[Café des Artistes]] in {{TNG|We'll Always Have Paris}} included "Klingon Targ a la mode" among its delicacies. If true, this set a hidden precedent of targ being consumable that was followed by the introduction of both [[heart of targ]] and [[targ milk]] on TNG (in {{e|A Matter Of Honor}} and {{e|In Theory}} respectively).
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According to [[Doug Drexler]], ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' prop master [[Craig Binkley]] lamented that he was struggling to find a food stylist who counted, among their cookery skills, being as creative as to make "flaming Targ testicles too!” This was immediately before Drexler told Binkley about [[Dorothy Duder]], who went on to serve as the series' food stylist. [https://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2009/01/16/sway-over-the-captains-table/#more-1588]
   
===Apocrypha===
 
 
According to ''[[The Klingon Dictionary]]'' by [[Marc Okrand]], the [[Klingonese|Klingon]] name for this animal is "targh".
 
According to ''[[The Klingon Dictionary]]'' by [[Marc Okrand]], the [[Klingonese|Klingon]] name for this animal is "targh".
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===Apocrypha===
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In ''[[Star Trek Online]]'', some Klingon NPC's referred to as "Targ Handlers" can summon targs that will attack the player. Additionally, in Klingon missions taking place in the [[Ketha lowlands]], wild targs can be encountered. In one Federation mission, where the player uses a [[Holographic]] disguise to slip past large numbers of Klingons unnoticed, targs can see through the disguise and attack anyways. Klingon players can also purchase targ pets; however, player-owned targs cannot fight.
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==Connections==
 
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Targs in the pantry

Three targs discovered aboard the IKS Somraw

Boshar

Boshar, a pet targ (2154)

Targ

A targ (2364)

File:Plush Targ, Fascination.jpg

Molly O'Brien's plush targ, Piggy

The targ was a herding animal native to Qo'noS.

Physiology and uses

Targs were comparable in form to Terran boars but with spikes on their backs. They were usually dark brown, although some were spotted. Targs were generally regarded as "vicious and destructive" animals. Klingons kept domesticated targs as pets and livestock, and hunted wild targs for sport. The meat of the targ – including the heart – was eaten, while their shoulder fat was used to make var'Hama candles. (TNG: "A Matter Of Honor"; DS9: "You Are Cordially Invited"; VOY: "Day of Honor") Targs produced milk; targ milk could be used as an ingredient in beverages such as the Prakal II mixed drink. (TNG: "In Theory") Wistan gagh was packed in targ blood. (DS9: "Field of Fire")

Klingon wedding ceremonies sometimes involved the ritual sacrifice of a targ. (DS9: "A Time to Stand") As part of the Day of Honor ceremony, the participant had to eat from the heart of a sanctified targ. (VOY: "Day of Honor")

Targ herds could be a collision hazard on Qo'noS; Klingon ground assault vehicles used targ scoops to clear the animals away from their path. (VOY: "Elogium") A behavior typically associated with targ was hiding in dirt. (ENT: "Marauders") The Hamar Mountains were abundant with targ. (DS9: "You Are Cordially Invited")

Toby the targ was a popular children's character and purported holonovel author of a series of children's works, published by Broht & Forrester. (VOY: "Author, Author", "Tsunkatse")

The phrase "targ manure" (an expression used by Boothby) was a slang term to describe a lie, or a made-up story (analogous to the Human expletive "bullshit"). (VOY: "In the Flesh")

History

According to Neelix in 2376, Sarpek the Fearless was searching for his lost targ when he unearthed the Knife of Kirom. (VOY: "Barge of the Dead")

One of the earliest encounters Humans had with targs was when, in 2151, members of the Enterprise NX-01's crew boarded the IKS Somraw in a rescue attempt. (ENT: "Sleeping Dogs")

The targs shown as being alive in "Sleeping Dogs" were depicted using a CGI model created at Foundation Imaging. Robert Bonchune recalled the creation of the shot; "The Targs were a big deal, even though they were in a throwaway shot. Everything beyond that door Hoshi opens was CG. John Teska had to build the pig; Dan was in on that too. They sat there getting this thing to look right. Then it was a big deal getting it approved and putting three of them in there, and attaching them to the chains, building the whole room and putting straw on the floor."(Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 3, Issue 9, p. 48; [1](X)) One of the hanging targ corpses from the same episode was put up for auction on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction.

During a conflict between Klingon troops led by Captain Korok and a combined force involving colonists from a deuterium mining colony together with officers from Enterprise, Korok described the behavior of his opponents when they were trying to evade him and his officers as "hiding in the dirt like targ." (ENT: "Marauders")

Later that year, Enterprise captain Jonathan Archer was provided a bone joint from a targ, served on a metal plate, while enduring imprisonment on Narendra III. Archer decided, based merely on the appearance of the meat, that he disliked Klingon cuisine and Denobulan doctor Phlox concurred that the food did not look appetising. A while after Phlox advised Archer to eat the targ meat because it seemed to be rich in protein, Archer tried it but almost immediately spat it out, moments later telling Advocate Kolos that it tasted "a little underdone." (ENT: "Judgment")

Both Martok and Worf owned pet targs at some point in their lives. (DS9: "Strange Bedfellows"; TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before") Martok once described a targ he had owned during his childhood as "a filthy, mangy beast, but in his bony breast beat the heart of a warrior" and "faithful" to its master but "ever-ready to follow the call of the wild." Martok's wife, Sirella, detested the creature. It escaped into forestland after she "accidentally" left the door of their home open while moving her belongings into the residence following their marriage. Despite Sirella being responsible for the loss of the creature, Martok later told Benjamin Sisko that he would "not trade Sirella for all the targs on Qo'nos". (DS9: "Strange Bedfellows")

In 2364, an illusory replica of Worf's targ was created from his memories of the animal, on board the USS Enterprise-D. The creature appeared when the ship traveled a billion light years away from our galaxy and entered the outer rim of the universe, where the physical and mental world are integrated. As a pet, Tasha Yar made the comparison to a Terran "kitty-cat". (TNG: "Where No One Has Gone Before")

This "Targ" was portrayed by the Russian wild boar Emmy-Lou. For its appearance as the targ, the animal wore an original costume designed by William Ware Theiss. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, 3rd ed., p. 37)

After Ira Graves' intellect was transferred from Data to the main computer of the USS Enterprise-D, Commander Riker claimed to Data – who had no memory of the events while Graves' mind had possessed him – that he had wrestled with a targ. Extremely puzzled by what had happened, Data wondered if he had won the contest. (TNG: "The Schizoid Man")

While residing on space station Deep Space 9, one of Molly O'Brien's toys, "Piggy", was a plush targ. (DS9: "Fascination")

In early 2373, Odo told Benjamin Sisko that Sisko would need someone who could turn into Gowron's pet targ to help infiltrate Ty'Gokor, something Odo was unable to do, after Odo had lost his shapeshifting ability several weeks earlier. (DS9: "Apocalypse Rising", "Broken Link")

Quark once sold a herd of targs to an unknown party at some time in or prior to 2369. In 2372, he speculated that Odo had trashed quarters in the form of a targ. In 2373, he believed that by throwing away his bat'leth and kneeling before Thopok, Thopok would "be humiliated and slink away like a scalded targ." (DS9: "The Storyteller", "Crossfire", "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places")

Q told Captain Kathryn Janeway that he could have mated with a Klingon targ for the purpose of creating a child, but that he instead chose her. (VOY: "The Q and the Grey")

B'Elanna Torres told Harry Kim that he looked like a speckled targ after he acquired facial spots due to a Taresian retrovirus. (VOY: "Favorite Son")

While arguing with Worf in a Cardassian prison cell, Ezri Dax told him, "The least you can do is stop acting like a self-righteous targ." (DS9: "Strange Bedfellows")

After Worf was appointed Federation ambassador to the Klingon Empire following the Dominion War, Martok was delighted as he had an ambassador who would go targ hunting with him. (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")

During a musical recital by Harry Kim, The Doctor commented to B'Elanna Torres that Kim's saxophone playing reminded him of a wounded targ. A month later, in 2378, the EMH confessed this act to Kim and apologized for his indelicate behavior. (VOY: "Renaissance Man")

Appendices

Appearances

References

Background information

File:Dorn and Emmy-Lou.jpg

Michael Dorn on set with wild boar Emmy-Lou

This type of creature received its name before it was decided what type of animal the targ was to be. In the revised final draft script of "Where No One Has Gone Before" (dated 30 July 1987), it is noted that the form of creature the targ is was "yet to be determined," though the script goes on to say "it is LARGE." [2] One early design for a targ was submitted by Rick Sternbach. This was far different from how the creature turned out, however, bearing much more of a reptilian appearance. (Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 12, p. 48) Rob Bowman, who directed "Where No One Has Gone Before", explained, "The Klingon Targ basically went through five different designs. Nobody wanted it to look like anything on Earth, and yet they didn't want it too ridiculous-looking either. Finally, the producers just said, 'You decide.'" (Starlog #136)

The word "targ" has been featured into several pronunciation guides in DS9 scripts. These scripts include those of "Apocalypse Rising" and "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places", but the guides in both teleplays suggest pronouncing the word exactly as it is spelled. [3] [4] The word also appears in the pronunciation guide in the script for "Prodigal Daughter", which alternatively instructs that the word is to be pronounced "targh". [5]

Animal meat which is eaten by Harrad-Sar in ENT: "Bound" may have been a skinned targ. The meat can be seen on Harrad-Sar's ship, during a scene in which three Orion slave girls first appear and subsequently dance. It is also possible that a Klingon monster dog seen in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and Jackal mastiffs seen in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country were different breeds of targs based on similar appearances and similarity to canine breeds.

According to the reference book Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion (3rd ed., p. 57), the menu at the Café des Artistes in TNG: "We'll Always Have Paris" included "Klingon Targ a la mode" among its delicacies. If true, this set a hidden precedent of targ being consumable that was followed by the introduction of both heart of targ and targ milk on TNG (in "A Matter Of Honor" and "In Theory" respectively).

According to Doug Drexler, Star Trek: Enterprise prop master Craig Binkley lamented that he was struggling to find a food stylist who counted, among their cookery skills, being as creative as to make "flaming Targ testicles too!” This was immediately before Drexler told Binkley about Dorothy Duder, who went on to serve as the series' food stylist. [6]

According to The Klingon Dictionary by Marc Okrand, the Klingon name for this animal is "targh".

Apocrypha

In Star Trek Online, some Klingon NPC's referred to as "Targ Handlers" can summon targs that will attack the player. Additionally, in Klingon missions taking place in the Ketha lowlands, wild targs can be encountered. In one Federation mission, where the player uses a Holographic disguise to slip past large numbers of Klingons unnoticed, targs can see through the disguise and attack anyways. Klingon players can also purchase targ pets; however, player-owned targs cannot fight.

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