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Though I'm not 100% about this article, can anyone think of a better name for the character, because all Zetsu are androids, and the name sounds out-of-universe. Or is Swirl Zetsu as the filename says suitable?--Cerez365™(talk) 11:08, September 26, 2012 (UTC)
- Swirl Zetsu is better. I thought the term android was odd, but I'm not paid to worry about names I am paid to make sure the article is formatted correctly. (Wait, I'm not paid at all! /cry)--TheUltimate3 (talk) 11:10, September 26, 2012 (UTC)
Can't we just include all the clones&variants into the single "Zetsu" article? "Zetsu" stands for a number of Hashi-tree-made artificial entities... and again, how come does/do he/they have blood while being 99% flower and almost hollow 0_o--Elveonora (talk) 11:24, September 26, 2012 (UTC)
Personally, I think Spiral Zetsu is a better name :)) I think that maybe he will be named "Tobi" later, let's just wait. Also, "android" was a terrible translation, ms translated it as "artificial human" which is way better because zetsus are biological beings. About merging with Zetsu page - no, of course not. That page is already a mess because of having such a different beings as White and Black Zetsus in it. This is the same as merging all articles about different characters into the "People" article. It's good we have at least White Zetsu Army article separately.Faust-RSI (talk) 12:51, September 26, 2012 (UTC)
- Spiral does sound better, ties in with Naruto themes instead of swirl and all. Also not for the merging. They're different characters except for the other clones that can be lumped together.--Cerez365™(talk) 13:43, September 26, 2012 (UTC)
Obito called him "Spiral" in the manga I read, OR Swirl, referring to it's face, so Swirl, or Spiral Zetsu is a better name, unless They pick to just put him as another Zetsu army.--Kinglink15 (talk) 17:38, September 26, 2012 (UTC)
But in my opinion, it's better to name him Tobi as does looks like the mask obito's wore before. Maybe you could name him Tobi zetsu, Spiral Tobi or just Tobi. Tobi and Zetsu is a pair, how nice.--Williamteoh97 17:38, September 29, 2012 (UTC)
How about something like "Zetsu (Swirl)" or "Zetsu (Clone)"? Yatanogarasu (Talk) 07:27, September 29, 2012 (UTC)
- So, should we change it like I said above? Yatanogarasu (Talk) 09:32, September 30, 2012 (UTC)
- That doesn't really follow character naming conventions though. More a tool. If the name was to be changed it would probably be to Spiral Zetsu, though we could just wait, next chapter is around the corner...--Cerez365™(talk) 14:36, September 30, 2012 (UTC)
- That sounds good, but just bringing this up: what about people like Gantetsu (Iwagakure), Gantetsu (Shinobazu), and Gantetsu (anime), and so on? They use similar naming convention with weapons, more or less. Yatanogarasu (Talk) 05:37, October 1, 2012 (UTC)
- That doesn't really follow character naming conventions though. More a tool. If the name was to be changed it would probably be to Spiral Zetsu, though we could just wait, next chapter is around the corner...--Cerez365™(talk) 14:36, September 30, 2012 (UTC)
Obito asked where the "other white dude" has gone, suggesting that the swirl one may not be of the same color. But I am not really sure if this is worth adding to the article... Fox616 (talk) 14:40, September 26, 2012 (UTC)
- Really? I got the impression that there was simply a third "white dude" with whom Obito interacted...--Cerez365™(talk) 16:34, September 26, 2012 (UTC)
In fact, we seen up to four white zetsu (the first two and two more normal looking ones) in that flashback when he was trying to walk again and succeeded, they were cheering.188.8.131.52 (talk) 17:02, September 26, 2012 (UTC) yomiko-chan
All Zetsu are White,(Black Zetsu isn't of course), I can refer that he asked other white dude, as in, the other Zetsu they he remembers seeing, after the whole, "Getting use" to the body we saw few more Zetsu so the colour is the same, until the manga of it's colour shown (Next chapter will be issued on colour) or the anime.--Kinglink15 (talk) 17:42, September 26, 2012 (UTC)
Considering his personality and his mask, is anyone else thinknig the original, goofy persona of Obito called Tobi was actually this guy? So Tobi was a real person.. hmm.. and he bonded with obito's body and took control of it after Sasori died?--184.108.40.206 (talk) 18:16, September 26, 2012 (UTC)
Very possibly the "goofy Tobi" persona of Obito was/is this dude, but this ain't a forum so we have to wait a few more chapters--Elveonora (talk) 19:39, September 26, 2012 (UTC)
- Or the Idea Obito got of "Goofy" was from this guy, even the Mask he got it from this guy.--Kinglink15 (talk) 20:43, September 26, 2012 (UTC)
Status as a "Zetsu"
Is it really safe to call this a "Zetsu"? It is entirely possible that Zetsu was just the name of the green-haired one we end up seeing later on. Since the White Zetsu Army are all based on him, it makes sense that they share the name, but the other primitive white creatures may have their own, unique names. Perhaps it would be preferable to refer to the others simply as artificial humans until we get some sort of confirmation? --BeyondRed (talk) 19:27, September 26, 2012 (UTC)
If more unique and nicknamed individuals appear, I think we should simply make an article and call them "Hashirama's Plant Clones" or something--Elveonora (talk) 19:41, September 26, 2012 (UTC)
Yeah, i think Zetsu is the name for the original Green-haired artifical human that we know as the Original White and Black Zetsu, and the Swirl guys name is Tobi so they are distinct and different entities. But, with not alot of info we have to wait a few chapters to see how they proceed. If Swirlzetsu is named Tobi like me and many others predcit, we can classify them as different entities.--184.108.40.206 (talk) 19:48, September 26, 2012 (UTC)
And if he turns out to be Tobi, how are we going to proceed? Will we have 2 articles with "Tobi (Obito Uchiha)" and "Tobi (White Zetsu Clone)" or something?--Elveonora (talk) 19:58, September 26, 2012 (UTC)
Yeah probably? just as Obito took on Madara's idenity he very well could of done the same with this "Tobi".--184.108.40.206 (talk) 20:36, September 26, 2012 (UTC)
- This Zetsu might be the reason of Obito acting like a Goof, Let's not forget, Sasuke slashing "Tobi" left no mark it "slipped through him, Obito could have gotten the idea of being this Zetsu, if he is named Tobi, then it's name was the idea for Obito, over all, this Zetsu acts as all the other Zetsu, even the original a bit, only more of a goof. I am only stating my theory of this Zetsu after all, he could have been that one thing that gave Obito the idea to look like, for a reason unknown. (could have died during saving Rin, or somewhere along the line.) It is a Zetsu, cause it was stated, so far The officers are only doing what the Manga stated, A few more chapter might help us along the line. And if it's name is Zetsu I think it would be better changing all "Tobi" into Obito, and this Zetsu can keep it's own name.--Kinglink15 (talk) 20:42, September 26, 2012 (UTC)
- This Zetsu might also be my long lost cousin from Grrfurjiclestan. I don't understand why people feel the need to assume what he/it is. Wait for the story to unfold. Bridges can't be crossed before we reach them. As for its status as a Zetsu, there's a reason why its being called a clone.--Cerez365™(talk) 21:37, September 26, 2012 (UTC)
Well, to be honest, no one from those were called neither clones nor Zetsus in the latest chapter.Faust-RSI (talk) 05:56, September 27, 2012 (UTC)
- hello are we ignoring this he needs a diff name18.104.22.168 (talk) 18:41, October 1, 2012 (UTC) NaruHina4ever
- At this point, it's probably best just to wait a few more days for the next chapter. Hopefully it will clarify whether this clone is a "Zetsu" or has its own unique name.--BeyondRed (talk) 01:41, October 2, 2012 (UTC)
Chakra Nature
Is it realy safe to say he has wood, water, and earth. wouldn't he/it just has the potential to learn it and not realy have it. I know he has the DNA but does it mean he mastered it? 18.104.22.168 (talk) 17:47, October 3, 2012 (UTC) NaruHina4ever
- Never said that the Zetsu have mastered wood release because they use it on a weaker scale than Hashirama and Yamato. I doubt we'll ever see any Zetsu using wood release the way those two do but their techniques (though not listed here) are possibly wood release. As for the other components because they can use wood release water and earth have to be added, though I sometimes link that their use of wood release is more innate rather than nature transformation.--Cerez365™(talk) 18:04, October 3, 2012 (UTC)
- Yeah their move are "possibly" wood. Don't we have a "got to see it to beleive it" rule??? 18.104.22.168 (talk)NaruHina4ever
Are you sure this Zetsu's male? Or is it just that genderless can't be chosen? Seelentau 愛議 13:54, October 10, 2012 (UTC)
- No gender can be choosen. Don't know why he was put as male.~http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/urbancowgurl777/UltimateSupreme2212-3.pnghttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/urbancowgurl777/UltimateSupreme2212-3talk.png 13:57, October 10, 2012 (UTC)
Gender =/= Sex. He acts and sounds clearly male--Elveonora (talk) 18:05, October 10, 2012 (UTC)
- Sounds male o.O? --Cerez365™(talk) 18:34, October 10, 2012 (UTC)
- So much subjectivity... he is an artifical human, a lump of cells. He has no gender, no sex, no anything. Seelentau 愛議 18:55, October 10, 2012 (UTC)
Wasn't he called a spiral guy? Everyone has a gender regardless of genitals. He doesn't seem to be behaving any feminine to me--Elveonora (talk) 19:39, October 10, 2012 (UTC)
Zetsu(main) is classified as male in the databook, yet he has no genitalia. And as all zetsu are clones of each other, regardless of the various plant like shapes they take, they are all genetically identical. They all also take a male profile (body outline). Also, their genetic source is male.(I'm sure its possible to add his DNA to a female using the method used on Yamato, but thats not how they were made). Quite sure this is enough evidence to make him male. MangekyoSasuke (talk) 19:53, October 10, 2012 (UTC)
That's correct as well. But the fact that people do confuse sex with gender is sad "_" --Elveonora (talk) 19:58, October 10, 2012 (UTC)
Then make him male again, I was just wondering. Seelentau 愛議 23:13, October 10, 2012 (UTC)


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"Captain Sulu, Captain Kirk, Doctor McCoy. They all belonged to a different breed of Starfleet officers."
- - Captain Kathryn Janeway, 2373
Hikaru Sulu was a Human Starfleet officer in the 23rd century. He served as the physicist and helmsman aboard the USS Enterprise under Captain James T. Kirk during its historic five-year mission and later as helmsman aboard the USS Enterprise-A. He was later promoted to captain and served as the commanding officer of the USS Excelsior, and he was a strategic genius against the Klingon empire, as he studied them in depth and knew them well.
Hikaru Sulu was born in the city of San Francisco, Earth, in 2237. (TOS: "That Which Survives"; Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; Star Trek Chronology)
The five-year mission
In 2265, Lieutenant Sulu was assigned to the starship Enterprise, serving as the head of the astrosciences department. (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before") By 2266, Sulu had transferred to the operations division and was assigned to the helmsman station with responsibilities as shift tactical officer. (TOS: "The Corbomite Maneuver")
In 2266, Sulu, along with most of the other Enterprise crew members, came under the effects of the Psi 2000 intoxication. During this period he fancied himself the reincarnation of D'Artagnan, imperiling other crew members with a fencing foil. (TOS: "The Naked Time")
That same year Sulu traveled back in time to visit Earth's past. The Enterprise was accidentally sent into the past by a near collision with a black hole. The ship was detected by the US Air Force. Captain Kirk and Sulu beamed down to retrieve the photographic evidence of the Enterprise. (TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday")
In 2267, Sulu and the rest of the Enterprise crew were overcome by the effects of the spores on Omicron Ceti III. Again, along with the rest of the crew, Sulu desired to leave Starfleet to live on the planet, but was cured of the spores influence and resumed his duties. (TOS: "This Side of Paradise") The same year, Sulu was injured when a technical malfunction caused his console to overload in his face. Sulu was shocked unconscious by the explosion. Dr. McCoy diagnosed a heart flutter and decided to give him a dose of cordrazine, after which Sulu recovered immediately. (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever")
When the young Ensign Pavel Chekov was assigned to the Enterprise in 2267, he took over the position of tactical officer from Sulu. The two became life-long friends. (TOS: "Catspaw"; Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)
In 2269, the crew of the Enterprise had been reduced in size by spiroid epsilon waves emanating from a planet that was the location of the Terratin colony. While in miniaturized state, Sulu broke his leg from a fall on the bridge. Dr. McCoy, assisted by Nurse Chapel, treated his leg. (TAS: "The Terratin Incident")
In 2270, Sulu, McCoy and Uhura were trapped in the holographic recreation room, when the ship's computer began exhibiting aberrant behavior following the Enterprise's passage through an energy cloud. (TAS: "The Practical Joker") Later that year, the Enterprise entered an anti-matter universe. The crew experienced accelerated reverse aging, and Sulu was reduced to infancy. Following the vessel's return to normal space, Sulu and the other crew members were returned to their normal ages, by use of the transporter. (TAS: "The Counter-Clock Incident")
Later career
Continued service aboard Enterprise
Upon the Enterprise's return to Earth in 2270, the vessel entered dry dock to undergo an extended refit and Sulu was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. In 2273, Enterprise Captain Willard Decker was relieved from command by then-Rear Admiral Kirk. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
Sometime before 2285, Sulu was promoted to commander and accepted an assignment teaching at Starfleet Academy. During this time he "served" aboard the Enterprise, now a training vessel, under the command of Captain Spock. Later that year, in response to the threat from 20th century genetic tyrant Khan Noonien Singh, Sulu served as conn officer aboard the Enterprise. Following the incident, the Enterprise was officially retired. (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
However, Admiral Kirk and his senior staff stole the Enterprise from Earth Spacedock to save their friend Spock, who had given his life to save the Enterprise following the encounter with Khan. His katra, implanted in Dr. McCoy, was successfully merged with his body on Vulcan. Their mission was successful, but the Enterprise was sacrificed orbiting the Genesis Planet. (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)
In 2286, Sulu piloted the Klingon Bird-of-Prey, HMS Bounty, as the Enterprise crew returned to Earth to face certain court martial. Upon their arrival, they found Earth under attack by an unknown alien probe, which was later determined to be attempting to communicate with the long-extinct humpback whale. The Enterprise crew traveled back in time, to Earth's 1986, in an attempt to locate a humpback whale and to thus save Earth from destruction.
While in the past, Sulu, Scott and McCoy were assigned to convert the cargo bay of the Bounty into a whale tank. To accomplish this, the three visited Plexicorp, a plexiglass manufacturing plant.
There, in the Plexicorp yards, Sulu discovered a Huey 204, an aircraft which he had a nostalgic admiration for. He described it to its pilot, as like something he flew in his Academy days.
Sulu was able to borrow the Huey to carry the enormous panes of plexiglass, that Scott and McCoy procured, and hauled them across San Francisco, to Golden Gate Park. Upon his return to the helm of the Bounty, Sulu had difficulty remembering how to fly the Bird-of-Prey after being used to flying the Huey.
Following the dismissal from their court martial, and while en route to their new assignment, Sulu was counting on being assigned to the USS Excelsior. He was pleased, however, to be assigned to the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise-A. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
One year later, while the Enterprise was still in spacedock, she and her crew were assigned to resolve a conflict on Nimbus III; the planet of galactic peace. There they found Sybok, Spock's half-brother. He commandeered the Enterprise and traveled to the center of the galaxy, where he hoped to find "Sha Ka Ree". Sybok was able to coerce Sulu to his cause an served as his liaison, leading search parties of Sybok's followers to find Kirk, Spock, and McCoy who had escaped from the ship's brig and following Sybok's orders as he had Kirk's. With Kirk back in command of the Enterprise, Sulu again followed the captain's leadership. (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)
In 2290, Sulu was promoted to the rank of captain, and offered command of the USS Excelsior. Lieutenant Commander Janice Rand was assigned as the ship's communications officer at Sulu's request. (VOY: "Flashback") While he displayed a more authoritarian manner once taking command of the Excelsior, contrasting his more easygoing, laid back demeanor shown previously, he was still very loyal to both his new and his old crew.
In 2293, the Excelsior, nearing completion of a three-year mission cataloging gaseous anomalies in the Beta Quadrant, encountered a subspace shock wave resulting from the destruction of the Klingon moon Praxis. The Klingon Empire was thereby forced to negotiate peace with the Federation. Following the assassination of Klingon Chancellor Gorkon, Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy were accused of the crime, and sentenced to lifelong prison sentences at Rura Penthe. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
In violation of Starfleet orders, Sulu decided to mount a rescue of Kirk and McCoy. Ensign Tuvok confronted Sulu about the breach of orders, but to no avail.
To conceal the Excelsior's approach to Qo'noS, Sulu ordered the Excelsior through the Azure Nebula, and it was there that the vessel encountered a Klingon battle cruiser, commanded by Captain Kang. To evade Kang, Sulu ordered that the volatile sirillium gas in the nebula be ignited. Shortly after, the Excelsior was attacked by three Klingon battle cruisers, and Sulu was forced to turn back. During this battle, Dmitri Valtane was fatally injured. Sulu never entered the incident into his official log. (VOY: "Flashback")
The Excelsior, however, played a key role in the Khitomer Conference shortly thereafter, by assisting the USS Enterprise-A in its battle with General Chang's prototype Bird-of-Prey, and by preventing the assassination of the President of the United Federation of Planets. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
Sulu's career was honored by Starfleet with his holographic portrait being placed in Starfleet Headquarters. It was viewed at one point by Kathryn Janeway, who felt it looked nothing like an image of Sulu from Tuvok's memory that she also saw. (VOY: "Flashback")
Relationships and family
While visiting the planet Megas-Tu in 2269, Sulu learned to master their powers of magic. Utilizing this magic, he conjured for himself a beautiful female companion. As the two prepared to leave the bridge, Uhura wished him "good luck", only for the female companion to suddenly change form into Lucien, who scolded the crew for misusing the magic. (TAS: "The Magicks of Megas-Tu")
Demora Sulu
Sulu had at least one daughter, Demora, who was born in 2271, and later assigned to the USS Enterprise-B in 2293. She held the same position as her father, at the ship's helm. (Star Trek Generations)
Pavel Chekov
Chekov became Sulu's closest friend among the Enterprise officers after joining the bridge crew in 2267, and they often shared jokes, observations, and opinions with each other while on duty. Both of them were at a loss to figure out what was going on when the Enterprise kept changing course back and forth between Vulcan and Altair VI, but by the time Captain Kirk finally settled on Vulcan they were a step ahead of him and already had the course change ready to lay in. Chekov looked over at Sulu with a smile when Kirk used the corbomite bluff against the Romulans, which suggests that Sulu had filled him in on what "corbomite" was, since Chekov was not on the bridge the first time Kirk used that trick. They both expressed surprise at Scotty's attraction to the bookish Mira Romaine, although Sulu wondered aloud if Scotty had even noticed her brain yet. (TOS: "Amok Time", "The Deadly Years", "The Lights of Zetar")
Sulu and Chekov also confided in each other. Prior to the appearance of the Beta XII-A entity, Sulu was apparently the only member of the senior staff who knew that Chekov had no siblings. When Chekov was the only member of an Enterprise landing party not afflicted with rapid aging, he complained bitterly to Sulu about the large volume of tests to which he had been subjected by the medical department. Sulu tried to make him feel better by reminding him that at least he was going to live. (TOS: "Day of the Dove", "The Deadly Years")
When Janice Lester switched minds with Captain Kirk, Sulu and Chekov formed a united front against her after she ordered the executions of Scotty and Dr. McCoy, both reminding her that the death penalty was forbidden and later refusing her orders to place the ship in standard orbit at Benecia by simultaneously taking their hands off the controls. This act of joint defiance threw Lester into a rage that almost broke the transference between her and Kirk. (TOS: "Turnabout Intruder")
During shore leave rotations while the Enterprise-A was brought up to working condition, Sulu and Chekov decided to take their leave together and go on a hiking trip. Ironically they wound up getting lost, though Sulu with characteristic good humor told Chekov that they were still making good time. When Sulu lied to Uhura about being caught in a blizzard as an excuse for not being able to find their way back to the pickup zone, Chekov rolled his eyes but gamely (though unsuccessfully) tried to support his friend's claim by blowing into the communicator. (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)
There is only one known instance of open conflict between Sulu and Chekov, and it was neither one's fault. When the interphase region near Tholian space drove Chekov temporarily insane he snapped and attacked Sulu, who happened to be the closest person to him. Several members of the bridge crew quickly restrained him and kept Sulu from being seriously injured. Sulu later told Spock that Chekov had exhibited several spasms of pain beforehand. (TOS: "The Tholian Web")
Early in the five-year mission, there were hints that Sulu found Uhura attractive. When she temporarily took over the navigation station during combat with a Romulan vessel in 2266, he paused a moment to check her out as she sat down before returning his attention to the battle. While under the effects of polywater intoxication that same year, he made his way to the bridge armed with a sword and grinned when he saw Uhura, declaring her a "fair maiden" (despite her protest that she was neither) and promising to "protect" her. Nothing apparently ever came of his romantic interest in her, but they did eventually become friends. Uhura was willing to keep his secret when he didn't want to admit to being lost while on a hiking trip in 2287. (TOS: "Balance of Terror", "The Naked Time"; Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)
In the mirror universe, however, Sulu's crush on Uhura was much more blatant, and very dangerous for the Uhura of this universe when she found herself trapped there. Mirror-Sulu made no secret of his attraction; he openly propositioned her on the bridge when Kirk and Spock were absent, insisting that she would "change her mind" about him if she gave him a chance. Uhura later took advantage of mirror Sulu's lust when she needed to distract him for a moment, briefly pretending to return his interest and then slapping him in the face and drawing a knife once the moment had passed. (TOS: "Mirror, Mirror")
Personal interests
Sulu was an avid botanist and spent much of his off hours tending to his rare and delicate plants which he had collected from all over Federation space in the Enterprise's botanic garden. (TOS: "The Man Trap")
By adulthood, he was a recognized expert on the subject of antique firearms and small arms, especially Earth projectile weapons. (TOS: "Shore Leave"; TAS: "The Slaver Weapon") He also enjoyed swordplay, in particular fencing (although he was once asked if the purpose of fencing were actually shish kebab) with this activity reminding him of some of his favorite characters of Earth history, namely the French musketeers and the Japanese samurai. (TOS: "The Naked Time")
Sulu was also an advanced judo practitioner and capable of defending himself against opponents much larger than himself. (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock) His judo skills impressed even his captain. In 2269 during a mission to Phylos, Sulu was attacked by a Phylosian named Agmar. Using a body throw self-defense technique, however, Sulu easily disposed of the assailant. Afterward Kirk asked Sulu to teach him that particular technique. (TAS: "The Infinite Vulcan")
He was an excellent pilot and was familiar with many types of vessels, both historic and contemporary. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
- "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
- "The Corbomite Maneuver"
- "Mudd's Women"
- "The Enemy Within"
- "The Man Trap"
- "The Naked Time"
- "Balance of Terror"
- "The Galileo Seven"
- "Shore Leave"
- "The Squire of Gothos"
- "Arena"
- "Tomorrow is Yesterday"
- "The Return of the Archons"
- "This Side of Paradise"
- "Errand of Mercy"
- "The City on the Edge of Forever"
- "Operation -- Annihilate!"
- "Catspaw"
- "Metamorphosis"
- "Friday's Child"
- "Who Mourns for Adonais?"
- "Amok Time"
- "The Doomsday Machine"
- "Wolf in the Fold"
- "The Changeling"
- "Mirror, Mirror"
- "The Deadly Years"
- "I, Mudd"
- "Return to Tomorrow"
- "The Ultimate Computer"
- "The Omega Glory"
- "Assignment: Earth"
- "Elaan of Troyius"
- "The Paradise Syndrome"
- "The Enterprise Incident"
- "And the Children Shall Lead"
- "Spock's Brain"
- "Is There in Truth No Beauty?"
- "The Empath"
- "The Tholian Web"
- "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"
- "Day of the Dove"
- "Wink of an Eye"
- "That Which Survives"
- "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield"
- "Whom Gods Destroy"
- "The Mark of Gideon"
- "The Lights of Zetar"
- "The Way to Eden"
- "The Cloud Minders" (stock footage)
- "The Savage Curtain"
- "Turnabout Intruder"
- "Beyond the Farthest Star"
- "One of Our Planets Is Missing"
- "The Lorelei Signal"
- "More Tribbles, More Troubles"
- "The Survivor"
- "The Infinite Vulcan"
- "The Magicks of Megas-Tu"
- "Once Upon a Planet"
- "Mudd's Passion"
- "The Terratin Incident"
- "The Time Trap"
- "The Slaver Weapon"
- "The Eye of the Beholder"
- "The Jihad"
- "The Pirates of Orion"
- "Bem"
- "The Practical Joker"
- "Albatross"
- "The Counter-Clock Incident"
- Star Trek films:
- VOY: "Flashback"
Background information
Sulu was played by George Takei. After his appearance in Star Trek VI, there was a fan-based campaign to start a TV series based on the adventures of his crew during his stint as captain of Excelsior, but it never drew enough support for Paramount to start production. [1] [2]
Sulu's given name, Hikaru, was canonically established in Star Trek VI, though it had been used in fan circles since it was introduced in Vonda N. McIntyre's 1981 novel The Entropy Effect. McIntyre created the name, taking it from The Tale of Genji, because she needed to write a love scene featuring Sulu, and she "couldn't figure out how to write a love scene where the protagonists called each other by their surnames." [3] Hikaru was also given in the script of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home as the name of the young boy whom Sulu later realizes is his great-great grandfather.
Although it has no canonical basis, "Walter" is often given in various references as the character's middle name. Before Hikaru was canonically established as Sulu's first name, Walter was a popular choice in fandom as an alternate. The name seems to have been first suggested by Takei himself as a tribute to his friend Walter Koenig.
Sulu's first name was given as "Itaka" in the Star Trek newspaper comic strip. Its use was based on information from the fan fiction USS Enterprise Officer's Manual by Geoffrey Mandel and Doug Drexler and published by Interstellar Associates in 1980.
"Hikaru" is a Japanese name that can mean "light" or several other words, and is quite commonly used for both males and females. 'Sulu' is taken from Sulu sea and it is also the name of a province in the Philippines.
In the Japanese version of Star Trek, his family name was changed to 'Kato', a common surname. Also notable is that his name cannot be truly Japanese, as the Japanese language, while syllabic, does not contain the "L" phoneme in any form. It is not out of the question that Sulu was born of a Japanese-Filipino couple, taking on a Japanese-given name with a Filipino surname, nor is the fact that most American names are mixed-and-matched, and will likely continue to be diversified for the next four hundred years.
It has been conjectured by Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda in the Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home text commentary that Sulu is an anglicized version of the Japanese word tsuru, the word for the red-crested crane, a national treasure of Japan and symbol of leadership, courage, and long life.
However, in the book Inside Star Trek: The Real Story, production executive Herb Solow states that Gene Roddenberry named Sulu after him, as a joking tribute to his surname, which can be (incorrectly) pronounced as "Sulu".
According to the Eighth UK Story Arc, Sulu was raised with a deep-rooted fear of the supernatural. His mother's name was Shimizu Hana according to Excelsior: Forged in Fire and "Iron and Sacrifice" in Tales from the Captain's Table.
In Dwellers in the Crucible, Sulu was sent undercover as a Romulan into the Romulan Star Empire after the Romulans kidnap six Federation hostages. While preparing for his mission, it was revealed that Sulu had a tendency to talk in his sleep. He eventually made his way to Remus and managed to send a short coded message to the Enterprise.
Three of Sulu's later adventures (during and post-Excelsior) are chronicled in the audio-only Simon and Schuster Audioworks Captain Sulu Adventures series: Transformations, Cacophony, and Envoy.
According to William Shatner's novel The Return Sulu retired and entered politics, eventually being elected President of the United Federation of Planets.
Sulu features prominently in the novels The Kobayashi Maru depicting his academy days, Prime Directive wherein he works outside Starfleet, The Entropy Effect wherein he considers another career, and Home Is the Hunter wherein he is sent back to ancient Japan. In the DS9 novel Day of Honor: Armageddon Sky, an aged Starfleet officer identifying himself only as "George" is strongly hinted to be Hikaru Sulu.
According to the audio introduction to Star Trek: Federation - The First 150 Years, Admiral Sulu became the Commander in Chief of Starfleet Command.
In Star Trek Online, Hikaru Sulu's great-great-grandson Akira Sulu is on Earth Spacedock.
External links
- Hikaru Sulu at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
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- Hikaru Sulu at Wikipedia


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|This article was nominated for deletion on March 28-29, 2009.
The result of the discussion was Keep.
This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Thailand article.
Why locked ? -- Bact 00:17, 7 Jan 2006 (UTC)
Why I can't edit some shit in this page (Good Rhyme) I-Tai (but male) --Special:Contributions/Some Non-user Assho 07:51, September 11, 2009 (UTC)
- A bunch of random IPs kept making unfunny edits that did personal attacks on H. M. King of Thailand and other people. We voted that it was not funny, and if you read the rest of this talk page random IPs kept cussing at us and accusing us of BS stuff. So an administrator, (not me I am not an administrator nor is Ace Attacker) decided to lock the page for anonymous IP edits. If you care to register an account, you can edit the page again. This happens to pages that are mostly vandalized, and this page was vandalized almost 24 hours a day at one time. --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 19:35, September 12, 2009 (UTC)
Who wrote this article? It has such a accurate data XD! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.127.116.11 (talk • contribs)
- Agrees -- 184.108.40.206 13:43, 7 Jan 2006 (UTC)
- Wrong! Somehow the article miss the MOST important fact. The most reliable person, Sondhi Limthongkul, is a priest of Hastur! He alway wear yellow in public and have very large number of cultists around him during his dark ritual. The ritual alway perform on friday, include today, the 13th Friday. Though he does not perform it every Friday. The ritual is filled with chaotic atmosphere, Sondhi even threaten to have cultists kill non-cultists who try to interfere the ritual. (All of these is fact, no kidding.) 126.96.36.199 06:47, 13 Jan 2006 (UTC)
...and idiot!!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 126.96.36.199 (talk • contribs)
- Among uncyclopedians....jerks remain!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.127.116.11 (talk • contribs)
Woop! There is Japaneese version of this article but no Thai's. Cool.Ace Attacker 10:29, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
This article still isn't funny. It will continue not to be funny until the Thais stop bumming each other and let ฝรั่งตาน้ำข้าว edit it. Rogue two 08:34, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- You can try. Nobody will mess with it, if it's truly funny. Ace Attacker 15:07, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Edits criticising the king of Thailand are reverted? Well, that's just like Wikipedia! I thought this was supposed to be different? I'm less sure why the Thaksin satire was removed. An Isan Monarchist? Unusual, to say the least.--Rogue two 09:51, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
Howcome no-one has the balls to make fun of thier cocksucker of a king Bhumibol? I mean, there are alot of jokes related censorship you can pull on this one... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 184.108.40.206 (talk • contribs)
- As Thai Uncyclopedian, I can't bring myself to that point. And there are much more funny people to make fun in this cursed realm, like the current Coup members. It not censorship, we just don't want to say anything bad about him.Ace Attacker 07:11, 8 October 2006 (UTC)]
honestly though, what makes the king of thailand so special? he hasn't done anything but sit on his royal ass and take credit for things not of his own doing. 188.8.131.52 02:56, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- Honest, he does more work than any politician scums in this cursed land. Whatever, there is another reason why he's one-who-shall-not-be-touch. It risk has one of those loyal-wannabe jerks to block this website (I believe the King himself won't mind some joke). You known, I don't want to use proxy just for enter this site (use proxy to enter porn site is worthy though).Ace Attacker 05:50, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- King Bhumibol Adulyadej does a lot of charity work for poor people. Wikipedia states: "Bhumibol used part of his great wealth to fund development projects, particularly in rural areas. He is immensely popular in Thailand, and is revered as a semi-divine figure by many Thais. Critics, mostly outside Thailand, attribute this status to the suppression of criticism of the monarchy." King Bhumibol has done a lot of great things for the Thai people in poor areas of Thailand. I am not really sure why anyone would want to be critical of him, he gives most of his wealth away for charity. He even brought Democracy to Thailand in the first place, and is held by the Thai people just like US citizens hold George Washington in a place of honor. The only people who would insult him would be those ignorant of what he has done for the Thai people. --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 02:15, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
- Ah, right. So the reasons that you don't want your King criticised on uncyclopedia, after we pare down the monarchist feudal pile-rimming are:
- 1. He gives the poor people money so they'll like him and
- 2. He'll cut off your innertubes if you do.
- Brave fighters for free speech, don't you think? However I'd prefer it if you didn't enforce this sort of totalitarianism on people who live in countries that aren't run by a military dictatorship. Thanks. --Rogue two 09:59, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
- Actually, this time I'm more upset with all girl has penis. Being Pedophile is
disgusting enoughcool and sweet, don't add bitter juice by claim they're Gay :p . Ace Attacker 14:36, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
- You're far too sensitive. All Thai men have vaginas? --Rogue two 17:28, 14 April 2008 (EDT)
- No, they have pair of tentacles in place of penis. Exposing to Japenese Hentai cause weird side effect. About being too sensitive, I just got a lovely rose and some chocolate from my belove junior school lolitas. Imagine they have unwant bodypart pretty much ruin my precious goal (if you don't understand, go and find cute underage kid for your own). Ace Attacker 05:51, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
- Shrugs* Mai pen rai.
What the hell is with you Thai Censorship nazis? you guys are such hypocrites... everything is fair game, accept your precious king. well I have news for you...he likes feet! not only that, he said he has a thing for horse semen... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.127.116.11 (talk • contribs)
- For free speech, here in Uncyclopedia, you can write whatever you want , of cause. However, it also mean I can remove whatever I found to be tasteless and unfunny too. And your edits, most of them, is just lame. Wait, Al-tan said it isn't good to ignore people's opinion completely, so I ask my westerner friends to comments your edits. And they said I'm wrong, you edits isn't lame, they're SUCK! If you can't stand got your edit removed, either try to improve your sense of humor, or just leave. Ace Attacker 04:23, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Damn it man, you gotta quit the censorship...we all know you love Bhumibol, so maybe I'll make you a damn Cock ring with his face on it, but for all of us who think he's fair game...LEAVE US ALONE! Bhumibol is one funny mother fucker who looks like a chimp, so let us make fun of him in peace, you thai hypocrite! P.S. Improve you english if you want to edit ENGLISH uncyclopedia.
Plus Bhumibol "Lek likes feet" Adulyadej can suck dick. MY dick! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 22.214.171.124 (talk • contribs)
- You can edit, I can remove it. That's fair game. Basically use four letters word is just cheap but tasteless method to make fun of thing, yet you even fail to make it funny. Basically, if you don't want to have your text edited, LEAVE this place in peace. When main page claim everyone can edit it doesn't mean only you can edit. Ace Attacker 12:18, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
YOU can remove it, I can add it. THAT'S fair game. Basically defending somebody nobody but Thais cares about on an AMERICAN site (in english none-the-less can't you censor the thai page?) Basically, if you don't want to be offended, you can LEAVE us in peace. when the main page claims "Everyone can edit" it doesn't mean "Comments regarding Bhumibol aren't tolerated" now how 'bout that for dem apples? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 126.96.36.199 (talk • contribs)
The humour says that the article is "overtly american" but at the current level, it is only a big thai inside joke. add some shit about bhumibol, or prostitution, or drugs, or things about the REAL Thailand. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Theking (talk • contribs)
- So you understand, then why complain? If you think your edit is really good one, just keep add it but keep in mind that I ALSO have right to remove it too. I don't mind have edit war with you, really. Second, this article exist in peaceful state for long time until YOU try to add your tasteless joke. Look at history! Finally, read Beginner's Guide/Make sense. Your edit is pure nonsense, made up by unconnect fact (feet king? If he ever break your mom's neck with single kick and claim that's why he like foot, it would be solid, but he isn't) and it isn't funny at all. Another example, one of your previous edit ruin Star Wars reference, turn them into random quotes without meaning behind it. However, I take the point that this isn't really overly American at all. So I will remove that template, as well as some inside-joke as well. Oh, and remember to sign your comment. Ace Attacker 15:43, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Will you add some funny jokes that people who are english speakers (Americans, Brits, Irish) can find funny and about what they know about thailand, like the Feet King, Prostitution, and Yaa Baa? I mean, there ain't going to be an editing war, because nobody but THAI speaking Thais (not ENGLISH SPEAKERS!). This article is complete and utter garbage. How are these jokes funny? these are the worst jokes on ENGLISH uncyclopedia. Get this "joke", for example:
"The national Greeting is หวัดดี (short term of Sawassdee)." "The national Military Base is Saparn Lhek. " "The coolest guy in Thailand is Chuan Leekpai,, son of a Tuan. His gay gang are Mark (มาร์ค ม.7) and Tep Teuk (เทือก) "
HOW THE HELL ARE THESE JOKES FUNNY? do any english speakers find these pathetic attempts at humour any good? please let me know, for It is starting to piss me off how many Thais think that what they say is funny. It ain't. Feet King (ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช) is Hella Funnier. People like Ace Attacker need to back off and come back only when they learn western humour and satire (including that Anyone, including feet king is open game) is the only thing allowed on ENGLISH uncyclopedia.. 188.8.131.52 20:57, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
- If you found those joke aren't funny, remove them. I already state why your feet king joke isn't funny (Beginner's Guide/Make sense) and unless you can modify it with some creative twist, it still not funny. Ace Attacker 04:28, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
- I am from the USA, and I am getting most of the Thai jokes. My wife is half-Thai and grew up near Bangkok. She is smart enough and has enough sense to stay away from Uncyclopedia. I know a little about Thai culture and I visited Thailand in 2000 to visit my wife's relatives there and I will go back again in June of this year to visit them again. I added some western references to Thai culture in an attempt to make the article funnier for the Western reader and linked to some Wikipedia articles to inform the Western reader of things in Thai culture that they might no know about. I suggest that you might want to do the same for things not obvious to the western reader. As for the insults on King Bhumibol, they are not funny because bias is not a substitute for humor, please read Uncyclopedia:How To Be Funny And Not Just Stupid they are more stupid than funny. I side with Ace Attacker on this one, if you can make fun of King Bhumibol without being biased or stupid, go right ahead. I added a bit about him I hope were funny and not too insulting, like overthrowing the government and stuff. Read this part:
|"Never substitute bias in place of humor. While biases and points of view are allowed, often to the extent of encouragement, on Uncyclopedia, simply writing something like "The Big Mac is a piece of dog shit on two buns" or "Man United are considered by everyone to be the best athletes in the history of mankind" is not funny by itself. Instead, explain, in lavish detail, what makes these things so great or terrible. Remember, you aren't the only person on this planet. Try to keep your stuff funny, but not insulting."
- Keep it funny and not insulting. --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 01:56, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
Noticed that this page is still an unfunny, censored shithole thanks to the Bhumibol-ass-raped Thais. Keep up the good work. Hope your dwindling rice exports are enough to keep you going when all the foreign investment flees when your insane สยามมกุฎราชกุมาร takes over. Oh, but you can't discuss it can you? because your king is so frightened of criticism that he puts you in prison if you even look like you're going to criticise him.
Good luck catching up with the 21st Century. --188.8.131.52 12:07, January 13, 2013 (UTC)
Recent edits
Hello 22.214.171.124, replacing several images with the same image, adding in stupid quotes that aren't funny in the first place, is a form of vandalism. I see you've done it a couple of times. I think you need to really read this article: read this part and learn that bias is not a replacement for humor. Your edits are very unfunny, and seem to be the same repetitive stuff over and over again that makes no sense. At first when I read your forum post, I had almost sided with you, but now that I see you exhibit the same bad behavior over and over again, I am calling you a vandal. Please read the humor guidelines that we have here and learn to be funny and not just stupid. It is required reading. --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 02:22, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Censorship Conclusion
I have come to the conclusion that Uncyclopedia editors are unfunny wankers who will never get laid in their lives, they have an unfunny obsession with Oscar Wilde (I never got this; you guys are becoming as rigid as wikipedia, which you claim is for geeks), and I am pretty sure you guys are a couple pounds over a star wars convention. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU GUYS? do you guys know anything about being cool, funny, getting laid, etc.? thus I have come to the conclusion that uncyclopedia is a alternative for a real life, for geeks, lonely fat losers like Orion Blastar who can't get laid, and other socially inept and lonely sad suicidal wankers. good job uncyclopedia; you have created another forum for WOW users and Star Wars fans worldwide to show how unfunny and lame they really are! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 126.96.36.199 (talk • contribs)
- Actually, WoW and Star Wars have their own wikis. This place is for the basic sort of loser that can't get into the scary obsessions of most of the "real world". Unsolicited conversation Extravagant beauty PEEING 22:08, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah our idea of funny is outlined in HTBFANJS, which you never bothered to read. Your idea of funny is vandalism, vanity, making fun of other Uncyclopedia editors in this article, bias, personal attacks, and general trolling using sockpupets. I think you might find that Encyclopedia Dramatica is more to your liking that Uncyclopedia apparently is to your liking. --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 00:21, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
how the hell are constant Oscar Wilde jokes and consistent censorship of offensively deemed material funny? an idiot, you are, you and all you fellow wankers. get some lives, and give up the mouse. the only time I come on here is to hope I can berate you all enough to give up! so come on, give in 126.96.36.199 08:59, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
- It is not censorship, it is removal of unfunny things. You are not as funny as you think you are, at least to a majority of Uncyclopedia. Nobody cares what you think is funny. --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 19:37, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- Violations:
* Be Civil * Assume Bad Faith * Don't Be A Dick * No Cyberbullying
You violated all of these. --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 19:38, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- Nah, it isn't about offend or not. Uncyclopedia has lot of offensive article, it just that your joke is lamest among the lame. And why would anyone give up the precious mouse because you want to? At least BEG in formal manner. Ace Attacker 16:09, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
Okay then, Ace Attacker, I have a challenge for you: say at least ONE bad thing about Bhumibitch Adulyadej. just ONE thing. I want to hear if you are just a hypocrite, or if you really are a royalist monkey as I suspect. come on, fool. I dare you. say just ONE bad thing. his feet stink, he is an old crone, anything, I don't care...just prove that you aren't a royalist ass kisser. 188.8.131.52 08:38, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- Tell me a good reason why I must do as you say. Prove anything by obey lesser being like you doesn't worth my time. Ace Attacker 14:36, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
- The King spends more time on helping out the poor, than improving the economy for the rich. He does a lot of charity work. I suppose if you are rich, you can see that as a bad thing. --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 19:37, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Okay, so I my suspicions were correct: Ace Attacker is a royalist ass kisser and Orion is just some geek asian culture junky, so he always sides with asians hoping for acceptance. got it!126.96.36.199
- If that's all you can think, go ahead. I don't care for lower being's opinion as it won't effect my life, you aren't one of my loli sisters anyway. Ace Attacker 04:53, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
How about stopping the drama and bad manners so that I stop feeling inclined to post your IPs on Ban Patrol ? Remember rule 2. It's easy, right ? Sean.hoyland - talk 05:24, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- I highly doubt he has the reading comprehension to understand what the rules and policies are about on Uncyclopedia. I suspect he's highly retarded, and has a problem with his amylgada, so he has to take it out on foreigners, foreign nations, and anyone who cites the rules and policies that he breaks. He appears to be 100% racist towards Asians, most likely a Klan member. He hasn't studied anything about Thailand, like people like myself have, I even visited Thailand a few times. I doubt he's ever been there, most likely they would reject his entry into the nation, as he might have a criminal history and be prone to throwing fits of rage when they ask him to fill out a Visa form and pose for a picture. --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 02:02, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, thats it fuckwad, you hit the nail on the head. everyone one who is a socialist/antiroyalist is a...klan member! I am not even sure if they let west indian Trinidadian americans like me in the clan, but hey, mr. oh-so-knowledgeable about other peoples cultures is majoring in foreign relations at oxford, so he MUST know more about me. I know more about fucking Thailand then I ever wished to know (still more than you, you pretentious jackass) so now you are going to pull out the web credentials on everything your fat ass has learned from wikipedia to make it seem as if you actually have been there!. and I don't know how me hating a king of a third world nation (look it up! it sure as hell ain't a developed economy) translates into hatred of all asians! guess what: i am part punjabi! does that make me racist against asians? oh you ignorant royalist scum, you will do anything to impress the asians just so you can say to your pizzafaced white buddies "look at me, I am with an asian everybody I am MULTICULTURAL!" get a life; anyone who patrols the web for king comments on a page that is SUPPOSED TO be making fun of the Thais (not all clean and censored so no one gets their delicate feelings hurt) needs to get laid, or stop using his blow up doll once in a while. 126.96.36.199
- Well if you know so much, then you'll know your entries were mostly racist, if you studied the culture of Thailand. Thailand gets a lot of culture from India as well as their religion. I studied International Management and International Studies at College, I have a wife who is half-Thai and I have a lot of friends from various parts of the world. You'll also know that someone can be racist against someone from the same area they are from, like Asia, Europe, etc. Hitler for example was Jewish and hated his Jewish heritage and took it out on all Jewish people. Nice to see that you are racist against white people as well as geeks. Hatred is your favorite emotion, I think? You'll notice I wrote funny things in this article that are not racist, because I avoid being biased as well as avoid being racist. As per the HTBFANJS policies. --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 14:36, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
- Well, I have no objection that Thailand is third world nation. I don't care if you want to learn about this curse land of disturbing people or not neither. You can hate anybody to guts and it won't shake my world (which already feature quite happy life, enough that I don't have to be a cybertroll). Only thing is that your joke is nonsense, lame, tasteless and unfunny at all. I can tell that you're total unimaginary person, since you can't get anything better and continue this lame stuff for year. Plus, any people with life should already lets go off such joke if nobody else found it amusing. But since you hold it for so long time, I'm pretty sure you have nothing better in real life either. Seriously, next time you want to tell someone to get a life, stand in front of mirror and look at that ugly face. He's one who need it most. Ace Attacker 15:50, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Settle down now boys and stop all your cursing and bigotnessness. Remember not to be a dick and not to be stupid. Right, I might regret this but I'll do it anyway. If someone likes/supports the king it doesn't make them a royalist. Why do they like him ? 2 reasons probably. They're taught to like him from a young age. There are many many reasons to like him. See UN lifetime achievement award. Thinking someone is a royalist because they like the king is like thinking someone is racist because they don't like Oprahs show or a vegitarian because they have carrots with their steak. It's just a basic error in logic. The world isn't that simple my socialist friend particularly in Thailand. Don't bother getting into an edit war with a Thai person about this kind of thing if you are going to put stuff that is offensive/stupid/dicklike without being funny. You won't win. Just make edits funny. If it's genuinely funny it will survive. Group hug ? Sean.hoyland - talk 12:36, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Forget to say, sorry to hear that the Klan interview didn't work out. Those bastards.
http://uncyclopedia.org/index.php?title=UnNews:Klan_to_become_equal_opportunities_employer&action=edit Sean.hoyland - talk 13:18, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
- Well he can always apply with the Nazis, I heard they are looking for people with racism experience. If not the Islamic Terrorists are looking for recruits, no qualifications, just someone stupid enough to wear a suicide vest and let their handler hold the trigger. Then they just walk somewhere and let someone else push the button. Even mental defectives are accepted. Obviously he did one too many suicide bombings in this article, so he is qualified for that. --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 15:32, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Don't forget to vote here. It's a democracy again.
Although it *is* a military democracy. It helps if you have money, power, guns, yaa-baa and/or familial connections to Hun Sen.
From Pee Review
It really makes me mad that there are such censorship jockeys on the english version of the Thailand
Whenever I make a wee comment about Bhumibol Adulyadej, Feet king of thailand (yet they all love him to death), they delete it, even against the will of native english speakers. please stop the censorship! 220.127.116.11
(I removed the above comment from inside the nowiki tags. ----OEJ 16:27, 15 May 2007 (UTC))
|Many of the jokes suffer from random-meme syndrome. Others are weakened by the writing. Others are incoherent. See endnotes.
|We should have an article on Thailand. Wickedpedia does.
|Prose and formatting:
|This article needs rewriting help. See endnotes.
|I'd like to see some pictures of interesting and funny Thai things. We have the whole internets at our disposal. Let's find some pictures.
|I'd like to see this article get rewritten, polished, and made a shining example of a good country article.
|Final Score:
|----OEJ 16:27, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Endnotes: After reviewing the initial post, I am uncertain whether there is any point in a detailed critique of the article -- if the post is just a protest about revert-wars, there's not much point in droning on and on about prose quality.
Oh well. Droning on and on is what I do best.
First: Sections like The Coup seem to be mostly random references to pop culture figures like Tom Cruise, Count Dooku, Jackie Chan, etc. That's pretty boring. It would be far more interesting to the reader if the authors constructed a coherent, satirical story about the coup.
Second: Nightlife in Thailand appears to be mostly the copy-pasted lyrics to Murray Head's One Night In Bangkok...and which no one took the trouble to even format as lyrics. Plagiarism: not smart, not witty, and definitely huffable.
Third: Quite a lot of the article is borderline-illiterate English. If someone wishes to actually improve this article, I would suggest:
- Cut out the plagiarism and the random horsecrap.
- Rewrite the remaining material as well as you can.
- Engage the services of Ceridwyn's Proofreading Service to help fix the worthwhile material.
Note that I strongly suggest the authors do a lot of hard work on the article before they submit it for proofreading. It would be an utter waste of Ceridwyn's time to proof an article that has huge amounts of material that should be deleted anyway.
----OEJ 16:27, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
- There's no point in a detailed critique of the article; it's not going to change significantly while it's sat on by Thai monarchists.--Rogue two 23:02, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
- Only if your joke desperately need to mock monarchy. Judge from your contribution, you are smart enough to poke at other subject and be mildly funny. Ace Attacker 05:56, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
- You're just being evasive now. Why don't you admit that the reason you don't want people criticising the king is that if you do, your access to the internet will be censored? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rogue two (talk • contribs)
- Why don't you put on your Hate hate hat? Your argument is becoming boring. Can't you think of anything else to write? Maybe you lack creativity? --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 15:38, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
- You're just being evasive now. Why don't you admit that the reason you don't want people criticising the king is that if you do, your access to the internet will be censored? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rogue two (talk • contribs)
- Sure, it is among other reason (most joke toward that guy are lame and never funny). But I guess it also mean you aren't smart as I expect and can't author something funny without touch monarchy... Ace Attacker 17:25, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
- Actually the jokes about the king of Thailand are the unfunny Internet Memes that keep being repeated and keep being added to this article. Calling him the feet king is like doing an "All your base are belong to us" slogan ten years after it was popular but has become an unfunny Internet Meme that only stupid people keep repeating. We want fresh new ideas, parts of the article rewritten more funny Thailand pictures. Making fun of the King of Thailand not only is unfunny but really really stupid plus it is really really old by now. It would be better and funnier and smarter to make fun of Tuk Tuks, or make fun of tourists that go to Thailand only for sex and nothing else, or Thai TV shows and movies that are currently running. --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 02:37, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
Is there any reason why this article is under continual censorship with those obviously against ANYTHING more then offensive towards the king? is there anyway we could have both parties win? it's just ONE stupid joke about ONE stupid King of STUPID Thailand. I notice it is mostly Orion Blastar and Ace Attacker--these guys have no sense of humour at all--come on, its just a joke bru! and besides, I found the feet king joke rather funny! 126.96.36.199
- No, it isn'tjust joke. It's lame-unfunny joke. Oh, and you're one who lack sense of humor, talk about serious taste issue! (and yoy just admited that it's STUPID joke). Ace Attacker 07:49, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
- I also said that your king was stupid. do you agree with me on that one as well? come on now, can't pick and choose what we're going to agree on! (oh, and trust me, anyone who " lack sense english" isn't going to tell me about a lack of humor! you'll never understand westerners, so get over yourself! (I'm not american, I'm a South African, but I live in San Francisco, so take that, evil!) 126.96.36.199
- Quit I'm serious. It is a stupid joke. --MegaPleb • Dexter111344 • Complain here 04:55, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
- Well, it doesn't matter if I'm agree with you or not. Fact is, we have policy not to include STUPID joke but not even single guideline mention we must include stupid person. So it doesn't matter. Ace Attacker 05:30, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Since when did you take over the god of satire's job? don't like it, do something about it! I'll just revert it back anyway.Omars oh, and what joke are you referencing? is Bhumibol a sacred cow? because the american Mark Twain once said that they make "the best hamburgers". I couldn't agree more Omars 05:16, 22 June 2008 (UTC) (and btw, what does the Chinese coat of arms have to do with thailand? at least Bhumibol is relevant)
- You people need to calm the fuck down. Here's a comment that Ace deleted: You AMERICA! Don't you have a shame? Teasing King like this? SHAME TO YOU ALL! UNCYCLOPEDIA, the place that there is only stupids like YOU working on. Shame to you and your family and your country! • <5:18, 22 Jun 2008>
- Well, I will consider about coat of arm. The military of Thailand are pussies who can't fight anything but unarmed governer anyway, not even a group of savage riot. Still, the feet king joke is random, irrelevant, STUPID and LAME. Ace Attacker 05:30, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
- Ok, here's what I've gathered. You guys seem to have two different opinions about what's funny. This is normal; humor is subjective, etc. There's room for both jokes. However, I think it's somewhat ridiculous to assume that every negative edit made to this page is from US citizens. Most of us know jack about Thailand and the rest of the world. Instead of just reverting each other, how about you talk on talk pages(revolutionary idea, I know), and talk about what each of you thinks. Keep in mind that we don't do censorship here(to a point), and that there are only 2 over-arching, all important rules. They're at UN:R, and worth a read. Try to make what you write accessible to as many people as possible, even those outside Thailand itself. When you guys can make a decision, be it compromise or one guy giving up, drop me a note at User_talk:TheLedBalloon, and I'll unprotect this when I wake up tomorrow. Happy arguing! - Don Leddy the Crunch (Nyah, see, nyah!) 05:47, Jun 22
Time to chat.
Anyone wanna talk about what's going on, here, instead of just pointlessly revert-warring and clogging up RecentChanges? - Don Leddy the Crunch (Nyah, see, nyah!) 05:37, Jun 22
- Oooh, you're in troooooouble... Unsolicited conversation Extravagant beauty PEEING 05:43, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
- Seriously. I really wanted to sleep tonight, I really did. *sigh* - Don Leddy the Crunch (Nyah, see, nyah!) 05:48, Jun 22
- Then just give me admin powers and call it a night! --MegaPleb • Dexter111344 • Complain here 05:50, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
- Make me a 'crat • <5:52, 22 Jun 2008>
- make me famine • <5:52, 22 Jun 2008>
- make me millions • <5:52, 22 Jun 2008>
- I will make you all rich! --Donald Trump 05:53, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
- lol, led... just go to sleep XD • <5:55, 22 Jun 2008>
- I will make you all rich! --Donald Trump 05:53, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
- make me millions • <5:52, 22 Jun 2008>
- make me famine • <5:52, 22 Jun 2008>
- Make me a 'crat • <5:52, 22 Jun 2008>
- Then just give me admin powers and call it a night! --MegaPleb • Dexter111344 • Complain here 05:50, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
- Seriously. I really wanted to sleep tonight, I really did. *sigh* - Don Leddy the Crunch (Nyah, see, nyah!) 05:48, Jun 22
I agree that this article isn't that great, but that lame feet king joke doesn't make it better at all. Actually, I won't mind include him in this article as long as it isn't stupid random insultive joke. Ace Attacker 06:22, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
Can we put a joke in here about Bhumibol? And what do you mean "not insulting"? the whole point is satire and lampooning; I'm sorry if you're country will block your access to the website if you don't kowtow to Bhumibol. the last time I heard, Thailand was (supposedly) a democracy, so make a complaint to your parliamentarian. 22.214.171.124 07:29, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
- Mind you, it's already in policy. I won't mind insulting much, if it's truly funny. But combine with random element, it shouldn't include to start. And no, Thailand suppose to be democracy, but the coup destroyed that. Now certain group of evil barbarians (Cult of Yellow AKA ASS TV, to be specify) cause havoc with nobody dare to oppsoe them. Ace Attacker 12:20, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
Aren't there any respects in Uncyclopedia? Teasing like this? There are limits as well, too, if you don't want to end up in the court. --126.96.36.199 14:41, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
- Well, I'm fine with "teasing" as long as it isn't something stupid and lame. Ace Attacker 16:21, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
Well, I found the "Feet" jokes really stupid, they were unoriginal, and non-sequiter at best--However, the new article on King "He who must not be named" is pretty funny, as it portrays him as a philanthropist who really isn't. I like it :) also, we need to find a way to edit out some of the more inane references to Sagat, which I found dumb. who's in agreement?
P.S. to whoever said that there are limits, there are none; the servers are in America, and maybe in Thailand it's illegal to view this page making fun of the government, but if it offends you, simply don't go to this website. Sreggaematic 09:44, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
- Feel free to remove/edit Sagat references, I only lets it be because he's possibly the most famous Thai ;). Ace Attacker 06:34, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Who agrees with me that Sondhi Limonghtukul (or whatever that guy's last name is spelled like) doesn't get a fair share? he's like the brains behind the countrie's newspapers, so he needs to be toppled 220.127.116.11 00:34, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
- His article got deleted long ago. Of cause, he is leader of Has...eh...The King in Yellow cult and worth to include here. Ace Attacker 01:49, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
Note to editors
To to save from VFD I have reverted back to a version in 2007 before people who think that racist ranting = funny. Note... Being Racist is OK in Uncyclopedia, but you have to be more creative than what we were seeing in this article. If I have removed anything which actually made this article funny to anyone other than someone with a hate of the place please add it back. Do not revert my entire revert. You have been warned. MrN Fork you! 16:38, Mar 28
- Goddamn I'm so tempted now... --MegaPleb • Dexter111344 • Complain here 17:33, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
Pleast insert a [[ru:Таиланд]] interwiki. The article — ru:Таиланд.
- Done. MegaPleb • Dexter111344 • Complain here 17:51, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
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Awesome Post. I add this Blog to my bookmarks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 18.104.22.168 (talk • contribs)
- Okay, you're either a spambot or that is a really popular phrase in Wisconsin. But Google says you're a spambot which sucks for me because it means I can't use the phrase, "Awesome Post. I add this Blog to my bookmarks", in real life without everyone I pass by thinking I'm some automaton. Oh well. MegaPleb • Dexter111344 • Complain here 19:13, February 10, 2011 (UTC)
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Five years later and this article is still an infantile, unfunnny, censored piece of shit. Well done, terrified little gooks. Your king has obviously raped you well.
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Palau Banta Island in the Lesser Sundas. Source: Jialiang Gao
The Lesser Sundas deciduous forests are found on a string of volcanic islands. They stretch across the Java Sea between Australia and Borneo. It is part of a unique biogeographic region known as Wallacea, which contains a very distinctive fauna representing a mix of Asian and Australasian species. These distinctive seasonal dry forests harbor unique species, including the Komodo dragon, the largest lizard in the world, and seventeen bird species found nowhere else on Earth. A combination of shifting agriculture and human-caused fires has significantly reduced the amount of natural forest in this ecoregion.
Location and General Description
This ecoregion represents the semi-evergreen dry forests in the Lesser Sunda Islands. It extends east from the islands of Lombok and Sumbawa to Flores and Alor in the Indonesian Archipelago. Rinjani volcano on Lombok is the highest mountain in the ecoregion, at 3726 meters (m). The Lesser Sundas are an inner volcanic island arc, created by the subduction and partial melting of the Australian tectonic plate below the Eurasian plate. The islands represent Tertiary and Quaternary volcanoes that have coalesced with lava and sediment. There is actually a geologic discontinuity between Lombok and Sumbawa, on the Sunda Arc, and the rest of the islands, part of the Banda Arc. With the exception of Komodo, which is Mesozoic, most of the islands were built during two pulses in the Tertiary (Mio-Pliocene) and Quaternary (recent). This ecoregion is separated from Bali and Java to the west by Wallace's Line, which marks the end of the Sunda Shelf. With an average annual rainfall of 1349 millimeters (mm), this region is the driest but also the most seasonal in Indonesia. Based on the Köppen climate system, this ecoregion has a tropical dry climate zone. This distinctive climate has given rise to a vegetation that is strikingly different from that of the rest of the archipelago. Much of the natural habitat is composed of monsoon forests and savanna woodlands.
WWF The monsoon forests consist of several forest subtypes, notably moist deciduous forest, dry deciduous forest, dry thorn forest, and dry evergreen forest. Moist deciduous forests also occur as a band of lowland forest at the base of the hills and as gallery forests along streams, especially on Komodo Island. Dominant trees include Tamarindus indica and Sterculia foetida. The dry deciduous forest at altitudes below 200 m is dominated by Protium javanicum, Schleichera oleosa, and Schoutenia ovata, whereas at medium altitudes, from 200 to 800 m, the dominant tree is Tabernaemontana floribunda. At these altitudes, lianas and climbers become common, especially the white-flowered liana Bauhinia. Above 1,000 m, Euphorbiaceae tend to become common and well represented.
Dry thorn forest is another type of monsoon forest in this ecoregion, although little is left because it has been cleared by setting fires. This forest formation still exists along the southeast coast of Lombok and the southwest coast of Sumbawa but is being cleared in the latter region for road building, mine development, and a transmigration site.
Dry evergreen forest occurs above dry deciduous forest and below the true evergreen montane forest, at 1000 m above sea level on Mt. Batulante in northwest Sumbawa. Below 1200 m on the north slopes, Albizia chinensis is a characteristic species. Other common species include Chionanthus, Prunus, and two Cryptocarya species. On many islands, drier areas in steep-sided valleys contain gallery forest. On Sumbawa, for instance, gallery forest is found from sea level to 2000 m above sea level and is also present in lower montane forests. By contrast, the southern hill slopes along the southern coasts are kept moist during the dry season by the southeast trade winds, and dipterocarp rain forest occurs on the southwest hills of both Lombok and Sumbawa. Lombok also contains one of the few remaining patches of tropical semi-evergreen rain forest, at volcanic Mt. Rinjani, which acts as the major water catchment area for the whole island.
Twenty-meter-high mixed montane forests of Podocarpus and Engelhardia are found from about 1200 to 2100 m, with lianas, epiphytes, and orchids such as Corybas, Corymborkis, and Malaxis very much in evidence. At higher elevations of up to 2700 m, Casuarina junghuhniana forests occur. Toward the summit, from 3300 to 3400 m, the rocky ridges were once covered with lichens, mosses, grasses, herbs, and some ferns but are now being eroded. On Sumbawa, the south slopes of Mt. Batulante above 1000 m are covered with a Cryptocarya-Meliaceae montane forest, although species composition varies with moisture. This forest is dominated by two species of Cryptocarya, one in the drier and usually lower forest (from 1000 to 1500 m above sea level) and the other at higher or moister sites. Drier, stonier slopes in poorer forest are the only places where lianas are common. Further east, from the eastern part of Flores to Alor, the forests are dominated by Pterocarpus indicus.
There are also two types of savanna in this ecoregion: a Borassus flabellifer savanna that occurs from sea level to 400 m on Komodo, Rinca, and the north and south coasts of Flores; and the Ziziphus mauritiana savanna, which occurs on more sandy clay alluvial, and sometimes water-logged, soil. The dominant grasses are Eulalia leschenaultiana, spear grass (Heteropogon contortus, Themeda frondosa), and Themeda triandra.
Biodiversity Features
This area, part of the Wallacean sub-region, includes a mix of Asian and Australian fauna, and because of the long years of isolation from the mainland it harbors many endemic mammals and birds. Most of the endemic mammals occur on Komodo and Flores eastward, rather than Lombok and Sumbawa. One of the important and better-known endemic species in this ecoregion is the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), the largest lizard in the world.
|Table 1. Endemic and Near-Endemic Mammal Species.
|Suncus mertensi*
|Pteropus lombocensis*
|Nyctophilus heran*
|Bunomys naso*
|Komodomys rintjanus*
|An asterisk signifies that the species range is limited to this ecoregion.
The mammal fauna in this ecoregion consists of fifty species, including five ecoregional endemics, including the critically endangered Flores shrew (Suncus mertensi) and the vulnerable Komodo rat (Komodomys rintjanus) (Table 1). With the exception of the New Caledonia dry forests, with six endemic mammals, the five endemic mammals in this ecoregion are more than are found in any other dry forest ecoregion in the Indo-Pacific.
This ecoregion also harbors about 273 bird species, of which 29 are endemic or near endemic (Table 2). The ecoregion is consistent with the Northern Nusa Tenggara Endemic Bird Area (EBA). Of the twenty-nine restricted-range species in the EBA, seventeen are found nowhere else in the world. Three are endemic and threatened, including the endangered Flores monarch (Monarcha sacerdotum) and the vulnerable Wallace's hanging-parrot (Loriculus flosculus) and Flores crow (Corvus florensis). In addition, the white-rumped kingfisher (Caridonax fulgidus) is the sole representative of an endemic monotypic genus.
|Table 2. Endemic and Near-Endemic Bird Species.
|Common Name
|Dusky cuckoo-dove
|Macropygia magna
|Flores green-pigeon
|Treron floris*
|Pink-headed imperial-pigeon
|Ducula rosacea
|Dark-backed imperial-pigeon
|Ducula lacernulata
|Wallace's hanging-parrot
|Loriculus flosculus*
|Olive-headed lorikeet
|Trichoglossus euteles
|Flores scops-owl
|Otus alfredi*
|Wallace's scops-owl
|Otus silvicola*
|Cinnamon-backed kingfisher
|Todirhamphus australasia
|White-rumped kingfisher
|Caridonax fulgidus*
|Sunda honeyeater
|Lichmera lombokia*
|Bare-throated whistler
|Pachycephala nudigula*
|Brown-capped fantail
|Rhipidura diluta*
|Flores monarch
|Monarcha sacerdotum*
|Flores crow
|Corvus florensis*
|Sumba cuckoo-shrike
|Coracina dohertyi
|Flores minivet
|Pericrocotus lansbergei*
|Chestnut-backed thrush
|Zoothera dohertyi
|Flores jungle-flycatcher
|Rhinomyias oscillans
|Yellow-spectacled white-eye
|Zosterops wallacei
|White-browed white-eye
|Lophozosterops superciliaris*
|Dark-crowned white-eye
|Lophozosterops dohertyi*
|Flores white-eye
|Heleia crassirostris*
|Russet-capped tesia
|Tesia everetti*
|Timor leaf-warbler
|Phylloscopus presbytes
|Golden-rumped flowerpecker
|Dicaeum annae*
|Black-fronted flowerpecker
|Dicaeum igniferum*
|Red-chested flowerpecker
|Dicaeum maugei
|Flame-breasted sunbird
|Nectarinia solaris
|An asterisk signifies that the species' range is limited to this ecoregion.
The Komodo dragon deserves special mention. It is the largest lizard species in the world. Varanus komodoensis occupies five islands: Komodo, Padar, Rinca, Gili Motang, and Flores. These animals range from sea level to approximately 450 m in elevation, mainly in tropical deciduous monsoon forest, tropical savanna, and grassland. They feed on a wide variety of animal food, including insects, lizards, snakes, birds, deer, wild boar, monkeys, and bird eggs; they also feed on carrion. Adults may have a foraging range of 500 hectares (ha). There are approximately 4,000 protected individuals in Komodo National Park.
Current Status
During World War II, logging and cultivation destroyed much of the forest cover of Lombok, east Flores, and the small islands of Adonara, Solor, Lomblen, Pantar, and Alor. The Lombok dipterocarp forest is almost depleted by commercial logging, and the forest of Sumbawa is partially covered by a mining concession.
More than half of this ecoregion's natural habitat has been cleared, mainly for agriculture. Except for the island of Sumbawa, which still contains a large block of intact forest, most of the islands in this group have only fragments of natural habitat remaining. The twenty-eight protected areas include about 10 percent of the ecoregion area, but most of the protected areas are small, with the average size being only 144 square kilometers (km2) (Table 3). Komodo National Park, the most famous wild area in the Lesser Sundas, a World Heritage Site, and an important tourist destination, is only one of two reserves that is greater than 500 km2, but most of this park is marine. The park harbors the Komodo dragon. Lowlands are underrepresented in the protected areas system even though this habitat supports most of the ecoregion's species; for instance, most of Sumbawa's endemic birds are associated with lowland monsoon forest.
|Table 3. WCMC Protected Areas That Overlap with the Ecoregion.
|Protected Area
|Area (km2)
|IUCN Category
|Pulau Sangiang
|Pulau Moyo
|Tambora Utara GR
|Tambora Selatan
|Gunung Rinjani
|830 + 760 ext.
|Pulau Panjang
|Hutan Dompu Complex
|Gunung Olet Sangenges NR
|Pulau Rakit
|Batu Gendang Forest
|Pantai Palolowaru
|Selahu Legini Complex
|Kurung Baya/Varanus
|East Timor
|Tanjung Kerita Mese
|Danau Rana Mese
|Danau Kelimutu
|Danau Sano
|Gunung Ambu Lombo
|Tanjung Watupayung
|Gunung Muna
|Adonara NR
|Pulau Rusa
|Ecoregion numbers of protected areas that overlap with additional ecoregions are listed in brackets.
Increasing population pressure has also resulted in high rates of deforestation. In the dry season, fires often are set to clear the understory and to encourage new growth as forage for domestic animals. This has been done since prehistoric times-not for domestic animals, but for attracting game (introduced) into areas of new grass growth. This practice has resulted in the proliferation of fire-resistant trees such as Casuarina junghuhniana and formation of grassland over an extensive area of these islands. Most of the remaining forest is confined to the steepest slopes and the tops of mountains. Poorly managed tourism, especially in the Komodo National Park and on Lombok, has also caused environmental degradation.
Types and Severity of Threats
The future threats will continue to be deforestation, an increasing population and their demands on the environment, intentionally-set fires, and agricultural land development.
Justification of Ecoregion Delineation
The drier forests in Nusa Tenggara were placed in three ecoregions that corresponded to the biogeographic units identified in Monk et al. These are Lesser Sundas deciduous forests, which includes the chain of islands extending from Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo, Flores, and the smaller satellite islands corresponding to the Flores biogeographic unit; Timor and Wetar deciduous forests, corresponding to the Timor biogeographic unit; and the Sumba deciduous forests, corresponding to the Sumba biogeographic unit. All three ecoregions belong to the tropical dry forests biome.
- Monk, K.A.; Fretes, Y., Reksodiharjo-Lilley, G. (1996). The Ecology of Nusa Tenggara and Maluku. Hong Kong: Periplus Editions Ltd. ISBN 962-593-076-0.
- Audley-Charles, M.G. (1987) "Dispersal of Gondwanaland: relevance to evolution of the Angiosperms" In: Whitmore, T.C. (ed.) (1987) Biogeographical Evolution of the Malay Archipelago Oxford Monographs on Biogeography 4, Clarendon Press, Oxford, pp. 5–25, ISBN 0-19-854185-6
- Veevers, J.J. (1991) "Phanerozoic Australia in the changing configuration of ProtoPangea through Gondwanaland and Pangea to the present dispersed continents" Australian Systematic Botany 4
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