Character

Lore

confident antagonistic nervous tic provocative manipulative assertive sinister

Lore emerges as a newly awakened android identical in appearance to Data but starkly divergent in purpose and personality. He asserts himself as Data's superior and explicitly claims to be the replacement intended to correct Data's perceived imperfections. Lore's awakening in Sickbay triggers immediate tension, marked by his confident, menacing demeanor and a subtle nervous tic. His interactions with Data and Captain Picard reveal a manipulative, sinister nature that challenges Data’s identity and foreshadows a dangerous rivalry. Through chilling declarations and assertive proclamations, Lore embodies themes of artificial creation, autonomy, and existential competition within the android lineage.

5 appearances

Artificial Intelligence and Android Identity

Also known as: Prototype Lore, Lore (prototype android)

Lore's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

5 moments

S1E14 · Datalore

Data’s Concealed Off-Switch Unveiled and Lore’s Awakening

Confident in superiority while masking underlying anxiety through a nervous facial tic.

Lore awakens suddenly with a nervous tic, declaring himself as the replacement for Data due to Data’s imperfection. His manipulative and sinister presence instantly disrupts the fragile calm, projecting menace …

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S1E14 · Datalore

Picard, Riker, and the Awakening of Lore in Sickbay

Confident and self-assured, masking a subtle nervousness that hints at deeper complexity.

Lore awakens suddenly, introducing himself with a nervous tic and a confident, menacing demeanor. He declares himself Data’s superior and intended replacement, immediately injecting tension and conflict into the scene. …

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S1E14 · Datalore

Lore Awakens and Declares Rivalry with Data

Coldly confident with undercurrents of calculated menace and a hint of nervous unease betrayed by a facial tic.

Lore awakens suddenly, immediately asserting his superiority over Data and declaring that he was designed as Data's replacement, delivering his lines with a confident, menacing presence punctuated by a subtle …

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S2E9 · The Measure of a Man

Turning Off the Witness

Not present; invoked to recall a technical lineage that undercuts claims of independent personhood.

Mentioned as the prototype whose construction log is cited by Riker; Lore functions here as evidentiary precedent and moral foil despite not being physically present.

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S2E9 · The Measure of a Man

The Switch: Riker Powers Data Down

Absent but invoked; functions as a cautionary technical precedent.

Lore is referenced via the log record of his construction; the prototype's existence is used by the prosecution to compare and categorize Data as engineered and therefore property.

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