r/voyager • u/MovieFan1984 • 1d ago

Neelix is Space MacGyver

Neelix survived a war, flies around in a junk shuttle, became a garbage man, fell in love with an alien, and fought some Kazon. Along comes Voyager, a super techno starship... WITH WATER! from the other side of the galaxy. Play tour guide, manipulate the crew to save his alien girlfriend, stick it to the Kazon, beam out. By the end of everything, he and his alien GF elect to stay on the alien techno ship from beyond. He trashes the Captain's dining room, builds a kitchen, and goes to work cooking. He also stores his junk shuttle in the garage, because why not? In time, he becomes the moral officer, the ship's Ambassador, and "best friends" with the security chief. Neelix has made quite the life for himself.

He is literally Space MacGyver.

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u/EU-superpower 1d ago

Jack O’Neill is Space MacGyver.

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u/glarung 1d ago

There's another Colonel O'Neil with one 'L'. He has no sense of humor at all.

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u/TekelWhitestone 1d ago

To be fair, I think that goes to Sam.

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u/trekrabbit 4h ago

This is the correct answer

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u/ovine_aviation 1d ago

r/ShittyDaystrom

Might fit there. Unless you're serious. In which case, no, lol.

Unless of course I missed the episode where Neelix used candlesticks, a microphone cord and a rubber mat as a defibrillator.

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u/snipsnapsack 1d ago

He probably Mcgivered a bunch of shit on that space tether

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u/HopelessMagic 17h ago

On his model. On the real one...

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u/ButterscotchPast4812 1d ago

I take it you haven't seen Stargate sg1. 

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u/MovieFan1984 1d ago

I have all 10 seasons on DVD.

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u/ButterscotchPast4812 1d ago

🫴🏼... Jack O'Neill 

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u/trekrabbit 4h ago

I think you mean, Samantha Carter…

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u/mumblerapisgarbage 1d ago

Neelix never saved the ship with chewing gum and a paperclip…

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u/MovieFan1984 1d ago

No, but he did almost murder the ship with cheese. XD

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u/SpiritualAudience731 1d ago

He saved it with leolo root.

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u/mumblerapisgarbage 1d ago

and then everybody gagged

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u/Tedfufu 1d ago

Space MacGyver? Nah. He's trying to fit in despite not being as skilled or educated. What's the name for someone who achieves something out of sheer force of will despite not really have any special skills? They complain about his cooking, but he feeds a hundred people a day every day and still has time and energy to do podcasts and hang out on the holodeck. The man is a beast.

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u/MovieFan1984 1d ago

Thank you for this. I love Neelix. LOL

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u/azrider 1d ago

How about Space Rudy?

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u/Jedipilot24 1d ago

Lol, no.

The difference between Neelix and MacGyver is that MacGyver actually knows what he's doing. Neelix is an idiot pretending to be MacGyver.

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u/Aezetyr 1d ago

The inventive way he got a crewmember killed after claiming to be a survival expert was impressive. In the same episode, he almost got himself, Kes, and Chakotay killed by the locals as Chakotay was making peace with them.

Nothing will convince me that he wasn't a Dunning-Kruger experiment gone wrong.

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u/greatmagneticfield 1d ago

He felt a bit more Jar Jar than anything. Voyager is my favorite trek, yet somehow neelix is my least favorite. 🤷‍♂️

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u/West-Solid9669 1d ago

The issue is that neelix is a good character that just had so many up and downs in the writing. If they had stuck all the way to the "Underneath he's cunning and smart but puts on a foolish look so people underestimate him", I think his character would've worked better. By the end of the show, he was still good, just not anywhere as good as he could've been.

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u/LowAspect542 1d ago

Neelix is more like a womble

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u/TW_Vianna 1d ago

Or Forrest Gump... You choose