Changes: Captain Picard Day

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Riker and Troi watch on, as Picard chooses a winner

Riker imitates Picard — "*Wouldn't you agree, Number One?*"

Captain Picard Day was an annual event held aboard the USS Enterprise-D for the ship's schoolchildren. Activities included a contest, judged by Captain Jean-Luc Picard himself, in which the children created paintings and models of the captain. Picard was himself not very fond of the event, as he generally did not respond well to children.

In 2370, a seven-year-old named Paul Menegay won the contest with an orange clay sculpture of the captain's head. Much to Picard's dismay, Commander Riker took great pleasure in the proceedings. For revenge, Picard arranged to have a "Commander Riker Day" the following month and planned to enter the competition himself. (TNG: "The Pegasus")

Since 2007, fans have celebrated Captain Picard Day on June 16th of each year. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] In 2010, Virgin 1 followed suit with its own June 16th block of Picard-centric episodes: "The Big Goodbye", "Captain's Holiday", "Family", "Darmok", "The Inner Light", "Tapestry", "Lessons", and "The Pegasus".

Memorable quotes

"They seem to have a rather exaggerated impression of me."
"I don't know; I think the resemblance is rather striking. Wouldn't you agree, Number One?"

- Picard and Riker, while Riker holds a puppet of Picard and imitates his voice

"Captain Picard Day?"
"Oh uh ... Yes it's a ... it's ... it's for the children. I'm a ... (nervous chuckle) I'm a role model."
"I'm sure you are. Starfleet out."

- Admiral Blackwell and Picard, regarding the decorations behind the latter during communications

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+[[File:Captain picard day.jpg|thumb|Riker and Troi watch on, as Picard chooses a winner]]
-[[Image:Riker imitates Picard - the pegasus.jpg|thumb|''Wouldn't you agree Number One?'']]
+[[File:Riker imitates Picard.jpg|thumb|"''Wouldn't you agree, Number One?''"]]
+'''Captain Picard Day''' was an [[holidays|annual event]] held aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} for the ship's schoolchildren. Activities included a contest, judged by [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] himself, in which the children created paintings and models of the captain. Picard was himself not very fond of the event, as he generally did not respond well to children.
+In [[2370]], a seven-year-old named [[Paul Menegay]] won the contest with an orange clay sculpture of the captain's head. Much to Picard's dismay, [[Commander]] [[William T. Riker|Riker]] took great pleasure in the proceedings. For revenge, Picard arranged to have a "[[Commander Riker Day]]" the following month and planned to enter the competition himself. ({{TNG|The Pegasus}})
-'''Captain Picard Day''' was an [[holidays|annual event]] held aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} for the ship's school children. Activities included a contest, judged by [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] himself, in which the children created paintings and models of the captain.
+{{bginfo|Since 2007, fans have celebrated Captain Picard Day on June 16th of each year. ''[http://www.treknews.net/2014/06/16/happy-captain-picard-day-2/] {{trekmovie.com|2010/06/16/its-captain-picard-day/}} [http://geeksofdoom.com/2010/06/16/happy-captain-picard-day/] [http://happycatholic.blogspot.com/2010/06/captain-picard-day-why-didnt-anyone.html] [http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/06/16/captain-picard-day/] [http://powet.tv/2007/06/16/captain-picard-day/]'' In 2010, [[Virgin 1]] followed suit with its own June 16th block of Picard-centric episodes: {{e|The Big Goodbye}}, {{e|Captain's Holiday}}, {{e|Family}}, {{e|Darmok}}, {{e|The Inner Light}}, {{e|Tapestry}}, {{e|Lessons}}, and {{e|The Pegasus}}.}}
-In [[2370]], [[Paul Menegay]] won the contest with a clay sculpture of the captain's head. Much to Picard's dismay, [[Commander]] [[William Riker|Riker]] took great pleasure in the proceedings. As revenge, Picard arranged to have a "[[Commander Riker Day]]" the following month and planned to enter the competition himself. ({{TNG|The Pegasus}})
-== Memorable Quotes ==
+== Memorable quotes ==
 "''They seem to have a rather exaggerated impression of me.''"<br />
-"''I don't know (imitating Picard's voice), I think the resemblance is rather striking.  Wouldn't you agree Number One?''"<br />
+"''I don't know; I think the resemblance is rather striking. Wouldn't you agree, Number One?''"
-"''Isn't there something else you have to do?''"<br />
-"''I'll be on the brigde.''"
 : - '''Picard''' and '''Riker''', while Riker holds a puppet of Picard and imitates his voice
-"''Captain Picard Day?''"<br>
+"''Captain Picard Day?''"<br />
-"''Oh uh...Yes it's a... it's it's for the children. I'm a.. (nervous chuckle) I'm a role model.''"<br>
+"''Oh uh ... Yes it's a ... it's ... it's for the children. I'm a ... ''(nervous chuckle)'' I'm a role model.''"<br />
 "''I'm sure you are. Starfleet out.''"
 : - '''Admiral [[Margaret Blackwell|Blackwell]]''' and '''Picard''', regarding the decorations behind the latter during communications
+[[de:Captain-Picard-Tag]]
 [[Category:Celebrations]]
-[[de:Captain-Picard-Tag]]