Starting any re-watch ofStar Trek: Voyager will lead you into similar patterns. Every time, you will ponder if Caretaker might actually be one of the best Star Trek pilots, or ruminate on the potential of the conflicts surrounding the integration of Starfleet officers and Maquis operatives, or just how The Kazon-Ogla? Who are the Kazon-Ogla!? might worm its way into your brain for the rest of your life (that one might just be me). But soon enough, if you find your mind wanderingor your eyes drifting closed after watching a few hours of TV in one goyou will inevitably lead to a sharp, loud noise shocking you back to lucidity: the scream of this little asshole. This is Latika, played by Brady Bluhmprobably better known to people without my specific brand of Star Trek brain damage as the one time voice of Winnie the Poohs Christopher Robin, or perhaps as Billy in 4C fromDumb and Dumberto incredibly annoying perfection in Time and Again, the fourth episode of Star Trek: Voyager, which turned 30 today. Time and Again is one of early Voyagers fascinations with temporal anomaliesa fascination the series had throughout its entire run, but hardly the finest example of it. Its a perfectly average episode: investigating a dead world ravaged by an explosion of volatile polaric energy, Captain Janeway and Lieutenant Paris find themselves inadvertently shunted back in time through a subspace distortion to the day before the apocalyptic accident. Forced to try and integrate into this society of people who seemingly all wear the same kind of horrendous tricolor t-shirt in various stripes of neon orange, mustard, and a leathery light brown, the duo have to find a way to escape or stop the accident before it occurs. The Voyager crew tries to save them, only for Janeway and Paris to discover that, paradoxically, the rescue attempt is what causes the explosion, they stop it, and everything reverts back to as it was, with the planet fine and Voyager going along its merry way. Its fine! Paramount But Latika is the memorable standout in an otherwise forgettable episodehes hilariously one of the biggest foils Janeway and Paris have from the moment they find themselves pushed back in time. Its his incessantly loud scream that first alerts everyone to the Starfleet officers sudden appearance, and its his dogged insistence in finding out what their deal is that eventually exposes them to a group of protestors looking to sabotage a polaric energy facility, seemingly dooming them to avoid altering the worlds fate. Although Paris eventually takes a phaser bolt for the kid when the protestors ramp up their destructive plans, running throughout is that he mostly did it because he feels bad about the impending apocalypse this whole planet faces, rather than feeling particularly sorry for this would-be-journalist kid who has the snotty attitude to match. Itsperfecttheres plenty of kids in Star Trek, and plenty of them are annoying, intentionally or otherwise. The series has a legacy of a few bratty youths, from Nogs early days before he joins up with Starfleet inDS9, to practically everyone on theEnterprise-D bullying the hell out of poor Wesley Crusher in TNG. But those characters in particular exist across the arcs of their respective series, theyre meant to grow and mature and not be quite so as abrasive as when we first meet them. Latika on the other hand? Hes a one and done character: hes in, hes annoying as hell, hes out. This isnt the case of a clunky child actor or anything: he is a brat, but hes meant to be. So bratty that, three decades on from his debut, he remains memorable despite the forgettable episode that surrounds him even if most of the memory is from that squeaky shriek Voyager introduces him with. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, whats next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.