Star Trek’s Animated Series Spark Funny Rivalry Over The Gorn

Star Trek: Prodigy executive producer Aaron J. Waltke’s claim that his show introduced the Gorn in the 24th century is contradicted by Star Trek: Lower Decks creator Mike McMahan, resulting in a funny tug-of-Gorn. Both Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Prodigy are set in the post-Star Trek: The Next Generation era of the 2380s, with Prodigy happening just a couple of years after the voyages of Lower Decks‘ USS Cerritos. Both animated series have shown the Gorn in the 24th century, but which show was really the first to show the alien reptiles?