Wesley Crusher

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Acting Ensign Know-It-All

Wesley Crusher is a close second to Neelix for the most hated character in Star Trek. The son of Jack and Beverly Crusher, Wesley is a child prodigy with an intuitive understanding of many Federation technologies.

Character Traits

Wesley gets the point...
...everyone's favorite Wesley moment.

Gross mishandling of the character by the writers of Star Trek: The Next Generation turned him into an egotistical nerd, and repeated plots in which he either saved the ship with his science project or nearly destroyed it with the same quickly got old with fans. Later writers tried to correct these problems, but their efforts were too little, too late.

He is said to be the self-insert of series creator Gene Roddenberry, hence his full name, "Wesley Eugene Crusher."

Going My Way?

Early in TNG, an alien called the Traveler befriended Wesley, impressed with the boy's great mental prowess. This alien turned out to be another super-being who could affect reality with his thoughts. In TNG's final season, he took Wesley with him to a higher plane of existence. Given the Traveler's appearance and the intense hatred of Wesley, fans like to think there were other reasons behind the relationship.