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(written from a Production point of view)
The following is a list of characters who appeared first in one television or film series, and subsequently appeared in a different television or film series. Characters are listed under the series in which they first appeared. Appearances by regular cast characters are not listed for the series in which they were regular cast.
Star Trek: The Original Series
- James T. Kirk (series regular in Star Trek: The Animated Series and TOS films)
- Star Trek Generations
- DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations" (archive footage)
- ENT: "These Are the Voyages..." (archive voice only)
- Star Trek Beyond (photograph)
- ST: "Ephraim and Dot" (archive voice only)
- LD: "No Small Parts" (photograph)
- Christopher Pike (Regular cast character for the second season of Star Trek: Discovery.)
- ST:
- Spock (series regular in Star Trek: The Animated Series and TOS films)
- TNG:
- DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations" (archive footage)
- Star Trek
- Star Trek Into Darkness
- Star Trek Beyond (photographs)
- DIS:
- ST:
- LD: "No Small Parts" (photograph)
- Leonard McCoy (series regular in Star Trek: The Animated Series and TOS films)
- TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint"
- DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations" (archive footage)
- Star Trek Beyond (photograph)
- ST: "Ephraim and Dot" (animated without voice)
- Montgomery Scott (series regular in Star Trek: The Animated Series and TOS films)
- TNG: "Relics"
- Star Trek Generations
- DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations" (archive footage)
- Star Trek Beyond (photograph)
- Hikaru Sulu (series regular in Star Trek: The Animated Series and TOS films)
- VOY: "Flashback"
- Star Trek Beyond (photograph)
- ST: "Ephraim and Dot" (archive voice only)
- Pavel Chekov (series regular in TOS films)
- Star Trek Generations
- DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations" (archive footage)
- Star Trek Beyond (photograph)
- Uhura (series regular in Star Trek: The Animated Series and TOS films)
- DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations" (archive footage)
- Star Trek Beyond (photograph)
- Christine Chapel (series regular in Star Trek: The Animated Series)
- Janice Rand
- Alice
- Nilz Baris
- DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations" (archive footage)
- Zefram Cochrane
- Star Trek: First Contact
- ENT:
- "Broken Bow"
- "In a Mirror, Darkly" (archive footage) (as mirror Zefram Cochrane)
- Arne Darvin
- DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations" (as his older self and also in archive footage)
- Freeman
- DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations" (archive footage)
- Galloway
- DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations" (archive footage)
- Amanda Grayson
- Colonel Green
- Guardian of Forever
- TAS: "Yesteryear"
- Hadley
- DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations" (archive footage)
- Cyrano Jones
- TAS: "More Tribbles, More Troubles"
- DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations" (archive footage)
- Kahless the Unforgettable
- TNG: "Rightful Heir" (as his clone)
- Kang
- DS9: "Blood Oath"
- VOY: "Flashback"
- Koloth
- Kor
- Korax
- TAS: "More Tribbles, More Troubles"
- DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations" (archive footage)
- Kyle
- Landru
- LD: "No Small Parts"
- Leslie
- DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations" (archive footage)
- Abraham Lincoln (Excalbian)
- ST: "Ephraim and Dot" (animated without voice)
- Lurry
- DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations" (archive footage)
- Harry Mudd
- Stella Mudd
- Sarek
- TAS: "Yesteryear"
- TNG:
- "Sarek"
- "Unification I"
- DIS:
- "The Vulcan Hello"
- "Battle at the Binary Stars"
- "Lethe"
- "The Wolf Inside" (archive footage)
- "The War Without, The War Within"
- "Will You Take My Hand?"
- "Brother"
- "Light and Shadows"
- "Such Sweet Sorrow"
- Khan Noonien Singh
- ST: "Ephraim and Dot" (archive voice only)
- Surak
- T'Pau
- Una
- Vina
- Bob Wesley
- White Rabbit
The Original Series films
Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Jean-Luc Picard (Series regular for TNG films and Star Trek: Picard.)
- DS9: "Emissary"
- ENT: "These Are the Voyages..." (archive voice only)
- ST: "Children of Mars" (photograph)
- William T. Riker (Series regular for TNG films)
- Data (Series regular for TNG films)
- ENT: "These Are the Voyages..." (voice only)
- PIC:
- "Remembrance" (dreams only)
- "Broken Pieces" (vision and archive footage only)
- "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2" (simulation only)
- Geordi La Forge (Series regular for TNG films)
- Deanna Troi (Series regular for TNG films)
- VOY:
- "Pathfinder"
- "Life Line"
- "Inside Man"
- ENT: "These Are the Voyages..."
- PIC: "Nepenthe"
- LD: "No Small Parts"
- VOY:
- Worf (Series regular for TNG films and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine starting with the fourth season.)
- PIC: "Remembrance" (photograph)
- Beverly Crusher (Series regular for TNG films)
- Wesley Crusher
- Arridor
- VOY: "False Profits"
- B'Etor
- Reginald Barclay
- Star Trek: First Contact
- VOY:
- "Projections" (holographic image)
- "Pathfinder"
- "Life Line"
- "Inside Man" (also as a hologram)
- "Author, Author"
- "Endgame"
- Boothby
- VOY:
- "In the Flesh" (Species 8472 in disguise)
- "The Fight" (in Chakotay's hallucination and a hologram)
- VOY:
- Gowron
- DS9:
- "The House of Quark"
- "The Way of the Warrior"
- "Broken Link"
- "Apocalypse Rising"
- "By Inferno's Light"
- "When It Rains..."
- "Tacking Into the Wind"
- "What You Leave Behind" (archive footage)
- DS9:
- Guinan
- Hugh
- Kol
- VOY: "False Profits"
- Kalita
- Kurn
- DS9: "Sons of Mogh"
- Locutus of Borg
- DS9: "Emissary" (also impersonated by a Prophet)
- Star Trek: First Contact (in Picard's nightmare and flashbacks)
- PIC: "The Impossible Box" (archive footage)
- Lursa
- Bruce Maddox
- PIC:
- "Stardust City Rag"
- "The Impossible Box" (archive footage)
- "Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1" (archive footage)
- PIC:
- Alynna Nechayev
- DS9:
- "The Maquis, Part II"
- "The Search, Part II" (virtual)
- DS9:
- Neral
- Keiko O'Brien
- DS9:
- "A Man Alone"
- "If Wishes Were Horses"
- "In the Hands of the Prophets"
- "The Siege"
- "Cardassians"
- "Rivals"
- "Armageddon Game"
- "Whispers"
- "Tribunal"
- "The House of Quark"
- "Fascination"
- "Accession"
- "Hard Time"
- "Body Parts"
- "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places"
- "The Assignment"
- "The Begotten"
- "Time's Orphan"
- "What You Leave Behind"
- DS9:
- Miles O'Brien (Regular cast character for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and crossed back over for the TNG final.)
- TNG: "All Good Things..."
- LD: "Temporal Edict" (Holographic statue only)
- Molly O'Brien
- Alyssa Ogawa
- Q
- DS9: "Q-Less"
- VOY:
- "Death Wish"
- "The Q and the Grey"
- "Q2"
- LD: "Veritas"
- Thomas Riker
- Alexander Rozhenko
- DS9:
- "The Way of the Warrior" (picture only)
- "Sons and Daughters"
- "You Are Cordially Invited"
- DS9:
- Lwaxana Troi
- DS9:
- "The Forsaken"
- "Fascination"
- "The Muse"
- DS9:
- Vash
The Next Generation films
- Borg Queen
- VOY:
- PIC: "The Impossible Box" (archive footage)
- Admiral Hayes
- VOY:
- "Hunters"
- "Hope and Fear"
- "Life Line"
- VOY:
- B-4
- PIC: "Remembrance" (remains only)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Miles O'Brien was a recurring character on TNG before becoming a regular cast character on DS9 and crossing back over for the TNG final "All Good Things...".
Star Trek: Voyager
- Kathryn Janeway
- Seven of Nine
- Tuvok
- DS9: "Through the Looking Glass" (as mirror Tuvok)
- Icheb
- Dr. Lewis Zimmerman
- EMH
- DS9: "Doctor Bashir, I Presume" (as Deep Space 9 EMH)
- Star Trek: First Contact (as USS Enterprise-E EMH)
Star Trek: Discovery
Star Trek: Short Treks
Historical
- Leonardo da Vinci
- TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah" (as Flint)
- VOY:
- "Scorpion" (hologram)
- "Concerning Flight" (hologram)
- Isaac Newton
- TNG: "Descent" (hologram)
- VOY: "Death Wish"
Note
- No characters who first appeared in Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Picard, or the alternate reality films have recurred in a subsequent series or film.