Watch: Allamaraine from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine gets turned into a song

Someone made the worst part of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Allamaraine, tolerable.

When Star Trek: Deep Space Nine aired their episode “Move Along Home”, no one knew that the infamous Allamaraine portion of the episode would be so memorable and so hated nearly 30 years later. The episode sees Commander Benjamin Sisko, Dr. Julian Bashir, Jadzia Dax, and Kira Nerys transported to an alternate dimension where they’re forced to play a game.

The game, which is also being played by Quark back on Deep Space Nine, sees the core-four forced to participate in bizarre and, at times, nonsensical acts that ultimately have no point. The most notable of these acts is a game of hopscotch that sees all four members stuck in this alternate reality forced to repeat a rhyme of sorts while playing;

"Allamaraine, count to four,Allamaraine, then three more,Allamaraine, if you can see,Allamaraine, you’ll come with me…"

The lyrics and hopscotch posed to be too much for most watching and even participating in the episode, as even Sisko actor himself, Avery Brooks, has gone on the record of stating how much he disliked the scene and the episode.

Fans may finally have a reason to enjoy Allamaraine.

Cue YouTuber Jacob Veloo who used the first two lines of dialogue and looped them to create a crazy clash of 80’s synth-pop and modern electronic into a bizarre but somehow enjoyable piece of music. It’s not the most catchy thing and the involvement of anything Star Trek-related is minimal at best but considering how bad the original experience was, it’s at least an upgrade.

Star Trek fans are a creative bunch, and the ability to turn something like Allamaraine into a song is just one example of the greatness this fanbase has to offer. It may not be your cup of tea but at least this Allamaraine sampled song is a better memory than watching grown adults play hopscotch.