Wesley Crusher device. Commentators have observed at least seven times in which Wesley, "who has trouble getting into the Starfleet Academy" and is on a ship "filled with Starfleet's best and brightest crew members", has come up with "the needed solution". Fans' dislike for Wesley Crusher has become something of a pop-culture meme, reflected in other TV shows such as "The Big Bang Theory", "Steins;Gate", and in a 2009 "Family Guy" episode, "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven", which included the main "The Next Generation" cast and featured Wil Wheaton in character as Wesley being bullied by Patrick Stewart. Wesley Crusher Wesley
Wesley Crusher The Wesley Crusher character was unpopular among more than a few "Star Trek" fans. Many fans considered the character to be a Mary Sue and a stand-in for Gene Roddenberry, whose middle name was "Wesley". The character's role in the show was greatly downplayed after the first season when Roddenberry's involvement in the show's production became more peripheral, and he was written out altogether in the season four episode "Final Mission" following the end of Roddenberry's hands-on involvement. Some fans disliked the idea of a boy who seems to constantly save the whole ship as a "deus ex machina" plot