Neelix
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Neelix out-performs Wesley Crusher for the "Most hated character on Star Trek" award. Wesley was an annoying know-it-all, but at least he really did know what he was talking about. Neelix claims to be knowledgeable about many things, but events inevitably prove him to be a lying jackass. Not only that, the collection of outfits he wears combine cloth and colors that makes just looking at him a painful experience. To make matters worse he is always telling stories that are suppose to be helpful but usually are just rambling nonsense.
He is so obnoxious and so stupid, he makes Jar-Jar Binks look like Sean Connery in comparison. This is something the writers of Voyager seemed completely oblivious to. At least when the character of Jar-Jar was found to be disliked by the fans, he was dialed down. The writers of Voyager, on the other hand, kept trying to force this moron onto us! More proof that the creators of Voyager did not care about their audience.
It is very obvious that the writers were expecting him to be the breakout character, much like Sulu, Scotty, Worf, Data, Odo and Quark were before him. This was done in a misguided effort to try and engineer a character to be the fan favorite rather let it happen naturally. This is something that they would again try to do when they created Enterprise with the character of T'Pol.
History
The USS Voyager found this asshole in a debris field which he claimed was his own shortly after Voyager arrived in the Delta Quadrant, after which his acts of stupidity rapidly escalated.
- One of his first acts was to lie to them so that they would help him rescue Kes.[1]
- He thinks that owning a ship that amounts to a shuttlecraft compared to Voyager qualifies himself to be an officer.[2]
- He turned the ship's dining room into a galley without permission and appointed himself "chief morale officer". It's obvious that the crew only eats his food because there is no other option.[3][4][5] His cooking skills are horrible and he is constantly burning food he is preparing, of course it is never his fault.[6] He even finds a way to threaten the ship with "homemade cheese".....cheese![7] In point of fact the horror of his cooking could make up a page all by itself.
- He consistently disobeyed direct orders from Voyager's officers, which once resulted in his lungs being stolen by Vidiians,[8] but he still didn't learn from his stupidity.
- He habitually burst onto the bridge or into command staff meetings without authorization and for no purpose.
- By pretending to have "survival skills" that didn't really exist, he got a crewmember killed. In fact the thing that got the crewmember killed was having him do something, collect bones, that would have no actual benefit. [9] When collecting food, he claimed that an apple-like fruit was poisonous without providing any real evidence, something a tricorder should be able to at least confirm. He has no problem with some mushrooms however, something much more likely to actually be potentially poisonous if not identified correctly.[1][2] The only reason Seska's mushroom soup didn't kill Chakotay is probably dumb luck.[10]
- He has no concept of the "buddy system". He constantly wanders off on his own[11] and leaves others by themselves.[12] This usually results in someone needing rescue.[13]
- He complains that safety equipment "takes the fun" out of rock climbing, only to moments later fall and nearly get both himself and Torres killed.[14]
In point of fact, if he claims to have any skill, you can rest assured that as the episode plays out he will prove to be completely incompetent in that field of knowledge.
The tease that we will never forgive.
In the Episode, One, Seven of Nine is having to deal with hallucinations of various members of the crew. Included in this is the voice of Neelix telling us that he is dying and not to let him die.
He doesn't die.