"The Gamesters of Triskelion" is the sixteenth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek.

In the episode, Captain Kirk and his companions are abducted into slavery and trained to fight as gladiators for the gambling entertainment of three disembodied beings.

Captain Kirk, Communications Officer Lieutenant Uhura and navigator Ensign Chekov attempt to transport, but disappear before the system activates.

While running among ancient ruins outside the arena, Kirk tries gaining information about the Providers from Shahna, but her collar is activated when she speaks too freely.

Shahna expresses a desire to follow Kirk to the stars, but he answers that she and the other thralls must first learn to live in their newfound freedom.

[6] "The Gamesters of Triskelion" is also described in Modern Amazons: Warrior Women on Screen (2006), with the character Shahna dressed in "traditional Amazonian attire" and the episode being given as an example of female domination.

[8] The episode "The Gamesters of Triskelion" is cited by American literary and media critic Paul A. Cantor as an example of "the end of history".

Gerald Perry "Jerry" Finnerman was the director of photography for the installment, and his cinematography protégé, Al Francis, was chief camera operator.

[10] In 2016, TVline ranked this as having one of the top twenty moments of Star Trek, when Kirk not only spares the life of his defeated opponent, but also convinces the alien authority to allow a free society.