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Ah, 'Star Trek.' The one that started the bizarre-ship look. Remember all those old sci-fi shows, where everything either looked like a rocket or a flying saucer? CORNY!!!!!!!!!!! Hurray for the designers of Trek, who reminded us that AERODYNAMICS DON'T MEAN ANYTHING IN A VACUUM. Hey, your ship can look cool, menacing, and not mess with any known laws of science. Hehehehehehehehehehehehehe. Thus the unconventional look of Trek. Unfortunately, unconventional sometimes meant looking like crap.
1. Galilleo-class Shuttle, Classic Star Trek. Let me see... you create the Constitution class. Nice and very different. Klingon battlecruisers. Simple but menacing. Now, you need a shuttle, so you take an old shipping crate, stick some tubes on it, and call it a shuttle??!?!?!?!?!?!????!!!! Oh the agony!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. Enterprise-C, Ambassador class, Star Trek; The Next Generation. I've never been a huge fan of the Galaxy class. It always looked top heavy... and seemed like it used to be on someone's Thanksgiving table. Then THIS thing came out. Oy. Take a gray whale, stick on a saucer section and nacelles.
3. The Defiant, Star Trek; Deep Space 9. Yes, the Defiant has kick-ass weaponry and handles like a F-15 on steroids... but... eek. Another one of those very odd ship designs. Take a soup plate, stick some breadsticks on the sides, give it a nose. Ok, it's a ship. Yeah, right.
4. The Scorpion ships, Star Trek; Voyager. Ah, take a squid, paint it yellow, give it some engines. Hmmmm... didn't Babylon 5 do this already? Oops.