Editing Tom Paris (section)

=== Relationships ===
Paris was at times portrayed as feeling resentful toward his father, Owen Paris, due to the latter's words and actions which made Paris feel misunderstood and isolated during his childhood years. Their relationship improved substantially over the course of the series, due to Captain Janeway's willingness to offer him redemption, and later due to his relationship with [[B'Elanna Torres]].

He became good friends with Harry Kim from the start and at times displayed protectiveness in the face of Harry's customary naiveté. In "[[Caretaker (Star Trek: Voyager)|Caretaker]]", he rescues the ensign from [[Quark (Star Trek)|Quark]], a manipulative [[Ferengi]].<ref name=":2" /> Kim later befriends Paris. The bond between both men strengthened after Kim protected Paris while they were imprisoned in a jail complex despite the latter destroying one of Kim's tools while in a delirious state.<ref name=":8" />

Paris also viewed Captain Janeway in high regard. As she recruited Paris to join ''Voyager'' on its initial first mission, he was fatefully brought along to the Delta Quadrant. This made Paris felt like he had been given a second chance in life and was grateful to her for it. In one instance where all members of the crew were forced to abandon ship as ''Voyager'' prepared to self-destruct in order to destroy a missile from hitting an inhabited planet, Paris thanked Janeway for everything she has done before he left the ship in an escape pod while Janeway stayed behind to oversee the auto-destruction sequence.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Dreadnought|episode-link=Dreadnought (Star Trek: Voyager)|series=Star Trek: Voyager|series-link=Star Trek: Voyager|credits=Holland, Gary|network=UPN|date=February 12, 1996|season=2|number=17|transcript=Voyager Episode Transcript|transcript-url=http://www.chakoteya.net/Voyager/214.htm}}</ref>

One member of the crew with whom Paris initially had a somewhat difficult relationship was Chakotay because of their history in the [[Maquis (Star Trek)|Maquis]].<ref name=":2" /> Paris also expressed dislike of Chakotay's leadership as he felt that Chakotay was not flexible regarding Starfleet protocols, insisting that he overruled most of the other officers' suggestions and opinions.<ref name=":6" /> These tensions even escalated to the point where Paris had to be placed in the brig after pushing Chakotay to the floor.<ref name=":6" /> However, it was later revealed that these tensions were all a ruse in a plot to expose a traitor on ''Voyager'', though unbeknownst to Chakotay.<ref name=":7" /> Fortunately, throughout ''Voyager''{{'}}s seven-year journey home, Paris and Chakotay reconciled (in part due to Paris having earned Chakotay's trust) and became good friends.

Initially, Paris and [[Neelix]] also often got into personal conflicts due to the former's often fraternizations with [[Kes (Star Trek)|Kes]], who was Neelix's girlfriend. Neelix felt jealous of Paris as the latter had given Kes a special [[locket]] for her birthday.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Twisted|episode-link=Twisted (Star Trek: Voyager)|series=Star Trek: Voyager|series-link=Star Trek: Voyager|credits=Biller, Kenneth; Rudnick, Arnold; Hosek, Rich|network=UPN|date=October 2, 1995|season=2|number=6|transcript=Voyager Episode Transcript|transcript-url=http://www.chakoteya.net/Voyager/118.htm}}</ref> They later resolved their differences after taking care of an alien baby together while on an away mission.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Parturition|episode-link=Parturition (Star Trek: Voyager)|series=Star Trek: Voyager|series-link=Star Trek: Voyager|credits=Szollosi, Tom|network=UPN|date=October 9, 1995|season=2|number=7|transcript=Voyager Episode Transcript|transcript-url=http://www.chakoteya.net/Voyager/203.htm}}</ref> When Paris appeared to be departing the ship in the episode "[[Investigations (Star Trek: Voyager)|Investigations]]", Neelix was shown to be greatly concerned for Paris. When he later found out that Paris was part of a plot to expose a spy aboard ''Voyager'', he volunteered to take part in the plot to bring back Paris safely.<ref name=":7" /> When Torres' baby was announced during ''Voyager''<nowiki/>'s last year in the quadrant, Paris had initially thought of Neelix to be the child's godfather, though Neelix had to give the role to the Doctor as the former already had goddaughter [[Naomi Wildman]].<ref name=":5" />