references to Star Trek

Since its original airing in 1966, Star Trek with spin-off series and movies has become part of (Western) pop culture. Highly recognizable, Star Trek has been parodied, spoofed and referenced in television series, movies, comic books and other contexts. The references range from overt parody to use of recognized elements such as the Vulcan salute or Klingons to more subtle references like use of sound effects or dialogue from the shows.

A few television series with very many Star Trek references have articles of their own. These are Futurama, South Park and The Simpsons.

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Spacecraft

Space Shuttle Enterprise

The space shuttle Enterprise was originally to be named the Constitution. However, after a write-in campaign, the name was changed to Enterprise. It was to be the second space shuttle orbiter, but due to the cost of construction was never refitted for space travel.

VSS Enterprise

Virgin Galactic's first suborbital space tourism vehicle, based on the Scaled Composites SpaceShipOne design, will be called the VSS Enterprise. William Shatner plans to be one of the initial paying passengers.

Movies

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

Ace Ventura says "For God sakes, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a pool man!" an obvious reference to Dr. McCoy's line "I'm a doctor, not a [Insert Profession Here]".

Almost Famous

In a scene where William Miller rescues Penny Lane, he says "I'm about to boldly go where... many men have gone before."

Airplane 2: The Sequel

This film parodies many other films by design. William Shatner guest stars as Murdock, and many Star Trek references ensue, including a scene where Murdock peers through a periscope, and sees the Enterprise fly by. (Note: both were produced by Paramount Pictures.)

Back to the Future

On a time-travel journey back to the 1950's, Marty McFly--wearing a radiation suit--greets his father George with a variation of the Vulcan salute and proclaims, "My name is Darth Vader! I am an extra-terrestrial from the planet Vulcan!" The humor is premised upon the fact that neither Star Trek nor Star Wars existed during the 1950's.

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

Bill and Ted watch the TOS episode "Arena", and are later thrown from the same cliff (Vasquez Rocks) by their evil robot doubles.

The Boondock Saints

A Russian mobster introduces himself as Ivan Checkov. Murphy retorts, "Checkov? Well, this here's McCoy. We find us a Spock, we got us an away team."

The Cable Guy

• Kirk and Spock's fight in Amok Time is spoofed when Chip and Steven engage in a battle to the death at Medieval Times. Chip comments that "It's like when Spock had to fight Kirk on Star Trek. Best friends forced to do battle." and then goes on to sing the ST:TOS fight theme (which is also the music being played) while they fight with lirpas – the traditional Vulcan weapon that was used in Amok Time.
• Jean-Luc Picard is on a list of cable installers fired during the last four years.

Chicken Run

The chicken Mac, a Scottish engineer, is made in the image of Scotty.

As the wooden bird goes down the runway:

Fowler: We need more power!

Mac: I canna work miracles cap'n, we're giving her all she's got!

Shortly thereafter, Mrs. Tweedy grabs the light cord hanging from the bird, adding weight to the aircraft as she follows it up into the air.

Fowler: Great scott, what was that?!

Mac: A cling-on capt'n! The engines can't take it!

Coneheads

In the opening sequence of the film the Air Force Air Traffic Controller was watching The Original Series episode Arena.

Crimson Tide

In a scene that was script doctored by Quentin Tarantino, XO Hunter (played by Denzel Washington) inspires his radio man to fix the submarine's radio by asking him if he's seen Star Trek and then comparing him to Scotty.

Cruel Intentions

Kathryn, trying to persuade Sebastian to seduce Cecile, says "She's quite cute, you know. Young, supple breasts. A tight, firm ass. Uncharted pootie. Be her Captain Picard, Valmont. Boldly go where no man has gone before."

Daddy Day Care

Marvin is a fan and can be seen wearing an Original Series uniform shirt. He is working for a daycare center called Daddy Daycare. He recognizes one of the kids speak Klingon, puts on a "Wrath of Khan" puppet show for the kids, and finds a location called "The Final Frontier" for a permanent home for the daycare center.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Towards the end of the film, as Elliot and several of his brother's classmates are trying to return E.T. to his ship, one of the young men asks if they can't just "beam him up", referring to the transporter technology featured in the world of Star Trek.

Flight of the Navigator

Max (the ship) scans David's brain for star charts, absorbing other knowledge in the process. Later, as the ship is falling through the atmosphere, Max says, "Scotty to the bridge. She can't take much more of this!"

Galaxy Quest

The entire movie is a parody of/tribute to the Star Trek franchise and its fans.

Garden State

In the beginning of the movie, the following is said by Mark's mother Carol, and Tim.

Tim: [Klingon phrase]

Carol: It means I like to mate after battle.

Tim: That's not what I said.

Carol: Yeah...

Tim: No, no. That wasn't the one I said. This one means Kill Kirk... And also, hallelujah... Depending on the context.

Ice Age

About half way through the movie Sid, Manfred, Diego and the baby walk past a UFO frozen in ice. The baby looks back to the UFO and does the classic vulcan salute and says "Spock" (this is a reference to Spock's death scene at the end of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan).

Interstate 60

Neal and Mr. Cody are discussing the frontier.

Neal: What about space, the final frontier?

Mr. Cody: Ah, Star Trek isn't space, that's television. Fine fucking frontier that is.

Kill Bill: Volume I

In the opening credits of the film:

"Revenge is a dish best served cold" – Old Klingon Proverb

This is a reference to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, where Khan claims the quotation to be a Klingon proverb. However, the source of this proverb is not Klingon, see Quotations on revenge for its history. In addition, O-Ren's female second in command is described as "the woman dressed like an old Star Trek villain".

Look Who's Talking Now

Kirstie Alley's character takes a job as one of Santa Claus's elves in a local mall. When asked by a girl if she is supposed to be an elf, she sarcastically responds, "No, I'm a Vulcan." Alley's first movie role was as the Vulcan Saavik in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Monsters, Inc.

The movie opens with a simulation sequence spoofing the beginning of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. A mechanic called Fungus speaks in frantic technobabble and operates a fiendish machine with three sliding controls, similar to those on a transporter console. Later, the main characters walk across a vast ice landscape, similar to a scene on Rura Penthe in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

There are several references to the Enterprise.

Police Academy 3

While searching for the criminals near the end of the movie, Jones consults an imaginary tricorder, while performing its scanning noise.

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut

The scene where Satan yells "That's it! I have had enough of you!" at Saddam Hussein and throws him into the burning depths of hell spoofs a very similar scene from Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

Spaceballs

At one point an engineer with a ludicrously bad Scottish accent beams President Skroob up - into the next room (Before that, Skroob agrees to be beamed with the remark "Oh, what the hell, it works on Star-Trek"). In a later scene, Lone Starr attempts to use the "Vulcan neck pinch" on a guard, but does it so badly that his victim has to instruct him on how to do it right.

Team America: World Police

When Team America assaults Kim Jong-Il's palace, the members of the Film Actors Guild shout, "Qapla!" (Klingon for "Success!") in response to Alec Baldwin's rousing anti-Team America speech. Also, Kim Jong-Il has a viewscreen, and numerous times 'I sense' is said, like Deanna Troi sometimes does.

The Terminal

The immigration officer Torres is a Trekkie and likes to go to Star Trek Conventions as Yeoman Rand. She also accepts Enrique's marriage proposal with the Vulcan salute. Her name is also a possible reference to B'Elanna Torres of Star Trek: Voyager.

The Time Machine

Vox, the holo-librarian, gives the Vulcan salute. Also the Star Trek sound effect of doors opening and closing can be heard when he exits the glass. [1]

Toy Story

• Many of the things Buzz Lightyear says throughout the movie are reminiscent of Star Trek jargon. For example he records a mission log: "Buzz Lightyear mission log, stardate 4072. My ship has run off course en route to sector 12."
• When Woody and Buzz fight at the gas station, Buzz says "You are a sad, strange, little man. You have my pity", quickly gives the Vulcan salute and adds "Farewell!"

Toy Story 2

As Buzz Lightyear says farewell to the newer model Buzz he gives the Vulcan salute.

Zoolander

The name of villain, Mugatu, is taken from the monster Mugato in the ST:TOS episode "A Private Little War".

Television series

2.4 Children

Beam Me Up, Scotty

In the fifth episode of season 3, the lead character's nemesis SF-fan nemesis died, and left instructions in his will that his funeral should be Star Trek themed, with all attendees in costume. Most of the Federation costumes were accurate, but the Gorn was a generic lizard, and the Klingon appeared to be some sort of monkey.

Animaniacs

This show was famous for spoofing anything pop culture and anything nerdy. References to Star Trek showed up regularly, including space opera sketches, including a sketch entitled "Star Truck", and Shatner and Nimoy giving obnoxious dramatic readings, to a very abusive reception. There is another sketch in which the Warners compete with Shatner for karaoke time. When they finally oust him, they find out that Nimoy was next on the list after him.

The Autocrats

The series includes an entire episode about the adventures of the starship "Parliament House", with famous Finnish politicians as the crew, and the slogan "to boldly go where someone has gone before". Many animations in this episode are direct copies of those in various Star Trek series, and familiar equipment includes phasers and tricorders.

Babylon 5

Voices Of Authority

Commander Ivanova says "Good luck, Captain. I think you're about to go where everyone has gone before" to Captain Sheridan when she witnesses Julie Musante's attempts to seduce him, parodying both the Star Trek catch-phrase and Captain Kirk's promiscuity.

Boston Legal

Denny Crane, played by William Shatner, is lying in a bed beside Allan Shore, played by James Spader. Allan Shore says to Denny, "Get a load of this. The lice that attack the salmon are called cling-ons." Denny Crane replies, "Wait, did you say Klingon?"

Episode "The Cancer Man Can," originally aired 01/10/06: Denny Crane gets a new camera phone from a girlfriend, and when he flips it open it makes the sound the communicators made in the original series.

While his new wife is suggesting they move to Hawaii, Denny Crane says, "What am I supposed to do? Beam myself to Boston every morning?"

Cheers

Woody Boyd's middle name is Tiberius, as was Captain Kirk's.

Chewin' the Fat

Featured a sketch entitled "Taysiders In Space", based on The Next Generation, with jokes on the Tayside region's stereotypes and variation of Scots. [2]

Codename: Kids Next Door

Operation: SPACE

At the start of this episode, Numbuh One, Numbuh Two, Numbuh Four and Numbuh Five are in a shuttle pod, doing various Star Trek things. Numbuh One is very obviously the captain.

Operation: POOL

Negative Numbuh Four has a goatee, which is a reference to anti-Spock's goatee in Mirror Mirror.

=Operation: DUCKY

The captain of the S.S. Stinky Pants is James P. Dirt, which is a reference to James T. Kirk, the captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise.

Dead Like Me

Dead Girl Walking

Seeing her family after her death, George says, "It was like an alternate universe where I didn't exist. There were no goatees or gold lamé sashes, just a hole where I used to be." This is a reference to the mirror Spock and uniforms in Mirror, Mirror.

Dilbert

The Competition

The doors at the Nirvana company are very similar in appearance and sound to the doors on Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Testing

• Dilbert has a model of the USS Enterprise in his cubicle.
• A ship which looks like the USS Enterprise but with a coffin as the saucer section and Gene Roddenberry's name on it flies past a window of the space shuttle. This is a reference to the fact that Gene Roddenberry's ashes were put into orbit around Earth after his death.

The Takeover

In an attempt to manipulate the stock market, Dogbert publishes a magazine called "Dogbert's Business Minute" with the headline "CEO caught in jungle voodoo orgy with cast of Deep Space Nine" and a shocking picture of the incident. Among others, there is a Vulcan in the picture, which is strange since there are no Vulcans among the main characters in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Little People

Alice, Dilbert and Wally are crawling through the air conditioning duct when Dilbert asks if they are in the Jefferies tube.

The Gift

Dilbert is woken up by a Seven of Nine alarm clock with the voice of Jeri Ryan:

Alarm clock: Get out of bed. Resistance is futile. Wake up and assimilate the day. (twice)

Dilbert: I wonder if I could ever date a woman like Jeri Ryan.

Alarm clock: That too is futile.

Dilbert: Okay, that's enough out of you. (reaches for the clock)

Alarm clock: Do not touch me.

Dilbert: Then how do I turn you off?

Alarm clock: Believe me, I am plenty turned off right now.

Ethics

In court, an alien uses a Vulcan nerve pinch to silence an engineer.

Doctor Who

The Third Doctor on several occasions used a technique similar to the Vulcan nerve pinch as part of his Venusian Aikido, most notably in the serials "Inferno" and "Invasion Of The Dinosaurs".

The Green Death

The Third Doctor temporarily stumps an evil computer by asking it "If I were to tell you that the next thing I say would be true, but the last thing I said was a lie, would you believe me?" - this is an almost verbatim quote from the Trek episode I, Mudd.

The Trial of a Time Lord

Hand weapons are referred to as "phasers" in the segments "Mindwarp" and "Terror of the Vervoids".

The Empty Child

The Doctor and Rose are tracking a metal cylinder which has landed in 1941 London. She suggests he "scan for alien tech", and is disappointed when he says he plans to just ask around. She says it's "not quite Spock". Later, she says that Captain Jack Harkness's ship is "very Spock". As a cover, she tells Captain Jack the Doctor's name is Mr. Spock.

Duckman

Where No Duckman Has Gone Before

The whole episode parodies the original Star Trek series and movies.

ER

Just A Touch

In a counseling group, there is a mental patient who speaks only Klingon. The Klingon spoken does not appear to be actual Klingon.

In a very early episode a patient at the admissions desk is heard giving his doctor's name as "Leonard McCoy".

In another episode, a Star Trek fan tried to make his ears pointed like a Vulcan's, using garden shears.

Family Guy

I Never Met the Dead Man

• Peter is watching Star Trek (or a parody thereof) on TV. The parody features a reference to the redshirts in Ensign Ricky.
• William Shatner shows up at the Griffin family's house. He says "Beam me up, God!" after being killed when hit by a car (much to Ensign Ricky's surprise and relief). The parody of Shatner's acting is rather extreme.

Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater

Stewie orders two servants to fight to the death in a scene that parodies Kirk and Spock's fight in Amok Time. One of the servants shirts are ripped and the ST:TOS fight theme is played.

If I'm Dyin' I'm Lyin'

Peter pretends that his son is dying in order to get a cancelled TV-show back on the air. When successful, he notes that he has two more kids and has always wanted to see new episodes of Star Trek.

When You Wish Upon a Weinstein

William Shatner is in the play Fiddler on the Roof. After reciting a short, rapidly delivered monologue while running around the set, he stops and shouts "KHAAAN!" at the top of his lungs, a reference to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington

Peter destroys a company suck-up by asking trick questions to lead it into a contradiction. This is probably a reference to the episode The Return of the Archons or I, Mudd, where Kirk destroys a computer and a robot respectively by asking them trick questions.

The Kiss Seen Around the World

For his school presentation, Neil shows "a fight scene from Star Trek, season 1, episode 18" (Arena) where Kirk fights Gorn to demonstrate that "because of his rough and tumble style of command, Captain Kirk is clearly superior to Jean-Luc Picard." Mr. Berler (the teacher) comments: "Thank you Neil for that incredibly irrelevant presentation. We all know Captain Picard is the superior officer."

Emission Impossible

The on-board computer on Stewies ship uses some Trek-like jargon and has the voice of Majel Barrett, who provided the voice for the computers on many federation starships.

A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas

Stewie appears as the baby Jesus and makes reference to Jeffrey Hunter, who played Jesus in the biblical film King of Kings and Captain Christopher Pike on the original Star Trek pilot The Cage. He notes that since William Shatner replaced him, "Apparently Mr. Hunter was good enough to die for our sins, but not quite up to the task of seducing green women".

North by North Quahog

As Brian is changing Stewie's diaper, Stewie yells "aft torpedoes, fire!" and urinates on him. This phrase is used in many Star Trek battle scenes.

8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter

Neil has a model of the USS Enterprise in his room.

Peter's Got Woods

Peter Griffin (voiced by MacFarlane) makes the comment, "Boy, I haven't been this creeped out since I saw that episode of Star Trek." Then it cuts to an animated Enterprise-D in orbit over a planet, and then to Captain Picard's bridge, complete with an animated Riker, Troi, La Forge, Worf, Data and Wesley Crusher at stations.

Picard (voiced by Stewart) says to Riker, "Number One ... let me ask you something. If I whispered in your ear that Commander Worf's head looks like a fanny, would you join me in a laugh?" Riker (Frakes) says, "Yeah, I could get in on that!" Picard: "All right! Here it comes!" He then says loudly, "Commander Worf's head looks like a fanny!" and the whole bridge laughs. Except for Worf (Dorn), who responds, "You can both suck my ridges!" Picard comes back, "Oh, get a sense of humor, Rocky Dennis! From startrek.com

Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story!

One of the opening title slides is of Brian climbing a mountain, while Stewie appears with rocket boots, a visual reference to a similar scene with Kirk and Spock in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

Stewie mentions his cousin, Quark Griffin (a parody of Quark on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), shown in a cutaway being harassed by Odo (voiced by Rene Auberjonois).

As Stu is travelling back to the future, Stewie leaps onto him as he dematerializes, saying, "Surprise!". In Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Gillian Taylor jumps onto Kirk as he dematerializes into the Bird-of-Prey. She later ends up in the future.

Frasier

Star Mitzvah

Frasier makes a deal with the Star Trek fan Noel: Frasier will get Scott Bakula's autograph at a Star Trek convention (Noel cannot attend himself because William Shatner has a restraining order against him) and Noel will translate a speech for Frasier's son's Bar Mitzvah into Hebrew. Frasier fails to live up to his side of the agreement, so Noel gets even by translating the speech into Klingon (Frasier can't tell the difference). Frasier delivers the speech in Klingon (the Klingon spoken is real) to a stunned audience. A friend of Frasier's son recognizes that the language is Klingon, and later translates the speech into English. To make it up to Noel, Frasier gives him the wig Joan Collins wore in the Star Trek episode "City on the Edge of Forever".

Freakazoid!

Ode to Leonard Nimoy

This is a segment of the episode Foamy the Freakadog / Office Visit / Ode to Leonard Nimoy / Emergency Broadcast System in which Fanboy recites a poem explaining how he desires the autograph of Leonard Nimoy. It begins:

Leonard Nimoy, Leonard Nimoy.

Dear Mr. Spock, oh golly gee boy.

It sure would make me smile and laugh,

If I could have your autograph.

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

The Trouble with Scribbles

The title of this episode is an obivious play on "The Trouble with Tribbles", and the episode revolves around a vast quantity of small "scribbles" that have some visual similarity with Star Trek's tribbles and - like them - are loved by almost everybody.

Full House

Taking the Plunge

In a segment of this episode, Kimmy runs to Reno to get married. As the scene opens, we see the minister with another couple in a humorous Star Trek themed wedding:

Minister: And as you promise to kling onto each other for the rest of your life, I now pronounce you Captain and Vulcan.

DJ: Kimmy, all I am saying is just think about what you're doing.

Kimmy: I am thinking. And I think the Star Trek wedding looks nice.

Minister: Live long. And pay the cashier on your way out.

Futurama

Main article: References to Star Trek in Futurama.

The Goodies

The End

Season 5, episode 13. The trio have spent the episode trapped in their office, which has been buried in concrete. Eventually, after many years, they die. In a tag scene, their skeletons are discovered 300 years later by a trio of explorers wearing TOS-style uniforms, and one, Graeme Garden, with pointed ears.

Jake 2.0

The Good, the Bad, and the Geeky

The registry number of an airplane is NX-74205, which is the registry number of the USS Defiant. Also, an override code begins with "NCC", just like Starfleet ships do.

Other episodes of Jake 2.0 depict a holographic training center for NSA agents which is quite obviously based on the holodeck from Star Trek: The Next Generation.

The Life and Times of Juniper Lee

In the episode "It Takes A Pillage", June says to Monroe, "Mr. Scott, you have the bridge", a reference to both Star Trek and Monroe's Scottish ancestory.

Lost

All the Best Cowboys have Daddy Issues

Boone (to Locke): "Red shirt. You ever watch Star Trek? The crew guys that went down to the planets with the main guys? Captain Kirk and the guy with the pointy ears? They always wore red shirts, and they always got killed."

Mad About You

The show's theme song title, "Final Frontier" comes from the opening narration used in "Star Trek: The Original Series" and its "Animated Series" and "Next Generation" spin-offs. The show's final episode title "The Final Frontier" also comes from the opening narration used in "Star Trek: The Original Series" and its "Animated Series" and "Next Generation" spin-offs.

Men Behaving Badly

Watching TV

The gang are sitting on the sofa watching The City on the Edge of Forever. Numerous Star Trek jokes follow, including 'Star Trek Doors'.

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

Guide to: School Car Wash & Secrets

After getting chased by Billy Loomer, Ned Bigby and Simon "Cookie" Nelson-Cook ran to Jennifer "Moze" Mosley, who told them "You guys look like you've seen a ghost" in a similar way Captain James T. Kirk told Captain Spock in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

Power Rangers Turbo

Shift Into Turbo, Part 2

Divatox said that the Turbo Rangers "couldn't find pointy ears at a Star Trek convention."

Red Dwarf

The Simulants seen in various episodes are cybernetically enhanced humanoids with mechanical parts and laser pointers stuck to the sides of their heads. Visually they are remarkably similar to the design of the Borg.

The Last Day

Kryten is threatened by a new android model which is scheduled to terminate and replace him. Lister and Cat offer to help Kryten, much to his surprise.

Kryten: You would gamble your safety for a mere android? Is this the human value you call... friendship?

Lister: Don't give me the Star Trek crap, it's too early in the mornin'!

Tikka To Ride

The opening sequence shows Starbug travelling through space, and, aping the opening titles of Star Trek: Voyager, passing over the rings of a planet. The difference being that here, Starbug begins to jettison waste from the rear of the ship, essentially crapping on the rings.

Only the Good...

The title of this episode (the final episode of Red Dwarf) is a play on "All Good Things...", the title of the final episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Roswell

The UFO Convention

Jonathan Frakes (playing himself) visits the UFO Center and he makes a reference to 'Shatner and Stewart'. Later he has a mold of his handprint made outside and there is an additional reference to 'Nimoy'.

Secrets and Lies

A mysterious murder brings Max to Hollywood. In order to gain access to the Paramount lot he gets an audition for a guest part (Korgan of the Bantoo) on Star Trek: Enterprise. In the audition scene Jonathan Frakes (as himself) appears as the director of the episode and John Billingsley (also as himself) reads the lines of Dr. Phlox. Jonathan Frakes has actually never directed an episode of Enterprise, and the dialogue in the audition (written by Roswell writers) has never appeared on Enterprise. Jonathan Frakes is the executive producer of Roswell.

Saturday Night Live

There's a parody of Star Trek: The Original Series starring John Belushi and Chevy Chase.

In 1994, Star Trek: The Next Generation cast member Patrick Stewart hosted the show. On these episode there was a cross between Star Trek: The Next Generation and The Love Boat, called The Love Boat: The Next Generation.

In an episode in which William Shatner hosts there is a sequence which shows Shatner at a Star Trek convention. Shatner quickly becomes annoyed with the fans' obsessive knowledge of the show and proclaims what they are doing is a "colossal waste of time" and that Star Trek was "just a television show." To appease the crowd he claims that he was re-creating the "Evil Captain Kirk" from the Original Series episode "The Enemy Within."

seaQuest DSV

In an episode entitled "Hide and Seek," William Shatner makes a guest appearance as a deposed European dictator. When he first contacts the seaQuest DSV, The Serial number JTK-NCC-1701 appears at the bottom of the vidscreen, referencing James T. Kirk's initials, and the registry number of the USS Enterprise.

Seinfeld

The Foundation

In the beginning of the episode, George and Jerry talk about Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. George's old fiance Susan has died, and Jerry tells her parents that "her death takes place in the shadow of a new life", inspired from watching Star Trek II. Susans parents start a foundation in her memory and put George in the board of directors. George is furious with Jerry for giving them the inspiration and shouts "KHAAAAAAAN!" at the top of his lungs in the same way that Captain Kirk does in Star Trek II. Later in the episode, Kramer talks to Elaine about Katra (the Vulcan spirit) and how he thinks Star Trek III was better than II.

The Dealership

George repeats the "KHAAAAAAN!" scene (complete with overhead camera angle) to express his anger over a purloined Twix bar. However, in this episode, instead of shouting "KHAAAAAAAN!" he shouts "TWIIIIIIIIIX!"

Shortland Street

The character of Dr Grace Kwan in this New Zealand soap opera was a major Star Trek fan and even had a cardboard cut out of Spock in her apartment. In September 1996, Grace was feeling depressed, so her friends threw her a Star Trek theme party and dressed up as characters and aliens from the series. The theme party coincided with the 30th anniversary of Star Trek's first airing, so one can assume that the producers decided to have this storyline as a nod to the milestone, although no actual mention of the anniversary was made on the show.

South Park

Main article: References to Star Trek in South Park.

Spin City

Bye Bye Love

Michael asks what Nikki and Dan have planned for their date and learns that they are going to catch the new Star Trek movie. This episode first aired 1997-01-07, so the movie in question is Star Trek: First Contact which premiered 1996-11-22 in the US.

Stargate SG-1

Throughout Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, if somebody uses a transporter (usually Asgard), it is often referred to as "beaming".

Children of the Gods

After arriving on Abydos Major Ferretti says "Greetings from Earth, Dr. Jackson" to Daniel while giving him a Vulcan salute.

1969

After SG-1 arrives in 1969, O'Neill is interrogated by the commanding officer of Cheyenne Mountain. When asked who he is, O'Neill tells him he is James T. Kirk; apparently after realizing that Star Trek had already come out in 1969, he changes his story and calls himself Luke Skywalker (Star Wars would not come out for eight more years).

Prometheus

While discussing what to name the X-303 (in the end, it was named Prometheus), Samantha Carter says to Jack O'Neill "Sir, we can't call it the Enterprise!"

The Other Guys

Following the exploits of two well meaning but hapless scientists caught up in a covert SG-1 mission, this episode features Star Trek: Enterprise's John Billingsley (Doctor Phlox) as one of these scientists who happens to be serious Trekker. The opportunity is taken to fill the episode with numerous Trek jibes, including a reference to the original series' "disposable" security officers in red shirts. This is punctuated by the prompt death of the only character in the episode to wear red. This same scene features a Klingon bat'leth sword hanging on a wall in the background.

Redemption Part 1

When conducting preflight checks on the X302 prototype, O'Neill includes "phasers" in the checklist

Ripple Effect

After being taken hostage by an SG-1 team from an alternate universe, Col. Mitchell notes that their captors must not be from the evil universe, as they have no beards. This is a reference to Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Mirror, Mirror".

Stargate Atlantis

Poisoning the Well

McKay: He just doesn't like going through the Stargate.

Sheppard: He's worse than Doctor McCoy.

Teyla: Who?

Sheppard: TV character which Dr. Beckett plays in real life.

The Storm/The Eye

Beckett: "I'm a medical doctor, not a bloody fighter pilot!" and similar lines (referring to Leonard McCoy's "I'm a doctor, not a....") when asked to pilot a Puddle Jumper and do other tasks.

The Defiant One

Sheppard: "Alright-lets remember where we parked." (after activating the Puddle Jumper's cloak; in reference to Kirk's "Okay, everybody remember where we parked" in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)

Dr. McKay: "Who are you, Captain Kirk?" (To Major Sheppard when he makes a possessive remark about his puddlejumper.)

Sanctuary

Dr. McKay: "The Captain Kirk routine." (To Major Sheppard when he starts a romantic relationship with an offworlder.)

Dr. McKay: "Oh my god; he is Kirk."

Inferno

Having discovered an Ancient warship, Dr McKay says he has the perfect name for it, to which Sheppard says "we are not calling it the Enterprise!"

That '70s Show

5:15

When Brooke asks Kelso if he has read the Dr. Spock book she gave him, he replies "No, I kind of lost interest when I realized it wasn't about Star Trek." (Note, that this may be a nod to a similar gag in an episode of "Welcome Back, Kotter.")

Teen Titans

Fear Itself

The Teen Titans fight Control Freak at a video rental store where he rampages on account of Warp Trek V (which allegedly 'reunited the entire original cast of the classic TV show') not being on the favorite rentals list. Control Freak calls the girl in the store a Tribble and several sound effects from Star Trek: The Original Series are used.

The Dead Zone

Precipitate

Johnny Smith asks a clerk in a book store to wrap up ten copies of a book for him to pick up later. When the manager asks what book it was, the clerk holds up the novel version of Star Trek: Insurrection. The manager exclaims "Finally! I thought we'd never move those." This is probably an inside joke as Michael Piller – the executive producer of The Dead Zone – was the story and screenplay writer on Insurrection.

The Muppet Show

Pigs in Space

Miss Piggy, and some other cast members including Captain Link Hogthrob and Dr. Julius Strangepork travel through the galaxy in the starship Swinetrek. Enjoyed a brief comeback as Pigs in Space: Deep Dish Nine! The Next Generation of Pigs...in Space.

"Tune in next week for another adventure of PIIIIIIGS IN SPAAAAAACE!"

The Office

Episode Three

David Brent recalls a previous quiz night, where he had to go home and get a book to prove that Spock was half-Vulcan and not a full Vulcan.

The Simpsons

Main article: References to Star Trek in The Simpsons.

Welcome Back, Kotter

Either just before, or just after Julie gives birth to twins, Barbarino notices a book about infant care. Julie simply says that it's "Dr. Spock," and Barbarino replies that he likes Star Trek, too.

The West Wing

Arctic Radar

Janice Trumbull, a temp at the white house is a Star Trek fan and wears a communicator badge in the office. When asked to remove the badge she causes something of a fuss. In one scene Josh Lyman sits down and discusses the matter with her:

Josh: I'm a fan. I'm a sports fan, I'm a music fan and I'm a Star Trek fan, all of them. But here's what I don't do – tell me if any of this sounds familiar. Let's list our ten favorite episodes. Let's list our least favorite episodes. Let's list our favorite galaxies. Let's make a chart to see how often our favorite galaxies appear in our favorite episodes. What Romulan would you most like to see coupled with a Cardassian, and why. Let's spend a weekend talking about Romulans falling in love with Cardassians, and then – let's do it again. That's not being a fan. That's having a fetish. And I don't have a problem with that, except you can't bring your hobbies into work. OK?

Janice: Got it.

Josh: Except on Star Trek holidays.

Janice: There's no such thing as a Star Trek holiday.

Josh: Well work hard around here – we'll make one.

The X-Files

4-D

Reyes offers the theory that Doggett is a doppelganger of the original Doggett, to which he replies "Too much Star Trek."

Tiny Toons

As with the Animaniacs, space sketches referring to Star Trek were inevitable for Tiny Toons, who especially seemed fond of Tricorders and Spock.

Cinemaniacs

This episode featured a full sketch called "DUCK TREK" (rendered in an imitation of the Star Trek font).

"Space, the big parking garage. These are the voyages of the Starship Acme. Its six minute mission...to boldly go where no duck has gone before!"

In it, Spork (Hamton), Doctor Fur (Furball) and the crew voyage to the planet Follicle to get a new toupe for dramatic, pauseful-speech-laden Jim (Plucky).

Upon being attacked by the red furry monster from old Looney Toons fame, Doctor Fur (Furball) says "Darn it Jim, I'm a doctor, not a barber!"

Transformers

Return of Optimus Prime

When lifting Optimus Prime's dead body onto an operating table, Wreck-Gar says "Darnit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a forklift". When asked about Optimus's condition, he says "His engines, they cannae take the strain" and "He's dead, Jim".

Will & Grace

My Best Friend's Tush

Grace meets a famous designer in a restaurant. Not knowing how to act or what to say, she blurts out "Oh my God, I'm like one of those losers when they meet William Shatner at a Trekkie convention."

Field of Queens

Will and Jack decide to join a gay football team and are at the first training when the team captain approaches them:

Captain: Are you the new guys?

Jack: Yeah, Hi! I'm Jack, that's Will.

Captain: I'm Kirk, the captain.

Will: Oh, so you're... Captain Kirk? (laughs)

Captain: Right.

Will: Who do we play first, the Romulans or the Klingons? (parodying Shatner's speech and body language)

The captain stares blankly at Will and then goes on to speak to the team.

Music

99 Red Balloons

Both the German original and the English translation of the 1984 international hit by Nena, 99 Luftballons, compare fighter pilots to Captain Kirk.

Banditos

The Refreshments' 1996 single Banditos describes how the singer and another person will attempt a daring bank robbery. To escape from the law he proposes they enter Mexico using an I.D. card stating he is "Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the United Federation of Planets" as the border guard "won't speak English anyway".

Boat Drinks

In his 1979 song "Boat Drinks" Jimmy Buffett asks Mr. Scott to beam him somewhere "where the pace of life's slow."

Californication

A line in the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 2000 single Californication goes: Space may be the final frontier but it's made in a Hollywood basement.

Ch-Check It Out

The Beastie Boys' 2004 video for their song Ch-Check It Out features, among other things, members of the band wearing TOS uniforms while transporting, fighting in the same fashion as the episode Amok Time, using phasers, and playing basketball. The song's lyrics also reference trekkies and klingons. The video has lengthy credits at the end, which include a number of people who are not actually present in the video, starting with several TOS cast members.

Grade 9

The Barenaked Ladies song "Grade 9" contains the following lyric: I guess I should've studied instead of watching Wrath of Khan.

Nerf Herder

Nerf Herder created a song called "Mr. Spock," with an accompanying video. Its lyrics, and the video itself, contain a number of Star Trek references. The band's own name is a Star Wars reference.

No Kill I

No Kill I is a Sacramento-based, Trek-themed punk rock band. They perform in full Trek regalia, including a bass-playing mugato. Named after the famous pleading of the horta in the episode "Devil in the Dark".

Orbital

Orbital's "The Moebius" contains speech clips from the TNG episode "Time Squared"

The Rejecters

A song by punk rock band The Rejecters called "Seven of Nine," in which the singer proclaims his adoration for the Star Trek: Voyager character, appears on the independently released conservative punk rock compilation album, Crush Kerry: Volume One.

Rigel 7

Rigel 7 is a Trek-themed techno band based in Nevada.

Screeching Weasel

Screeching Weasel, a former Chicago based punk rock band, had a title called "Phasers on kill" on their album Bark like a dog. Basic storyline of the song is that Kirk's crew lands in his house and hangs around trying to get back, but actually it's a lovesong.

Spizz Energi

Spizz Energi, a British punk rock band, recorded a single in 1980 entitled "Where's Captain Kirk?"

Spock's Beard

The progressive rock band Spock's Beard derives its name from a suggestion by guitarist Alan Morse that their music sounds like it is something that would be played in an alternate universe, like the one where "Spock had a beard".

S.P.O.C.K

Much of the music of the Swedish synthpop band S.P.O.C.K is about Star Trek. One of their albums is named "Five Year Mission" and among their songs are "Never trust a klingon", "Dr McCoy" and "Neutral zone". On album covers and in live performances they often wear costumes from Star Trek: The Original Series.

Star Trekkin'

A 1987 UK number one hit single for The Firm. The song and accompanying claymation video are parodies of the original series, each verse supposedly performed by a different character, all of whom are introduced by name. The song was written by John O'Connor and Graham Lister.

Numerous parodies of the song by various fans have also been written about the characters from the four spinoff series as well.

T'Pau

The late-1980s English rock group T'Pau took their name from the Star Trek character T'Pau, a Vulcan.

Voltaire

Voltaire released an album called Banned On Vulcan which featured the songs:

1. Worf's Revenge (Klingon Rap)
2. The U.S.S. Make-Shit-Up
3. The Sexy Data Tango
4. Screw the Okampa (I wanna go home!)

Downloads are available from his website. http://www.voltaire.net

What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)

The 1988 hit "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)" by Information Society features a voice sample spoken by Mr. Spock from the episode "Errand of Mercy" saying "pure energy".

Novels

Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said

Philip K. Dick's novel Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said portrays a dystopian Earth, where a "Second Civil War" has placed the United States under a police state regime—a far cry from the optimistic future Star Trek portrays. With bleak irony, the characters describe swashbuckling science fiction films as "Captain Kirks".

3001: The Final Odyssey

In the fourth part of Arthur C. Clarke's "Space Odyssey" novels astronaut Frank Poole is revealed to be a Star Trek-fan, once cowardly asking autographs from Leonard Nimoy and Patrick Stewart as a child. (This could be an in-joke reference to the fact that Gary Lockwood who portrayed Poole in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) also played Lt. Commander Gary Mitchell in "Where No Man Has Gone Before", the second pilot of Star Trek: TOS.)

Comics

Mad Magazine: Star Blecch

In issue #115 of Mad Magazine published in December of 1967 there was a strip by the name of Star Blecch, a parody of Star Trek in which the main characters flying the good ship "Booby-Prize" are called "Kook" and "Spook". A colorized version of the strip is now available online.

In the 1970s, after the original series had ceased production but before the first film was produced, Mad ruminated on the possibility of a reunion special, making use of various popular songs set to new lyrics. The actors were depicted as somewhat older, including an overweight James Doohan. Mad also ran parodies of each of the Star Trek films as they were released, as they do for most major motion pictures.

They also ran Star Blecch: The Next Degradation when Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered in the US. This featured "Captain Jean-Fluke Retard" encountering Khan and pointing out that wrath isn't allowed in the new lovey-dovey 24th Century.

Bloom County

In Bloom County, Opus, Cutter John, Portnoy and HodgePodge pretended they were Star Trek characters, calling their "ship" (Cutter John's wheelchair) the "StarChair Enterpoop."

Computer games

Elite

This early space trading game included small furry creatures which only ate and bred, and could decimate a cargo. In the interests of copyright, two letters were changed, to call them "trumbles".

Duke Nukem 3D

In level 3 ("Warp Factor") of episode 2 ("Lunar Apocalypse"), there's a hidden room which looks like the bridge of starship Enterprise. If Duke passes the door where he needs the yellow access card, then moves up the moving hallway, after that turns right and opens a semi-hidden door at the wall (the door is brighter than the surrounding wall) and shoots the button he then sees in the small room, he has to quickly turn around and run around a corner to find a that a pillar has been lowered. Behind the pillar he finds an elevator resembling a turbolift which leads to the room.

The top-down map of this same stage resembles the USS Enterprise a lot...

StarCraft: Brood War

Vice Admiral Stukov has a space burial similar to Spock's space burial in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Also, when you move the Terran unit "Battlecruiser" around you can hear the unit respond "Make it so" and "Engage", both used by Jean-Luc Picard in ST:TNG

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

At one point in the game, HK-47 says "I'm an assassination droid, not a dictionary!", an obvious reference to Dr. McCoy's line "I'm a doctor, not a [Insert Profession Here]".

One of the sidequests a player character can complete is called "The Trouble With Gizka," referring to the episode "The Trouble with Tribbles." Gizka are small creatures that reproduce quickly and exponentially.

Master Of Orion

Master Of Orion features many technologies in the game that are similar to Star Trek technologies.

Warcraft II

The cheat code for speedy constructing is "Make It So", Picard's catchphrase

Web

Google

Google has translated their search service into the Klingon language: Google tlhIngan Hol.

Web comics

The Sev Wide Web includes Sev Trek, a Star Trek parody web comic.

General Protection Fault

A visitor from an alternate universe describes that the counterpart to Nick is a fascist oppressive regime. Fooker says, "If he doesn't have a goatee, I'll be sorely disappointed." [3]

Real-life Organizations

The Planetary Society

The Planetary Society has the vision to "explore new worlds to seek out life on other worlds", which is being portrayed in Star Trek.

Star Trek itself

In the eighth Star Trek movie, Star Trek: First Contact, when the crew of the USS Enterprise-E meet Zefram Cochrane, Cochrane says "So you're all astronauts... on some kind of star trek?". This is the first time the words "star trek" were spoken on the show or the movies, although Q uses the phrase "trek through the stars" in the ST:TNG episode "All Good Things...". Both First Contact and "All Good Things..." were written by Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore.

See also

• References to Star Trek in Futurama
• References to Star Trek in South Park
• References to Star Trek in The Simpsons
• References in Star Trek

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