References to Star Trek Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Since its original airing in 1966, Star Trek with spin-off series and movies has become part of (Western) pop culture. Highly recognizabile, 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.In order to keep the this article reasonable small, large sections have been given articles of their own. Specifically, these are Futurama, South Park and The Simpsons.
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Apart from sometimes giving away plot details, the descriptions may also spoil the fun of discovering the references for oneself.
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.
Comic books
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, which is of course a parody of Star Trek. A colorized version of the strip is now available online.
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".
Movies
Chicken Run
One of the chickens, Mac, bears an astonishing (and obviously intentional) reference to the Star Trek character Scotty.Free Enterprise
Far too many to list.Galaxy Quest
This entire movie is a parody of/tribute to the Star Trek franchise.Ice Age
About half way through this 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.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 .Monsters, Inc
The movie opens with a simulation sequence – a spoof of which begins with the Kobayashi Maru training scenario.The Cable Guy
Toy Story
Toy Story 2
As Buzz Lightyear says farewell to the newer model Buzz he gives the vulcan salute.Television series
Dilbert
The Competition
The doors at the Nirvana company are very similar in appearance and sound to the doors on .Testing
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 Vulcan among the regulars in .The Gift
Dilbert is woken up by a Seven of Nine alarm clock with the voice of Jeri Ryan:
Cheers
Woody Boyd's middle name is Tiberius, as was Captain Kirk's.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.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.Family Guy
I Never Met the Dead Man
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 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 a short monologue he shouts "KHAAAN!" at the top of his lungs, a reference to .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 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".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 for Noel, Frasier gives him the wig Joan Collans 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:
Full House
Star Trek Wedding
This is a segment of the episode Taking the Plunge where 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:
Futurama
Main article: References to Star Trek in Futurama.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'.Red Dwarf
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.
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 . 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.Seinfeld
The Foundation
In the beginning of the episode, George and Jerry talk about . George's old fiance Susan has died, and Jerry tells her parents that "her death takes shadow in place of 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.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 which premiered 1996-11-22 in the US.Stargate SG-1
Children of the Gods
After arriving on Abydos one of the soldiers 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.Prometheus
While discussing what to name the X-303 projects lead ship, Carter says to O'Neill "No, sir, you can't call it the Enterprise".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 are used.The Dead Zone
Precipitate
In a book store, Johnny Smith asks a clerk to wrap up ten copies of a book for him to pick up later. When asked by the manager what book it was, the clerk holds up the novel version of . The manager exclaims "Finally! I thought we'd never move those." This is probably some sort of inside joke, since Michael Piller – the executive producer of The Dead Zone – was the story and screenplay writer on Insurrection.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.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:
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."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:
Music Videos
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 uniforms while transporting, fighting, 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.