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Star Trek references in the World of Warcraft

Wait, what? Star Trek is now cool you say? What is my nerdy self going to cling to? What's going to make a geek above other geeks as I recite the Klingon alphabet backwards in the Qo'noS dialect? Oh wait, there's WoW ! And what's more geeky than taking a look at all the Star Trek references in the game? Well, the answer is not much. But that's okay, because it's geek-chic, or whatever those babbling idiots on What Not To Wear say. So take a look my geeky bretheren, all the Star Trek references in the World of Warcraft after thy break.

Side note: Everyone on the day-to-day staff had seen Star Trek by Friday evening except Alex. Is this the worst or the worsest thing that has ever happened on WoW Insider?

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Like any good geek, I’m fully versed in the world of science fiction. From endlessly rewatching all six Star Wars films (yes, even the prequels) to constantly referencing incredibly obscure lines from the Star Trek series (“There are four lights!”) elements of various sci fi films and television shows inevitably find their way into my daily conversations.

Over at Blizzard, the designers behind World of Warcraft are huge nerds as well, and it shows. It seems I can’t spend any time at all in the world of Azeroth without running into some science fiction reference that makes me laugh when I spot it.

In the interest of perpetuating the tenets of nerd-ism, I present some of my favorite science fiction references within the World of Warcraft.

Of course the holy grail of science fiction is George Lucas’ epic series. It’s obvious that the people at Blizzard are as avidly devoted to the Star Wars series as I am, judging by the obscurity of some of the Star Wars references they manage to work into the game.

Fans of Episode I will find quite a few recognizable elements at the Mirage Raceway in Shimmering Flats, Thousand Needles. Here, a team of goblin engineers is constantly trying to perfect their drag racer while competing against a team of equally-dedicated gnome engineers. Occasionally, vehicles built by each of the two teams will square off in a drag race.

Each race is announced by a two-headed ogre named Fobeed. In the famous pod racing scene in Episode I, the action is called by an alien with two heads named Fode and Beed.

Fobeed is not the only reference to the Tatooine pod race in The Phantom Menace to be found nearby. The goblin drag racer, a small chassis attached by cables to a pair of rocket engines, bears an uncanny resemblance to the racer built and piloted by young Anakin Skywalker in the movie.

In the Outland zone known as Blade’s Edge Mountains lies one of the most obscure Star Wars references to be found anywhere in World of Warcraft. I’m willing to bet that most WoW players don’t know that the settlement known as Toshley’s Station is a nod to a throw away line delivered by Luke Skywalker in Episode IV, A New Hope. Uncle Owen asks Luke to perform some work on his recently-purchased droids, to which Luke replies: “But I was going into Tosche Station to pick up

some power converters.”

The obscure reference goes even further when players speak to a male gnome named Toshley found at the station. He offers the quest entitled “Picking up some power converters.”

Further References to Star Wars

Other notable Star Wars references include: a pilot in the Military Wing of Ironforge named Xiggs Fuselighter, a reference to Luke’s buddy Biggs Darklighter from A New Hope, an NPC at Kessel’s Crossing in Bloodmyst Isle named Kessel who gives you a quest entitled “The Kessel Run,” a reference to Han Solo’s boast that the Millenium Falcon made the Kessel Run in “less than 12 parsecs,” and R3P0, a robot near Toshley’s Station whose name is an amalgam of the two most famous droids from Star Wars, C-3P0 and R2-D2.

Star Trek is another juggernaut of the science fiction world, and numerous references to it exist in Azeroth, as well. One of my favorites is found in Gadgetzan, Booty Bay, and Gnomeregan. Giant transporters are tended by familiar-looking characters with equally familiar-sounding names.

A gnome named Jhordy Lapforge mans the transporter in Gadgetzan. Jhordy’s outfit and glowing eye protection are clearly designed to emulate the similarly-named chief engineer of the Enterprise-D, Geordi Laforge.

Likewise, the Booty Bay teleporter is watched over by a goblin named Scooty, an obvious reference to the chief engineer on the original series, Montgomery “Scotty” Scott.

One more transporter is found just inside the entrance to the former gnome capital of Gnomeregan. Nearby, players will find a goblin named Sprock whose faction tag reads “The Away Team.” Sprock wears a blue shirt and with his long pointy ears vaguely resembles the Vulcan science officer from the original Star Trek series, Spock.

Firefly/Serenity

The Master Engineering Trainer at Telredor in Zangarmarsh is a female gnome named K. Lee Smallfry. She is an obvious reference to the mechanic aboard Serenity named Kaylee Fry.

A semi-obscure Firefly reference shows up only during the Brewfest Holiday event. Players can purchase a beverage called “Mudder’s Milk,” which is a reference to the Firefly episode “Jaynestown.”

Battlestar Galactica

Perhaps the coolest flight master in the game resides at Fizzzcrank Airstrip in the Borean Tundra zone. Her name is Kara Thricestar, and she is a reference to the Battlestar Galactica character Kara “Starbuck” Thrace.

These are but a few of the numerous references to sci-fi television shows and movies to be found in WoW. Its little touches like these that really illustrate the personal commitment the developers at Blizzard have for the game. It’s obvious that they pour much of themselves into the game , and these little touches really make the game that much more appealing to gigantic nerds like myself.

This post is part of the series: WoW Pop Culture References

A collection of articles noting some of World of Warcraft’s references to pop culture.

• Pop Culture References in World of Warcraft (WoW): Science Fiction
• Pop Culture References in World of Warcraft (WoW)

💥 -All Overwatch Unlock References and Easter Eggs- WIP

DISCLAIMER: Currently A Work in Progress

It still shocks me how many references go unnoticed by a lot of players I come across. So I wanna compile them all so that no reference goes unknown.

I’m going to try and document each individual reference that I recognize, but admittedly my basis for such is pretty limited. References can either come from TV, movies, video games, books, comics, music, memes online, and even from in game. There’s a lot to process so I want to make this a community effort. If I have mistaken a reference or easter egg for something else or have missed some, or want to add your own, feel free to chip in. I’ll be happy to give credit where credit is due.

Side note, the focus here is to document the references of the unlockable items from loot boxes, while there are many more references found in game through scripted dialogue, character interactions, maps, and other things I do want to get through the cataloged stuff first. But after that’s done, I’ll be happy to add the other references mentioned here as well! So keep the references, Easter Eggs, and other bits coming!

Other Side note, in an effort to stop potential plagiarism and such, I do ask that if you received your info through a source such as a Wiki, YouTuber or something similar to please acknowledge that. Realistically, this is more of a contribution type project, and a lot of these references are common knowledge so those who contribute are simply helping to fill in the blanks, not actually claiming to be the original person to find the reference, not required to do so of course, but if you feel the need to it would be nice!

Let’s do this!

Lexicon: - Movie Reference - TV Show Reference - Video Game Reference - Book Reference - Comic Book Reference - Music Reference - Dance Reference - Picture Reference - Sports Reference - Toy/Board Game Reference - Meme/Online Video Reference - In Game Easter Egg - Overwatch Lore Reference Bolded - Hero Name Italicized - Category/Reference Origin Title ( ) - Needs Origin Reference or Verification

Voice Lines

• Bunny Hop - reference to in game movement of jumping in rhythm to boost speed
• ;)- wink emoticon reference
• AFK - Away From Keyboard
• GG! - Good Game
• Lol - Laugh Out Loud

Sprays Salt - reference to anger derived from gameplay in games

• Punch? - Punch kid reference
• Move List - Fighting game control order reference

• Van Helsing - Van Helsing , Monster Hunter from various Movies, Shows and Books

Victory Poses

• Over the Shoulder -

Highlight Intros

• Ornament - interestingly enough, Pharah had same headgear on as the Asp skin that released a year later

More Heroes to Come! Stay Tuned!

Update Log:

6/22/18: Added first row of Heroes and all references and assumed references I recognized Added Lexicon to signify where reference came from Fixes/Changes needed Emoji categories added after my initial documentation of references, need to update lists Reference descriptions need to be cleaned up a bit

6/22/18 (2) Added Mei, Mercy, Moira, Orisa, and Pharah Updated original list with reference included by contributors ( Toridadog, Wulfyk, Eloydin, Nibelung : Thanks for the help!) Fixes/Changes needed Need to go back and add easter egg sprays from original list Need to add more heroes Need to clean up list a little bit to be more uniform

6/23/18 Added two disclaimers to the post Working on compiling the next 5 heroes (Reaper, Reinhardt, Roadhog, Soldier, and Sombra)

Brigitte’s dance is the official dance of the Swedish handball team

Ana Voice line “You know nothing” is reference to “Game of Trones”.

Also Bastion sitting emote is refference to movie “Steel Gigant”

Doomfist dance is reference to “Guardians of Galaxy vol.2” Groot dance.

Genjis “You are only human.” also references Agent Smith from the Matrix.

Bastion 2nd anniversary voiceline is “Ex-ter-minate”, commonly used by Dr. Who enemies, the Daleks.

Thanks for the corrections, references and responses. I’ll have these updated with credit as soon as I can get to my computer.

Also even if a hero isn’t listed, don’t be afraid to post references for them. I’ll have the list updated soon and add the references for the missing heroes then.

Oh man good luck actually finishing this list but good work nonetheless!!!

Did you just say “Steel Giant”… It’s “The Iron Giant”

Lmao noticed that too. Updated with the actual title.

Thanks for the help so far, updated with with Mei, Mercy, Moira, Orisa, and Pharah as well as references, corrections and responses included here. Credit has been added as well!

Keep it up guys!

D.va - “Time to raise my APM.”

Reference to StarCraft (retconned rip), where APM is how many A ctions you could P erform in a M inute. The higher it was the more optimally you were playing.

Wow great work,side note: there is a really good video by Hammeh , a YouTuber who made a video dating the Origin of the dances. Also,Moira’s dance is from the meme of “Goth’s dancing under bridges” listening to Music,however there is one specific video showing someone doing the exact same dance. I dunno if you’ll include these,but you are doing a great job so far! Keep it up.

Actually a television reference to Family Guy, from which the meme sprang. Was said by Cleveland first.

isnt Winston “dont get me angry” voice line a reference to the incredible hulk saying “you wont like me when I’m angry” quote.

My bad. I didnt saw that movie in loooong time.

I’ll definitely get to Winston eventually and credit you for it, and I’ll look into the “boom goes the dynamite” origins to make sure.

Edit: Boom Goes the Dynamite was actually broadcast first and them memed in 2005, Family Guy/Cleveland Show picked it up after I’m afraid.

As for them Hammeh’s dance references I’ll fill in the blanks and naturally credit him as well.

Symmetras voice line the treat is a lie is a reference to portal

I’ll throw in some things I’ve noticed that aren’t on the list at the time of this typing.

I’m currently out of time, but later on I might return to add some for heroes not currently listed.

Dva’s maximum apm (if she is eating 5 whole hogs+5 more whole hogs being deflected) is approximately 87500, as she shoots down each pellet separately. The current highest apm irl is 818.

Some Dva trivia from the overwatch wiki

The name of Hero of my Storm, the movie D.Va starred in, is a reference to Heroes of the Storm, another game by Blizzard.

If you convert the view count at the bottom of the holographic screen during D.Va’s “Game On” emote to letters, it spells out “Kappa123” in reference to a commonly spammed phrase on twitch

D.Va’s “Taegukgi” skin, both MEKA and battle suit, resembles Neon Genesis Evangelion’s Unit-00 and plugsuit respectively.

D.Va’s bunny symbol that decorates her outfit and can be seen in her sprays could be a reference to the movie Sucker Punch. A mech featured in the movie is painted with a bunny symbol that closely resembles the one found in the game. Additionally, the main protagonist in the movie uses a handgun with a bunny charm similar to D.Va’s.

D.Va’s Epic White Rabbit skin may be a reference to the PlayStation game Jumping Flash!, in which the player controls a white mech called Robbit with the ability to jump great heights

D.Va’s voice line “A New Challenger” (“Here comes a new challenger!”) is likely a reference to fighting games which often use similar lines when a second player joins an existing game. The Street Fighter 2 series explicitly says “Here comes a new challenger!”.

The Top-down shooter D.Va is playing in her game on emote appears to be “The Lost Vikings”, a game playable on the Arcade machine in the cantina of the Hyperion in the campaign of “Starcraft II Wings of Liberty” that is in turn a reference to the old Blizzard game of the same name.

Talk about severe carpal tunnel >_> how can she even take selfies???

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World of Warcraft STXI Reference!!

Discussion in ' Star Trek Movies: Kelvin Universe ' started by teacake , Jun 6, 2009 .

teacake Fleet Admiral Admiral

YESSS... there's been a new patch in World of Warcraft and Star Trek gets another reference!! The captain on the zeppelin from Orgrimmar to Undercity now says as the ship leaves.. "Punch it"  

-Brett- Vice Admiral Admiral

Kind of an obscure reference. Haven't lots of action heroes used that phrase? Any WoW players been to Booty Bay lately? Does chief engineer Scooty have a pet now?  

Since this has just been included in the most recent patch following the film and since WoW does have a history of Trek references I think it's a fair conclusion that this is a Trek reference.  

Roshi Admiral Admiral

Don't forget the quest called "Trelane's Defenses", the Gadgetzan character named Jhordy Lapforge...  

An Officer Vice Admiral Admiral

Trek is taking over. Word. *Fingers sign*  

Phily B Commodore Commodore

Warcraft is full of references, so it doesn't surprise me. The Draenai in WoW seemed exactly like the Minbari from B5 to me - right down to their leader being called Vallen.  

The most awesome Trek ref IMHO is the 5 Draenei NPC's who wander around the Exodar as a group. They are named Tobin, Emony, Audrid, Torias, and Curzon.  

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Star Trek parodies and pop culture references

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In 2018 , UK pet insurer Animal Friends released a thirty-second animated television advertisement promoting their insurance policies, during which a number of talking cats and dogs are floating in space dressed in spacesuits while tethered to a dog bone-shaped spaceship named "S.S. Enterpaws ". [1] [2]

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A 2024 ad featured Bell's TV service as travelling at the speed of light in a ship resembling a Starfleet ship, with their adversaries only able to muster the much slower "cable speed".

Possibly the earliest Star Trek -themed commercial ever, Procter & Gamble released a television ad for their laundry detergent Cheer in 1969 , depicting an alien character, resembling Spock and wearing a costume similar to an original Klingon uniform, beaming into an average American home. He shows a young mother how to clean her children's clothes perfectly by using Cheer, then beams away. The ad features Gerald Fried 's fight theme from " Amok Time ", as well as the turbolift , transporter , and red alert sound effects from Star Trek: The Original Series , and a soundbite of Spock taken from " Space Seed ", claiming that " Superior ability breeds superior ambition ". [3]

Cheerios [ ]

In 1987 , Cheerios cereals released a television ad as part of a promotional campaign in which contestants could win a walk-on part on the new Star Trek: The Next Generation series. The ad depicted a child walking in to the bridge of the Enterprise -D and sitting down to the operations station, taking out the ship to warp . [4] The ad was filmed on 21 August 1987 on the bridge set at Paramount Stage 6 . [5]

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Popcorn bags are decorated with famous movie quotes, including " Resistance is futile " and " KHAAAAAAAN! ".

Commodore [ ]

In 1982 , William Shatner appeared in a commercial for the Commodore VIC-20 computer, in which he beams into the scene reminiscent of the transporter . [6]

DirecTV [ ]

In 2006 , broadcast satellite service company DirecTV released a television ad starring William Shatner , recreating his role from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , intercut with actual scenes from the movie. Shatner – as Kirk – claims that such a "big screen TV" like the main viewscreen of the Enterprise deserves true HD quality broadcast, and settling for cable would be "illogical". To Spock's curious look, he asks, " Can't I use that line? " [7]

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For their Winter 2017 campaign, Italian luxury fashion company Gucci released an online video ad heavily inspired by 1960s science fiction, including an emphasis on Star Trek: The Original Series . The ad featured a recreation of the Enterprise bridge and transporter room , as well as a scene filmed at Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park . Besides Star Trek , the ad also referenced Forbidden Planet , Lost in Space , and Space: 1999 . [8]

Heineken [ ]

In 1974 , Dutch beer company Heineken created a billboard ad depicting an illustrated version of Spock drinking a glass of Heineken, which revives his drooping ears, turning them back to pointing upwards. The last of the three comic blocks adds the caption "Illogical", complete with the slogan "Heineken refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach".

The concept was the brainchild of copywriter Tony Brignull, who originally wanted to photograph Leonard Nimoy for the ad, but eventually, when they couldn't locate Nimoy, they decided to create an illustration instead. Nimoy himself didn't even know about the existence of the ad until Henry Fonda asked him during a dinner, how much did they pay him for it. Nimoy, furious that Paramount Pictures didn't pay any royalties to him for his likeness, sued the studio, and later used this matter as a bargaining position during contract negotiations for Star Trek: The Motion Picture . Nimoy agreed to look at the script if the case was settled, and an hour after receiving the check, the script arrived to his house. [9] [10]

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In 2016, HPE made a commercial themed to Star Trek Beyond . [11]

A 2012 Ikea commercial depicts a customer who believes she's semi-shoplifting when she checks her receipt and sees the low sale prices she's been charged. Music from TOS : " Amok Time " is used for her mad dash to her "getaway car".

In 2006 , Kentucky Fried Chicken released a television ad recreating Star Trek: The Original Series via a combination of live actors and CGI. In the ad, the Enterprise bumps into a KFC restaurant in space, and Captain Kirk orders a redshirt crewmember to beam down and bring food to the crew. [12]

McDonalds [ ]

To advertise the new Yakki burger, McDonalds Japan created a 4D Star Trek parody in which "Spock", "Uhura", and "Kirk" discover a planet made up of the burger. [13]

In the early 1990s, the MCI Inc. telecommunications company released a television ad featuring the entire main cast of Star Trek: The Original Series , along with Jonathan Frakes , connected to each other on phone by creating a "family phone circle" offered by MCI. [14]

Oldsmobile [ ]

In 1989 , Oldsmobile released a television commercial featuring Melanie Shatner and her father, William Shatner . Melanie says her father drives a starship , so it's natural for her to drive "something space age", adding that the new Oldsmobile Cutlass is "for the Next Generation ". Then, her father beams to the passenger seat, and the two embark on a – literally – stellar drive. [15]

In 1991 , Oldsmobile released another commercial, this time with Leonard Nimoy and his daughter, Julie Nimoy. Julie is driving through a futuristic landscape in an Oldsmobile convertible, while Nimoy beams in, and then beams out of the passenger seat. [16] Future popular comic book artist Alex Ross drew a pitch sketch of both Nimoys in Vulcan makeup, but feared doing this would make Leonard reconsider.

Pizza Hut [ ]

In the early 1990s , Pizza Hut released a television commercial featuring a group of Klingons from a Bird-of-Prey transporting down to a Pizza Hut restaurant, wreaking havoc there, promoting a line of Star Trek: The Next Generation toys available to their menu. The commercial featured the name of the company in Klingonese as "Triqqa Pli'c". [17]

Powergen [ ]

During the early 1990s , UK power company Powergen released a Star Trek themed television ad promoting the sale of shares in the company. Actors William Shatner and James Doohan appeared as James T. Kirk and Montgomery Scott , respectively. The engineering and transporter room sets of the USS Enterprise -D were also used to represent the interior of the USS Enterprise -A . [18] [19] [20]

Samsung [ ]

In 2013, Samsung released a series of commercials to advertise their new Galaxy Gear wristwatch/phone device using clips from popular live-action shows, movies and cartoons such as Get Smart! , Dick Tracy , Predator and Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers . Both commercials show off the wrist communicator worn by Kirk in Star Trek: The Motion Picture with the first one using a clip from the movie.

Space Channel [ ]

In the early 2000s, Space Channel , which were broadcasting all (then) five live-action Star Trek series at the same time, made a television ad, depicting a man asking an elderly woman to sign his petition to stop the airing of "all this Star Trek ". The woman calls his son, who's dressed in full Klingon attire, and hearing what the man is petitioning for, knocks him out. Then, his mother, speaking to him in Klingonese , tells him to go to his quarters . [21]

Spence Diamonds [ ]

A radio spot makes reference to transporters and Star Trek .

SpongeBob SquarePants [ ]

There are 3 tracks in the show called "Star Trekkers 1" "Star Trekkers 2" and "Star Trekkers 3" composed by Steve Martson.

UPC Broadband [ ]

In 2007 , the Hungarian branch of UPC Broadband telecommunications company released a series of television and print ads starring popular comedian András Szőke as "Captain Szőke", dressed up to an uniform and hairstyle similar to Spock , coming up with different futuristic gadgets in each ad, which turn out to be completely useless and never function. [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]

VHS Wien [ ]

In 2015 , the Austrian language school, VHS Wien released a television ad featuring two Klingons riding a tram in Vienna. When an inspector approaches them to ask for their tickets, they laugh in her face and tell her to speak to them in Klingonese . However, as it turns out, she is fluent in their language and orders them to show her their tickets or get off. [27]

Walmart [ ]

The original USS Enterprise , as depicted in Star Trek: Discovery , appears for a few seconds in Walmart 's 2020 Superbowl ad titled "Famous Visitors". [28]

Western Airlines [ ]

In 1985 , Western Airlines released a television ad featuring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy traveling together on a plane, apparently on vacation. Nimoy tells Shatner that someone asked him why he's not driving the plane, to which he replied, " I'm not the captain ". Then, a stewardess rolls in a cake resembling a volcano, to which Nimoy asks " Why does that look familiar? " Shatner says " 'Cause we've been there ", apparently referring to the Genesis planet . [29]

In a longer version of the commercial – apparently intended for cross-promotion – Nimoy reveals to Shatner that they are, in fact, on their way to filming Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home in San Francisco . He also reveals that the film will include time travel , and that it will be released on Christmas 1986, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of Star Trek . He gives Shatner a copy of the script, Shatner then – via the intercom – orders the pilot to go to warp speed , because they need to hurry. [30]

Xfinity [ ]

In 2014 , Xfinity cable, internet and phone service company released an ad for the annual Superbowl , featuring Zachary Quinto as Spock and Anton Yelchin as Pavel Chekov , beaming down to an Xfinity office and fascinated by the hi-tech broadcast technology they find there. After realizing that they're "really in the future", they beam away, taking an entire desk full of mobile phones and accesBysories with them. [31]

Other ads [ ]

• Two commercials for the Samsung Galaxy Gear watch showed off various wrist-mounted devices from popular franchises, Star Trek one of them.
• A commercial for Kure 5-56 rustproofing spray uses images from Into Darkness . [32]
• In 2015, a print ad for the job search website Workopolis made use of Spock's image to make a point about including hobbies on your resume.
• In 2013, a television commercial advertising Twizzlers licorice by The Hershey Company utilized an image of the USS Enterprise made of licorice candy, to suggest that their product is a good movie snack. The commercial showed the Enterprise shooting photon torpedoes portrayed as strawberries. [33]
• In 2016 , a Superbowl ad for Mexican avocados featured Andorians among the aliens taking a tour of a museum. [34]

Conventions [ ]

Hick trek [ ].

Produced by ATOZ Films in the 1980s, this white-trash parody of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan played at conventions for years until a "Special Edition" version, with added effects, was released on video in 1999. In the film, the Redneck Federation Starship RSS Bovine battles spacefaring cats.

Internet [ ]

Video parodies and pop culture references that originated online. Web comics can be found under pictorial literature .

Achievement Hunter [ ]

Achievement Hunter , a part of the company Rooster Teeth , tends to do Let's Plays of various video games. One installment had two of their prominent members, Michael Jones and Ryan Haywood, play Bandai Namco 's Star Trek , getting confused as to who was playing who, and referring to themselves as "Spock-Kirk" and "Kirk-Spock". During the game, Ryan does question the game's lack of reasoning for seemingly constantly killing Vulcans left and right. Later installments have them mock the Gorn .

Another episode features Star Trek: Bridge Crew , bringing back Michael and Ryan alongside Jeremy Dooley and Achievement Hunter creator and Rooster Teeth co-creator Geoff Ramsay. They do this twice, once as advertising with Ubisoft and again on their own. During their second run, they end up participating in the Kobayashi Maru scenario and give their answer to it - rescuing as many people, fighting off the Klingons doing so, then warping out when their shields fall.

The Angry Video Game Nerd [ ]

In one of his online episodes, " The Nerd " reviews several Star Trek games. The episode opens with a parody of The Original Series intro with a Nintendo Entertainment System flying through space like the Enterprise and Alexander Courage 's theme played on electric guitar. The Nerd, dressed for the occasion, reviews Star Trek: The Motion Picture on the Vectrex Arcade System , Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator on the Atari 2600 and ColecoVision and Star Trek: 25th Anniversary on the NES. Features of the episode include the Nerd having a fight with a Klingon and meeting a Metron . As a reference to Project Genesis , the Nerd offered the Klingon a Sega Genesis.

Atop The Fourth Wall [ ]

Atop The Fourth Wall is a popular YouTube channel created by Lewis Lovhaug, who portrays Linkara, a comic book reviewer.

The series has reviewed numerous comic adaptations of the Star Trek movie series, many of the franchise’s iconic crossovers and even an issue of the Gold Key comic series.

When reviewing these comics, Linkara will usually don a Starfleet uniform to get into the mood. As well, whenever a length of time is devoted to Star Trek media, a unique opening plays that homages the intros from the late-90s Star Trek shows, featuring his ship, the Comicron-1 . He will also don Starfleet uniforms when reviewing these episodes.

Two of the series' running gags hail from the reviews of these comics: whenever the Marvel villain Kang the Conqueror is involved, he will reference Star Trek: The Next Generation - X-Men: Second Contact where the super villain grew to giant size to battle the USS Enterprise -E and mentions of presidential figures will lead to him referencing " The Legacy of Lazarus ", which introduced Anton York, who identified himself as the 45th President of the United States.

The Babylon Bee [ ]

The Baylon Bee is an online Christian news satire site.

The article "Church Installs Transporter To Teleport Worship Band Onto Stage During Closing Prayer" references Pavel Chekov 's line " I can do zat ", and the church's name is "Discovery" Church. The worship leader is called "James Archer".

Another article claims that Captain Picard was suspended from Twitter for saying he only sees four lights. [35] .

A November, 2021 article claims Anthony Fauci said " Individual Rights Are Not As Important As The Needs Of The Borg Collective " and depicts Fauci wearing Borg implants.

Coldmirror [ ]

In Part 5 of "Harry Potter und der geheime Pornokeller", a parodic synchro of the second Harry Potter film, the battle music from " Amok Time " is played in the background as the battle music of Gilderoy Lockhart. In addition to this, the sounds made by the wands of Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy are the sounds of phasers . In Part 9, the sound that can be heard in TOS when a door is opened, is played when opening the door to the Chamber of Secrets.

Her animated series StarStarSpace is a parody of mainly Star Trek and various other science-fiction franchises. Some of the Star Trek references include:

• One "Star" in the logo is from the logo of TOS , while the "Space" is from the logo of DS9 .
• The ship is called USS Ente (USS Duck ).
• The captain Captain Captenne Capitanöse is a parody of Captain Kathryn Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager combined with a character of an earlier animated parody series of Coldmirror called Japanoschlampen.
• The android A.R.S.C.H 9000 is a parody of various fictional robots like Marvin from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy , HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey and Data from TNG .
• The crew members in red shirts always die during missions and are just referred to as "ersetzbare Crewmitglieder" ("replaceble crew members"), obviously a parody of the redshirts .
• Two crew members in the background of "UnENTliche Weiten" remind of Mr. Spock and Jean-Luc Picard .
• The title of "Das fettste seiner Art" is a reference to "Das Letzte seiner Art", the German title of " The Man Trap ". The plot is also similar.
• In "01110111 01110100 01100110", you can see a device looking like a tricorder on the desk of Commander Dave.
• On the "Space Door" (a parody of Stargate ) in the episode "Das Sternentor" you can spot the logo of the USS Enterprise .
• The "Türklingonen" in "Fragen Sie Ihren Arsch oder Apotheker" are a parody of the Klingons .
• The computer of the USS Ente is said to receive updates from the Memory Gamma computer.
• In "Panik im Paradies" you can spot a poster at an advertising column saying "Darmok and the Jalads", a metaphor in the TNG episode " Darmok ".
• The episode "Fragwürdige Fragmente" includes a character called Lordie GaForge .
• In the episode "Sweet Streams", Captain Capitanöse says "Kurzzeitig hatte ich das Gefühl in der Wand da zu sein" ("Temporarily I felt like I was inside that wall"). This is a parody of a quote from Deanna Troi said in the TNG episode " The Schizoid Man ".

Confused Matthew [ ]

Confused Matthew is an online film review website (and YouTube channel), in which the titular owner reviews films he considers bad (films which make him "confused"). A self-proclaimed Star Trek fan, Matthew often deals with various incarnations of the franchise he considers the worst, especially Star Trek Generations , Star Trek , Star Trek Into Darkness , and Star Trek: Voyager . He also made a recap of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , which he gave a positive review.

Dragon Ball Z Abridged [ ]

Dragon Ball Z Abridged is a web series created by Team Four Star, using episodes from the popular Japanese anime action/adventure series Dragon Ball Z to create a humorous variation of the iconic series.

During the Namek Saga, the official language of the Namekian people is Klingonese . In one scene, Dende calls Frieza a petaQ , which the overlord doesn't realize that he was just called a "douche". Later on, Piccolo encounters the dying Nail, who talks to him in that language (also calling him a petaQ ), causing Piccolo to think he's been beaten so badly he can't speak straight.

Everything Wrong With... [ ]

A YouTube channel named CinemaSins [36] specializes in making videos concerning the listing of various inconsistencies in films, including continuity errors, mistakes in logic, lack of rational explanation, etc. Currently the channel features a video for Star Trek: The Motion Picture , Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , Star Trek III: The Search for Spock , Star Trek , Star Trek Into Darkness , and Star Trek Beyond .

• Everything Wrong with Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 16 Minutes or less  at YouTube
• Everything Wrong with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in 15 Minutes or less  at YouTube
• Everything Wrong with Star Trek III: The Search for Spock in 12 Minutes or less  at YouTube
• Everything Wrong with Star Trek in 5 Minutes or Less  at YouTube
• Everything Wrong with Star Trek Into Darkness in 7 Minutes or Less  at YouTube
• Everything Wrong with Star Trek Beyond in 17 Minutes or Less  at YouTube

Hitler Rants [ ]

The popular meme video featuring Adolf Hitler (played by Bruno Ganz ) from the 2004 German movie Der Untergang ( Downfall ), subtitled with humorous English text to create videos of him reacting with anger to various things, was used several occasions in connection with Star Trek . Videos of Hitler outraged by Star Trek , Star Trek Into Darkness , and Star Trek: Discovery exist, as well as two recuts in which Hitler (commanding the Enterprise ) fights Khan Noonien Singh on board the Reliant (from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ). There is another Hitler vs. Khan video titled "Star Reich: The Wrath of Hitler", and a sequel titled "Star Reich: The Return of the Borg".

Honest Trailers [ ]

The YouTube channel Screen Junkies [37] has a series of shorts called "Honest Trailers", cut together and narrated like true movie trailers, but depicting the subjected films in a satirical way. There is an "Honest Trailer" for Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness , as well as an "Honest TV Trailer" for Star Trek: The Next Generation .

How It Should Have Ended [ ]

How It Should Have Ended is a self-explanatory series of short animated film parodies. Both Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness have their own entries, and Benedict Cumberbatch 's version of Khan is a regular character in the Villain Pub sub-series.

The Nostalgia Critic [ ]

The Nostalgia Critic (also known as That Guy With the Glasses and Channel Awesome ) is a popular Youtube channel, created and run by Doug Walker, who usually reviews films as his "Nostalgia Critic" alter ego.

Walker called January 2012 Star Trek Month and reviewed all of the odd numbered films for the entire month.

" To Boldly Flee " was a special done to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the Nostalgia Critic. The special consists of parodies of various sci-fi franchises including Star Trek , Metal Gear , Star Wars , and Battlefield Earth.

The ending to Walker's review of Scooby-Doo: The Movie (featuring Frank Welker as the voice of Scooby-Doo) is a parody of the last scene of " All Good Things... ".

In the review of Scooby-Doo!: The Mystery Begins (featuring Daniel Riordan , and again, the voice of Frank Welker), Walker claims that slightly changing Scooby's " Right here " catchphrase is like if Spock would say, " Live Long and Succeed in Material Terms or Be Financially Successful ". He also does the Vulcan salute and an image of Spock from " Amok Time " is seen.

In the review of The Master of Disguise , which co-stars Brent Spiner as the film's main villain, Walker calls the character " Data " at one point, but then he corrects himself that " it's Evil Data, so Lore ". (The film also features Erick Avari in the cast.)

In his review of Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over , Walker plays Kirk's famous " Khaaaaan " yell when Ricardo Montalban (playing Grandpa) appears, and later mentions Montalban's "plastic chest" from The Wrath of Khan .

In his review of Fantastic Four (2005), Walker calls Jessica Alba 's character "Seven of Fine" at one point. In the same review, commenting on a scene, Walker says " I haven't seen a more inappropriate usage of underwear since Star Trek Into Darkness . "

In the review of Jaws: The Revenge (directed by Joseph Sargent ), a clip of Data from " Phantasms " can be briefly seen. A short clip of Data talking to Spot from " A Fistful of Datas " can be seen in Walker's review of Jurassic Park III (featuring Linda Park ).

In his review of Clockstoppers (directed by Jonathan Frakes and featuring Gina Hecht ), Walker says that the film was directed by " Will Riker himself", who was also the director of "easily the best Star Trek: Next Gen movie" ( Star Trek: First Contact ). Later, he comments the director's cameo in a scene, saying that Frakes is shaking his head, " Meh, I wanted some Borg eye gauging in this movie ", and a brief clip from First Contact is shown.

In the review of Small Soldiers (featuring Kirsten Dunst , Dick Miller , Robert Picardo , Frank Langella , Wendy Schaal , and Michael McKean , and a score by Jerry Goldsmith ), Walker comments on Picardo's appearance that he should just start every performance with " Please state the cinematic emergency ". Later in the review, a short clip from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan can be seen, with McCoy telling Spock , " You're not going in there ", which mirrors a line from the reviewed film.

In his review of Event Horizon (featuring Jason Isaacs ), Walker claims that "Star Trek had like five episodes where they hallucinated stuff and they always had a logical conclusion for it ", and an image from " Shore Leave " is shown. Later in the review, Walker says that the final fist fight between Laurence Fishburne and Sam Neill would be much funnier with Star Trek fight music, and he puts Gerald Fried 's "The Ancient Battle/2nd Kroykah" theme from " Amok Time " to accompany the scene.

In his review of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie , reacting to the name of the alien planet the Rangers visit, Walker says " Come on, you could find more convincing names in a Star Trek word jumble ".

In the review of Battlefield Earth , Walker calls the alien Psychlos " Klingon Jamaican Clowns".

In his review of Starship Troopers (featuring Dina Meyer , Clancy Brown , Brenda Strong , Julianna McCarthy , Bruce Gray , Christopher Curry , Brian Tochi , and a score by Basil Poledouris ), Walker comments on the military funeral of Dizzy Flores (Meyer) by paraphrasing Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan : " Of all the souls, I've ever encountered, she rocked the most in the sack ".

In the review of BloodRayne (starring Kristanna S. Loken ), Walker compares Michael Madsen 's acting to that of William Shatner , and a picture of Shatner from Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is shown.

In the review of Blade (featuring Judson Scott ), an image of Data from Star Trek Generations can be seen when the film's title character makes the same " Yess! Mmm! " gesture Data did when the Duras sisters' Bird-of-Prey was blown up.

In his review of Mission: Impossible II (co-written by Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga , photographed by Jeffrey L. Kimball , and featuring effects work by Richard Yuricich ), Walker edits some shots of Spock appearing in levitation boots at El Capitan from Star Trek V: The Final Frontier into the scene of Tom Cruise climbing a mountain. Later, he claims that the original Mission: Impossible series "had Spock in it", referring to Leonard Nimoy 's role as Paris on the show.

The Star Trek: The Original Series communicator sound effect can be heard in Walker's review of The Purge , when he looks into a security camera.

In the review of the animated film The Christmas Tree , Walker claims that a character came into a scene so quietly, like if she'd "just beamed herself into the room", and then the Star Trek: The Next Generation transporter sound effect is heard, accompanied by some light effects.

In the review of The Exorcist II: The Heretic (co-starring Louise Fletcher ), Walker says " Very well, set phasers to crisp ". Later in the review, commenting a scene, he says Regan ( Linda Blair ) is " doing a mind meld with [Fletcher's] goodies ".

In his review of The Search for Santa Paws (starring Richard Riehle , Diedrich Bader , and Bill Cobbs ), Walker claims that Disney's extensive " Air Bud cinematic universe" is "the Star Trek of epic puppy sagas".

In the review of Santa Clause 3: Escape Clause , which co-stars Michael Dorn as the Sandman, Walker comments " a bat'leth would've been lovingly welcomed " when the character magically puts people asleep, and an image of Dorn as Worf from TNG : " Birthright, Part II " can be seen. In the "First Viewing" video for the film, Walker's brother, Rob does an impression of Dorn, delivering Worf's famous line from TNG : " Qpid ": " I must protest, sir, I am not a Merry Man! ".

In the review of The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (co-starring Joan Collins ), Walker comments on a scene featuring John Cho as a valet, as "Harold and Sulu Park a Car".

In the review of X-Men , starring Patrick Stewart , Walker mocks Stewart's voice and accent by saying " Mutation... the final frontier ". The film also starred Famke Janssen and Rebecca Romijn , and was directed by Bryan Singer .

In the review of Con Air , Walker struggles to pronounce Colm Meaney 's last name. After a point, he rather gives up and calls him " O'Brien ". Besides Meaney, the film also featured Landry Allbright in the cast.

In the review of Independence Day: Resurgence , referring to Brent Spiner reprising his role from the first film, Walker says he'd rather have him return in this than in Star Trek: Picard , and an image of Data from " Remembrance " is shown.

In his review of The Terminator (with Paul Winfield , Earl Boen , Dick Miller , and Brian Thompson ), Walker compares Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton)'s hairstyle and outfit to those of Gillian Taylor ( Catherine Hicks ) in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home , and an image of the character is shown.

In the review of Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (co-starring William Sadler and Roy Brocksmith ), Walker mentions the Star Trek Vasquez Rocks connection in the film. (See: Star Trek parodies and pop culture references (film) )

In his review of Mulan II (featuring the voices of George Takei , Frank Welker , Brian Tochi , and Keone Young ), Walker comments on a scene in which Takei's character (First Ancestor) is complaining that Mushu "thinks he's the Emperor" as " It's like working with Shatner all over again ". Later, when the Ancestor calls Mushu a "lazy lounge lizard", Walker says: " Something I tell Shatner a lot ".

In the review of the animated film Cats Don't Dance , featuring the voices of Scott Bakula , Rene Auberjonois , John Rhys-Davies , and Frank Welker , Walker says " Captain Archer is a good singer ", and later does an impression: " Ensign, set a course for smooth ".

In the review of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (featuring the voices of Jean Simmons and Lanei Chapman ), Walker comments that before being able to do an emotional scene about death, a movie "has to practice with a few spots and bumpers", and an image from Spock 's death scene in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is shown, along with Bubba's death scene in Forrest Gump .

In his review of the animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers , which featured the voices of David Coburn , LeVar Burton , Whoopi Goldberg , Dean Stockwell , Frank Welker , Malcolm McDowell , David Warner , and Clyde Kusatsu , Walker says, " I'm gonna let Geordi from Star Trek tell you " the story, before playing the series opening with narration by Burton.

In the review of Doomsday Machine , Walker comes up with a number of porn titles for the film, which include "Voyage of the Starship Booby-Prize". Later, during a very lengthy scene, Walker spoofs Kirk's famous " Khaaaan! " yell from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , shouting " Cuuuuuuuuuuut! ".

Star Trek Nemesis appeared on Walker's list of films that " I like but everyone else hates ".

Spock 's death scene in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan took the second place on Walker's list of the "Top 11 Saddest Movie Moments".

Walker also did a mini-review of Star Trek as his alter ego "Chester A. Bum".

Dr. Tran [ ]

Summer splash [ ].

A Dr. Tran doll says " Beverly , can I see you in my ready room . "

Google Calendar [ ]

Google Calendar [38] uses stardates based upon the ideas of Andrew Main. [39] Each day covers 5.00 stardates; 10,000 stardates (2,000 days) make up an "issue". Issue numbers are prefixed in brackets. TOS was issue [19], [0]0000 was January 4, 2162, (when he speculated the Federation was founded) and issue [-28] started in 2008.

Jandrew Edits [ ]

Jan Van Den Hemel and Andrew Hussie re-edit clips from TNG with comedic results. The series is currently hosted on Van Den Hemel's YouTube account. [40]

Picard memes [ ]

A popular internet meme has people posting a picture of Jean-Luc Picard of Picard facepalming in response to a statement perceived to be idiotic, frustrating, or otherwise missing the mark.

The most common picture was taken from the episode " Deja Q " (in which it was a response to Q ), although other variants exist, including a (slightly modified) image from " A Matter of Perspective " that shows William T. Riker next to Picard, also facepalming, and an image from " The Offspring ", that shows Picard doing the "double facepalm".

Another slightly less common meme shows a picture of a frustrated Picard. This image, taken from " Ménage à Troi " (where Picard was not annoyed but rather poetically courting Lwaxana Troi ), is usually accompanied by a caption about a frustrating issue, often starting with the phrase "what the fuck" or a variant thereof.

Vreenak meme [ ]

A picture of Vreenak from the episode " In the Pale Moonlight " holding up a Cardassian data rod and declaring the recording on it a fake is used.

La Forge meme [ ]

A variation of the "Can't see shit" meme, it features a screenshot of La Forge with the appropriate caption.

RiffTrax [ ]

Former Mystery Science Theater 3000 co-stars Mike Nelson , Bill Corbett , and Kevin Murphy recorded audio commentary tracks mocking Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , Star Trek V: The Final Frontier , Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , Star Trek Generations , and Star Trek . The commentaries were made available as an Internet-only download through Nelson's RiffTrax service.

Spock meme [ ]

A variation of the "Can't see shit" meme, a caption accompanies a picture of Spock wearing a visor from the episode " Is There in Truth No Beauty? ".

External links [ ]

• facepalm meme
• annoyed picard

A series of short comedy sketches by Funny Or Die spoofing the TV show Mad Men by transplanting it into present-day South Boston.

In MA Men 2 , Campbell suggests that Leonard Nimoy should replace the late Michael Vale as the Dunkin Donuts spokesman while pointing at an autographed promotional photo of Spock and Kirk on the wall.

Pitch Meetings [ ]

A series of short comedy sketches by online film site Screen Rant features comedian Ryan George playing dual roles as a Hollywood producer and a writer who tries to sell him his script, mocking the pitching process of well-known movies. George made a Pitch Meeting for Star Trek , Star Trek Into Darkness , and Star Trek Beyond . [41] [42] [43]

SCP Foundation [ ]

• On SCP Foundation, a site describing all kinds of anomalous items and creatures held in containment by the titular organization, one of the objects ( SCP-261 ) is a vending machine which unpredictably dispenses a large variety of weird food and drink. One such item was a cup of tea, Earl Grey , hot which could only be referred to as tea, Earl Grey, hot (and which was stated not to be a very good copy of the real tea, Earl Grey, hot at that.)

Stan Lee's World of Heroes [ ]

Stan Lee's World of Heroes is a YouTube channel founded by former Marvel Comics editor Stan Lee . An episode of the cartoon Bad Days , published April 8, 2013, parodied J.J. Abrams 's Star Trek films . James T. Kirk steps onto the bridge , only to be blinded by lens flares and switches them off. He is beamed down with Spock , McCoy , and a terrified redshirt by Scott , who resembles Simon Pegg in Shaun of the Dead . While on the planet, Kirk sleeps with a grotesque gargantuan alien, angering her father. The struggling duo are beamed back aboard, where Kirk switches the lens flares back on, blinding the alien father so Spock may nerve pinch it. [44]

Starship Edsel [ ]

An improvised satire. [45] [46]

Star Track [ ]

Star Track: Idomo , [47] formerly Star Track: The Next Hesitation , is a web series that takes a satirical approach to expanding on the Star Trek universe. Produced in Montreal, Quebec, it is one of the only known Star Trek fan films to be produced regularly in Canada. Episodes are released at a rate of one per year.

Star Trek (France) [ ]

Comité de la Claque is a French group who began on the web. In 2012 , the channel France 4 TV broadcast their parody on the Comité du Ciné show, on January 27th before the start of prime time: Video of Comité du Ciné: Star Trek .

Steam Trek [ ]

Steam Trek [48] is an online parody of the original Star Trek . The premise is a conception of how the original Star Trek might have been produced by George Melies, a hundred years ago, at the dawn of silent films. The "distant future" is taken to be 1980, and the USS Isambard is steam-powered with coal fuel.

Stone Trek [ ]

Stone Trek [49] is an online animated parody of the original Star Trek . The premise is basically a Star Trek / The Flintstones mashup, featuring a 1960s-styled laugh track and Hanna-Barbera sound effects. The series follows the adventures of the crew of the USS Magnetize . The show keeps count of how many redshirts end up getting killed in the episodes. The show also parodied the plot of Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace , with the Magnetize having to save Queen Armadillo from the Fashion Police. The all seven episodes feature the voice talent of Star Trek video game voice actor Walter Fields .

Star Truc(k) [ ]

Star Truc(k) [50] is a French parody of the original Star Trek .

TNG Recuts [ ]

General Grin (also known as "Major Grin" and "Admiral Grin") is an Israeli YouTube channel owner, who specializes in making skillful and creative recuts of Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes, making comedic segments (often dealing with highly sexual-themed adult humor) out of the otherwise serious material. His channel currently features more than three-hundred recut videos, as well as other humorous material, including "Episode-in-Brief" shorts and cuts of various Trek crews watching the trailer of Star Trek , horrified or angered by what they see.

Up The Enterprise [ ]

An overdubbed parody of Star Trek: Enterprise . A ninety-second trailer [51] and the "pilot" were released. [52]

WatchMojo [ ]

The popular entertainment and pop culture website WatchMojo.com specializes in creating various top ten lists of best (or worst) films, actors, characters, music videos, etc., presented in video form via YouTube. Several of WatchMojo's lists include Star Trek films and episodes.

• Top 10 Movie Continuations of TV Series: #1: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Top 10 Best Movies Based on a TV Series: #4: Star Trek
• Top 10 Sci-fi Television Series: #1: Star Trek: The Next Generation , #5: Star Trek: The Original Series
• Top 10 TV Space Operas: #1: Star Trek: The Original Series
• Top 10 Cult TV Shows: #1: Star Trek: The Original Series
• Top 10 Most Groundbreaking TV Shows of All Time: #2: Star Trek: The Original Series
• Top 10 Iconic Figures in Sci-fi: #1: Gene Roddenberry , Honorary mention: J.J. Abrams
• Top 10 Best TV Spin-Offs: #4: Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Top 10 Best Movie Sequels: #5: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Top 10 Movie Sequels That Were Better Than the Original: #6: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Top 10 Worst Movie Sequels: #9: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
• Top 10 Unexpectedly Dark Movie Sequels: #6: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Top 10 Fourth Installments in Movie Franchises: #4: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
• Top 10 Movies That Revived a Franchise: #3: Star Trek
• Top 10 Movies That Lived Up to the Hype: Honorary Mention: Star Trek
• Top 10 Movies That Exceeded Expectations: #10: Star Trek
• Top 10 Movie Crossovers: #4: James Kirk meets Jean-Luc Picard ( Star Trek Generations )
• Top 10 Movie Crossovers We Want: #2: Star Trek and Star Wars
• Top 10 TV Shows Cancelled Too Soon: #10: Star Trek: The Original Series
• Top 10 Cancelled TV Shows Saved by the Fans: #1: Star Trek: The Original Series
• Top 10 Great TV Shows That Never Won an Emmy: #3: Star Trek: The Original Series
• Top 10 Movie Franchises That Should Pass the Torch to the Next Hero: #5: the Star Trek franchise
• Top 10 Decade Defining TV Shows - 1960s: #5: Star Trek: The Original Series
• Top 10 Decade Defining TV Shows - 1990s: #9: Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Top 10 Sci-fi Movies of the 1970s: Honorary Mention: Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• Top 10 Sci-fi Movies of the 1980s: #7: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Top 10 Sci-fi Movies of the 1990s: Honorary Mention: Star Trek: First Contact
• Top 10 Sci-fi Movies of the 2000s: #5: Star Trek
• Top 10 Sci-fi Movies of the 2010s: #9: Star Trek Into Darkness
• Top 10 Modern Space Movies: #9: Star Trek
• Top 10 Modern Sci-fi Movies That Will Be Future Classics: Honorary Mention: Star Trek
• Top 10 3D Movies: Honorary Mention: Star Trek Into Darkness
• Top 10 Worst Movies of the '80s: #10: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
• Top 10 Best Origin Story Movies: #3: Star Trek
• Top 10 Most Polarizing TV Shows: #10: Star Trek: Discovery
• Top 10 Best TV Shows This Fall (2017): #5: Star Trek: Discovery
• Top 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2016: Honorary Mention: Star Trek Beyond
• Top 10 Best Trailers of May, 2017: #5: Star Trek: Discovery
• Top 10 Movie Trailers: Honorary Mention: Star Trek
• Top 10 Movie Trailer Quotes: #10: "I Dare You" ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 Scenes in Trailers That Were Not in the Movie: #4: "The Wait is Over" ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 Character Reveals in Movie Trailers: #7: Spock Prime ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 Movie Trailers That Made Fans Rage Quit: #8: Star Trek Beyond
• Top 10 Actors Who HATED Their TV Characters: Honorary Mention: Denise Crosby as Natasha Yar ( Star Trek: The Next Generation )
• Top 10 Surprisingly Good Movie Casting Choices: #8: Zachary Quinto as Spock ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 Surprising Original Actor Appearances in Remakes: #1: Leonard Nimoy as Spock Prime ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 TV Dream Episodes: Honorary Mention: TNG : " Phantasms "
• Top 10 Controversial TV Episodes: Honorary Mention: TOS : " Plato's Stepchildren "
• Top 10 Greatest TV Cliffhangers: #3: TNG : " The Best of Both Worlds "
• Top 10 Key Movie Plot Motivators: Honorary mention: the Genesis Device ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• Top 10 Plot Points That Were Cut Out of Movies: Honorary Mention: Nero kept prisoner by the Klingon Empire ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 Best TV Plot Twists You Didn't See Coming: #9: Gabriel Lorca is from the Mirror universe ( DIS : " Vaulting Ambition ")
• Top 10 TV Bottle Episodes : #9: DS9 : " Duet "
• Top 10 TV Shows That Totally Abandoned Past Storylines: The warp speed limitation in TNG : " Force of Nature "
• Top 10 Biggest TV Plotholes: #10: Tom Paris achieving Warp 10 in VOY : " Threshold "
• Top 10 Insane Things Movies Just Glossed Over: #1: San Francisco Destroyed ( Star Trek Into Darkness )
• Top 10 Movies with Useless Love Stories: #5: Star Trek
• Top 10 Longest Running Movie Franchises: #6: Star Trek film franchise (1979-)
• Top 10 Movie Depictions of the Future: #1: Star Trek franchise
• Top 10 Times TV Shows Predicted the Future: #10: "Google Glass" in DS9 : " Call to Arms " et. al., #5: The Moon Landing in TOS : " Tomorrow is Yesterday ".
• Top 10 Fictional Movie Universes: #5: the Star Trek universe
• Top 10 Time Travel Movies: #7: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
• Top 10 Alternate Realities in Movies: #3: ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 First Contact Movies: Honorary Mention: Star Trek: First Contact
• Top 10 Iconic Movie Villains: Honorary Mention: Khan Noonien Singh ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• Top 10 Smartest Movie Villains: #9: Khan Noonien Singh ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• Top 10 Sci-fi Movie Villains: #3: Khan Noonien Singh ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ), Honorary Mention: the Borg Queen ( Star Trek: First Contact )
• Top 10 Movie Villains Motivated by Revenge: #1: Khan Noonien Singh ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• Top 10 Sympathetic Villains in Movies: #8: Khan Noonien Singh ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• Top 10 Villains We Couldn't Help But Root For: #10: Khan Noonien Singh ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• Top 10 Fictional Characters with Tragic Backstories: #3: Khan Noonien Singh ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• Top 10 Movie Villain Monologues: Honorary Mention: Khan 's monologue ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• Top 10 Villains Who Want to Kill Everybody: #3: Nero ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 Sci-fi Movie Battles: #4: the Borg Invade Sector 001 in Star Trek: First Contact
• Top 10 Epic Television Battles: #4: Operation Return ( DS9 : " Sacrifice of Angels ")
• Top 10 Epic Final Battles in Sci-fi Movies: Honorary mention: USS Enterprise vs. USS Reliant ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• Top 10 Laser Gun Movie Battles: #4: Showdown on Qo'noS ( Star Trek Into Darkness )
• Top 10 Coolest Planets in Sci-fi Movies: #7: Genesis Planet ( Star Trek III: The Search for Spock )
• Top 10 Lead Female Sci-fi and Fantasy Characters: #4: Kathryn Janeway ( Star Trek: Voyager )
• Top 10 Most Powerful Female Characters on TV: #7: Kathryn Janeway ( Star Trek: Voyager )
• Top 10 Kickass Female TV Characters: Honorary Mention: Kathryn Janeway ( Star Trek: Voyager )
• Top 10 Sexy Sci-fi Babes: #2: Nyota Uhura ( Star Trek: The Original Series ), #5: Seven of Nine ( Star Trek: Voyager )
• Top 10 Sexy Female Aliens: #5: Seven of Nine ( Star Trek: Voyager ), #8: T'Pol ( Star Trek: Enterprise )
• Another Top 10 Sexy Female Aliens: #9: Gaila ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 Needlessly Sexualized Female Movie Characters: Honorary mention: Carol Marcus ( Star Trek Into Darkness )
• Top 10 Sexiest Male Villains: #9: Khan Noonien Singh ( Star Trek Into Darkness )
• Top 10 Female Lead TV Shows You Will Be Watching in 2017: #5: Star Trek: Discovery
• Top 10 Redheads in TV: Honorary Mention: Beverly Crusher ( Star Trek: The Next Generation )
• Top 10 Token Non-Human Characters: #2: Spock ( Star Trek: The Original Series )
• Top 10 Annoying TV Characters: #5: Wesley Crusher ( Star Trek: The Next Generation )
• Top 10 Movie Characters That Deserve Their Own Spin-Off: Honorary mention: Montgomery Scott ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 Manliest Men on TV: #4: James Kirk ( Star Trek: The Original Series )
• Top 10 Mama's Boys in Movies: Honorary Mention: Spock ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 Hottest Studs in Sci-Fi Movies: #2: James T. Kirk ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 TV Womanizers: Honorary Mention: James Kirk ( Star Trek: The Original Series )
• Top 10 Human with Alien Hookups: #1: James Kirk & Many Female Aliens ( Star Trek: The Original Series )
• Top 10 Characters in Sci-Fi / Fantasy Who Should've Ended Up Together: Jean-Luc Picard & Beverly Crusher ( Star Trek: The Next Generation )
• Top 10 Movie Characters Who Tried to Destroy the World: #8: Nero ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 Iconic Movie Death Scenes: Honorable mention: Spock ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• Top 10 Heroic Movie Sacrifices: #1: Spock ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• Top 10 Saddest Movie Deaths: #9: Spock ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• Top 10 Last Words Before Death in Movies: #4: Spock ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• Top 10 Serious Movie Funerals: #4: Spock 's funeral ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• Top 10 Disappointing Deaths of Great Characters: #4: James Kirk ( Star Trek Generations )
• Top 10 Poorly Acted Movie Deaths: #2: James Kirk ( Star Trek Generations )
• Top 10 Movie Deaths That Pissed You Off: #1: James T. Kirk ( Star Trek Generations )
• Another Top 10 Movie Characters We Didn't Want to Die: #2: James T. Kirk ( Star Trek Generations )
• Top 10 Stupidest Ways TV Shows Killed Off Characters: Dishonorable Mention: Natasha Yar ( TNG : " Skin Of Evil ")
• Top 10 Saddest Robot Deaths: #10: Data ( Star Trek Nemesis )
• Top 10 Characters Who Came Back from the Dead: #2: Spock ( Star Trek III: The Search for Spock )
• Top 10 Worst Things TV Heroes Have Done: #8: Jonathan Archer facilitating extinction ( ENT : " Dear Doctor ")
• Top 10 Most Iconic TV Kisses of All Time: #3: James T. Kirk & Nyota Uhura in TOS : " Plato's Stepchildren "
• Top 10 Alien Races from Television: #1: Klingons , #3: the Borg , #4: Vulcans
• Top 10 Alien Races in Film: #4: Klingons , #5: the Borg
• Top 10 Scariest Movie Aliens: #4: the Borg ( Star Trek: First Contact )
• Top 10 Good Movie Aliens: #5: Spock ( Star Trek: The Original Series )
• Top 10 Good Movie Robots: #4: Data ( Star Trek: The Next Generation )
• Top 10 Movie Robots of All Time (REDUX): Honorary Mention: Data ( Star Trek: The Next Generation )
• Top 10 Immortal Characters from TV: #4: Q ( Star Trek: The Next Generation )
• Top 10 Stupidly Overpowered TV Characters: #1: Q ( Star Trek: The Next Generation )
• Top 10 Characters with Telekinetic Powers: Honorary Mention: Kes ( Star Trek: Voyager )
• Top 10 Movie Characters with Memory Loss: Honorary Mention: Spock ( Star Trek III: The Search for Spock )
• Top 10 Movie Clones: Honorary mention: Shinzon ( Star Trek Nemesis )
• Top 10 Evil Twins in TV: #4: Lore ( Star Trek: The Next Generation )
• Top 10 Characters Who Meet Their Older Self: #3: Spock ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 Younger Versions of Characters in Movies: #5: Spock ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 Hilarious TV Body Swaps: #3: James T. Kirk and Janice Lester ( TOS : " Turnabout Intruder ")
• Top 10 Eyepatch-Wearing Characters in Movies & TV: Honorary Mention: General Chang ( Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country )
• Top 10 Uncrecognizable Movie Makeup Transformations: Honorary Mention: Idris Elba as Krall ( Star Trek Beyond )
• Top 10 Cool Movie Character Names: Honorary Mention: Khan Noonien Singh ( TOS : " Space Seed ", Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• Top 10 Best TV Villains of 2018: Honorary Mention: Gabriel Lorca ( Star Trek: Discovery )
• Top 10 Starship Captains in Movies and TV: #1: Jean-Luc Picard ( Star Trek: The Next Generation ), #2: James T. Kirk ( Star Trek: The Original Series ), #5: Kathryn Janeway ( Star Trek: Voyager )
• Top 10 Coolest Movie Spaceships: #1: USS Enterprise , #4: the Borg cube
• Top 10 Space Stations from Movies and TV: #4: Deep Space 9 ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine )
• Top 10 Futuristic Movie Cities: Honorary Mention: San Francisco ( Star Trek Into Darkness )
• Top 10 Movie Gadgets We Wish Were Real: #3: Universal translator , #10: Hypospray ( Star Trek franchise)
• Top 10 Movies with Futuristic Technologies We Wish Existed: #4: the Transporter ( Star Trek franchise)
• Top 10 Futuristic Gadgets For Your Home (That Would Be AMAZING): #1: Replicator , #3: Transporter , #5: Holodeck ( Star Trek franchise)
• Top 10 Futuristic Movie Technologies That Look Hilariously Dated: #10: Argo Buggy ( Star Trek Nemesis )
• Top 10 Movie Props Made from Everyday Objects: #9: the Stylus ( Star Trek Nemesis )
• Top 10 Most Epic Fictional Superweapons: #2: Red matter ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 Weapon Rooms in Movies: Honorary Mention: the Enterprise-E Locker room ( Star Trek: First Contact )
• Top 10 Movie Swords: Hikaru Sulu 's retractable sword ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 Fictional Currencies in Movies and TV: #5: Latinum ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine )
• Top 10 Fictional Alcoholic Beverages: #4: Romulan ale ( Star Trek franchise)
• Top 10 Fictional Sports in Movies and TV: #10: Mok'bara ( Star Trek: The Next Generation )
• Top 10 Fictional Video Games in TV: #8: TNG : " The Game "
• Top 10 Fictional Salutes: #1: The Vulcan salute
• Top 10 Fictional Religions in Movies and TV: #5: Bajoran religion ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine )
• Top 10 Alien Abductions in Movies and TV: Honorary Mention: TNG : " Schisms "
• Top 10 Fictional Movie Armies: #7: Starfleet and the Klingon Defense Force ( Star Trek franchise)
• Top 10 Movie Prisons: #5: Rura Penthe ( Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country )
• Top 10 Most Important Dates in Fiction: #6: April 5 , 2063 ( Star Trek: First Contact )
• Top 10 Movie Fights in Spaceships: #10: James Kirk vs. Spock ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 Human vs. Alien Fights in Movies: #7: James Kirk vs. Kruge ( Star Trek III: The Search for Spock )
• Top 10 Movie Fights Where the Hero Loses: #9: James T. Kirk 's bar fight ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 Villain vs. Villain Fights in Movies: #4: Khan Noonien Singh vs. the Klingons ( Star Trek Into Darkness )
• Top 10 Sci-Fi Movie Duels: #7: James Kirk vs. Khan Noonien Singh ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• Top 10 Spacewalk Scenes in Movies: #3: "Assimilate This!" ( Star Trek: First Contact ), #6: Space Jump ( Star Trek Into Darkness ), Honorary Mention: Spock 's voyage into V'ger ( Star Trek: The Motion Picture )
• Top 10 Space Danger Scenes: #8: Praxis Wave ( Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country ), #10: Black hole ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 Most Exciting Escape Pod Scenes: James T. Kirk marooned on Delta Vega ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 Scariest Scenes from Non-Horror Shows: #6: Beverly Crusher 's nightmare ( TNG : " Night Terrors ")
• Top 10 Awesome Movie Explosions: Honorary Mention: Self-destruct of the Enterprise ( Star Trek III: The Search for Spock )
• Top 10 City Destruction Scenes in Movies: #6: San Francisco ( Star Trek Into Darkness )
• Top 10 Virtual Reality Movie Moments: Honorary Mention: Picard 's Tommy Gun ( Star Trek: First Contact )
• Top 10 Movie Traps: #9: Self-destruct of the Enterprise ( Star Trek III: The Search for Spock )
• Top 10 Get Captured on Purpose Plans: #8: Khan Noonien Singh ( Star Trek Into Darkness ), Honorary Mention: Jean-Luc Picard ( Star Trek: First Contact )
• Top 10 Movie Scenes Where Villains Fall Into Their Death: #9: Kruge 's death ( Star Trek III: The Search for Spock )
• Top 10 Beloved Male TV Characters: #10: Spock ( Star Trek: The Original Series )
• Top 10 TV Doctors: #5: Leonard McCoy ( Star Trek: The Original Series )
• Top 10 TV Bromances: #6: James Kirk and Spock ( Star Trek: The Original Series )
• Top 10 TV Odd Couples: Honorary Mention: Spock and Leonard McCoy ( Star Trek: The Original Series )
• Top 10 Fictional Trios in Movies and TV: Honorary Mention: James Kirk , Spock , and Leonard McCoy ( Star Trek: The Original Series )
• Top 10 Unlikely Friendships in TV: #9: Odo & Quark ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine )
• Top 10 Movie Bad Guy / Good Guy Team Ups: #2: James T. Kirk and Khan Noonien Singh ( Star Trek Into Darkness )
• Top 10 Scenes Where the Villain Saves the Hero: #6: Khan Noonien Singh fights the Klingons ( Star Trek Into Darkness )
• Top 10 Comedic Moments in Action Films: Honorary Mention: "Numb Tongue" ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 Deus Ex Machina Moments: Honorary Mention: Bird-of-Prey saves Kirk ( Star Trek V: The Final Frontier )
• Top 10 Hanging on for Life Movie Scenes: Honorary Mention: the Drill ( Star Trek )
• Another Top 10 Scenarios the Hero Couldn't Have Survived: #9: Space-jumping ( Star Trek Into Darkness )
• Top 10 Unusual Operating Room Movie Scenes: #2: "A Quick Fix" ( Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home )
• Top 10 Moments When The Hero and The Villain Finally Meet: #9: James T. Kirk and Khan Noonien Singh ( Star Trek Into Darkness )
• Top 10 Movies Where the Hero and the Villain Never Meet: #1: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Top 10 What Have I Done Scenes in Movies: Honorary Mention: Kirk destroys the Enterprise ( Star Trek III: The Search for Spock )
• Top 10 TV Bullies Who Got What They Deserved: #9: Finnegan in TOS : " Shore Leave "
• Top 10 Movie Quotes Everyone Gets Wrong: #3: " Scotty , Beam Us Up"
• Top 10 Masked Political Messages in Film: Honorary Mention: Making Peace with the " Soviet Union " ( Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country )
• Top 10 TV Scenes That Became Memes: #1: "Annoyed Picard " ( TNG : " Ménage à Troi ")
• Top 10 Famous Movie Yells: #5: James Kirk ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• Top 10 Movie "YESSS"es: #7: Data ( Star Trek Generations )
• Top 10 Movie "NOOOOO"s: #5: Jean-Luc Picard ( Star Trek: First Contact )
• Top 10 Dumbest Insults in Movies: #9: "Double Dumbass" ( Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home )
• Top 10 Oh Crap Moments in Movies: Honorary Mention: Data ( Star Trek Generations )
• Top 10 Dumbest Decisions in Action Movies: Honorary Mention: Olson waiting for the last moment to jump ( Star Trek )
• Top 10 Dumbest Movie Villain Decisions: #10: Admiral Marcus assuming Kirk and Khan won't talk ( Star Trek Into Darkness )
• Top 10 Worst Accents on TV: #2: James Doohan 's Scottish Accent as Montgomery Scott ( Star Trek: The Original Series )
• Top 10 Overly Ambitious Movie Futures: #6: Faster-than-light travel in 2063 ( Star Trek: First Contact )
• Top 10 Movie Special Effects That Have Aged Well: #9: Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• Top 10 Landmark CGI Movie Effects: #8: the Genesis effect ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• Top 10 TV Shows with Great Special Effects: #7: Star Trek: Discovery
• Top 10 Worst Special Effects in TV Shows: #7: the "Chestbuster" in TNG : " Conspiracy "
• Top 10 Worst Blue/Green Screen Effects in Movies: #8: Spock "dropping by" ( Star Trek V: The Final Frontier )
• Top 10 Greatest Sound Effects in Movies: #8: the Transporter sound effect ( Star Trek franchise)
• Top 10 Movie Opening Scenes: Honorary Mention: Star Trek
• Yet Another Top 10 Worst Movie Endings: #2: Star Trek Into Darkness
• Top 10 Patrick Stewart Performances: #2: Jean-Luc Picard ( Star Trek franchise)
• Top 10 Tom Hardy Performances: Honorary Mention: Shinzon ( Star Trek Nemesis )
• Top 10 Simon Pegg Performances: #4: Montgomery Scott ( Star Trek Into Darkness )
• Top 10 Benedict Cumberbatch Performances: #4: Khan Noonien Singh ( Star Trek Into Darkness )
• Top 10 Idris Elba Performances: #7: Krall ( Star Trek Beyond )
• Top 10 Unforgettable Stephen Hawking Cameos in Pop Culture: #2: TNG : " Descent "
• Another Top 10 Horribly Awkward TV Cameos: #8: Tom Morello ( VOY : " Good Shepherd ")
• Top 10 British Actors Who Totally Stole the Show: #6: Benedict Cumberbatch ( Star Trek Into Darkness )
• Top 10 HILARIOUS Sherlock Holmes Parodies: #10: TNG : " Elementary, Dear Data "
• Top 10 Depictions of God in Film: #5: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
• Top 10 Fictional Materials: #4: Dilithium ( Star Trek franchise)
• Top 10 Fictional Languages: #1: Klingonese ( Star Trek franchise)
• Top 10 Fandoms in TV and Movies: #1: Trekkies/Trekkers
• Top 10 Sci-fi Movie Posters: Honorary mention: Star Trek: First Contact
• Top 10 Sci-fi Movie Scores: #9: Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• Another Top 10 Iconic Instrumental Film Scores: #9: Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• Top 10 James Horner Scores: #3: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Top 10 Fan Theories That Were Right: #6: Why Klingons lost their forehead ridges
• Top 10 Fan Campaigns That Worked: #1: The fan campaign to save Star Trek: The Original Series
• Top 10 Coolest Movie Replicas You Could Own: #10: The Phaser from Star Trek: The Original Series
• Top 10 Movies That Would Make Great Theme Park Attractions: #3: Star Trek franchise
• Top 10 Movies That Would Make Great Broadway Shows: #7: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Top 10 Things You'll Like If You Enjoyed Mass Effect : #4: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Top 20 Terrible Episodes That Almost Ruined Great TV Shows: #18: TNG : " Shades of Gray "
• #1: " The City on the Edge of Forever "
• #2: " Balance of Terror "
• #3: " Amok Time "
• #4: " Journey to Babel "
• #5: " Space Seed "
• #6: " Mirror, Mirror "
• #7: " Arena "
• #8: " The Doomsday Machine "
• #9: " The Trouble with Tribbles "
• #10: " The Naked Time "
• Honorable Mentions: " The Menagerie, Part I " and " The Menagerie, Part II ", " This Side of Paradise ", " Shore Leave ", " Where No Man Has Gone Before ", " The Ultimate Computer "
• #1: " The Best of Both Worlds " and " The Best of Both Worlds, Part II "
• #2: " Q Who "
• #3: " Yesterday's Enterprise "
• #4: " Tapestry "
• #5: " The Inner Light "
• #6: " All Good Things... "
• #7: " Elementary, Dear Data "
• #8: " Chain Of Command, Part I " and " Chain Of Command, Part II "
• #9: " The Measure Of A Man "
• #10: " Encounter at Farpoint "
• Honorable Mentions: " The Chase ", " The Defector ", " Disaster "
• #1: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• #2: Star Trek
• #3: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
• #4: Star Trek: First Contact
• #5: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
• #6: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
• #7: Star Trek Into Darkness
• #8: Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• #9: Star Trek Generations
• #10: Star Trek Nemesis
• Dishonorable Mentions: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier , Star Trek: Insurrection
• #1: Khan Noonien Singh ( TOS : " Space Seed ", Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• #2: Locutus of Borg ( TNG : " The Best of Both Worlds ", " The Best of Both Worlds, Part II ")
• #3: Q ( Star Trek: The Next Generation , Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , Star Trek: Voyager , recurring)
• #4: Lore ( Star Trek: The Next Generation , recurring)
• #5: General Chang ( Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country )
• #6: Gul Dukat ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , recurring)
• #7: Nero ( Star Trek )
• #8: Captain Kruge ( Star Trek III: The Search for Spock )
• #9: Doctor Tolian Soran ( Star Trek Generations )
• #10: the Gorn Captain ( TOS : " Arena ")
• #1: Nyota Uhura
• #2: Kathryn Janeway
• #3: Beverly Crusher
• #4: Seven of Nine
• #5: Deanna Troi
• #6: Kira Nerys
• #7: B'Elanna Torres
• #8: Carol Marcus
• Honorable mentions: Jadzia Dax , the Borg Queen , Natasha Yar
• #1: Kirk 's Yell ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• #2: Final Farewell ( Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country )
• #3: Self Destruct ( Star Trek III: The Search for Spock )
• #4: Mutara Nebula and the Death of Spock ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan )
• #5: 1980s San Francisco ( Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home )
• #6: Battle with the Borg ( Star Trek: First Contact )
• #7: The Cloaked Bird-of-Prey ( Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country )
• #8: Vulcan Rescue Mission ( Star Trek )
• #9: Enterprise -D Crash Landing ( Star Trek Generations )
• #10: Meeting " God " ( Star Trek V: The Final Frontier )
• #1: Multicultural and Multiracial Represenation
• #2: Gender Equality
• #3: Cell Phones
• #4: Gender Identity
• #5: Personal Computers
• #6: Breaking Interracial Taboos
• #7: Automatic Doors
• #8: Video Calling
• #9: Flat / Big Screen TVs
• #10: Universal translators
• Honorable mentions: Holodeck , Replicators (3D Printing), Audio Interfaces
• #1: Mick Fleetwood
• #2: Stephen Hawking
• #3: Abdullah bin al-Hussein
• #4: Iggy Pop
• #5: The Rock
• #6: Seth MacFarlane
• #7: Kelsey Grammer
• #8: Jason Alexander
• #9: Sarah Silverman
• #10: Famke Janssen
• Honorable mentions: Tom Morello , Joan Collins , Mae Jemison
• #1: Star Trek: Judgment Rites
• #2: Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
• #3: Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force
• #4: Star Trek: Bridge Commander
• #5: Star Trek: Armada
• #6: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen
• #7: Star Trek: Klingon Academy
• #8: Star Trek Online
• #9: Star Trek: Starfleet Command
• #10: Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Final Unity
• #1: "The Double Fist" (" Arena ")
• #2: "The Shatner Chop" (" Where No Man Has Gone Before ")
• #3: "The Kirk Kick" (" Spectre of the Gun ")
• #4: "The Kirk Scissor Choke" (" Space Seed ")
• #5: "The Wall of Destruction" (" Journey to Babel ")
• #6: "The Human Projectile" (" Tomorrow is Yesterday ")
• #7: "The Human Bowling Ball" (" The Apple ")
• #8: "The Kiss and Dismiss" (" The Gamesters of Triskelion ")
• #9: "The Ear Slap" (" Arena ")
• #10: "Pillow Blindness" (" Wink of an Eye ")
• #1: George Takei
• #2: Simon Pegg
• #3: Ron Perlman
• #4: Brent Spiner
• #5: Sam Witwer
• #6: Olivia d'Abo
• #7: Deep Roy
• #8: George Coe
• #9: Greg Grunberg
• #10: Ed Begley, Jr.
• Honorable mentions: Clancy Brown , Ian Abercrombie
• #1: J.J. Abrams Left Star Trek For Star Wars
• #2: Anton Yelchin 's Death
• #3: Director Younger Than Franchise
• #4: Star Trek Meets Marvel
• #5: The Mission is Half Over
• #6: Scotty Gave the Script More Power
• #7: Star Trek 's 50th Anniversary
• #8: William Shatner Won't Return
• #9: Sulu Will Be Openly Gay in Star Trek Beyond
• #10: Justin Lin 's First Sci-fi Directorial Outing
• Honorable mentions: First Star Trek Not Shot on 35mm Film, NX class Film Debut, First Star Trek Primarily Shot in Vancouver
• #1: It's Costing a Bundle to Produce
• #2: It's Set in the Prime Universe
• #3: It's called 'Discovery' for a Reason
• #4: James Frain Plays Spock's Father
• #5: It'll Feature a New Alien Race
• #6: The Ship Is Based on a 1970s Design
• #7: Rainn Wilson Plays Harry Mudd
• #8: It's Set 10 Years Before Star Trek: The Original Series
• #9: Familiar Faces Will Appear in Time
• #10: The Captain Isn't the Focus
• #1: The REAL Number One
• #2: Hatred of Klingons
• #3: The Holographic Communications
• #1: The USS Defiant
• #2: The Scottish Engineer
• #3: Directed by Jonathan Frakes AKA Commander Riker
• #1: Red Bursts = Red matter
• #2: The Red Angel Is No Angel
• #3: Burnham Will Finally Be the Captain
• #4: A Familiar Trek Face Will Appear
• #5: The Green Spore Will Affect Tilly
• #6: Stamets Will Go Rogue to Find His Lost Love
• #7: Sybok Appears
• #8: Season 2 Will Be "The Search for Spock"
• #9: Captain Pike 's Accident & Tenure
• #10: The Kelvin Timeline Spock Will Appear on Discovery

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series [ ]

In the episode "Card Wars" of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series , the characters make frequent references to the Star Wars series, prompting Tristen Taylor to ask, " What's with all the Star Trek quotes? " The episode "The Worst of Both Worlds" opened with a re-dubbed version of the recap from " The Best of Both Worlds, Part II ".

Theater [ ]

Klingon tamburlaine [ ].

In 2019, the Los Angeles based theater company School of Night premiered their show in the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival. The show is a creation from Christopher Marlowe’s medieval pageant of will, war and conquest re-imagined as epic sci-fi spectacle. Tragedy! Romance! Mighty verse! Great battles waged on land and in space! Honor and glory! Qapla' ! Klingon Tamburlaine is an unofficial fan production adapted from Christopher Marlowe's Tamburlaine the Great , Parts I and II. During its run, the show gained a large amount of attention throughout the Los Angeles community. It won several awards, including the Encore Producers' Award and the Pick of the Fringe Award. Klingon Tamburlaine was offered a three week run in October and November at The Complex Hollywood Theater.

• School of Night – official page
• Complex Hollywood – official page
• Ticketing site

Video games [ ]

Asura's wrath [ ].

During the fight against the final boss of the game, Chakravartin, the boss may sometimes say " Resistance is futile ".

Back to the Future: The Game [ ]

Episode 1 of Back to the Future: The Game has Marty pretending to be from the patent office in order to get a younger version of Emmett Brown (resident of 1931) to build a rocket drill. He threatens to award the patent to a Dr. McCoy if Emmett doesn't produce immediate results. The game also features voice work from Christopher Lloyd (reprising his role as the older Emmett Brown) and Roger L. Jackson . Coincidentally, the elder Doc Brown during his stay in 1931, takes the alias Carl Sagan .

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition [ ]

A halberd bears the name " The Chesley Crusher ", with its description reading "First wielded by the much-maligned Ensign Chesley of the first exploratory fleet of Waterdeep […]".

Digimon Story: Hackers Memory [ ]

One of the nicknames the character Chitose gives the player character Keisuke is " Redshirt ", given his "unimportant" and "background" appearance.

Duke Nukem 3D [ ]

• The level "Warp Factor" is a homage to the USS Enterprise -D from Star Trek: The Next Generation .
• The level "Tiberius Station" is named after James T. Kirk.
• The "dnscotty" cheat code for level select may be a reference to Montgomery Scott .
• In the Duke Caribbean: Life's a Beach expansion pack, Duke uses a boat called the Kobayashi Maru to get around the islands.

Fallout series [ ]

• Federation Crash Site is a special encounter in which the player enoucnters a crashed Class F shuttlecraft with several dead red shirts and can loot a Hypospray .
• Guardian of Forever is another special encounter where the player ecounters the portal from the Star Trek: The Original Series episode " The City on the Edge of Forever ". If the player goes through the portal, they are transported back to the events of the first Fallout where they inadvertently cause the story to happen.
• A character by the name of Vegeir is named after V'ger from Star Trek: The Motion Picture .
• In Fallout 3: Broken Steel add-on, a computer entry can be found on a Dr. Gillian Taylor about a fourth attempt asking for a whale tank be built at a San Francisco Aquarium. A clear reference to Dr. Gillian Taylor from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home .
• Michael Dorn , actor of Worf , voiced Marcus in both Fallout 2 and Fallout: New Vegas . In each title, he exclaims upon being hit "I am NOT a merry Mutant!", in reference to a line said by Worf in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode " Qpid ".
• The Doctor 's common greeting "Please state the nature of your medical emergency" is used by two characters in two seperate games: Sawbones in Fallout 3 and Knight Captain Cade in Fallout 4 .
• Fallout: New Vegas references both "Beam me up" and "Set lasers" as a weapon challenge and perk, respectively.
• In Fallout 76 , graffiti can be found that reads " Darmok + Jalad " in the Tanagra Town location. A references to Star Trek: The Next Generation episode " Darmok ".

Final Fantasy games [ ]

The first airship the player acquires in the video games Final Fantasy III and Final Fantasy IV is called Enterprise . In Final Fantasy IX , a NPC, if asked about potions that a player is seeking, will reply " Dammit Jim , I'm a doctor , not a miracle worker. Ask someone else! " In Final Fantasy XIV , a shipwrecked vessel is named the Kobayashi Maru .

FTL: Faster Than Light [ ]

• There is an achievement called No Redshirts Here (obtained by making it to the final sector without losing any crew members).
• The names of several other achievements are Star Trek references.

Heretic [ ]

• The "engage" cheat code for level select may be a reference to "engaging" the warp drive.

HoboWars [ ]

In the MMORPG HoboWars , the player may come across an old man while exploring the Hoburbs. The man tells the player his stories, but they're really taken from various TV shows, including Star Trek: The Next Generation ("The Best of Both Worlds"). He then rewards the player for listening.

The player is also able to buy a phaser from the Hoburbia pawn shop.

Jet Set Willy II: The Final Frontier [ ]

The sequel to the 1984 original, this platform game expands on the original with a new area wracked with references.

Aside from the obvious reference in the title:

• The rooms making up the spaceship area can be seen to form a suspiciously Enterprise -looking shape if you fill out the Cartography Room.
• Go right from this area, and the next room you reach is called "NCC-1501".
• Continuing to the right and up will take you (eventually) to " The TROUBLE with TRIBBLES is... ", which requires leaping over a variety of furry blobs to traverse.
• Heading left will get you to "Beam Me Down Spotty", a teleport room that will either take you back to The Bathroom (the game's start point) or a planetary surface, its last room being named (naturally) "Beam Me Up Spotty".

Kathy Rain [ ]

In this point-and-click adventure game set in 1995, the hacker Dave is at odds with IT-supervisor Clyde for several reasons, including Clyde thinking that TNG is superior to TOS.

Little Big Planet [ ]

In LBP II, one of the levels has characters flying around in a craft called "Big Spaceship" which resembles the Enterprise only with a Sackboy head instead of the saucer section.

In the introduction to LBP III, the narrator tells players that they "have been and will always be welcome to Little Big Planet", a reference to Spock's dying speech. ( Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ).

NFL 2016 [ ]

In Madden NFL 16 , one option in Franchise mode enables you to rebuild your team's stadium. When presented with a futuristic looking design as one of the options, one of the fan social media reactions includes "#beammeup", indicating their approval of the design.

Mass Effect [ ]

In one confrontation, Commander Shepard tells a krogan soldier that the ruins they're in are collapsing around them and will kill them all. The krogan responds, " Yes! Exhilarating, isn't it? ", a direct reference to Kruge 's response to Kirk's similar concern in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock .

Also, the game featured Marina Sirtis , Armin Shimerman , Keith Szarabajka , Dwight Schultz , Gary Anthony Williams , Grey DeLisle and Carolyn Seymour in various roles, as well as Jennifer Hale as the female version of Commander Shepard, Raphael Sbarge and Kimberly Brooks as Aliance squadmates Kaiden Alenko and Ashley Williams, and Fred Tatasciore as one the main antagonists, Saren Arterius. In Mass Effect 2 , Michael Dorn lends his voice to a krogan, a species with a warrior mentality similar to Klingons named Gatatog Uvenk and D.C. Douglas voiced the geth squadmate Legion. In Mass Effect 3 , Troy Baker voiced Cerberus assassin Kai Leng and the DLC "Omega" featured Sumalee Montano as turian squadmate Nyreen Kandros and Brian George as Cerberus general Oleg Petrovsky.

Neil Ross provided the narration voice for the primary entries of the series' in-game Codex, a collection of background and worldbuilding information accessible by the player.

The asari race were created to fill the " green alien girls " trope, which was made popular by Star Trek: The Original Series .

Engineer Gregory Adams may be a nod to Star Trek . In The Original Series episode " Dagger of the Mind ", Dr. Tristan Adams runs the Tantalus Penal Colony . Here, Adams oversees the SSV Normandy 's experimental Tantalus Drive Core. He is also voiced by Roger L. Jackson .

Coincidentally, the commanding officer at the beginning of the game is named David Anderson .

In the DLC "Bring Down the Sky", the slogans found at X57 Radio reference Star Trek and Babylon 5 . One of them, "When Your World is Hollow, We Help You Touch the Sky" is a reference to the TOS episode " For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky ", about a hollow asteroid serving as a generation ship for a group of colonists that is inadvertently set on a course to impact a human colony.

In Mass Effect 2 , when Commander Shepard visits a bar on the Citadel, his/her response to an alien drink served is " This is… it's green? ". Similar lines are said about beverages in the episodes " By Any Other Name " and " Relics ".

Being a Scottish engineer, Kenneth Donnelly on the Normandy SR-2 is commonly thought to be a reference to Montgomery Scott .

Both Mordin Solus, the salarian scientist on board the Normandy , and Data are humorously portrayed as enjoying, as well as singing, songs by the British composers Gilbert and Sullivan .

The Citadel features advertisement for a production of William Shakespeare 's Hamlet performed entirely by a cast of elcor, a race who speak in a slow, flat monotone that they prefix all their dialog with non-elcor with an emotive statement to clarify their tone. At the end of the ads, an elcor spokesperson says, "Insincere endorsement: You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have heard him in the voice of elcor." This is a refence to Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country when Chancellor Gorkon said "You haven't experienced Shakespeare until you have read it in the original Klingon."

Minecraft [ ]

The splash screen includes a random quote selected from a list that includes several sourced from Star Trek , including "Engage", " Khaaaaaaaaan! ", and "Not as cool as Spock!", which is a correction of an earlier phrase which (obviously mistakenly) implied that Minecraft was "Cooler than Spock!"

For teleporting over 100 blocks with an ender pearl in Minecraft, players receive the advancement "Beam me up.". The advancement for using the Nether to travel 7 kilometers in the Overworld is called "Subspace Bubble," a reference to the subspace field used to travel at warp. (One block in the Nether is equivalent to eight in the Overworld, allowing for much faster travel.) Holding a dragon egg unlocks the advancement "The Next Generation," which may be referencing Star Trek: The Next Generation , and entering an End city unlocks the advancement "The City at the End of the Game," which may be a reference to the TOS episode "The City at the Edge of Forever".

Additionally, among the many languages the game is available in is Klingon .

Mortal Kombat games [ ]

In Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe , Captain Marvel tells Superman, Deathstroke the Terminator, and the Joker that their enemy is called Dark Kahn. Joker replies with a Kirk -like " KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!! " with appropriate echoes. When Joker is finished, Deathstroke promptly tells him to shut up.

In Mortal Kombat 11 , if the player chooses Shao Kahn with Johnny Cage as an announcer, Cage will say " KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!! ". The game featured Cary-Hiroyuki , who reprised his role of Shang Tsung from the 1995 Mortal Kombat movie, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Cetrion, Jennifer Hale as Kronika, Vanessa Marshall as Sheeva, Kari Wahlgren as Kitana and Mileena, Phil LaMarr as Kotal Kahn, Chris Cox as the Terminator and Peter Weller reprising his role of RoboCop , with the latter two appearing as guest characters in the game.

In Mortal Kombat 1 , when Johnny Cage clashes with Sub-Zero, one of the possible comments has Sub-Zero mention that "Revenge is a dish best served cold" with Johnny replying "It is very cold in space" in the same infliction as Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan .

Orion Trail [ ]

The PC game Orion Trail features numerous references to the series and is based around killing " redshirts " on away missions. References include place names such as "the Gates of McFadden " and achievement names such as "He's dead, Jim."

Orwell: Ignorance is Strength [ ]

The game Orwell: Ignorance is Strength features a character, who calls himself "Captain of starship USS Voyager " in social media and also has a picture of himself dressed in a uniform similar to Spock's, giving the Vulcan salute.

Quest for Glory 2 [ ]

In the Quest for Glory 2 introduction, the Enterprise -D is clearly seen in the sky and warps away seconds later.

Ratchet & Clank games [ ]

• Near the beginning of A Crack in Time , when Ratchet enters the Zoni temple alone, Qwark will say "Operation Red Shirt is a go".
• The game Full Frontal Assault starts with Qwark saying the following line: " Captain's log . Stardate... uh, let's call it Wednesday. "

RuneScape [ ]

• Log entries for the player-owned port mini-game begin with " Captain's log, Runedate... "
• Players can also name their ships Enterprise or Defiant (from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ).
• The character Auguste (from the "Enlightened Journey" quest) was modeled after Jean-Luc Picard.
• The Bork boss is a reference to the Borg; some of the monsters summoned by him will shout phrases like " We are the collective! " and " Resistance is futile! "

A virtual "hair" was released on the site's catalog called "Trecky Hair" for a users "Robloxian" avatar. This hair closely resembles a typical haircut that many Starfleet officers had on the Original Series .

Rogue Galaxy [ ]

A late chapter in the PS2 game Rogue Galaxy is entitled "All Good Things..."

Secret of Monkey Island [ ]

The lookout character says " Hey, I'm a lookout, not a bodyguard. "

SpongeBob games [ ]

In the PS2 game SpongeBob: the Battle for Bikini Bottom , the mermalair level's boss is named Prawn. Dialogue with Mermaidman and Prawn leads Mermaidman to drop to his knees and yell, " PRAAAAAAAAAAAWN!!! " and is even true to the angle from the movie.

In Skate 3 , when you set your gesture to "Nerd", your skater will do Vulcan salute on both hands just like Spock .

StarCraft [ ]

A possible unit selection reply for a Terran medic is " state the nature of your medical emergency ". In one of the humorous taunts, the medic can say " He's dead, Jim ".

The sixth humourous taunt of the Protoss corsair is: " Zefram Cochrane , is that you?".

Intentionally or not, the Protoss arbiter has quotes, supposedly in the Khalani language, that are commonly heard as " Duras? " (when selected) and " Gowron! " (when ordered to move or attack).

Star Control: Origins [ ]

One of the planets around the star Wolf 359 is named Locutus .

Star Fox 64 [ ]

The boss of the Sector X area makes continual references to the whereabouts of its creator, not unlike V'Ger in Star Trek: The Motion Picture .

Star Fox Assault [ ]

The game's main villains, the Aparoids, share many similarities with the Borg . Both races see themselves as the pinnacle of evolution, seek to "perfect" other life forms through forced assimilation , and are led by a queen . The Aparoids are an insectoid race, much like the original concept for the Borg.

Star Wars games [ ]

A side quest in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is called "The Trouble with Gizka", a possible reference to " The Trouble with Tribbles " (the gizka share the tribbles' considerable ability of rapid reproduction). The game also shares many aesthetic similarities to Star Trek and other non- Star Wars sci-fi.

Surviving Mars [ ]

Surviving Mars is a video game based on Mars colonization. One of the "mysteries" is called "Inner light" and features a quote from that episode by Jean-Luc Picard underneath the title.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time [ ]

The eight level of the game (the ninth in the SNES platform version) is titled: Starbase: Where No Turtle Has Gone Before . The level is set in the future (the year 2100) and features enemies using transporters .

Total War: Warhammer II [ ]

Several of the random lord names are those of Star Trek characters: Vorta names for high elves, Romulan names for dark elves, and Jem'Hadar names for Lizardmen. Lizardmen lords also have skills called "Obedience Brings Victory" and "Honored Elder", again referencing the Jem'Hadar.

Unreal games [ ]

In Unreal 2: The Awakening , Aida is stated to be a master of three-dimensional chess . A board identical to those seen in Star Trek is present in her quarters.

World of Warcraft [ ]

The various teleporter operators in WoW are named after Star Trek engineers: "Scooty" ( Scotty ), "Jhordy Lapforge" ( Geordi La Forge ), and "Smiles O'Byron" ( Miles O'Brien , or possibly his mirror counterpart " Smiley ")

Other parodies and references [ ]

Micrometer-scale USS Enterprise

The original Trekkie Monster designed to parody Cookie Monster for Avenue Q .

• The first Trekkie Monster was designed to parody Cookie Monster for Avenue Q , given pointy ears, black hair, green fur, and a blue Star Trek shirt. The puppet was later redesigned to avoid copyright issues with Paramount, also as a resort for the Muppety appearance, diminishing the Star Trek fandom. [53]
• In 2003, Takayuki Hoshino and Shinji Matsui of the Himeji Institute of Technology created a one-billionth scale 8.8-micrometer-long USS Enterprise replica, utilizing a 30 kV Ga+ focused-ion-beam CVD using phenanthrene gas. Titled Nano Trek , it was imaged with a ion microscope. [54]
• Stand up comics have also been known to reference Star Trek as part of their acts. Bill Bailey has pointed out how his microphone makes him look like a Klingon motivational speaker, and Eddie Izzard has a routine of how the crew of the Enterprise could defeat enemies with different phaser settings. Two such examples are the "depression", and "I've left the oven on" settings.
• At the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on 30 October 2010, Jon Stewart used the imaginary threat of " corbomite " in bottled water to illustrate how media figures (personified by Stephen Colbert ) create and magnify fears in the public. " You just got scared by something that is not real, " Stewart said. After explaining the reference to " The Corbomite Maneuver ", Stewart and Colbert briefly discussed Uhura 's incongruous uniform in that episode. [55] [56]
• In 2013, the American Internal Revenue Service became embroiled in a scandal when it transpired that they had produced a Star Trek -themed instructional video, considered to be an example of wasteful spending. The video showed a mission of the Enterprise -Y to the planet Notax, which threatened to descend into chaos due to noncompliance with the tax code. It also featured a Spock parody. US$60,000 was reported to have been spent on this video and another one based on Gilligan's Island , although the latter video did not get nearly as much media attention. Perhaps even more disturbing than the spending ethics, the video showed the characters wearing TNG-era uniforms while being set on a Constitution -class bridge.

Nanometer-scale USS Enterprise

• In 2013 , IBM nanophysicists created Star Trek logos and USS Enterprise and Vulcan salute images created from the manipulation of individual atoms. Imaged at a nanometer-long scale, atoms were supercooled to -268C and magnified 100 million times using a scanning tunneling microscope. These images were later used for the Star Trek Into Darkness mobile app. [57]
• A Canadian cultural phenomenon had fans turning the face of Sir Wilfrid Laurier on the Canadian five-dollar note into Spock . This practice was widely reported to have seen an uptick after the death of Leonard Nimoy in 2015 , and was referred to as "Spocking".
• In the distributed computing community, the act of installing a client on someone else's computer is sometimes referred to as "borging" (similar to how the Borg assimilates other species' technology for the collective's benefit).
• The Los Angeles street artist Mr. Brainwash made several Star Trek -related artworks, including one in which he put Marilyn Monroe 's hair on Spock (part of a series where he put the hair on a number of famous people).
• A baseball pitch known as the ( Vulcan changeup ) is one in which the fingers are split like the "live long and prosper" sign.
• During the Canadian federal election campaign in 2015, someone parodied Liberal party candidates' intense campaign posters by putting a picture of a bug-eyed Gowron on a spoof poster, ostensibly running in the riding of " Qo'noS - Praxis -Verdun". [58]
• In 2015, angry neighbors compared Mohamed Hadid's ostentatious hillside mansion to the starship Enterprise , saying it looked as though the ship had landed there. [59]
• In 2016, Rihanna launched a line of sunglasses , in collaboration with French fashion label Dior that were inspired by Geordi La Forge 's VISOR . [60]
• In 2016, a Guelph, Ontario city councilor said that their city was more likely to get a Star Trek transporter than a high-speed rail line. [61]
• In 2016, the National Labor Relations Board used Spock and the plot of " Amok Time " to clarify a point about labor law. [62]

Heaven's Gate [ ]

The Heaven's Gate religious group, founded in the early '70s and mostly remembered for their tragic mass suicide in 1997, were widely reported to be influenced by Star Trek , and even sensationalized as a Star Trek religion. The group was steeped in general science fiction themes, notably Star Trek , (although shows like The X-Files and Stargate were also associated with them). Notably, they characterized themselves as an " away team " working on Earth. In a 1993 advertisement in USA Today , they likewise described Jesus Christ as the captain in an away team from the Kingdom of God on Earth. In this statement, they also indicated a belief that they were going to depart to the true Kingdom of God on the true Enterprise . The wide-ranging belief statement furthermore talked about their moral prime directive . [63] The allusions to Star Trek in this advertisement were later confirmed to be intentional. [64] The group's website also confirmed their terminology regarding a captain and admiral to be inspired by Star Trek . [65]

Another manifest, "E.T. Speaks: UFO's / Space aliens / Reboot civilization" which was posted to a number of Usenet groups, was sometimes rebranded "The Real Q - An E.T. Speaks out" for Usenet communities with a sci-fi fan audience.

Building on the away team theme, their life routine, in which they were given "assignments" and wore spandex uniform-like light clothing, was further compared to Star Trek in the press. They were also known to recruit at Star Trek conventions. [66]

The member known as Jwnody ended her exit video preceding the mass suicide by saying "thirty-nine to beam up".

Among the members of the cult, and deaths in the 1997 mass suicide, was Nichelle Nichols 's brother Thomas Nichols.

"I'm a doctor, not a..." [ ]

Dr. Leonard McCoy 's signature phrase " I'm a doctor, not a... " occurs in several parodies and homages to Star Trek :

• Dr. McCoy (as played by Dan Aykroyd): " I'm a doctor, not a tailor, dammit. " (" The Last Voyage of the Enterprise ")
• Dr. McCoy (as played by Phil Hartman in response to William Shatner (as Kirk) stating someone needs medical attention): " Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a - oh, sure! " (" Star Trek V: The Restaurant Enterprise ")
• Doctor Cottle: " I'm a doctor, not a Viper pilot! " ( Battlestar Galactica )
• Tolin Dorden: " I'm a medic, not a soldier! " ( Gaunt's Ghosts )
• DeForest Kelley : " I'm not a doctor, I'm a convicted murderer. " ( Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In )
• DeForest Kelley: " How should I know? I'm an actor, not a doctor. " (a commercial for Trivial Pursuit )
• Star Trek t-shirt: " Dammit Jim, I'm not a doctor, I just play one on TV " [67]
• Dr. Helena Russell: " I'm a doctor, John, not a miracle worker! " ( Space: 1999 )
• Wreck-Gar : " I'm a doctor, not a forklift. " ( Transformers )
• HK-47 : " Dammit master, I am an assassin droid, not a dictionary! " ( Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic )
• Todo 360: "I am a techno-service droid, not a butler droid!" ( Star Wars: The Clone Wars )
• Ace Ventura: " For God sake, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a pool man. " ( Ace Ventura: Pet Detective )
• Malaka: " Dammit man, I'm a doctor, not an English teacher! " ( Dragonball Abridged ; episode 12)
• Dr. Carson Beckett : " I'm a medical doctor, not a bloody fighter pilot! " ( Stargate Atlantis )
• Dr. Doppler: " Dang it, Jim, I'm an astronomer, not a doctor! I mean, I am a doctor, but I'm not that kind of doctor. " ( Treasure Planet )
• Will Smith (to William Shatner): " Dammit, Jim, I'm a black boy from Philly, not a doctor! " ( The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air )
• Zoolander's father: " Dammit, Derek, I'm a coal miner, not a professional film or television actor. " ( Zoolander )
• McCoy: " Forget it. I'm a doctor, not a patsy. " ( Family Guy )
• William Shatner : " Dammit, I'm a doctor, not a... oh! " ( Saturday Night Live )
• Leotard Buns McCorduroy: " Dammit Gym, I'm a doctor not a... on my way sir! " Sev Trek currently available at Star Trek Minutiae
• Nita : " Sker', I'm a wizard, not an engineer! " ( Wizards at War )
• On the TV series Unfabulous , Principal Brandywine uses lines that follow the pattern of, " This is school [or name of a school-related object or place], not a/an/the [event, time, place or object unrelated to school]! ", or " You're a middle school student, not [a famous person who does what the student is doing]! ", or " I'm a middle school principal, not a doctor [or other jobs outside school]! "
• An elderly man, when inquired about potions: " Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a miracle worker. Ask someone else! " ( Final Fantasy IX )
• Marvin (the manic depressive robot in the motion picture of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ) after being told to "freeze", states: " I'm a robot, not a refrigerator. "
• In the animated TV series X-Men: Evolution episode 7, "Storm", a mutant with weather altering powers, says " I'm a weather witch, not a snowplough! "
• Stranded with four others on a deserted planet in "a Donner party situation," McCoy says, " Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a– " then is interrupted by the others saying " –a cannibal, yes, we know, we know. " McCoy then lowers his head and asks himself, " Am I really that predictable? " ( Robot Chicken )
• At one point in the Nintendo Wii video game Trauma Center: New Blood , surgeon Valerie Blaylock says " We're doctors, not diplomats! "
• In Spider-Man 3 , when asked about the mysterious black substance shown him, Peter Parker's science professor remarks, " What do you want me to do? I'm a physicist, not a biologist. "
• On the television series Eleventh Hour episode 11 Dr. Jacob Hood, trapped with his handler in a freezer remarks, " I'm a scientist not MacGyver , shoot the door ".
• Dr. McCoy (voiced by Frank Welker): " Darn it Yakko, I'm a doctor not a magician. " ( Animaniacs )
• Robot running soda fountain: " I am a robot, not a miracle worker. " ( SpongeBob SquarePants )
• Miss Tutweiller: " I am an educator, not a warden! " ( The Suite Life on Deck )
• Dr. Valsh, in response to Phil Wenneck's request for directions: " I'm a doctor, not a tour guide. " ( The Hangover )
• Fred: " I'm not a resistance fighter, I'm a doctor. " ( V: The Final Battle )
• Taran: " I'm a warrior, not a pig keeper. " ( The Black Cauldron )
• Tailor " I'm a clothier, not a doctor. " ( Schlock Mercenary )
• Jean Valjean: " This is a factory, not a circus! "" ( Les Misérables )
• Doctor Preston : " I'm a doctor, not a dealer." ( Fallout 3 )
• Ambassador Dennis Crocker : " Damn it, I'm an ambassador, not a doctor! " ( Fallout: New Vegas )
• In a sketch depicting every episode of Star Trek , by comedy group the Frantics, McCoy says, " I'm a doctor, not a physician. "
• In the "Do No Harm" episode of Lost , during a flashback, Jack Shephard confides in his father before his wedding that he is having difficulty writing his vows, to which Christian Shephard responds with " you're a doctor, not a writer. " This is a reference to the famous catch phrase of Doctor McCoy.
• Gordon Freeman: "I'm a doctor, not a... normal doctor! " ( Freeman's Mind )
• Beerus: "I'm a Destroyer God, not a babysitter!" ( Dragon Ball Super: Broly )
• Centorea Shianus: "I'm a knight, not a packhorse." ( Monster Musume )
• Dr. Roland Heilmann: " Ich bin Arzt, kein Finanzstratege." ("I'm a doctor, not a financial strategist.") ( In aller Freundschaft )
• Dr. Martin Stein: " Ich bin Arzt und kein Fremdenlegionär." ("I am a doctor and not a foreign legionnaire.") ( In aller Freundschaft )

See also [ ]

• Star Trek tributes
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7 Funny World Of Warcraft References In Television And Movies

From Leeroy Jenkins to Wrath of the Lich King, World of Warcraft often gets mentioned in movies and TV shows.

If you remember eras of your life based on what World of Warcraft expansion was out at the time, you’re not alone. Lauded as the king of MMOs, WoW’s 2004 launch forever changed the world of gaming and with each expansion, it grew with an entire generation of gamers. From questing in Azeroth to raiding alongside your friends, WoW is a unique experience that competing MMOs have often failed to recreate.

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Part of WoW's charm is its lighthearted pop culture references celebrating iconic characters and memes from other entertainment mediums. And it’s not surprising that WoW itself, being a worldwide phenomenon, is also referenced as a humorous nod to nerd culture in mainstream television shows and films.

7 Zombieland

Picture this: a leaning tower of pizza boxes, copious amounts of soda, and nothing to do other than queuing battlegrounds in WoW. That’s the scene from the 2009 comedy horror movie Zombieland where you meet the nerdy protagonist Columbus. If you look closely, you’ll notice he’s playing as an undead rogue during a Warsong Gulch battleground match , which is interrupted once he inevitably spills Mountain Dew on his shirt.

An undead rogue as his character is fitting, considering that the premise of the movie is about humanity trying to survive against a vicious horde of undead. And unfortunately, there’s not much time for WoW when you’re running from zombies.

6 The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory is an award-winning sitcom often known for its wealth of nerd culture references as it follows the lives of physicists Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter and their small friend group who live and breathe things like Star Trek, Comic-Con, and of course, World of Warcraft.

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“The Zarnecki Incursion” and “The Fuzzy Boots Corollary” are two episodes that feature WoW shenanigans. In fact, “The Zarnecki Incursion” is an entire episode about getting back Sheldon’s coveted WoW items after his account had been hacked. According to Sheldon, the thief stole his enchanted weapons, vicious gladiator armor, wand of untainted power, gold, and battle ostrich named Glenn — a heist worthy of FBI interference in his opinion.

5 Family Guy

Shows like South Park, The Simpsons, and Family Guy frequently create hilarious gags about internet culture. So it was a long time coming when Family Guy finally parodied one of the most memorable moments in World of Warcraft history : the 2005 Leeroy Jenkins video. Even non-gamers have heard someone yell “Leeeroy Jeeenkins!” before doing something ill-advised, just as Leeroy did when he rushed into battle without his guild, resulting in an inevitable wipe.

Season 16 Episode 10 features Peter, Joe, and Cleveland who are all stuck behind cover in the middle of a gunfight, and Cleveland suggests that pulling a Leeroy Jenkins would get them out of it. Everything that follows is identical to the original as the three talk out an elaborate plan, crunch some numbers meticulously, and run in after Cleveland pulls the Leeroy. Family Guy went even further to switch the perspective to third-person while also featuring WoW’s UI, including health bars, a map, and an action bar.

Season one of Leverage, a crime drama television series, follows a team made up of a thief, grifter, hacker, and retrieval specialist as they fight corporate injustices by carrying out heists. The show was well-written with enjoyable characters and funny banter. Even better, World of Warcraft gets referenced by the character Hardison.

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In the episode titled “The Mile High Job,” Hardison raves about the Wrath of the Lich King expansion; his guild kept him up all night fighting Kel’Thuzad in Naxxramas . Hardison’s experience is pretty relatable, as the hype surrounding that expansion kept us engrossed for hours, and it’s arguably the best expansion in WoW’s history, especially with the high stakes of defeating The Lich King .

3 How I Met Your Mother

“Who’s the mother?” was the burning question that drove fans to keep watching the sitcom How I Met Your Mother for nine seasons, sticking with the hopeless romantic Ted through all his breakups, bad dates, and faux happy-ever-afters. Over the years, you get to see Ted start up romances with many love interests in a variety of ways, including World of Warcraft.

Carol makes a brief season three appearance, and she creates a fake romantic story to explain how she met Ted. Near the end of the episode, the truth is revealed, and the show cuts to an in-game WoW clip with two characters — a male draenei and female human — in Stranglethorn Vale arranging a coffee date.

WoW is actually often celebrated by players as being the reason they met their significant others. But unfortunately for Ted, this budding romance met a quick end. Might as well get back to questing!

A year after its launch, WoW was already popular enough to become a question on the Jeopardy 2005 College Championship. Under the category “Computer Games” for $1,000, the contestants were asked, “This role-playing game came out in 2004 returns to the World of Azeroth, where heroes like Leeroy Jenkins do battle.”

Easy, right? There are so many hints from Azeroth to Leeroy Jenkins that it’s hard to believe anyone would get this question wrong. Well, that’s exactly what happened. None of the three contestants buzzed in and Alex Trebek was the one to reveal the answer: World of Warcraft.

1 South Park

“Make Love, Not Warcraft” is one of the most memorable South Park episodes. It went on to win a Primetime Emmy Award and is widely considered the best video game episode on television. The episode begins with Cartman, Kyle, Stan, and Kenny leveling up their Alliance characters when an overpowered ganker kills them and proceeds to kill other players in the game, even killing up to 5,000 players in the Arathi Highlands at one point.

The kids could easily call it quits, but they decide that they’re going to level up their characters by killing boars for low XP until they can take on the high-level player. For 21 hours a day over the course of two months, the kids are dedicated to the grind and when they finally kill the other player, Cartman says his famous line, “Now we can finally play the game.”

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Here Are All the References in Ready Player One

Spoilers below for Ready Player One .

Ready Player One is the apotheosis of a rising trend in film that we might refer to as “recognition cinema” — the phenomenon of trying to please an audience by including brief references to other pieces of fiction. It’s common in — though by no means restricted to — superhero movies, which will commonly drop hints or include cameos that demonstrate a connection to elements the viewers might remember from comic-book source material or separate movies in the same shared universe.

Typically, such references are given some room to breathe so the crowd can go wild at the excitement of recognizing what the filmmakers are implying. Not so in Ready Player One . In Steven Spielberg’s latest picture, there are dozens upon dozens of pop-culture references in dialogue and mise-en-scène; so many that a single pair of human eyes is incapable of catching them all. Here, we’ve attempted to list as many of them as we could notice and scribble down in the darkened theater. Let us know in the comments if you find ones we missed, of which there are surely more than a few.

Minecraft : The popular video game is one the many worlds gamers in the film can visit as part of the OASIS virtual-reality system.

Batman: The protagonist, Wade Watts, tells us one can hang out with a virtual Batman inside OASIS, and we see him climbing Mount Everest. The Batmobile from the 1960s Batman TV show is seen in a virtual race.

The Joker: Wade’s virtual avatar is briefly modded to look like the Batman villain. Someone else in a Joker avatar hangs out in a virtual nightclub.

Harley Quinn: Seen in the virtual nightclub.

A Nightmare on Elm Street : Freddy Krueger seen as an avatar in a battle royale.

Friday the 13th : Jason Voorhees seen as an avatar in a battle royale.

Star Trek : OASIS creator James Halliday has a Star Trek –themed funeral. Later, we see a Klingon bat’leth weapon on a windowsill.

Street Fighter : Logo seen in a marketplace for gamers. Characters Ryu and Chun-Li make appearances as player avatars in fights. A character uses Ryu’s famed “hadouken” fireball to attack someone.

Speed Racer : Speed’s car, the Mach 5, is seen in a virtual race.

Bigfoot: The famous monster truck is seen in a virtual race.

Back to the Future : Wade drives a virtual DeLorean. A modified Rubik’s Cube called a Zemeckis Cube (named after Back to the Future director Robert Zemeckis) allows a character to travel back in time.

Tron : A light-cycle is seen in a virtual race.

Akira : A motorcycle modeled after Kaneda’s is seen in a virtual race.

Jurassic Park : The T. rex is seen as an obstacle in a virtual race.

King Kong : Seen in as an obstacle in a virtual race.

Last Action Hero : Characters race past a marquee advertising a movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character.

The Iron Giant : The titular robot is a weapon built by Wade’s friend Aech.

Battlestar Galactica : The 1970s version of the Galactica ship is seen as a virtual toy.

Alien : A chestburster is used by Wade’s love interest, Artemis.

Aliens : Space-marine spaceship the Sulaco is seen as a virtual toy.

Silent Running : Spaceship Valley Forge is seen as a virtual toy.

Dune : The planet Arrakis is mentioned as a virtual destination.

Goldeneye : The video game is mentioned as Halliday’s favorite. (He prefers the “slappers only” mode.)

Superman: Wade’s avatar is briefly modded to look like Clark Kent.

Spider-Man: Wade mentions that he was given an alliterative name to sound like Spidey’s alter ego Peter Parker or …

The Incredible Hulk: … the Hulk’s, Bruce Banner.

Looney Tunes : Young Halliday is seen near a Marvin the Martian toy.

Space Invaders : Halliday is repeatedly seen wearing a shirt advertising the game.

Asteroids : Mentioned by Halliday’s business partner, Ogden Morrow.

Galaga : Poster for the game seen in Halliday and Morrow’s offices.

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure : Halliday mentions the film.

Star Wars : Stormtroopers briefly seen as avatars in a battle royale. R2-D2 toy seen on a floor. A character refers to Wade as “padawan.”

Borderlands : Unspecified game accoutrements available in a virtual marketplace.

Overwatch : Unspecified game accoutrements available in a virtual marketplace.

War of the Worlds : A crashed Martian ship is the site of a virtual meeting.

Tootsie Pop: A character mentions the candy as a metaphor.

Knight Rider : The car, KITT, is briefly seen.

Beetlejuice : Title character seen as someone’s avatar.

Mortal Kombat : Goro seen as someone’s avatar.

The Dark Crystal : Mentioned by Halliday.

Citizen Kane : Multiple references to Rosebud.

Purple Rain : Wade briefly dresses as Prince’s character.

Mad Max : Mentioned.

Gremlins : Graffiti related to the film briefly seen.

Christine: The titular car from the 1983 Stephen King adaptation is seen in a virtual race.

“Thriller” music video: Wade briefly dresses as Michael Jackson’s character.

Duran Duran: Wade briefly dresses as a band member.

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension : Wade dresses as the title character for an extended period of time.

Battletoads : Titular toads seen as avatars.

Saturday Night Fever : An extended dance sequence is based on the film, complete with Bee Gees soundtrack.

The Breakfast Club : Mentioned by the villain, Nolan Sorrento. Bender seen as an avatar elsewhere.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off : Mentioned by Sorrento.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High : Mentioned by Wade.

Animal House : Mentioned by Wade.

Robotron : Mentioned by Sorrento.

Joy Division: Band T-shirt seen on Art3mis’s real-life body.

Dungeons and Dragons : A virtual space is named after the role-playing game’s creator, Gary Gygax. A 20-sided die is briefly seen. Aech’s van has an image on the back door from module Tomb of Horrors .

The Fly : The 1986 remake is mentioned as a film Halliday once saw.

Say Anything : Mentioned as a film Halliday once saw.

Simon: The classic toy is seen as a possession of Halliday’s.

Thundercats : Wade wears a belt referencing the show.

Hello Kitty: A sticker for the brand is seen on a motorcycle.

The Shining : An extended sequence is set in a replica of the Overlook Hotel.

Punk’d : Aech mentions “being punk’d.”

Nancy Drew : Mentioned by a character.

Atari 2600: Becomes a crucial plot point when it’s revealed that Halliday has hidden a key to beating OASIS in a virtual version of one of the antiquated system’s games.

Centipede : An Atari 2600 game mentioned by Sorrento’s underlings.

Pitfall : An Atari 2600 game mentioned by Sorrento’s underlings.

Swordquest : An Atari 2600 game mentioned by Sorrento’s underlings.

Motorcross : An Atari 2600 game mentioned by Sorrento’s underlings.

Adventure : An Atari 2600 game that is crucial to the ending.

Spawn: Seen as an avatar in a battle royale.

Child’s Play : Chucky is used as a weapon during a battle royale.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The versions of the characters from the recent film reboot are seen as avatars during a battle royale.

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla : Sorrento morphs into Mechagodzilla during a battle royale.

Gundam : Wade’s ally Daito morphs into a Gundam robot during a battle royale.

Madballs: A madball is used as a weapon in a battle royale.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day : While sinking into a pit of lava, the Iron Giant gives a thumbs up.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail : Wade uses the Holy Hand Grenade in a virtual fight.

Mario Kart : Aech jokingly mentions the game during a car chase.

Joust : Poster for the game seen in Halliday’s childhood bedroom.

Raiders of the Lost Ark : Poster for the film seen in Halliday’s childhood bedroom.

Forbidden Planet : Toy robot from the film seen in Halliday’s childhood bedroom.

Pac-Man : Poster for the game seen in Halliday’s childhood bedroom.

2112 : Poster for the Rush album is seen in Halliday’s childhood bedroom.

The A-Team : Van seen in a virtual race.

Halo : Soldiers seen as a group’s avatars.

Sonic the Hedgehog : Title character seen as someone’s avatar.

Say Anything : An avatar is seen holding a boom box above their head during a battle royale.

Pee-wee’s Big Adventure : Aech has a replica of Pee-wee’s bike.

Devo: In the virtual nightclub, the bartender is wearing a Devo energy dome.

Mass Effect : Shepard avatar seen in virtual nightclub and battle royale.

Tomb Raider : Lara Croft seen as an avatar in a battle royale.

Deathstroke: The DC Comics villain is seen as an avatar in a battle royale.

Jason and the Argonauts : Skeletons seen as avatars in a battle royale.

RoboCop : Title character seen as an avatar in a battle royale.

Pole Position : Two cars seen in virtual race.

Duke Nukem : Title character seen as an avatar in a battle royale.

Excalibur : A magic spell from the film is recited by multiple characters.

Spaceballs : Eagle 5 replica seen in Aech’s garage.

Firefly : Spaceship Serenity seen on multiple occasions.

Cowboy Bebop : Swordfish replica seen in Aech’s garage.

Sinbad : Cyclops avatar seen in battle royale.

Chappie : Title character seen as an avatar in a battle royale.

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10 Unexpected Star Trek References

Sometimes Star Trek pops up in surprising places.

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I was recently on a quarantine compliant jog, jamming to an 80’s playlist when Nena’s “99 Luftballons” (in its original German) came on. I’ve listened to this song countless times; I may be a 90’s kid, but I have a soft spot for 80’s classics. Unsurprisingly, as a Star Trek fan my favorite part of the song is when Nena name checks Captain Kirk. You don’t have to speak a lick of German to hear the shout-out; according to the universal translator, Nena sings “Ninety-nine jet fighters / Each was a great warrior / Regarded themselves as Captain Kirk.”

“99 Luftballons” has one of those great, unexpected Star Trek references; those times when, in the least likely of places, Star Trek shows up.

I’m not talking about an homage or a parody. Galaxy Quest is brilliant, as is the “Where No Fan Has Gone Before” episode of Futurama , but those are direct Star Trek tributes. I’m referring to watching an episode of Mad Men and characters surprisingly start talking about a Trek spec script.

While Star Trek is so ubiquitous that it regularly appears in every corner of pop-culture – from ’80 German rock songs to Emmy award-winning shows and cult films – it’s still a wonderful surprise when a reference is made, particularly to a fan. Below are 10 of my all-time favorite Star Trek references.

10. Fight Club

At one point in David Fincher’s seminal film, Fight Club , Brad Pitt asks Edward Norton who he would fight, if he could fight anybody. Norton – without skipping a beat – answers with Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner. Norton would never had had a chance; if Kirk can beat a Gorn, he can beat Norton.

9. Gilmore Girls

The classic mother-daughter show is full of more pop-cultural references than there are Tribbles. Not only does Kirk, the quirky town do-it-all, share his birthday with William Shatner, but Lorelai’s fourth season boyfriend Digger once justified that hiding their relationship in plain site would backfire by explaining how cloaking technology was problematic across “every incarnation of Star Trek .”

8. “The Chanukah Song”

Adam Sandler’s songs and comedy skits dominated the 90’s. Among his best bits? The part in “The Chanukah Song” when he sings, “You don't need "Deck the Halls" or ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ / Cause you can spin a dreidel with Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock (both Jewish!)” Many a fan, including me, learned of Shatner and Nimoy’s shared cultural heritage because of Sandler.

7. “Intergalactic”

The Beastie Boys – the Kelvin timeline’s favorite “oldies” band – directly reference Trek in their sci-fi themed single, “Intergalactic.” The boys from Brooklyn loudly sing: “Your knees'll start shakin' and your fingers pop / Like a pinch on the neck of Mr. Spock.”

6. Crimson Tide

Tony Scott’s superb submarine thriller, Crimson Tide , includes a scene between Denzel Washington’s Commander Hunter and a junior engineer. Washington motivates the crewman by explaining that their dilemma is akin to any number of classic episodes of Trek where Kirk needs Scotty to once again fix the Enterprise in order to save themselves from Klingons.

5. Back to the Future

This classic, which co-stars Commander Kruge himself, Christopher Lloyd, has a great sequence where Michael J. Fox’s Marty convinces his future father to ask his future mother on a date by dressing up in as hazmat suit and proclaiming, all while doing the Vulcan salute and claiming to be “an extraterrestrial from the planet Vulcan.” Paging Temporal Investigation!

4. South Park

South Park is full of Star Trek references. In a sixth season episode entitled “Fun with Veal,” Cartman masterminds a hostage situation. Among his demands? That Michael Dorn, in full Worf make-up drive his getaway truck and refer to him as Captain. Spoiler alert: he does.

3. Kill Bill

Quentin Tarantino’s love of Star Trek is well known. In fact, he even worked as a script doctor to punch up the pop culture references in one of our earlier entries, Crimson Tide . Among the most overt Star Trek references in his films is the opening of Kill Bill . The movie begins with a title card featuring the old Klingon proverb, once quoted by Khan himself: “Revenge is a dish best served cold.”

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The cult British sitcom, starring and co-written by Kelvin Scotty himself, Simon Pegg, is littered with Star Trek references. Pegg’s character, Tim, even has that iconic Seven of Nine poster in his bedroom. A favorite moment comes when Tim addresses the classic ‘even vs odd number’ Star Trek film debate. Wonder how Pegg feels about that particular debate now that he co-wrote Star Trek Beyond , the 13th film in the series?

1. Wayne’s World

One of my all-time favorite films has several of my all-time favorite references. The movie has one scene where Wayne, wanting to weigh in on a conversation about the differences in champagnes, compares Star Trek to Star Trek: The Next Generation . (“In many ways it's superior but will never be as recognized as the original.”) In another sequence, Garth famously whistles The Original Series theme while both he and Wayne stare off into the vastness of space.

There are literally thousands of examples to choose from; did some of your favorite unexpected Star Trek references make the list? Let us know @StarTrek on all things social!

Carlos Miranda (he/him)is the CEO of Social Misfits Media, a London-based social media agency. Carlos, as obsessed with coffee as he is sci-fi, writes for Star Trek fan site, TrekNews.Net, and is a regular guest on a variety of Star Trek-themed podcasts including TrekRanks. Follow him on Twitter @doublemacc.

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The Best Dune Pop Culture References

I t’s hard to find a science fiction property that Frank Herbert’s Dune has not influenced. Published in 1965, the story of Paul Atredies would inspire a generation of artists across the entertainment world. From films to movies and video games , many have paid tribute to one of the sci-fi genre's most beloved works.

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While many artists over the years have littered their works with small homages to the novels written by Frank Herbert, sometimes these winks and nods are more obvious. It’s hardly uncommon for writers to put Easter eggs or references in their creations, but Dune has seen more references across entertainment than most.

Updated on March 05, 2024, By Jack Nachwalter: With the release of Dune: Part Two the iconic Frank Herbert series is back in our heads. It's influence is long-standing and you can find easter eggs about Dune in a wide range of songs, shows, movies, and more. We've updated this list to include some extra references to Dune that we've found in pop culture.

Mandy The Merciless

The grim adventures of billy and mandy.

Dune’s central story of warring families fighting over resources is hardly revolutionary, but it’s the extra layers of depth that Hebert added that made Dune remarkable. Between ideas of rebellion, immortality, and Spice, there are many elements that you can pull from.

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, a beloved Cartoon Network series, is known for referencing other pop culture works. One episode segment called Mandy the Merciless revolves around a plot inspired by God Emperor of Dune.

Interstellar Travel

Ubisoft’s Far Cry series is chock-full of references. Ubisoft has filled the open-world series with plenty of pop culture hints, ranging from Assassin's Creed to Jurassic Park. Dune is no exception, as seen in 2012’s Far Cry 3.

In Ubisoft’s magnum opus , you can find memory cards scattered across the outposts. Most of these cards stay in line with the Far Cry world, but one of the memory cards is about 'Spice', the quintessential resource of the Dune series.

The Girl From Jupiter

Moonrise kingdom.

Director Wes Anderson has always displayed a particular tone and style across his filmography. Anderson might not be typically linked with pop culture hints; in 2012’s Moonrise Kingdom, the Oscar-nominated director included a subtle nod to Dune.

When the main character Suzy escapes into the English wilderness with love-struck Sam, she brings several books along. One of her books, called The Girl from Jupiter, has a map of the North Pole of Arrakis on the back.

Planet References

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Few science fiction IPs are more synonymous with the genre as Star Trek . Gene Roddenberry’s franchise has been a sci-fi stable ever since its inception. Even Frank Hebert is not above paying homage to Roddenberry’s creation.

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Many planets in the Star Trek galaxy possess names which reference other IPs. In an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, there is a planet called Giedi Prime. This is a clear nod to the homeworld of House Harkonnen in Dune, appropriately known as Giedi Prime.

To Tame A Land

Iron maiden's piece of mind.

It’s not just visual media that can mention each other; music can often be full of references that cross over mediums, too. Heavy metal band Iron Maiden demonstrated its fondness for Frank Hebert’s novel with its 1983 album, Piece of Mind.

One track on the album, To Tame a Land, features several terms from Dune, including Fremen and Caladan. While Herbert himself didn’t give Iron Maiden his seal of approval on the song, he evidently didn’t take the denunciation too hard.

Limitations

Law & order: svu.

For over two decades, Law & Order: SVU has been a mainstay of cable television. A spin off of the Dick Wolf’s original police procedural drama, SVU has been running for over 20 seasons with more than 500 episodes and counting.

In season one, episode 14, Limitations, when a victim panics in the courtroom she says, “ I must not fear. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear.” This is an idiom said throughout the Dune series by individuals in moments of peril.

Chuck Versus The Sandworm

The charming Zachary Levi led show Chuck was full of easter eggs and references to other pop culture properties. Sure enough, Dune was just one of the many works which was spotlighted as part of Chuck’s entertaining story.

Not only did the titular character have a Dune poster in his bedroom, but one episode called Chuck Versus The Sandworm is chock full of Dune tributes, including a Dune sandworm costume being shown off at a Halloween Party.

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One of the pinnacle scenes from the 2021 Dune film features Paul Artiendes being given the Test of Humanity by the Bene Gesserit Order. As a deterrent in case Artiendes fails, Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam holds a poison tipped needle called the Jom Gabber to Paul’s neck.

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In the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft , the developers added an item called Gom Jabber. Not only is the Gom Jabber an explicit reference, but the item is actually quite useful as it increases attack power.

The Drylands Over The Stormwahl

The name of the wind.

Author Patrick Rothfuss is no stranger to including references into his works. In his fantasy book series, The Kingkiller Chronicles, Rothfuss puts in a passage that references the archetypal sci-fi epic that shaped his writing.

In the series' first book, The Name of the Wind, there’s a moment where a girl asks to hear a story, more specifically “I want to hear about the dry lands over the Stormwahl.” The quote is an unmistakable reference to Arrakis, the single most important planet in the Dune universe.

Savior Of This Devastated World

Nausicaä of the valley of the wind.

There isn’t a more revered figure in the history of animation entertainment than Hayao Miyazaki. While the co-founder of the distinguished Studio Ghibli is unquestionably a master at his craft, he’s not apprehensive about commending his fellow artists.

One of Miyazaki’s best films, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind , shares narrative parallels to Dune both in the central story and in other respects, such as both featuring giant wormlike monsters. It’s clear Miyazaki is a huge admirer of Herbert’s work.

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The stillsuit is the quintessential outfit for the people of Arrakis. Given Arrakis’ exceedingly arid climate, water is an essential for the planet’s people. The stillsuit both preserves the body’s moistures and filters it into drinking water.

The stillsuit has subsequently cropped up in other works, including Subnautica: Below Zero. Because Subnautica: Below Zero is all about surviving in a hostile environment, you’ll need to craft several items to thrive, including the infamous stillsuit of Arrakis.

Spongebob Squarepants

There’s perhaps no two entertainment properties as diametrically opposed as Dune and SpongeBob SquarePants. Despite recent years seeing the Nickelodeon series being transformed into a show exclusively for children, fans still hold dear the memories of those early seasons.

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One outstanding early episode, 'Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm,' focuses on SpongeBob and Sandy’s encounter with an Alaskan Bull Worm. If that wasn’t enough of a salute to Dune’s trademark beasts, in the episode Sandy picks up a sign that says “worm”, a reference to the warning worm signs of Arrakis.

Numerous Easter Eggs

George Lucas was motivated by tons of other artists when he was creating Star Wars. Evidently, Frank Herbert’s sci-fi novels were significant in how Lucas organized his own extensive sci-fi fantasy universe.

From Tattooine having parallels to Arrakis to the eminent presence of Spice in both universes, Star Wars exhibits a wealth of acknowledgments and references to Dune. Even in a galaxy far, far away, the influence of Dune is alive and well.

Weapon of Choice

Fatboy silm.

English musician Norman Quentin Cook, better known as Fatboy Slim, has been a pioneer in the big beat music genre for decades. Cook’s 2001 release Weapon of Choice is primarily known for its Grammy Award-winning music video, but one of its lyrics stands out.

In the song, musician Bootsy Collins sings “Walk without rhythm, and it won’t attract the worm,” a line directly pulled from Dune. Cook clearly is a fan of Herbert’s series and illustrates his reverence through this sly inserted lyric.

Fallout Series

The Fallout series is famous for its abundance of easter eggs, which seem to touch all corners of the entertainment world. Most of these references are one-time instances with no impact on the overall narrative, but Fallout's nod to Frank Herbert's novels is well known in the post-nuclear wasteland.

Throughout all the Fallout games, you can find mentats, a drug which increases your intelligence and perception. In Dune, individuals known as mentats serve as an alternative to computer thinking and AI, as those things are prohibited.

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Star trek: discovery just made a mirror universe theory more likely.

A TOS reference in Star Trek: Discovery's season 5 premiere suggests the USS Defiant may return from the Mirror Universe, confirming a fan theory.

WARNING: This article contains SPOILERS for Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 1, "Red Directive"

• The return to the Mirror Universe in Star Trek: Discovery season 5 is teased by a Terran Empire logo in the trailer.
• Captain Saru mentions the Tholian Republic as a threat, setting up for a potential return to the Mirror Universe.
• The USS Defiant from Star Trek: The Original Series could play a key role in a bridge to the Mirror Universe in season 5.

One line from Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 1, "Red Directive" makes a return to the Mirror Universe more likely, confirming a fan theory. Discovery last paid a visit to the Mirror Universe in the season 3 two-parter "Terra Firma", in which the Guardian of Forever sent Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) back to her last day as Terran Emperor. The return to the Mirror Universe was part of an elaborate test by the Guardian, now assuming the form of Carl (Paul Guilfoyle) , to prove the positive impact of Georgiou's experiences in the prime Star Trek timeline .

Now it seems that Star Trek: Discovery could be making a final return to the Mirror Universe in season 5. The final trailer for Discovery season 5 appeared to show L'ak (Elias Toufexis) standing in front of what appeared to be the symbol of the Terran Empire . Star Trek: Deep Space Nine revealed that the Terran Empire had fallen in the 24th century, but it's certainly possible that it could have risen again in the 800 years between DS9 and Discovery . How the USS Discovery's treasure hunt would lead to a return to the Mirror Universe is unclear, but there's a small hint in season 5's premiere.

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Discovery’s season 5 premiere made a mirror universe theory more likely.

The Star Trek: Discovery season 5 trailer teased a tense gunfight aboard what appeared to be a 23rd century Constitution-class starship. This has led fans to speculate that it could be the USS Defiant from Star Trek: The Original Series , the starship that phased in and out of reality in "The Tholian Web". That theory gets a further boost in Discovery season 5, episode 1, as Captain Saru (Doug Jones) outlines possible threats to the Federation in the 32nd century .

Saru reveals that the Breen Imperium and the Tholian Republic are potential threats to the Federation in Star Trek: Discovery season 5 . It's even possible that either of these classic Star Trek aliens could seek the Progenitors' technology to gain an advantage over the Federation. Saru's mention of the Tholians also gives Discovery a pathway back to the Mirror Universe later in season 5, perhaps affording the chance to settle some unfinished business.

Who Are Star Trek: TOS’ Tholians And How Do They Connect To The Mirror Universe?

In Star Trek: The Original Series , season 3, episode 9, "The Tholian Web", the USS Enterprise encounters the stricken USS Defiant. The entire crew killed each other, driven insane by the effects of a spatial interphase caused by the non-humanoid Tholians. Star Trek: Enterprise revealed that it was the Tholians from the Mirror Universe that had actually dragged the USS Defiant out of their own time and reality, dragging it backwards into the 22nd century. Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) of the ISS Enterprise NX-01 stole the Defiant, but the knowledge contained inside it led to a revolt aboard the ship .

The events of Star Trek: Enterprise 's Mirror Universe episodes later informed Star Trek: Discovery season 1's Mirror Universe arc . When the USS Discovery was dragged into the Mirror Universe by the machinations of Captain Gabriel Lorca, they used the information about the USS Defiant to return to their own reality. At the end of "The Tholian Web" - which takes place after Star Trek: Discovery - the USS Defiant is phased out of reality to parts unknown. Given that the Defiant had been dragged through both time and reality, it could have ended up in the 32nd century, providing Burnham with a bridge to the Mirror Universe.

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Star Trek: Discovery is an entry in the legendary Sci-Fi franchise, set ten years before the original Star Trek series events. The show centers around Commander Michael Burnham, assigned to the USS Discovery, where the crew attempts to prevent a Klingon war while traveling through the vast reaches of space.

Star Trek: The Original Series

Star Trek: The Original Series follows the exploits of the crew of the USS Enterprise. On a five-year mission to explore uncharted space, Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) must trust his crew - Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Forest DeKelley), Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (James Doohan), Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), Chekov (Walter Koenig) and Sulu (George Takei) - with his life. Facing previously undiscovered life forms and civilizations and representing humanity among the stars on behalf of Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets, the Enterprise regularly comes up against impossible odds and diplomatic dilemmas.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Star Trek: Enterprise acts as a prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series, detailing the voyages of the original crew of the Starship Enterprise in the 22nd century, a hundred years before Captain Kirk commanded the ship. Enterprise was the sixth series in the Star Trek franchise overall, and the final series before a twelve-year hiatus until the premiere of Star Trek: Discovery in 2017. The series stars Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer, with an ensemble cast that includes John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, and Connor Trinneer.

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By the end of the episode, however, the mission has pushed Burnham and her crew to their limits, including slamming the USS Discovery into the path of a massive landslide threatening a nearby city. Before they risk their lives any further pursuing this object, Burnham demands that Kovich at least tell her why. (MAJOR SPOILERS FOLLOW.)

Kovich’s explanation evokes the classic “ Star Trek: The Next Generation ” episode “The Chase” from 1993 in which Capt. Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) — along with teams of Romulans, Klingons and Cardassians — learn that all humanoid life in the galaxy was created by a single species that existed billions of years earlier, and seeded thousands of planets with the DNA to pass along their legacy. (Along with presenting a profound vision of the origins of life, the episode also provided an imaginative explanation for why almost all the aliens in “Star Trek” basically look like humans with different kinds of forehead ridges.)

Kovich tells Burnham that the Romulan scientist was part of a team sent to discover exactly how these aliens — whom they call the Progenitors — made this happen; the object they’re seeking winds up being one part of a brand new “chase,” this time in the 32nd century, to find the Progenitors’ technology before it can fall into the wrong hands. 

“I remember watching that episode and at the end of it just being blown away that there was this huge idea where we all come from,” Paradise says. “And then they’re going to have another mission the next week. I found myself wondering, ‘Well, then what? What happened? What do we do with this information? What does it mean?’”

Originally, Paradise says the “Discovery” writers’ room discussed evoking the Progenitors in Season 4, when the Discovery meets an alien species, the 10-C, who live outside of the galaxy and are as radically different from humans as one could imagine. “As we dug deeper into the season itself, we realized that it was too much to try and get in,” Paradise says.

Instead, they made the Progenitors the engine for Season 5. “Burnham and some of our other characters are on this quest for personal meaning,” Paradise says. Searching for the origins of life itself, she adds, “feels like a big thematic idea that fits right in with what we’re exploring over the course of the season, and what our characters are going through.”

That meant that Paradise finally got to help come up with the answers to the questions about “The Chase” that had preoccupied her when she was younger. “We had a lot of fun talking about what might’ve happened when [Picard] called back to headquarters and had to say, ‘Here’s what happened today,’” she says. “We just built the story out from there.”

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Star Wars References in WoW and City Guards Have Lightsabers For The Last Jedi

The force awakens event, quests and items.

• Power Converter is a toy you can pick up from Toshley's Station quests. The "technological terror constructs" is a reference to how Vader describes the Death Star once, and "The next best thing to going to the Academy" is a reference to Luke staying behind with Uncle Owen instead of going to the Academy. The quest Picking Up Some Power Converters also references Luke saying "But I was going into Tosche Station to pick up some power converters!"
• Cutting Your Teeth is another Toshley's Station quest that rewards Vibro Shanker , Vibro Dagger , or Vibro Sword .
• Argent Avenger , Spellfire Longsword , Teebu's Blazing Longsword , Blade of Wizardry , and Very Light Sabre are a tribute to the iconic Jedi swords. They can also be transmogged!
• The low-level class quests for Gnomes reward weapons filled with references: Death Star , Electro-Staff , Staff of the Force , Vibro Knife .
• More themed quests include Tuskin' Raiders and The Kessel Run . Can you complete it in less than twelve parsecs?
• The Ironforge NPC Xiggs Fuselighter references Biggs Darklighter , wearing a similar orange and white uniform.
• R-3D0 is a tribute to C-3PO and R2D2. When you speak to him, he'll say "I AM FLUENT IN OVER TWO LANGUAGES: DWARVISH, GNOMISH AND THE VERY COMMON TONGUE OF HUMANS. BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE SAYING."
• Blademaster Telaamon , a member of the Army of the Light on Krokuun, says "I am one with the Light, the Light is with me," an adaptation of "I am one with the Force, the Force is with me."

Achievements

• Now I Am the Master : "I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan. We meet again, at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner; now I am the master."
• Don't Get Cocky Kid : Reference to Han rebuking Luke .
• Stormtrooper : Reference to the Empire soldiers that were notoriously bad at aiming.
• It's a Trap! : Admiral Ackbar's famous warning in Return of the Jedi .
• Hate Leads to Suffering : Reference to Yoda's quote "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering... I sense much fear in you."

Comment by subciro

Can't remember exactly where but there's an NPC that after a quest says "The light is with me, I'm one with the light". Probably a Draenai from Argus. Clearly a reference to Rogue One.

Comment by Yongshi

Blademaster Telaamon

Comment by Myst21281

I am your Father!

Comment by Pupsader

There is also Follower Retraining Certificate .

Comment by Terrassen

Or as Peter on the Family Guy parody said it: Don't get penisy.

Comment by Cidamnese

Also some transmog items from Argus and the Argus quest for the jed'hin tournament

Comment by ChaosDecides

One past it's prime franchise using pop culture references from another past it's prime franchise. How fitting. Gotta love that "immersion".

Comment by SilentStorm182

there is a npc "Revil Krost" that is in the balance druid, unholy death knight, and affliction warlock artifact questline and one of his pissed emotes is "I find your lake of faith disturbing"

Comment by dihunter

Princess Moira Bronzebeard 's (Blackrock Depths version) bikini and buns haircut are obvious references to Princess Leia Organa from Ep 6 and Ep4. And she ( Moira Thaurissan The Council of Three Hammers version) is keeping her haircut until now. Several other female dwarf NPCs have such buns haircut too. Players have also access to this haircut on character creation screen and in barbershop.

Tanaris is reference to Tatooine (desert place, domelike buildings, large skeletons). Racing camp in Shimmering Flats (to the north from Tanaris) in Vanilla was reference not only to Bonneville Speedway but also to Tatooine Boonta Eve Classic Podrace.

Comment by Tredain

is blade of wizardry really a light saber reference? I always thought it was a Thundarr the barbarian reference. I mean, the sun sword is basically a light saber, but I think the graphic and color is meant to be the sunsword (the name as well, since Thundarr frequently fought 'wizards' and technology was generally referred to as magic)

Comment by Glockthar

LOL You know you've reached neckbeard prime when you think relevant pop culture references are a sign of a downhill franchise

Comment by Serabi

No mention of Spirit of Redemption having the buff text of "You have become more powerful than anyone can possibly imagine."?

Comment by jaq1010

One past it's prime franchise using pop culture references from another past it's prime franchise. How fitting. Gotta love that "immersion". Observe the edgelord in his native domain, the comment section of an article on the internet.

Comment by Daimore

One past it's prime franchise using pop culture references from another past it's prime franchise. How fitting. Gotta love that "immersion". its* its*

Comment by Velariana

One past it's prime franchise using pop culture references from another past it's prime franchise. How fitting. Gotta love that "immersion". Observe the edgelord in his native domain, the comment section of an article on the internet. ^Bravo! You, sir, just won the internet for the day.

Comment by Ranazox

A parsec is equivalent to 1.1917X10^13 miles, or 3.086X10^13 kilometers for those of you in Europe. The kessle run is 14 parsecs long. In order for solo to do it in 12 parsecs, he would have had to go dangerously close to the nearby black hole. for those of you that don't already know :)

Comment by roweboy

They forgot the quest I Have a Bad Feeling About This . Maybe not a direct reference but it's said enough in Star Wars to really be the one place you really remember hearing it.

There's at least one Stormwind City Patroller that does not a lightsaber. He wanders around the inner Trade District circle.

Comment by axeurol

Will Illidan say "You are tearing me apart, Tiranda!" and laugh inappropriately at random to celebrate "The Disaster Artist"?