Star Trek parodies and pop culture references (live action television)

The following areStar Trek parodies and pop culture references that have aired on live action television shows.

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2 Broke Girls[]

FeaturingSteven Weber.

"And the Past and The Furious"[]

Max makes multipleStar Trek: The Original Series jokes whenever she or Caroline opens the Lamborghini's doors.

"And the Crime Ring"[]

Max compares the bar they go to to sell their T-shirts toTen Forward and says to watch out forWhoopi Goldberg "in a crazy hat."

2point4 Children[]

One of the recurring characters in the British sitcom2point4 Children was a rival plumber to Ben called Jake Klinger, nicknamed Jake TheKlingon, who was a hardenedTrekkie (orTrekker as he insisted).

"Beam Me Up, Scotty"[]

Ben's rival plumber, Jake the Klingon is said to have died, and is supposed to be having aStar Trek-themed funeral. But in actual fact, he doesn't turn out to have died, and like Spock, makes a return from the dead. In fact, Jake has faked his death. Much to his chagrin, his wife Bill attended asBeverly Crusher despite Ben's insistence the funeral was "strictly old series".

"Seven Dials"[]

Another episode featuring Jake the Klingon, Ben's rival. This episode has more of aPrisoner theme than a Trek one though.

"The Man Who Knew Too Much"[]

This episode is laden with science fiction references, and again features Jake the Klingon.

3rd Rock from the Sun[]

With recurring roles forWilliam Shatner,Shay Astar andJim Beaver.

"Hotel Dick"[]

Features a science fiction convention, at whichGeorge Takei makes an appearance, talking aboutStar Trek. Furthermore, a fewStar Trek-themed cosplayers can be seen in the public.

7 Days In Hell[]

Queen Elizabeth II says she only knighted"the bald guy fromStar Trek" as a joke.

7th Street Theater[]

The episode "Star Mission" is patterned afterStar Trek, and makes use of uniforms from various 24th century-set series.

24[]

FeaturingJohn Billingsley,Michael Reilly Burke,Bob Gunton,Roger Cross,Alexander Siddig,James Cromwell,Michelle Forbes,Gregory Itzin,Penny Johnson,Jeffrey Nordling,Zachary Quinto,Kurtwood Smith,Connor Trinneer,Peter Weller, andKara Zediker.

Day 4 andDay 5[]

Throughout both these seasons, the filmmakers were fans ofStar Trek and deliberately has all the guards at the Counter Terrorism Unit building be dressed in red as a homage toRedshirts.

"Day 7: 11:00pm-12:00am"[]

Bob Justman andRick Berman were two characters considered as replacements for the White House Chief of Staff in this episode. They were named afterStar Trek producersRick Berman andRobert H. Justman by episode writersBrannon Braga andManny Coto.

Further information

• The24 wiki
• 24 atWikipedia

30 Rock[]

FeaturingWhoopi Goldberg,Victor Garber,Scott Lawrence, theBeastie Boys,John Cho,Maulik Pancholy andPadma Lakshmi.

In "The Head and the Hair", Liz Lemon compares a handsome guy's eyes to the tractor beam of the Death Star, at which point Jenna Maroney interrupts with ""No Liz, do not talk about stuff like that on your date. Guys like that do not like Star Trek", which Liz angrily corrects as ""Wars!".

In "Believe in the Stars", Tracy says he watchedBoston Legal nine times before realizing it wasn't a newStar Trek (presumably due to it starringWilliam Shatner).

In "Reunion"Tracy Jordan asks an elevator ""How come they're aren't any Puerto Ricans onStar Trek!? They got every race and life-form in the galaxy, except for Puerto Ricans! What's up with that?!"

"Lee Marvin vs. Derek Jeter"[]

Several new nicknames are suggested for Toofer, including Splock, which comes from "blackSpock".

"Emanuelle Goes To Dinosaur Land"[]

Tracy Jordan is revealed to have grown up on the corner of 157th Street andLieutenant Uhura Avenue (ofNew York). Note that this is apparently a real street, or rather a nickname for the real Convent Avenue.[1]

85th Academy Awards[]

During the opening monologue of the 85th Annual Academy Awards,James T. Kirk (William Shatner) broadcasts from the 23rd century – and on what looks like theUSSEnterprise-A's bridge – to prevent hostSeth MacFarlane from performing several skits that would cause him to receive poor reviews.

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"Eat the Rich"[]

A rich man is swallowed by a humpback whale and a character referencesStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home when suggesting a plan to lure the whale to the surface.[2]

1000 Ways To Die[]

In the final episode of the final season, the title "Death, The Final Frontier" was a direct reference to the famous catchphrase "Space, The Final Frontier". Also,Ron Perlman narrated the anthology.

2009 CMT Music Awards[]

An extended comedy skit that opened this awards show (broadcast June 16, 2009) saw country singerTaylor Swift placed in several out-of-character circumstances, such as a rap video and the newStar Trek. In the latter, Swift was outfitted in a Starfleet uniform, givenVulcan ears, and digitally placed in Kirk's stead during the scene in the film where he and Scott are brought to the bridge, giving evasive, sarcastic responses when ordered by Spock to answer his questions – when hostBill Engvall, also in uniform arrives on the bridge, she vaporizes him with her phaser.[3]

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According to Jim[]

ABC sitcom whose guest stars includedRosalind Chao, andNana Visitor.

"Wedding Bell Blues" (S04E27)[]

Andy recalls a friend in his sci-fi film club becoming a starship chaplain online and having married a Klingon and a Romulan to each other, constituting what "the Federation is all about", according to Andy.

"The Stick" (S05E14)[]

Andy, the sci-fi buff, admits of having sci-fi themed "mantasies", one of them featuring a man dressed as a 24th century yellow Starfleet officer, and another dressed as a Klingon.

"The Thin Green Line" (S05E20)[]

Ryan claims to have always wanted to yell, "KHAAAAANNNN!", but laments that you can't work it into casual conversation. Later, while drunk, he yells it over the phone.

"The Grill II" (S06E15)[]

Andy has a Klingon burial shroud for sale at his garage sale.

Adventures in Wonderland[]

In the claymation story segment in the episode, "Whose Carrots are They, Anyway", a young boy named Timmy has a picture of the U.S.S. Enterprise-D is his room.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.[]

Marvel Comics adaptation featuringTitus Welliver,Ron Glass,Glenn Morshower,Neal McDonough,Brad Dourif, andWilliam Sadler, and occasionally directed byRoxann Dawson andJonathan Frakes.

"The Man Behind The Shield"[]

Coulson says that Ivanov was just anotherredshirt to him.

"Rewind"[]

Fitz exasperatedly says "Beam me up, Scotty" when being interrogated about the team's disappearance.

Alarm für Cobra 11[]

This long-running German buddy cop / action series featured a few references. In the 2010 episode "Tag der Finsternis", Detective Ben Jäger is attenting his high school reunion where a nerdish former classmate, Nico is nicknamed "Mr. Spock" and pranked with a "F*ck You Mr. Spock" sign stuck on his back.

In the 2009 feature-length episode "Das Ende der Welt", a billboard advertisement ofStar Trek can be seen.

ALF[]

ALF (which stands for "Alien Life Form") is an ET stuck with an earth family in this US sitcom. ALF refers to Captain Kirk inSomeone to Watch Over Me: Part 1, and also says "Hey Scotty, beam me up!" in "The Boy Next Door" episode. In "Take a look at me Now", ALF says "Live long and prosper" to Raquel; in "Running Scared", ALF records a "captain's log", and there are several other references toStar Trek in the series.

All Quiet on the Preston Front[]

The brainy character Private Simon Matlock is nicknamedSpock.

All That[]

In thisNickelodeon comedy show, a frequent sketch, entitled "USSSpaceship", was a parody ofStar Trek. It featured Captain Tantrum (Amanda Bynes), a child commander of the starship, who got her way by screaming and shouting. The crew encountered various comedic aliens, such as Crouton or the Queen of the Hoganoids, who mostly relented when Captain Tantrum screamed and cried.

Alpha House[]

In the episode "The rebuttal" a poll numbers expert compares a senator's situation to theKobayashi Maru test.

The Amanda Show[]

"Episode 13"[]

In the "Blockblister" sketch, a woman comes into the store dissapointed that the video she rented is notStar Trek. The Biokey family tells her she actually rented their spoof ofStar Trek,Star Drek. When the video is shown, it features Blini and Biscotti acting as crew members in space, Blini pretened to shot Biscotti with her phaser and Bescotti pretending to beam himslf up to theUnderprise. When refusing to pay, the customer says "Live Long and Suffer" to the family and a customer.

American Housewife[]

StarringDiedrich Bader.

The second season episode "Finding Fillion", which partially takes place at a science-fiction convention, features multiple people wearingNext Generation uniforms, including a teenager dressed up asData.

Angel[]

"Sense and Sensitivity"[]

Cordelia states that "Mr. and Mrs.Spock need tomind meld now" when referring to Angel and Kate.

"Hero"[]

Cordelia thinks "that bald guy from Star Trek" would make a great narrator, but is not specific as to whom (presumablyPatrick Stewart).

Angel of Christmas[]

In this 2015 TV movie, a character tells another one to "Enjoy the ride, the destination will unfold", to which she responds by asking whether he had made it up or stole it from an oldStar Trek.

Animal Practice[]

"The Two George Colemans"[]

Juanita, a black woman who's dressed up as Daddy Warbucks, angrily says to a passerby that she isn't"the captain fromDeep Space Nine".

The Aquabats! Super Show![]

In the season two episode "The Return of the Aquabats!", the upgraded BattleTram is equipped with missiles with "NCC-1701" printed on the sides.

Arrested Development[]

In the episode "A New Start", butter is swapped for aStar Trek chess set at a barter-based restaurant called CW Swappigans.

Arrow[]

StarringMichael Dorn.

The Return[]

The scene with Slade threatening to leave Oliver and Thea imprisoned in his cell on Lian Yu is a reference toStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, with the quote"I shall leave you as you left me, as you left her... marooned for all eternity...".

The Candidate[]

Jessica says she wants to take Moira Queen's place as mayor. OnStar Trek Voyager, Jessica's actress Jeri Ryan played a Borg namedSeven of Nine and Moira's actress Susanna Thompson played theBorg Queen. There were several episodes where it was said or insinuated that Seven of Nine wanted to take the Borg Queen's place.

Beacon of Hope[]

When Thea bursts into Felicity's office just after the latter's mother, she claims that they are likeTribbles, creatures from theStar Trek franchise which are known for their often-excessive reproduction rate. Additionally, when one of the mechanical bees enters Oliver's body and begins replicating, Curtis compares it toBorg, a group of aliens from the same franchise who forcibly transform individuals into drones by injecting nanoprobes into their bodies.

Lost in the Flood[]

During the hacking battle over Rubicon, Cooper Seldon taunts Felicity that they are going to "once more unto the breach". This is fromStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, which Curtis recognizes.

Invasion![]

Cisco refers to the stasis that the heroes are being kept in as "a little alien, a littleStar Trek – J. J. Abrams style", referring to the 2009 film,Star Trek, and its 2013 sequel,Star Trek Into Darkness, both of which were directed by J. J. Abrams.

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman[]

HBO's 1993 remake of the B-movie classic (featuringWilliam Windom,Hamilton Camp,Hilary Shepard Turner,Stephen Rowe,Patricia Tallman, andChris Doyle). The last scene features Harry Archer (Daniel Baldwin) and two other husbands in a spaceship, wearing costumes reminiscent of the TOS uniforms.

Attack of the Show![]

The February 9, 2006 live episode ofG4'sAttack of the Show! aired a pre-recorded skit making a parody ofStar Trek'smirror universe. Kevin Pereira left his office cubicle and walked towards the studio, passing along the way various people doing their jobs, one putting up a poster for a blood drive, and two others shredding papers. Pereira entered the empty sound stage and, looking for something to do, walked through the mysterious door on the back of the set and entered into a bending and wavering corridor, at the opposite end of which one can see an identical door. Kevin went through to the other end into a seemingly identical sound stage and headed back out to the hall where the same employees were toiling away. Only, now they were sporting goatees and carrying out various acts of violence, one employee shredding another's arm in the paper shredder, and another hammering a bloodied animal onto the wall.

The skit cut to what was presumably that day's later live broadcast. Sarah, Wil, and Brendan were all on the couch answering chat questions. Sarah asks Kevin's answer to a chatter's question regarding the PS3 versus the Xbox 360. Wil hands him a mace upon which he goes to torture the chatter in a segment dubbed "Fresh Blood", in contrast to the normal show's "Fresh Ink". That bit references the fact that they are really tired of receiving that question, as they have mentioned in many shows. Kevin begins to torture the man exclaiming, "This evil world rules!"

Later in the real show, a chatter asked Kevin if he found the bearded Sarah sexy. He said yes, claiming that the entire alternate dimension was hotter, trying to make a joke from the fact that he has a goatee in real life. Another chatter asked if Kevin got away with anything in the alternate universe. Kevin claimed he was able to double-dip at the craft service table. (This was even more humorous, as no G4 shows had any form of craft services, only a break room with various forms of free canned sodas.)

Another episode features the USSAOTS (Nebula-class, no registry number) being attacked by aB'Rel-class Bird-of-Prey. Kevin, Olivia, and two unnamed engineering personnel try to fend off the attack, eventually leading up to the Bird-of-Prey's captain (Wil in Klingon makeup) making demands for a graphic with obscene narration. Despite Kevin apparently being the captain of the USSAOTS, Olivia accepts the demands because she has motion sickness.

Despite the exterior shots depicting a ship whose class was not commissioned until2357, the uniforms are those from2265.

At the Movies[]

In their syndicated television program, Chicago-based film criticsRoger Ebert andGene Siskel reviewed allStar Trek feature films fromStar Trek III: The Search for Spock toStar Trek: Insurrection. After Siskel's death in 1999,Richard Roeper replaced him on the show. Ebert and Roeper reviewedStar Trek Nemesis in 2002.

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Babylon 5[]

• See main article:Babylon 5.

Bad Sugar[]

This Britcom was never picked up, but the pilot was released. In it, there is a scene in which two characters exchange insults in the form of expressions with the word "bitch" inserted in them. One of these is "Revenge is a bitch best served cold".

Battlebots[]

AStar Trek-themed robot calledThe Brainsters of Triskellian competed in Seasons 3.0 and 5.0 of the televised robot fighting tournament when it aired on Comedy Central.

Battlestar Galactica[]

• See main article:Battlestar Galactica.

Becker[]

Paramount Television produced sitcom forCBS Broadcasting, starringStar Trek: 30 Years and Beyond host Ted Danson andTerry Farrell. This was the show Farrelleither leftDeep Space Nine for,or became employed at, directly after she was fired/forced to leave/let go – reports on the exact circumstances under which this happened remain to this day unclear and contradictory.

In one episode of the series, Bob remarks that his ex-wife was "hit by more lasers thanthe StarshipEnterprise."

Being Erica[]

In the episode "Erica the Vampire Slayer", the character IF usesOdo to explain to Erica what a shapeshifter is. Erica later uses the phrase "Live long and prosper" to say goodbye to IF.

Being Human (American)[]

The second episode of the series refers toStar Trek. In addition,Sam Witwer is a regular on the show and plays the role of the vampire Aiden.

Episode 23 "Dream Reaper" a recurring character by the name of Zoe attempts to help Sally out of a dream she is trapped in, and enters through what she calls a "Mind Meld", prompt Aiden to ask about it while showing the hand gesture.

Better Off Ted[]

"Lust in Translation"[]

Scientists Lem and Phil create auniversal translator. In one scene, Ted's line "Greta, can we talk?" is translated intoKlingon, and subtitled as "Human female! You will speak!"

Bewitched[]

In the 1968 episode "Samantha's Secret Saucer" (guest starringHamilton Camp), when Tabitha flies her toy spaceship, Aunt Clara tells her, "You're a better spaceman than Doctor [sic]Spock".

The Big Bang Theory[]

• See main article:The Big Bang Theory.

Big Time Rush[]

Guest starringEd Begley, Jr.,Robert Pine,Jonathan Schmock, and featuring voice actorsTara Strong,Dee Bradley Baker,Tom Kenny,Phil LaMarr, andJess Harnell.

In "Big Time Girl Group", the music video for "I Know You Know" was possibly inspired by some of Star Trek referrences.

Black Mirror[]

Black Mirror is a British cautionary tale anthology series in which present-day technological and socioeconomic developments and their impact on societies are scrutinized. The show was inspired by the legendary and similarly conceivedThe Twilight Zone series.Black Mirror debuted in 2011 onChannel 4 and has been picked up by the American streaming serviceNetflix starting with the third season in 2016.

"Playtest" (S03E02)[]

In this episode, the character Cooper upon being asked if he is ready to start a virtual reality simulation enthusiastically answers "beam me up, lock and load".

"USSCallister" (S04E01)[]

This episode is an overtStar Trek parody which explored themes like misogyny, cyberbullying, and abuse of power. The main character, Robert Daly, a gifted but reclusive programmer and co-founder of a popular virtual reality online game, is bitter over the lack of recognition of his position and constant mocking from his co-workers. He takes out his frustrations by creating a game within the game, a virtual reality version of his favorite classic science fiction TV series,Space Fleet (similar in themes and aesthetics toStar Trek: The Original Series).

Daly steals his co-workers' DNA to create sentient digital clones of them serving as the crew of the show's spaceship, the USSCallister. As their dictatorial captain, Daly is able to order his co-workers around, bend them to his will, and mistreat, even torture them if they get out of line. The episode co-starredJimmi Simpson as Daly's business partner CEO and his digital clone and featuredKirsten Dunst in an uncredited cameo.

A sequel episode, "USSCallister: Into Infinity" was released as episode 6 ofBlack Mirror's seventh season in 2025.

Bones[]

Long-running crime series revolving around the unlikely partnership between the cocky and jaded FBI agent Seeley Booth and the emotionally detached forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, and likeStar Trek's Leonard McCoy, nicknamed "Bones" by Booth.

"A Boy in a Bush" (S01E05)[]

When down-to-Earth FBI agent Seeley Booth contrasts Angela Montenegro's humanistic and emotional responses to her colleague's detached scientific, academic approach in regard to the remains of a murdered child they are tasked to investigate, he states, "Angela didn't get the same training the rest of you got onPlanet Vulcan."

"The Superhero in the Alley" (S01E12)[]

When Zack Addy admits he never read comic books, Jack Hodgins surprised lists a couple of franchises includingStar Wars,Star Trek,Stargate, andBattlestar Galactica.

"The Resurrection in the Remains" (S11E05)[]

In this crossover episode withAlex Kurtzman andRoberto Orci's showSleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane angrily snarls "Do I look as though I have justbeamed down from the planet Vulcan!?" when Hodgins comments on his 18th-century clothing.

Boston Legal[]

Boston Legal is a legal comedy-drama that aired on ABC from2004 to2008. The series starsWilliam Shatner in his Emmy-winning role as egotistical and sometimes senile attorney Denny Crane. Also starring in the series isRene Auberjonois ofStar Trek: Deep Space Nine fame as Paul Lewiston.

Given Shatner's and Auberjonois' association withStar Trek, severalTrek-related in-jokes have crept into the series. In addition, many actors (most having played aliens) who have guest-starred onStar Trek have popped up in guest roles.Trek regulars who have made appearances areEthan Phillips,Jeri Ryan,Michelle Forbes,Scott Bakula, andArmin Shimerman; two actors who make numerous appearances (both as judges) areRon Canada andHenry Gibson, whileJoanna Cassidy had a recurring role as Shatner's love interest.John Larroquette (the Klingon Maltz in ST III) joined theBoston Legal cast in Season 4, having previously played an attorney, Dan Fielding, onNight Court.

"Finding Nimmo"[]

In this episode, Denny takes his friend and fellow attorney, Alan Shore (played byJames Spader), to Nimmo Bay in Canada to get over a recent break-up. While staying the night in a cabin, Alan reads a book on sea lice and explains to Denny that the lice are called "cling-ons". Denny replies to this by asking "Did you say "Klingons?" The German translation of this episode is using a different wordplay in which Shore says "Dance on the ecological Vulcan" and Denny replies "Did you sayVulcan?".

"The Cancer Man Can"[]

Denny receives a new cell phone as a gift from his new girlfriend (played byStar Trek: Enterprise guest actressJoanna Cassidy). When Denny flips the phone open, it makes the chirping sound of anoriginal seriescommunicator. The episode was directed by original series guest starLou Antonio.

"Helping Hands"[]

Denny and Paul (Shatner and Auberjonois) argue about Denny being the "captain" of the office and Paul just being a "boatsman" after Paul gave Denny his marriage contract.

"...There's Fire!"[]

While dancing with his new wife Beverly (Joanna Cassidy), Denny met Troy, a friend of Beverly who is working as a realtor in Hawaii. Beverly proposed that the couple should have their first home on Hawaii and Denny replied "...and what should I do?Beam to Boston every day?".

"Trial of the Century"[]

In keeping with the show's penchant for breaking the fourth wall, William Shatner's character Denny Crane, tells a flock of reporters that he "once captained his own space ship."

See also[]

• Boston Legal atWikipedia

Bottom[]

In the fifth live show, "Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour", Eddie Hitler's time-traveling toilet, the TURDIS, is allegedly powered by adilithium crystal; after wasting time with a meaningless questionnaire, he claims that he was "waiting for the dilithium crystal to reach optimum temperature".

Boy Meets World[]

In a first season episode, Cory Matthews thinks that his teacher, Mr. Feeny, believes fellow classmate Stuart Minkus to be "the next Captain Kirkicard" (mistakingSøren Kierkegaard for bothJames Kirk andJean-Luc Picard.) In a second season episode, when Cory is given an assignment to do a biography on a person, he claims his "more interesting" subject will be "Captain James T. Kirk of theUSSEnterprise." When his teacher, Mr. Turner, protests, he claims that "Captain Kirk is a fictional character. The guy is sixty-three years old and wears atribble on his head."

In "Danger Boy", Mr. Feeny is clearly heard shouting "Warp factor ten, Mr. Sulu!" as the car for the most dangerous roller coaster built departs the station.

Breaking Bad[]

"Sunset"[]

In the episode "Sunset" Walter White calls Saul Goodman for advice on getting rid of The RV. Saul asks Walter if he hasn't made any precautions. He says"StarshipEnterprise had a self-destruct button, I'm just sayin'"

"Blood Money"[]

In August 2013, the TV seriesBreaking Bad featured an extended conversation aboutStar Trek in the mid-season premiere, "Blood Money", of the show's fifth and final season. Characters Brandon "Badger" Mayhew and Skinny Pete (very stoned) discussStar Trek, and Pete (while smoking from a bong) claims that every time a character uses thetransporter, the original person is actually destroyed, and the transporter simply makes a perfect copy (a "color xerox") at the target location. This greatly disturbs Badger, who asks if this means there were something like 147 different Kirks during the run of the TV series, each of whom were killed and replaced by a duplicate when they used the transporter. Pete confirms this is exactly what he is saying, and cites that Dr. McCoy rarely uses the transporter because as a doctor, he knows what it actually does to people.

Badger and Pete go on discussingStar Trek, and Badger describes an idea for aStar Trek script which he has had for a long time. In his script, the crew's mission has been boring and uneventful for some time, so they decide to hold a pie-eating contest in the mess hall – "tulaberry pies". Pete says that he doesn't know what tulaberries are, to which Badger responds "Tulaberries, fromGamma Quadrant, yo." Pete sharply interjects "That'sVoyager, dude." Annoyed, Badger continues by saying, "Okay, blueberries. They're eating blueberry pie."

Badger goes on to explain that the pie-eating contest comes down to just Spock, Kirk, and Chekov. Pete thinks Kirk would have room to spare, but Badger insists that Spock is winning because of his heightened Vulcan metabolism. Kirk has to admit defeat, but the only other crewmember still in the contest besides Spock is Chekov. Ingeniously, Chekov and Scott collaborated to rig the contest, so as soon as Chekov eats a pie Scott uses the transporter to beam his stomach contents out into space, so he can eat an infinite amount of food. Spock is becoming very frustrated and doesn't understand how Chekov can keep eating. Unfortunately, Lt. Uhura then comes into engineering and Scott, distracted by her "pointies", hits the wrong button, and suddenly Chekov is vomiting up blood – Scott accidentally beamed his internal organs out into space as well.

Breaking In[]

StarringChristian Slater.

"Pilot"[]

Oz has theTOSEnterprise'scaptain's chair in his office. He says it was a gift fromWilliam Shatner for taking care of a stalker problem: Oz'Klingonese-speaking employee Cash, who is shown standing in Shatner's yard wearing asciences blueTNG uniform.

"White On White On White"[]

Oz gives Cash theVulcan nerve pinch as punishment for contradicting him.

"The Contra Club"[]

Oz calls Cameron "Chekov" before making him sit down in theEnterprise'scaptain's chair.

"The Blind Sided"[]

Cash wants tomind meld with Cameron to learn about Cameron's night of sex with Melanie.

Brilliant Minds[]

StarringZachary Quinto.

"The Lovesick Widow"[]

Guest star June Sullivan quips that Dr. Wolf looks like a younger version of her late husband. June is played bySusan Bay Nimoy, widow ofLeonard Nimoy. Quinto earlier played a younger version of Nimoy's characterSpock in theAlternate reality.

"The Doctor's Graveyard"[]

Dr. Wolf (Zachary Quinto) and Carol Pierce (Tamberla Perry) dress as Spock and Uhura for Halloween. Quinto previously played Spock in the Kelvin timeline films, and prodution reused his costume fromStar Trek Beyond.

Buck Rogers[]

Several names fromStar Trek, most notablyCaptainChristopher Pike, can be heard in "background dialogue" (PA announcements, etc.) in several 1979 first season episodes.

In the first season two-part episode "The Plot to Kill a City", an "Aldebaran II spaceport" appeared, which was executed as amatte painting and created by futureStar Trek Visual Effects ProducerDan Curry. The painting reappeared a short time later in the same season episode "Planet of the Amazon Women", co-written by formerOriginal Series ProducerD.C. Fontana, as the "Zantia spaceport". Later, Curry used his painting to create a slightly different version which was subsequently featured as theRelva VIIStarfleet Academy facility, seen inThe Next Generationfirst season episode "Coming of Age", in effect becoming one of his very first contributions to thefranchise.

The pilot feature that started off theUniversal Studios television series, had been served by visual effects cameramenHoyt Yeatman,Dave Stewart andScott Squires, albeit uncredited. Also working on the pilot wasMichele Small as production assistant as well as Curry's matte painting colleagueSyd Dutton.Tim McHugh started out his Hollywood career on the series in a similar function as held by Small. Fully titledBuck Rogers in the 25th Century and a remake of the studio's own 1930s serials, the byGlen A. Larson developed series was intended as a replacement for his ownBattlestar Galactica, the studio had cancelled the same year whenBuck Rogers started its two-season run in 1979.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)[]

The makeup and prosthetics for this series (and its spin-offAngel) was done byOptic Nerve Studios, who later was contracted as such forStar Trek: Discovery. Series regularAnthony Stewart Head, who plays Buffy's watcher Giles, had previously auditioned for the role ofBenjamin Sisko, but was passed over (see his entry for a complete listing ofStar Trek alumni who either guest starred or worked as production staff on the series).

"Prophecy Girl" (S01E12)[]

Finding themselves in a dire situation Xander proclaims "I'm sorry, calm may work forLocutus of theBorg here, but I'm freaked out and I intend to stay that way."

"The Replacement" (S04E03)[]

Xander quotesJames T. Kirk in saying "Kill us both, Spock" in a situation where he, like Kirk in "The Enemy Within", had been split into two beings.

"Out of My Mind" (S05E04)[]

Buffy equates her watcher Giles to her "fairy godmother and Santa Claus and Q all wrapped up into one", but has to clarify that she meant "Q from[James] Bond, not Star Trek'".

"Seeing Red" (S06E19)[]

Willow and Tara explain to Buffy and Xander that they've deciphered all the documents from the "Stooges" (Warren Mears, Andrew Wells and Jonathan Levins) on everything except one document. Xander recognizes it as Klingon love poems.

"First Date (S07E14)[]

After Xander has a bad date with a demon, he asks Willow to "gay him up". He starts talking about attempting to fantasize aboutScott Bakula, who another character dreamily identifies asJonathan Archer.

Buiten de Zone[]

This Flemish-languageBelgian TV series often parodied popular culture, including on a few occasionsStar Trek.

"De Jongerenfoon"[]

Already in the first episode, "de jongerenfoon", an on-the-scene reporter reporting from the moon ends his report by saying "beam me up, Scotty" and being beamed away.

"Kitch en kunst"[]

The episode "Kitch en kunst" (Kitsch and art) parodies the perceived tendency of Flemish films to focus on farmers according to one character by showing, among other genres, a bit from a film described as science fiction: it shows "farmer Spock" piloting a harvester, and coming upon giant potatoes, which he reports by communicator to "farmer Scotty".

"Gevaar"[]

The episode "Gevaar" (Danger), features extended drug-induced hallucinations. At one point, a character imagines herself to be Princess Leia fromStar Wars, who is captured by Darth Vader aboard the Death Star, only to be rescued by an original serieslanding party including MisterSpock.

Bullyparade[]

ThisGerman comedy show featured a regular sketch entitled "Unser (T)Raumschiff" (Our Spaceship, with a pun on Traum meaning dream), which was a parody of the originalStar Trek series (known asRaumschiff Enterprise in German), revolving around the misadventures of the starshipSurprise, and its all gay crew, including Captain Kork, Mr. Spuck, Schrotti, etc. Its success led to the feature film spin-off(T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1.

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Canada's Worst Driver 2 (Eye of the Needle Challenge)[]

While one of the contestants were speeding up, their nominator/friend was calling out warp factors matching the miles per hour "warp 6.7" which translated into 67 mph.

The Carol Burnett Show (Original)[]

In "Star Trip", Captain Quirk (Harvey Korman) and a very emotional Mr. Spook (Sid Caesar) encounter Virginia Robot a live bomb played by Carol Burnett.

In the sketch "Mrs. Invisible Man", Carol, married to the Invisible Man, prepares to feed her invisible baby an antidote to turn him visible. The invisible husband, insisting on testing it on himself first, exits the room before doing so and excitedly exclaiming the antidote works. Returning to the living room with the antidote, he is revealed to beSpock (played byLeonard Nimoy), leaving Carol shocked.

The Carol Burnett Show (1991 revival)[]

In oneepisode skit, theEnterprise passes through the "Estrogena Nebula" and all the crew have their genders reversed. Kirk is played by Carol Burnett, Spock byAndrea Martin.

A Carol Christmas[]

William Shatner plays the Ghost of Christmas Present in this 2003 TV movie adaptation ofA Christmas Carol. Whenever he and the titular character move from one location to another, they use thetransporter effect, as a homage to Shatner's role inStar Trek.James Cromwell plays the Ghost of Christmas Future.

Caroline In The City[]

StarringAmy Pietz.

"Caroline and the Bad Back"[]

Del says "Excuse me, CaptainKirk!" when Richard angrily kicks him out of the chair at his drafting table.

Castle[]

A police series in which mystery novelist Richard Castle serves as permanent consultant to the NYPD, teamed up with detective Kate Beckett.Penny Johnson became a series regular in the show's fourth season;Robert Picardo andMichael Dorn appeared in recurring roles, withJonathan Frakes as an occasional director. Guest stars includeLinda Park.

"Hell Hath No Fury" (S01E04)[]

Castle tells daughter Alexis "you have thebridge,Number One."

"Ghosts" (S01E08)[]

This episode features a a paraplegic sailor as a supporting character called "CaptainPyke."

"The Final Frontier" (S05E06)[]

Castle mentionsStar Trek as an example of good sci-fi. He also speaks inWilliam Shatner cadence when talking about real-worldlaser blasters. When sitting in thecaptain's chair on theNebula 9 Fan Experience set (obviously patterned after the "Trekdom" phenomenon), he deliversPicard's "Let's make sure that history never forgets the nameEnterprise" line fromTNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise". Beckett also describes theNebula 9 character Lieutenant Chloe in terms that make her similar toJadzia Dax.Jonathan Frakes, director of the episode, cameos at the beginning as a convention attendee getting Castle's autograph. The murderer also refers to a character in the show who was revived by an "Andorian empath".

Armin Shimerman puts in a cameo as a science-fiction gadget inventor, owner of the initially darkened premises Castle and Beckett enter, finding themselves caught in targetinglaser beams, emulating a signatureBorg scene as featured inStar Trek: First Contact.

"Deep Cover" (S06E12)[]

Castle:

"Wait a minute, wait, we are demonstrating two-dimensional thinking here, likeKhan inStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan."

Beckett without missing a beat:

"Khan didn't realize theEnterprise was below him"

Castle:

"Right, so if we are theEnterprise, that means that Gemini is..."

Beckett:

"...above us."

Discussion between the two main characters, trying to ascertain the whereabouts of an antagonist in a multilevel library.

"Clear and Present Danger" (S07E03)[]

Beckett and Castle investigate someone who worked with a top secret company that developed a personalcloaking device. They use fire extinguisher foam to flush out the character who is evading their capture while wearing it, like Kirk and Spock do to find a Gorn intruder. (Star Trek)

"Dead From New York" (S07E22)[]

One of the people they are questioning in a sketch comedy show creator's murder mentions having appeared in a show or film calledStar Fleet.

Crossover connections[]

Celebrity Family Feud[]

"Chrissy Teigen & John Legend vs David Chang andDeadliest Catch vsStar Trek"[]

The 10th episode of the 11th season, originally aired on 16 September 2024, featuresSonequa Martin-Green,Dawnn Lewis,Wil Wheaton,Wilson Cruz andCelia Rose Gooding on theStar Trek team pitted against the cast ofDeadliest Catch.

Chappelle's Show[]

One of the sketches onChappelle's Show involved a revelation that Jedi (fromStar Wars) were molesting their Padawans. AStar Trek fan dressed like Spock expressed his belief that the fleet commanders of the Federation would never allow molestations to occur. However, before he can finish his thought, aStar Wars fan dressed like Darth Maul gives him a wedgie.

The Chaser's War On Everything[]

In season 2 episode 7, there is a sketch of the "StarshipPreposterous", which is clearly a parody ofTOS. The Chaser team mocks the use of elaborate scientific names and the way in which the crew get themselves into and out of trouble. In the deleted scenes there are more sketches which never made it to air – including one where the crew ask why every alien they meet is six feet tall and bipedal.

Cheers[]

"Dark Imaginings"[]

In the 19th episode of the fourth season,George Wendt's character Norm Peterson tellsJohn Ratzenberger's character Cliff Clavin he is "boldy going where no man has gone before".

"Loathe and Marriage"[]

In the 15th episode of the eleventh season from 1993, Woody (Woody Harrelson) is asked about his wedding gift for Serafina Tortelli. He said it is a set ofStar Trek steak knives. Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) then jumped off his barstool and said this gift was originally from him and Lilith (Bebe Neuwirth) for Woody's wedding. While Woody described them as "the ugliest thing he ever saw", Frasier said about them they were "delightfully whimsical and very utilitarian". Later, Nick (Dan Hedaya) and Loretta (Jean Kasem) also appear at the wedding reception and Loretta is carrying a present which is also aStar Trek steak knives set.

Chicago Fire[]

FeaturingRaphael Sbarge,Gordon Clapp,Rachel Nichols, andMichelle Forbes.

"A Nuisance Call"[]

Shay confuses Cylons forKlingons when Otis is describing the originalBattlestar Galactica to her.

"Two Ts"[]

Logan asks if a Halligan lying on the apparatus floor is aLirpa, causing him and Otis to talk about "Amok Time".

Childrens' Hospital[]

In the episode "Joke Overload", Captain Stern from the starshipNavoa is admitted to the hospital from a "Starfleet event nearby" while being treated byLieutenant D'Ghor Koru, a Klingon medical officer in ared uniform. Stern is eventually cured by a transducer unit implanted into his arm to fight theBorgtechovirus. Shortly after this, a moving comment by D'Ghor Koru leads to him and Dr. Lola Spratt having sex atop Captain Stern in the ER. Stern, Koru, and Spratt eventually try to save two people who were impaled on the same flagpole using aphaser with its polarity reversed, which surprisingly works for a moment before both die. Stern and Koru then signal their starship for transport as the rest of the doctors walk out of the room.

Chuck[]

Produced byRobert Duncan McNeill and featuringBonita Friedericy,Tony Todd,Faran Tahir,John Larroquette,Melinda Clarke,Lisa LoCicero,Ethan Phillips, andScott Bakula.

"Chuck Versus the Sandworm"[]

Morgan says that Chuck can quoteStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan word for word.

"Chuck Versus the Nemesis"[]

Chuck and Bryce speakKlingonese to each other, in one situation so Chuck could confirm to Bryce without alerting the enemy that he was wearing body armor.

“Chuck Versus the Crown Vic”[]

Chuck, Jeff, and Lester visit a yacht belonging to Lon Kirk, and Lester thinks of Captain Kirk.

"Chuck Versus the Fear of Death"[]

Agent Rye does theVulcan nerve pinch to a guard and initially claims he learned it fromStar Trek, then says he really learned it in Bangladesh despite being a fan of the show.

Chucklevision[]

British children's comedy series, featuring the Chuckle Brothers duo which included the Sketch "ChuckleTrek – the Lost Generation".

Cinema Insomnia[]

"Creature"[]

In the episode "Creature",Mr. Lobo uses the phrase "boldly goes where no one has gone before" ("also luckily for Astronaut John, the slightly softer and more man-friendly Susanboldly goes where no one has gone before.") and theVulcan salute saying "Klaatu barada nikto", referencing the movieThe Day the Earth Stood Still.

"The Last Man on Earth"[]

As the last man onEarth, Mr. Lobo decides he could open hisStar Trek: The Next Generationaction figure "LouisianaKlingon FishermanWorf with Crawdad Chomping Action" from its original package.

Further information

• Cinema Insomnia atWikipedia

Clarissa Explains It All[]

In the forth season episode "The Flu", Clarissa imagines that she takes command of theEnterprise when the other crewmembers go ill. This short scene features a recreation of the TOS bridge complete with genuine TOS-era uniforms.

In another episode, she imagines being visited by typical Grey aliens, one of whom asks her aboutCardassians.

The Colbert Report[]

Clips from "Sins of The Father" are used in an episode ofThe Colbert Report.Stephen Colbert "mistakes" Kurn for 2008 US Republican Presidential primary candidateRudy Giuliani, and the scene of Picard rhetorically asking, "What does this say about an empire that holds honor so dear?" is used.

In February 2008, Colbert honored Lieutenant Worf in his 3rd Annual Ethnic Minute, titled "African Chinese History New Year's Month Minute."

In an April 2009 edition of the show's "Better Know A District" segment (interviews with members of the US Congress in which Colbert asks highly inappropriate questions, which, knowing the interview is satirical, are sometimes met with equally inappropriate answers), Colbert and New York congressmanDan Maffei, an acknowledgedTrek fan, donned fake mirror Spock goatees for much of the interview, playfully attributing the questions, and answers such as "I enjoy cocaine", to their "evil twins". The segment also ended with Maffei giving Colbert a Vulcan salute.

In the May 9, 2013 episode,LeVar Burton gives hisVISOR to Carey Mulligan so she can readThe Great Gatsby. He later puts it on himself and isbeamed up.

Columbo[]

In the episode "Fade In To Murder", guest starringWilliam Shatner and featuringWalter Koenig, a portrait of Shatner asJames T. Kirk can be seen in Ward Fawler (Shatner)'s living room.

The Comedy Central Roast of...[]

...William Shatner[]

Cable network Comedy Central produced a two-hourroast ofWilliam Shatner which aired on August 20, 2006, with Shatner being the butt of numerousStar Trek-related jokes. During the TV special, Shatner sat on a replica of thecommand chair of theUSSEnterprise.Bartenders in the background were dressed asOrion slave girls.Jason Alexander served as emcee and roastmaster. The roast performers includedGeorge Takei,Leonard Nimoy,Nichelle Nichols,Andy Dick, andSarah Silverman.Brent Spiner,Jeri Ryan,Rene Auberjonois, andRosalind Chao were in the live audience.Clint Howard also appears in the roast reprising his role ofBalok who had developed a bit of a drinking problem, being addicted totranya.

...Charlie Sheen[]

William Shatner was a roaster on the Comedy Central roast ofCharlie Sheen, which aired on September 19, 2011, and severalStar Trek-related jokes were made by, and directed at, him. It was hosted bySeth MacFarlane.

Shatner joked about how he'd slept withgreen women and how to shock people in his day, he'd have to do stuff likekiss ablack woman or let anAsiandrive.

Comic Book Men[]

Comic Book Men is a reality television series set atKevin Smith'sNew Jersey comic book store, Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash. Lots of collectibles are shown passing through the store, including, unsurprisingly, occasionallyStar Trek merchandise.

The very first episode, "Junk", already sees the sale ofStar Trek: The Next Generation commemorative plates at a flea market.

The episode "Ghostbusting at the Stash" features a technical manual.

The episode "Con Men" features aStar Trek Into Darkness Captain Kirk doll.

The episode "Dukes of Jersey" shows the store selling aMegoStar Trek USSEnterprise playset.

The episode "Uhura’s Uhura" hasNichelle Nichols visiting the store to buy an Uhura Mego doll. She ends up reenacting her famous interracial kiss with store regular Brian Johnson.

The episode "The Esposito Collection" reveals that Mike considers Data one of his top two robots of all time. The same episode is signed off by Keven Smith saying "Live long and prosper, children."

In the episode "Sucka M.C.", a sub-mariner no1 comes up at the store, and Brian comments that he looks like Spock in a speedo.

A major portion of the episode "The Captain and the Clerk" is devoted to an interview of Kevin Smith with William Shatner. Many of his classicStar Trek performances are discussed, including the funeral of Spock, which Smith calls one of his favorite performances ever, and Kirk shouting "Khaaan", which he offers as an example illustrating his argument that Shatner is one of the most memorable actors of the last fifty years.

At the end of the episode "Hometown Heroes", Kevin Smith announces that just like a wrongheaded network executive back in the day, they'll have to "end this enterprise".

"Pac-Ming" features a discussion on what real athlete could be a Flash Gordon-type character.Tom Brady is mentioned, though it is erroneously claimed that if he went in space he could "out-Kirk Kirk".

In "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Stash", he cast discusses what one element from theStar Trek universe they would want in theStar Wars universe and vice versa.

Comic Relief[]

In the sixth special, aspecial segment was produced on thebridge andobservation lounge sets fromStar Trek: The Next Generation during theseventh season and guest-starredJonathan Frakes,Brent Spiner,Gates McFadden,Michael Dorn,LeVar Burton, andMarina Sirtis as CommanderRiker,Data, Dr.Crusher,Worf,Geordi La Forge, and CounselorTroi, respectively. In the segment, Data and La Forge beam back to theEnterprise after discovering some artifacts from20th centuryEarth on a planet. The artifacts turn out to be a VHS cassette of aComic Relief special and some articles of clothing ("TEE-shirts" and "SWEAT-shirts" as Data describes them), with Data explaining that the purpose ofComic Relief was to raise funds to fight homelessness in the United States. La Forge downloads the VHS tape into theEnterprise computer, revealing a still photograph ofComic Relief hosts Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, andWhoopi Goldberg; however, Data and the rest of the crew mistakenly refer to her as "Whoo-pie." While Worf ponders "what kind of name is 'Whoo-pie'?", Dr. Crusher notices that "Whoo-pie" looks an awful lot likeGuinan. When she ponders if "Whoo-pie" and Guinan are one and the same, the entire crew replies with "Nahhhh." As Data explains what the shirts were for (they were given out to donors to theComic Relief pledgers), La Forge laments that the 50/50 cotton/polyester blend that comprised the shirts didn't interact well with thetransporter, causing them to singe. Troi asks how well the special did, and Data replies that the previous specials raised over twenty million dollars which went towards helping homeless people and that the mantra used byComic Relief, which used humor throughout, was "Where there's laughter, there's hope".

Community[]

This long-running (2009-15)NBC sitcom was filmed onParamount Stage 31, and starred an ensemble cast includingGillian Jacobs andDanny Pudi.

"Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples"[]

During a discussion about resurrection,Spock andStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan come up.

"Epidemiology"[]

Pierce dresses up asJames T. Kirk for a Halloween party. Later Troy attacks him with the words "Beam this up, Scotty. In your face!". The episode also features narration byGeorge Takei.

"Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking"[]

Pierce arranges forLeVar Burton to meet Troy. LeVar asks him if Troy knew him fromStar Trek: The Next Generation; Troy confirms this in the following scene when he cries "Setphasers to love me!"

"Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy"[]

Britta picks up a hat owned by Abed emblazoned with the words "Trekkies do it in theFinal Frontier".

"Remedial Chaos Theory"[]

Depicting the aftermath of the episode's "darkest timelime", Abed cuts out several brown felt goatees resembling the one bore bySpock in themirror universe. After declaring his intentions to return to the prime timeline and kill the good versions of themselves, the rest of the group leaves, leaving Abed and Troy to don their goatees and dub themselves "Evil Troy and Evil Abed".

"Studies In Modern Movement"[]

First appearance of "the Dreamatorium", a play room used by Abed Nadir and Troy Barnes. It looks exactly like the style ofholodeck used on theUSSEnterprise-D, and has a similar function in the series, except for the fact that there is no imaging technology, instead relying on the user's imagination.

"Geothermal Escapism"[]

Troy is given auniversal translator at the start of the episode, before he goes to sail around the world with LeVar Burton: Abed tells him to "Engage" as he departs. During the credits, Troy reads a list of questions about TNG for LeVar, including "Why don't they call it 'Planet Trek'? You never go to a star, not one time."

Continuum[]

StarringRachel Nichols,Brian Markinson,Roger Cross, andTony Amendola.

"Matter Of Time"[]

Carlos asks Keira "Did anyone tell you you watched too muchStar Trek as a kid?" because she's so well-versed in the physics ofantimatter.

Coronation Street[]

A character named Cathy who is a hoarder says "Space. the final frontier...", referring to the now empty space in her recently de-cluttered house.

Aiden's sister Kate mentions the clothing company Underworld going where no clothing store had gone before.

Coupling[]

British sitcom of the early 2000s, featuring the lives of people in their early thirties. The American style humor has given it a cult following on the other side of the Atlantic.

"The Girl With Two Breasts"[]

Steve usesOriginal Series metaphors to convince Jeff to talk to a girl, "Right Mr. Spock, put theEnterprise on red alert... Captain Kirk, it is time to shag the alien's girlfriend... Jeff, beam over". Not doing as Steve tells him but continuing theStar Trek conversation, Jeff then responds by saying "Do you remember when Captain Kirk would see a beautiful woman the screen would go all misty? I thought his eyes were steaming up because he was so excited. Every time I talked to a girl I tried to make my eyes steam up."

"My Dinner in Hell"[]

Mariella Frostrup can be heard talking about the cast of theOriginal Series during her live broadcast near the end of the episode.

"The Melty Man Cometh"[]

Jeff says "the engines cannae take it" while putting on a Scottish accent, an obvious impression ofMontgomery Scott.

Criminal Minds[]

Guest stars includeAnton Yelchin andJonathan Frakes.

"Compulsion"[]

TheI'm a doctor, not a... meme is brought up.

"The Big Game"[]

Reid challenges people to ask him aboutStar Trek episodes so that he can tell them the plot, identify the alien races in the episode, and quote Dr. McCoy. Hotch asks him to name the episode in which an alien entity namedSargon takes over Kirk's body. Reid not only namesTOS: "Return to Tomorrow", but performs all the tasks he mentioned.

"The Popular Kids"[]

Scientific errors onStar Trek are discussed, with Reed pointing out that since it was made so long ago, there aren't really many.

"The Uncanny Valley"[]

• Jonathan Frakes guest stars as Dr. Arthur Malcolm.
• Garcia brings up theRedshirt phenomenon when mentioning the unsub's unfortunate childhood circumstances: She was doomed[…]. Like red-shirted ensign inStar Terk doomed

"What Happens at Home..."[]

Reid tells the new member of the unit, Ashley Seaver, that the famous phrase "Beam me up, Scotty" was never really uttered in the originalStar Trek series.

Crossing Jordan[]

Coproduced byDamon Lindelof, starringMiguel Ferrer andJerry O'Connell, and featuringW. Morgan Sheppard.

In one episode, Bug says he's working on afan fiction story in whichKathryn Janeway has to have sex with aBorg.

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation[]

StarringPaul Guilfoyle,Wallace Langham, andLiz Vassey, andStar Trek: 30 Years and Beyond hostTed Danson, and featuring guest appearances byBrenda Strong,Gregg Henry,Brenda Bakke,Bruce McGill,Jolene Blalock,Dina Meyer,Kate Vernon,Melinda Page Hamilton,Bruce Davison,Raymond Cruz,Enrique Murciano,Kellie Waymire,Alicia Coppola,Neal McDonough,Ray Wise,Armin Shimerman,Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond participant Peri Gilpin,Scottie Thompson,Don Stark,Nana Visitor, andJohn Billingsley.

"Random Acts of Violence"[]

To show Greg that Archie was the better choice for a specific kind of evidence analysis, Nick asks Archie about a particular Trek episode involving a time portal. Archie replies, "Original Series,Next Generation,Deep Space Nine,Voyager, orEnterprise?"

"Monster in the Box"[]

Lab Technician David Hodges has acat namedKobayashi Maru, in reference to the famedscenario. As one of the guys is about to make theStar Trek reference, another guy cuts him off before he finishes, possibly because uttering the franchise would have raised legal issues with CSI's studio. He calls the cat "Mr. K" or "Kobe."

"Theory of Everything"[]

The team begins finding bodies that have green blood. While it is found that the victims had extremely high levels of sulfur in their systems which caused the green blood, Hodges and DNA tech Wendy Simms argue over the particulars of Vulcan blood. While Hodges believes it is sulfur that makesVulcan blood green, Wendy corrects him, saying it is actually copper, revealing herself to be aStar Trek fan.

"A Space Oddity"[]

Written by formerStar Trek: Deep Space Nine writersNaren Shankar,Bradley Thompson, andDavid Weddle, contains a subplot about the remaking of an old science fiction program named "Astro Quest", leading to a murder on a science fiction convention. Hodges, while inspecting a corpse, addresses detective Jim Brass and says "He's dead Jim". He turns out to be a huge fan of "Astro Quest", along with his assistant, Wendy Simms. Hodges daydreams about the two of them being "Commander Bishop" and "Yeoman Malloy" from the show (an apparent spoof of CaptainKirk and YeomanRand). Another part of the episode parodies "The Gamesters of Triskelion" with Wendy spoofingShahna, and another makes Wendy into anOrion slave girl analogue from "The Cage". The title itself is a parody of the classic title2001:A Space Odyssey, while "Astro Quest" is both a parody ofGalaxy Quest andStar Trek (Astro is a synonym forStar whileQuest is a synonym forTrek). The subplot, about a young director/producer remaking an old series with a brand new concept, angering fans is a direct reference/parody of the backlashRonald D. Moore (who cameos as the first person to denounce the remake) experienced when remakingBattlestar Galactica.

CSI: Cyber[]

StarringStar Trek: 30 Years and Beyond host Ted Danson.

"Why Fi"[]

Tech genius Daniel Krumitz is compared to Captain Kirk and the cyber crimes command center CTOC is his bridge.

CSI: Miami[]

Featuring guest appearances byGregg Henry,Jolene Blalock,Robert Beltran,Raymond Cruz,Malcolm McDowell,Emily Bergl,Chris Pine,Johanna Watts, andTim Russ.

"Fade Out"[]

A seemingly mob-related murder occurs. Investigation by Horatio and the team leads them to a pair of film students who are writing a screenplay which describes the crime exactly as it occurred. Those students hence become suspects. In a scene during which the two are working on their script, they discuss a character who has the line "Today is a good day to die," a reference to the timelessKlingon saying. One of the boys then suggested that that character be black, referring toWorf, played byMichael Dorn. Delko later mentions how the two have used every cliché in the book.

"Sunblock"[]

The investigators confront a suspect at a Halloween party inKlingon makeup who talks to them inKlingonese. One of the investigators translates and when his associates look at him funny indicates he learned it years ago.

"Wheels Up"[]

The episode's murder victim is a roller derby girl who goes by the name "Wrath of Connie."

CSI: NY[]

FeaturingSymba Smith,Dominic Keating,Neal McDonough, andMadchen Amick.

"Corporate Warriors"[]

A guy is killed during a festival. They go to his home and the refrigerator appears to be full of alcohol where one of the detectives says "Our victim looks like he was on some sort ofStar Trek diet, you know, the kind where people have evolved past needing to eat real food."

Curb Your Enthusiasm[]

Guest starringAnton Yelchin

In the ninth season episode "The Accidental Text on Purpose", Larry David asks Leon if he's ever seen the movieArabesque, leading Leon to wonder if that is "one of thoseStar Trek movies.

Cybill[]

"Starting On the Wrong Foot"[]

Frakes filming some sci-fi

Frakes beamed out

Jonathan Frakes guest-stars as himself, putting the moves on Cybill after they do some sci-fi project together even though she won't date actors. On set he asks her to come with him as he will be a guest of honor on aStar Trekconvention this weekend. He said, "maybe you'll like tobeam down there with me?". When Cybill refused his advances, he said to her she should lower hershields and let him in and that they could "boldly go where no one has gone before".

Later, when Cybill asks her ex-husband Ira to tell Frakes over the phone that they're together, saying he's "the second-in-command of the starshipEnterprise", Ira responds, "Listen,Nimoy, stay away from my woman!" Her daughter Zoe says she'd date him regardless of him being already married because he's "the#2 guy on theEnterprise! Ifthe bald guy dies, he's theboss!" When nobody responds to his knocking at the door, Frakes pulls out aflip phone, says into it to tryCandace Bergen's house, andbeams out.

Besides Jonathan Frakes, the episode also featuresTrek actorStephen Root as well as anunknown background actor.

"A Who's Who for What's His Name"[]

During the funeral ceremony for talent agent Arthur Minnow, played byBrian Keith, Cybill hired film and television lookalikes to let the widow Evelyn Minnow, played byAngela Paton, believe everyone cared for her husband. Among the lookalikes was aCaptainJean-Luc Picard double wearing the TNGcommand division uniform and aWhoopi Goldberg lookalike.

The episode also features regular background actorWilliam Steinfeldt.

"Cybill Does Diary"[]

While visiting a video rental shop, Cybill and Maryann discover several adult movies includingSex Trek: The Next Gyration. Maryann commented, "...look, they do sci-fi."

This episode featuresTrek background actorsWilliam Steinfeldt andWilliam Ward as well as anunknown actor.

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Dads[]

Produced bySeth MacFarlane and featuringGlenn Morshower.

"Doubles Trouble"[]

Both Eli and Warner say "Wrath of Khan" after Eli reiteratesKhan's "From Hell's heart, I stab at thee!" line fromMoby Dick.

"Comic Book Issues"[]

Eli says that some toyphasers were stolen from his storage unit.

Dawson's Creek[]

In the episode "Escape from With Island", Dawson explains that there must be a logical explanation to the events that happening on the island to which his friend, Pacey Witter (played byJoshua Jackson), retorts with "well, why don't you send us a postcard,Spock, because I, for one, am not sticking around to find out."

DC's Legends of Tomorrow[]

In the episode "Marooned", Ray Palmer (the Atom) imitates recording acaptain's log and says he feels like Captain Kirk. Kendra Saunders (Hawkgirl) says she prefers Picard. Palmer complains that Picard is sexless, but Saunders brings upVash. Later, when piloting, Palmer says he's feeling more like Sulu.

Dead Ringers[]

A sketch on the television version of the British showDead Ringers featured a sketch whereinChristopher Eccleston, then recently cast as the title character in theDoctor Who revival, goes home to tell the news to his parents. However, his parents are revealed to be fanatical Trekkies, and as such deeply disappointed.

Defiance[]

Recurring cast member Anna Hopkins once spent $100 to get a photo of herself withPatrick Stewart. On the production side, several formerStar Trek alumni were working on the digital visual effects for the series. These included, among others,Gary Hutzel,Doug Drexler,David Takemura,Douglas E. Graves, andDerek Ledbetter. They were aided by formerFoundation Imaging artistsSean Jackson,Dave Morton, andKyle Toucher. Their work on this series has earned them a 2013Emmy Award nomination.

"I Almost Prayed"[]

Nolan saysSpock's "The needs of the many..." line fromStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. (Season 2, Episode 13)

Degrassi: The Next Generation[]

• On the show, there is a character named James Tiberus Yorke, a reference to Captain Kirk.
• "The Next Generation" concept in the title was taken fromStar Trek: The Next Generation.
• In the episode, 'It's Raining Men' a television host can be heard saying "Pavel Chekov was on the StarshipEnterprise."

Desperate Housewives[]

StarringTeri Hatcher,Brenda Strong,Mark Moses,Neal McDonough,Kevin Rahm,Alfre Woodard, andVanessa Williams

"Lovely"[]

In this sixth season episode,Felicity Huffman's characterLynette Scavo describes the friends of her son while talking about sex with him, "First of all, we've seen your friends and trust me, Pimpo, Braces, and Beam me up Scotty are not gettin' any."

Dexter[]

Dexter is a series onShowtime based onthe novels written byJeff Lindsay.Denise Crosby guest-starred on it.

"That Night, a Forest Grew"[]

When the police are examining a letter the "Bay Harbor Butcher" sent to the local paper,Angel Batista picks out the quote "You can't depend on your eyes, when your imagination is out of focus", to whichVince Masuka laughs and says "He's aTrekker, that shit's straight fromDeep Space Nine." Angel corrects him, saying it's aMark Twain quote, to which another cop responds, "Twain was never onDeep Space Nine, he was onNext Generation."

Dharma & Greg[]

In the 1998 first season episode "The Cat's Out of the Bag" (Episode 20) of the sitcomDharma & Greg, Jane is going to aStar Trek convention because she "like[s] middle-aged men who are virgins".

The sitcom creators would later explore the "Trekkie" theme in exhaustive detail when they created their hugely popular, and heavilyStar Trek referencing 2007 sitcomThe Big Bang Theory, which eclipsedDharma & Greg, a moderately popular one in its day, in success by far.

Diagnosis: Murder[]

On the television showDiagnosis: Murder, there have been at least two major parodies/major references toStar Trek. The first was in the episode "Alienated", in which case one of the main characters, Jesse Travis, believes he was abducted by aliens. He is then pursued by a local top-secret government agency official (played byGeorge Takei) he is sure he is on to something. When he goes to a support group for people who have had encounters (led by a character played byMajel Barrett, also featuring a character played byGrace Lee Whitney), he meets another fanatic, who is sure the government is after the two of them (played byWalter Koenig) Also featured in the episode isWil Wheaton, who plays the character of Gary Barton, andBill Mumy as Parker Craddick.

In the 1996 episode "Murder by the Book", afterJeri Ryan had joined the cast ofStar Trek: Voyager, she played murder suspect Melissa Barnes. At the end of the episode, she is present at the marriage of a main character over the radio waves, to the character's husband in the Navy serving aboard the aircraft carrierUSSEnterprise (CVN-65), which to get over static, the characters all scream loudly "ENTERPRISE!".

Dimension 404[]

In the first episode, "Matchmaker", a character is offered "the warp speed tour".

Doc Martin[]

In one episode, Dr. Ellingham is asked by a patient if he'll drive her home. He responds with "I'm a doctor, not a taxi driver."

Doctor Blake Mysteries[]

At one point, Dr. Blake tells someone, "I'm a doctor, not a policeman."

In another episode, a police officer tells him, "You're not a shrink. You're a GP".

Doctor Who[]

• See main article:Doctor Who.

Dollhouse[]

In the two-part episodes "The Public Eye" and "The Left Hand", Topher Brink invents a portable device that will cause an active to fall unconscious. Topher names the device adisruptor and makes a direct reference toStar Trek and the origins behind the name.

In the episode titled "Stop-Loss", Anthony Ceccoli is released from his contract at the L.A. Dollhouse and is shortly thereafter forcibly recruited into a secret military operation, where the operatives are implanted with a chip that allows everyone to share a hive mind, as well as to see through one another's eyes.

The Drew Carey Show[]

"What's Wrong with This Episode IV"[]

The Drew Carey Show's 2001 April Fools Day episode, which contained many intentional errors featuredGabriel Koerner. During later re-broadcast, arrows were used to point out these intentional "mistakes." Gabe is supposed to be wearing a redStar Trek shirt.

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EastEnders[]

Long running British soap opera, in which the deceased character Bradley Branning was aStar Trek fan. A DS9 DVD was frequently seen as a prop in his house and his ringtone was that of theStar Trek: The Original Series theme. A suite fromStar Trek Nemesis was played at his funeral and other characters commented that a cake Billy Mitchell gets, iced with the words "Beam me up!", is in bad taste for the wake. When reminiscing about his dead son, Max suggested remembering him by wearingStar Trek costumes and making "some speech about theFinal Frontier".

Elementary[]

"Murder Ex Machina"[]

One of Sherlock's hacker friends, Mason, asks to be paid for his services with a "(Jean Luc) Picard, 1701, "Tapestry" edition in its original packaging".

Entourage[]

FeaturingAlan Dale,Malcolm McDowell,Autumn Reeser,Alice Eve, andMelinda Clarke. A movie based on the series came out in 2015, whichalso has a reference toStar Trek.

"I Love You Too"[]

Is set at Comic-Con. At least one person in anEnterprise era uniform is seen among the background crowd.

Unknown episode[]

Drama is said to have played aKlingon onStar Trek: Voyager.

ER[]

NBC's long-running medical drama series featured among othersLeland Orser,Scott Grimes,Mädchen Amick,Clancy Brown,Ed Lauter,Michelle Hurd,Kirsten Dunst,Maury Sterling,Steven Culp,Daniel Dae Kim,Liz Vassey,Paul Dooley, andLouise Fletcher, in recurring roles. Guest stars included a youngAnton Yelchin in his first television appearance, as well asChase Masterson,Jessica Gaona, andChris Pine.

"Mars Attacks"[]

Injured people from a science fiction convention are taken to the hospital, among them a man who cut his own ears to resemble aVulcan.

ESPN'sAround the Horn[]

• In one episode ofAround the Horn,Los Angeles Times writer J.A. Adande gave theVulcan salute during his opening statement, for which the other panelists on the show ridiculed him.
• Panelist Woody Paige once had written on his blackboard "How do I set my laser printer to stun?"
• On the September 28, 2010 episode, Host Tony Reali compared the show's new set, which debuted the day prior, to the StarshipEnterprise.

Eureka[]

StarringStar Trek: New Frontier audiobook narrator Joe Morton andSalli Elise Richardson, and featuringMatt Frewer,Olivia d'Abo,Billy Campbell,Wil Wheaton,Wallace Shawn, andSaul Rubinek.

"Dr. Nobel"[]

Sheriff Carter is undergoing an experiment with an experimental device made to connect brains, and asks: "Is this some kind ofVulcanmind meld?"

"Insane In The P-Brane"[]

The entire episode shares the same premise asTNG: "The Next Phase".

"Up In The Air"[]

Jo calls Deputy Andy "MisterData."

"Clash of The Titans"[]

Holly is relieved to know that Fargo likes bothStar Trek: The Original Series andStar Trek: The Next Generation as well.

Everybody Hates Chris[]

In the episode "Everybody Hates Halloween", Greg is dressed as Spock for Halloween.

Everybody Loves Raymond[]

Guest stars includeSuzie Plakson.

"The Ball"[]

Ally, Ray's daughter, is visited by her uncle Robert, who is dressed as Santa Claus. When she pulls his fake beard off, Robert tries to salvage the situation by saying that he "assumed the body of a life form that... you would accept.", to which Ray quips, "Robert you're Santa. Not a Klingon.", which is also a variant on the "I'm a doctor, not a..." snowclone.

"Debra's Sick"[]

Debra asks Ray to take her temperature with an ear thermometer. Looking at the design of the instrument, he asks her if he should set it to "stun".

"Bad Moon Rising"[]

Frank refers to a woman's menstrual cycle as "The Enemy Within".

"Pet Cemetery"[]

Robert begins his tribute to Pumpernickel, Ally's pet hamster, at the animal's funeral by saying, "Death... the final goodbye.", with the same gravitas as "Space... the final frontier."

Extras[]

An Anglo-American co-production, in which famous actors and celebrities make cameo appearances. It revolves around the lives of two extras who bump into these people during the course of their work. Each episode is named after the main cameo.

In thePatrick Stewart episode, Andy Millman (played by Ricky Gervais) meets Stewart, playing a parody of himself who is trying to get a self-penned film produced which basically involves him going around seeing women naked. After Millman fails to recognize Stewart's "Make it so" quote having never seenThe Next Generation, Stewart assumes that Millman's partner didn't let him watch it. When Millman replies that he is in fact single, Stewart says to him "You're not married, you haven't got a girlfriend... and you've never watchedStar Trek?". Millman passes on a sitcom script to Patrick Stewart, whose company, called Picard Productions passes it on to the BBC (after Millman falsely promises to rewrite it to include naked women, at Stewart's request), which ensures Andy's sitcom success in season 2. In the Sir Ian McKellen episode, Millman also mentions his encounter with Patrick Stewart.

In 2005, Stewart received an Emmy Award nomination for appearing in this show. He had stepped in when Jude Law pulled out of the show to appear inAlfie.

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Family Matters[]

In the fifth season episode entitled "Money Out the Window", a loan shark who is owed money by Eddie and Steve introduces himself as "Bones." Steve asks him "as inthe doctor onStar Trek?" to which Bones replies, "No. Bones, as in 'I break them.'"

Farscape[]

Farscape contains numerous references toStar Trek. The show's lead character, John Crichton, is a self-acknowledged sci-fi fan. As the sole Human on the crew, none of his crewmates ever get the references.

Crossover writers for both series includeKeith R. A. DeCandido,Carleton Eastlake,Clayvon C. Harris,David Kemper,Richard Manning,Naren Shankar, andHarry Werksman.

"PK Tech Girl"[]

Having spotted an enemy ship, Crichton says, "Shouldn't we be doingwarp a thousand by now?"

"They've Got a Secret"[]

Crichton suggests a book on leviathan pregnancy could be co-written by DoctorSpock and Mister Spock.

"Till the Blood Runs Clear"[]

A guest character's name is Rorf, which Crichton mishears asWorf.

"Durka Returns"[]

Aeryn lists "The Liberation ofMintaka III" among Captain Durka's achievements.

"Family Ties"[]

Crichton compares his relationship with his crewmate D'Argo to that between Kirk and Spock.

"Crackers Don't Matter"[]

Another character exclaims "Revenge is a dish best served cold" fromStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, to which Crichton responds, "I hate it when villains quote Shakespeare" (referring toStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country).

"Home on the Remains"[]

Crichton mentions Captain Kirk.

"A Clockwork Nebari"[]

Dealing with an alien race called the Nebari, Crichton asks them, "Isn't that your NebariPrime Directive?"

"Self-Inflicted Wounds Part 1: Could'a, Would'a, Should'a"[]

Crichton claims to somewhat understand a very technobabble-like conversation because he's watched "all kinds ofStar Trek".

"Self-Inflicted Wounds Part 2: Wait for the Wheel"[]

Crichton welcomes Jool to the "Federation Starship S.S.Buttcrack."

"Green Eyed Monster"[]

A star is referred to asMintaka III.

"Losing Time"[]

Crichton nicknames a DRD (diagnostic repair drone) "DRDPike", because he communicates with it using "one blink for yes, two for no," just as Pike did in "The Menagerie".

"Meltdown"[]

When a villain appears suddenly, Crichton asks him if hebeamed in.

"Revenging Angel"[]

This episode was a mix of animation and live action, in which a cartoon D'Argo finds himself plastered to the front of the deflector dish of theUSSEnterprise as it flies through space, at which point aMontgomery Scott-like voice notes that they've hit something. Later, Crichton compares himself toJames T. Kirk, to which another character responds, "That was a television show, John. And he did Priceline commercials!"

"Crichton Kicks"[]

In this episode Crichton faces off against a group of pirates/scavengers. At one point, he challenges them by shouting the phrase "Get the hell off of my ship!" inKlingon (the phrase was created using the actual Klingon language created byMarc Okrand). He remarks afterwards that the "translator microbes" (Farscape's equivalent of theuniversal translator) couldn't handle Klingon. He later also refers to the raiders as Klingon (and they do physically resemble Klingons).

"Lava's a Many Splendored Thing"[]

Crichton refers to a henchman as "Mr.Redshirt."

"I Shrink, Therefore I Am"[]

Crichton refers to his crewmate D'Argo (who has recently been made captain of their ship) as "Captain James T. D'Argo."

"A Prefect Murder"[]

Crichton does Montgomery Scott impressions.

"Unrealized Reality"[]

Crichton exclaims "I am not Kirk, Spock, Luke, Buck, Flash, or Arthur frelling Dent."

"A Constellation of Doubt"[]

Crichton's nephew refers to his uncle as "the first and only Human to boldly go where no man has gone before."

"We're So Screwed, Part 2"[]

Crichton flashes theVulcan hand signal.

"Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars"[]

Crichton promises, "The nextFerengi we see, we run. No questions later."

Crichton refers to entering proposed alliance as "…walking into Federationville…"

Fat Actress[]

This seven episodes lasting comedy series was created, produced, and written byKirstie Alley, who is starring as herself. It co-starsRachael Harris as her makeup artist Kevyn Shecket. OtherTrek performers who appeared in it include Phil Morris,Suzanne Lodge,Devron Conrad,Alex Zimmerman,Cindy Sorensen,Hiro Koda,Chris Palermo,Steve Upton,Michael Wiseman,David Shannon,Wallace Shawn,Susan Rossitto,Joe Gieb,Christopher McDonald,Nancy Thurston,Bill Smitrovich, andKimberly Broumand.

"Big Butts" (S01E01)[]

During a conversation in a diner restroom guest actorPhil Morris told the character Eddie Falcon (Bryan Callen) that he liked Alley's performance inStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, said "she was a fine assVulcan."

Father Ted[]

A cult Irish sitcom about three priests and their housekeeper. Although the TV series contained little or no science fiction content, the titular character first appeared on the RTÉ radio showThe Starship Róisín, where he was a star ship chaplain alongside parodies of Spock and Kirk.

Additionally, in "Night of the Nearly Dead", Ted rereads William Shatner'sTekWar.

FishCenter Live[]

In the American television seriesFishCenter Live, the starship USSFishcenterprise (NCC-1065) is featured on the show. It was first shown in the episode broadcast Thursday, December 13, 2018.

In the episode broadcast Thursday, February 13, 2020, the hosts play a clip from 2015 of the old co-host Drew. In his workspace, Drew has fourStar Trek: Ships of the Line calendars (Star Trek Calendar Poster (2016) (2015),Star Trek: Ships of the Line (2009) (2008),Star Trek: Ships of the Line (2010) (2009),Star Trek: Ships of the Line (2011) (2010)) andHot Wheels models of theUSSKelvin from the2009filmStar Trek andUSSVengeance from the2013 filmStar Trek Into Darkness.

For All Mankind[]

An alternate history series developed forstreaming service Apple TV+ revolving around the premise that it was the Soviet Union that had won the spacerace by putting the first man on the Moon, instead of the USA. The series was conceived by its showrunnerRonald D. Moore who brought with him the writer/producer team he had previously worked with onDeep Space Nine andBattlestar Galactica,David Weddle andBradley Thompson in addition to his personal production associateMaril Davis. Other formerStar Trek production colleagues who later on joined the production team includedNaren Shankar,Joe Menosky,Mike andDenise Okuda. FormerStar Trek performers includedDavid Gautreaux in a guest role, whereasLinda Park recurred in the second season as a newscaster.

Moore has stated in several interviews that as far as he was concerned, that his alternate history show was "(…)like the road toStar Trek. This is like the road that gets you to that kind of optimistic future where technology is our friend and where we solve a lot of the problems here on earth and we go forward as a better race".[4]

"Hi, Bob" (S01E07)[]

Forced to rewatch a taped episode ofThe Bob Newhart Show over and over again during their long stay on the American moonbase Jamestown, astronaut Danielle Poole proves herself to be a hardcore "Trekkie", when she correctly identifiesJohn Fiedler as a former guest star onThe Original Series in the episode "Wolf in the Fold".

"The Weight" (S02E05)[]

After veteran NASA astronaut Ed Baldwin has ran into hot water with his wife Karen, he suggest as a goodwill gesture to go see the recently releasedStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan film. Karen confesses that she had already seen the film with their daughter while also, in a spiteful mood, dropping the "and then Spock dies" bomb.

"Triage" (SO2E09)[]

After tensions rise dramatically upon the assault by Soviets on the American moonbase, the planned goodwill coupling of the Apollo-Soyuz modules, both already in orbit around Earth, is seemingly put on hold forever, much to the frustration of Apollo commander Danielle Poole. Poole decides on her own to push ahead regardless, surmising it will ease tensions considerably by quoting James T. Kirk, "We're Human beings with the blood of a million savage years on our hands. But we can stop it. We can admit that we're killers. But we're not going to kill today. That's all it takes. Knowing that we're not going to kill today." Her co-astronaut correctly identifies the quote stemming fromThe Original Series, which Poole acknowledges as ""A Taste of Armageddon", Season 1, episode 23, first aired February 23rd, 1967". "Hardcore", her colleague concedes appreciatingly. Poole's hunch incidentally, turns out to be correct, as the Apollo-Soyuz coupling actually pushes the world back from the brink of starting a third world war.

FOX NFL Sunday[]

Comedian Jimmy Kimmel occasionally gives his picks for the week's games in aWilliam Shatner/James T. Kirk impression. He once said. "I'm the... quarterback! Which would... mean... I'm the captain!"

Franklin & Bash[]

StarringMalcolm McDowell, with guest appearances byRobert Pine,Jason Alexander,John de Lancie,Peter Weller,Daniel Roebuck, andGates McFadden.

"Pilot"[]

Pindar describes Infeld's office building as beingBorg-like.

"Good Cop/Bad Cop"[]

Karp derisively calls Infeld's firm "Deep Space 9."

Frasier[]

Frasier contains several jokes and references toStar Trek. StarKelsey Grammer, who plays Dr. Frasier Crane, had appeared onStar Trek: The Next Generation as CaptainMorgan Bateson inTNG: "Cause And Effect" (Grammer is admittedly aStar Trek fan). Supporting cast memberDan Butler had appeared inVOY: "Vis à Vis" asSteth. Frequent guest starBebe Neuwirth, who played Dr. Lilith Sternin, also guest-starred onThe Next Generation asLanel inTNG: "First Contact". Another one-time TNG actor,Saul Rubinek, who playedKivas Fajo inTNG: "The Most Toys", had a recurring role as Donny Douglas in the show's seventh through tenth seasons. TheFrasier sets on the Paramount lot were also located beside the sets fromThe Next Generation,Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,Star Trek: Voyager, and the first three seasons ofStar Trek: Enterprise.

Produced byParamount Television, the sitcomFrasier was a direct spin-off of the hugely successfulCheers sitcom – featuringKirstie Alley as member of the principal cast in later seasons – , also produced by Paramount. The series was based upon one of its progenitor's principal characters, Frasier, already played by Grammer, with most of the others – including Neuwirth but excluding Alley – later making guest appearances inFrasier as theirCheers alter egos.Frasier has rivaled its progenitor in acclaim, popularity, and success.Cheers itself was considered one of the greatest triumphs ofBrandon Tartikoff, then head ofNBC, the network that aired bothCheers and its spin-off. Incidentally, Tartikoff declined purchasingThe Next Generation for his network, whichhad airedThe Original Series back in the 1960s, yet also became directly responsible for the inception of not onlyCheers, but once head ofParamount Pictures of bothDeep Space Nine and theNext Generation film series as well.Rick Berman, before he became the head of theStar Trekfranchise, had been the main executive, responsible for studio production oversight ofCheers. Her role inCheers has propelled Alley to stardom, and was often cited as the reason why she has never reprised her role asSaavik inStar Trek. (seearticle background for particulars)

"Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast"[]

KACL'sStar Tre fan Noel Shempsky, played byPatrick Kerr, does aVulcan salute and said the words, "Live long and prosper" when leaving the radio station control room and Frasier Crane and Roz Doyle.

"Frasier Crane's Day Off"[]

After Frasier overdoses on medication to combat his flu, in his delirium, he goes down to the KACL radio station and locks himself inside the broadcast booth to continue hosting his show. His producer, Roz Doyle, calls security to come and fetch him, claiming "Captain Kirk's got control of the bridge and he's gone insane!"

"The Candidate"[]

Frasier and Niles support a candidate for Congress only to later learn that he believes he was once abducted by aliens. After deciding that it was probably a one-time incident brought on by stress, the brothers agree to continue supporting him. Frasier says the candidate still needs to seek professional help and asks Niles whether he'd treat him. Niles responds "I'm a doctor, not a miracle worker."

"The Last Time I Saw Maris"[]

KACL's residentStar Trek fanatic Noel Shempsky (played byStar Trek: Voyager guest actorPatrick Kerr), who keeps an autographed photo of Captain Kirk in his cubicle, seeks Frasier's support on a petition to the producers ofStar Trek suggesting a new character: "the all powerful space vixen Rozalinda, four-breasted queen of the planet Rozniak." Frasier signs the petition, much to the chagrin of Roz.

"Roz, A Loan"[]

At the end of the fifth season, Frasier inadvertently got all of his colleagues fired as the owner dropped the talk format and went to Salsa. Noel Shempsky remained at the station as he spoke fluent Spanish. On his return, Frasier asks how he's doing and Noel replies that he's still working on his English-Klingon dictionary. Frasier then asks how do you say "goodbye" inKlingonese (Krish-Krush) which Noel doesn't initially pick up the subtle hint. Frasier upsets Roz and in order to make amends, he changes his pompous, ego-centric return speech into one extolling Roz's virtues. Noel discovers the switch and begins reading from it to which Frasier angrily yells "Krish-Krush, Noel, Krish-Krush."

"Star Mitzvah"[]

Frasier seeks Noel's help to learn Hebrew to speak at his son Frederick's bar mitzvah. Noel agrees, only if Frasier can obtain for himScott Bakula's autograph at a nearbyStar Trek convention (one he cannot attend personally due toWilliam Shatner's presence and Shatner's restraining order against him). Frasier, however, is unable to fulfill Noel's request. Out of revenge, Noel instructs Frasier in the Klingon language, which he claims is Hebrew. He later learns that Frasier did obtain one ofJoan Collins' wigs fromTOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever" for him, and is greatly moved, but too late to catch Frasier and admit his revenge plan. Frasier delivers his speech at Frederick's bar mitzvah in Klingon, much to everyone's embarrassment, except for a Trekkie friend of Frederick's who later translates the speech from Klingon to English for Frasier's son, noting it's much more beautiful "in the original Klingon." This is a parody ofChancellorGorkon's line "You have never experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon," fromStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

"Lilith Needs a Favor"[]

While Lilith travels on an airplane to visit Frasier in Seattle, she sits next to a man, Albert, (played byBrent Spiner) whom she describes as "white as a sheet." The man replies "actually, I'm always this pale." AsData, Spiner's makeup required him to have a pale skin complexion.

"The Show Must Go Off"[]

Frasier finds one of his childhood heroes, Jackson Hedley, at a sci-fi convention he attends to buy comic books for his son, Frederick. Hedley, a former Shakespearean actor, has been making a living on the convention circuit ever since he was cast in the television showSpace Patrol. Frasier and Niles decide to produce a show, and cast Hedley, hoping that he will be able to restart his career. They soon discover that Hedley is a talentless ham, only they couldn't see it when they were children.

While at the convention, Frasier asks a man dressed as a Klingon for help finding the comic books and thanks him by saying "You're a fierce but helpful people." Roz also runs into Noel and a friend of his; they're both wearingOriginal Series-era Starfleet uniforms.

"Star Trek: Voyager Audition"[]

Although not an episode ofFrasier, the principal cast ofFrasier participated in a live on-stage sketch on the occasion of an officialStar Trek30th anniversary studio celebration, where they were "recreating their audition" forVoyager, although the actors (David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney (complete with easy chair and beer can), Jane Leeves, Peri Gilpin, and Moose the dog) were in-character as theirFrasier persona, being dressed inStarfleet uniforms notwithstanding. Absent from the sketch were principal cast regularKelsey Grammer and supporting cast regularDan Butler, both of whom having played other characters onThe Next Generation andVoyager, respectively.

The sketch had CaptainJaneway (Kate Mulgrew) trying to commandVoyager with these "wacky crewmembers." However, trouble begins when Roz won't stop talking to someone about anAldebarian that she is going to have a date with, which prompts Niles to quip "Sounds like this Aldebarian is about to boldly go where so many have gone before." Then, an alien message cannot be received after First Officer Niles engages a banality filter which keepsVoyager from being bothered by any messages that are "overly insipid or jejune." When Captain Janeway orders him to disengage it, he laments that he can't even "get myphaser to stop flashing twelve o'clock." Lieutenant Daphne suggests using her alientelepathic powers to communicate with the alien ship, but Janeway claims that she's not from another planet, she's just from England. When she uses her psychic abilities, she finds a strong sense of the aliens expressing a desire to breed with theVoyager crew, but quickly realizes that she's actually sensing Niles. A Klingon enters the bridge from theturbolift with Eddie, Martin's dog, and complains he was found on theKlingon homeworld digging up azalea bushes after the Klingons just finished landscaping. Martin offers him a strip oflatinum which appeases the Klingon, but claims if Eddie does it again, the Klingons will destroy theFederation, to which Janeway claims "that sounds reasonable." Ultimately, the crew's bickering annoys Janeway to the point that she activatesVoyager'sauto-destruct sequence and destroys the ship.

The performance has been registered and is featured in the celebratory documentary,Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond.

Freaks and Geeks[]

In the pilot, Neal Schweiber asks permission to sit at a lunch table with two other geeks by impersonating captain Kirk, addressing them as Bones and Spock, and asking them if he could join them in theEnterprise mess room because he's so hungry he could eat atribble. When Bill doesn't get it, he sarcastically claims he's impersonatingJohn Wayne.

In "Tests and Breasts", a sex ed teacher is able to deduce that an anonymously submitted question comes from Sam because he's the only one withStar Trek notebook paper.

Fresh off the boat[]

In "Blind Spot", when Evan contracted chicken pox, his mother Jessica Huang quarantined him by sending him to the front lawn. During the quarantine, both made theVulcan salute across the window glass as Jessica Huans said the famous line, the needs of the many outweighs the needs of the few.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air[]

• In the opening of the episode "Will Gets a Job", Will acts out the crew of the originalEnterprise while using the oven. One notable reference is the "I'm a doctor, not a..." paraphrase, when Will says, "Jim, I'm a doctor, dammit, not a short-order cook!"
• The episode "Eye, Tooth" guest starsWilliam Shatner as himself, in which Carlton's obsession with him (as well asStar Trek) causes him to stalk Shatner and follow him to a bar.
  • When Will attempts to prevent Carlton from playing pool with Shatner, an argument leads to the two of them accidentally breaking Shatner's tooth. Will points out that they'll have to take him to the dentist, and Carlton says, "Don't worry, Jim. We'll get you there, warp speed!" Shatner answers, "get a life!" The two follow him to the dentist, and attempt to turn off the laughing gas that Shatner is using, but unintentionally set the gas free. As it fills the whole room, Will, Carlton, and Shatner get high on the gas and imitateStar Trek characters.
    • Shatner hugs Will and says, "Spock, is that you? Your ears are the same but something's different!" He then turns to Carlton and says "Uhura! Hey, open up a hailing frequency!" After laughing some more, Carlton replies in a Scottish accent: "Captain! Thedilithium crystals are almost gone! The matter-antimatter reactors are failing!" Shatner responds, "Scotty, you're... black!" Afterwards, he jumps up and says, while high, "The bridge, it's changed! Spasers on spun... Oh, my tooth!Bones, fix it!" To which Will replies, "Dammit, Jim. I'm a black boy from Philly, not a doctor!"
  • Before Shatner appears on Hilary's show, an Asian man walks by. Shatner, still high, grabs him and says "Sulu, where you been? And why are you out of uniform?"

Friends[]

Friends contains a few references toStar Trek by Chandler Bing and Ross Geller, who are referenced as being nerds throughout the series.

"The One With the Sonogram at the End"[]

Ross shows the gang the sonogram of his child, and the group makes jokes while trying to decipher the image. Joey asks, "What are we supposed to be seeing here?" to which Chandler replies, "I don't know, but I think it's about to attack theEnterprise."

"The One With the List"[]

During calling the printer company's hotline, Chandler gets angry, because he notices they watchStar Trek in the background. Later during the call he is told that Spock is hugging his father (something which never happened in the show).

"The One Where Monica and Richard are Just Friends"[]

Chandler tells Ross that an incident involving Phoebe's boyfriend is a no-win scenario. He calls the situation theKiryat Moriah. Ross informs him that the no-win scenario is actually called theKobayashi Maru, and that theKiryat Moriah was the name of hotel they stayed in when traveling in Israel.

"The One With the Cat"[]

Rachel is trying to make Ross angry by saying things he doesn't agree with. She says "I do think Kirk was smarter than Spock". Ross pretends not to be angry and leaves, and then Chandler turns to Rachel and asks "You were kidding about the Kirk/Spock thing though, right?"

"The One With the Cuffs"[]

An encyclopedia salesman is testing Joey's knowledge, to prove that Joey really needs an encyclopedia. He asks "What do you know about vulcanized rubber?". Joey replies: "Spock's Birth Control."

"The One With the Secret Closet"[]

Chandler and Joey are trying to open a closet in Monica's apartment to find out what is inside it. There is a moment when Chandler shouts in an over-the-top manner, "There's got to be a way!", to which Joey replies "Easy there, Captain Kirk".

Fringe[]

Produced byJ.J. Abrams,Alex Kurtzman andRoberto Orci, and featuringLeonard Nimoy.

"Ability"[]

Robert Jones, a prisoner who managed to build a teleporter in a previous episode, is described as "clever enough toStar Trek himself out of a maximum security German prison".

"The Road Not Taken"[]

A conspiracy theorist (played byClint Howard) claims to beSpock, and that renegade futureRomulans are trying to change the timeline by creating super soldiers, likeKhan Noonien Singh. He also mentionsSarek, the Federation,Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and his apartment number is 1701.

"The Plateau"[]

Two people thinking alike is described as a Vulcan mind meld.

"The Man From The Other Side"[]

After discovering aStar Trek convention on a list of local events, Peter Bishop mentions that he has promised to take his father, and so pretends he didn't see it.

Full Frontal[]

In this '90s Australian TV sketch show, there is a parody ofThe Next Generation withEric Bana playingWorf (with a crab on his forehead). This was before Bana's film stardom and appearance in 2009'sStar Trek.

Full House[]

In the eighth season episode entitled "Leap of Faith", D.J. and Stephanie attempt to convince Michelle that she suffers from "Schmedrick's Disease" which causes baldness, which they believe to have plagued CaptainPicard.

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Gilmore Girls[]

In the first season episode "Emily in Wonderland", Lorelai states she does not know what goes on in Rachel's mind because she's not a Vulcan.

In the second season episode "The Ins and Outs of Inns", Lorelai and Rory discover that Luke was a Trekkie in high school, and keep on teasing him with severalStar Trek references. Later Rory says her mother is one "beam me up Scotty" reference away from being the victim of one, referring to a murder.

In fourth season's "In the Clamor and the Clangor", Rory and Lorelai discussWilliam Shatner and his role as Captain Kirk.

In the sixth season episode "The Real Paul Anka", April asks Luke, if he had never seen the originalStar Trek series.

Also in the sixth season, in "The UnGraduate", Lorelai says she needsdilithium crystals to repair thewarp drive in her Jeep.

Still in the sixth season, in "I'm OK, You're OK", Lorelai tells Kirk to take his dippyStar Trek device and go.

In seventh season's "The Long Morrow", Lorelai mentions that "Space is the final frontier."

Glee[]

FeaturingGregg Henry,Victor Garber,Daniel Roebuck, andWhoopi Goldberg.

"Saturday Night Glee-ver"[]

Jesse St. James equates being in Vocal Adrenaline with being part of theBorg Collective.

The Golden Girls[]

The Golden Girls was a 1980sNBC sitcom about four older, previously married women who share a house together in Miami, Florida and have misadventures about life and love. The show guest-starredRobert Picardo,Jerry Hardin,George Coe,John Schuck,Richard Riehle,Stanley Kamel,Paul Dooley,Keone Young,Leland Orser,Scott Menville,Matt McCoy,Hilary Shepard Turner, andEarl Boen.

"Even Grandmas Get the Blues"[]

Sophia tells Dorothy that she's going to teach her their family's Special Sauce recipe for the Festival of the Dancing Virgins which Dorothy refuses to do as she says that she was going to be busy teaching an honors program class, and that it is going to be a challenge as she's going to have students who know thatAnton Chekhov was a brilliantRussianplaywright and not "theguy who was the navigator on theEnterprise." Rose then says "I didn't know the guy fromStar Trek wrote plays."

Good Eats[]

Good Eats is a cooking show on FoodTV staringAlton Brown. Alton uses many pop culture references includingStar Trek.

"Deep Space Slime"[]

The title of the episode, which focusing on gelatin desserts, referencesStar Trek: Deep Space Nine.

"A Curious Yet Tasty Avocado Experiment"[]

In this avocado-themed episode, Alton interacts a parody of Spock who uses theVulcan nerve pinch.

"Pretzel Logic"[]

The last question of the episode was, if yeast were to star in a horror or sci-fi film, they'd most likely play:a)Mummiesb)Zombies, orc)Tribbles

The answer: "All of the above. They start out dry as mummies, they reanimate like zombies, and then, they reproduce like those gosh darn tribbles. So, how'd you do? Ah, who cares, let's make them."

Gossip Girl[]

A second season episode is titled "The Wrath of Con", paying tribute toStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

The Great British Bake Off[]

In season 15, episode 5 of this popular baking competition show, judgePaul Hollywood says one of the competitors made a cake which looks like "an alien fromStar Trek".

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Hardcore Pawn[]

Season 7, episode 3 titled "Monster Deals" features a man at the pawn shop to sell someStar Trek merchandise. Some examples include models of theEnterprise (NX-01) and USSVoyager. Another item is aDeep Space Nine syndication media kit that was sent out to local TV stations in the United States that aired DS9 in syndication.

Hawaii Five-0 (2010)[]

Developed byAlex Kurtzman andRoberto Orci, starringDaniel Dae Kim, and guest-starringCary-Hiroyuki,William Sadler,Sidney Liufau,Autumn Reeser,Clyde Kusatsu,Spencer Garrett,Glenn Morshower,Peter Weller,George Takei,Robert Picardo,Rosalind Chao, andTerry O'Quinn.

McGarrett's girlfriend is an intelligence officer on theaircraft carrierEnterprise. The series' pathologist Max Bergman is an ardent "Trekkie" and is played by Masi Oka who had already played the similarly obsessed character Hiro Nakamura during his prior tenure on the cult seriesHeroes.

"Ne Me'e Laua Na Paio"[]

The investigation takes Steve and Danno to acomic book convention, where Danno calls aTrekkie in aFirst Contact uniform "Captain Kirk." The Trekkie gets offended and says he's actuallyBenjamin Sisko, using the rank ofcommander despite wearing a captain's rank device on his collar. That offense goes even further when Danno mentionsUhura when discussing blackTrek characters.

"Ha'i'ole"[]

Max's car key fob is a miniatureUSSEnterprise-A and his license plate says "WARP 9".

"Lapa'au"[]

Max has transferred his "WARP 9" license plate to a 2011 Chevrolet Camaro similar to the one Danno drives, saying he had to sell off all hisDS9 action figures to get enough money to pay for it.

"Ohuna"[]

McGarrett gives a wire-wearing civilian theVulcan salute and says "Live long and perspire" before sending him into a criminal's lair.

"Ke Koho Mamao Aku"[]

Max responds "LikeWrath of Khan" when Sanjit says "It's on." Later it's revealed their feud is over Sanjit sniping an old mint-in-packageJanice Rand action figure, which he gives to Max to complete a collection. They give each other theVulcan salute and say "Live long and prosper" after Max repeats Spock's "I have been and shall always be your friend" line in gratitude.

"La Po'ino (Doomsday)"[]

Max says that "Per Lieutenant Kelly, I just finished performing what I refer to aswarp speed autopsy."

"Hoa 'Inea (Misery Loves Company)"[]

The scene of James T. Kirk knocking out his drill thrall from "The Gamesters of Triskelion" precedes Steve McGarrett's explanation for his Valentine's Day black eye.

"Elua La Ma Nowemapa (Two Days in November)"[]

While attempting to lip read a conversation on an old video, one of the terms "read" is "Captain Kirk".

"Ua malo'o ka wai (The Water Is Dried Up)"[]

Jerry disobeys a direct order not to tell anyone where the Five-0 team is going and ultimately winds up saving their lives by calling for backup. When Steve mentioned that he'd disobeyed, Jerry replied, "I know, but so did a man named James Tiberius Kirk in a little movie calledStar Trek III: The Search for Spock. And, like him, I'm prepared to accept the consequences."

Henry Danger[]

Henry Danger is a TV show about a teenage boy named Henry Hart (Jace Norman) who gets an after-school job as the sidekick to superhero Captain Man (Cooper Barnes).

"Car Trek"[]

The episode's title is an obvious parody of the franchise.

"Dream Busters"[]

This episode features a green lady who looks similar to anOrion.

"Opposite Universe"[]

This episode is a parody ofTOS: "Mirror, Mirror".

"Space Invaders, Part 1"[]

In a scene in this episode, Captain Man recites the beginning of theStar Trek intro: "Space: the final frontier," and his voice sounds like that of James T. Kirk. He then has to revise the sentence after Henry points out other frontiers: Henry says that oceans are also an "unexplored frontier", and Captain Man then says "Space: one of two final frontiers." Henry then points out that many parallel universes have probably gone unexplored, and he references the events that occurred in "Opposite Universe" when he and his friend Charlotte went to a parallel universe, and Captain Man then says "Space: one of many, many remaining frontiers."

"The Trouble with Frittles"[]

This episode's title is a parody ofTOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles".

Here's Lucy[]

StarringLucille Ball. Guest stars includeJanos Prohaska,Parley Baer,Ricardo Montalban,Joyce Perry,Jack Perkins,Francine Pyne, andBooker Bradshaw. It also contains several snowclones of the "I'm a doctor, not a..." phrase.

"Lucy's Safari"[]

Themugato costume, sans horn, is used for a rare gorilla/baboon hybrid called the "gorboona".

"Lucy's Replacement"[]

When Lucy Carter comes into the Unique Employment Agency's office and sees EXMO III (a large computer that her brother-in-law and boss Harry has rented to replace her), she asks him, "What's this, a leftover fromStar Trek?"

Heroes[]

Heroes (2006-2010) was aNBC aired science fiction series about ordinary Humans who discover they have extraordinary powers. Its regular cast memberZachary Quinto later went on to playSpock inStar Trek,Star Trek Into Darkness, andStar Trek Beyond. In addition to castingStar Trek alumni (likeGeorge Takei,Nichelle Nichols,Dominic Keating,Michael Dorn, andMalcolm McDowell),Heroes makes many references toStar Trek. In particular, Hiro Nakamura, a Japanese character who can bend space and time, is an admittedStar Trek fan and often equates his power to events that take place onStar Trek. Hiro's sister is played by laterStar Trek: Picard guest starTamlyn Tomita, who made three appearances on the show.

"Genesis"[]

Hiro describes his power to bend space and teleport. His friend Ando Masahashi sarcastically says that it's "likeStar Trek". Ando says that Hiro's "powers beyond any mere mortal" are like Spock's. He then suggests that Hiro use hisVulcan death grip when he is dragged back to his desk by his boss. Later, Hiro expresses his desire to "boldly go where no man has gone before". Ando mocks, "Beam us up, Scotty!".

"Don't Look Back"[]

A prophetic comic book, "9th Wonders!", Issue #14, depictsStar Trek-related conversation Hiro and Ando had previously. Later, when Hiro inexplicably finds himself having teleported from Tokyo to New York City, he explains his himself by comparing his abilities toStar Trek'stransporters. He punctuates his explanation with theVulcan salute.

"Fallout"[]

Hiro greets an acquaintance with the Vulcan salute.

"Distractions"[]

Hiro's father, Kaito (portrayed byGeorge Takei) gets into a limo with the license plate "NCC-1701".

"Run!"[]

A woman calls the Japanese Hiro "Sulu" just before punching him and locking him in a closet. When he is freed, he gives aVulcan salute and says, "I come in peace."

"Unexpected"[]

Hiro parts ways with Ando; each give a Vulcan salute to the other. Additionally, a newly-introduced character's hometown isBozeman,Montana.

"How to Stop an Exploding Man"[]

Ando reminds Hiro that his whole life,Star Trek gave him heroes and role models.

"Cold Wars"[]

When Nathan tells Danko that he wants his brother, Peter, caught with "no bloodshed", Danko orders his men saying, "Hear that? Phasers on stun."

"Cold Snap"[]

Hiro and Ando are told to find "Matt Parkman" (played byGreg Grunberg). When they find a baby with the same name, Hiro and Ando wonder how such a thing could have occurred. Hiro explains that onThe Next Generation, atransporter accident caused something similar to happen ("Rascals").

Hiro's blog[]

Hiro's real worldblog^(X) is organized bystardate and is labeled as a "Captain's Log." References toStar Trek including signing off with "live long and prosper," wishing the series a40th happy birthday, and a representation of thePrime Directive.

"The Agent"[]

In chapter 7 of the online iStory "The Agent", Anna Korolenko calls Rachel Mills "Scotty" and tells her to take her up. Rachel replies that the line is "Beam me up, Scotty" and then teleports Anna and herself.

Crossover connections[]

Further information

• Star Trek atHeroes Wiki
• Heroes atWikipedia
• Heroes at theInternet Movie Database
• Heroes Wiki atWikia

The High Life[]

In this short-lived 1995 BBC sitcom about the staff of a fictional airline, the character of Captain Hilary Duff (the name is a coincidence: the actress-singer of that name did not rise to fame until some years later) is portrayed as a fantasist, who at one point in the pilot episode appears to believe he is actuallyinStar Trek, claiming to pilot the Enterprise and telling people to "live long and prosper". In one of the show's surrealist touches, at the end of one scene he actually beams out of the staff lounge, seen by the viewer but not by the other characters who are nonplussed to turn around and find him gone.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)[]

The BBC series is based on Douglas Adams' series of novels. Like the laterRed Dwarf, it satirizes many common science fiction tropes including on-board computers, giant computers and teleportation (beaming). In one episode, the line "to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before..." appears.

Hollywood Weapons: Fact or Fiction?[]

This Outdoor Channel series investigates if certain popular moments in TV shows and movies is plausible in real life. In episode 8, "Terry vs. Gorn", host Terry Schappert revisitsTOS: "Arena" and specifically the moment where Kirk creates a homemade cannon to attack theGorn captain. The episode goes out of its way to have the feeling of the original series, including recreating the original bridge and donning the classic uniforms.

As done in the series, it was proven that just randomly grabbing materials and expecting it to create the normal manufactured and refined gunpowder is impossible and the chemicals would just fizzle out. However, it was proven that the cannon he made could be used to injure the Gorn.

Homeboys in Outer Space[]

In the 1996-1997 sci-fi series spoofHomeboys in Outer Space, guest stars wereEthan Phillips,James Doohan, andGeorge Takei. Doohan played a recurring role as aMontgomery Scott analogue called Pippen (presumably a play on the name of basketball player Scotty Pippen).

Homeland[]

In the second season episode "I'll Fly Away", Virgil while driving a surveillance van in the dark orders the people in the back to dim their lights, because "it's like the starshipEnterprise in here".

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show[]

In the pilot episode, "Honey, We've Been Swallowed By Grandpa", Wayne tells his son, "Ensign Nicholas, make it so", when initializing the shrinking machine, to which he replies, "Engage".

In the episode "Honey, They Call Me the Space Cowboy", Ar'nox, an alien visitor mentionsTalos IV andtranya.

The series starredBarbara Alyn Woods as Diane Szalinszki.

Hot in Cleveland[]

In the 2013 episode "Cleveland Fantasy Con" (S04E06) Joy manages to fulfill one of her longtime fantasies by starting to date fireman Sean. However, her enthusiasm is dimmed considerably when it turns out that Sean is a diehard "Trekkie", who is thrilled to learn that Joy has never seenStar Trek as it affords him a chance to educate her in the ways ofStar Trek. "Wow. We're going to change that tonight", Sean states enthusiastically, "I'm going to boldly go where no man has gone before." "Unlikely", Joy's sarcastic roommate Elka retorts.

House, MD[]

StarringJennifer Morrison and featuring guest appearances byJohn Cho,Greg Grunberg,Leslie Hope,John Larroquette andKurtwood Smith.

"Don't Ever Change"[]

Kutner casually mentions that he's aDahar Master of theKlingon Empire.

"97 Seconds"[]

One of the doctors takes the patient's blood and it is green. In the next scene is Dr. House talking with his team and asks, "Is heVulcan? If 'no' then what makesNimoy bleed green?"

"Big Baby"[]

Dr. House describes Foreman and Thirteen's new-found relationship as Foreman having "Boldly gone where noman had gone before.", referring to Thirteen's bisexual orientation.

"Change"[]

Thirteen comments that it's suspicious that the patient's girlfriend has several changes of clothes. Taub thinks her suspicions are unfounded and sarcastically states "As opposed to the same Starfleet-issue tunic?"

How I Met Your Mother[]

FeaturingJennifer Morrison,Ray Wise, andJohn Cho.

In "The Duel", Robin ends a bad date with an implausible (but true) excuse, after which her nerdy date curses her by saying "You have no honor" inKlingon.

In "Lucky Penny", Ted remarks that usually when he stumbles upon a bunch of people camped out in line waiting for something, there tends to be a storm trooper or aKlingon to give some indication of what the line is about.

In "The Playbook", a bartender says he's giving up on datinq to focus on hisStar Trek fan fiction. The scene cuts immediately to a wedding photo with him and his bride both wearingTNG-style duty uniforms incommand red.

In the episode "Mom and Dad", a character is shown to have become offended because Marshall called her atrekkie, which she claims is "our word".

William Shatner was also referred to as one of several great people who wereCanadian in "the rehersal dinner".

Hyperdrive[]

Hyperdrive is a British science fiction sitcom in the basicStar Trek ship of exploration mold, which featuring many cliches including holodeck-like recreation rooms and a race called "The Red Shiny Robots of Vortis" which seem inspired by the Borg.

In the second season episode "Artifact", the Queppu leader says he believes on Earth it is said "Revenge is a dish best served on a bed of rice", which Teal corrects as "cold".

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iCarly[]

FeaturingTim Russ,Don Stark,Andrew Hill Newman andVince Deadrick, Jr..

In "iGive Away a Car", Spencer buys a "Proton Cruiser" from the movie "Galaxy Wars", a small fighter spacecraft (similar to aStar Wars X-wing or aBattlestar Galactica Viper), which has nacelles loosely resembling those of aConstitution-class starship, and uses acommunicator similar to the ones inThe Original Series.

In "iPsycho", Sam uses a Vulcan Neck Pinch on Nora, which is completed tolerated by Gibby, then fells down. This movement is a reference to Spock.

In "iOMG", Principal Franklin (played by Tim Russ) announces to all the students at night for the project and closes with "Study well, and Prosper". This is a reference to most Vulcans, including Tuvok.

In "iApril Fools", Spencer, dressed as Doc Brown fromBack to the Future, told Carly, Sam, and Freddie to go to a future episode as T-Bo, as a genie, was inside the bubble. He energizes them and beams inside the bubble. Then Carly asked Spencer if iCarly airs on reruns, which Spencer unintended to.

In "iBattle Chip", Gibby bought aphaser, supposedly fromGalaxy Wars (actually fromSpace Trek), to show Carly, Sam, and Freddie for demonstration. Then at the Groovie Smoothie, Sam hits a bully with a buttersock and drags him to the table, which Carly accidently let go of the phaser. Seconds later it broke. Then Freddie had fixed the phaser to a very realistic version that fires real laser beams to heat mode. Finally, refuses to demonstrate in the web show, Gibby mistakenly set it to overheat and Spencer throws it at the hall, where Chip and his friend makes a fly trap for Spencer to arrive. Then it exploded and Chip flies off and stick on the elevator doors.

Impractical Jokers[]

A deleted scene taken from the episode "Bellydancer", the friends are teaching people CPR. In the deleted scene, Murr is forced to instruct his student to count in Klingon when the student is doing CPR on a dummy.

The second season episode "Birds and the Bees", one of the challenges is to share a secret that the other people say. During Murr's turn, he is instructed to say to a stranger thatSpock andWilliam Shatner beat him up for running his mouth up,

In Living Color[]

"The Wrath of Farrakhan"[]

Former calypso singer and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan (played byDamon Wayans) boards theEnterprise to liberate the ship's crew from their Anglo-Saxon captain (played byJim Carrey). When the desperate Kirk pleads withscience officerSpock, "What are we going to do?", theVulcan responds "What do you mean... we?... Caucazoid?" Spock reminds the captain that, as a Vulcan, he is the strongest and most intelligent member of the crew, yet is still second in command. "...and I'm a better director than you." Then Kirk grabs a type 1 phaser and tries to kill Farrakhan but fails, so Kirk screams, "FARRAKHAN!!"

• YouTube video of the sketch

"Star Trek VII: The Really Last Voyage"[]

An aging crew of theEnterprise escapes from a retirement home only to be lured back by the promise of tapioca pudding andbingo. Highlights includeSulu leaving theEnterprise's left blinker on sinceRigel V and crashing the ship into anasteroid, which knocks Captain Kirk's hairpiece off. When Sulu detects a deadly gas coming fromengineering,Montgomery Scott hails the bridge and claims he's "lost all control of (his) bowels", to which Kirk reminds him that he should be wearing his "Starfleet Depends." Later, Spock reminds Kirk that he is approachingpon farr and remarks "you're looking pretty good to me." After Spock has "fallen and can't get up",Bones comes to the bridge, wheeling in a wheelchair, degenerated to askeleton complaining "I'm a corpse, not a doctor!" As his crew leaves the ship, Kirk records in his log that six sequels wasn't too bad for a B-grade TV show that was canceledlight years ago.

• YouTube video of the sketch

"Why Star Trek: Next Generation Black Characters?"[]

Black aliens with body parts on their heads visit the battle section of theEnterprise-D.

See also[]

• In Living Color atWikipedia

Inspector Gadget (2015 Series)[]

In the main room of the HQ, the beeping sounds from the bridge of theUSSEnterprise can be heard in the background.

In the House[]

The episodes "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" has a dream sequence where the cast members of the show act like they're in a amalgam of theOriginal Series andThe Next Generation. Episode guest star isGeorge Takei.

Ironheart[]

"Will the Real Natalie Please Stand Up?"[]

When Xavier makes aStar Wars reference, Riri responds "I just thought it was, you know,Trekkies for life."

"Bad Magic"[]

Xavier compares Riri toSpock; she responds that she always thinks of herself asUhura.

"Karma's a Glitch"[]

Riri leaves Xavier a note in an envelope decorated with aStarfleet delta. In the letter, Riri references Kirk'sStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan eulogy for Spock to describe her deceased friend Natalie: "Of all the souls I've encountered on my travels, hers was the most human." Later, Xavier gives Riri a coffee with "James T. Kirk" written as the name on the cup.

"The Past is the Past"[]

After Riri asks a resurrected Natalie to run diagnostics (having mistaken her for her armor's artificial intelligence system,) Natalie responds "Why are you sounding like aStar Trek character?"

The IT Crowd[]

The episode "Reynholm vs. Reynholm" features the character of Douglas Reynholm in court, and at one point, the court reviews aStar Trek TOS-themed sex tape he created. Reynholm fils the role of Kirk, surrounded by the other characters who are all being played by young girls referred to as "female-Spock", "female-McCoy", etc.

iZombie[]

In the episode "Liv and Let Clive", the character Ravi Chakrabarti compares his modern television equipment to having his ownholodeck.

In the episode "Astroburger", the character Johnny Frost tells of his drug-related experiences, where he discussed the "big questions" with a friend, including "Kirk or Picard?".

In the episode "Heaven Just Got a Little Bit Smoother", the character Don-E quotesJames T. Kirk fromStar Trek Into Darkness with "The enemy of my enemy is my friend".

In the episode "Chivalry is Dead" the series' lead Liv Moore compares Fillmore-Graves, the company effectively controlling Seattle, to the Borg. When her friend Peyton Charles does not understand the reference, Liv tells her if she keeps dating Ravi she will, indicating him to be a Trekkie.

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JAG[]

Guest-starring:Dean Stockwell,Steven Culp,Scott Lawrence,Terry O'Quinn,Corbin Bernsen,Zoe McLellan,Neal McDonough,Leon Russom,Claudette Nevins,Phil Morris,Tamlyn Tomita,Alan Dale,Faran Tahir,Alicia Coppola,David AndrewsOn the showJAG, Lt. Bud Roberts, Jr. is a fan ofStar Trek. He even went so far as to name one of his kids afterJames T. Kirk.

Jeopardy[]

In1999, actors fromStar Trek: Voyager appeared on Jeopardy.Tim Russ andRobert Picardo were dressed in their full outfits, whileEthan Phillips was in the makeup chair.[5]

Leonard Nimoy's two autobiographies (I Am Not Spock andI Am Spock) were part of a category on celebrity bios on26 February2016.

An episode fromJuly 2015 featured categories entitled "Live 'Long'" (words with the word "long" in them) and "Prosper", with the final category being entitled "Leonard Nimoy".[6]

On4 April2016, as part of a category about TV characters' nicknames, one question asked which nickname McCoy had long before Temperance Brennan did ("Bones").

On8 February2017, a contestant mentioned her school having one of Kirk's lines from "The Deadly Years" as their motto: "There's a lot more to running a starship than answering a lot of fool questions."

On11 July2017, the last two categories in Double Jeopardy were named "Shaka" (re: Shaka Zulu) and "When The Walls Fell" (re: walls that fell), providing a subtle reference to "Darmok".

On19 April2018, the video gameStar Trek: Starfleet Academy was mentioned in a category about fictional students.

On16 January2024, the cliffhanger of William Riker giving the order to fire on an assimilated Picard was mentioned.

Celebrity Jeopardy[]

In2022,Wil Wheaton's Final Jeopardy bet was $1701, theEnterprise's number.

Joey[]

Brent Spiner appears as himself in the episode "Joey and the Premiere" of theFriends spin-off, attending a Hollywood movie premiere party, where Joey is also invited. He keeps on chasing Spiner to answer for his questions regardingStar Trek: The Next Generation, who claims that he's willing to talk about anything, exceptStar Trek.

Just Shoot Me![]

StarringWendie Malick, withRebecca Romijn,Kristanna S. Loken, andAndy Dick. Principal cast memberEnrico Colantoni appeared inGalaxy Quest.

"Two Girls For Every Boy"[]

Elliot asks where Spock and Kirk are going to sit when Jack shows him his new office guest chairs.

"A Divorce To Remember"[]

Dennis explains his attendance of a cat show to Adrienne despite her demands he not do so that he was simply following the last wishes of his imaginary Desert Storm commanding officer Captain "Picardemonger."

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Kenan and Kel[]

In one of the episode epilogues, Kenan opens a communicator, and utters "Beam me up, Scotty", to which both he and the terrified Kel make their exit from the stage, via dematerializing with the transporter effect.

The Kids Are Alright[]

FeaturingPaul Dooley.

In the episode "Mass for Shut-ins", William Cleary mentions that he wishes to learn theStar Trek theme on the theremin.

The Killing[]

In the third season episode "reckoning", Spock andmind melding are mentioned.

The King of Queens[]

Merrin Dungey plays a major role on the series as "Kelly Palmer".

In "Frozen Pop", a pillow featuring theEnterprise is seen.

Spence (Patton Oswalt) contrasts hisDark Shadows (an obscure vampire soap opera) convention with aStar Trek one, saying unlikeTrek, they don't happen every year; if he misses one, he'll have to wait three years for the next one.

In the eighth season episode "Shear Torture", Spence tellsLou Ferrigno, he's a loser with Spock ears. In another episode, Arthur (Jerry Stiller) goes to aStar Trek convention, dressed in a TOS redshirt uniform.

Knight Rider[]

The second season opener ("Goliath") features Garthe Knight, the evil twin brother of Michael Knight, whose only distinguishing feature is his goatee, an obvious reference to Spock'smirror universe counterpart inTOS: "Mirror, Mirror".

Knight Rider 2000[]

A slightly-malfunctioning KITT uses a sonic stunning pulse onJames Doohan, much to Michael's chagrin. Michael goes to the actor's aid, telling KITT that he "pulsed Scotty" while a supposedly disoriented Doohan weakly mumbles Scott-esque technobabble.

As a note of interest, one of the characters says Doohan played Scott "inThe Original Series and all ten movies". As of the actual year 2000, there had only been nineStar Trek movies released, and Doohan only appeared in seven of them.

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The Langoliers[]

This 1995 miniseries adaptation ofStephen King's novella co-starsDean Stockwell. When a character bursts out in anger, another one asks him if he's ever seenStar Trek, because if he won't shut up, he will demonstrate Spock's famousnerve pinch on him.

Late Night with Conan O'Brien[]

A sketch, aired on 17 May 2002, featured "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog" interviewingStar Wars fans lined up for the opening of "Attack of the Clones". The bit climaxed with a man dressed as Spock giving the fans an alternate version of theVulcan salute.[7]

In another sketch, in which O'Brien attempted to combat another network's plan for a big October event, one of the promotions suggested is Spock-tober, in which the same character as the Triumph sketch appeared on the show. The Spock character has appeared as a throw-away joke on several other occasions.

The Spock character, who was played byLate Night writer Michael Gordon, visited the40 Years of Star Trek: The Collection auction inanother comedy bit.

In one of the "Celebrity Survey" segments, aired on12 September2006, the fake question "The 40th Anniversary ofStar Trek..." is answered as:Leonard Nimoy: "Makes me realize what a long journey it's been."William Shatner: "Is a marvellous occasion for reflection." Conan O'Brien: "Was actually two years ago, because the original unaired pilot episode, "The Cage", starringJeffrey Hunter asCaptainPike, was filmed in1964, thus makingStar Trek a distinct fictional universe fully forty-two years ago, and not forty as the media would have you believe."

Further information

• Late Night with Conan O'Brien atWikipedia

Lava[]

This Kafkaesque Flemish program featured a regular sketch, "Wally in Space". It was an absurd parody of the original series set on a ship captained by Belgian singerEddy Wally, a Liberace-like cult figure.

Law and Order[]

During the episode "Corpus Delicti", Claire Kincaid sarcastically tells Jack McCoy that her "transporter beam was down" when she was running late before court.

Crossover actors

• Michael Harney
• Carolyn McCormick
• Paul Sorvino

Leverage[]

A TNT heist-caper series which has starringAldis Hodge asTrekkie hacker Alec Hardison and guest-starringJeri Ryan,Wil Wheaton,Armin Shimerman,Brent Spiner,Noa Tishby,Clancy Brown,Spencer Garrett,Richard Cox,Robert Pine,Saul Rubinek,Erick Avari,Leon Rippy,Gregg Henry, andAndy Mangels.Jonathan Frakes directed 13 episodes over the series' five seasons and appeared the episode "The Snow Job" in a non-speaking role as a patient in a doctor's waiting room.Keith R.A. DeCandido andGreg Cox each authored atie-in novel for the series.

"The Nigerian Job"[]

While posing as a nerdy computer technician, Eliot explains away his musculature as being due to dressing up as aKlingon at conventions.

"The Order 23 Job"[]

Hardison wants to useTrek movies as intercom codes, with the odd-numbered ones meaning "all's well" and the even-numbered ones meaning "there's a problem", eventually using "DoctorWrath O'Khan" as a warning to Eliot.

"The Two Live Crew Job"[]

Describing computer hacker Colin "Chaos" Mason (played byWil Wheaton,) Hardison explains that "CIA computer guys call him theKobayashi Maru."

"The Three Strikes Job"[]

Hardison's remark to his van before destroying it, "I've always been, and forever shall be, your friend," references Spock's final line inStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

"The Cross My Heart Job"[]

Eliot gets Hardison's attention over the airport PA system by having them page "Kirk Picard."

Earlier in the episode, Hardison complains about having to rely onstone knives and bearskins.

"The Last Dam Job"[]

Wil Wheaton's character says he wants to dress Sophie up likeDeanna Troi as a condition of doing the job.

"The First Contact Job"[]

Eliot uses the alias "Willy Riker".Jonathan Frakes directed.

Leverage: Redemption[]

The sequel series to the TNT heist-caper showLeverage guest-starringAldis Hodge.Jonathan Frakes directed the episode "The Double-Edged Sword Job".

"The Too Many Rembrandts Job"[]

Hardison celebrates Sophie agreeing to join them for a job saying, "Get the gang back together Star Trek style" to which Eliot says "Even numbers only, baby."

"The Tower Job"[]

Parker speaks inKlingonese which Eliot translates as "Even a fool buys stone for his house," explaining that Hardison had bet that he couldn't learn the language.

"The Muddy Waters Job"[]

Eliot uses the alias "Armus Vagra" which referencesArmus andVagra II fromTNG: "Skin Of Evil".

"The Museum Makeover Job"[]

Breanna mocks the accent Eliot uses while posing as a British bomb tech, telling him "Now you just sound like Scotty talking to Kirk. 'I can't change the laws of physics, Captain.' "

"The Weekend in Paris Job"[]

Eliot criticizes Hardison's fighting tactics saying, "Did you really try theVulcan Spock thing again?" to which he responds "It's gonna work one of these days." Later, Eliot remarks to Hardison "You know, I think that Vulcan pinch thing you did actually worked this time."

Lip Sync Battle[]

A special one hour episode featuringZoë Saldana going up againstZachary Quinto aired in June 2016.[8]

Little Britain[]

In season one, Daffyd is complaining to Myfanwy that gays don't have anything to do in Llandewi Brefi. After looking in the paper, they discover that a gay Trekkies group is meeting right there, right now. Three men are dressed as Spock,Uhura and possibly Kirk. Myfanwy says that Daffyd likesStar Trek, to which he replies "Well I don't likeDeep Space Nine." Daffyd then doubts the Trekkie men are gay but one of them says "He was hung like aKlingon!" Annoyed that there are other gay men there, Daffyd tells them that Myfanwy wants them to leave and they storm out.

The Lone Gunmen[]

In the episode "Like Water for Octane", a youngRichard "Ringo" Langly tells his father that in the future everyone will be eating food pills, "like onStar Trek."

In "Tango de los Pistoleros", a new missile invisible to radar is described as aRomulancloaking device.

In "The Lying Game", a metal detector is referred to as atricorder, and the man using it as Mr. Spock.

Looking[]

Co-starringScott Bakula.

In the second season episode "Looking for Results", Kevin introduces Patrick to the gameTop Trumps, and explains that there are cards around numerous themes includingStar Trek.

Lost[]

To promoteStar Trek, the episode "The Variable" featured analternate title sequence with theUSSEnterprise.

Sawyer has called Jin "Sulu" and Desmond "Scott". (Jin is played byDaniel Dae Kim, who was a guest actor on bothStar Trek: Voyager andStar Trek: Enterprise)

A life-size poster of Captain Kirk is visible in Damon Lindelof's office in the Season 3 DVD extra "Lost in a Day", at the "4:39 pm Los Angeles" segment.

"All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues"[]

In this episode Boone and Locke discussredshirts. (Locke is played byTerry O'Quinn, who was a guest onStar Trek: The Next Generation.) Red shirts became a motif since this episode, with several characters dying while wearing one.

"Do No Harm"[]

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 Leonard McCoy.

"Everybody Hates Hugo"[]

When Ana Lucia tells the group they have arrived at the somewhat concealed Arrow bunker, Sawyer does not notice it and wonders if they are going to "beam us up.", referencing the famous catchphrase "Beam me up, Scotty".

"The Constant"[]

In this episode Desmond Hume becomes "unstuck" in time between years of 2004 and 1996, just like Captain Picard becomes "unstuck" in three different timelines in "All Good Things...", the series finale ofStar Trek: The Next Generation. Also, Desmond's trip to contact Daniel at Oxford is reminiscent of Picard's trip to visitData at Cambridge. In the LOST Season 4 DVD commentary Damon Lindelof confirmed that "All Good Things..." was a big influence in writing "The Constant" episode, while Mark Goldman states that he took inspiration from theStar Trek episode's editing style in deciding how to piece together Desmond's time jumps.

"The Lie"[]

Neil dies while wearing a red shirt. Locke remarks that Kirk "sounds like a piss-poor captain" after the redshirt curse is pointed out to him.

"This Place is Death"[]

In this episode anthropologist Charlotte Lewis makes a sarcastic joke about being able to speakKlingon, in addition to Korean.

"What Kate Does"[]

In this episode Dogen has a baseball on his desk like Captain Sisko.

Crossover performers

• Sam Anderson
• Alan Dale
• Fionnula Flanagan
• Daniel Dae Kim
• Terry O'Quinn
• Daniel Roebuck
• Titus Welliver

Production

• J.J. Abrams, director ofStar Trek andStar Trek Into Darkness, producer ofStar Trek Beyond
• Michael Giacchino, composer
• Damon Lindelof, producer ofStar Trek, co-writer ofStar Trek Into Darkness

Lucifer[]

InHomewrecker, Ella Lopez manages to put together a broken champagne glass and proudly exclaims "Ta'von'lu", which she claims isKlingonese for "The King is dead", calling it a reference tothree-dimensional chess played onStar Trek.

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MacGyver (2016 series)[]

In the episode "Bozer + Booze + Back to School", a college student is subdued by a shoulder grab knockout, which a character calls the Vulcan nerve pinch.

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade[]

2017[]

The West Harrison High School marching band of Gulfport, Mississippi, USA performed the song/track "Enterprising Young Men" from theStar Trek soundtrack.

Mad Men[]

Mad Men is a series set in the 1960s, reaching the1966first season ofStar Trek in its fifth season. One fifth season episode, "Christmas Waltz", features the character Paul Kinsey who has fallen on hard times and has his hopes pinned on aStar Trek spec script called "The Negron Complex". He gets in touch with his former colleague Harry Crane, who is a media buyer and thus could slip the script toNBC, or evenMr. Roddenberry himself. Although the script is said to be very bad, Kinsey thinks it would be good enough to openseason 2. Crane however doubts that a second season will even be made.

Interestingly, the premise featuring a race of Negrons who are enslaved to pick cotton for a race called the Caucasons, the twist being that the Negrons are white, is very similar to an actual story idea proposed inStar Trek is....

MADtv[]

"Star Trek: Deep Stain Nine"[]

From the very first episode,MADtv parodiedTrek with this "sequel" set aboard a laundry starship.

• YouTube video

"Kirk and Spock Variety Hour"[]

A "lost pilot" from 1975; Kirk (Will Sasso), Spock (Pat Kilbane), McCoy (guest star Tim Conlon) and Uhura (Debra Wilson) perform comedy skits with special guests Sammy Davis, Jr. (Phil LaMarr) and Phyllis Diller (herself). Featuring the June Taylor Tribbles.

"Estrella Viaje"[]

A Spanish-language version ofStar Trek (one of several "Spanish remake" skits the show did).

• YouTube video

"Martin Lawrence's Brushes with Death 4"[]

Hosted by William Shatner (Sasso); parody of Fox specials focusing on actor Martin Lawrence's "bouts with exhaustion".

"The Captain Kirk Show"[]

Kirk (Sasso) and Spock (Kilbane) host a David Letterman-type talk show, complete with a Top Ten List and a "man on the street" segment where Spock goes up to total strangers on the street and talks to them. Martha Stewart (Mo Collins) appears on the show.

"Shatner's Sperm Bank"[]

Shatner (Sasso) tries to convince a woman (Alex Borstein) to purchase his sperm for in vitro fertilization.

"Hollywood Squares: UPN Stars"[]

Parody of the game show with rapper/actress Eve (Daniele Gaither) and a Klingon fromStar Trek: Voyager (Jordan Peele) as the only two "celebrities".

Note: Debra Wilson – or actually, just her voice – was featured as Captain Lisa Cusak in theStar Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Sound of Her Voice". She also provided thecomputer voice for theStar Trek: The ExperienceKlingon Encounter.

Major Crimes[]

FeaturesJonathan Del Arco as part of the cast. Two episodes were directed byRoxann Dawson.

"Skin Deep"[]

Detective Provenza summons a colleague to meeting by saying "Spock, you're wanted on the bridge" and remarking to another person staying behind "Chekov, you have the helm."

"Moral Hazard"[]

Gus reminds Rusty that he has already paid for tickets toStar Trek and insists on taking him to the movie. The episode originally aired in August 2016, slightly after the release ofStar Trek Beyond, which may be the specific movie reference intended.

Malcolm in the Middle[]

"Hal Grieves"[]

After Hal's father (who had been played byChristopher Lloyd) dies and he becomes depressed, his friend, Abe first callLeonard Nimoy (actually voiced byNolan North) to get him talk to Hal, then invitesGeorge Takei (appearing as himself) to cheer him up. In this episode they talk aboutStar Trek and mention bothTOS: "The Squire of Gothos" andStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Man Like Mobeen[]

In "Moving Food", when Eight asks who Uncle Khan is, Mobeen replies that he is fromStar Trek and that they would watch it later. The counter clerk who overhears this then gives them theVulcan salute, and Eight refers to Khan as "Star Trek Man" later in the episode.

Married... With Children[]

"A Three Job, No Income Family"[]

In this season 3 episode, Al Bundy takes a second job at a fast food restaurant called "Burger Trek", whose theme centers around the originalStar Trek series, complete with TOS-inspired uniforms (which has a burger speared by a rocketship) worn by employees, the manager (played by Pauly Shore) being referred to as the captain, Al Bundy being called "Crewman Bundy" and the cashier area being referred to as the bridge. Al is expected to say "woosh" every time he sends the burgers down to the cashier area. His manager also reminds him of the mission they have to accomplish, which is "to go where no burger has gone before". Another announcement asks that "the crewman who overflowed the toilet please report to the bridge".

"Married with Aliens"[]

Al is visited by a group of aliens, who steal his socks as a resource to fuel their spaceship. At the end of the episode he makes the Vulcan salute while saying goodbye to them.

"Kelly Does Hollywood: Part 2"[]

Al tries to sell an idea for a television series calledShoe Trek, about "a shoe salesman in the 23rd century", to a producer, but he's turned down. Later he sees the show on TV (with a character named Mr. Sock), realizing they stole his idea.

"If Al Had a Hammer"[]

Kelly tells her brother, Bud "I'm sure lots of cool guys spend their Friday night watchingStar Trek reruns hoping to catch a glimpse ofKlingon Kleavage."

"The Goodbye Girl"[]

Recently employed at a TV based theme park, Kelly tells her family of her day, which involved a rather large woman being stuck in a turnstile. Kelly, thinking quickly for once, decided to grease her up with butter and then "I went over toStar Trek Land, hot-wired theEnterprise and sent it up where no man has ever gone before."

"No Ma'am"[]

Marcy says to Al: "Shut up, Klingon."

"The Hood, the Bud & the Kelly: Part 2"[]

Jefferson says "You know, Captain Kirk was wrong. The final frontier isn't space, it's the roof."

"Calendar Girl"[]

Bud needs twelve beautiful woman for a calendar. Kelly suggests his "Lieutenant Uhura doll" to be one of them.

Medium[]

In the episode "We Had a Dream", a murder victim's address is given as 1701 Pike's Way.

The series co-starredJake Weber.

Men Behaving Badly[]

British sitcom following the exploits of two young men with slightly sexist attitudes who share an apartment, and their girlfriends.

"Watching TV"[]

In this British sitcom, the entire episode of "Watching TV" takes place as Gary, Tony, Dorothy, and Deb are sitting in the lounge watching an episode ofStar Trek. Although the title is not mentioned, it is obvious from their descriptions the episode isTOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever". Communicator noises can be heard, and there is also a mock up of Star Trek music, presumably to avoid copyright issues. Occasional lines can be faintly overheard including a conversation presumably between Kirk and Uhura in which she says "But sir, that is not the command frequency."

As a fan of the series, Gary is keen to point out its classic status, calling it "part of our heritage", stating that it is as fresh as it always has been, and that it has taught an entire generation about science, theKlingon language and how a crew of different nations can work together, "especially when there's no bloody Italians."

Deborah asks "What's happening now?" and Gary says that "they're teleporting down to the planet to find Bones." Deborah asks "what do they want bones for?" Dorothy points out that "Bones is the name of the doctor." Deborah asks if he is a "bone doctor", and Gary does not know the answer. (Sawbones is an old American nickname for surgeons.)

Dorothy comments on "Uhuru" (sic) and her clothing, to which Gary replies, "Nothing wrong with a bit of sexy." Dorothy says it is the most popular TV show ever, but they could only give her a desk job in a skirt which "only just covers her knickers". And asks, "what's that taught a whole generation?" Deborah says it must be a "bit boring wearing the same thing every day, you'd think they could add accessories." Gary says, "Well we obviously missed the episode called 'Scotty Goes Shopping for a Nice Little Waistcoat."

Tony comes back in, and Deborah explains it, saying "the one who overacts has jumped through this big doughnut thing which has gone dark. So the chubby one, and the one with a face like a sad donkey have jumped through the doughnut as well." Gary explains that "Bones has gone through the "Guardian of Forever's time portal... To unfreeze time." Kirk's voice can be heard talking about a "strange temporal anomaly".

As she is unfamiliar with the series, Deb often asks questions, and has to be corrected when she calls Spock, Spong.

Gary also mentions when he was a child that he believed the captain's log was a real wooden log he kept in his office, to the amusement of Dorothy and Deborah.

Tony also asks questions, but of a more irrelevant nature, such as how they clean the windscreen (referring to theviewscreen), if Kirk has a glove compartment, and whether the bridge crew swivel their chairs when no one is looking. He and Gary also do a duet impression of the door "swoosh". Tony also suggests replacing Chekov with "Bianca from 'Eastenders'" and Emma Forbes instead of Mr Sulu, and Carol Smiley in the engine room, and the Spice Girls as the ship's doctors.

Gary says, "Funny how the actors never really worked again." (Which is untrue.) Deborah says she "saw the actor playing 'Spong' in something else." Gary says Shatner appeared in "DJ Hooker" (sic), "which ran for two series."

Talking of Kirk's love life, Deborah says, "It must be difficult to form a relationship when the only people you meet are from a different planet."

Another program comes on, a documentary about the police, and Tony flips open the TV remote in the style of acommunicator, says "beam us up, Scotty" and all four disappear with a transporter effect. This is extremely unusual for this sitcom, because while it is exaggerated it tend to stick to being realistic.

The Mentalist[]

Coproduced byPeter Lauritson with recurring appearances byGregory Itzin andMalcolm McDowell and guest appearances byRobert Pine,Casey Biggs,John de Lancie, andLinda Park, as well asJohn Billingsley andConnor Trinneer together in one episode.Robert Duncan McNeill directed at least one episode.

One recurring story line is the pursuit of a serial killer named "Red John", a possible play onRedjac.

"Red Rum"[]

Agent Rigsby compares witchcraft to other "nerdy" lifestyles such asStar Trek or yoga.

"Red Hot"[]

Zoe McLellan plays a woman with the last name "Bajoran", a coincidental reference to her role ofTal Celes.

"The Red Mile"[]

Ethan Phillips plays a character helping alleged victims of alien abductions. His character is named "Newsom Kirk", the last name being commented upon as an amusing coincidence.

Mercy Point[]

A sci-fi hospital drama starringStar Trek: New Frontier audiobook narrator Joe Morton and featuringSalli Elise Richardson.

One of the ads for it had the tagline "Think of it asDeep Space 911."

Misfits[]

Simon is able to discover the presence of a shapeshifter, having watchedStar Trek.

Misfits of Science[]

This short-lived 1980s superhero / sci-fi series co-starredKevin Peter Hall. The series featured production design byJohn Jefferies, set decoration byJohn M. Dwyer, and music byBasil Poledouris.

In the main characters' laboratory, a picture of the original USSEnterprise can be seen on the bulletin board.

In the episode "Guess What's Coming to Dinner", a scientist (James Sloyan)'s son says, referring to his father's crackpot home laboratory: "I mean I really want them to find me in there on the starshipEnterprise, right?" Sloyan's character also says ""What would Captain Kirk say? Beam me aboard, Scotty." At another point, Billy (Dean Paul Martin) says: ""We're talking major breakthroughs. We're talking to go where no man has ever gone before."

In another episode, a character asks: "Is Captain Kirk under siege by the Klingons?".

Mock the Week[]

Each episode of the British comedy panel showMock the Week saw comedians (includingStarfleet Academy actressGina Yashere) take part in an improvisation round called "Scenes we'd like to see", a topic on one episode being "Deleted lines fromStar Trek". The suggestions were:

• (Hugh Dennis mimes flipping a communicator) "Kirk toEnterprise." (He moves around) "OK, how about if I stand over here?"
• (Frankie Boyle speaks gibberish) "Scotty, that's the most convincing your accent has ever been."
• Frank Skinner: "Captain, I can see an alien ship. It's not showing up on the RADAR. It's a circular vessel with some sort of lettering and numbers – oh, no, sorry, it's my tax disc."
• Hugh Dennis: "I have no emotion. My mother was a Vulcan, my father wasGordon Brown."
• Russell Howard: "All right, which one of you ate my Scotch egg?"
• Frankie Boyle: "This is the Federation of Gay Planets. Open your docking bay and prepare to be boarded."
• (Russell Howard mimes pulling a towel between his legs) "Tell you what, Spock, your towel is a lot softer than mine."
• Gina Yashere: "Captain's log, just seen some aliens. O-M-G W-T-F L-O-L smiley face."
• Frankie Boyle: "Who are these terrifying aliens?" "You can't call them that anymore, captain. It's 'Uhura' and 'Sulu.'"
• (Hugh Dennis puts on a German accent) "Vilkom to ze SSEnterpriseMister Ecclestone."
• Andy Parsons: "Now which one of you put your red top in the washing with all the yellow ones?"
• (Russell Howard acts effeminately) "There's going to be some changes around here. They call me 'Captain Tattybojangles.'"
• Frankie Boyle: "What's wrong, Captain Picard?" "What's wrong? I'm a serious Shakespearean actor and I'm talking to ambassador of the fucking worm people!

Another episode featured the topic "Things you wouldn't hear in a blockbuster movie", to which Hugh Dennis suggested "There's good news and bad news captain. We can't find Spock, but we have foundNemo and someone thinks they've spottedPrivate Ryan."

In another episode's round of "What is the Question", the panelists are asked what question would give the answer of "one in five hundred".Jack Whitehall jokingly suggests "How manyStar Trek fans have touched a real woman?".

Modern Family[]

In the third season episode "Virgin Territory" Cameron says "Revenge is a dish best served cold" when finding his Tupperware in Claire's house, referencing the quote Khan made inStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

In the fifth season episode "The Wedding, Part One", Alex mistakes aStar Wars reference her father Phil makes as one fromStar Trek.

In the eighth season episode "Five Minutes", a student in Alex's dorm is overheard saying that they are "firing up" a hologram of the StarshipUSSEnterprise in five minutes.

In the tenth season episode "Supershowerbabybowl", Phil hears the noise coming from Haley's ski pants, and comments that it sounds like the doors opening on the StarshipEnterprise.

Moesha[]

In the first season episode "Hakeem's New Flame", Moesha feels guilty about being responsible for Hakeem finding out his new girlfriend is two timing him in public, comparing it to violating the Prime Directive, which her friend, Kim, who doesn't feel so guilty, because she wants Hakeem to herself, responds with "Never interfere with the course of life on an alien planet?"

In the second season episode "Basket Case", Moesha's opening monologue parodies the opening theme music to the original series by showing a shot of space, and continuing with a paraphrase of Kirk's intro, when she says, "Space, the final frontier. What boys who think they're men say they need when they're afraid of getting too close. Q's new mission: To explore new relationships with new girls from new neighborhoods. To boldly ask me to chill after I'd made time to see him whenever he wanted me to. I just don't get it. It's like a space maggot ate through his brain or something. I wish Q were more like Mr. Spock, because then he'd know that the logical thing to do is stick with me."

Mork and Mindy[]

In the first season episode "Mork Runs Down", Mork gives someone a Vulcan nerve pinch after saying that he'd seen it on TV.

In the fourth season episode "Mork, Mindy and Mearth Meet MILT", Mork and Mearth beam home, only to haveWilliam Shatner "crossbeam" between them. There's some playful banter before Shatner says, "Beam me up, Orson" and vanishes. Mork then comments "Wait a minute. You've got to tell me if they kill off Spock or not." The episode aired four months before the premiere ofStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Also, the series featured a number of reused costumes fromStar Trek: The Original Series, most notably Mork's space suit, which was a modified version of the costume worn byPhillip Pine as ColonelGreen in "The Savage Curtain". In the first season episode, "Mork Goes Public" another character can be seen wearing anenvironmental suit from "The Naked Time", complete with a helmet from "The Tholian Web".[9]

Mr. Show with Bob and David[]

This sketch show occasionally featuredSarah Silverman.

One sketch of the second season episode "The Biggest failure in Broadway history" features an iguana called Sulu, who while not explicitly linked to theStar Trek character, is the last in a long series of pets named after science fiction characters)

The Muppet Show[]

"Pigs in Space" was a mixed parody of bothStar Trek and old science fiction serials. It was a repeated skit onThe Muppet Show and involved the adventures of a number of pigs on a space ship known as the USSSwinetrek.

In theMuppets Tonight spin-off during the 1990s, "Pigs in Space" returned as "Deep Dish Nine: The Next Generation of Pigs in Space" with a new crew and spaceship. One such sketch featured an appearance byLeonard Nimoy.

In a 1980 episode featuring singerJoan Baez as a celebrity guest, Baez mentions the "Enterprise communicators".

AfterThe Muppet Show, the Muppets have been cited as spoofing and referencingStar Trek on several occasions. See theStar Trek article at the Muppet Wiki for a list.

Murdoch Mysteries[]

The episode "Marked Twain", featuredWilliam Shatner as the titular author. He mentions having been a riverboat captain at one point (which the author was), and references something about non-interference with one's way of life.

Later in the same season, in the episode "Barenaked Ladies", a factory owner is named James Kirkham.

My Hero[]

"The Party's Over"[]

In episode 1.06, "The Party's Over", when Tyler tells Mrs. Raven that Janet is going out with the superhero Thermoman, Mrs. Raven sarcastically remarks "and I'm shacking up with Captain Kirk".

"Nemesis"[]

In episode 2.05, "Nemesis", Janet and her alien boyfriend George go to his school reunion. As the guests are aliens, it is disguised as a sci-fi convention. Several of the guests wearTOS-era Starfleet uniform; George wears a goldcommand division uniform, Janet wears a redoperations division uniform, and two men are seen to be wearing bluescience division uniforms. When Janet finds she has a hole in her tights, she says that if anyone notices she could say it's aphaser burn.

"Space Virus"[]

In episode 4.05, "Space Virus", Piers gets Tyler to be on his show due to his delusions. He asks how many multiple personalities he has and Tyler says that Mr. Spock is one of his multiple six personalities.

My Parents Are Aliens[]

At the start of series 8 there are two characters Dan and Dinesh who become friends with someone who owns rare comics. When he says that his going to sell them for a fortune Dinesh says theKlingon phrase "Hab SoSlI' Quch!" which translates as "Your mother has a smooth forehead". Dan then says "you speak Klingon".

My Phone Genie[]

In episode two, "Home Movie", Gene puts Jaz and her friends into various movie settings when Jaz wishes that her Saturday afternoon could be more interesting than just watching DVDs. One setting is thebridge of aspaceship fighting a low-budget space battle against aKlingonesqealien reminiscent ofStar Trek: The Original Series. Jaz and Gene wear thealternate realityStarfleet uniform seen inStar Trek, which was based on the mid2260s-early2270suniform worn inThe Original Series. Strangely, Gene wears a goldcommand division uniform, while Jaz wears a redoperations division uniform, even though Jaz is in the role of the captain.

Mystery Science Theater 3000[]

• See main article:Mystery Science Theater 3000.

MythBusters[]

In the episode "Mini Myth Mayhem", the second team tested if Kirk's hastily fashioned gunpowder and bamboo cannon from the TOS episode "Arena" was feasible. After testing, the result of "Gorn Cannon", as they dubbed the myth, was "Busted." The bamboo wasn't strong enough to contain the explosion, and 32 experimental formulations with the raw ingredients (as Kirk had found on the asteroid) failed to yield the commercial grade gunpowder that was needed for the proper explosive force. Even with the Bamboo reinforced at the bottom and using commercial grade powder, bamboo still shattered, "killing" their Kirk stand-in dummy (whom the team dressed in ared shirt). The Gorn cutout, staged at a similar distance to the event, was only grazed.

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The Nanny[]

Daniel Davis co-stars as butler Niles in all 145 episodes of the series.

"The Nanny" (S01E01)[]

In the pilot episode of the series, Fran Fine told C.C. Babcock that her uncle Jack threw a weekend bar mitzvah with aStar Trek theme they're still talking about.

NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service[]

FeaturingAlicia Coppola,Dina Meyer,Enrique Murciano,Stephanie Niznik,Marina Sirtis,Scottie Thompson,Susanna Thompson,Terry O'Quinn,Salli Elise Richardson,Leslie Hope,Jeri Ryan,Martha Hackett,Scott Bakula,Zoe McLellan (who appeared in its parent showJAG withDavid Andrews), andLinda Park. A subtle hint is made in the series toStarfleet Medical, as the NCIS Chief Medical Examiner'sambulance, featured on several occasions throughout the series from its second season onward, carries thesymbol that was originally designed byLee Cole andRick Sternbach forStar Trek: The Motion Picture, but which has never gained formal real world recognition.[10]

NCIS and its spin-offs are (co-)produced byCBS Studios (formerly CBS Paramount Television), the Alma Mater of televisedStar Trek, and the main series was as of 2020streamed alongsideStar Trek: Discovery andStar Trek: Picard onCBS All Access.

The series and its spin-offs were developed and produced under the aegis of television division CEOLes Moonves, and considered as one of his greatest triumphs for the conglomerate.

"Marine Down" (S01E09)[]

"Ducky", the NCIS Chief Medical Examiner, asked Special Agent Tony DiNozzo if he knew what atrocar was, to which he replied "I'm guessing it's not an alien onStar Trek."

"Vanished" (S02E03)[]

DiNozzo gives Special Agent Timothy McGee theVulcan salute after the he finds an alien mask and magnet planted in a crop circle.

"Jeopardy" (S03E22)[]

Special Agent DiNozzo says that he's worried Agent David will use the "Vulcan death grip" on him. Coincidentally, this episode also guest starsTim Russ andConnor Trinneer.

"Witch Hunt" (S04E06)[]

McGee is revealed to speak someKlingonese after the NCIS team gatecrash a Halloween party where one of the attendees is dressed as a Klingon. The costumed suspect was able to say in Klingon "your mother has a smooth forehead" and "Klingons don't surrender" and brandish a toybat'leth before team leader Jethro Gibbs tackles him. Later, upon seeing the suspect unnerved by Gibbs' silent "interrogation," DiNozzo says, "[Is] GeneralKang crying or is that just sweat?", to which McGee responds "evenKlingons have their limits." Discussing the case itself, DiNozzo tells McGee that, "According to six people,Worf here was at the party when the little girl was kidnapped." After questioning, DiNozzo attempts to tell his boss that the man was clearly not the kidnapper, and Gibbs responds, "Of course not. Ever read a Klingon's face?... it ain't that easy."

"Jet Lag" (S07E13)[]

Tony calls a flight attendant "Mr. Spock" and later tells him to "live long and prosper."

"The San Dominick" (S12E05)[]

Ellie Bishop goes through a no-win test when participating in joint training exercises between NCIS and the Coast Guard; McGee mentionsStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and theKobayashi Maru scenario to her when she's upset about failing, also mentioning in passing that their direct boss, Gibbs, had passed the test. In order to understand where she did go wrong, Bishop subsequently reviewsWrath of Khan and afterward makes afaux pas by assuming that Gibbs (who, unbeknownst to her, is standing right behind her), like Captain Kirk, had cheated on the test.

"Rendezvous" (S14E24)[]

NOAA employee Curtis Hubley does a bad imitation of Shatner as Kirk, saying "Full power, Scotty."

"All Hands" (S19E11)[]

Numerous overtStar Trek references are made in this episode about a situation aboard the civilian research shipStargazer. We learn that Agent Parker (who, along with resident "Trekkie" McGee, immediately make theStar Trek connection with theUSSStargazer) prefersStar Trek: The Original Series overThe Next Generation, contrary to McGee who is partial to the latter. Later on he proves his "Trekkie" status when he broadcastsAlexander Courage'sStar Trek Theme that he keeps on the playlist of his mobile over the radio as a distress signal. While they are speaking in the elevator, Director Leon Vance mentions he preferredDeep Space Nine, after McGee referencedStar Trek yet again by equating his relationship with the department's IT techs to a Borg hive mind. Additionally, McGee's two former IT technician colleagues discussVoyager later on, the female one not accepting any criticism of that series when her male colleague opines that the series only became interesting afterJeri Ryan had been signed asSeven of Nine.

"Irreconcilable Differences" (S22E19)[]

Describing his failure to discover evidence of Deputy Director LaRoche's corruption, McGee says "So far, nothing to show he's aFounder" explaining "It's a Founder. It's fromStar Trek. It's a evil shape-shifter that infiltrates government."

NCIS: Los Angeles[]

FeaturingMiguel Ferrer,Jonathan Frakes,Cyia Batten,Alicia Coppola, andSpencer Garrett.

"Search and Destroy"[]