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[edit] References to Star Trek

This is a great list of Star Trek parodies, but is there an article here that collects references that have been made to Star Trek in pop culture, music, television, etc.? It would be quite a list for sure, but interesting and fun just the same. — Scott (talk) 05:32, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, we do have Star Trek parodies (music), Star Trek parodies (film), and Star Trek parodies (literature). The reason these were created was to avoid a single, incredibly long list of parodies. --From Andoria with Love 13:07, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Is there any interest in collecting a list of references and mentions? They don't exactly qualify as parodies. — Scott (talk) 17:47, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
I thought we had a page for those. I agree, some of what is on the parody pages should be moved there. --From Andoria with Love 17:50, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Okay, we do have Star Trek tributes, but that's apparently for incidents in which Trek influenced the real-world... --From Andoria with Love 17:52, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Family Guy - "Peter's Got Woods"

"The conn and operations consoles were reversed in position (unless Wesley was manning ops for some reason). Also, the rank insignia were on the incorrect side of the uniforms.there is also no color in the commbages."

recommend deletion as this is likely an effect of the scene being horizontally mirrored during production. -<unsigned>

...or we could just note that the scene may be backwards because it was horizontally mirrored during production. :D --From Andoria with Love 21:56, 2 March 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Unknown sketch: 'run through corridors!'

I remember a sketch airing probably about 10 years ago on dutch TV (in english btw) which featured the following 2 scenes, among others:

  • Something appears on the main screen. Captain: "It's an anomaly!". No# 1: "No it's a phenomena". Captain: "No an anomaly!" (etc. etc.)
  • Captain: "You know what we must do now right?". No# 1: "Run through corridors!". View of them running comicly and at random through the corridors.

I can't find any reference to this sketch on the google or google groups. Does anyone recognize it? Total time of the sketch was probably about 5 to 10 minutes. Ejtaal 17:16, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A split?

This page is getting rather long. Perhaps it should be split into live-action television and animated television? --From Andoria with Love 23:43, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

I think I'd agree with that idea, given that you have to scroll down a lot just to get beyond the contents menu. John1701 02:15, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cast ties

Someone went a wee bit overboard and added cast links between SeaQuest and Star Trek, which isn't what this page is here for. (See large section below for removed text.) --From Andoria with Love 06:52, 15 July 2007 (UTC)


[edit] The Simpsons - "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy"

The article compares the dissapearance of the adults in this episode to a similar situation in TOS: "Miri". Isn't this a rather dubious connection? It hardly seems to be an intentional Trek parody, but simply a very minor coincidence. John1701 02:14, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of duplicate Muppet Show entry

I removed the first Muppet Show entry, because: A. It was out of place alphabetically, falling between Beavis & Butthead and Boston Legal. B. It was duplicated in the correctly placed Muppet Show entry. C. It was wrong. The name of the skit was "Pigs in Space." "Swinetrek" was the name of the ship in the sketches. The correctly placed entry had all of this right. - Bridge 19:33, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Parody in NBC/UPN show "In the House"

In season 4 episode 9 "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" the main character Mario Hill undergoes some short of "dream therapy" where he dreams he's a captain of a Federation ship (with references to TNG and Original Series). Unfortunately, I can't find any proof that this plot existed online or offline. The best I managed is the IMDB page which shows George Takei was a guest star in that episode. Course that's not enough proof. Does anyone else remember this episode, or better yet know how to prove it exists? --Trytoguess 23:06, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comic Relief

Forum
*ahem* No article on TNG mini-episode "Comic Relief" yet?:

Why wasn't an article about this added here already? --K. Shinohara 01:54, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Because no one has written it. Feel free: Comic Relief. Be sure to add the {{realworld}} tag to the article. --Alan del Beccio 02:07, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Actually, it's already covered here. - Bridge 05:33, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
Heh, guess we were way ahead of you. --Alan del Beccio 07:58, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sex Trek

There's no information about Sex Trek series, why? --83.8.164.112 20:27, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

I've expanded the Sex Trek info on the Star Trek parodies and pop culture references (film) page as they are not television programs but films. :) --Pseudohuman 22:48, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pani Poni Dash

Anime series. Shows Picard, Riker and La Forge in a couple episodes. Also makes reference to "Space the final frontier . . ." and "Captain's log, stardate _______"

Also the alien's starsship resembles the Enterprise. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.195.66.110 (talk • contribs) .

Feel free to add it yourself.– Cleanse 01:24, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lexx

I have a vague memory that there was a fat guy in original series Kirk-uniform in episode 4 of season 2 "Luvliner" in the Luvliner-brothel ship talking with a prostitute. Someone might want to check it out.... --Pseudohuman 22:48, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mass Effect

Someone has stuck a reference to Mass Effect (PC and Xbox 360 game) in this article. Seeing as this is a TV article I would assume it doesnt belong here, but perhaps a games article should be created? There must be a lot more references in various games. Wheatleya 22:57, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dubious BSG refs

The entry for the original Battlestar Galactica seems like a bit of a reach to me. I don't recall the episode in question (probably saw it when I was 8 years old, and not since), but it seems to be referring to a group of humans who choose, for religious reasons, to have contact between the sexes only once every seven years. I can see the vague similarity to pon farr, but is there any evidence that it's a deliberate reference as opposed to a coincidental similarity?

Similarly, under the new BSG section, the line "So, how go the repairs?" seems general enough that it might well be a coincidence. Of course, since some of the BSG writers were Star Trek fans, it might have been a deliberate reference, but without a reference we don't have any way of knowing. Does anyone know whether this comes from a writer interview or just a fan seeing patterns? —Josiah Rowe 20:28, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. The stretch is too far to be encyclopedic. However, the 1701 refs should remain, since obviously Ron Moore has his roots in TNG. I'm making the changes. --- Jaz 20:41, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Split

This page is very long, even the contents list is like reading an article, so I purpose we split the page, into Star Trek parodies and pop culture references (television A-M) and Star Trek parodies and pop culture references (television N-Z) and use this page as a disambiguation page. - Archduk3:talk 23:15, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

There's another discussion going on about actually changing the way we store this data already. Somewhere in the forums. I'll find it and post the link here shortly. Facepalm — Morder (talk) 23:17, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
Here it is — Morder (talk) 23:19, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
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