

(written from a Production point of view Real World article

From time to time various popular culture references have appeared in Star Trek as in-jokes. These references, while mostly included in background displays, have also been in spoken dialogue.

The following articles contain references, or homages, to various popular culture media sources.

Numerous science fiction writers have been referenced or acknowledged throughout the series, including Isaac Asimov (Amasov), Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury (USS Bradbury, Bradbury-class), Arthur C. Clarke (Clarke's Disease, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Clarke's Third Law), Theodore Sturgeon (Sturgeon), Jules Verne (Verne), and H.G. Wells (Wells-class).

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Fiction

1941

Production

2001: A Space Odyssey

Crossover performers

Production

Douglas Trumbull, special effects

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Akira

Albedo Anthropomorphics

Alias

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

In addition, the stories and their characters were also directly referenced a number of times. See Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass.

Crossover performers

At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft

Alien

Syl

Natasha Yar (loosely based on the character Pvt. Vasquez – Jenette Goldstein – in Aliens)

Crossover performers

Production

Babylon 5

See main article: Babylon 5

Back to the Future

Crossover performers

Production

Batman

Crossover performers

Production

Battlestar Galactica (1978-2012)

See main article: Battlestar Galactica

The Big Bang Theory (2007-2019)

See also: Main article The Big Bang Theory

Crossover performers

Production

Blade Runner

Crossover performers

Production

Blakes 7

The Blues Brothers

Crossover performers

Production

Universal Studios, production company

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Furthermore, oscillation overthruster props can be spotted in a number of episodes

Crossover performers

Production

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Crossover performers

Production

Calvin and Hobbes

Car 54, Where Are You?

Crossover performers

Casablanca

Catch 22

Cheers

Crossover performers

Cloverfield

Crossover performers

Scott Lawrence ( Cloverfield )

) Sumalee Montano ( 10 Cloverfield Lane )

) Simon Pegg (The Cloverfield Paradox)

Production

Colossus: The Forbin Project

Crossover performers

Columbo

In DS9 : " Necessary Evil ", Odo utters "One more thing" and "All part of a routine investigation", both catchphrases of the titular character.

Crossover performers

Production

Dark Star

Dick Tracy (1990)

Crossover performers

Production

Dirty Pair

Disney

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Doctor Who

See main article: Doctor Who

Dune

Crossover performers

Production

Universal Studios, production company

Field of Dreams

The Buck Bokai baseball card includes the phrase "If you build it, they will come"

The Firesign Theatre

The First Men in the Moon

A Fistful of Dollars

The Flintstones

Crossover performers

Production

Universal Studios, production company (1994 film, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas)

Forbidden Planet

Crossover performers

Gall Force

Mentioned in okudagram of Treaty of Armens

Get Smart

Crossover performers

G.I. Joe

In TNG : " The First Duty ", the Academy flight trainer bore a (too small to be seen on-screen) Cobra logo from G.I. Joe as a nose marking.

Crossover performers

Production

Paramount Pictures, production company (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra; G.I. Joe: Retaliation)

Gilligan's Island

Crossover performers

Production

Gulliver's Travels

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Hogan's Heroes (1965-1971)

Crossover performers

Production

Honneamise (Oneamisu) No Tsubasa (The Wings of Honneamise)

The Hunt for Red October (1990)

An Earth Cold War movie distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Crossover performers

Production

Indiana Jones

Crossover performers

Production

James Bond

Crossover performers

Production

The Jetsons

Crossover performers

Jurassic Park

Crossover performers

Production

Known Space

Looney Tunes

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H is an oft-referenced movie and show in Star Trek. Its unit number, 4077, was frequently used on viewscreens and computer readouts.

Crossover performers

The Magnificent Seven

Crossover performers

Magnum P.I.

Crossover performers

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Crossover performers

Marx Brothers

Max Headroom

Crossover performers

Men in Black

The Division 6 referenced in VOY : " Workforce, Part II "

Crossover performers

Metropolis

Muppets

Crossover performers

My Neighbor Totoro

Mystery Science Theater 3000

See main article: Mystery Science Theater 3000

National Lampoon's Animal House

Worf's smashing of Geordi La Forge's lute in TNG : " Qpid " (episode title)

Crossover performers

Bruce McGill

John Vernon, father of Kate Vernon

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Crossover performers

Our Man Flint

Paradise Lost

In addition, the poem was also referenced directly.

Night of the Creeps (1986)

The alien studio model featured in this American science fiction horror comedy film made several later appearances in the Star Trek television franchise.

Production

Steve Burg, production designer, studio model builder

Ron Thornton, studio model builder

David Stipes (as "David Stipes Productions"), VFX supervisor

The Prisoner

Ranma Nibunnoichi (Ranma ½)

Nanite component: Ranma ½ gyro block

Mentioned in okudagram of Treaty of Armens

Red Dwarf

Ren and Stimpy

seaQuest DSV (1993-1996)

Crossover performers

Production

Sherlock Holmes

Crossover performers

Production

Robert Hewitt Wolfe (co-executive producer, US TV show Elementary)

Snagglepuss

Snow White

The Sopranos

Soylent Green

Crossover performers

Spaced

In Star Trek Beyond, Kirk tells Spock to "Skip to the end!", quoting the popular line from Spaced. This was included by Spaced and Beyond writer Simon Pegg. [1]

Star Wars

See main article: Star Wars

Stranger Things

In PIC: "Stardust City Rag", Captain Rios mistakenly refers to Seven of Nine as Eleven; a nod to the Stranger Things character.

Crossover performers

Superman

Crossover performers

Production

The Three Stooges

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Crossover performers

The Twilight Zone

In ENT: "Carbon Creek", Trip Tucker said "Sounds like an old episode of The Twilight Zone" in response to the Vulcans' crash-landing.

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, James Doohan, and George Takei have all appeared in The Twilight Zone episodes. Also, Star Trek writers George Clayton Johnson, Richard Matheson, and Jerry Sohl were regular contributors to the series. TOS directors Robert Butler, Ralph Senensky, Robert Gist, and Tony Leader have also worked on The Twilight Zone.

Crossover performers

Production

U-571 (2000)

A World War II movie.

Crossover performers

Production

Urusei Yatsura

The War of the Worlds

Crossover performers

Production

The West Wing

Crossover performers

When Worlds Collide

Crossover performers

Wings (1927)

A silent aviation war movie, this 1927 production was the very first theatrical movie to win the "Best Picture" Academy Award. On the occasion of the studio's 100th anniversary, US$700,000 was spent for an extensive restoration and remastering of the movie, the result of which released in 2012. [2] Originally running for 111 minutes, the restored version reinserted most of the trimmed and deleted scenes, which extended the new version to 144 minutes.

Production

Ben Burtt (sound editor, 2012 restoration)

Paramount Pictures (production company, both original and restored)

The X-Files

Crossover performers

Production

20th Century Fox, production company

Yogi Bear

Music

The Beatles

See also: The Beatles

The Clash

John Coltrane

Fold Zandura

The Steamrunner-class was named for an Alex Jaeger sketch of an USS Streamrunner (sic), which was in turn named for a song by Fold Zandura. See Steamrunner-class for more details.

The Kronos Quartet

John Cougar Mellencamp

Nine Inch Nails

Sex Pistols

Frank Sinatra

Siouxsie Sioux

The Soft Boys