In-joke

In-jokes are comedy elements added to a production or a situation. The comedy comes from shared knowledge between a specific group such as co-workers, members of the same organization or people with a shared belief or knowledge of a shared situation.

There are many in-jokes that people have added to displays and scripts for Star Trek over the last 40 years.

Examples include:


 * the recurrence of the number 47
 * various displays on okudagrams and indeed the name okudagram itself
 * references in the Star Trek universe to other science fiction shows and movies
 * the "sharing" of planets and species between Star Trek and other science fiction
 * nicknames for production staff or crew making it into references within continuity (see: Great Bird of the Galaxy) and so on.

Links to in-joke references

 * Popular culture references in Star Trek
 * Star Trek parodies and pop culture references

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