Popular culture references in Star Trek

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 dialog.

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, ), Arthur C. Clarke (Clarke's Disease, 2001: A Space Odyssey), Theodore Sturgeon (Sturgeon), Jules Verne (Verne), and H.G. Wells.

In the Treaty of Armens (2255), the writer of this document included a fourth wall reference to the origin of the homages: ''Rick is initially getting a Kei and Yuri reference into the text. You know, the two cute girls with the big guns. We might also mention Akira, Ranma Nibunnoichi, Rhea Gall Force, Urusei Yatsura, and a few other animated films.''

1941

 * USS Bozeman
 * Production
 * Greg Jein

2001: A Space Odyssey

 * 1001: First Odyssey
 * AE-35
 * USS Odyssey (dedication plaque)
 * USS Aries


 * Crossover performers:
 * Ed Bishop
 * Bobby Clark
 * Gary Lockwood


 * Production:
 * '''Douglas Trumbull, special effects

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

 * Annorax
 * N. Land
 * USS Nautilus
 * Rura Penthe

Alias
Production
 * Slusho
 * J.J. Abrams

Babylon 5

 * See also: Babylon 5

Back to the Future

 * Flux capacitor / Flux capacitance
 * McFly


 * Crossover performers:
 * Christopher Lloyd
 * Thomas F. Wilson
 * Chris Wynne
 * Mike Watson


 * Production:
 * Steve Gawley, model maker
 * Michael M. Mills, make-up artist
 * Ken Ralston, visual effects supervisor
 * Andy Probert, concept artist
 * Industrial Light & Magic, special visual effects

Batman

 * Gotham City
 * Gotham City Bats
 * The title for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode.


 * Crossover performers:
 * Rene Auberjonois
 * Diedrich Bader
 * Victor Brandt
 * Clancy Brown
 * Jeffrey Combs
 * John Glover
 * Frank Gorshin
 * Bruce Greenwood
 * Tom Hardy
 * James Horan
 * Jason Marsden
 * Lee Meriwether
 * Julie Newmar
 * Nolan North
 * Ron Perlman
 * Keith Szarabajka
 * George Takei
 * David Warner
 * Frank Welker
 * Peter Weller
 * Wil Wheaton

Battlestar Galactica

 * Boray
 * Ovion
 * Tylium


 * Crossover performers:
 * Ed Begley, Jr. (classic)
 * Bob Bralver (classic)
 * John Colicos (classic)
 * Bruce Davison (2003 reboot)
 * John de Lancie (classic)
 * Anthony De Longis (classic)
 * Lance LeGault (classic)
 * Richard Lynch (classic)
 * George Murdock (classic)
 * Brock Peters (classic)
 * Michelle Forbes (2003 reboot)
 * Mark Sheppard (2003 reboot)
 * Dean Stockwell (2003 reboot)
 * Kate Vernon (2003 reboot)
 * Nana Visitor (2003 reboot)
 * Rick Worthy (2003 reboot)


 * Production:
 * Winrich Kolbe (classic)
 * Ronald D. Moore (2003 reboot)
 * Allan Kroeker (2003 reboot)

The Beatles

 * USS Sutherland (dedication plaque)
 * The title for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode.

Blade Runner

 * Replicant


 * Crossover performers:
 * Janet Brady
 * Diane Carter
 * Joanna Cassidy
 * Ann Chatterton
 * Gilbert B. Combs
 * Gary Epper
 * James M. Halty
 * Sharon Hesky
 * Jeff Imada
 * Beth Nufer
 * George Sawaya
 * Mike Washlake
 * Michael Zurich


 * Production:
 * Michael Backauskas, visual effects assistant editor
 * Gary Combs, stunt coordinator
 * Logan Frazee, special effects technician
 * Terry D. Frazee, special floor effects supervisor
 * Michael Kaplan, costume designer
 * Syd Mead, visual futurist
 * Douglas Trumbull, special photographic effects supervisor
 * Hoyt Yeatman, visual displays: DQI
 * Ryan Zuttermeister, associate visual effects producer: Lola visual effcts

Blakes 7

 * USS Liberator
 * Orak


 * Crossover performers:
 * Deep Roy
 * Christopher Neame

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

 * Banzai Institute
 * Banzai Institute for Advanced Studies
 * Journal of Banzai Institute for Advanced Studies
 * SS Buckaroo Banzai
 * BBI-993
 * Bhigbout Aen
 * Buckaroo Bokai
 * Dedication plaques of:
 * USS Excelsior
 * USS Hathaway
 * USS Phoenix
 * Emi Linzordo
 * Oh Kohnr
 * Planet 10 (DIM-8)
 * Planet 10 Shipping
 * Planet Ten
 * Strange Case of Mr. Cigars
 * E.M. Rauch
 * John Whorfin
 * Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems
 * Yoyodyne pulse fusion
 * USS Whorfin
 * Wor Feighn
 * Wor Feighn


 * Crossover performers:
 * Jonathan Banks
 * Raye Birk
 * Clancy Brown
 * Jessie Lawrence Ferguson
 * Robert Ito
 * Christopher Lloyd
 * James Saito (deleted scenes)
 * Vincent Schiavelli
 * Kevin Sullivan
 * Peter Weller


 * Production:
 * Greg Jein
 * Denise Okuda

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

 * In, an editorial note to Herbert Rossoff (Armin Shimerman) reads "no one would believe that a cheerleader could kill vampires". (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)

Calvin and Hobbes

 * Hobbes

Car 54, Where Are You?

 * CAR 54-Q

Casablanca

 * Blue Parrot Café

Cheers

 * Morn
 * USS Clavin
 * USS Malone
 * USS Petersen


 * Crossover performers:


 * Kirstie Alley
 * Dietrich Bader
 * Ted Danson (Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond)
 * Peri Gilpin (Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond)
 * Kelsey Grammer
 * Christopher Lloyd
 * John Mahoney (Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond)
 * Bebe Neuwirth

Colossus: The Forbin Project

 * Forbin Project


 * Crossover performers:
 * Byron Morrow
 * Willard Sage
 * William Schallert

Cloverfield

 * Tagruato

Production
 * J.J. Abrams

Dick Tracy

 * Diet Smith Corporation


 * Crossover performers:
 * Hamilton Camp
 * Seymour Cassel
 * Robert Costanzo
 * Walker Edmiston
 * Mike Hagerty
 * Chuck Hicks
 * Ed McCready
 * Colm Meaney
 * Michael J. Pollard
 * Bert Remsen
 * John Schuck
 * Paul Sorvino
 * Ian Wolfe


 * Production:
 * Doug Drexler, special character makeup
 * Lou Elias, stunts
 * Robert Herron, stunt double
 * Kris Krosskove, assistant cameraman

Dirty Pair

 * Egg, The
 * Exocomp
 * Kei
 * Kei (Yu/Ri)
 * Kei/Yuri factor
 * Keiyurium
 * Operation Lovely Angel
 * Yuri
 * Yuri (Kana)

Disney

 * Disneyium

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

 * CRM 114

Doctor Who

 * See also: Doctor Who

The First Men in the Moon

 * Cavor's Gravity Devices
 * Cavorite

Fold Zandura
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Forbidden Planet

 * J.J. Adams
 * Altair IV
 * USS Bellerophon (NCC-62048)
 * C-57-D


 * Crossover performers:
 * William Boyett
 * Morgan Jones
 * Warren Stevens
 * George Wallace

Gilligan's Island

 * USS Brattain (dedication plaque)
 * USS Min'ow

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

 * Arthur Dent
 * Dent Arthur Dent
 * Douglas Adams
 * Tricia McMillan
 * Milliways
 * Ford Prefect
 * Sirius Cybernetics Corporation
 * USS Heart of Gold
 * Dentium

Indiana Jones

 * Indiana Jones


 * Crossover performers
 * John Rhys-Davies
 * Vince Deadrick


 * Production:
 * Ben Burtt, sound designer
 * Industrial Light & Magic, special visual effects

James Bond
The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode is basically a parody of the James Bond franchise.
 * Julian Bashir, Secret Agent holonovels
 * Vodka martini, "stirred, not shaken"


 * Crossover performers:
 * Vijay Amritraj
 * Ed Bishop
 * Steven Berkoff
 * Barbara Bouchet
 * Bernie Casey
 * Dick Crockett
 * Walter Gotell
 * Sid Haig
 * Teri Hatcher (Tomorrow Never Dies)
 * Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
 * Famke Janssen (GoldenEye)
 * Marc Lawrence
 * Pasha Lychnikoff (GoldenEye)
 * John Rhys-Davies
 * Vincent Schiavelli (Tomorrow Never Dies)
 * Anthony Zerbe

The Jetsons

 * Spacely Sprockets


 * Crossover performers
 * Rene Auberjonois
 * Michael Bell
 * Earl Boen
 * Hamilton Camp ("Turk Tarpit" in The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones)
 * Barry Gordon
 * Paul Eiding
 * Kenneth Mars
 * Frank Welker ("Orbity")
 * William Windom

Jurassic Park

 * Jura'assic IV


 * Crossover performers:
 * Ian Abercrombie
 * Laura Albert
 * Chris Blackwood
 * Robin Lynn Bonaccorsi
 * Katy Boyer
 * Billy Brown
 * Jophery C. Brown
 * Todd Bryant
 * Bobby Burns
 * David Cadiente
 * Tory Christopher
 * Danny Downey
 * Chris Durand
 * Jared S. Eddo
 * Gary Epper
 * Richard Epper
 * Bruce French
 * Mark Ginther
 * Mark Harelik
 * Marjean Holden
 * James Horan
 * Lisa Hoyle
 * Tommy J. Huff
 * Harry Hutchinson
 * Harvey Jason
 * Keii Johnston
 * Steve Kelso
 * Richard Kiley
 * Wayne King, Jr.
 * Dorian Kingi
 * Henry Kingi, Sr.
 * Diana R. Lupo
 * Tom Lupo
 * Jason Marsden
 * J. Patrick McCormack
 * Dustin Meier
 * Rich Minga
 * Tom Morga
 * Hugh Aodh O'Brien
 * Linda Park
 * Manny Perry
 * Charlie Picerni
 * Chuck Picerni, Jr.
 * Steve Picerni
 * J.P. Romano
 * Jimmy Romano
 * Pat Romano
 * R.A. Rondell
 * Robin Sachs
 * Jacqueline Schultz
 * Geno Silva
 * Lou Simon
 * Brian Stewart
 * Patricia Tallman
 * Cameron Thor
 * William Washington
 * Gary J. Wayton


 * Production:
 * Dean Gates, make-up lab
 * Barbara Harris, voice casting/ ADR voice casting
 * John T. Kretchmer, first assistant director
 * Pat Romano, stunt coordinator
 * Matt Winston, puppeteer
 * Industrial Light & Magic, special visual effects and animation

Looney Tunes

 * USS Elmer Fudd
 * Sufferin'sucat
 * Averyonium
 * Daffyduckium
 * Duckdodgers
 * Jonesium

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.
 * Hawkeye
 * Margaret Houlihan
 * Frances Mulcahey
 * Kellye Nakahara
 * Walter O'Reilley
 * Sherman Potter
 * Charles Winchester
 * 4077 references
 * The topmost section of the cryonics satellite was labeled 4077.
 * An "Autonomic Functions Warning (4077)" is displayed on the medical computer.
 * During the test of Timicin's device, a computer displays "Composite sensor analysis - 4077." The reference has special significance in this episode because guest star David Ogden Stiers was a regular on M*A*S*H for much of the series.
 * The "Composite Sensor Analysis - 4077" graphic was re-used on a console in main engineering.
 * The anti-time subspace distortion that appeared in the Devron system had a distortion in the range of 4,077,000 millicochranes.
 * Scan Analysis 4077 is displayed on the computer display of the subspace divergence field.
 * The Doctor analyzes Harry Kim's DNA, which is displayed on a monitor as Biomolecular Scan 4077.


 * Crossover performers:
 * Rene Auberjonois (movie)
 * Rosalind Chao
 * James Cromwell
 * Sally Kellerman (movie)
 * Johnny Haymer
 * James Saito
 * Rick Sawaya
 * John Schuck (movie)
 * Warren Stevens
 * David Ogden Stiers

The Magnificent Seven

 * Britt
 * Chris Brynner
 * Bernardo Calvera
 * Lee
 * Vin


 * Crossover performers:
 * John A. Alonzo
 * Whit Bissell
 * Joseph Ruskin

Magnum PI

 * Magnumium PI

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

 * Del Floria's Tailor Shop


 * Crossover performers:
 * David Armstrong
 * Cal Bolder
 * Peter Brocco
 * Roger C. Carmel
 * Elisha Cook
 * Dick Crockett
 * Tom Curtis
 * Noel De Souza
 * James Doohan
 * Robert Ellenstein
 * Sharyn Hillyer
 * Rex Holman
 * John Hoyt
 * David Hurst
 * Jill Ireland
 * Nancy Kovack
 * Paul Lambert
 * Theodore Marcuse
 * William Marshall
 * Dallas Mitchell
 * Lawrence Montaigne
 * Ricardo Montalban
 * David Opatoshu
 * Jack Palance
 * Jack Perkins
 * Madlyn Rhue
 * Mark Richman
 * Alfred Ryder
 * George Sawaya
 * Roy Sickner

Marx Brothers

 * Groucho
 * Grouchoian
 * Zeppo
 * Harpo
 * Chico
 * Freedonia

Men In Black

 * The Division 6 referenced in


 * Crossover performers:
 * Alice Eve (third movie)
 * Clancy Brown (cartoon show)
 * Jennifer Lien (cartoon show)
 * Charles Napier (cartoon show)
 * Carel Struycken (first movie)
 * David Warner (cartoon show)

Metropolis

 * Maschinenmensch

Muppets

 * Kermit T. Frog
 * Miss Piggy


 * Crossover performers:
 * F. Murray Abraham
 * Whoopi Goldberg

Mystery Science Theater 3000

 * See Mystery Science Theater 3000.

National Lampoon's Animal House

 * Worf's smashing of Geordi's lute in (episode title)


 * Crossover performers
 * Bruce McGill
 * John Vernon, father of Kate Vernon

Red Dwarf

 * Diva Droid Corporation
 * Jupiter Mining Corporation

Ren and Stimpy

 * Hoex
 * Hoek IV
 * Spumco
 * Surmak Hoek
 * Surmak Ren
 * Surmak Stimson

seaQuest DSV

 * USS Seaquest

Sherlock Holmes
Crossover Performers:
 * USS Sherlock Holmes
 * F. Murray Abraham (US TV show Elementary)
 * Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC TV show Sherlock)

Snagglepuss

 * Exitstageleft

Star Wars

 * Alderaan
 * Bothans
 * Kashyk (see Kashyyyk)
 * Millennium Falcon
 * Nar Shaddan
 * Quarren
 * R2D CPO
 * Skywalker Division
 * Vader
 * Duranium
 * Duranium


 * Crossover performers:
 * Ian Abercrombie
 * Ed Begley, Jr.
 * David Birney
 * Clancy Brown
 * George Coe
 * Olivia d'Abo
 * Greg Ellis
 * Fionnula Flanagan
 * Cully Fredricksen
 * Brian George
 * Patty Maloney
 * Ron Perlman
 * Brock Peters
 * Ethan Phillips
 * Deep Roy
 * Clive Revill
 * Raphael Sbarge
 * Felix Silla
 * Carel Struycken
 * George Takei
 * Valerie Wildman
 * Jason Wingreen
 * Sam Witwer
 * Production:
 * J.J. Abrams, director
 * Philip Barberio, special effects
 * Ben Burtt, sound designer
 * Ryan Church, conceptual artist
 * John Dykstra, special effects
 * Judy Elkins, sculptor
 * Barbara Hambly, writer
 * Nilo Rodis-Jamero, conceptual artist, costume designer
 * Michael Kaplan, costume designer
 * John Knoll, visual effects artist, visual effects supervisor
 * John Paul Lona, illustrator
 * Ralph McQuarrie, model designer
 * Industrial Light & Magic, special visual effects and animation (a Lucasfilm Ltd. company; formed in 1975 for the purpose of realizing the optical and miniature effects for Star Wars. Contributed work to seven of the eleven Trek films in addition to Encounter at Farpoint.)

The Three Stooges

 * Stoogeium
 * Moe Howard

Superman

 * Kryptonite


 * Crossover performers:
 * Clancy Brown
 * Teri Hatcher


 * Production:
 * Industrial Light & Magic, special visual effects

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

 * Elim Garak

Crossover performers:
 * Benedict Cumberbatch
 * Tom Hardy

The Twilight Zone
In, 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 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:
 * Stanley Adams
 * John Anderson
 * David Armstrong
 * Barry Atwater
 * Arthur Batanides
 * Paul Baxley
 * Bonnie Beecher
 * Theodore Bikel
 * Antoinette Bower
 * Peter Brocco
 * Anthony Call
 * Seymour Cassel
 * Paul Comi
 * John Crawford
 * James Daly
 * James Doohan
 * Lou Elias
 * Bill Erwin
 * John Fiedler
 * Paul Fix
 * Michael Forest
 * James Gregory
 * John Harmon
 * Mariette Hartley
 * Chuck Hicks
 * Rex Holman
 * Clegg Hoyt
 * John Hoyt
 * Sherry Jackson
 * Don Keefer
 * Ted Knight
 * Paul Lambert
 * Robert Lansing
 * Joanne Linville
 * Felix Locher
 * Jon Lormer
 * Celia Lovsky
 * Ken Lynch
 * Gene Lyons
 * Theo Marcuse
 * Joan Marshall
 * Sarah Marshall
 * Arlene Martel
 * Nan Martin
 * Oliver McGowan
 * Joseph Mell
 * Byron Morrow
 * Bill Mumy
 * George Murdock
 * Julie Newmar
 * Leonard Nimoy
 * Susan Oliver
 * David Opatoshu
 * Frank Overton
 * Michael Pataki
 * Jack Perkins
 * Vic Perrin
 * Nehemiah Persoff
 * Phillip Pine
 * Thalmus Rasulala
 * Peter Mark Richman
 * Joseph Ruskin
 * William Sargent
 * William Schallert
 * Charles Seel
 * William Shatner
 * Patricia Smith
 * Abraham Sofaer
 * Warren Stevens
 * Dean Stockwell
 * Liam Sullivan
 * George Takei
 * Harry Townes
 * Garry Walberg
 * Fritz Weaver
 * William Windom
 * Jason Wingreen
 * Ian Wolfe
 * Meg Wyllie


 * Production:
 * Jerome Bixby, writer
 * Robert Butler, director
 * Robert Gist, director
 * Murray Golden, associate producer
 * Jerry Goldsmith, composer
 * George Clayton Johnson, writer
 * Tony Leader, director
 * Richard Matheson, writer
 * Ralph Senensky, director
 * Jerry Sohl, writer
 * Fred Steiner, composer

Urusei Yatsura

 * SS Tomobiki
 * SS Urusei Yatsura
 * Anbo-jyutsu

The War of the Worlds

 * Grover's Mill
 * USS Thunderchild

The West Wing

 * Celestial Navigation
 * Charles Young
 * Claudia Craig
 * J. Bartlett
 * J. Lyman
 * L. McGarry
 * Mister Willis of Ohio
 * S. Seaborn
 * T. Ziegler

When Worlds Collide

 * Bellus
 * Zyra


 * Crossover performers:
 * Richard Derr
 * John Hoyt
 * William Meader
 * Joseph Mell
 * Leonard Mudie

The X-Files

 * Dulmur
 * Lucsly


 * Crossover performers:
 * John Billingsley
 * Brad Dourif
 * Terry O'Quinn
 * Tony Todd
 * Frank Welker

Related links

 * References taken from the Bible
 * References taken from Greek mythology
 * References taken from Shakespeare

Kulturelle Anspielungen in Star Trek