Template:Realworld From time to time various popular culture references have appeared in Star Trek as in-jokes. These references, mostly include in background displays, have also been cleverly referenced in spoken dialog.
The following articles contain references (or are homages) to various popular culture media sources.
Batman
- Crossover performers
The Beatles
- USS Sutherland (dedication plaque)
- TNG: "The Inner Light" (episode title)
Car 54, Where Are You?
Cheers
- Morn
- USS Clavin
- USS Malone
- USS Petersen
- Crossover performers
Dick Tracy
- Crossover performers
- Seymour Cassel
- Chuck Hicks
- John Schuck
- Paul Sorvino
- Robert Costanzo
- Ed McCready
- Colm Meaney
- Bert Remsen
- Michael J. Pollard
- Walker Edmiston
- Ian Wolfe
- Mike Hagerty
- Hamilton Camp
- Production
- Doug Drexler, special character makeup
- Lou Elias, stunts
- Robert Herron, stunt double
- Kris Krosskove, assistant cameraman
Doctor Who
- See also Doctor Who
- Crossover performers
- Daphne Ashbrook
- Simon Pegg
- Alan Dale
- Deep Roy
- Maurice Roëves
- John Franklyn-Robbins
- Christopher Neame
- Guy Siner
- Barrie Ingham
- Gregg Palmer
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.
Gilligan's Island
James Bond
- Julian Bashir, Secret Agent holonovels
- Vodka martini, "stirred, not shaken"
The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Our Man Bashir" is basically a parody of the James Bond franchise.
- Crossover performers
- Walter Gotell
- Famke Janssen
- Teri Hatcher
- Vincent Schiavelli
- Bernie Casey
- Steven Berkoff
- John Rhys-Davies
- Vijay Amritraj
- Anthony Zerbe
- Sid Haig
- Marc Lawrence
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
- Dick Crockett
- Ed Bishop
- Barbara Bouchet
The Jetsons
M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H is an often 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. (TNG: "The Neutral Zone")
- An "Autonomic Functions Warning (4077)" is displayed on the medical computer. (TNG: "Shades of Gray")
- 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. (TNG: "Half a Life")
- The "Composite Sensor Analysis - 4077" graphic was re-used on a console in main engineering. (TNG: "Silicon Avatar")
- The anti-time subspace distortion that appeared in the Devron system had a distortion in the range of 4,077,000 millicochranes. (TNG: "All Good Things...")
- Scan Analysis 4077 is displayed on the computer display of the subspace divergence field. (VOY: "Deadlock")
- The Doctor analyzes Harry Kim's DNA, which is displayed on a monitor as Biomolecular Scan 4077. (VOY: "Favorite Son")
- Crossover performers
- Rene Auberjonois
- Rosalind Chao
- James Cromwell
- Sally Kellerman
- Johnny Haymer
- James Saito
- Rick Sawaya
- John Schuck
- Warren Stevens
- David Ogden Stiers
The Magnificent Seven
- Crossover performers
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
- 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
Muppets
National Lampoon's Animal House
Ren and Stimpy
Urusei Yatsura
The West Wing
- Celestial Navigation
- Charles Young
- Claudia Craig
- J. Bartlett
- J. Lyman
- L. McGarry
- Mister Willis of Ohio
- S. Seaborn
- T. Ziegler
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- References taken from the Bible
- References taken from Greek mythology
- References taken from Shakespeare
- Science fiction references in Star Trek
- Star Trek parodies