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The following are Star Trek parodies and pop culture references that are posted and circulated on the Internet. (Web comics can be found under pictorial literature.)

Achievement Hunter[]

Achievement Hunter, a part of the company Rooster Teeth, tends to do Let's Plays of various video games. One installment had two of their prominent members, Michael Jones and Ryan Haywood, play Bandai Namco's Star Trek, getting confused as to who was playing who, and referring to themselves as "Spock-Kirk" and "Kirk-Spock". During the game, Ryan does question the game's lack of reasoning for seemingly constantly killing Vulcans left and right. Later installments have them mock the Gorn.

Another episode features Star Trek: Bridge Crew, bringing back Michael and Ryan alongside Jeremy Dooley and Achievement Hunter creator and Rooster Teeth co-creator Geoff Ramsay. They do this twice, once as advertising with Ubisoft and again on their own. During their second run, they end up participating in the Kobayashi Maru scenario and give their answer to it – rescuing as many people, fighting off the Klingons doing so, then warping out when their shields fall.

The Angry Video Game Nerd[]

In one of his online episodes, "The Nerd" reviews several Star Trek games. The episode opens with a parody of The Original Series intro with a Nintendo Entertainment System flying through space like the Enterprise and Alexander Courage's theme played on electric guitar. The Nerd, dressed for the occasion, reviews Star Trek: The Motion Picture on the Vectrex Arcade System, Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator on the Atari 2600 and ColecoVision and Star Trek: 25th Anniversary on the NES. Features of the episode include the Nerd having a fight with a Klingon and meeting a Metron. As a reference to Project Genesis, the Nerd offers the Klingon a Sega Genesis.

Atop The Fourth Wall[]

Atop The Fourth Wall is a popular YouTube channel created by Lewis Lovhaug, who portrays Linkara, a comic book reviewer.

The series has reviewed numerous comic adaptations of the Star Trek movie series, many of the franchise's iconic crossovers and even an issue of the Gold Key comic series.

When reviewing these comics, Linkara will usually don a Starfleet uniform to get into the mood. As well, whenever a length of time is devoted to Star Trek media, a unique opening plays that homages the intros from the late-90s Star Trek shows, featuring his ship, the Comicron-1. He will also don Starfleet uniforms when reviewing these episodes.

Two of the series' running gags hail from the reviews of these comics: whenever the Marvel villain Kang the Conqueror is involved, he will reference Star Trek: The Next Generation – X-Men: Second Contact where the super villain grew to giant size to battle the USS Enterprise-E and mentions of presidential figures will lead to him referencing "The Legacy of Lazarus", which introduced Anton York, who identified himself as the 45th President of the United States.

The Babylon Bee[]

The Babylon Bee is an online Christian news satire site.

The article "Church Installs Transporter To Teleport Worship Band Onto Stage During Closing Prayer" references Pavel Chekov's line "I can do zat", and the church's name is "Discovery" Church. The worship leader is called "James Archer".

Another article claims that Captain Picard was suspended from Twitter for saying he only sees four lights. [1].

A November, 2021 article claims Anthony Fauci said "Individual Rights Are Not As Important As The Needs Of The Borg Collective" and depicts Fauci wearing Borg implants.

Coldmirror[]

In Part 5 of "Harry Potter und der geheime Pornokeller", a parodic synchro of the second Harry Potter film, the battle music from "Amok Time" is played in the background as the battle music of Gilderoy Lockhart. In addition to this, the sounds made by the wands of Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy are the sounds of phasers. In Part 9, the sound that can be heard in TOS when a door is opened, is played when opening the door to the Chamber of Secrets.

Her animated series StarStarSpace is a parody of mainly Star Trek and various other science-fiction franchises. Some of the Star Trek references include:

  • One "Star" in the logo is from the logo of TOS, while the "Space" is from the logo of DS9.
  • The ship is called USS Ente (USS Duck).
  • The captain Captain Captenne Capitanöse is a parody of Captain Kathryn Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager combined with a character of an earlier animated parody series of Coldmirror called Japanoschlampen.
  • The android A.R.S.C.H 9000 is a parody of various fictional robots like Marvin from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey and Data from TNG.
  • The crew members in red shirts always die during missions and are just referred to as "ersetzbare Crewmitglieder" ("replaceble crew members"), obviously a parody of the redshirts.
  • Two crew members in the background of "UnENTliche Weiten" remind of Mr. Spock and Jean-Luc Picard.
  • The title of "Das fettste seiner Art" is a reference to "Das Letzte seiner Art", the German title of "The Man Trap". The plot is also similar.
  • In "01110111 01110100 01100110", you can see a device looking like a tricorder on the desk of Commander Dave.
  • On the "Space Door" (a parody of Stargate) in the episode "Das Sternentor" you can spot the logo of the USS Enterprise.
  • The "Türklingonen" in "Fragen Sie Ihren Arsch oder Apotheker" are a parody of the Klingons.
  • The computer of the USS Ente is said to receive updates from the Memory Gamma computer.
  • In "Panik im Paradies" you can spot a poster at an advertising column saying "Darmok and the Jalads", a metaphor in the TNG episode "Darmok".
  • The episode "Fragwürdige Fragmente" includes a character called Lordie GaForge.
  • In the episode "Sweet Streams", Captain Capitanöse says "Kurzzeitig hatte ich das Gefühl in der Wand da zu sein" ("Temporarily I felt like I was inside that wall"). This is a parody of a quote from Deanna Troi said in the TNG episode "The Schizoid Man".

Confused Matthew[]

Confused Matthew is an online film review website (and YouTube channel), in which the titular owner reviews films he considers bad (films which make him "confused"). A self-proclaimed Star Trek fan, Matthew often deals with various incarnations of the franchise he considers the worst, especially Star Trek Generations, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Star Trek: Voyager. He also made a recap of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which he gave a positive review.

Dr. Tran[]

In the short "Summer Splash," a Dr. Tran doll says "Beverly, can I see you in my ready room."

Dragon Ball Z Abridged[]

Dragon Ball Z Abridged is a web series created by Team Four Star, using episodes from the popular Japanese anime action/adventure series Dragon Ball Z to create a humorous variation of the iconic series.

During the Namek Saga, the official language of the Namekian people is Klingonese. In one scene, Dende calls Frieza a petaQ, which the overlord doesn't realize that he was just called a "douche". Later on, Piccolo encounters the dying Nail, who talks to him in that language (also calling him a petaQ), causing Piccolo to think he's been beaten so badly he can't speak straight.

Everything Wrong With...[]

A YouTube channel named CinemaSins [2] specializes in making videos concerning the listing of various inconsistencies in films, including continuity errors, mistakes in logic, lack of rational explanation, etc. Currently the channel features a video for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Star Trek Beyond.

Google[]

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Google Calendar [3] uses stardates based upon the ideas of Andrew Main. [4] Each day covers 5.00 stardates; 10,000 stardates (2,000 days) make up an "issue". Issue numbers are prefixed in brackets. TOS was issue [19], [0]0000 was January 4, 2162, (when he speculated the Federation was founded) and issue [-28] started in 2008.

The Google Doodle of September 7, 2012 was an interactive homage to Star Trek: The Original Series. By continually clicking on it, the viewer could watch "Kirk" and a redshirt reenact "Arena".

Hitler Rants[]

The popular meme video featuring Adolf Hitler (played by Bruno Ganz) from the 2004 German movie Der Untergang (Downfall), subtitled with humorous English text to create videos of him reacting with anger to various things, was used several occasions in connection with Star Trek. Videos of Hitler outraged by Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Star Trek: Discovery exist, as well as two recuts in which Hitler (commanding the Enterprise) fights Khan Noonien Singh on board the Reliant (from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan). There is another Hitler vs. Khan video titled "Star Reich: The Wrath of Hitler", and a sequel titled "Star Reich: The Return of the Borg".

Honest Trailers[]

The YouTube channel Screen Junkies [5] has a series of shorts called "Honest Trailers", cut together and narrated like true movie trailers, but depicting the subjected films in a satirical way. There is an "Honest Trailer" for Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness, as well as an "Honest TV Trailer" for Star Trek: The Next Generation.

How It Should Have Ended[]

How It Should Have Ended is a self-explanatory series of short animated film parodies. Both Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness have their own entries, and Benedict Cumberbatch's version of Khan is a regular character in the Villain Pub sub-series.

Jandrew Edits[]

Jan Van Den Hemel and Andrew Hussie re-edit clips from TNG with comedic results. The series is currently hosted on Van Den Hemel's YouTube account. [6]

MA Men[]

A series of short comedy sketches by Funny Or Die spoofing the TV show Mad Men by transplanting it into present-day South Boston.

In MA Men 2, Campbell suggests that Leonard Nimoy should replace the late Michael Vale as the Dunkin Donuts spokesman while pointing at an autographed promotional photo of Spock and Kirk on the wall.

The Nostalgia Critic[]

The Nostalgia Critic (also known as That Guy With the Glasses and Channel Awesome) is a popular Youtube channel, created and run by Doug Walker, who usually reviews films as his "Nostalgia Critic" alter ego.

Walker called January 2012 Star Trek Month and reviewed all of the odd numbered films for the entire month.

"To Boldly Flee" was a special done to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the Nostalgia Critic. The special consists of parodies of various sci-fi franchises including Star Trek, Metal Gear, Star Wars, and Battlefield Earth.

The ending to Walker's review of Scooby-Doo: The Movie (featuring Frank Welker as the voice of Scooby-Doo) is a parody of the last scene of "All Good Things...".

In the review of Scooby-Doo!: The Mystery Begins (featuring Daniel Riordan, and again, the voice of Frank Welker), Walker claims that slightly changing Scooby's "Right here" catchphrase is like if Spock would say, "Live Long and Succeed in Material Terms or Be Financially Successful". He also does the Vulcan salute and an image of Spock from "Amok Time" is seen.

In the review of The Master of Disguise, which co-stars Brent Spiner as the film's main villain, Walker calls the character "Data" at one point, but then he corrects himself that "it's Evil Data, so Lore". (The film also features Erick Avari in the cast.)

In his review of Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, Walker plays Kirk's famous "Khaaaaan" yell when Ricardo Montalban (playing Grandpa) appears, and later mentions Montalban's "plastic chest" from The Wrath of Khan.

In his review of Fantastic Four (2005), Walker calls Jessica Alba's character "Seven of Fine" at one point. In the same review, commenting on a scene, Walker says "I haven't seen a more inappropriate usage of underwear since Star Trek Into Darkness."

In the review of Jaws: The Revenge (directed by Joseph Sargent), a clip of Data from "Phantasms" can be briefly seen. A short clip of Data talking to Spot from "A Fistful of Datas" can be seen in Walker's review of Jurassic Park III (featuring Linda Park).

In his review of Clockstoppers (directed by Jonathan Frakes and featuring Gina Hecht), Walker says that the film was directed by "Will Riker himself", who was also the director of "easily the best Star Trek: Next Gen movie" (Star Trek: First Contact). Later, he comments the director's cameo in a scene, saying that Frakes is shaking his head, "Meh, I wanted some Borg eye gauging in this movie", and a brief clip from First Contact is shown.

In the review of Small Soldiers (featuring Kirsten Dunst, Dick Miller, Robert Picardo, Frank Langella, Wendy Schaal, and Michael McKean, and a score by Jerry Goldsmith), Walker comments on Picardo's appearance that he should just start every performance with "Please state the cinematic emergency". Later in the review, a short clip from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan can be seen, with McCoy telling Spock, "You're not going in there", which mirrors a line from the reviewed film.

In his review of Event Horizon (featuring Jason Isaacs), Walker claims that "Star Trek had like five episodes where they hallucinated stuff and they always had a logical conclusion for it", and an image from "Shore Leave" is shown. Later in the review, Walker says that the final fist fight between Laurence Fishburne and Sam Neill would be much funnier with Star Trek fight music, and he puts Gerald Fried's "The Ancient Battle/2nd Kroykah" theme from "Amok Time" to accompany the scene.

In his review of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, reacting to the name of the alien planet the Rangers visit, Walker says "Come on, you could find more convincing names in a Star Trek word jumble".

In the review of Battlefield Earth, Walker calls the alien Psychlos "Klingon Jamaican Clowns".

In his review of Starship Troopers (featuring Dina Meyer, Clancy Brown, Brenda Strong, Julianna McCarthy, Bruce Gray, Christopher Curry, Brian Tochi, and a score by Basil Poledouris), Walker comments on the military funeral of Dizzy Flores (Meyer) by paraphrasing Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: "Of all the souls, I've ever encountered, she rocked the most in the sack".

In the review of BloodRayne (starring Kristanna S. Loken), Walker compares Michael Madsen's acting to that of William Shatner, and a picture of Shatner from Star Trek V: The Final Frontier is shown.

In the review of Blade (featuring Judson Scott), an image of Data from Star Trek Generations can be seen when the film's title character makes the same "Yess! Mmm!" gesture Data did when the Duras sisters' Bird-of-Prey was blown up.

In his review of Mission: Impossible II (co-written by Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga, photographed by Jeffrey L. Kimball, and featuring effects work by Richard Yuricich), Walker edits some shots of Spock appearing in levitation boots at El Capitan from Star Trek V: The Final Frontier into the scene of Tom Cruise climbing a mountain. Later, he claims that the original Mission: Impossible series "had Spock in it", referring to Leonard Nimoy's role as Paris on the show.

The Star Trek: The Original Series communicator sound effect can be heard in Walker's review of The Purge, when he looks into a security camera.

In the review of the animated film The Christmas Tree, Walker claims that a character came into a scene so quietly, like if she'd "just beamed herself into the room", and then the Star Trek: The Next Generation transporter sound effect is heard, accompanied by some light effects.

In the review of The Exorcist II: The Heretic (co-starring Louise Fletcher), Walker says "Very well, set phasers to crisp". Later in the review, commenting a scene, he says Regan (Linda Blair) is "doing a mind meld with [Fletcher's] goodies".

In his review of The Search for Santa Paws (starring Richard Riehle, Diedrich Bader, and Bill Cobbs), Walker claims that Disney's extensive "Air Bud cinematic universe" is "the Star Trek of epic puppy sagas".

In the review of Santa Clause 3: Escape Clause, which co-stars Michael Dorn as the Sandman, Walker comments "a bat'leth would've been lovingly welcomed" when the character magically puts people asleep, and an image of Dorn as Worf from TNG: "Birthright, Part II" can be seen. In the "First Viewing" video for the film, Walker's brother, Rob does an impression of Dorn, delivering Worf's famous line from TNG: "Qpid": "I must protest, sir, I am not a Merry Man!".

In the review of The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (co-starring Joan Collins), Walker comments on a scene featuring John Cho as a valet, as "Harold and Sulu Park a Car".

In the review of X-Men, starring Patrick Stewart, Walker mocks Stewart's voice and accent by saying "Mutation... the final frontier". The film also starred Famke Janssen and Rebecca Romijn, and was directed by Bryan Singer.

In the review of Con Air, Walker struggles to pronounce Colm Meaney's last name. After a point, he rather gives up and calls him "O'Brien". Besides Meaney, the film also featured Landry Allbright in the cast.

In the review of Independence Day: Resurgence, referring to Brent Spiner reprising his role from the first film, Walker says he'd rather have him return in this than in Star Trek: Picard, and an image of Data from "Remembrance" is shown.

In his review of The Terminator (with Paul Winfield, Earl Boen, Dick Miller, and Brian Thompson), Walker compares Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton)'s hairstyle and outfit to those of Gillian Taylor (Catherine Hicks) in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, and an image of the character is shown.

In the review of Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (co-starring William Sadler and Roy Brocksmith), Walker mentions the Star Trek Vasquez Rocks connection in the film. (See: Star Trek parodies and pop culture references (film))

In his review of Mulan II (featuring the voices of George Takei, Frank Welker, Brian Tochi, and Keone Young), Walker comments on a scene in which Takei's character (First Ancestor) is complaining that Mushu "thinks he's the Emperor" as "It's like working with Shatner all over again". Later, when the Ancestor calls Mushu a "lazy lounge lizard", Walker says: "Something I tell Shatner a lot".

In the review of the animated film Cats Don't Dance, featuring the voices of Scott Bakula, Rene Auberjonois, John Rhys-Davies, and Frank Welker, Walker says "Captain Archer is a good singer", and later does an impression: "Ensign, set a course for smooth".

In the review of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (featuring the voices of Jean Simmons and Lanei Chapman), Walker comments that before being able to do an emotional scene about death, a movie "has to practice with a few spots and bumpers", and an image from Spock's death scene in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is shown, along with Bubba's death scene in Forrest Gump.

In his review of the animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers, which featured the voices of David Coburn, LeVar Burton, Whoopi Goldberg, Dean Stockwell, Frank Welker, Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, and Clyde Kusatsu, Walker says, "I'm gonna let Geordi from Star Trek tell you" the story, before playing the series opening with narration by Burton.

In the review of Doomsday Machine, Walker comes up with a number of porn titles for the film, which include "Voyage of the Starship Booby-Prize". Later, during a very lengthy scene, Walker spoofs Kirk's famous "Khaaaan!" yell from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, shouting "Cuuuuuuuuuuut!".

Star Trek Nemesis appeared on Walker's list of films that "I like but everyone else hates".

Spock's death scene in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan took the second place on Walker's list of the "Top 11 Saddest Movie Moments".

Walker also did a mini-review of Star Trek as his alter ego "Chester A. Bum".

On Cinema at the Cinema[]

A comedy podcast and webseries starring Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington as movie reviewers. A recurring gag is Turkington confusing the plots of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, often claiming the former concerns the plot of the latter with the Enterprise crew visiting San Francisco to retrieve whales and refuting any corrections from Heidecker, much to his annoyance.

Several episodes feature Heidecker attempting to disprove Turkington's claim, even bringing in the Star Trek IV novelization and VHS to read their plot synopses as proof of the film's setting, none of which Turkington finds credible, causing a fed-up Heidecker to "fire" him from the show. For his part in the argument, Turkington hosted a segment visiting filming locations in San Francisco while comparing them to stills from "Star Trek Two" (intentionally mislabeled as such and actually taken from Star Trek IV) as his "proof" that the second film is set in the city. During the "Second Annual Oscar Special" episode, Turkington asks guest Sally Kellerman which film is set in the San Francisco, but she does not know.

The joke reaches its zenith in the six-part mini-series "The Trial," where Heidecker, acting as his own defense while on trial for murder, attempts to taint Turkington's testimony by discrediting his expertise as a film buff. On the fourth day of the trial, asked point-blank where each film takes place, Turkington reiterates his erroneous claim that Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is set in San Francisco and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home in outer space. At the start of the fifth day, Heidecker calls real-life director and co-writer of Star Trek II and co-writer of Star Trek IV Nicholas Meyer as a witness. When Meyer clarifies that the subtitle in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home refers to Earth, and the crew does in fact visit San Francisco, Turkington is heard to disagree from the gallery and "corrects" the director. Overzealous, Heidecker gets too specific, and next asks if any of Star Trek II is set in San Francisco, leading to Turkington claiming to have been correct all along when Meyer responds in the affirmative. Humorously, Turkington is removed from the courtroom before Heidecker can get Meyer to clarify that Star Trek IV would be the film generally characterized as set in San Francisco.

Pitch Meetings[]

A series of short comedy sketches by online film site Screen Rant features comedian Ryan George playing dual roles as a Hollywood producer and a writer who tries to sell him his script, mocking the pitching process of well-known movies. George made a Pitch Meeting for Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Star Trek Beyond. [7] [8] [9]

Quanta[]

In 2022, the online magazine Quanta honored Nichelle Nichols by featuring a probability puzzle that starred her character, Nyota Uhura and also mentioned Pavel Chekov. [10]

RiffTrax[]

Former Mystery Science Theater 3000 co-stars Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy recorded audio commentary tracks mocking Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Star Trek Generations, and Star Trek. The commentaries were made available as an Internet-only download through Nelson's RiffTrax service.

SCP Foundation[]

  • On SCP Foundation, a site describing all kinds of anomalous items and creatures held in containment by the titular organization, one of the objects (SCP-261) is a vending machine which unpredictably dispenses a large variety of weird food and drink. One such item was a cup of tea, Earl Grey, hot which could only be referred to as tea, Earl Grey, hot (and which was stated not to be a very good copy of the real tea, Earl Grey, hot at that.)

Stan Lee's World of Heroes[]

Stan Lee's World of Heroes is a YouTube channel founded by former Marvel Comics editor Stan Lee. An episode of the cartoon Bad Days, published April 8, 2013, parodied J.J. Abrams's Star Trek films. James T. Kirk steps onto the bridge, only to be blinded by lens flares and switches them off. He is beamed down with Spock, McCoy, and a terrified redshirt by Scott, who resembles Simon Pegg in Shaun of the Dead. While on the planet, Kirk sleeps with a grotesque gargantuan alien, angering her father. The struggling duo are beamed back aboard, where Kirk switches the lens flares back on, blinding the alien father so Spock may nerve pinch it. [11]

Starship Edsel[]

An improvised satire. [12] [13]

Star Track[]

Star Track: Idomo, [14](X) formerly Star Track: The Next Hesitation, is a web series that takes a satirical approach to expanding on the Star Trek universe. Produced in Montreal, Quebec, it is one of the only known Star Trek fan films to be produced regularly in Canada. Episodes are released at a rate of one per year.

Star Trek (France)[]

Comité de la Claque is a French group who began on the web. In 2012, the channel France 4 TV broadcast their parody on the Comité du Ciné show, on January 27th before the start of prime time: Video of Comité du Ciné: Star Trek.

Star Truc(k)[]

Star Truc(k) [15] is a French parody of the original Star Trek.

Steam Trek[]

Steam Trek [16] is an online parody of the original Star Trek. The premise is a conception of how the original Star Trek might have been produced by George Melies, a hundred years ago, at the dawn of silent films. The "distant future" is taken to be 1980, and the USS Isambard is steam-powered with coal fuel.

Stone Trek[]

Stone Trek [17] is an online animated parody of the original Star Trek. The premise is basically a Star Trek/The Flintstones mashup, featuring a 1960s-styled laugh track and Hanna-Barbera sound effects. The series follows the adventures of the crew of the USS Magnetize. The show keeps count of how many redshirts end up getting killed in the episodes. The show also parodied the plot of Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace, with the Magnetize having to save Queen Armadillo from the Fashion Police. The all seven episodes feature the voice talent of Star Trek video game voice actor Walter Fields.

TNG Recuts[]

General Grin (also known as "Major Grin" and "Admiral Grin") is an Israeli YouTube channel owner, who specializes in making skillful and creative recuts of Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes, making comedic segments (often dealing with highly sexual-themed adult humor) out of the otherwise serious material. His channel currently features more than three-hundred recut videos, as well as other humorous material, including "Episode-in-Brief" shorts and cuts of various Trek crews watching the trailer of Star Trek, horrified or angered by what they see.

Up The Enterprise[]

An overdubbed parody of Star Trek: Enterprise. A ninety-second trailer [18] and the "pilot" were released. [19]

WatchMojo[]

The popular entertainment and pop culture website WatchMojo.com specializes in creating various top ten lists of best (or worst) films, actors, characters, music videos, etc., presented in video form via YouTube. Several of WatchMojo's lists include Star Trek films and episodes.

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series[]

In the episode "Card Wars" of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series, the characters make frequent references to the Star Wars series, prompting Tristen Taylor to ask, "What's with all the Star Trek quotes?" The episode "The Worst of Both Worlds" opened with a re-dubbed version of the recap from "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II".

Memes[]

La Forge meme[]

A variation of the "Can't see shit" meme, it features a screenshot of La Forge with the appropriate caption.

Picard memes[]

A popular Internet meme has people posting a picture of Jean-Luc Picard of Picard facepalming in response to a statement perceived to be idiotic, frustrating, or otherwise missing the mark.

The most common picture was taken from the episode "Deja Q" (in which it was a response to Q), although other variants exist, including a (slightly modified) image from "A Matter of Perspective" that shows William T. Riker next to Picard, also facepalming, and an image from "The Offspring", that shows Picard doing the "double facepalm".

Another slightly less common meme shows a picture of a frustrated Picard. This image, taken from "Ménage à Troi" (where Picard was not annoyed but rather poetically courting Lwaxana Troi), is usually accompanied by a caption about a frustrating issue, often starting with the phrase "what the fuck" or a variant thereof.

Other images commonly used are Picard claiming there are four lights.

Spock meme[]

A variation of the "Can't see shit" meme, a caption accompanies a picture of Spock wearing a visor from the episode "Is There in Truth No Beauty?".

Vreenak meme[]

A picture of Vreenak from the episode "In the Pale Moonlight" holding up a Cardassian data rod and declaring the recording on it a fake is used.

YouTube videos[]

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