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==Internet==
  
==Internet==
 
Video parodies and pop culture references that originated online. Web comics can be found under [[Star Trek parodies and pop culture references (literature)|literature]].
  
Video parodies and pop culture references that originated online. Web comics can be found under [[Star Trek parodies and pop culture references (literature)|literature]].
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===''Achievement Hunter''===
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{{w|Achievement Hunter}}, a part of the company {{w|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|Bandai Namco]]'s ''{{dis|Star Trek|video game}}'', 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.
   
 
===''The Angry Video Game Nerd''===
  
===''The Angry Video Game Nerd''===
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===''Confused Matthew''===
  
===''Confused Matthew''===
 
[http://http://confusedmatthew.com/ 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 {{film|7}}, {{film|11}} and {{film|12}} and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''. He also made a recap of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', which he gave a posiive review.
  
[http://http://confusedmatthew.com/ 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 {{film|7}}, {{film|11}} and {{film|12}} and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''. He also made a recap of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', which he gave a posiive review.
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===''Everything Wrong With...''===
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A popular youtube channel named [https://www.youtube.com/user/CinemaSins CinemaSins] 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 both {{film|11}} and {{film|12}}.
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiQ9piVgtWM| Everything Wrong with ''Star Trek'' in 5 Minutes or Less]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REOjxvQPQNQ| Everything Wrong with ''Star Trek Into Darkness'' in 7 Minutes or Less]
   
 
===''Hitler Rants''===
  
===''Hitler Rants''===
 
The popular meme video featuring [[Adolf Hitler]] (played by {{w|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 {{film|11}} and {{film|12}} both exist, as well as two recuts in which Hitler (commanding the ''Enterprise'') conflicts [[Khan Noonien Singh]] on board the ''Reliant'' (from {{film|2}}).
  
The popular meme video featuring [[Adolf Hitler]] (played by {{w|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 {{film|11}} and {{film|12}} both exist, as well as two recuts in which Hitler (commanding the ''Enterprise'') conflicts [[Khan Noonien Singh]] on board the ''Reliant'' (from {{film|2}}).
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===''How It Should Have Ended''===
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''How It Should Have Ended'' is a self-explanatory series of short animated film parodies. Both {{film|11}} and {{film|12}} have their own entries, and [[Benedict Cumberbatch]]'s version of {{alt|Khan Noonien Singh|Khan}} is a regular character in the ''Villain Pub'' sub-series.
   
 
===''The Nostalgia Critic''===
  
===''The Nostalgia Critic''===
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A popular internet {{w|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.
  
A popular internet {{w|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.
   
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The most common picture was taken from the episode {{e|Deja Q}} (in which it was a response to [[Q]]), although other variants exist, including an edited image that shows [[William T. Riker]] next to Picard, also facepalming.
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The most common picture was taken from the episode {{e|Deja Q}} (in which it was a response to [[Q]]), although other variants exist, including a (slightly modified) image from {{e|A Matter of Perspective}} that shows [[William T. Riker]] next to Picard, also facepalming, and an image from {{e|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 {{e|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.
  
Another slightly less common meme shows a picture of a frustrated Picard. This image, taken from {{e|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.
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===''Stan Lee's World of Heroes''===
  
===''Stan Lee's World of Heroes''===
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''{{w|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}}. {{alt|James T. Kirk}} steps onto the [[bridge]], only to be blinded by lens flares and switches them off. He is beamed down with {{alt|Spock}}, {{alt|Leonard McCoy|McCoy}}, and a terrified [[redshirt]] by {{alt|Montgomery Scott|Scotty}}, who resembles [[Simon Pegg]] in ''{{w|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 [[Vulcan nerve pinch|nerve pinch]] it. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H8s9aXRL95E#!]
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{{wt|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}}. {{alt|James T. Kirk}} steps onto the [[bridge]], only to be blinded by lens flares and switches them off. He is beamed down with {{alt|Spock}}, {{alt|Leonard McCoy|McCoy}}, and a terrified [[redshirt]] by {{alt|Montgomery Scott|Scotty}}, who resembles [[Simon Pegg]] in {{wt|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 [[Vulcan nerve pinch|nerve pinch]] it. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H8s9aXRL95E#!]
   
 
===''Star Track''===
  
===''Star Track''===
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[https://www.youtube.com/user/GeneraIGrin 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 {{film|11}}, horrified or angered by what they see.
  
[https://www.youtube.com/user/GeneraIGrin 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 {{film|11}}, horrified or angered by what they see.
   
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=== ''Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series'' ===
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===''WatchMojo''===
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The popular entertainment and pop culture website [http://watchmojo.com/| 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.
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* 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?''"
  
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* The episode "The Worst of Both Worlds" opened with a re-dubbed version of the recap from {{e|The Best of Both Worlds, Part II}}.
  
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* Top 10 Movie Continuations of TV Series: #1: {{film|2}}
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* Top 10 Best Movies Based on a TV Series: #4: {{film|11}}
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* Top 10 Sci-fi Television Series: #1: ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', #5: ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''
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* Top 10 Best TV Spin-Offs: #4: ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''
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* Top 10 Decade Defining TV Shows - 1960s: #5: ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''
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* Top 10 Decade Defining TV Shows - 1990s: #9: ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''
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* Top 10 Sci-fi Movies of the 1970s: Honorary Mention: {{film|1}}
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* Top 10 Sci-fi Movies of the 1980s: #7: {{film|2}}
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* Top 10 Sci-fi Movies of the 1990s: Honorary Mention: {{film|8}}
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* Top 10 Sci-fi Movies of the 2000s: #5: {{film|11}}
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* Top 10 Sci-fi Movies of the 2010s: #9: {{film|12}}
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* Top 10 Longest Running Movie Franchises: #6: ''Star Trek'' (1979-)
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* Top 10 Movie Depictions of the Future: #1: ''Star Trek'' franchise
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* Top 10 Fictional Movie Universes: #5: the ''Star Trek'' universe
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* Top 10 Sci-fi Movie Villains: #3: [[Khan Noonien Singh]] in {{film|2}} and {{film|12}}, Honorable Mention: the [[Borg Queen]] in {{film|8}}
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* Top 10 Sci-fi Movie Battles: #4: the [[Borg]] Invade [[Sector 001]] in {{film|8}}
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* Top 10 Coolest Planets in Sci-fi Movies: #7: [[Genesis (planet)|Genesis planet]] ({{film|3}})
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* Top 10 Sexy Sci-fi Babes: #2: [[Nyota Uhura]] (''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''), #5: [[Seven of Nine]] (''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'')
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* Top 10 Sexy Female Aliens: #5: [[Seven of Nine]] (''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''), #8: [[T'Pol]] (''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'')
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* Another Top 10 Sexy Female Aliens: #9: {{dis|Gaila|Orion}} ({{film|11}})
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* Top 10 Heroic Movie Sacrifices: #1: [[Spock]] ({{film|2}})
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* Top 10 Saddest Movie Deaths: #9: [[Spock]] ({{film|2}})
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* Top 10 Last Words Before Death in Movies: #4: [[Spock]] ({{film|2}}).
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* Top 10 Disappointing Deaths of Great Characters: #4: [[James T. Kirk]] ({{film|7}})
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* Top 10 Saddest Robot Deaths: #10: [[Data]] ({{film|10}})
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* Top 10 Alien Races from Television: #1: [[Klingon]]s, #3: the [[Borg]], #4: [[Vulcan]]s
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* Top 10 Alien Races in Film: #4: [[Klingon]]s, #5: the [[Borg]]
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* Top 10 Scariest Movie Aliens: #4: the [[Borg]] ({{film|8}})
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* Top 10 "Good" Movie Robots: #4: [[Data]] (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'')
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* Top 10 Starship Captains in Movies and TV: #1: [[Jean-Luc Picard]] (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''), #2: [[James T. Kirk]] (''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''), #5: [[Kathryn Janeway]] (''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'')
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* Top 10 Coolest Movie Spaceships: #1: {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}, #4: the [[Borg cube]]
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* Top 10 Movie Fights in Spaceships: #10: {{alt|James T. Kirk|James Kirk]] vs. {{alt|Spock}} ({{film|11}})
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* Top 10 TV Doctors: #5: [[Leonard McCoy]] (''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'')
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* Top 10 Comedic Moments in Action Films: Honorary Mention: "Numb Tongue" ({{film|11}})
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* Top 10 Movie "NOOOOO"s: #5: [[Jean-Luc Picard]] ({{film|8}})
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* Top 10 City Destruction Scenes in Movies: #6: [[San Francisco]] ({{film|12}})
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* Top 10 Overly Ambitious Movie Futures: #6: [[Warp drive|Faster-than-light travel]] in [[2063]] ({{film|8}})
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* Top 10 Movie Opening Scenes: Honorary Mention: {{film|11}}
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* Top 10 Fictional Trios in Movies and TV: Honorary Mention: [[James Kirk]], [[Spock]] and [[Leonard McCoy]] (''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'')
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* Top 10 TV Womanizers: Honorary Mention: [[James Kirk]] (''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'')
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* Top 10 [[Tom Hardy]] Performances: Honorary Mention: [[Shinzon]] ({{film|10}})
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* Top 10 Fictional Materials: #4: [[Dilithium]] (''Star Trek'' franchise)
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* Top 10 Fictional Languages: #1: [[Klingonese]] (''Star Trek'' franchise)
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* Top 10 Fandoms in TV and Movies: #1: [[Trekkie|Trekkies/Trekkers]]
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* Top 10 ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' Episodes:
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** #1: {{e|The City on the Edge of Forever}}
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** #2: {{e|Balance of Terror}}
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** #3: {{e|Amok Time}}
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** #4: {{e|Journey to Babel}}
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** #5: {{e|Space Seed}}
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** #6: {{e|Mirror, Mirror}}
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** #7: {{e|Arena}}
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** #8: {{e|The Doomsday Machine}}
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** #9: {{e|The Trouble with Tribbles}}
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** #10: {{e|The Naked Time}}
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** Honorable Mentions: {{e|The Menagerie, Part I}} and {{e|The Menagerie, Part II}}, {{e|This Side of Paradise}}, {{e|Shore Leave}}, {{e|Where No Man Has Gone Before}}, {{e|The Ultimate Computer}}
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* Top 10 ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' Episodes:
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** #1: {{e|The Best of Both Worlds}} and {{e|The Best of Both Worlds, Part II}}
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** #2: {{e|Q Who}}
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** #3: {{e|Yesterday's Enterprise}}
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** #4: {{e|Tapestry}}
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** #5: {{e|The Inner Light}}
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** #6: {{e|All Good Things...}}
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** #7: {{e|Elementary, Dear Data}}
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** #8: {{e|Chain of Command, Part I}} and {{e|Chain of Command, Part II}}
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** #9: {{e|The Measure Of A Man}}
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** #10: {{e|Encounter at Farpoint}}
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** Honorable Mentions: {{e|The Chase}}, {{e|The Defector}}, {{e|Disaster}}
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* Top 10 ''Star Trek'' Movies:
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** #1: {{film|2}}
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** #2: {{film|11}}
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** #3: {{film|6}}
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** #4: {{film|8}}
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** #5: {{film|4}}
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** #6: {{film|3}}
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** #7: {{film|12}}
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** #8: {{film|1}}
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** #9: {{film|7}}
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** #10: {{film|10}}
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** Dishonorable Mentions: {{film|5}}, {{film|9}}
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* Top 10 ''Star Trek'' Villains:
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** #1: [[Khan Noonien Singh]] ({{TOS|Space Seed}}, {{film|2}})
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** #2: [[Locutus of Borg]] ({{TNG|The Best of Both Worlds|The Best of Both Worlds, Part II}})
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** #3: [[Q]] (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', recurring)
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** #4: [[Lore]] (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', recurring)
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** #5: [[General]] {{dis|Chang|General}} ({{film|6}})
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** #6: [[Gul]] [[Dukat]] (''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', recurring)
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** #7: [[Nero]] ({{film|11}})
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** #8: [[Captain]] [[Kruge]] ({{film|3}})
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** #9: [[Doctor]] [[Tolian Soran]] ({{film|7}})
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** #10: the [[Gorn captain 1|Gorn Captain]] ({{TOS|Arena}})
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* Top 10 ''Star Trek'' Movie Moments:
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** #1: [[James Kirk|Kirk]]'s Yell ({{film|2}})
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** #2: Final Farewell ({{film|6}})
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** #3: Self Destruct ({{film|3}})
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** #4: [[Mutara Nebula]] and the Death of [[Spock]] ({{film|2}})
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** #5: [[1980s]] [[San Francisco]] ({{film|4}})
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** #6: Battle with the [[Borg]] ({{film|8}})
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** #7: The Cloaked Bird-of-Prey ({{film|6}})
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** #8: {{dis|Vulcan|planet}} Rescue Mission ({{film|11}})
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** #9: ''Enterprise''-D Crash Landing ({{film|7}})
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** #10: Meeting "{{dis|God|Sha Ka Ree}}" ({{film|5}})
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* Top 10 ''Star Trek'' Video Games:
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** #1: ''[[Star Trek: Judgment Rites]]''
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** #2: ''{{dis|Star Trek: 25th Anniversary|PC}}''
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** #3: ''[[Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force]]''
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** #4: ''[[Star Trek: Bridge Commander]]''
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** #5: ''[[Star Trek: Armada]]''
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** #6: ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen]]''
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** #7: ''[[Star Trek: Klingon Academy]]''
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** #8: ''[[Star Trek Online]]''
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** #9: ''[[Star Trek: Starfleet Command]]''
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** #10: ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Final Unity]]''
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* Top 10 [[William Shatner]]'s [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] Fight Moves:
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** #1: "The Double Fist" ({{e|Arena}})
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** #2: "The Shatner Chop" ({{e|Where No Man Has Gone Before}})
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** #3: "The Kirk Kick" ({{e|Spectre of the Gun}})
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** #4: "The Kirk Scissor Choke" ({{e|Space Seed}})
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** #5: "The Wall of Destruction" ({{e|Journey to Babel}})
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** #6: "The Human Projectile" ({{e|Tomorrow is Yesterday}})
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** #7: "The Human Bowling Ball" ({{e|The Apple}})
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** #8: "The Kiss and Dismiss" ({{e|The Gamesters of Triskelion}})
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** #9: "The Ear Slap" ({{e|Arena}})
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** #10: "Pillow Blindness" ({{e|Wink of an Eye}})
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===''Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series''===
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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?''"
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The episode "The Worst of Both Worlds" opened with a re-dubbed version of the recap from {{e|The Best of Both Worlds, Part II}}.
   
 
== Video games ==
  
== Video games ==
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Both Mordin Solus, the Salarian scientist on board ''Normandy'' SR-2, and [[Data]] are humorously portrayed as enjoying, as well as singing, songs by the British composers Gilbert and Sullivan.
  
Both Mordin Solus, the Salarian scientist on board ''Normandy'' SR-2, and [[Data]] are humorously portrayed as enjoying, as well as singing, songs by the British composers Gilbert and Sullivan.
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===''Minecraft''===
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The splash screen includes a random quote selected from a list that includes several sourced from ''Star Trek'', including "Engage",[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Khaaaaaaaaan!]], and "Not as cool as Spock!", which is a correction of an earlier phrase which (obviously mistakenly) implied that Minecraft was "Cooler than Spock!"
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Additionally, among the many languages the game is available in is [[Klingonese|Klingon]].
   
 
=== ''Mortal Kombat'' games ===
  
=== ''Mortal Kombat'' games ===
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In ''{{w|Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe}}'', Captain Marvel tells Superman, Deathstroke the Terminator, and the Joker that their enemy is called Dark Kahn. Joker replies with a [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]]-like "''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!]]''" with appropriate echoes. When Joker is finished, Deathstroke promptly tells him to shut up.
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In {{wt|Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe}}, Captain Marvel tells Superman, Deathstroke the Terminator, and the Joker that their enemy is called Dark Kahn. Joker replies with a [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]]-like "''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!]]''" with appropriate echoes. When Joker is finished, Deathstroke promptly tells him to shut up.
   
 
=== ''Quest for Glory 2'' ===
  
=== ''Quest for Glory 2'' ===
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In the ''{{w|Quest for Glory 2}}'' introduction, the ''Enterprise''-D is clearly seen in the sky and warps away seconds later.
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In the {{wt|Quest for Glory 2}} introduction, the ''Enterprise''-D is clearly seen in the sky and warps away seconds later.
   
 
=== ''RuneScape'' ===
  
=== ''RuneScape'' ===
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=== ''Rogue Galaxy'' ===
  
=== ''Rogue Galaxy'' ===
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A late chapter in the PS2 game ''{{w|Rogue Galaxy}}'' is entitled "All Good Things..."
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A late chapter in the PS2 game {{wt|Rogue Galaxy}} is entitled "All Good Things..."
   
 
=== ''Secret of Monkey Island'' ===
  
=== ''Secret of Monkey Island'' ===
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[[File:USS Enterprise nanomodel.jpg|thumb|Micrometer-scale USS ''Enterprise'']]
  
[[File:USS Enterprise nanomodel.jpg|thumb|Micrometer-scale USS ''Enterprise'']]
 
[[File:IBM one nanometer USS Enterprise.jpg|thumb|Nanometer-scale USS ''Enterprise'' made up of individual atoms]]
  
[[File:IBM one nanometer USS Enterprise.jpg|thumb|Nanometer-scale USS ''Enterprise'' made up of individual atoms]]
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* Former ''{{w|Mystery Science Theater 3000}}'' co-stars {{w|Michael J. Nelson|Mike Nelson}}, {{w|Bill Corbett}}, and {{w|Kevin Murphy (actor)|Kevin Murphy}} recorded audio commentary tracks mocking {{film|5}}, {{film|6}}, and {{film|7}}. The commentaries were made available as an Internet-only download through Nelson's {{w|RiffTrax}} service. More recently, they released a track for {{film|11}}.
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* Former {{wt|Mystery Science Theater 3000}} co-stars {{w|Michael J. Nelson|Mike Nelson}}, {{w|Bill Corbett}}, and {{w|Kevin Murphy (actor)|Kevin Murphy}} recorded audio commentary tracks mocking {{film|5}}, {{film|6}}, and {{film|7}}. The commentaries were made available as an Internet-only download through Nelson's {{w|RiffTrax}} service. More recently, they released a track for {{film|11}}.
   
 
* Stand up comics have also been known to reference ''Star Trek'' as part of their acts. Bill Bailey has pointed out how his microphone makes him look like a [[Klingon]] motivational speaker, and Eddie Izzard has a routine of how the crew of the ''Enterprise'' could defeat enemies with different [[phaser]] settings. Two such examples are the "depression", and "I've left the oven on" settings.
  
* Stand up comics have also been known to reference ''Star Trek'' as part of their acts. Bill Bailey has pointed out how his microphone makes him look like a [[Klingon]] motivational speaker, and Eddie Izzard has a routine of how the crew of the ''Enterprise'' could defeat enemies with different [[phaser]] settings. Two such examples are the "depression", and "I've left the oven on" settings.
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*In [[2013 productions|2013]], the American {{w|Internal Revenue Service}} became embroiled in a scandal when it transpired that they had produced a ''Star Trek'' themed instructional video, considered to be an example of wasteful spending. The video showed a mission of the ''Enterprise Y'' to the planet Notax, which threatened to descend into chaos due to noncompliance with the tax code. It also featured a [[Spock]] parody. $60,000 was reported to have been spent on this video and another one based on {{w|Gilligan's Island}}, although the latter video did not get nearly as much media attention. Perhaps even more disturbing than the spending ethics, the video showed the characters wearing ''TNG''-era uniforms while being set on a [[Constitution class]] bridge.
 
*In [[2013 productions|2013]], the American {{w|Internal Revenue Service}} became embroiled in a scandal when it transpired that they had produced a ''Star Trek'' themed instructional video, considered to be an example of wasteful spending. The video showed a mission of the ''Enterprise Y'' to the planet Notax, which threatened to descend into chaos due to noncompliance with the tax code. It also featured a [[Spock]] parody. $60,000 was reported to have been spent on this video and another one based on {{w|Gilligan's Island}}, although the latter video did not get nearly as much media attention. Perhaps even more disturbing than the spending ethics, the video showed the characters wearing ''TNG''-era uniforms while being set on a [[Constitution class]] bridge.
   
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* In the [[wikipedia:distributed computing|distributed computing]] community, the act of installing a client on someone else's computer is sometimes referred to as "borging" (similar to how the Borg assimilates other species' technology for the collective's benefit).
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* In the {{w|distributed computing}} community, the act of installing a client on someone else's computer is sometimes referred to as "borging" (similar to how the Borg assimilates other species' technology for the collective's benefit).
   
 
* Two commercials for the {{w|Samsung Galaxy Gear}} watch showed off various wrist-mounted devices from popular franchises, ''Star Trek'' one of them.
  
* Two commercials for the {{w|Samsung Galaxy Gear}} watch showed off various wrist-mounted devices from popular franchises, ''Star Trek'' one of them.
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* A commercial for Kure 5-56 rust proofing spray uses images from ''Into Darkness'' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUHuOvBwR-g]
   
 
* Ziggy Cartoon http://www.gocomics.com/ziggy/2015/02/22
  
* Ziggy Cartoon http://www.gocomics.com/ziggy/2015/02/22
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*The Los Angeles street artist Mr. Brainwash made several ''Star Trek'' related artworks, including one in which he put Marilyn Monroe's hair on Spock (part of a series where he put the hair on a number of famous people).
  
*The Los Angeles street artist Mr. Brainwash made several ''Star Trek'' related artworks, including one in which he put Marilyn Monroe's hair on Spock (part of a series where he put the hair on a number of famous people).
   
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*A baseball pitch known as the Vulcan changeup ({{w|Vulcan changeup}}) is one in which the fingers are split like the "live long and prosper" sign.
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*A baseball pitch known as the ({{w|Vulcan changeup}}) is one in which the fingers are split like the "live long and prosper" sign.
   
 
*In 2015, a print ad for the job search website Workopolis [http://www.Workopolis.com] made use of Spock's image to make a point about including hobbies on your resume.
  
*In 2015, a print ad for the job search website Workopolis [http://www.Workopolis.com] made use of Spock's image to make a point about including hobbies on your resume.
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*During the Canadian federal election campaign in 2015, someone parodied Liberal party candidates' intense campaign posters by putting a picture of a bug-eyed [[Gowron]] on a spoof poster, ostensibly running in the riding of "[[Qo'noS]]-[[Praxis]]- Verdun". [http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/08/14/liberal-election-posters-star-trek_n_7990480.html]
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*Certain of the features of Pluto's largest moon Charon that were identified in the 2015 {{w|New Horizons}} flyby were (provisionally) named after science fiction concepts. Specifically, a large planum has been called {{dis|Vulcan|planet}}, and notable craters at this planum Kirk, Spock, Uhura and Sulu.
   
 
=="I'm a doctor, not a..."==
  
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* Dr. McCoy (as played by Dan Aykroyd): "''I'm a doctor, not a tailor, dammit.''" ("[[Saturday Night Live#"The Last Voyage of the Enterprise"|The Last Voyage of the ''Enterprise'']]")
  
* Dr. McCoy (as played by Dan Aykroyd): "''I'm a doctor, not a tailor, dammit.''" ("[[Saturday Night Live#"The Last Voyage of the Enterprise"|The Last Voyage of the ''Enterprise'']]")
 
* Dr. McCoy (as played by Phil Hartman in response to William Shatner (as Kirk) stating someone needs medical attention): "''Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a - oh, sure!''" ("[[Saturday Night Live#"Star Trek V: The Restaurant Enterprise"|Star Trek V: The Restaurant Enterprise]]")
  
* Dr. McCoy (as played by Phil Hartman in response to William Shatner (as Kirk) stating someone needs medical attention): "''Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a - oh, sure!''" ("[[Saturday Night Live#"Star Trek V: The Restaurant Enterprise"|Star Trek V: The Restaurant Enterprise]]")
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* Doctor Cottle: "''I'm a doctor, not a Viper pilot!''" (''{{w|Battlestar Galactica}}'')
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* Doctor Cottle: "''I'm a doctor, not a Viper pilot!''" ({{wt|Battlestar Galactica}})
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* Tolin Dorden: "''I'm a medic, not a soldier!''" (''{{w|Gaunt's Ghosts}}'')
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* Tolin Dorden: "''I'm a medic, not a soldier!''" ({{wt|Gaunt's Ghosts}})
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* [[DeForest Kelley]]: "''I'm not a doctor, I'm a convicted murderer.''" (''{{w|Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In}}'')
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* [[DeForest Kelley]]: "''I'm not a doctor, I'm a convicted murderer.''" ({{wt|Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In}})
 
* DeForest Kelley: "''How should I know? I'm an actor, not a doctor.''" (a commercial for {{w|Trivial Pursuit}})
  
* DeForest Kelley: "''How should I know? I'm an actor, not a doctor.''" (a commercial for {{w|Trivial Pursuit}})
 
* ''Star Trek'' t-shirt: "''Dammit Jim, I'm not a doctor, I just play one on TV''" [https://www.startrekexp.com/store/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=783]
  
* ''Star Trek'' t-shirt: "''Dammit Jim, I'm not a doctor, I just play one on TV''" [https://www.startrekexp.com/store/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=783]
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* Dr. Helena Russell: "''I'm a doctor, John, not a miracle worker!''" (''{{w|Space: 1999}}'')
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* Dr. Helena Russell: "''I'm a doctor, John, not a miracle worker!''" ({{wt|Space: 1999}})
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* {{w|Wreck-Gar}}: "''I'm a doctor, not a forklift.''" (''{{w|Transformers}}'')
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* {{w|Wreck-Gar}}: "''I'm a doctor, not a forklift.''" ({{wt|Transformers}})
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* {{w|HK-47}}: "''Dammit master, I am an assassin droid, not a dictionary!''" (''{{w|Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic}}'')
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* {{w|HK-47}}: "''Dammit master, I am an assassin droid, not a dictionary!''" ({{wt|Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic}})
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* Todo 360: "I am a techno-service droid, not a butler droid!" (''{{w|Star Wars: The Clone Wars}}'')
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* Todo 360: "I am a techno-service droid, not a butler droid!" ({{wt|Star Wars: The Clone Wars}})
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* Ace Ventura: "''For God sake, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a pool man.''" (''{{w|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective}}'')
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* Ace Ventura: "''For God sake, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a pool man.''" ({{wt|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective}})
 
* Malaka: "''Damnit man, I'm a doctor, not an English teacher!''" (''Dragonball Abridged''; episode 12)
  
* Malaka: "''Damnit man, I'm a doctor, not an English teacher!''" (''Dragonball Abridged''; episode 12)
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* Dr. {{w|Carson Beckett}}: "''I'm a medical doctor, not a bloody fighter pilot!''" (''{{w|Stargate Atlantis}}'')
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* Dr. {{w|Carson Beckett}}: "''I'm a medical doctor, not a bloody fighter pilot!''" ({{wt|Stargate Atlantis}})
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* Dr. Doppler: "''Dang it, Jim, I'm an astronomer, not a doctor! I mean, I am a doctor, but I'm not that kind of doctor.''" (''{{w|Treasure Planet}}'')
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* Dr. Doppler: "''Dang it, Jim, I'm an astronomer, not a doctor! I mean, I am a doctor, but I'm not that kind of doctor.''" ({{wt|Treasure Planet}})
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* {{w|Will Smith}}: "''Dammit, Jim, I'm a black boy from Philly, not a doctor!''" (''{{w|The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air}}'')
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* {{w|Will Smith}}: "''Dammit, Jim, I'm a black boy from Philly, not a doctor!''" ({{wt|The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air}})
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* Zoolander's father: "''Damnit, Derek, I'm a coal miner, not a professional film or television actor.''" (''{{w|Zoolander}}'')
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* Zoolander's father: "''Damnit, Derek, I'm a coal miner, not a professional film or television actor.''" ({{wt|Zoolander}})
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* McCoy: "''Forget it. I'm a doctor, not a patsy.''" (''{{w|Family Guy}}'')
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* McCoy: "''Forget it. I'm a doctor, not a patsy.''" ({{wt|Family Guy}})
 
* [[William Shatner]]: "''Dammit, I'm a doctor, not a... oh!''" (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
  
* [[William Shatner]]: "''Dammit, I'm a doctor, not a... oh!''" (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
 
* Leotard Buns McCorduroy: "''Dammit Gym, I'm a doctor not a... on my way sir!''" [http://www.sev.com.au/ ''Sev Trek''] currently available at [http://www.st-minutiae.com/humor/doctorisms.xhtml ''Star Trek'' Minutiae]
  
* Leotard Buns McCorduroy: "''Dammit Gym, I'm a doctor not a... on my way sir!''" [http://www.sev.com.au/ ''Sev Trek''] currently available at [http://www.st-minutiae.com/humor/doctorisms.xhtml ''Star Trek'' Minutiae]
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* {{w|Young Wizards#Main Characters|Nita}}: "''Sker', I'm a wizard, not an engineer!''" (''{{w|Wizards at War}}'')
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* {{w|Young Wizards#Main Characters|Nita}}: "''Sker', I'm a wizard, not an engineer!''" ({{wt|Wizards at War}})
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* On the TV series ''{{w|Unfabulous}}'', Principal Brandywine uses lines that follow the pattern of, "''This is school [or name of a school-related object or place], not a/an/the [event, time, place or object unrelated to school]!''", or "''You're a middle school student, not [a famous person who does what the student is doing]!''", or "''I'm a middle school principal, not a doctor [or other jobs outside school]!''"
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* On the TV series {{wt|Unfabulous}}, Principal Brandywine uses lines that follow the pattern of, "''This is school [or name of a school-related object or place], not a/an/the [event, time, place or object unrelated to school]!''", or "''You're a middle school student, not [a famous person who does what the student is doing]!''", or "''I'm a middle school principal, not a doctor [or other jobs outside school]!''"
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* An elderly man, when inquired about potions: "''Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a miracle worker. Ask someone else!''" (''{{w|Final Fantasy IX}}'')
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* An elderly man, when inquired about potions: "''Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a miracle worker. Ask someone else!''" ({{wt|Final Fantasy IX}})
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* Marvin (the manic depressive robot in the motion picture of Douglas Adams' ''{{w|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}'') after being told to "freeze", states: "''I'm a robot, not a refrigerator.''"
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* Marvin (the manic depressive robot in the motion picture of Douglas Adams' {{wt|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}) after being told to "freeze", states: "''I'm a robot, not a refrigerator.''"
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*In the animated TV series ''{{w|X-Men: Evolution}}'' episode 7, "Storm", a mutant with weather altering powers,says "''I'm a weather witch, not a snowplough!''"
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*In the animated TV series {{wt|X-Men: Evolution}} episode 7, "Storm", a mutant with weather altering powers,says "''I'm a weather witch, not a snowplough!''"
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*Stranded with four others on a deserted planet in "a Donner party situation," McCoy says, "''Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a–''" then is interrupted by the others saying "''–a cannibal, yes, we know, we know.''" McCoy then lowers his head and asks himself, "''Am I really that predictable?''" (''{{w|Robot Chicken}})''
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*Stranded with four others on a deserted planet in "a Donner party situation," McCoy says, "''Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a–''" then is interrupted by the others saying "''–a cannibal, yes, we know, we know.''" McCoy then lowers his head and asks himself, "''Am I really that predictable?''" ({{wt|Robot Chicken}})
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*At one point in the Wii video game ''{{w|Trauma Center: New Blood}}'', surgeon Valerie Blaylock says "''We're doctors, not diplomats!''"
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*At one point in the Wii video game {{wt|Trauma Center: New Blood}}, surgeon Valerie Blaylock says "''We're doctors, not diplomats!''"
 
*In ''Spiderman 3'', when asked about the mysterious black substance shown him, Peter Parker's science professor remarks, "''What do you want me to do? I'm a physicist, not a biologist.''"
  
*In ''Spiderman 3'', when asked about the mysterious black substance shown him, Peter Parker's science professor remarks, "''What do you want me to do? I'm a physicist, not a biologist.''"
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*On the television series ''{{w|Eleventh Hour (U.S. TV series)|Eleventh Hour}}'' episode 11 Dr. Jacob Hood, trapped with his handler in a freezer remarks, "''I'm a scientist not {{w|MacGyver}}, shoot the door''".
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*On the television series {{wt|Eleventh Hour (U.S. TV series)|Eleventh Hour}} episode 11 Dr. Jacob Hood, trapped with his handler in a freezer remarks, "''I'm a scientist not {{w|MacGyver}}, shoot the door''".
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*Dr. McCoy (voiced by Frank Welker): "''Darn it Yakko, I'm a doctor not a magician.''" (''{{w|Animaniacs}}'')
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*Dr. McCoy (voiced by Frank Welker): "''Darn it Yakko, I'm a doctor not a magician.''" ({{wt|Animaniacs}})
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*Robot running soda fountain: "''I am a robot, not a miracle worker.''" (''{{w|SpongeBob SquarePants}}'')
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*Robot running soda fountain: "''I am a robot, not a miracle worker.''" ({{wt|SpongeBob SquarePants}})
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*Miss Tutweiller: "''I am an educator, not a warden!''" (''{{w|The Suite Life on Deck}}'')
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*Miss Tutweiller: "''I am an educator, not a warden!''" ({{wt|The Suite Life on Deck}})
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*Dr. Valsh, in response to Phil Wenneck's request for directions: "''I'm a doctor, not a tour guide.''" (''{{w|The Hangover}})
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*Dr. Valsh, in response to Phil Wenneck's request for directions: "''I'm a doctor, not a tour guide.''" ({{wt|The Hangover}})
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*Fred: "''I'm not a resistance fighter, I'm a doctor.''" (''{{w|V (The Final Battle)|V: The Final Battle}}'')
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*Fred: "''I'm not a resistance fighter, I'm a doctor.''" ({{wt|V (The Final Battle)|V: The Final Battle}})
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*Taran: "''I'm a warrior, not a pig keeper.''" (''{{w|The Black Cauldron}}'')
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*Taran: "''I'm a warrior, not a pig keeper.''" ({{wt|The Black Cauldron}})
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*Tailor "''I'm a clothier, not a doctor.''" (''{{w|Schlock Mercenary}}'')
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*Tailor "''I'm a clothier, not a doctor.''" ({{wt|Schlock Mercenary}})
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*Jean Valjean: "''This is a factory, not a circus!''"" (''{{w|Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables}}'')
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*Jean Valjean: "''This is a factory, not a circus!''"" ({{wt|Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables}})
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*Ambassador Dennis Crocker: "''Damn it, I'm an ambassador, not a doctor!''" (''{{w|Fallout: New Vegas}}'')
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*Ambassador Dennis Crocker: "''Damn it, I'm an ambassador, not a doctor!''" ({{wt|Fallout: New Vegas}})
 
*In a sketch depicting every episode of ''Star Trek'', by comedy group the Frantics, McCoy says, "''I'm a doctor, not a physician.''"
  
*In a sketch depicting every episode of ''Star Trek'', by comedy group the Frantics, McCoy says, "''I'm a doctor, not a physician.''"
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*In the "Do No Harm" episode of ''[[Star Trek parodies and pop culture references (live action television)#Lost|Lost]]'', during a flashback, Jack Shephard confides in his father before his wedding that he is having difficulty writing his vows, to which Christian Shephard responds with "you're a doctor, not a writer." This is a reference to the famous catch phrase of Doctor Leonard H. McCoy.
   
 
==See also==
  
==See also==

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Star Trek and pop culture

Over the years, Star Trek's position as a cultural icon has resulted in many parodies and pop culture references of it on other television shows and movies. While some have been subtle tip-of-the-hat references, others have been complete copies, with the intention to reference Star Trek. Additionally, many small acknowledgments may not warrant inclusion, such as the use of the TOS transporter sound for various shrink rays, teleporters, etc. on SpongeBob SquarePants.

Conventions

Hick Trek

Produced by ATOZ Films in the 1980s, this white-trash parody of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan played at conventions for years until a "Special Edition" version, with added effects, was released on video in 1999. In the film, the Redneck Federation Starship RSS Bovine battles spacefaring cats.

Internet

Video parodies and pop culture references that originated online. Web comics can be found under 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.

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 offered the Klingon a Sega Genesis.

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 and Star Trek Into Darkness and Star Trek: Voyager. He also made a recap of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, which he gave a posiive review.

Everything Wrong With...

A popular youtube channel named CinemaSins 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 both Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness.

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 and Star Trek Into Darkness both exist, as well as two recuts in which Hitler (commanding the Enterprise) conflicts Khan Noonien Singh on board the Reliant (from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan).

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.

The Nostalgia Critic

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. It should also be noted that the ending to the Scooby Doo review was a parody of the series finale to The Next Generation. Doug Walker (the creator of Nostalgia Critic) called January 2012 Star Trek Month and reviewed all of the odd numbered films for the entire month.

Dr. Tran

Summer Splash

A Dr. Tran doll says "Beverly, can I see you in my ready room."

Google Calendar

Google Calendar [1] uses stardates based upon the ideas of Andrew Main. [2] 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.

Jandrew Edits

Jan Van Den Hemel and Andrew Hussie reedit clips from TNG with comedic results, as see at their web page. [3]

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.

External links

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.

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 Scotty, 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. [4]

Star Track

Star Track: Idomo, [5] 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

Steam Trek

Steam Trek [6] 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 [7] is an online animated parody of the original Star Trek. The premise is basically Star Trek meshed with The Flintstones, 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.

Star Truc(k)

Star Truc(k) [8] is a French parody of the original Star Trek.

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.

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".

Video games

Back to the Future: The Game

Episode 1 of Back to the Future: The Game has Marty pretending to be from the patent office in order to get a younger version of Emmett Brown (resident of 1931) to build a rocket drill. He threatens to award the patent to a Dr. McCoy if Emmett doesn't produce immediate results. The game also features voice work from Christopher Lloyd (reprising his role as the older Emmett Brown) and Roger Jackson. Coincidentally, the elder Doc Brown during his stay in 1931, takes the alias Carl Sagan.

Duke Nukem 3D

  • The level "Warp Factor" is a homage to the USS Enterprise-D from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
  • The level "Tiberius Station" is named after James T. Kirk.
  • The "dnscotty" cheat code for level select may be a reference to Montgomery Scott.
  • In the Duke Caribbean: Life's a Beach expansion pack, Duke uses a boat called the Kobayashi Maru to get around the islands.

Final Fantasy games

The first airship the player acquires in the video games Final Fantasy III and Final Fantasy IV is called Enterprise. In Final Fantasy IX, a NPC, if asked about potions that a player is seeking, will reply "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a miracle worker. Ask someone else!"

FTL: Faster Than Light

  • There is an achievement called No Redshirts Here (obtained by making it to the final sector without losing any crew members).
  • The names of several other achievements are Star Trek references.

Heretic

  • The "engage" cheat code for level select may be a reference to "engaging" the warp drive.

HoboWars

In the MMORPG HoboWars, the player may come across an old man while exploring the Hoburbs. The man tells the player his stories, but they're really taken from various TV shows, including Star Trek: The Next Generation ("The Best of Both Worlds"). He then rewards the player for listening.

You sit and listen to the old man's stories for a little while before you realize he's just recounting episodes of Cheers, Happy Days, and the Beverly Hillbillies. You start to get a little uncomfortable when he starts retelling what sounds suspiciously like an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Old Man: ...And that's how we escaped the Borg ship and rescued the captain. Oh, look at the time! Buffy is about to come on! Well, let me get you a little something for spending some time with an old man.

The player is also able to buy a phaser from the Hoburbia pawn shop.

Little Big Planet

In LBP II, one of the levels has characters flying around in a craft called "Big Spaceship" which resembles the Enterprise only with a Sackboy head instead of the saucer.

In the introduction to LBP III, the narrator tells players that they "have been and will always be welcome to Little Big Planet", a reference to Spock's dying speech. (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan).

Mass Effect

In one confrontation, Commander Shepard tells a Krogan soldier that the ruins they're in are collapsing around them and will kill them all. The Krogan responds, "Yes! Exhilirating, isn't it?", a direct reference to Kruge's response to Kirk's similar concern in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

Also, the game featured Marina Sirtis, Armin Shimerman, and Carolyn Seymour in various roles. Michael Dorn lends his voice to Mass Effect 2 as a Krogan, a species with a warrior mentality similar to Klingons.

Engineer Adams may be a nod to Star Trek. In The Original Series episode "Dagger of the Mind", Dr. Tristan Adams runs the Tantalus Penal Colony. Here, Adams oversees the Normandy's experimental Tantalus Drive Core.

Coincidentally, the commanding officer at the beginning of the game is named David Anderson.

In Mass Effect 2, when Commander Shepard visits a bar in the Citadel, his response to an alien drink served is "This is... it's green?". Similar lines are said about beverages in the episodes "By Any Other Name" and "Relics".

Being a Scottish engineer, Kenneth Donnelly on the Normandy SR-2 is commonly thought to be a reference to Montgomery Scott.

Both Mordin Solus, the Salarian scientist on board Normandy SR-2, and Data are humorously portrayed as enjoying, as well as singing, songs by the British composers Gilbert and Sullivan.

Minecraft

The splash screen includes a random quote selected from a list that includes several sourced from Star Trek, including "Engage",Khaaaaaaaaan!, and "Not as cool as Spock!", which is a correction of an earlier phrase which (obviously mistakenly) implied that Minecraft was "Cooler than Spock!"

Additionally, among the many languages the game is available in is Klingon.

Mortal Kombat games

In Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, Captain Marvel tells Superman, Deathstroke the Terminator, and the Joker that their enemy is called Dark Kahn. Joker replies with a Kirk-like "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!" with appropriate echoes. When Joker is finished, Deathstroke promptly tells him to shut up.

Quest for Glory 2

In the Quest for Glory 2 introduction, the Enterprise-D is clearly seen in the sky and warps away seconds later.

RuneScape

  • Log entries for the player-owned port mini-game begin with "Captain's log, Runedate..."
  • Players can also name their ships Enterprise or Defiant (from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine).
  • The character Auguste (from the "Enlightened Journey" quest) was modeled after Jean-Luc Picard.
  • The Bork boss is a reference to the Borg; some of the monsters summoned by him will shout phrases like "We are the collective!" and "Resistance is futile!"

Roblox

A virtual "hair" was released on the site's catalog called "Trecky Hair" for a users "Robloxian" avatar. This hair closely resembles a typical haircut that many Starfleet officers had on the Original Series.

Rogue Galaxy

A late chapter in the PS2 game Rogue Galaxy is entitled "All Good Things..."

Secret of Monkey Island

The lookout character says "Hey, I'm a lookout, not a bodyguard."

Spongebob games

In the PS2 game Spongebob: the Battle for Bikini Bottom, the mermalair level's boss is named Prawn. Dialogue with Mermaidman and Prawn leads Mermaidman to drop to his knees and yell, "PRAAAAAAAAAAAWN!!!" and is even true to the angle from the movie.

StarCraft

A possible unit conversation for a Terran medic is "state the nature of your medical emergency". In one of the humorous taunts, the medic can say "He's dead, Jim".

Star Fox 64

The boss of the Sector X area makes continual references to the whereabouts of its creator, not unlike V'Ger in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Star Fox Assault

The game's main villains, the Aparoids, share many similarities with the Borg. Both races see themselves as the pinnacle of evolution, seek to "perfect" other life forms through forced assimilation, and are led by a queen. The Aparoids are an insectoid race, much like the original concept for the Borg.

Star Wars games

A side quest in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is called "The Trouble with Gizka", a possible reference to "The Trouble with Tribbles" (the gizka share the tribbles' considerable ability of rapid reproduction). The game also shares many aesthetic similarities to Star Trek and other non-Star Wars sci-fi.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time

The eight level of the game (the ninth in the SNES platform version) is titled: Starbase: Where No Turtle Has Gone Before. The level is set in the future (the year 2100) and features enemies using transporters.

Unreal games

In Unreal 2: The Awakening, Aida is stated to be a master of three-dimensional chess. A board identical to those seen in Star Trek is present in her quarters.

World of Warcraft

The various teleporter operators in WoW are named after Star Trek engineers: "Scooty" (Scotty), "Jhordy Lapforge" (Geordi La Forge), and "Smiles O'Byron" (Miles O'Brien, or possibly his mirror counterpart "Smiley")

Other parodies and references

USS Enterprise nanomodel

Micrometer-scale USS Enterprise

IBM one nanometer USS Enterprise

Nanometer-scale USS Enterprise made up of individual atoms

  • Stand up comics have also been known to reference Star Trek as part of their acts. Bill Bailey has pointed out how his microphone makes him look like a Klingon motivational speaker, and Eddie Izzard has a routine of how the crew of the Enterprise could defeat enemies with different phaser settings. Two such examples are the "depression", and "I've left the oven on" settings.
  • In 2010, Takayuki Hoshino and Shinji Matsui of the Himeji Institute of Technology created a 8.8-micrometer-long USS Enterprise replica. [11]
  • In 2013, IBM nanophysicists created Star Trek logos, USS Enterprise images, and Vulcan salute images using individual atoms. These images measured as small as a single nanometer long and were magnified 100 million times using a scanning tunneling microscope supercooled to -268 Celsius. These images were later used for the Star Trek Into Darkness mobile app. [12]
  • In 2013, the American Internal Revenue Service became embroiled in a scandal when it transpired that they had produced a Star Trek themed instructional video, considered to be an example of wasteful spending. The video showed a mission of the Enterprise Y to the planet Notax, which threatened to descend into chaos due to noncompliance with the tax code. It also featured a Spock parody. $60,000 was reported to have been spent on this video and another one based on Gilligan's Island, although the latter video did not get nearly as much media attention. Perhaps even more disturbing than the spending ethics, the video showed the characters wearing TNG-era uniforms while being set on a Constitution class bridge.
  • In the distributed computing community, the act of installing a client on someone else's computer is sometimes referred to as "borging" (similar to how the Borg assimilates other species' technology for the collective's benefit).
  • Two commercials for the Samsung Galaxy Gear watch showed off various wrist-mounted devices from popular franchises, Star Trek one of them.
  • A commercial for Kure 5-56 rust proofing spray uses images from Into Darkness [13]
  • The Los Angeles street artist Mr. Brainwash made several Star Trek related artworks, including one in which he put Marilyn Monroe's hair on Spock (part of a series where he put the hair on a number of famous people).
  • A baseball pitch known as the (Vulcan changeup) is one in which the fingers are split like the "live long and prosper" sign.
  • In 2015, a print ad for the job search website Workopolis [14] made use of Spock's image to make a point about including hobbies on your resume.
  • During the Canadian federal election campaign in 2015, someone parodied Liberal party candidates' intense campaign posters by putting a picture of a bug-eyed Gowron on a spoof poster, ostensibly running in the riding of "Qo'noS-Praxis- Verdun". [15]
  • Certain of the features of Pluto's largest moon Charon that were identified in the 2015 New Horizons flyby were (provisionally) named after science fiction concepts. Specifically, a large planum has been called Vulcan, and notable craters at this planum Kirk, Spock, Uhura and Sulu.

"I'm a doctor, not a..."

Dr. Leonard McCoy's signature phrase "I'm a doctor, not a..." occurs in several parodies and homages to Star Trek:

  • Dr. McCoy (as played by Dan Aykroyd): "I'm a doctor, not a tailor, dammit." ("The Last Voyage of the Enterprise")
  • Dr. McCoy (as played by Phil Hartman in response to William Shatner (as Kirk) stating someone needs medical attention): "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a - oh, sure!" ("Star Trek V: The Restaurant Enterprise")
  • Doctor Cottle: "I'm a doctor, not a Viper pilot!" (Battlestar Galactica)
  • Tolin Dorden: "I'm a medic, not a soldier!" (Gaunt's Ghosts)
  • DeForest Kelley: "I'm not a doctor, I'm a convicted murderer." (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In)
  • DeForest Kelley: "How should I know? I'm an actor, not a doctor." (a commercial for Trivial Pursuit)
  • Star Trek t-shirt: "Dammit Jim, I'm not a doctor, I just play one on TV" [16]
  • Dr. Helena Russell: "I'm a doctor, John, not a miracle worker!" (Space: 1999)
  • Wreck-Gar: "I'm a doctor, not a forklift." (Transformers)
  • HK-47: "Dammit master, I am an assassin droid, not a dictionary!" (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic)
  • Todo 360: "I am a techno-service droid, not a butler droid!" (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
  • Ace Ventura: "For God sake, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a pool man." (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective)
  • Malaka: "Damnit man, I'm a doctor, not an English teacher!" (Dragonball Abridged; episode 12)
  • Dr. Carson Beckett: "I'm a medical doctor, not a bloody fighter pilot!" (Stargate Atlantis)
  • Dr. Doppler: "Dang it, Jim, I'm an astronomer, not a doctor! I mean, I am a doctor, but I'm not that kind of doctor." (Treasure Planet)
  • Will Smith: "Dammit, Jim, I'm a black boy from Philly, not a doctor!" (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)
  • Zoolander's father: "Damnit, Derek, I'm a coal miner, not a professional film or television actor." (Zoolander)
  • McCoy: "Forget it. I'm a doctor, not a patsy." (Family Guy)
  • William Shatner: "Dammit, I'm a doctor, not a... oh!" (Saturday Night Live)
  • Leotard Buns McCorduroy: "Dammit Gym, I'm a doctor not a... on my way sir!" Sev Trek currently available at Star Trek Minutiae
  • Nita: "Sker', I'm a wizard, not an engineer!" (Wizards at War)
  • On the TV series Unfabulous, Principal Brandywine uses lines that follow the pattern of, "This is school [or name of a school-related object or place], not a/an/the [event, time, place or object unrelated to school]!", or "You're a middle school student, not [a famous person who does what the student is doing]!", or "I'm a middle school principal, not a doctor [or other jobs outside school]!"
  • An elderly man, when inquired about potions: "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a miracle worker. Ask someone else!" (Final Fantasy IX)
  • Marvin (the manic depressive robot in the motion picture of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) after being told to "freeze", states: "I'm a robot, not a refrigerator."
  • In the animated TV series X-Men: Evolution episode 7, "Storm", a mutant with weather altering powers,says "I'm a weather witch, not a snowplough!"
  • Stranded with four others on a deserted planet in "a Donner party situation," McCoy says, "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a–" then is interrupted by the others saying "–a cannibal, yes, we know, we know." McCoy then lowers his head and asks himself, "Am I really that predictable?" (Robot Chicken)
  • At one point in the Wii video game Trauma Center: New Blood, surgeon Valerie Blaylock says "We're doctors, not diplomats!"
  • In Spiderman 3, when asked about the mysterious black substance shown him, Peter Parker's science professor remarks, "What do you want me to do? I'm a physicist, not a biologist."
  • On the television series Eleventh Hour episode 11 Dr. Jacob Hood, trapped with his handler in a freezer remarks, "I'm a scientist not MacGyver, shoot the door".
  • Dr. McCoy (voiced by Frank Welker): "Darn it Yakko, I'm a doctor not a magician." (Animaniacs)
  • Robot running soda fountain: "I am a robot, not a miracle worker." (SpongeBob SquarePants)
  • Miss Tutweiller: "I am an educator, not a warden!" (The Suite Life on Deck)
  • Dr. Valsh, in response to Phil Wenneck's request for directions: "I'm a doctor, not a tour guide." (The Hangover)
  • Fred: "I'm not a resistance fighter, I'm a doctor." (V: The Final Battle)
  • Taran: "I'm a warrior, not a pig keeper." (The Black Cauldron)
  • Tailor "I'm a clothier, not a doctor." (Schlock Mercenary)
  • Jean Valjean: "This is a factory, not a circus!"" (Les Misérables)
  • Ambassador Dennis Crocker: "Damn it, I'm an ambassador, not a doctor!" (Fallout: New Vegas)
  • In a sketch depicting every episode of Star Trek, by comedy group the Frantics, McCoy says, "I'm a doctor, not a physician."
  • In the "Do No Harm" episode of Lost, during a flashback, Jack Shephard confides in his father before his wedding that he is having difficulty writing his vows, to which Christian Shephard responds with "you're a doctor, not a writer." This is a reference to the famous catch phrase of Doctor Leonard H. McCoy.

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