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[[Image:|250px|thumb|The Star Trek Logo]] Futurama, being a comedy science fiction TV show, is bound to make references to other science fiction works. One of the most famous science fiction franchise is the Star Trek series which is one the most referenced things in Futurama. Following is a complete list of connections between Futurama and Star Trek.

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Note: Most of the external links go to Memory Alpha, The Star Trek Wiki

Crew

There have been a number of people who work on both Star Trek and Futurama:

Voices

• Frank Welker: Provided voice of a screaming child Spock in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, additional voices in the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy series, an "alien creature" in "Nothing Human" (Voyager), voices in Star Trek: Starfleet Command - Orion Pirates and Star Trek: Starfleet Command II - Empires at War. He has done many (namely Nibbler) voices for Futurama.
• George Takei: He is best known for playing Hikaru Sulu, though has also done Megan spirits, Hikaru Sulu (mirror), Kuri and an unnamed USS Huron male lieutenant'. He has voiced himself in "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" and Bender's Game.

Star Trek in Futurama

Star Trek has appeared in Futurama on many occasions:

Season 1

"Fry and the Slurm Factory" (1ACV13)

• A variant of Three-dimensional chess, Three-dimensional Scrabble, appears in this episode.

Season 4

"The Farnsworth Parabox" (4ACV15)

• Universe 1 is similar to the Mirror universe in Star Trek.
  • Star Trek has several other Parallel universes, as does Futurama.

"Where No Fan Has Gone Before" (4ACV11)

This episode is almost entirely based on Star Trek which is why, due to amount of references, this section is dedicated to the one episode:

Films

Bender's Big Score

The Beast with a Billion Backs

Bender's Game

Into the Wild Green Yonder

Video Game

Futurama (video game)

Comics

"Robot Robin Hood" (US#025)

Other

• "Whispers" (Deep Space Nine) is the favorite Star Trek episode of David X. Cohen, who says he finds it has "a slightly Futurama-esque storyline."
• The Futurama exhibit, which Futurama was named after, was visited by Benny Russell while at the New York World's Fair in July 1940 in the novelization of the episode "Far Beyond the Stars" (Deep Space Nine).

Futurama in Star Trek

Futurama has appeared in Star Trek (though no where near as much as Star Trek in Futurama) on several occasions:

See also

• In popular culture for connections to Futurama other than in Star Trek.
  • Star Wars connections for connections to Futurama and Star Wars
  • Simpsons connections for connections to Futurama and The Simpsons.