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''[[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 '''''[[startrek:Star Trek|Star Trek]]''''' series which is one the most referenced things in ''Futurama''. Following is a complete list of connections between ''Futurama'' and ''Star Trek''.
! Name (with link)
 
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*TOS : ''[[startrek:Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek: The Original Series]]''
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*TAS : ''[[startrek:Star Trek: The Animated Series|Star Trek: The Animated Series]]''
|[http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2010/05/05/exclusive-first-look-at-the-first-new-episode-of-futurama/ Exclusive First Look at the First New Episode of ''Futurama'']||"[[Rebirth]]"||5 May, 2010||Still||[[File:Rebirth preview screenshot (skeleton shot).jpg|150px]]
*TNG : ''[[startrek:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''
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*DS9 : ''[[startrek:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''
*VOY : ''[[startrek:Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek: Voyager]]''
*ENT : ''[[startrek:Star Trek: Enterprise|Star Trek: Enterprise]]''
*Film : [[startrek:Star Trek films|Star Trek films]]
 
''Note: Most of the external links go to [[startrek:Portal:Main|Memory Alpha, The Star Trek Wiki]]''
 
==Crew==
There have been a number of people who work on both ''Star Trek'' and ''Futurama''.
 
===Voices===
*[[Leonard Nimoy]]: He is best known for his role as [[startrek:Spock|Spock]] ([[startrek:Leonard_Nimoy#Appearances|''Apperances'']], [[startrek:Leonard_Nimoy#Directing_credits|''Director'']], [[startrek:Leonard_Nimoy#Writing_credits|''Writer'']]). He appeared as himself in "[[Space Pilot 3000]]", "[[Where No Fan Has Gone Before]]" and he cameos in ''[[Bender's Big Score]]'' (non-speaking).
*[[George Takei]]: He is best known for his role as [[startrek:Hikaru Sulu|Hikaru Sulu]] ([[startrek:George_Takei#Credits|''Apperances'']], [[startrek:George_Takei#Books|''Author'']]). He has voiced himself in "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" and ''[[Bender's Game]]''.
*[[Nichelle Nichols]]: She is best known for her role as [[startrek:Uhura|Uhura]] ([[startrek:Nichelle_Nichols#Appearances|''Appearances'']], [[startrek:Nichelle_Nichols#Books_authored|''Author'']]). She appeared as herself in "[[Anthology of Interest I]]" and "Where No Fan Has Gone Before".
*[[startrek:Walter Koenig|Walter Koenig]]: He is best known for his role as [[startrek:Pavel Chekov|Pavel Chekov]] ([[startrek:Walter_Koenig#Appearances|''Appearances'']], [[startrek:Walter_Koenig#Books|''Author'']], [[startrek:Walter_Koenig#Other_works|''Writer'']]). He appeared as himself in "Where No Fan Has Gone Before".
*[[William Shatner]]: He is best known for his role as [[startrek:James T. Kirk|James T. Kirk]] ([[startrek:William_Shatner#Appearances_as_Kirk|''Appearances'']], [[startrek:William_Shatner#Other_projects_and_appearances|''Other'']]). He appeared as himself in "Where No Fan Has Gone Before".
*[[Jonathan Frakes]]: He is best known for his role as [[startrek:William T. Riker|William T. Riker]] ([[startrek:Jonathan_Frakes#Acting_credits|''Appearances'']], [[startrek:Jonathan_Frakes#Directing_credits|''Director'']]). He appeared as himself in "Where No Fan Has Gone Before".
*[[startrek:Bumper Robinson|Bumper Robinson]]: Portrayed [[startrek:Unnamed_Jem'Hadar#Jem.27Hadar_Youth|unamed Jem'Hadar teenager]] in [[startrek:The Abandoned (episode)|"The Abandoned" (DS9)]].  He voices [[Dwight Conrad]] in ''Futurama''.
*[[Sarah Silverman]]: Portrayed [[startrek:Rain Robinson|Rain Robinson]] in episodes [[startrek:Future's End (episode)|"Future's End" (VOY)]] and [[startrek:Future's End, Part II (episode)|"Future's End, Part II" (VOY)]]. She provided the voice of [[Michelle]] in ''Futurama''.
*[[Stephen Hawking]]: He portrayed [[startrek:Stephen Hawking|himself]] once and has been mentioned on ''Star Trek'' a few times. He voiced himself in "Anthology of Interest I" amd ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]''.
*[[Frank Welker]]: Provided voice of a screaming child [[startrek:Spock|Spock]] in [[startrek:Star Trek III: The Search for Spock|''Star Trek III: The Search for Spock'']], additional voices in the [[startrek:Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (game)|''Star Trek: Starfleet Academy'']] series, an "alien creature" in [[startrek:Nothing Human (episode)|"Nothing Human" (VOY)]], voices in [[startrek:Star Trek: Starfleet Command - Orion Pirates|''Star Trek: Starfleet Command - Orion Pirates'']] and [[startrek:Star Trek: Starfleet Command II - Empires at War|''Star Trek: Starfleet Command II - Empires at War'']]. He has done [[Frank_welker#Characters_Voiced|many]] (namely [[Nibbler]]) voices for ''Futurama''.
 
===Other===
*[[startrek:David A. Goodman|David A. Goodman]]: "Writer" for ''Star Trek: Enterprise''. He got the job as a writer on ''Enterprise'' because of his writing for the ''Futurama'' episode "Where No Fan Has Gone Before".
*[[startrek:Tim Simonec|Tim Simonec]]: "Conductor" and "Principal Orchestrator" for 2009's [[startrek:Star Trek (film)|Star Trek (film)]]. He has done some musical work on ''Futurama'' as well.
 
==''Star Trek'' in ''Futurama''==
''Star Trek'' has appeared in ''Futurama'' on many occasions:
 
===[[Season 1]]===
'''{{elink|1ACV13|Fry and the Slurm Factory}}'''
*A variant of [[startrek:Three-dimensional chess|Three-dimensional chess]], Three-dimensional Scrabble, appears in this episode.
 
===[[Season 2]]===
'''{{elink|2ACV10|A Clone of My Own}}'''
*[[Captain Musky]] is a tribute to [[startrek:Christopher Pike|Christopher Pike]].
 
===[[Season 3]]===
 
===[[Season 4]]===
'''{{elink|4ACV15|The Farnsworth Parabox}}'''
*[[Parallel universes|Universe 1]] is similar to the [[startrek:Mirror universe|Mirror universe]] in ''Star Trek''.
**''Star Trek'' also has [[startrek:Alternate timeline|Alternate timelines]] and [[startrek:Parallel universe|Parallel universes]].
 
==={{elink|4ACV11|Where No Fan Has Gone Before}}===
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:
*A character created to replace [[startrek:James Doohan|James Doohan]] as [[startrek:Montgomery Scott|Montgomery Scott]] in the cast was named [[Welshie]]. He (or more specifically, the actor who played him) was killed, dismembered, and vaporized by three separate blasts from a cloud creature named [[Melllvar]]. This is reference to the [[startrek:Redshirt|Redshirt]].
**In addition, the [[Democratic Order of Planets]] (D.O.O.P.) has a [[DOOP Army|military force]] composed of men in red uniforms, who are often utilized as cannon fodder.
 
===[[Season 5|Films]]===
'''{{flink|Bender's Big Score}}'''
'''{{flink|The Beast with a Billion Backs}}'''
'''{{flink|Bender's Game}}'''
'''{{flink|Into the Wild Green Yonder}}'''
 
===[[:Category:Games|Video Game]]===
'''{{g|1}}'''
 
===[[Comic Listing|Comics]]===
'''{{clink|US#025|Robot Robin Hood}}'''
 
===Other===
*''Star Trek'' sound effects are often used in the show.
*Stories about "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" appear in [[startrek:Star Trek Monthly issue 93|Star Trek Monthly issue 93]] and [[startrek:Star Trek Monthly issue 105|Star Trek Monthly issue 105]].
*[[startrek:Whispers (episode)|"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 [[wikipedia:Futurama (New York World's Fair)|Futurama exhibit]], which ''Futurama'' was named after, was visited by [[startrek:Benny Russell|Benny Russell]] while at the New York World's Fair in July 1940 in the [[startrek:Far Beyond the Stars (novel)|novelization]] of the episode [[startrek:Far Beyond the Stars (episode)|"Far Beyond the Stars" (DS9)]].
 
==See also==
*[[In popular culture]] for connections to ''Futurama'' other than in ''Star Trek''.
**[[Star Wars connections]] for connections to ''Futurama'' and ''[[starwars:Star Wars|Star Wars]]''
**[[Simpsons connections]] for connections to ''Futurama'' and ''[[wikipedia:The Simpsons|The Simpsons]]''.

Latest revision as of 05:38, 16 May 2010

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