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| [[Category:Misc]][[Category:Futurama]][[Category:Allusions]]
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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''.
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| '''''(Image)''''' : Indicates that it has a picture to the right.
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| '''Key''':
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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]]''
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| *VOY : ''[[startrek:Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek: Voyager]]''
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| *ENT : ''[[startrek:Star Trek: Enterprise|Star Trek: Enterprise]]''
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| *Film : [[startrek:Star Trek films|Star Trek films]]
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| *Game : [[startrek:Games|Games]]
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| ''Note: Most of the external links go to [[startrek:Portal:Main|Memory Alpha, The Star Trek Wiki]]''
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| ==Crew==
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| There have been a number of people who work on both ''Star Trek'' and ''Futurama''.
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| ===Voices===
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| *[[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).
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| *[[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]]''.
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| *[[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".
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| *[[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".
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| *[[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".
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| *[[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".
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| *[[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''.
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| *[[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''.
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| *[[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" and ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]''.
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| *[[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'' (Film)]], additional voices in the [[startrek:Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (game)|''Star Trek: Starfleet Academy'' (Game)]] 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'' (Game)]] and [[startrek:Star Trek: Starfleet Command II - Empires at War|''Star Trek: Starfleet Command II - Empires at War'' (Game)]]. He has done [[Frank_welker#Characters_Voiced|many]] (namely [[Nibbler]]) voices for ''Futurama''.
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| ===Other===
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| *[[startrek:David A. Goodman|David A. Goodman]]: "Writer" for ENT. He got the job as a writer on ENT because of his writing for the ''Futurama'' episode "Where No Fan Has Gone Before".
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| *[[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.
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| ==''Star Trek'' in ''Futurama''== | |
| [[Image:Leonard Nimoy.jpg|200px|thumb|Leonard "Spock" Nimoy]]
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| ''Star Trek'' has appeared in ''Futurama'' on many occasions:
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| ===[[Season 1]]===
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| '''{{elink|1ACV01|Space Pilot 3000}}'''
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| *In addition to the setting, part of the original concept for the show was that there would be a lot of advanced technology similar to that seen in ''Star Trek'', but it would be constantly malfunctioning. The automatic doors at [[Applied Cryogenics]] resemble those in TOS; however, they malfunction when Fry remarks on this similarity.
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| *The introduction is reminiscent of ''Star Trek'' intros in TOS and TNG. "Space: The Final Frontier..." becomes "Space: It seems to go on and on forever...". It also has similar music and voice-over.
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| *Leonard Nimoy says that he no longer does the [[startrek:Vulcan salute|Vulcan salute]], "Live Long and Prosper".
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| **It is presumed in this episode it is simply because he has no hands, but the truth behind this statement is seen in the future episode, "Where No Fan Has Gone Before".
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| *The rows of jars containing heads, with the one jar containing Nimoy's head in front to greet people, is reminiscent of the episode [[startrek:Return to Tomorrow (episode)|"Return To Tomorrow" (TOS)]], where the alien minds were preserved in glowing spheres, with [[startrek:Sargon|Sargon]] in the one sphere in front.
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| '''{{elink|1ACV02|The Series Has Landed}}'''
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| *We see that [[wikipedia:Cap'n Crunch|Cap'n Crunch]] is promoted to Admiral. In ''Star Trek'' (most noticably TNG) whenever we take a look into the "future", the Captains are always Admirals.
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| '''{{elink|1ACV03|I, Roommate}}'''
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| *A [[Huge Assed Woman|lady from the apartment]] next to Fry and Bender claims that Bender's thoughts are being transmitted to her cell phone. When she closes the phone, it beeps like the [[startrek:Communicator|Communicator]] from ''Star Trek''.
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| '''{{elink|1ACV04|Love's Labours Lost in Space}}'''
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| *TOS uniforms were made of velour.
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| *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.
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| *[[M5438]] is based off various [[startrek:Non-corporeal species|Non-corporeal species]] in ''Star Trek''.
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| *Zapp confuses [[startrek:Poker|Poker]] with [[startrek:Chess|Chess]] (a Kirk analogy).
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| *Zapp Brannigan's character was inspired by Captain Kirk from ''Star Trek''. To create the character, the writers imagined what it would be like if William Shatner himself, not James T. Kirk, were the captain of the [[startrek:USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|Enterprise]].
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| **In the DVD commentary to this episode, Zapp was described as being "40% Kirk, 60% Shatner."
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| *The idea for Zapp's first officer, [[Kif Kroker]], was based on the idea of Spock hating his captain, yet being dependant on him and doing his every whim.
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| *There is the use of a [[startrek:Captain's log|Captain's log]], complete with star date.
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| *[[Brannigan's Law]] is the equivalent to [[startrek:Starfleet|Starfleet's]] [[startrek:Prime Directive|Prime Directive]].
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| *At the [[The Hip Joint]], Fry meets a [[21st Century girl|woman from the 21st century]] who asks if he remembers "when those cyborgs enslaved Humanity?" This is a reference to [[startrek:Star Trek: First Contact|''Star Trek: First Contact'' (Film)]], when the [[startrek:Borg|Borg]] attempt to assimilate Earth.
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| '''{{elink|1ACV07|My Three Suns}}'''
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| *[[Trisolians]] live in a liquid state and refer to humanoids as [[startrek:Solids|"Solids"]]. This is quite similar to [[startrek:Changeling|Changelings]] from DS9.
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| '''{{elink|1ACV08|A Big Piece of Garbage}}'''
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| *Fry finds a "Mr Spock Collector's Plate" with a picture of Spock on it.
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| '''{{elink|1ACV09|Hell Is Other Robots}}'''
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| *Bender screaming at the universe is like a scene from [[startrek:Star Trek Generations|''Star Trek Generations'' (Film)]].
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| '''{{elink|1ACV10|A Flight to Remember}}'''
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| *Leela's bathing suit looks very like the one worn by [[startrek:Jadzia Dax|Jadzia Dax]] in the [[startrek:Let He Who Is Without Sin... (episode)|Let He Who Is Without Sin... (DS9)]]
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| '''{{elink|1ACV12|When Aliens Attack}}'''
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| *The [[startrek:Klaxon|Klaxon]] alarm sounds when Zoidberg escapes from the lobster trap.
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| *A door opens with the hatch noise used in ''Star Trek''.
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| *The mother ship is similar to old ''Star Trek'' ship models.
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| *Fry includes Captain [[startrek:Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]] and Uhura in a list of science fiction heroes.
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| *[[Omicron Persei 8]] appears to be influenced heavily by [[startrek:Qo'noS|Qo'noS]], home planet of the [[startrek:Klingon|Klingons]] on ''Star Trek''.
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| '''{{elink|1ACV13|Fry and the Slurm Factory}}'''
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| *A variant of [[startrek:Three-dimensional chess|Three-dimensional chess]], Three-dimensional Scrabble, is played by Lela and Farnsworth.
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| ===[[Season 2]]===
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| '''{{elink|2ACV01|I Second that Emotion}}'''
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| *Bender gets an [[startrek:Emotion chip|Emotion chip]], similar to Data's in ''Star Trek''.
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| '''{{elink|2ACV02|Brannigan, Begin Again}}'''
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| *DOOP is explicitly compared to the [[startrek:United Federation of Planets|United Federation of Planets]] by Hermes in the quote "Or like the Federation from your ''Star Trek'' Program".
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| *The "Neutral Zone" in which DOOP's temporary headquarters are located may be a reference to the [[startrek:Neutral zone|Neutral zone]] between the [[startrek:Romulan|Romulans]] and the Federation.
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| *When the [[Planet Express Ship]] comes into the new station, a riff on the theme of DS9 can be heard.
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| *The laser Zapp uses to cut the ribbon has settings of "Stun", "Kill" and "Hyperdeath™", a reference to [[startrek:Phaser|phasers]] from ''Star Trek''.
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| '''{{elink|2ACV03|A Head in the Polls}}'''
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| *The [[Brain Slugs]] could be an indirect reference to the slug-like young [[startrek:Ceti eel|Ceti eels]] that [[startrek:Khan Noonien Singh|Khan]] uses on [[startrek:Pavel Chekov|Chekov]] and [[startrek:Clark Terrell|Terrell]] in [[startrek:Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' (Film)]].
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| **Although in that case, they enter through the ear, but still affect the brain.
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| '''{{elink|2ACV05|Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?}}'''
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| *The entire episode, particularly the mating season and the ritual arena combat between Fry and Zoidberg, is based on [[startrek:Amok Time (episode)|"Amok Time" (TOS)]].
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| *When Zoidberg asks Amy to take the rubber bands off his claws (in a somewhat sexy manner), Amy's retort is "Fool me seven times, shame on you. Fool me eight or more times, shame on me." This line is a reference to a line in [[startrek:Friday's Child (episode)|"Friday's Child" (TOS)]].
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| *The national anthem of [[Decapod 10]] is the same music heard during the fight scene between Kirk and Spock from "Amok Time".
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| *The traditional Vulcan weapon used in the [[startrek:Kal-if-fee|Kal-if-fee]], the [[startrek:Ahn-woon|Ahn-woon]], is shown as one of the weapons Fry can choose from.
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| *"[[Claw-Plach]]" also sounds a lot like "Qapla'", the [[startrek:Klingonese|Klingonese]] word for "Success."
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| *The [[Decapodian]] frenzy looks like the [[startrek:Great Link|Great Link]] of the Changelings.
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| '''{{elink|2ACV06|The Lesser of Two Evils}}''' | |
| *[[Flexo]], Bender's "evil" twin, has a goatee like the [[startrek:Spock (mirror)|mirror Spock]].
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| '''{{elink|2ACV07|Put Your Head on My Shoulder}}'''
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| *The car [[Malfunctioning Eddie]] mentions in his television ad is a ''Plymouth V'ger'', a reference to the major plot device in [[startrek:Star Trek: The Motion Picture|''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'' (Film)]]. A sentient life form known as [[startrek:V'Ger|V'Ger]] that turns out to be [[startrek:National Aeronautics and Space Administration|NASA's]] [[startrek:Voyager 6|''Voyager 6'']] deep space probe and also a reference to the [[wikipedia:Plymouth Voyager|''Plymouth Voyager'']] minivan.
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| *Amy's compact makes the ''Star Trek'' communicator sound effect when it opens.
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| '''{{elink|2ACV10|A Clone of My Own}}'''
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| *[[Captain Musky]] is a tribute to [[startrek:Christopher Pike|Christopher Pike]].
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| **His introduction music is from TOS.
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| *The [[Planet Express Ship]] moves in a manner similar to ''Star Trek'''s [[startrek:Warp drive|Warp drives]].
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| *The Professor shows [[Cubert]] a [[Universal Translator]] device, which is similar in manner to ''Star Trek'''s [[startrek:Universal translator|Universal translator]].
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| '''{{elink|2ACV11|How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back}}'''
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| '''{{elink|2ACV12|The Deep South}}'''
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| '''{{elink|2ACV13|Bender Gets Made}}'''
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| '''{{elink|2ACV14|Mother's Day}}'''
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| '''{{elink|2ACV15|The Problem with Popplers}}'''
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| '''{{elink|2ACV16|Anthology of Interest I}}'''
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| '''{{elink|2ACV17|War Is the H-Word}}'''
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| '''{{elink|2ACV18|The Honking}}'''
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| '''{{elink|2ACV19|The Cryonic Woman}}'''
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| ===[[Season 3]]===
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| ===[[Season 4]]===
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| '''{{elink|4ACV15|The Farnsworth Parabox}}'''
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| *[[Parallel universes|Universe 1]] is similar to the [[startrek:Mirror universe|Mirror universe]] in ''Star Trek''.
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| **''Star Trek'' also has other [[startrek:Alternate timeline|Alternate timelines]] and [[startrek:Parallel universe|Parallel universes]].
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| ==={{elink|4ACV11|Where No Fan Has Gone Before}}===
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| 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:
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| *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]].
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| *Melllvar, like M5438, is based on various Non-corporeal species.
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| ===[[Season 5|Films]]===
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| '''{{flink|Bender's Big Score}}'''
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| '''{{flink|The Beast with a Billion Backs}}'''
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| '''{{flink|Bender's Game}}'''
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| '''{{flink|Into the Wild Green Yonder}}'''
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| ===[[:Category:Games|Video Game]]===
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| '''{{g|1}}'''
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| ===[[Comic Listing|Comics]]===
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| '''{{clink|US#025|Robot Robin Hood}}'''
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| ===Other===
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| *''Star Trek'' sound effects are often used in the show. See individual episodes for more info.
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| *In the [[Commentary:Hell_Is_Other_Robots#Second_Commentary|second commentary]] of "Hell is Other Robots", it is revealed that Bender was originally going to be based on "super-nerds" Spock and [[startrek:Data|Data]].
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| *In the [[Commentary:My Three Suns|commentary]] of "My Three Suns", it is revealed that [[Matt Groening]] has never seen ''Star Trek''. It is also joked that [[David X. Cohen]] is never ''not'' watching it.
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| *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]].
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| *[[startrek:Whispers (episode)|"Whispers" (DS9)]] is the favourite ''Star Trek'' episode of David X. Cohen, who says he finds it has "a slightly Futurama-esque storyline."
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| *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)]].
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| ==See also==
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| *[[In popular culture]] for connections to ''Futurama'' other than in ''Star Trek''.
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| **[[Star Wars connections]] for connections to ''Futurama'' and ''[[starwars:Star Wars|Star Wars]]''
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| **[[Simpsons connections]] for connections to ''Futurama'' and ''[[wikipedia:The Simpsons|The Simpsons]]''.
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