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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=== | |
| *[[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''==
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| [[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}}'''
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| *[[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|2ACV12|The Deep South}}'''
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| *Bender's announcement that "in the event of an emergency, my ass can be used as a floatation device" is a reference to the movie [[startrek:Star Trek: Insurrection|''Star Trek: Insurrection'' (Film)]], in which Data says "in the event of a water landing, I have been designed to serve as a flotation device" upon resurfacing in a lake.
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| *The noise that is heard when the [[Colonel]] switches the tourist information screen on is one of the many sound effects used from TOS.
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| '''{{elink|2ACV13|Bender Gets Made}}'''
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| *The console above the bed Leela is on when she is being examined looks like the vital signs monitor used in TOS. In ''Star Trek'', they are also placed above the beds.
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| '''{{elink|2ACV14|Mother's Day}}'''
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| '''{{elink|2ACV15|The Problem with Popplers}}'''
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| *The name of this episode comes from [[startrek:The Trouble with Tribbles (episode)|"The Trouble with Tribbles" (TOS)]].
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| *"Roddenberries" are a reference to ''Star Trek'''s creator, [[startrek:Gene Roddenberry|Gene Roddenberry]]
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| *"Type M" planets are a reference to ''Star Trek'''s [[startrek:Class M|"Class M"]].
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| '''{{elink|2ACV16|Anthology of Interest I}}'''
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| *Fry’s story is a reference to logical paradoxes often expressed in TOS lore.
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| *TOS cast member [[Nichelle Nichols]] appears in this episode wearing her ''Star Trek'' costume.
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| *The interior of the school bus used by the [[Vice Presidential Action Rangers]] is based on various ''Star Trek'' ships.
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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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| *The gangs of savage children and adolescents are similar to [[startrek:Miri (episode)|"Miri" (TOS)]].
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| ===[[Season 3]]===
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| '''{{elink|3ACV01|Amazon Women in the Mood}}'''
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| *The [[Femputer]] is similar in appearance to [[startrek:Landru|Landru]] from [[startrek:The Return of the Archons (episode)|"Return of the Archons" (TOS)]].
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| **Other episodes to have similar themes (computer ruling society) include [[startrek:The Paradise Syndrome (episode)|"The Paradise Syndrome" (TOS)]], [[startrek:The Apple (episode)|"The Apple" (TOS)]], [[startrek:A Taste of Armageddon (episode)|"A Taste of Armageddon" (TOS)]] and [[startrek:That Which Survives (episode)|"That Which Survives" (TOS)]].
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| *During Zapp's performance of "Leela", itself a parody of William Shatner's spoken word songs, one man exclaims, "He sickens me!" This is a reference to a quote from William Shatner in an outtake from ''Star Trek''. Upon hearing his producer telling him how to deliver a line, Shatner responded, "Please don't tell me how to do it. It sickens me."
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| '''{{elink|3ACV02|Parasites Lost}}'''
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| '''{{elink|3ACV03|A Tale of Two Santas}}'''
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| *Leela's logical paradox echoes the logical paradox that Captain James T. Kirk submits to the computer "Landru" in "The Return of the Archons" (TOS).
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| '''{{elink|3ACV04|The Luck of the Fryrish}}'''
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| *The [[startrek:Hypospray|Hypospray]] Bender uses is modeled after the ones on ''Star Trek''.
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| '''{{elink|3ACV05|The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz}}'''
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| *[[Free Waterfall Sr.]] failed to stop the oil tanker with a ring of protestors because spaceships can move in three dimensions, a fact he forgot to consider; in ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' (Film), Khan lost a battle for the same reason.
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| '''{{elink|3ACV06|Bendless Love}}'''
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| '''{{elink|3ACV07|The Day the Earth Stood Stupid}}'''
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| *In [[startrek:Operation -- Annihilate! (episode)|"Operation -- Annihilate!" (TOS)]], Spock describes a similar line of planet-wide cultures being destroyed by large single-celled flying parasites. The crew later surmises the parasites are brain cells that are somehow interconnected to make up a large intelligent brain.
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| '''{{elink|3ACV08|That's Lobstertainment!}}'''
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| *During the Emmy Awards, one of the categories awarded included the "Best Product Placement." Of the three placement nominations, the first was entitled "Star Trek: The Pepsi Generation," showing a still image of Spock holding a can of Pepsi.
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| '''{{elink|3ACV09|The Cyber House Rules}}'''
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| *Phasers are used in "Phaser Eye Surgery".
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| '''{{elink|3ACV10|Where the Buggalo Roam}}'''
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| *The music heard while showing the [[Nimbus]] is reminiscent of the theme to ''Star Trek''.
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| *The [[Martians]] use the same symbol as the alien race possessing Data in [[startrek:Masks (episode)|"Masks" (TNG)]]. It can be seen in the chamber where Kif is going to be killed and in one of the ships leaving [[Mars]].
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| '''{{elink|3ACV11|Insane in the Mainframe}}'''
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| '''{{elink|3ACV12|The Route of All Evil}}'''
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| '''{{elink|3ACV13|Bendin' in the Wind}}'''
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| *Bender lands at "Fisherman's Worf", named after the TNG character Worf.
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| '''{{elink|3ACV14|Time Keeps on Slippin'}}'''
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| '''{{elink|3ACV15|I Dated a Robot}}'''
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| *There is a ''Star Trek'' debating forum called OldTREK-vs-NewTREK.web on the [[Internet]]. The TOS fan claims Kirk could kick [[startrek:Jean-Luc Picard|Picard]]'s ass. The TNG fan argues that at least Picard could admit he was bald.
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| '''{{elink|3ACV16|A Leela of Her Own}}'''
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| *The [[Blernsball]] Hall of Fame exhibit to honour "players who broke the various colour barriers", shows a green alien, a purple alien, and the [[startrek:Cheron native|half black and half white alien]] from [[startrek:Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (episode)|"Let That Be Your Last Battlefield" (TOS)]].
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| '''{{elink|3ACV17|A Pharaoh to Remember}}'''
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| '''{{elink|3ACV18|Anthology of Interest II}}'''
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| '''{{elink|3ACV19|Roswell that Ends Well}}'''
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| *Fry pushing Enos out of the way of an oncoming car could be a reference to [[startrek:The City on the Edge of Forever (episode)|"The City on the Edge of Forever" (TOS)]].
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| *The end of the episode, when Bender loses his head in the past only to have it recovered in the next scene 1,000 years later, is a parody of the same thing happening to Data in [[startrek:Time's Arrow (episode)|Time's Arrow (TNG)]].
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| *The table top in the diner has a [[startrek:USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS Enterprise]] insignia (also used as a logo for ''Star Trek'').
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| *This episode provides an alternate explanation for the Roswell incident similar to [[startrek:Little Green Men (episode)|Little Green Men (DS9)]]
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| *The method of time travel is visually similar to that in [[startrek:Star Trek: First Contact|''Star Trek: First Contact'' (Film)]] and the [[startrek:Bajoran wormhole|Bajoran wormhole]] from [[startrek:Emissary (episode)|"Emissary" (TNG)]].
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| *Dr [[startrek:Julian Bashir|Julian Bashir]] thinks he may have been sent back to become his own great grandfather in [[startrek:Trials and Tribble-ations (episode)|"Trials and Tribble-ations" (DS9)]].
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| *This episode also references ''Star Trek'' in general as Leela claims she will have the last of the ship fixed in ten hours. Farnsworth, in the classic fashion of ''Star Trek'', reduces that to eight hours.
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| '''{{elink|3ACV20|Godfellas}}'''
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| *This episodes opening [[List of title captions|Title Caption]] is "[[:Image:Title Caption Episode 0320.png|Please turn off all cell phones and tricorders]]". [[startrek:Tricorder|Tricorders]] are from ''Star Trek''.
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| '''{{elink|3ACV21|Future Stock}}'''
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| *The stock exchange space station shows stock abbreviations including, amongst others, KIRK, [[startrek:Gorn|GORN]], and [[startrek:Q|Q]].
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| '''{{elink|3ACV22|The 30% Iron Chef}}'''
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| *There is a space-rail car labelled "Wrath-of-Conrail", a reference to [[startrek:Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' (Film)]] and [[wikipedia:Consolidated Rail Corporation|Conrail]].
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| ===[[Season 4]]===
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| '''{{elink|4ACV01|Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch}}'''
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| *The episode appears to be a parody of [[startrek:Unexpected (episode)|"Unexpected" (ENT)]], in which [[startrek:Charles Tucker III|Charles Tucker III]] becomes impregnated by a female [[startrek:Xyrillian|Xyrillian]] through physical contact while on her ship's holodeck.
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| *The Holo-Shed is programmed in BASIC because the writers were amused by the idea that in the ''Star Trek'' universe any simulation one wants to experience has already been painstakingly programmed.
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| *The mission on which Amy stows away is "delivering pain medicine to the hive mind of Nigel 7." This may be a reference to [[startrek:Rigel VII|Rigel VII]].
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| *Amy's calendar lists "Hang with Walter Koening" on Sun 28 before she switches to "motherhood mode". The name is spelled incorrectly on the calendar. [[Walter Koenig]] played Chekov in TOS.
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| *The toilet has a stun and kill setting like phasers.
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| *The [[Holo-Shed]] parodies the [[startrek:Holodeck|Holodeck]].
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| *Holo-Shed characters gone real [[startrek:Redjac|Jack the Ripper]], Professor [[startrek:James Moriarty|James Moriarty]] and [[startrek:Abraham Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln]] also appear in ''Star Trek''.
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| *The crew is later treated in the "Sickbay and [[startrek:Horta|Horta]] Burn Ward" by Dr. [[startrek:Leonard McCoy|"Veins" McGee]]. A deleted scene includes a line by Veins where he exclaims: "Dammit Zapp, [[startrek:I'm a doctor, not a...|I'm a doctor, not a miracle worker!]]".
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| '''{{elink|4ACV02|Leela's Homeworld}}'''
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| *The computer on [[Warden Vogel]]'s desk appears similar to the personal computers used in TNG.
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| '''{{elink|4ACV03|Love and Rocket}}'''
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| *Zoidberg's mentioning of the gangster and cowboy worlds is a reference to ''Star Trek''.
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| *The idea of a computer upgrade replacing a "male" personality with a "female" one also appeared in [[startrek:Tomorrow is Yesterday (episode)|"Tomorrow Is Yesterday" (TOS)]].
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| *The romantic glow is a reference to the anomaly from [[startrek:All Good Things... (episode)|"All Good Things..." (TNG)]].
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| '''{{elink|4ACV04|Less than Hero}}'''
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| '''{{elink|4ACV05|A Taste of Freedom}}'''
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| *A Klingon embassy can be seen in the background, they are a famous alien species in ''Star Trek''.
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| '''{{elink|4ACV06|Bender Should Not Be Allowed on Television}}'''
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| *When the Execubots arrive, the Red Alert sound from TOS is played.
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| '''{{elink|4ACV07|Jurassic Bark}}'''
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| *Fry says "Live long and prosper" and does the Vulcan Salute to [[Seymour]] when they first meet.
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| '''{{elink|4ACV08|Crimes of the Hot}}'''
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| '''{{elink|4ACV09|Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles}}'''
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| *[[startrek:Rascals (episode)|"Rascals" (TNG)]] has the crew reverting to younger versions of themselves.
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| *There is the use of a tricorder. The sound it makes comes from the [[startrek:USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) library computer|USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) library computer]].
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| *The Planet Express spaceship's high beams accidentally destroys the [[startrek:Deep Space 9|Deep Space 9 space-station]].
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| **In the [[Commentary:Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles|commentary]], the production staff comment that this does not mean they disliked DS9 and they thought it was one of the best ''Star Trek'' series, "especially when [[startrek:Worf|Worf]] got there".
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| *Leela reads the titles of stories from the book "A Child's Garden of Space Stories". One of these stories is "Charlotte's Tholian Web", a reference to "The Tholian Web" (TOS). The cover has a piture of a Gorn.
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| *The essential plot of the main characters growing younger and being saved by the oldest among them is from [[startrek:The Counter-Clock Incident (episode)|"The Counter-Clock Incident" (TAS)]].
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| '''{{elink|4ACV10|The Why of Fry}}'''
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| '''{{elink|4ACV12|The Sting}}'''
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| *Scruffy wears a Scottish out-fit and plays the bagpipes at the funeral - a spoof of ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' (Film), Spock's funeral, complete with Scruffy playing the bagpipes like Scotty did and the casket being shot into space.
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| *This episode bears similarities to [[startrek:The Tholian Web (episode)|"The Tholian Web" (TOS)]], in which Kirk is mistakenly presumed dead. Uhura sees him calling for help and thinks she is losing her mind.
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| *In [[startrek:Frame of Mind (episode)|"Frame Of Mind" (TNG)]], commander Riker is caught in a situation much like Leela's. He's rendered unconscious by aliens, and in a dream that's becoming increasingly weird, he start to question his own sanity, as nothing is what it appears to be.
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| *In [[startrek:Night Terrors (episode)|"Night Terrors" (TNG)]], counselor [[startrek:Deanna Troi|Troi]] find herself floating in outer space (much like Leela) in one of her dreams. Slowly the recurring dream takes its toll on her mental health. In the end it turns out the "nightmares" was caused by aliens attempting to communicate with her.
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| *In [[startrek:Demon (episode)|"Demon" (VOY)]], the Voyager crew discover a biologic substance that can make replicas of humans/aliens based on a few strands of DNA, much like the Fry replica in Leela's dream.
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| '''{{elink|4ACV13|Bend Her}}'''
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| '''{{elink|4ACV14|Obsoletely Fabulous}}'''
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| '''{{elink|4ACV15|The Farnsworth Parabox}}'''
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| *[[Parallel universes|Universe 1]] (and Farnsworth saying that all alternate universes are "evil") 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|4ACV16|Three Hundred Big Boys}}'''
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| *As Fry drinks more and more coffee the effects of the caffeine make him more and more agitated until the 100th, when he relaxes into a calm Zen-like state, albeit moving at several hundred times normal speed. This scene is a reference to (amongst other science fiction works) [[startrek:Wink of an Eye (episode)|"Wink of an Eye" (TOS)]]. The hummingbird he sees is particularly reminiscent to a time-slowing scene in [[startrek:Star Trek: Insurrection|''Star Trek: Insurrection'' (Film)]].
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| *Kif is imprisoned on Commander Riker's Island, it is a pun on the Commander from ''Star Trek'' and the actual prison named [[wikipedia:Rikers Island|Riker's Island]].
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| '''{{elink|4ACV17|Spanish Fry}}'''
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| '''{{elink|4ACV18|The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings}}'''
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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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| *For the Kroker/Wong marriage ceremony, the wedding singer plays the Klingon battle theme, to mark the start of nuptials.
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| '''{{flink|Bender's Game}}'''
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| *At the [[Space Demolition Derby]], both with one-man ships stylized after ''Star Trek'' inspired designs, [[George Takei]]'s head flies a [[startrek:NX class|NX class]] and [[startrek:Scott Bakula|Scott Bakula]] flies an [[startrek:Ambassador class|Ambassador class]] ship. Takei destroys Bakula's ship and exclaims "way to kill the franchise, Bakula."
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| '''{{flink|Into the Wild Green Yonder}}'''
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| *Device for detecting life known as the "Spock-a-scope".
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| *"Make it so" is a quote from TNG.
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| *The "Delivery Boy's Log" is a parody of the Captain's log.
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| ===[[:Category:Games|Video Game]]===
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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 and music 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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