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Star Trek is a 1966-1969 U.S. sciencefiction TV series, which gained a cult following for its clever scripts, adventurous plots and social commentary. From the late 1970s on various film adaptations were made, starring the regular cast members, including William Shatner (Captain Kirk) and Leonard Nimoy (Spock). Since 1987 several spin-off series have come about (namely Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) and films.

References to Star Trek in The Simpsons

Episodes

Picture Season Episode number Episode name Reference 2 34 "Three Men and a Comic Book" Martin loses one of his Klingon ears at the "Close Encounter of the Comic Book Kind" Convention. The lost and found also has Tricorders. 3 41 "Like Father, Like Clown" When Krusty the Clown is revealed to be Jewish, Homer dismisses the idea of a "Jewish entertainer". Lisa then lists several celebrity entertainers who are Jewish, among them William Shatner. 4 65 "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" The family sees a trailer and clips from the latest Original Series film, Star Trek XII: So Very Tired, which depicts an elderly and senile cast. Captain Kirk complains about poor sleeping habits and everyone else's indifference to his complaining, while Scotty has grown so fat he cannot fire the phasers because his gargantuan stomach is in the way of the control panel. 4 71 "Marge vs. the Monorail" Leonard Nimoy is present to give a celebration speech for the new monorail. He jokes that this vessel "could do at least Warp 5", a reference to Warp speed in 'Star Trek'. Mayor Quimby then makes a reference to Star Wars, which annoys Nimoy and it turns out the major thinks he was one of The Little Rascals. In the same episode Nimoy looks through his monorail window making philosophical observations in the same style as Spock. However, the man next to him asks if anyone else wants to change seats? At the end of the story Nimoy looks back at the events and says: "My work is done here." Barney Gumble then points out that he hasn't done anything, whereupon Nimoy states: "Haven't I?" and dissolves in the same beam effect as in 'Star Trek'. 5 84 "Homer Goes to College" Benjamin, Doug and Gary get into an online argument with students of the Massachussets Institute of Technology whether Captain Kirk (from Star Trek: The Original Series) is better than Captain Picard (from Star Trek: The Next Generation)? 5 96 "Deep Space Homer" The title is a reference to the 'Star Trek' spin-off 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'. As part of his NASA training, Homer fights Barney in the Triskelion arena while the classic "Star Trek fight music" plays in the background. Dr. Babcock bets "400 quatloos on the newcomer". 6 104 "Bart of Darkness" The Itchy and Scratchy cartoon in this episode is a parody of "The Cage", "The Menagerie, Part I", and "The Menagerie, Part II", with the "future mice" resembling the aliens from Talos IV and possessing strong telepathic and telekenetic abilities. 107 "Itchy & Scratchy Land" The couch gag for this episode shows the Simpson family being beamed on the couch the same way people are beamed onto the Enterprise. 121 "A Star Is Burns" William Shatner is one of the actors auditioning for the role of Montgomery Burns dressed in a Starfleet uniform and speaking in his "Kirk voice" ("Ex-cell-ENT!"). 122 "Lisa's Wedding" In this episode, Hugh Parkfield's watch makes identical noises to a TOS communicator, Troy McClure's uniform is identical to the TOS uniforms, and the nuclear power plant resembles and makes the same noises as the Enterprise. 123 "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds" A clerk at a pet store performs a "human-dog mind meld" on Santa's Little Helper. He recommends that the Simpsons buy a lot of his merchandise to help calm the dog. Apparently it worked as the next scene depicts the family driving home with a car full of dog-related goods. 9 192 "Das Bus" When Comic Book Guy starts to download a nude picture of Captain Janeway, he says, "Lace ... the final brassiere", referencing the line "Space ... the final frontier" from the show's introductory narrative. 197 "Simpson Tide" Homer ends up as captain of a military submarine and refers to helmsman Moe as "Mr. Moe". A "Mr. Sulu" is also part of the crew and mentions Rigel VII while setting a course. 10 212 "Mayored to the Mob" Vina's theme from "The Cage" is heard when Comic Book Guy is entranced by a nerdy young Comic Book Gal. 213 "Viva Ned Flanders" Comic Book Guy has a bumper sticker which says "I Brake For Tribbles". Tribbles are creatures which appeared several times in the original Star Trek series, debuting in the Star Trek episode "The Trouble With Tribbles". Most of the other bumper stickers are Star Trek references while the license plate is the same as the registry number for the Starship Enterprise. 11 230 "Treehouse of Horror X" Comic Book Guy holds Bart and Lisa at bay with "the only working phaser ever built" which was "fired once to keep William Shatner from releasing another album." Leonard Nimoy as Spock was one of the celebrities that The Collector had captured. 243 "Bart to the Future" When the audience at Nelson's Crab Shack are displeased with the performance of Captain Bart and the Tequila Mockingbirds, they boo and start throwing things at the stage. A laser grid quickly activates and disintegrates all of the thrown objects, thus protecting the performers. However, the barrage continues and threatens to overload the grid. Willie, who is running the grid, panics and exclaims "We need more power! The shield won't hold much longer!", echoing a couple of Scotty's catchphrases from the original series. 12 259 "Worst Episode Ever" As Comic Book Guy goes to a class about making friends, he says, "Human contact: the final frontier", referencing the show's introductory narrative ("Space: the final frontier"). 12 267 "I'm Goin' to Praiseland" When Comic Book Guy hallucinates he imagines himself to be part of the cast of Star Trek: The Original Series and is seduced by Colonel Uhura before he suddenly wakes up. 13 277 "Sweets and Sour Marge" Comic Book Guy bought the books I Am Not Spock, I Am Spock and I Am Also Scotty by Leonard Nimoy. The first two books are actual real-life autobiographies by Nimoy. 21 456 "Stealing First Base" When Bart hallucinates many famous pop culture kisses, one of them is Spock being kissed by Uhura, from the 2009 Star Trek reboot movie. 23 494 "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution" A model of the Enterprise is seen. 495 "Holidays of Future Passed" In the future: The most common method of travel is the teleport, which resmbles the transporters in Star Trek. Dr. Hibbert now wears a VISOR, like Geordi La Forge. Homer reads a book titled The Hardy Borgs, a reference to the Borg and the unrelated novel series The Hardy Boys. One of the ships Homer bottled is the Star Trek Enterprise. 250px 25 534 "YOLO" The alien that Homer fights is a Gorn from the episode "Arena". 538 "White Christmas Blues" Jingle Bell Spock is a reference to "Jingle Bell Rock" and stars Spock. 540 "Married to the Blob" A clock for Vulcan is seen. 542 "Diggs" Comic Book Guy is seen dressed up in a Star Trek outfit. 26 562 "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner" Homer makes an entry to the "Captain's Log" on the journey away from Rigel VII. As the family receives a transmission from an unknown source, theme music that accompanied the Klingons in the Star Trek film series played. The end credits parody Star Trek and its theme music plays. Marge appears as Vina, in Orion form, from the episodes 'The Cagel / The Menagerie'. Homer is seen as Captain Kirk fighting the Gorn from 'Arena'. Akira Kurosawa appears as a topless fencer, referencing Sulu in the episode 'The Naked Time'. Lisa is depicted as the Borg Queen. The episode 'The Trouble with Tribbles' is spoofed with Crazy Cat Lady standing in for Kirk, Principal Skinner as Spock, Professor Frink as Mr. Lurry and Superintendent Chalmers as Nilz Baris. Bart appears as Scotty working in a Jefferies tube. Lokai and Bele from 'Let That Be Your Last Battlefield' appears with faces which mix Lenny and Carl and Lou and Eddie. Homer reappears as Kirk in the next shot, talking to the Triskelion Providers from 'The Gamesters of Triskelion'. Milhouse is seen as a Quark from 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'. Barney appears as Harry Mudd and Patty and Selma as his wives in 'I, Mudd'. The closing shot shows Mr. Burns as Balok from 'The Corbomite Maneuver'. 27 581 "Lisa with an "S"" In the couch gag the Simpsons live in a donut-version of the Enterprise, which is then shot down by couches. 29 620 "Springfield Splendor" A stall for "Klorrgh and Thracck Attorneys at Law", specializing in Klingon divorce, is seen at Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con. 30 647 "Krusty the Clown" Star Trek: Discovery is one of the shows shown on the TV screens. 654 "101 Mitigations" Comic Book Guy said that he gave Homer the U.S.S. Enterprise and that he returned with The Orville, a reference to Star Trek and The Orville respectively. The owner of Zorbot the Geek says that German is Earth's closest language to Klingon. Displays at the Comic Con include Klingon Treasures and Star Trek Uniforms. 32 688 "Treehouse of Horror XXXI" When talking about time loops in film, Comic Book Guy showed Lisa and Nelson a picture from Star Trek Four.

Comics

Picture Comic issue Story name Reference Simpsons Comics #10 Fan-Tasty Island The story starts off with Homer dreaming that he is a captain in Starfleet, with his crew consisting of Apu, Lenny and Groundskeeper Willie/chief engineering officer (all of whom are in the Starfleet uniforms that appear in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan). Before waking up, Homer takes an interest in a giant donut surrounding an unnamed planet. Simpsons Comics #31 Radioactive Homer Principal Skinner dresses up as Spock for the Masquerade Ball. Simpsons Comics #35 To Live and Diaper in Springfield Marge reads a book titled I Am Not Benjamin Spock, But I Know Kids! written by Leonard Nimoy, referencing his autobiography I Am Not Spock. Simpsons Comics #39 Sense and Censorability While in court, Comic Book Guy's jail clothes include a Federation emblem. During his opening statement, he mentioned Data. After he gives his opening statement, apparently in Klingon, Benjamin speaks Klingon and Gary translates it. Simpsons Comics #52 Worst Christmas Ever! Comic Book Guy lists a number of Christmas carols he plans to sing with his filking group. Among them is "Sulu hear what I hear" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Romulan". Simpsons Comics #71 Simpson Sideshow Sibling Smackdown As part of his campaign to destroy Lisa Simpson, Cecil Terwilliger blackmails Krusty into going off the air with the aid of the nerd trio of Gary, Benjamin and Doug. As a reward, Cecil gives them tickets to William Shatner's Star Trek Memories: The Musical, starring Richard Hatch from Battlestar Galactica. Simpsons Comics #118 The "X" Men Comic Book Guy asks one of his dates about which spin-off best captured the spirit of the original series. Simpsons Comics #188 Lisa Simpson's Toot Suite Comic Book Guy goes into King Toot's and says he wishes to purchase a Vulcan lute, as seen in the original series Star Trek episode "Charlie X". Lisa tells him that she's pretty sure that doesn't exist. Bart Simpson #21 Batter-Up Bart Evil Wendell is a reference to the Mirror Universe from Star Trek, and he wears a goatee similar to the Mirror World version of Spock. Bart Simpson #84 ¡Bart Speaks Spanish! Meester Espock and Capitan Kirko are wrestlers with their personas based on Spock and Captain Kirk. The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Hoodoo Voodoo Brouhaha Comic Book Guy's Best Costumes Ever - Part 2 Comic Book Guy dresses up as Klingon Batman at Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con 2001. Comic Book Guy's Best Costumes Ever - Part 3 Comic Book Guy dresses up as the Starship Enterprise at Costume-Con 1986. Comic Book Guy's Best Costumes Ever - Part 4 Comic Book Guy dresses up as Captain James T. Kirk at Dallas Fantasy Fair 1989. Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book 2 The Death of Comic Book Guy! (Part Two) When the geeks and nerds of Springfield take up sides against each other following the shutdown of the Internet, one of the geeks is dressed up as a Klingon and wielding a bat'leth. Gary is on the side of the nerds dressed as Spock.

Books

Picture Book Reference Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture Comic Book Guy has props and costume pieces from several different superhero and sci-fi franchises displayed on a dress mannequin, including the upper-body portion of a set of Klingon armor. Lisa Simpson's Guide to Geek Chic Star Trek (St), Klingon (Kg) and Enterprise (U.S.S.) (E) are elements in Lisa's Table of Geeky Delights.

Games

Picture Name Reference The Simpsons: Tapped Out When Comic Book Guy does his "Cosplay" task, he dresses up as Spock and runs around with a blaster. Comic Book Guy asks for Romulan Ale, and if they don't have the real thing, to give him Coors Light with green food coloring. Homer asks Akira Kurosawa to say "Oh my!", to which Homer then says "He he he. You sound just like him.". Akira then does the job "Impersonate a Character from Star Trek". After the job is completed, Bart says "That isn't Sulu. Sulu tried to buy weed and go to White Castle.". This is a reference to George Takei, who played Sulu in Star Trek and voiced Akira in his first appearance in "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish". In the Superheroes update, Comic Book Guy mentions a mind-meld.

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Merchandise

Picture Merchandise Reference Simpsons Mania! Secret Origin: conceived at the first Star Trek convention and later abandoned. Simpsons Mania! Number One is a security guard at Stark Trek Museum.

References to Star Trek: The Next Generation in The Simpsons

Episodes

Picture Season Episode number Episode name Reference 3 48 "Radio Bart" When Bart pranks Homer, using the Superstar Celebrity Microphone to make him think that Martians have invaded, he says (among other things), "Resistance is useless", referencing the Borg catchprase "Resistance is futile". Alternatively, it could be a reference to the phrase originated in Doctor Who and popularised by The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. 5 84 "Homer Goes to College" Benjamin, Doug and Gary get into an online argument with students of the Massachussets Institute of Technology whether Captain Kirk (from Star Trek: The Original Series) is better than Captain Picard (from Star Trek: The Next Generation)? 5 96 "Deep Space Homer" Homer, Bart, and Lisa watch an episode of The Itchy & Scratchy Show titled "Scar Trek: The Next Laceration", a pun on the show. 6 107 and 120 "Itchy & Scratchy Land" and "Homer vs. Patty and Selma" The couch gag shows the family transporting onto the couch using transporters seen in The Next Generation. 122 "Lisa's Wedding" Troy McClure's uniform is identical to the The Next Generation uniforms. 250px 7 133 "Lisa the Vegetarian" The propaganda film Meat and You: Partners in Freedom is subtitled "Number 3F03 in the 'Resistance is Useless' Series", a reference to the Borg catchphrase "Resistance is futile". 11 230 "Treehouse of Horror X" During the opening sequence as Kang and Kodos introduce the episode, a Borg is in the audience (top of the frame, next to the Martian). 30 654 "101 Mitigations" At the Comic Con, someone is seen dressed up as Geordi La Forge.

References to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in The Simpsons

Comics

Picture Comic issue Story name Reference Bart Simpson #51 Bart's Invisible! Comic Book Guy eagerly looks forward to opening a Blu-ray box set of the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation because it has a special feature about Tasha Yar, on whom he has a crush.

Books

Picture Book Reference Lisa Simpson's Guide to Geek Chic Star Trek: The Next Generation (Tng) is an element in Lisa's Table of Geeky Delights.

References to Star Trek: Voyager in The Simpsons

Picture Season Episode number Episode name Reference 9 192 "Das Bus" Comic Book Guy attempts to download a nude photo of Kathryn Janeway only to be interrupted by an ad for Homer's internet company; Comic Book Guy wonders whether the service could provide "faster nudity". 11 230 "Treehouse of Horror X" One of Comic Book Guy's (as arch-nemesis "The Collector") plastic-wrapped acquisitions in his lair is Jeri Ryan in her costume and prosthetic appliances as Seven of Nine. 12 253 "Homer vs. Dignity" When Homer says he'd like to buy a mint condition Spider-Man #1 comic (during his "prank monkey" work for Mr. Burns), Comic Book Guy sarcastically replies that he'd like an hour on the holodeck with Seven of Nine. 18 394 "Homerazzi" When Marge must replace all of the family's photos that were lost in a photo album fire, she recreates the family's "Star Trek: Voyager Series Finale Party" with Lenny dressed as Seven of Nine and Dr. Hibbert dressed as Tuvok. Carl begins to cry as he thought he could make it through Voyager's final episode again, but realizes he can't while Homer wails, "Oh, Captain Janeway! Your mission ended too soon! Too soon!"

Common cast members

Picture Name Role in Star Trek Role on The Simpsons George Takei Played Mr. Sulu in Star Trek (the original series). Voiced Akira Kurosawa in "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish", a waiter in "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love", Wink the quizmaster in "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo", and a sushi chef in "What Animated Women Want". He voiced himself in "The Burns Cage" . Leonard Nimoy Played Spock in the original series. Voiced himself in the episodes "Marge vs. the Monorail" and "The Springfield Files". Wallace Shawn Played Grand Nagus Zek in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Voiced Wallace the Hernia in "I Want You (She's So Heavy)". Patrick Stewart Played Captain Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Played Number One in "Homer the Great" and played himself in "The Fabulous Faker Boy".

External links

• Star Trek at Wikipedia