Battlestar Galactica (often abbreviated BSG) is an American sci-fi franchise created by Glen A. Larson. It began with the original TV series which aired for 24 episodes in the 1978-79 television season before being cancelled. A write-in campaign brought the show back as Galactica 1980, a sequel series which was set thirty years after the original and featured an almost entirely new cast, with the only returnees being Lorne Greene as Commander Adama and Herbert Jefferson Jr. as Boomer (previously a lieutenant, now colonel and second-in-command). The series was not well received and aired for only ten episodes in 1980. The 1978 and 1980 series also gave rise to several films and TV movies (compiled from television episodes), a series of novels adapted from television episodes, and several comic book series. In addition, Richard Hatch, who played Captain Apollo in the 1978 series, wrote a series of original Battlestar Galactica novels which were published in the mid-1990s to mid-2000s.
In the 2000s, Battlestar Galactica returned to television as a re-imagined series, beginning with a miniseries which aired in 2003 and continuing with a weekly series which aired from 2004 to 2009. The re-imagined series has also spawned several TV movies, comic book series, novels, web series, and a prequel series, Caprica, which aired in 2010. The re-imagined series was critically acclaimed and was noted for changing the backstories and even genders of characters from the 1978 series, with the highest-profile change being that Lieutenant Starbuck, who had been male in the 1978 series, was female in the re-imagined series.
The common premise to both the 1970s and 2000s series is that human beings are all but wiped out in a massive sneak attack by a cybernetic race called the Cylons, whose goal is the extermination of all humanity. Survivors of the attack flee in spaceships, gathering in a fleet protected by the eponymous Battlestar Galactica, the sole surviving military capital ship. The plotline in both series revolves around the fleet continuing to battle the Cylons and encountering other dangers as it searches for a new homeworld for humanity.
Battlestar Galactica has been referenced several times in the Simpsons universe, in television episodes, comic stories and other media.
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Simpsons Comics #39
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Sense and Censorability
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Comic Book Guy is on trial, charged with selling obscene comic books. CBG acts as his own defense attorney, and in his opening statement, he berates the jury for being "flawed in dispositions and thought patterns", comparing them to Cylons, as well as Skrulls (from Marvel Comics) and members of the Draconian Empire (from Buck Rogers).
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Simpsons Comics #71
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Simpson/Sideshow Sibling Smackdown
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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.
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Simpsons Comics #75
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...The Permanent Record Room!
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When Jimbo says he hates being in a school where nerds are at the top of the pecking order, Kearney says he got a wet willie for not knowing the name of the robot dog on Battlestar Galactica.
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Simpsons Comics #118
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The "X" Men
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A school bus driven by Otto crashes into a building where a meeting of a support group for the lovelorn is in progress, and the building quickly starts shaking and is on the verge of collapse. Comic Book Guy, one of the attendees, says, "We must flee from this place like the Capricans from the Cylons!"
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Bart Simpson #90
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The Rebooting!
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While shopping in the comic store, Bart laments to Milhouse that new student Barb Simpkins can do everything that he can, only better. Comic Book Guy, overhearing, tells Bart that he's been rebooted, then explains, "Much like Starbuck on Battlestar Galactica, you've been replaced by a superior female version." CBG's explanation references the Starbuck character being male in the original series and female in the re-imagined series, and the female character ultimately becoming more popular than the original.
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The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Hoodoo Voodoo Brouhaha
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Comic Book Guy's Best Costumes Ever - Part 1
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Comic Book Guy attended Battlestar Galacticon 2002 dressed up as Darth Maul from Star Wars.
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Chief Wiggum's Felonious Funnies 1
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Future Cop!
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Chief Wiggum has a dream where he is a cop in the future and is putting down a riot at a space jail. In reality, however, he's attacking costumed attendees at the Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con, and when he wakes up, he panics when he sees several convention-goers costumed as aliens and robots, including a Cylon.
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May 10, 2012
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A re-run of Battlestar Galactica was delayed because a hockey game went into overtime. Sports, this is why I loathe you.
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