Beam me up, Scotty - wikipedia Beam me up, Scotty For other uses, see Beam me up ( disambiguation ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( August 2017 ) Beam me up, Scotty Character James T. Kirk Actor William Shatner First used in Star Trek, though not verbatim `` Beam me up, Scotty '' is a catchphrase that made its way into popular culture from the science fiction television series Star Trek. It comes from the command Captain Kirk gives his chief engineer, Montgomery `` Scotty '' Scott, when he needs to be transported back to the Starship Enterprise. Though it has become irrevocably associated with the series and films, the exact phrase was never actually spoken in any Star Trek television episode or film. Despite this, the quote has become a phrase of its own over time. It can be used to describe one 's desire to be elsewhere, technology such as teleportation, slang for certain drugs, or as a phrase to show appreciation and association with the television show. Contents 1 Precise quotations 2 Legacy 3 See also 4 References 5 Further reading Precise quotations Despite the phrase entering into popular culture, it is a misquotation and has never been said in any of the television series or films, contrary to popular belief. There have, however, been several `` near misses '' of phrasing. In the Original Series episodes `` The Gamesters of Triskelion '' and `` The Savage Curtain '', Kirk said, `` Scotty, beam us up '' ; while in the episode `` This Side of Paradise, '' Kirk simply said, `` Beam me up ''. The animated episodes `` The Lorelei Signal '' and `` The Infinite Vulcan '' used the phrasing `` Beam us up, Scotty ''. The original film series has the wording `` Scotty, beam me up '' in Star Trek IV : The Voyage Home and `` Beam them out of there, Scotty '' in Star Trek Generations. The complete phrase was eventually said by William Shatner in the audio adaptation of his novel Star Trek : The Ashes of Eden. James Doohan, the actor who played Scotty, later chose this phrase as the title of his autobiography. Legacy The popularity of the misquotation has led to many new phrases, both associated with Star Trek or otherwise. The misquotation 's influence led to James Doohan, the actor who played Scotty, to be misrepresented in his own obituary. In it, he is referenced as the character who `` responded to the command, `` Beam me up, Scotty '', despite having never responded to this exact command in the show. The quote `` Beam me up, Scotty ! '' has been extended beyond its original meaning to describe an expression of `` the desire to be elsewhere '', or the desire to be out of an unwanted situation. Along with this, it has been associated with things that are futuristic, such as the possibility of teleportation. The phrase has also been used as slang for certain drugs. An Oxford Reference page defined `` Beam me up, Scotty '' as `` a mixture of phencyclidine and cocaine '' and to `` talk to Scotty, high off Scotty, see Scotty... etc. ''. In recent usage, the phrase has been referenced by Baxter County Sheriff 's drug slang defnitions. It is also referenced in the book `` Vice Slang '' by Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, for crack cocaine, and to describe `` Beamers, Beemers '', as those taking said drugs. The exact timing of when the phrase became popular is unclear. However, early signs of the quote 's usage to describe something separate of Star Trek can be found roughly ten years after Star Trek 's airing in 1966, in a publication of the Royal Aeronautical Journal. It describes a certain routine as `` a sort of ' beam me up scotty ' routine ' ''. Over time, the phrase has been extended to, `` Beam me up, Scotty, there 's no intelligent life down here ! '', popularized on bumper stickers and t - shirts, despite neither quote ever being said on the show. See also Misquotations James Traficant, a U.S. Congressman from Ohio who used the catchphrase during his service ( 1985 -- 2002 ) in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2002. Beam me up Scotty ( mixtape ) Beam Me Up, Scotty ( D.C. Scorpio song ) References Jump up ^ `` Beam Me Up Scotty ''. Sunday Mirror. April 1, 2007. Retrieved December 27, 2013. ( subscription required ) Jump up ^ Beam Me Up, Scotty - TV Tropes Jump up ^ Thomas, Bob ( July 20, 2005 ). `` ' Star Trek 's ' Doohan dies, immortalized for ' Beam me up, Scotty ' ''. Associated Press. Archived from the original on June 10, 2014. Retrieved December 27, 2013. ( subscription required ) Jump up ^ http://www.legacy.com/ns/james-doohan-obituary/14596035 Jump up ^ https://greensdictofslang.com/search/basic?q=beam+me+up+scotty Jump up ^ https://www.npr.org/2017/07/14/537174817/scientists-teleport-a-photon-into-space Jump up ^ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160921082605.htm Jump up ^ http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199829941.001.0001/acref-9780199829941-e-2583?rskey=lsCDby&result=3 Jump up ^ https://greensdictofslang.com/search/basic?q=beam+me+up+scotty Jump up ^ https://www.baxtercountysheriff.com/plugins/show_image.php?id=917 Jump up ^ https://www.e-reading.club/bookreader.php/134109/Dalzell%2C_Victor_-_Vice_Slang.pdf Jump up ^ https://books.google.ca/books?redir_esc=y&id=w0dWAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Beam+me+up+Scotty%22&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Beam+me+up+Scotty%22 Jump up ^ https://www.amazon.com/BEAM-SCOTTY-Theres-Intelligent-Life/dp/B00NCCAV5W Jump up ^ http://www.feelingoodtees.com/BEAM-ME-UP-SCOTTY-THERES-NO-INTELLIGENT-LIFE-DOWN-HERE-T-SHIRTWHITE-INK-P2821.aspx Further reading Michael Quinion ( August 6, 1996 ). `` BEAM ME UP, SCOTTY ! ''. World Wide Words. Barbara Mikkelson ( July 18, 2007 ). `` Beam Me Up, Scotty ! ''. Snopes.com. 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Question: what does it mean to beam me up
Answer: transported back to the Starship Enterprise