Star Trek parodies and pop culture references Over the years , " Star Trek " s position as a cultural icon has resulted in many parodies and pop culture references of it on other television shows and movies . While some have been subtle tip - of - the - hat references , others have been complete copies , with the intention to reference " Star Trek " . Additionally , many small acknowledgments may not warrant inclusion , such as the use of the TOS transporter sound for various shrink rays , teleporters , etc . on " SpongeBob SquarePants " . Advertising . McDonalds . To advertise the new Yakki burger , McDonalds Japan created a 4D " Star Trek " parody in which " Spock " , " Uhura " , and " Kirk " discover a planet made up of the burger . Conventions . " Hick Trek " . Produced by ATOZ Films in the 1980s , this white - trash parody of played at conventions for years until a " Special Edition " version , with added effects , was released on video in 1999 . In the film , the Redneck Federation Starship RSS " Bovine " battles spacefaring cats . Internet . Video parodies and pop culture references that originated online . Web comics can be found under pictorial literature . " Achievement Hunter " . , a part of the company , tends to do Let ' s Plays of various video games . One installment had two of their prominent members , Michael Jones and Ryan Haywood , play Bandai Namco ' s " " , getting confused as to who was playing who , and referring to themselves as " Spock - Kirk " and " Kirk - Spock " . During the game , Ryan does question the game ' s lack of reasoning for seemingly constantly killing Vulcans left and right . Later installments have them mock the Gorn . Another episode features " " , bringing back Michael and Ryan alongside Jeremy Dooley and Achievement Hunter creator and Rooster Teeth co - creator Geoff Ramsay . They do this twice , once as advertising with Ubisoft and again on their own . During their second run , they end up participating in the Kobayashi Maru scenario and give their answer to it - rescuing as many people , fighting off the Klingons doing so , then warping out when their shields fall . " The Angry Video Game Nerd " . In one of his online episodes , reviews several " Star Trek " games . The episode opens with a parody of " " intro with a flying through space like the " Enterprise " and Alexander Courage ' s theme played on electric guitar . The Nerd , dressed for the occasion , reviews ' on the , " " on the Atari 2600 and ColecoVision and ' on the NES . Features of the episode include the Nerd having a fight with a Klingon and meeting a Metron . As a reference to Project Genesis , the Nerd offered the Klingon a Sega Genesis . " Confused Matthew " . Confused Matthew is an online film review website ( and YouUube channel ) , in which the titular owner reviews films he considers bad ( films which make him " confused " ) . A self - proclaimed " Star Trek " fan , Matthew often deals with various incarnations of the franchise he considers the worst , especially , , , and . He also made a recap of , which he gave a posiive review . " Dragon Ball Z Abridged " . During the Namek Saga , the official language of the Namekian people is Klingonese . In one scene , Dende calls Frieza a " petaQ " , which the overlord doesn ' t realize that he was just called a " douche " . Later on , Piccolo encounters the dying Nail , who talks to him in that language ( also calling him a " petaQ " ) , causing Piccolo to think he ' s been beaten so badly he can ' t speak straight . " Everything Wrong With . . . " . A YouTube channel named specializes in making videos concerning the listing of various inconsistencies in films , including continuity errors , mistakes in logic , lack of rational explanation , etc . Currently the channel features a video for , , , , , and . " Hitler Rants " . The popular meme video featuring Adolf Hitler ( played by ) from the 2004 German movie " Der Untergang " ( " Downfall " ) , subtitled with humorous English text to create videos of him reacting with anger to various things , was used several occasions in connection with " Star Trek " . Videos of Hitler outraged by and both exist , as well as two recuts in which Hitler ( commanding the " Enterprise " ) fights Khan Noonien Singh on board the " Reliant " ( from ) . " How It Should Have Ended " . " How It Should Have Ended " is a self - explanatory series of short animated film parodies . Both and have their own entries , and Benedict Cumberbatch ' s version of is a regular character in the " Villain Pub " sub - series . " The Nostalgia Critic " . To Boldly Flee was a special done to celebrate the fourth anniversary of the Nostalgia Critic . The special consists of parodies of various Sci - fi franchises including Star Trek , Metal Gear , Star Wars , and Battlefield Earth . It should also be noted that the ending to the Scooby Doo review was a parody of the series finale to " The Next Generation " . Doug Walker ( the creator of Nostalgia Critic ) called January 2012 Star Trek Month and reviewed all of the odd numbered films for the entire month . " Dr . Tran " . Summer Splash . A Dr . Tran doll says " " Beverly , can I see you in my ready room . " " Google Calendar . Google Calendar uses stardates based upon the ideas of Andrew Main . Each day covers 5 . 00 stardates ; 10 , 000 stardates ( 2 , 000 days ) make up an " issue " . Issue numbers are prefixed in brackets . < nowiki > TOS was issue [ 19 ] , [ 0 ] 0000 was January 4 , 2162 , ( when he speculated the Federation was founded ) and issue [ - 28 ] started in 2008 . < / nowiki > Jandrew Edits . Jan Van Den Hemel and re - edit clips from TNG with comedic results . The series is currently hosted on . Picard memes . A popular internet has people posting a picture of Jean - Luc Picard of Picard facepalming in response to a statement perceived to be idiotic , frustrating , or otherwise missing the mark . The most common picture was taken from the episode ( in which it was a response to Q ) , although other variants exist , including a ( slightly modified ) image from that shows William T . Riker next to Picard , also facepalming , and an image from , that shows Picard doing the " double facepalm " . Another slightly less common meme shows a picture of a frustrated Picard . This image , taken from ( where Picard was not annoyed but rather poetically courting Lwaxana Troi ) , is usually accompanied by a caption about a frustrating issue , often starting with the phrase " what the fuck " or a variant thereof . " MA Men " . A series of short comedy sketches by Funny Or Die spoofing the TV show " Mad Men " by transplanting it into present - day South Boston . In " MA Men 2 " , Campbell suggests that Leonard Nimoy should replace the late Michael Vale as the Dunkin Donuts spokesman while pointing at an autographed promotional photo of Spock and Kirk on the wall . " Stan Lee ' s World of Heroes " . is a YouTube channel founded by former Marvel Comics editor Stan Lee . An episode of the cartoon " Bad Days " , published April 8 , 2013 , parodied J . J . Abrams ' s . steps onto the bridge , only to be blinded by lens flares and switches them off . He is beamed down with , , and a terrified redshirt by , who resembles Simon Pegg in . While on the planet , Kirk sleeps with a grotesque gargantuan alien , angering her father . The struggling duo are beamed back aboard , where Kirk switches the lens flares back on , blinding the alien father so Spock may nerve pinch it . " Star Track " . " Star Track : Idomo " , formerly " Star Track : The Next Hesitation " , is a web series that takes a satirical approach to expanding on the " Star Trek " universe . Produced in Montreal , Quebec , it is one of the only known " Star Trek " fan films to be produced regularly in Canada . Episodes are released at a rate of one per year . " Star Trek " ( France ) . Comité de la Claque is a French group who began on the web . In , the channel France 4 TV broadcast their parody on the " Comité du Ciné " show , on January 27th before the start of prime time : Video of " Comité du Ciné : Star Trek " " Steam Trek " . " Steam Trek " is an online parody of the original " Star Trek " . The premise is a conception of how the original " Star Trek " might have been produced by George Melies , a hundred years ago , at the dawn of silent films . The " distant future " is taken to be 1980 , and the USS " Isambard " is steam - powered with coal fuel . " Stone Trek " . " Stone Trek " is an online animated parody of the original " Star Trek " . The premise is basically " Star Trek " meshed with " The Flintstones " , featuring a 1960s - styled laugh track and Hanna - Barbera sound effects . The series follows the adventures of the crew of the USS " Magnetize " . The show keeps count of how many redshirt s end up getting killed in the episodes . The show also parodied the plot of " Star Wars : Episode I : The Phantom Menace " , with the " Magnetize " having to save Queen Armadillo from the Fashion Police . " Star Truc ( k ) " . " Star Truc ( k ) " is a French parody of the original " Star Trek " . " TNG Recuts " . ( also known as " Major Grin " and " Admiral Grin " ) is an Israeli YouTube channel owner , who specializes in making skillful and creative recuts of episodes , making comedic segments ( often dealing with highly sexual - themed adult humor ) out of the otherwise serious material . His channel currently features more than three - hundred recut videos , as well as other humorous material , including " Episode - in - Brief " shorts and cuts of various " Trek " crews watching the trailer of , horrified or angered by what they see . " WatchMojo " . The popular entertainment and pop culture website WatchMojo . com specializes in creating various top ten lists of best ( or worst ) films , actors , characters , music videos , etc . , presented in video form via YouTube . Several of WatchMojo ' s lists include " Star Trek " films and episodes . " Yu - Gi - Oh ! The Abridged Series " . In the episode " Card Wars " of " Yu - Gi - Oh ! The Abridged Series " , the characters make frequent references to the " Star Wars " series , prompting Tristen Taylor to ask , " " What ' s with all the " Star Trek " quotes ? " " The episode " The Worst of Both Worlds " opened with a re - dubbed version of the recap from . Radio . Spence Diamonds . A radio spot makes reference to transporters and Star Trek . Video games . " Asura ' s Wrath " . During the fight against the final boss of the game , Chakravartin , the boss may sometimes say " Resistance is Futile " . " Back to the Future : The Game " . Episode 1 of " Back to the Future : The Game " has Marty pretending to be from the patent office in order to get a younger version of Emmett Brown ( resident of 1931 ) to build a rocket drill . He threatens to award the patent to a Dr . McCoy if Emmett doesn ' t produce immediate results . The game also features voice work from Christopher Lloyd ( reprising his role as the older Emmett Brown ) and Roger Jackson . Coincidentally , the elder Doc Brown during his stay in 1931 , takes the alias Carl Sagan . " Final Fantasy " games . The first airship the player acquires in the video games " Final Fantasy III " and " Final Fantasy IV " is called " Enterprise " . In " Final Fantasy IX " , a NPC , if asked about potions that a player is seeking , will reply " Dammit Jim , I ' m a doctor , not a miracle worker . Ask someone else ! " " HoboWars " . In the MMORPG " HoboWars " , the player may come across an old man while exploring the Hoburbs . The man tells the player his stories , but they ' re really taken from various TV shows , including " Star Trek : The Next Generation " ( " The Best of Both Worlds " ) . He then rewards the player for listening . The player is also able to buy a phaser from the Hoburbia pawn shop . Little Big Planet . In LBP II , one of the levels has characters flying around in a craft called " Big Spaceship " which resembles the Enterprise only with a Sackboy head instead of the saucer section . In the introduction to LBP III , the narrator tells players that they " have been and will always be welcome to Little Big Planet " , a reference to Spock ' s dying speech . ( ) . " NFL 2016 " . In , one option in Franchise mode enables you to rebuild your team ' s stadium . When presented with a futuristic looking design as one of the options , one of the fan social media reactions includes " # beammeup " , indicating their approval of the design . " Mass Effect " . In one confrontation , Commander Shepard tells a Krogan soldier that the ruins they ' re in are collapsing around them and will kill them all . The Krogan responds , " " Yes ! Exhilirating , isn ' t it ? " " , a direct reference to Kruge ' s response to Kirk ' s similar concern in . Also , the game featured Marina Sirtis , Armin Shimerman , and Carolyn Seymour in various roles . Michael Dorn lends his voice to " Mass Effect 2 " as a Krogan , a species with a warrior mentality similar to Klingons . Engineer Adams may be a nod to " Star Trek " . In " The Original Series " episode , Dr . Tristan Adams runs the Tantalus Penal Colony . Here , Adams oversees the Normandy ' s experimental Tantalus Drive Core . Coincidentally , the commanding officer at the beginning of the game is named David Anderson . In " Mass Effect 2 " , when Commander Shepard visits a bar in the Citadel , his response to an alien drink served is " " This is . . . it ' s green ? " " . Similar lines are said about beverages in the episodes " By Any Other Name " and " Relics " . Being a Scottish engineer , Kenneth Donnelly on the " Normandy " SR - 2 is commonly thought to be a reference to Montgomery Scott . Both Mordin Solus , the Salarian scientist on board " Normandy " SR - 2 , and Data are humorously portrayed as enjoying , as well as singing , songs by the British composers Gilbert and Sullivan . " Minecraft " . The splash screen includes a random quote selected from a list that includes several sourced from " Star Trek " , including " Engage " , " " , and " Not as cool as Spock ! " , which is a correction of an earlier phrase which ( obviously mistakenly ) implied that Minecraft was " Cooler than Spock ! " For teleporting over 100 blocks with an ender pearl in Minecraft , players receive the advancement ' Beam me up . ' . The advancement for using the Nether to travel 7km in the Overworld is called ' Subspace Bubble , ' a reference to the subspace field used to travel at warp . ( One block in the Nether is equivalent to eight in the Overworld , allowing for much faster travel . ) Holding a dragon egg unlocks the advancement ' The Next Generation , ' which may be referencing Star Trek : TNG , and entering an End city unlockes the advancement ' The City at the End of the Game , ' which may be a reference to the TOS episode ' The City at the Edge of Forever . ' Additionally , among the many languages the game is available in is Klingon . " Mortal Kombat " games . In , Captain Marvel tells Superman , Deathstroke the Terminator , and the Joker that their enemy is called Dark Kahn . Joker replies with a Kirk - like " " " " with appropriate echoes . When Joker is finished , Deathstroke promptly tells him to shut up . " Orion Trail " . The PC game " Orion Trail " features numerous references to the series and is based around killing " redshirt s " on away missions . References include place names such as " the Gates of McFadden " and achievement names such as " He ' s dead , Jim . " " Orwell : Ignorance is Strength " . The game " Orwell : Ignorance is Strength " features a character , who calls himself " Captain of starship USS " Voyager " " in social media and also has a picture of himself dressed in a uniform similar to Spock ' s , giving the Vulcan salute . " Quest for Glory 2 " . In the introduction , the " Enterprise " - D is clearly seen in the sky and warps away seconds later . " Roblox " . A virtual " hair " was released on the site ' s catalog called " Trecky Hair " for a users " Robloxian " avatar . This hair closely resembles a typical haircut that many Starfleet officers had on the " Original Series " . " Rogue Galaxy " . A late chapter in the PS2 game is entitled " All Good Things . . . " " Secret of Monkey Island " . The lookout character says " " Hey , I ' m a lookout , not a bodyguard . " " " Spongebob " games . In the PS2 game " Spongebob : the Battle for Bikini Bottom " , the mermalair level ' s boss is named Prawn . Dialogue with Mermaidman and Prawn leads Mermaidman to drop to his knees and yell , " " PRAAAAAAAAAAAWN ! ! ! " " and is even true to the angle from the movie . " StarCraft " . A possible unit conversation for a Terran medic is " state the nature of your medical emergency " . In one of the humorous taunts , the medic can say " " He ' s dead , Jim " " . " Star Fox 64 " . The boss of the Sector X area makes continual references to the whereabouts of its creator , not unlike " V ' Ger " in . " Star Fox Assault " . The game ' s main villains , the Aparoids , share many similarities with the Borg . Both races see themselves as the pinnacle of evolution , seek to " perfect " other life forms through forced assimilation , and are led by a queen . The Aparoids are an insectoid race , much like the original concept for the Borg . " Star Wars " games . A side quest in the video game " Star Wars : Knights of the Old Republic " is called " The Trouble with Gizka " , a possible reference to ( the gizka share the tribbles ' considerable ability of rapid reproduction ) . The game also shares many aesthetic similarities to " Star Trek " and other non - " Star Wars " sci - fi . " Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Turtles in Time " . The eight level of ( the ninth in the platform version ) is titled : " Starbase : Where No Turtle Has Gone Before " . The level is set in the future ( the year 2100 ) and features enemies using transporters . " Total War : Warhammer II " . Several of the random lord names are those of " Star Trek " characters : Vorta names for high elves , Romulan names for dark elves , and Jem ' Hadar names for Lizardmen . Lizardmen lords also have skills called " Obedience Brings Victory " and " Honored Elder " , again referencing the Jem ' Hadar . " Unreal " games . In " Unreal 2 : The Awakening " , Aida is stated to be a master of three - dimensional chess . A board identical to those seen in " Star Trek " is present in her quarters . " World of Warcraft " . The various teleporter operators in WoW are named after " Star Trek " engineers : " Scooty " ( Scotty ) , " Jhordy Lapforge " ( Geordi La Forge ) , and " Smiles O ' Byron " ( Miles O ' Brien , or possibly his mirror counterpart " " ) Other parodies and references . Heaven ' s Gate . The religious group , founded in the early ' 70s and mostly remembered for their tragic mass suicide in 1997 , were widely reported to be influenced by " Star Trek " , and even sensationalized as a " Star Trek " religion . The group was steeped in general science fiction themes , notably " Star Trek " , ( although shows like " The X - Files " and " Stargate " were also associated with them ) . Notably , they characterized themselves as an " away team " working on Earth . In a 1993 advertisement in " USA Today " , they likewise described Jesus Christ as the captain in an away team from the Kingdom of God on Earth . In this statement , they also indicated a belief that they were going to depart to the true Kingdom of God on the true " Enterprise " . The wide - ranging belief statement furthermore talked about their moral prime directive . The allusions to " Star Trek " in this advertisement were later confirmed to be intentional . The group ' s website also confirmed their terminology regarding a captain and admiral to be inspired by " Star Trek " . Another manifest , " E . T . Speaks : UFO ' s / Space aliens / Reboot civilization " which was posted to a number of Usenet groups , was sometimes rebranded " The Real Q - An E . T . Speaks out " for Usenet communities with a scifi fan audience . Building on the away team theme , their life routine , in which they were given " assignments " and wore spandex uniform - like light clothing , was further compared to " Star Trek " in the press . They were also known to recruit at " Star Trek " conventions . The member known as Jwnody ended her exit video preceding the mass suicide by saying " thirty - nine to beam up " . Among the members of the cult , and deaths in the 1997 mass suicide , was Nichelle Nichols ' s brother Thomas Nichols . " I ' m a doctor , not a . . . " . Dr . Leonard McCoy ' s signature phrase " " I ' m a doctor , not a . . . " " occurs in several parodies and homages to " Star Trek " :