Star Trek parodies and pop culture references ( pictorial ) The following are " Star Trek " parodies and references in pictorial literature . " After Eden " . A creationist comic by Dan Lietha . In one cartoon , a kid asks a creationist whether he likes Kirk or Picard . " Baby Blues " . A comic featuring the McPherson family . After Hammie ( around 7 or 8 years old ) tries to sign up for a dating service online , his father , Daryl , says he ' s changing the computer ' s parental controls from " stun " to " vaporize " . January 15 2018 : Wanda describes Zoe and Hammie as having been " going at warp speed all day " ( running around really fast ) " Calvin and Hobbes " . January 25 , 1987 : After losing to Hobbes in a game of checkers , Calvin accuses the tiger by saying , " " You must have used some sneaky , underhanded mind - meld to make me lose ! " " June 15 , 1987 : While imagining having found a magic carpet , Calvin says , " " Ok , rug , warp factor five ! " " " Chief O ' Brien at Work " . A " Star Trek " inspired webcomic primarily focusing on the presumed loneliness of transporter chief Miles O ' Brien during his tenure on the " Enterprise " - D . " Coffee With Jesus " . In the January 4th , 2017 comic , Jesus encourages man to explore the heavens by saying " " Boldly go . " " . DC Comics . Over the years , DC comics artist have included multiple visual homages to " Star Trek " in their art . In the 1970s , one member of the Green Lantern Corps was recognizable as being a Vulcan . In the 1990s , backgrounds in both " Legion of Super Heroes " and " Legionnaires " included recognizably " Star Trek " - inspired ships . Dilbert . Dilbert is a popular newspaper comic featuring an engineer called Dilbert and satirizing corporate and office culture . There is also an animated series , which also features a number of " Star Trek " references . ( documented here ) The comic for August 19 , 1993 has a mind - reading Dogbert discovering that all the company employees care for are romance , ski trips and " Star Trek " . The comic for August 21 , 1993 mentions the Vulcan death grip . The comic for December 13 , 1993 has a customer asking if a product will be capable of detecting tachyon field emissions . Dilbert notes that he ' s confusing the company with " Star Trek " again , but when a salesperson promises to include it in the next update , Dilbert thinks " " Beam me up , Spock , there ' s no life on this planet " " . The comic for July 25 , 1994 has Dilbert remarking that it seems unnatural for him to have an actual girlfriend , because when the captain on " Star Trek " falls in love , the women always dies in an unlikely accident . The comic for October 14 , 1994 has Dogbert predicting that holodeck s will doom society . The comic for March 3 , 1996 has Dilbert interviewing a potential new employee . When she looks right through his attempt to portray company culture in a positive light , he panics , his inner thoughts being " " My shields are down . . . a hull breach is imminent " " . Later Wally also independently identifies Dilbert ' s state as a hull breach . The comic for March 20 , 1996 has Alice ordering Asok into what she claims is a Jefferies tube , where he gets stuck . She explains he is about to learn that life is not like " Star Trek " . The comic for October 9 , 1996 has Dilbert saying " " Resistance if futile . You will be assimilated . " " The comic for January 15 , 1997 sees coming to Dilbert ' s house yelling " prepare for assimilation " after he accidentally agrees to be Bill Gates ' towel boy by not reading a software license . The comic for November 15 , 1997 has Dogbert recalling a story in which Dilbert yelled " " I ' m an engineer , not a diamond cutter , dang it ! " " . The comic for July 7 , 2003 has Carol sarcastically responding to the request that she print out the company website and put it into a binder for easy reference that she will also translate it in Klingon to make it even easier . The comic for May 3 , 2005 has a character asking Dilbert which of the " Star Trek " seasons he liked best . The comic for November 19 , 2009 has Dilbert describing a consultant with pointed ears as a " Spock - eared sociopath " . The comic for January 12 , 2011 mentions " pon farr " , which Dilbert claims affects Vulcans and engineers . Dilbert and Alice are both seen to experience it . The comic for January 13 , 2011 again mentions Dilbert and his college Alice being on the same " pon farr " cycle . " Dirkjan " . Dirkjan is a popular Dutch short gag series . The eight album , simply called " DirkJan 8 " , contains a sizable selection of science fiction themed gags , the majority referencing the original " Star Trek " . Several characters are translated into original series crewmembers , and gags include feature Klingons , cloaking devices ( in the form of hiding your ship behind bushes ) , borg ( who have developed peculiar speech patterns after assimilating a smurf ) transporter accidents , the series writer appearing as a Q like entity , and more . Donald Duck . The Donald Duck story " Beam Me Up , Mr . Fargone " , ( D 97619 ) written by Kari Korhonen and drawn by , is a spoof of " Star Trek " , particularly the fandom , conventions and merchandise . The story is set in a science fiction convention . Some of the items sold at the convention include a wooden log labeled " Captain ' s Log " and a Vulcan ear labeled " Final Front Ear " . The creator of the series lives in seclusion , and in a video shown in the convention , tells the interviewers to get a life . " Ensign Sue Must Die ! " . A " Star Trek " inspired webcomic that draws primarily from the events of the alternate reality movies . Basic premise is that a Mary Sue character who has newly transferred causes mayhem for the crew of the " Enterprise " . This cartoon has several crossovers with characters from various other films , shows ( including " The Next Generation " ) and books , including those portrayed by Star Trek actors . " Foxtrot " . The comic " Foxtrot " has made fun of " Star Trek " numerous times and the youngest member of the family , Jason , is an avid " Trek " fan . In one comic , Jason makes Christmas cookie red shirts . In another , one of his product suggestions for beef jerky is " beef Kirky " , jerky in the shape of Kirk ' s " Enterprise " . Jason had sung " Aktuh and Maylota " in the shower at least once , making his parents think he was dying . " Geeks & Greeks " . The graphic novel " Geeks & Greeks " contains various references to " Star Trek " , including Captain Kirk , The Gamesters of Triskelion , Whom Gods Destroy , the Gorn , and red - shirted crew members . " General Protection Fault " ( GPF ) . The comic " General Protection Fault " contains various references to " Star Trek " and Trekkies , among them to . " Gutters " . A web comic that pocks fun at the comic industry , " Gutters " has made a joke or two based on the " Star Trek " line of comics : " The Hitchhiker ' s Guide to Star Trek , the Next Generation " . " The Hitchhiker ' s Guide to Star Trek , the Next Generation " is an Internet cross of " Star Trek " and . It was written by David T . Lu and Mickey McCarter . An HTML version of it was made available in 2011 . " Jump Leads " . The webcomic Jump Leads has referenced " Star Trek " several times , from mention of a hypothetical " goatee - toutin ' doppelgänger " in the first issue , " Training Day " , to characters and locations named after actors involved with the production of the various shows , right up to the tenth issue , entitled " " , which features cover art that pays homage to the poster for the movie . " The Book of Bunny Suicides " . This book is a collection of cartoons about suicidal rabbits , includes one cartoon in which a bunny places itself on a transporter next to what appears to be Kirk and Spock , but positions itself half inside and half outside the beam so that when the transporter energizes , only half of it is transported . " De Kiekeboes " . De Kiekeboes is a popular Dutch language Belgian comic book series , which despite having a mostly realistic modern day setting has on occasion flirted with science fiction inspired plot elements . One such elements is the appearance of a holodeck in the album " De truken van Defhoor " . The holodeck functions much like the ones in " Star Trek " , and visually looks like the ones aboard the " Enterprise - D " " Kretén " . The now - defunct Hungarian version of " Mad Magazine " featured a three - issue parody of " Star Trek : The Next Generation " , entitled " Star Tok " , in 1999 . " Les Naufragés d ' Ythaq " . In the twelfth album of this French science fiction comic , " Les Clefs du Néant " , a spaceship is commanded by a captain that looks like a slightly gritty version of Spock . " Least I Could Do " . The web comic " Least I Could Do " makes various references to " Star Trek " , and all other manner of science fiction , throughout the series . These can be seen at their website or in the book collections . " Mad Magazine " . " Mad Magazine " ( # 115 , December 1967 ) had a parody of " Star Trek " called " Star Blecch ! " . The title alteration followed two parodies of the films and spin - off series . The October 1976 issue ( # 186 ) featured a musical parody called " Keep On Trekkin ' " , with Kirk , Spock and dancing on the cover ; thirty - five years later , in June 2011 ( # 509 ) , that image would appear at the end of " Dancing With The Star Wars " ( a satire using " Star Wars " characters ) advertising a similar " Trek " treatment the next week - but Kirk and Spock now have the faces of Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto , to which a senile - looking William Shatner , sitting in a motorized scooter onstage , takes great offense . Kirk appeared again , " green woman " in tow , in the very next issue ( # 510 ) , one of many well - known " captains " ( including , , , and Ahab ) to whom subject Captain America is compared unfavorably ; the character ' s likeness is once again that of TOS - era Shatner . The magazine will frequently insert " Trek " references into stories with " Trek " actors : for example , the beginning of the " Samantha Who ? " parody in the May 2008 issue showed Tim Russ ' s character with Vulcan ears and a Starfleet combadge on his jacket ( a later scene showed two Trekkies ogling the main character , played by Christina Applegate ) , while in a June 2003 parody of the " X - Men " film " X2 " , Professor X ( Patrick Stewart ) , asked how he could stand to be around so many " mutants " , replies that , after enough " Star Trek " conventions , it was easy - or other science - fiction franchises : Worf , Quark , Odo and Morn could be seen in the background in various parts of a May 1995 " X - Files " parody , while the beginning of an April 1998 spoof of " Alien Resurrection " showed a group of famous sci - fi aliens concealed in pods behind the main characters : one of them is Spock , clearly looking in the direction of his mother . Mad has recognized " Trek " s contributions - on the cover of the November 2002 issue , celebrating the magazine ' s 50th Anniversary , the fifty different images used to create " 5 " and " 0 " include Alfred E . Neuman as a Vulcan ( from the " Keep On Trekkin ' " cover ) and a Ferengi . The characters appeared on the cover of issue 115 in September 1993 . Marvel Comics . X - Men . In the late 1970s and early 1980s , Marvel included " Star Trek " - inspired characters and artwork depicting members of the Shi Ar Empire , most notably " Captain K ' rrk " , commander of a multi - species crewed Shi ' ar vessel . Their uniforms were depicted in the " Trek " service division ( Command , Science , Operations ) colors , using the original lime / olive green for Command . K ' rrk , like his " Trek " inspiration , was promoted to admiral later in his career . In the late 90s - early 2000s , another Shi ' ar Captain was introduced as Captain P ' crrd . In keeping with his namesake , he was bald . After their introduction to the Shi Ar , the X - Men incorporated " hard light " technology into their Danger Room training environment , rendering it functionally equivalent to a holodeck . In one issue of " Excalibur " , the character Peter Wisdom makes fun of Professor Xavier by being pushed around in a wheelchair and wearing a baldcap , spouting out various Xavier - originated phrases before saying " Make it so ! " , one of Picard ' s catchphrases . Ironically , this issue came out long before Patrick Stewart was cast as Xavier . " Megatokyo " . The Megatokyo comic 1337 has a reference to redshirt s . " Mother Goose and Grimm " . This comic has several references to " Star Trek " , including Spock summoning McCoy to the bridge because Kirk had knocked himself silly after setting the laser printer on stun . " My Little Pony : Friendship is Magic " ( IDW Comics ) . In Issue # 2 , Pinkie Pie finds a pony skull in the Appleloosan Mountains and it names it " Mr . Bones " , due to the skull having Leonard McCoy ' s hair style . In Issue # 3 , Fluttershy ' s line , " The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few " is a line from Spock in . In Issue # 9 , Princess Luna ' s shapeshifting t - shirt gains an Starfleet emblem during the race event with Big Macintosh . In Issue # 10 , there are some ponies that resemble James T . Kirk and Spock , a gray pony that resembles Bilar tells them , " " Joy to you friends ! Come for the festival are ya ? " " ; this is a reference to the episode . In Issue # 11 , in the basement were Shining Armor plays a game similar to " Dungeons & Dragons " with his friends , there is a poster that has a refit , possible the and the title is " Star Trot II " , an obviously reference to . In Issue # 16 , Rainbow Dash ' s imagination drops them straight onto the pony version of " Star Trek : The Original Series " . Naturally , she ' s Kirk , Twilight Sparkle is Spock , and Rarity is Uhura . There ' s also a pony version of Yeoman Rand in the background of one shot . In Issue # 25 , when Rainbow Dash asks Twilight Sparkle why Spike isn ' t carrying Rarity ' s bags , she tells her that he is currently at a " Pony Trek " convention . In the Micro - Series # 10 , there are several references in the next order : Princess Luna ' s pet opossum is named Tiberius , a possible reference to James T . Kirk , during the conference , an Earth pony has a cutie mark with the Starfleet emblem , and at the fair page , there is an airship with the number " 1701 " , referencing the registry number of the USS " Enterprise " . In " Friends Forever " Issue # 2 , among the various scenarios that Discord puts the CMC through includes a full - on take of " Star Trek : The Next Generation " . It has the Cutie Mark Crusaders ( Scootaloo , Apple Bloom , and Sweetie Belle ) dressed up as Riker , La Forge , and Picard respectively and seen on the bridge of the . Rarity ' s cat , Opal , is dressed up as a TNG - era Romulan . When she attacks , Scootaloo shouts that they should " Split the ship in half " . Discord is seen at the end of that portion , dressed in Q ' s judge outfit from , musing where he had seen this before . " Oink ! " . The 1980s UK children ' s comic " Oink ! " featured a " Star Trek " parody photostory , " Star Truck " , in its issue dated 31 May 1986 . The story concerns the crew of the Star Truck Enterpies : Captain Slog , engineer Jock ( with kilt and tam o ' shanter ) and science officer Sock , in pursuit of Jerm , a chicken - headed humanoid with powers of mind control which he intends to use to conquer Earth . The pursuit causes the characters to pop up in several other strips scattered throughout the issue , before Jerm is finally cornered and regressed to an egg by Sock ' s time warp ray . The story , translated into German ( and also colorized ) , subsequently appeared in the first issue of the short - lived German licensed version of the comic , " Dr Ruebenschwein ' s Oink ! " . A second adventure , " Star Truck II : The Search For Sock " , appeared in " The Oink ! Book 1988 " . " Pardon My Planet " . Yet another redo of Kirk " going where no man has gone before " " Penny Arcade " . The web comic " Penny Arcade " make various references to " Star Trek " throughout the series . These can be seen at their website , or in their book collections . " Pokémon " . In the second chapter of the manga " The Electric Tale of Pikachu " , a loose adaptation of the animated series , Ash mentions that his Pikachu ' s name is " Jean - Luc Pikachu " . Pikachu is also seen to be wearing a Starfleet combadge in the panel in question . " Prayer Pups " . A Christian comic featuring dogs . Nim has a Klingon phrase book . PvP . The web comic " Player vs . Player " make various references to " Star Trek " , most notably , throughout the series . These can be seen at their website , or in their book collections , of which book five is titled " Treks On " . " Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal " . This popular webcomic has referenced " Star Trek " several times . In one 2011 comic ( ) , the bonus joke accessed by the red button has a geek inneptly trying to difuse an awkward situation arising from having different favorite " Star Wars " movies by mentioning " because all of " Star Trek " is great " . In a 2014 comic ( ) , two kids explore the ethical questions arising from using the transporter , based on the assumption that a transported being would be killed and a clone created elsewhere . ( this is generally a characteristic of real ideas on how a transporter might conceivably work , but is not the case with " star trek " transporters , as explained for example in the ) . They ponder a number of scenarios , and then conclude that while they don ' t have answers now , " this is the kind of stuff you get all figured out by the time you ' re a grownup " . " Sev Trek " . " Sev Trek " by John Cook , is a web comic parody of " Star Trek " ( as well as many other popular sci - fi shows ) from " The Original Series " to " Enterprise " . It even spawned a computer animated " episode " of " Sev Trek " : TNG . " The Short - Timers " by Gustav Hasford . When Joker and Rafter Man first meet the Lusthog Squad , they ' re at a movie theater watching George Takei ' s movie " The Green Berets " , where George is described as " Mr . Sulu . " " Snippers " . Snippers ( meaning snippets ) is a comic that appears daily in the Dutch newspaper Metro . In one comic , included in the fifth collection album , two people find a toy robot dropped in a park and contemplate the child that is crying at this very moment . In the next panel , a huge geek is seen crying in a room filled with various science fiction merchandise , including what appears to be a " Star Trek " poster . Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series . In the Knuckles the Echidna and Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series ' produced by Archie Comics , the Echidna character Moonwatcher can be seen wearing a uniform that closely resembles the operations division TNG Starfleet uniforms . Furthermore , with the VISOR - like device over his eyes , he is quite similar in appearance to Geordi La Forge . A later issue introduced the " Battle Cruiser " , a massive flying ship used by the Echidna group the Dark Legion . It ' s designs mimic those of the Klingon Bird - of - Prey , and ships . It should be noted that both instances were created by Ken Penders , who worked on " Star Trek " comics in the past . " Suske en Wiske " . This is a long - running and very popular Belgian comic book series , of which a handful of albums have been translated under various titles in English ( though none of the ones mentioned below ) . In the album " De Verradelijke Vinson " , a dog which has infiltrated the underground base of a mad scientist thinks that it looks like a space base , something he has seen on tv on something called " Stardrek " ( which translates to something like star muck . ) The album " De Tikkende Tinkan " shows at one point various spaceships crashing down all over the world . One frame shows a ship very similar to the original " Enterprise " crashed into the Eiffel Tower . Also , the album " Het Lederen Monster " features the usage of a Holodeck greatly resembling the one aboard Voyager . " Star Wars " . The pre - refit also made a cameo appearance in the " Star Wars " comic " A Death Star is Born " . Also , in the comic book adaptation for the " Star Wars " novel " Dark Force Rising , " a boy on the planet Jomark can be seen holding a model of the " Enterprise " ( Kirk , Spock , and McCoy are also in the frame ) . " Storm " . is a Dutch - British pulp science fiction comic book most popular in the Netherlands . The album " The Robots of Far Sied " has Storm saying " beam me up Scotty " as he prepares to be digitized . " Tales From Salonbay : Adventures in Xenocosmetology " . A " Star Trek " inspired webcomic . The main character , Moxie Magnus , is a hairstylist and makeup artist on the " Enterprise " . Most of the comics feature her offering beauty tips to the various aliens the crew encounters or annoying the crewmembers . The Technopriests . In the first issue of this comic book , a few visual references to " Star Trek " are made . A computer displays a LCARS interface , and later the uniforms of the Techo - pre - school have a remarkable resemblence to original series uniforms . " The World God Only Knows " . During Chapter 216 of the Manga " The World God Only Knows " , Keima wears a uniform resembling one of starfleet when trying to convince Urara he ' s an alien . xkcd . The web comic xkcd is well - known for its references to geek culture , so it should come at no surprise that it has referenced " Star Trek " on a number of occasions . " Impostor " has a character asking a linguist if Klingon is in the . " Quantum Teleportation " has a researcher lamenting that that the press always connects quantum teleportation research to the transporter from " Star Trek " , and then always write the same disappointed story when they find out it is not the same thing . " House of Pancakes " mentions the closing of the " Star Trek Experience " . " Height " is a logarithmic map of the observable universe , which shows both real and fictional objects . Included are the edge of Federation sector 001 , and the Romulan Neutral Zone . " Base System " explains the . " Downloading " Star Trek " fan fiction and replacing Riker ' s name with your Crush ' s " is depicted as out of play . " Numbers " charts the number of Google results for certain phrases with certain numbers inserted ( for example ; I ' m < x > and have never had a boyfriend " ) . Amongst the sentences charted is , " There are < x > lights " , referencing the famous scene from . " Darmok and Jalad " is a parody of the episode , and features Picard and Troi . " Star Trek into Darkness " concerned an epic talk page discussion concerning the question if the " Into " in should be capitalized . " Interstellar Memes " charts how far certain memes would have traveled given " speed - of - light delay " . According to the comic , " Live long and prosper " might have made it to by now , while " Resistance is futile " would have reached Vega . " Questions " shows questions found using Google autocomplete . One of them is " Why are there two Spocks ? " , seemingly referencing the alternate reality . " Data " has a character proclaim that after Kirk and Picard , the most popular " Star Trek " character " are " Data to annoy a grammar pedant . " Santa " has a character using the phrase " the needs of the many . . . " " Bracket " mentions mister Spock ( as well as in an unrelated section Chris Pine ) . " Gnome Ann " shows part of the legend of Gnome Ann involving a ship reminiscent of the original enterprise , stating " Our mission , to boldly go where Gnome Ann has gone before " . Y The Last Man . In issue # 27 , Yorick and Agent 355 walk in the street of San Francisco . Yorick comments that the city doesn ' t completely suck and says that it is no wonder that the Federation of Planets choose it as its HQ location . Agent 355 doesn ' t understand his comment , and thinks that it is a " Star Wars " reference . Ziggy . The September 28 , 2011 , edition of the " Ziggy " comic strip involves a transporter mishap , with a request to Scotty for assistance being heard coming from Ziggy ' s toilet . Ziggy Cartoon May 10 . 2015