I noticed that two weeks ago when you did the “Favorite Star Wars References” weekend discussion, it didn’t get that many comments. I read one of the comments from a “ck” that read: “I’d think there were more Star Trek then Star Wars references. Including the disturbing Mike impression of Janeway. (That one hurt a whole lot).”
And I got to thinking, there ARE a lot of Trek references in the show. I think it would make a pretty good weekend discussion topic.
Why not?
I think my fave is Crow’s: “Room-to-room transport! [As Spock.] Very difficult, captain!”
What’s yours?
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At the start of Mr. B Natural, when the name Conn scrolls up the screen Tom yells out KHAN!
Start with Joel and the bots handling of Persis and her relationship with the Paper Chase Guy in Warrior of the Lost World. (She had better luck in the first Star Trek movie—which actually had an interesting premise at the end, with persis and the ex-new Enterprise captain taking off for a sort of alternate/advanced universe, as I recall it).
Note to Star Trek producers, she looks better with a full head of hair. :)
At the start of the Wild, Wild World of Batwoman opening credits with that weird star field when Mike says, “Their five year mission, to be HOT! HOT! HOT!”
Mike’s Janeway is the ultimate one. “Mr. Servo, Mr.Crow. I’M responsible for the lives of 148 crewmen 144 we never see..”
My favorite was always in “Gamera vs. Guiron.” When Crow says to one of the space babes, “Hey, Mr. Spock wants his eye shadow back!”
I like it when Big Stupid is standing next to the picket fence and Joel(?) yells out- “I’m going back to the Enterprise.”
“Mirror, Mirror”- Last of the Wild Horses. Start the discussion.
A quickie from SuperDragon (the pool scene):
Agent Pobo: What happened to him?
SuperDragon: He’s dead.
Servo: Jim.
From The Touch of Satan, we get a shot of Melissa followed by Mike’s “I’m not going back, Jim!”
I always get a kick out of Mitchel when Mike goes “Spoooock”…
For the host segments, I’m going with a tie between “Last of the Wild Horses”, especially for Servo’s Mirror-Kirk (“I!! ORDER YOOOOOU!! LET ME GO!!”) and “Laserblast” for Mike’s Janeway. Honorable mention to the use of the fight music from “Amok Time” for Frank & Forrester’s fight during “Teenage Caveman”, and the SOL reenactment of “This Side of Paradise”.
For the riffing, I’ll have to think that over.
Also in Godzilla vs Megalon, TV’s Frank puts a Fram air filter over his eyes and goes as Geordi La Forge to a costume party.
Bride of the Monster, when all the McCoy’s (no Hatfields) are being credited and Crow blurts out, “I’m dead, Jim!”
I’m with robotrump (#4) — I always loved every TREK reference, but nothing cracked me up like Mike saying, “Mister Gypsy, you’re with me.” Mister Gypsy.
Was anyone else here surprised, though, in the opening titles of GIANT SPIDER INVASION, Tom (I think) says “Starring Nobody You Ever Heard Of!” And we’ve just seen that the film stars Leslie Parrish, who was almost the Bride of Apollo, for crying out loud, in WHO MOURNS FOR ADONAIS? It’s just always struck me as odd that a roomful of writers who knew TREK inside and out didn’t remark on Leslie Parrish and/or her unforgettable Bill Theiss gown.
At least they should have remembered her from THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE.
I laugh any time they hum the Star Trek fight scene music, as they did in The Skydivers, when Harry and Frankie were having their brawl, and in the Hercules Against the Moonmen.
From Colossus (the wedding ceremony scene):
Mike: That guy looks like a cross between Spock and Bones.
Servo: Dammit me!
One that I remember from “The Incredible Melting Man”.
*Melting man is in the woods, and it looks like he’s laughing.*
Tom: -“I’m not coming back, Jim! Ha ha ha!”
How could I forget. When Joel and the bots do the “Star Trek fight song” in “Hercules vs. the Moon Men.”
Well, Let’s see:
“Feather Craft approaching, Captain” as Sulu in Jack Frost;
The “Captains log” jokes as Shatner in This Island Earth; and
the Finnegan moment when Mike has to fight an old Star Fleet Academy tormentor (amongst others).
From Overdrawn at the Memory Bank: “It’s Christmas on the Borg ship!”
And Mitchell has “It’s the Starship Enterprise in drydock.”
Not sure if many noticed, but at the start of Laserblast when there is a long view as the “first” Laserblaster walks across the dessert…the sound effect of the wind is from Star Trek.
Assignment Venezuela – the kid in the dispensary gets a shot in the hinder and someone (Crow?) says “Spock” in a Captain Kirk sort of way.
In “Monster A Go-Go,” when you see the lovely ladies laying on beach towels, relaxing, Crow goes, “I’m in love, Jim!” and Servo hums the love music from “Shore Leave.” By the way, I have all three seasons of Star Trek on Blu-Ray (I’m almost done watching ’em. Just 4 episodes to go), and when I heard that music in “Shore Leave,” I couldn’t help but tear up. It’s so pretty! It sounds like the kind of music I would hear in my head if I were to meet the girl of my dreams!
Have to give it to “Last of the Wild Horses” (#11’s (always liked the mirror universe.)
On a sad note though, Chicago Tribune’s website is reporting the death of Michael Ansara at 91. The last of the big 3 Klingons, with William Campbell (Koloth), and John Colicos (Kor) having gone to their rewards a few years ago. R.I.P. Kang.
I could have sworn I read somewhere that every episode of MST has a Star Trek reference, because Trace was such a fan. Not being too into that series, I only get the more obvious references, so some of the music and stuff that’s been pointed out so far has passed me by. I wonder if it’s true that every episode does a Star Trek reference, though (at least throughout the Trace years…)?
They seem to have repeatedly used the line “I’m not going back, Jim.” Which is
apparently a misquote or made up one (based on This Side of Paradise—Omicron
Ceti 3).
Oh, and what episode had the fight between Mike and the Irish midshipman from Shore Leave?
23 – Just for the rest of the thread, can we establish the Episode Guide’s ID that “I’m not going back, Jim!”, with accompanying music, was from “This Side of Paradise”, as pageanted in Swamp Diamonds? :)
Beast of Yucca Flats:
(frumpy woman walks out onto highway)
“Harcourt Fenton Mudd, you good for nothing-thing-thinggg…”
Godzilla vs. Sea Monster(?)
(GZ spreads his little arms to do victory roar)
“I…am…KIROK!!”
Hercules Unchained(?)
As the Bots are pretending to be Ancient Greeks, Servo sings “Oh, bitter dregs…”
Rocket Attack USA:
Joel, to Russian-Joel, making the shows’ first use of “Come back, I thought we could drink Tranya, or something!”
(Joel could always get away with the innocent geek-poking Corbomite Maneuver references more than Mike could try and turn them into nerd-bashing ones.)
@26-That would be 805-The Thing That Couldn’t Die.
Not sure if this qualifies, but during “The Explorers” host segment of Lost Continent Joel shows a picture of Guest Star Michael Sarrazin. This picture looks a lot like Dr. Sevrin from the horrible Star Trek episode “The Way to Eden”. If that picture is of Dr. Sevrin the problem is he was not played by Michael Sarrazin, but by Skip Homeier. Or maybe Michael Sarrazin actually once played a bald guy with weird ears.
Any of the “I’m not going back Jim…! ha haha ha” moments. Damn, i love that.
Re: #25 AFFA
Someone at TVTropes.org made the claim that every MST3K episode contained a Star Trek reference. I don’t think that’s actually accurate.
I can certainly say that ALMOST every Joel-era episode has a Wizard of Oz reference.
“Shall I continue to talk like George Takei, Mike?”
“No.”
“As you wish, Captain.”
I always liked, “captain’s log – half of the ship has fallen off… And no one likes me,” (or something like that) from This Island Earth.
And I’m actually impressed every time they do the fight music – counter-melodies, flourishes and all.
The opening segment for Skydivers when Tom was doing his planetarium show always had my favorite reference. “Servo? We have to get to Uranus, and wipe out the Klingons!”
How about when the Demon Dogs visit the SOL and the leader offers to drink Tranya with Joel and the bots?
Of course, in This Island Earth, Servo is checking the credits for any sign of William Shatner: “Looks like he’s not in this one – we’re safe!”
And speaking of This Island Earth:
“Captain’s Log: A bunch of our ship fell off and nobody likes me.”
“Do you want me to talk any more like George Takei, Mike? As you wish, Captain, as you wish.”
Which episode was it where everybody did their best Shatner impression during a host segment?
But I think my favorite comes from “The Magic Sword,” where George is trying to reach the sword and it “glows” (you know, Mr BIG’s typical twelve and a half cent special effect), and suddenly we hear, “Must … reach … crappy … SPECIALeffect!” (I don’t remember if this was Joel or Servo here)
William Shatner: A gift to us all…
I can’t think of my FAVORITE. I’m really bad at picking and choosing. (I like them all.) It seems like there are a lot of “SPOOOOOCK!” references, though.
@23, I think bobhoncho has just lost his dignity. Just kidding, of course.
From ‘Once Upon A Honeymoon’ as the angel is fading out.
Crow: “I’m losing his pattern, captain!”
@35 – Not nearly as many as “Help me…Spock!” refs from The Savage Curtain, every time something’s filmed in Bronson Canyon.
(Oh yeah–Real fans know the weird TOS titles.)
As a lifelong Trekker, I love them all. Every time they reference the show, it brings a smile to my face. :-)
I love it in the MST3K movie when Tom Servo says “Spoooock!”
Let’s not forget the cameos of two Romulan women: one in the Is this Love? short and the other in the Horror of Party Beach dance sequence.
Also, one from Gunslinger:
Mayor(?): I don’t gotta a gun to protect myself with!
Crow (as Scotty): I’m losing power Captain!
There is another “Star Trek” riff at the beginning of “Jack Frost”. When the sounds of mosquitoes are heard buzzing by the sleeping Marfuska (sp?) Mike says, “It’s Spock in really fast motion!”. This is a reference to the episode “Wink of and Eye” where the crew encounter “time-accelerated” aliens and their presence in our “normal time” sounds like buzzing insects. Both Spock and Kirk get stuck in this process.
EricJ @37, I kindof meant that as well, I guess.
#27, I know that the music and that particular line were from “This Side of Paradise,” but that music was first heard in “Shore Leave,” when Kirk meets Ruth again, for the first time in a long time. That’s why I called it “the love music from ‘Shore Leave'”.
And #35, what dignity? None of us here have any!
#27 (EricJ)
Servo also throws in “Oh, bitter dregs” during Critter’s sad song in “Girl in Golds Boots”.
And, if you listen closely, during one of the Roman Times episodes (can’t remember which one) you can hear a partygoer singing, “Eat all the fruit and throw away the rind.”
It appears to be some kind of a PORTAL Jim!
12 to the Moon
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“They’re waving giant Tribbles!” from “Boggy Creek II.”
“Besides, you’re a Romulan!” in “Is This Love?” from “Teenage Stangler.” And by God, she really is.
Oh yeah, the best one ever from “Pod People”, during the opening “starfield in reverse” scene: “Boldly backing away from where no man has gone before.”
Can you name the episode Trekkie’s? “Dear counselor troi, I waited at Denny’s but you never showed ??? :(“