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==References to "[[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Battlestar Galactica]]"==
 
===Airplane II: The Sequel===
*The music at the beginning of the movie is the "Battlestar Galactica" theme music.
*The theme music is played again during the shuttle launch.
*The pilot of the shuttle is [[McCord, Kent|Kent McCord]], who played [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]] in "[[Galactica 1980]]."
*''Airplane II'' also starred Lloyd Bridges, who played [[Commander Cain]].
 
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===Knight Rider===
*Also produced by [[Glen A. Larson]]
*The red scanner on the front of KITT is a reference to the red "eye" of the Cylons from ''Battlestar Galactica''.
*Edward Mulhare, who played [[John]] in "[[Experiment in Terra]]", was given a leading role in "Knight Rider."
 
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===Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport===
*From its opening in 1980, until its refurbishment in 1996, the computerized announcement voices were referred to by fans as Cylon and ''Logan's Run'' voices.
 
==="The A-Team"===
*[[Benedict, Dirk|Dirk Benedict]], who played [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] in "Battlestar Galactica," plays Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck in "The A-Team;" Face and Starbuck are very similar (handsome young officers, womanizers, humorous/rougish elements, etc).
*In one episode of "The A-Team," the A-Team attends a television convention. While there, a man in a [[Cylon Centurian]] suit walks past Face, who turns with a look of surprise on his face.
*In the second-through-fourth seasons of "The A-Team," the clip of the Cylon walking past Face is played in the show's opening credits.
*"The A-Team" also starred Dwight Schultz (the voice of [[Lord Erebus]]) and Lance LeGault ([[Bootes]]/[[Maga]]).
 
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===Space Mutiny===
*The shots of the fleet in space are taken directly from "Battlestar Galactica."
*The ship's fighters are also called "Vipers."
*''Space Mutiny'''s plot is also somewhat similar to that of "Battlestar Galactica:" a refugee fleet trying to find a new home, "mystical" elements, strange names for things, etc.
 
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==="Mystery Science Theater 3000"===
*''Space Mutiny'' was shown on "MST3K," and the DVD of the episode made note of the movie's use of "Battlestar Galactica."
 
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===StarCraft===
*In this computer game, units often answer with quotes from movies. Some of the Protoss respond to orders with the phrase, "By your command."
*The game's humans have been exiled from Earth, and live in a confederacy of colonies; these colonies are, throughout the game, decimated by the Zerg and Protoss - the latter of which are feudal, cybernetically-enhanced aliens, like the Cylons.
 
==="Family Guy"===
*At the end of the episode "Road to Europe," Peter and Lois are on the KISS show. At the end of the show, the host announces, "And now stay tuned for Battlestar Galactica Forum." He dons a Cylon Centurian helmet (complete with the red-eye) and continues, in a Cylon voice, "Welcome to Battlestar Galactica Forum."
 
==="Futurama"===
*In the episode "Bendin in the Wind," the band "Cylon and Garfunkle" (consisting of Art Garfunkle and a Cylon Centurian) play at a New New York charity concert.
 
===Mozilla===
*All progams made by Mozilla feature an oscillating status bar which, in the code, is called a "cylon."
 
==References in "Battlestar Galactica"==
===Silent Running===
*Shots of the ''Valley Forge'', the domed greenhouse ship from this movie, were used to show 'agricultural ships' in "Battlestar Galactica."
 
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===Star Wars===
*Many people noted the apparent similarities, aesthetic and plot-wise, between ''Star Wars'' and "Battlestar Galactica. George Lucas even (unsuccessfully) sued the makers of "Battlestar Galactica," ciitng forty-four speciifc counts of plagiarism.
** In reply to these allegations, the [[Apogee]] special effects team "wrote" the words "Fuck Off" by using the lights of the Caprican city.  This can be seen as the [[Cylon Raider (TOS)|Cylon Raiders]] approach in the attack sequence on [[Caprica (TOS)|Caprica]].
 
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===Earthquake===
*Scenes of the city being devastated by the earthquake were used to show the Cylon attack on Earth in "[[Galactica 1980]]."
 
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===Star Trek: The Next Generation===
*For [[Richard Hatch]]'s proposed movie sequel to "Battlestar Galactica" ([[Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming]]), many similarities were drawn between the new Cylons, and the Borg from "Star Trek: TNG."
 
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===Industrial Light & Magic===
* The "IL" in [[IL-series]] [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] is actually a reference to <u><b>I</b></u>ndustrial <u><b>L</b></u>ight, the previous employer of [[Dykstra, John|John Dykstra]].
* The "IL" marking can be seen as a button marking on the [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] control stick.  This is seen in closeup shots of the stick, starting with "[[Saga of a Star World]]".
 
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