Editing References to the Re-imagined Series

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This article discusses various '''references to the [[Re-imagined Series]]''' made by other works of note in various mediums including, but not limited to, television, film, or literary publications.

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== Film ==

=== ''Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner''===
* Mentioned once. 

===''Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard''===
* [[Edward James Olmos]] calls Deckard a Cylon instead of a Replicant.

=== ''[[w:Futurama: Bender's Big Score|Futurama: Bender's Big Score]]'' ===
*Features a "[[Cylon War]] Memorial Makeout Point."

=== ''[[w:Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs|Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs]]'' ===

*A robot with features from the re-imagined Centurion works the capstan on the pirate spaceship during Bender's attack on the alien Yivo. Later the same robot is seen fighting in the background, using needle/razor fingered hands as on the re-imagined Centurion.''

=== ''[[w:God Bless America (film)|God Bless America]]'' ===
*The main character Frank Murdoch assumes that his accomplice Chloe liked the "new ''Battlestar Galactica''".

===''[[w:The House Bunny|The House Bunny]]''===
* Natalie mentions this to Colby while eating a hot dog 

=== ''[[w:Lucky Number Slevin|Lucky Number Slevin]]'' ===
*A ''Battlestar Galactica'' poster is seen.

===''Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers''===
* Cylons are mentioned as being influenced by Blade Runner 

=== ''[[w:Sydney White|Sydney White]]'' ===

*One of the characters is offended by the joke that [[William Adama|Adama]] is a Cylon.

=== ''[[w:The Terminators (film)|The Terminators]]'' ===
	 
*Some robots are programmed to think there are human. (like  [[Final Five]], [[Sharon Valerii]])
*There is [[Airlock]] in this film.

=== Related imagery ===

<gallery mode="slideshow">
Image:BeastBillionBacksCylon.jpg|Robot with neck cowl and eye shape/color in ''Beast With A Billion Backs''.
Image:CylonWarMemorialMakeoutPoint.png|Cylon War Memorial Makeout Point in ''Bender's Big Score''.
</gallery>

== Music ==
=== Battlestar ===
*[[w:Gabriel Hogan|Gabriel Hogan]], son of [[Michael Hogan|Michael]] and [[Susan Hogan]] ([[Saul Tigh]] and [[Doyle Franks]]) is involved with a band named Battlestar in honor of his father's involvement on ''Battlestar Galactica''.

=== [[w:Jonathan Coulton|Jonathan Coulton]] ===
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*Jonathan Coulton wrote a song entitled "Battle of Galactica"<ref name="JoCopedia">{{cite_web|url=http://www.jonathancoulton.com/wiki/index.php/Battle_of_Galactica|title=Battle of Galactica|date=4 November 2008|accessdate=15 December 2008|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>, possibly named after the [[Battle of Galactica|ride of the same name]]. It is sung to the theme of the original [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Battlestar Galactica]] or the Re-imagined Series' [[Colonial anthem]].<ref>{{cite podcast
| url = http://thephoenix.com/x/hodgman.mp3
| title = Live at the [[w:Coolidge Corner|Coolidge Corner]]
| website = The Phoenix
| host= thephoenix.com/
| date = 22 October 2008
| accessdate = 15 December
| accessyear = 2008
| timestamp = 37:00
| totalrunning = 1:01:10
}}</ref>

=== The Crashtones ===
*[[Samuel Witwer]]'s rock band, the [http://www.samwitwer.com/ The Crashtones] takes it name from the callsign of his character in the re-imagined series: [[Alex Quartararo|Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo]]. 

=== [[w:Depeche Mode Remix|Depeche Mode Remix]] ===
*Remixes for their album [[w:Playing the Angel|Playing the Angel]] features one for the song "[[w:Precious (Depeche Mode song)|Precious]]" using dialogue from [[Number Six]] and [[Gaius Baltar]] from the episode "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]".

=== [[w:Incubus (band)|Incubus]] ===
*Incubus has made a song entitled "Battlestar Scralatchica".

== Live Performances ==

=== [[amazon:B000784WDG|Lewis Black: ''Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues'']] ===
*On track six of the CD, entitled "Justin and Janet," [[w:Lewis Black|Lewis Black]] describes [[w:Janet Jackson|Janet Jackson]]'s costume at the [[w:Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy|controversial 2004 Halftime Show]] as being the uniform of the captain of the ''Battlestar Galactica''.

== Television ==
See [[References to the Re-imagined Series (Television)]].

== Literature ==

=== ''[http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Kids/BookDetail.aspx?isbn13=9780060750299 Avatars]'' Trilogy ===
*Several characters in the ''Avatars'' trilogy by [[w:Tui T. Sutherland|Tui T. Sutherland]] reference ''Battlestar Galactica'' on several occasions.  The brothers Gus and Andrew recall watching the entire series on DVD (which has been off the air for three years in the book's time frame of December 2012), Andrew wishes to name his first born daughter [[Kara Thrace|Kara]], and Gus uses derivatives of [[frak]] on occasion.

=== ''[[w:More Information Than You Require|More Information Than You Require]]'' ===
*[[John Hodgman]] claims that the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' was a "re-imagining" of the classic ''Battlestar Galactica'' radio program of the 1920s.<ref>{{cite book
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=== ''[[memoryalpha:Star Trek|Star Trek]]'' ===
*In the ''[[memoryalpha:Vanguard|Vanguard]]'' novel ''[[memoryalpha:Reap the Whirlwind|Reap the Whirlwind]]'' by [[memoryalpha:David Mack|David Mack]], two minor characters are named "Agent [[Mark Verheiden|Verheiden]]" and "Agent [[Anne Cofell Saunders|Cofell]]". Moreover, a Captain [[Michael Rymer|Rymer]] is mentioned.

=== ''[[wookiepedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]]'' ===
*In the ''[[wookiepedia:Legacy of the Force|Legacy of the Force]]'' novel ''[[wookiepedia:Invincible (novel)|Invincible]]'' on page 85, [[wookiepedia:Leia Organa Solo|Leia Solo]] suggests distracting [[wookiepedia:Darth Caedus|Darth Caedus]] during a battle by sending him an episode of ''[[wookiepedia:BattleSun Odyssey|BattleSun Odyssey]]''.

== Comics ==
=== ''[[w:Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight|Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight]]'' ===
*In issue #18 of ''[[w:Time of Your Life (Buffy comic)|Time of Your Life]]'', the swear word frak is used.

=== ''[[w:Deadpool (comics)|Deadpool]]'' ===
*Deadpool and [[w:Weasel (comics)|Weasel]] catch up as friends by watching [[w:TiVo|TiVo'd]] episodes of "Battlestar Galactica".

=== ''[[wookiepedia:List of comics|Star Wars]]'' ===
*The swear word, frak, makes an appearance in the comic [[Wookiepedia:Star Wars Legacy 2: Broken, Part 2|Star Wars Legacy 2: Broken, Part 2]].

== Video games ==

=== ''[[w:FreeSpace 2|FreeSpace 2]]'' ===
*One of the Vasudan pilots respond to orders with the phrase, "[[By your command]]".

== Webcomics/Comic strips ==
See [[References to the Re-imagined Series (Webcomics)]].

== Podcasts ==
=== StarTalk Live ===
*On [[w:Neil deGrasse Tyson|Neil deGrasse Tyson]]'s radio show ''StarTalk Radio'', comedian Leighann Lord pretends to be a computer voice saying "Launch Colonial Viper 1."<ref>{{cite podcast
| url = http://startalkradio.net/media/audio/ST203SethMacFarlane.mp3
| title = Holiday Lights
| website = StarTalk Radio
| host= http://startalkradio.net/
| date = 19 December 2010
| accessdate = 30 January
| accessyear = 2011
| timestamp = 34:34
| totalrunning = 56:57
}}</ref>

=== ''[[w:Thrilling Adventure Hour|Thrilling Adventure Hour]]'' ===
*In the [http://www.nerdist.com/2012/03/thrilling-adventure-hour-63-beyond-belief-teenagers-of-the-corn/ ''Beyond Belief'' episode "Teenagers of the Corn"], Frank Doyle agrees with "So say we all" in response to his wife Sadie's prettiness.<ref>{{cite podcast
| url = http://traffic.libsyn.com/thrillingadventurehour/TAH63_Beyond_Belief__Teenagers_of_the_Corn_.mp3
| title = Teenagers of the Corn
| website = Thrilling Adventure Hour
| host= http://thrillingadventurehour.com/
| date = 19 March 2012
| accessdate = 11 November
| accessyear = 2012
| timestamp = 6:42
| totalrunning = 21:36
}}</ref>

== Radio ==
=== ''[[w:The Hour of Slack|The Hour of Slack]]'' ===
*In ''The Hour of Slack'' episode #1361, performance artist Zero Boy said Cylons overruled a Klingon criminal he was paid to follow.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.subgenius.com/ts/hos_logs/Hour_of_Slack_1361.html|title=Hour of Slack #1361 - The ASK DR. HAL Show with Drummond, Stang & Zero Boy Pt. 1 of 2|date=|accessdate=11 June 2012|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref>

== Others ==
*Entering "about:robots" in the [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ Firefox 3] address bar displays a few wise words about robots. After references to ''[[w:The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'', [[w:Three Laws of Robotics|Asimov's first law of robotics]], ''[[w:Blade Runner|Blade Runner]]'', ''[[w:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' and ''[[w:Futurama|Futurama]]'' it concludes with "And they have a plan."
*In the humorous browser-based MMORPG [[w:Kingdom of Loathing|Kingdom of Loathing]], the [http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/El_Vibrato_helmet El Vibrato helmet] is described as allowing "a weird blue light sweeping back and forth where your eyes should be, like some sort of depressed Cylon."
*[[w:The Onion|The Onion's]] [http://www.theonion.com/content/node/88218 Friday 17th 2008 mock radio news broadcast] announced the launch of ''Battlestar Galactica: Miami.''
*Some episodes of the ''Star Trek'' audio series [http://www.darkerprojects.com/section31.php ''Star Trek: The Section 31 Files''] uses music from ''Battlestar Galactica'', though no references to its story.

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314979/movieconnections IMDb's Movie Connections for ''Battlestar Galactica'' (2003)]
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407362/movieconnections IMDb's Movie Connections for ''Battlestar Galactica'' (2004)]
*[http://www.esnips.com/doc/eab23b65-0655-476c-a8eb-7ee1db70698f/Precious%20%5BDisco%20mix%5D%20-%20Depeche%20Mode Depeche Mode's "Precious" (Disco Mix) mp3]

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 == Film ==
-=== ''[[w:Aliens_(film)|Aliens]]'' ===
-*Includes several references to Aliens in its final act, including a Marine member of the strikeforce that boards the Guardian baseship being named [[Hudson]]. Several lines of dialogue from Aliens are also repeated/paraphrased during this sequence, including, "Knock it off, Hudson," and, "Stay frosty." <ref>https://avp.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Alien_references_in_popular_culture#Movies</ref>
 === ''Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner''===