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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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==Television==
==="[[w:Bones (TV series)|Bones]]"===
*Hodgins mentions ''Battlestar Galactica'' while naming sci-fi genre shows off to Zack in the episode "The Superhero in the Alley."


==="[[w:The Big Bang Theory (TV series)|The Big Bang Theory]]"===
== Film ==
*In the [[w:Pilot (The Big Bang Theory Pilot)|pilot episode]], when Leonard asks Sheldon if they invited Penny to lunch, Sheldon replies that they are not since they will be starting up [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]] with commentaries.
 
=== ''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''.


==="[[w:Bionic Woman (2007 TV series)|Bionic Woman]]"===
== Television ==
*In the episode "Paradise Lost", the episode "[[Exodus, Part II]]" is playing on the television of a house that Jamie Sommers ([[w:Michelle Ryan|Michelle Ryan]]) and Ruth Treadwell ([[w:Molly Price|Molly Price]]) enter during their investigation of a town that was the target of a biological attack. The scene playing in the background depicts ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'s'' final moments before it is destroyed during the [[Battle of New Caprica]].
See [[References to the Re-imagined Series (Television)]].


==="[[w:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]"===
== Literature ==
*According [[w:Russell T. Davies|Russel T. Davies]]'s [http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/doctorwho/doctorwho-seriesthree/doctorwho-seriesthree_20070630-2000_40_st.mp3 podcast] for the episode "[[w:Last of the Time Lords|Last of the Time Lords]]", he admits that jumping a year forward was inspired by "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".


==="[[w:Gilmore Girls|Gilmore Girls]]"===
=== ''[http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Kids/BookDetail.aspx?isbn13=9780060750299 Avatars]'' Trilogy ===
*[[w:Rory Gilmore|Rory Gilmore]] jokingly accuses her grandmother of being a Cylon in one episode.
*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.
*In another episode, Rory uses the term "[[Frak|frakking]]."


==="[[w:Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]"===
=== ''[[w:More Information Than You Require|More Information Than You Require]]'' ===
[[Image:BSG T-shirt Heroes.JPG|thumb|right|Student wearing a BSG T-shirt in the ''Heroes'' episode "Homecoming"]]
*[[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
*The trailers for the NBC show ''Heroes'' re-use several tracks from [[Bear McCreary]]'s [[Soundtrack (Season 1)|BSG Season One Sountrack]], primarily the song "Forgiven."
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==="[[w:The Office (US TV series)|The Office]]"===
=== ''[[memoryalpha:Star Trek|Star Trek]]'' ===
*In the episode "[[w:E-mail Surveillance|E-mail Surveillance]]", [[w:Michael Scott (The Office)|Michael Scott]] mocks one of his employees ([[w:Dwight Schrute|Dwight Schrute]]) for watching "Battleship Galaxy" every Friday night.  ''The Office'' airs on NBC, which is owned by [[w:NBC Universal|NBC Universal]], the parent company of the [[Sci Fi Channel|SCI-FI Network]].
*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.


==="[[rc:Robot Chicken|Robot Chicken]]"===
=== ''[[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]]''.


* In "[[rc:Rabbits on a Roller Coaster|Rabbits on a Roller Coaster]]", a 21 second skit entitled "[[rc:Frakking Galactica|Frakking Galactica]]" shows a scene from ''Battlestar Galactica'' where the use of the word "frak" is repeatedly overused, leaving an FCC member to ask "what the [censored] are they saying".
== Comics ==
** Of note, [[Tahmoh Penikett]], [[Katee Sackhoff]] and [[Michael Hogan]] provide voices for their ''Galactica'' characters in the skit. [[w:Joss Whedon|Joss Whedon]], creator of ''[[w:Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[w:Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'', is a professed fan of the series<ref name="Whedonesque">{{cite_web|url=http://whedonesque.com/comments/10584#129304|title=Brian Bendis interviews Joss Whedon|date=12 June 2006|accessdate=27 August 2007|last=Fraser|first=Simon|format=|language=}}</ref> and voices the character of the FCC member at the end of the skit.
=== ''[[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:South Park|South Park]]"===
=== ''[[w:Deadpool (comics)|Deadpool]]'' ===
* In "[[Imaginationland Episode II]]" the episode starts with "Previously on...," a tactic commonly used by television dramas. While the title screen says "Previously on South Park" Cartman actually says "Previously on Battlestar Galactica".
*Deadpool and [[w:Weasel (comics)|Weasel]] catch up as friends by watching [[w:TiVo|TiVo'd]] episodes of "Battlestar Galactica".


==="[[w:Tripping the Rift|Tripping the Rift]]"===
=== ''[[wookiepedia:List of comics|Star Wars]]'' ===
*One of the show's main characters is a robot seductress named Six, who has the appearance of a beautiful human woman.
*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]].


==="[[w:Veronica Mars|Veronica Mars]]"===
== Video games ==
*Veronica is introduced to the word "frak" in the Season 3 premiere and uses it later. It's said to be "the profanity of the future".
*''Battlestar Galactica'', Number Six, the Cylons, Cylon Raiders, "frak" and "so say we all" are all mentioned in the episode "[[w:Poughkeepsie, Tramps and Thieves|Poughkeepsie, Tramps & Thieves]]".


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


==Webcomics/Comic strips==
== Webcomics/Comic strips ==
==="[[w:Dilbert|Dilbert]]"===
See [[References to the Re-imagined Series (Webcomics)]].
*In the [[:Image:DilbertFrack.gif|comic for Friday, December 8, 2006]], Dilbert uses the expletive "[[frak]]" when he has to program the [[w:Legacy system|Legacy system]]. Although the spelling is from the Original Series "[[frack]]", [[w:Scott Adams|Scott Adams]] uses it to reference the Re-imagined Series.<ref name="DILBERT.BLOG">{{cite_web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070202044647/http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/12/frack_1.html|title=Frack|date=8 December 2006|accessdate=22 October 2007|last=Adams|first=Scott|format=|language=English}}</ref>
*In the [http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20071005.html comic for Friday, October 5th, 2007], Dilbert mentions going home early to watch ''Battlestar Galactica'' on his [[w:Digital video recorder|DVR]].


==="[http://www.nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php Full Frontal Nerdity]"===
== Podcasts ==
*In the [http://www.nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2005-01-26 comic for Wednesday, January 26, 2005], ''GREAT [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (RDM)#The Lords of Kobol|LORDS OF KOBOL]]!'' is exclaimed.
=== 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:General Protection Fault (webcomic)|General Protection Fault]]"===
=== ''[[w:Thrilling Adventure Hour|Thrilling Adventure Hour]]'' ===
*In the [http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20060223.html comic for Thursday, February 23, 2006], [[w:General Protection Fault (webcomic)#Dexter J. Smith|Dexter]] uses the UGA (Undisclosed Government Agency) spy equipment to try finding out who the [[Humanoid Cylon|sleeper Cylon]] will be in the next ''Battlestar Galactica'' episode.
*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>


==="[http://www.greenhorncomic.com/node/37 Greenhorn]"===
== Radio ==
*In the [http://www.greenhorncomic.com/node/50 comic for Monday, October 30, 2006], [http://www.greenhorncomic.com/node/18 Paul Greenhorn] goes as a Cylon sleeper agent for [[w:Halloween|Halloween]].
=== ''[[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>


==="[http://www.hijinksensue.com/ HijiNKS ENSUE]"===
== Others ==
*In the [http://www.hijinksensue.com/2007/06/28/why-a-wiimote-cousin-why-not-an-axe/ comic for Thursday, June 28, 2007], Joel tries catching up by watching [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]] but is interrupted repeatedly by Josh. Joel then strangles Josh with the chord of his [[w:Wii Remote|Wiimote]] and throws the Wiimote through Eli's neck before he could spoil who the [[Final Five]] are.
*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 [http://www.hijinksensue.com/2007/07/30/harry-potter-epilogue/ comic for Monday, July 30, 2007], when Josh is about to commit suicide through a [[w:Rube Goldberg machine|Rube Goldberg machine]] since [[w:Harry Potter|Harry Potter]] series finished, Eli reminds him that there's other things to look forward to as ''[[w:Metroid Prime 3: Corruption|Metroid Prime 3]]'', ''Battlestar Galactica''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Season 4 (2008)|Season 4]], [[w:Mac OS X v10.5|OSX Leopard]], and Joel's awesome pickle parties.
*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."
*In the [http://www.hijinksensue.com/2007/08/27/less-cylons-more-dick-jokes/ comic for Monday, August 27, 2007], [[Kevin Smith]] directs an upcoming episode of ''Battlestar Galactica'' in the style of ''[[w:Clerks|Clerks]]''.
*[[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==
==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314979/movieconnections IMDb's Movie Connections for ''Battlestar Galactica'' (2003)]
*[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.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]


== References ==
== References ==
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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.


Film

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

  • Mentioned once.

Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard

Futurama: Bender's Big Score

  • Features a "Cylon War Memorial Makeout Point."

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.

God Bless America

  • The main character Frank Murdoch assumes that his accomplice Chloe liked the "new Battlestar Galactica".

The House Bunny

  • Natalie mentions this to Colby while eating a hot dog

Lucky Number Slevin

  • A Battlestar Galactica poster is seen.

Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers

  • Cylons are mentioned as being influenced by Blade Runner

Sydney White

  • One of the characters is offended by the joke that Adama is a Cylon.

The Terminators

Related imagery

Music

Battlestar

Jonathan Coulton

The Crashtones

Depeche Mode Remix

Incubus

  • Incubus has made a song entitled "Battlestar Scralatchica".

Live Performances

Lewis Black: Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues

Television

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

Literature

Avatars Trilogy

  • Several characters in the Avatars trilogy by 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, and Gus uses derivatives of frak on occasion.

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.[3]

Star Trek

Star Wars

Comics

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight

Deadpool

  • Deadpool and Weasel catch up as friends by watching TiVo'd episodes of "Battlestar Galactica".

Star Wars

Video games

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 Neil deGrasse Tyson's radio show StarTalk Radio, comedian Leighann Lord pretends to be a computer voice saying "Launch Colonial Viper 1."[4]

Thrilling Adventure Hour

Radio

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.[6]

Others

External links

References

  1. Battle of Galactica (backup available on Archive.org) (in ). (4 November 2008). Retrieved on 15 December 2008.
  2. thephoenix.com/. Live at the Coolidge Corner. The Phoenix. 22 October 2008. Podcast accessed on 15 December, 2008 Seek to: 37:00. Total running time: 1:01:10. (POD)
  3. Hodgman, John. More Information Than You Require. ISBN 9780525950349, p. 232.
  4. http://startalkradio.net/. Holiday Lights. StarTalk Radio. 19 December 2010. Podcast accessed on 30 January, 2011 Seek to: 34:34. Total running time: 56:57. (POD)
  5. http://thrillingadventurehour.com/. Teenagers of the Corn. Thrilling Adventure Hour. 19 March 2012. Podcast accessed on 11 November, 2012 Seek to: 6:42. Total running time: 21:36. (POD)
  6. Hour of Slack #1361 - The ASK DR. HAL Show with Drummond, Stang & Zero Boy Pt. 1 of 2 (backup available on Archive.org) . Retrieved on 11 June 2012.