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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==
== Film ==
===''[[w:Lucky Number Slevin|Lucky Number Slevin]]''===
 
*A ''Battlestar Galactica'' poster is seen.
=== ''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:Futurama: Bender's Big Score|Futurama: Bender's Big Score]]''===
=== ''[[w:God Bless America (film)|God Bless America]]'' ===
*Features a "[[Cylon War]] Memorial Make-out point."
*The main character Frank Murdoch assumes that his accomplice Chloe liked the "new ''Battlestar Galactica''".


==Music==
===''[[w:The House Bunny|The House Bunny]]''===
===[[w:Depeche Mode Remix|Depeche Mode Remix]]===
* Natalie mentions this to Colby while eating a hot dog
*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 from Separation]]".


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


===[[amazon:B000784WDG|Lewis Black: ''Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues'']]===
===''Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers''===
* 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''.
* Cylons are mentioned as being influenced by Blade Runner


==Television==
=== ''[[w:Sydney White|Sydney White]]'' ===
===''[[w:Attack of the Show!|Attack of the Show!]]''===
*In the "AOTS Undercover" covering [http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/videos/20198/Achievement_Whores.html Achievement Whores], viewers are introduced to "Spoiler Whores". One of the Spoiler Whores tells a customer who the [[Final Five|final Cylon]] is in [[Season 4 (2008)|Season 4]].


===''[[w:Bones (TV series)|Bones]]''===
*One of the characters is offended by the joke that [[William Adama|Adama]] is a Cylon.
*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]]''===
=== ''[[w:The Terminators (film)|The Terminators]]'' ===
*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.
*Some robots are programmed to think there are human. (like  [[Final Five]], [[Sharon Valerii]])
*There is [[Airlock]] in this film.


===''[[w:Bionic Woman (2007 TV series)|Bionic Woman]]''===
=== Related imagery ===
*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]].


===''[[w:Bones (TV series)|Bones]]''===
<gallery mode="slideshow">
*In the episode "The Superhero in the Alley", [[w:Jack Hodgins (Bones)|Jack Hodgins]] lists ''Battlestar Galactica'', along with ''Star Wars'', ''Star Trek'', and ''Stargate'', as to why the the victim's "face and [[w:Cranial vault|cranial vault]]" are fractured.
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>


===''[[w:The Daily Show with Jon Stewart|The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]''===
== Music ==
* On the [http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=165853 Wednesday, 10 April 2008] show, during the segue portion of the episode where [[w:Stephen Colbert|Stephen Colbert]] discusses what's on his show, Colbert brings up the problems that General [[w:David Petraeus|David Petraeus]] faces in [[w:Iraq|Iraq]], noting that he faces civilian unrest, endless pursuit by the Cylons, and the long search for [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. Colbert notes that Petraeus looks worn out, and to prove his point she shows a picture of [[Edward James Olmos]] instead. [[w:Jon Stewart|Jon Stewart]] then points out that Colbert was watching ''Battlestar Galactica''.
=== 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:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]''===
=== [[w:Jonathan Coulton|Jonathan Coulton]] ===
*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]]".
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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>


[[Image:BSG T-shirt Heroes.JPG|thumb|right|Student wearing a BSG t-shirt in the ''Heroes'' episode "Homecoming"]]
=== The Crashtones ===
===''[[w:Gilmore Girls|Gilmore Girls]]''===
*[[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:Rory Gilmore|Rory Gilmore]] jokingly accuses her grandmother of being a Cylon in one episode.
*In another episode, Rory uses the term "[[Frak|frakking]]."


===''[[w:Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''===
=== [[w:Depeche Mode Remix|Depeche Mode Remix]] ===
*The trailers for the NBC show ''Heroes'' re-use several tracks from [[Bear McCreary]]'s [[Soundtrack (Season 1)|BSG Season One sountrack]], primarily the track "Forgiven."
*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]]".
*In the ninth episode, "[[w:Homecoming (Heroes)|Homecoming]]", a high school student is briefly seen wearing a ''Battlestar Galactica'' t-shirt.


===''[[w:The Office (US TV series)|The Office]]''===
=== [[w:Incubus (band)|Incubus]] ===
*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]].
*Incubus has made a song entitled "Battlestar Scralatchica".
*In the episode "[[w:The Return (The Office episode)|The Return]]", Dwight wears a ''Battlestar Galactica'' T-shirt.
*In the episode "[[w:Product Recall|Product Recall]]", Jim, dressed as Dwight's twin, declares that bears "beet" Battlestar Galactica, much to Dwight's fury.
*In the episode "[[w:Survivor Man|Survivor Man]]", Michael wears a ''Battlestar Galactica'' sweatshirt.


[[Image:Frakking Galactica.jpg|thumb|right|Tigh an Starbuck on ''Robot Chicken''.]]
== Live Performances ==
===''[[rc:Robot Chicken|Robot Chicken]]''===


* 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".
=== [[amazon:B000784WDG|Lewis Black: ''Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues'']] ===
** 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.
*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:Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]''===
== Television ==
*In the episode, "My Number One Doctor", [[w:Perry Cox|Dr. Cox]] says the author of the Wikipedia entry on how [[w:bell peppers|bell peppers]] can fight off [[w:cancer|cancer]] also did the [[w:List of Battlestar Galactica (re-imagined series) episodes|''Battlestar Galactica'' Episode Guide]].
See [[References to the Re-imagined Series (Television)]].


===''[[w:South Park|South Park]]''===
== Literature ==
*In "[[w:Imaginationland Episode II|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". Additionally, the text onscreen is done in the same style.


===''[[w:Tripping the Rift|Tripping the Rift]]''===
=== ''[http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Kids/BookDetail.aspx?isbn13=9780060750299 Avatars]'' Trilogy ===
*One of the show's main characters is a robot seductress named Six, who has the appearance of a beautiful human woman.
*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:Veronica Mars|Veronica Mars]]''===
=== ''[[w:More Information Than You Require|More Information Than You Require]]'' ===
*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".
*[[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
*''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]]".
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==Literature==
=== ''[[memoryalpha:Star Trek|Star Trek]]'' ===
===''[[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.
*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==
=== ''[[wookiepedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]]'' ===
===''[http://bluecrashkit.com/cheese/bck Blue Crash Kit]''===
*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 the [http://bluecrashkit.com/cheese/node/1467 comic for January 28, 2006], Kit is looked at when she says: "I'm gonna turn on the Sci-Fi Channel! I wonder what I missed on Battlestar Galactica!"


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


===''[http://www.nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php Full Frontal Nerdity]''===
=== ''[[w:Deadpool (comics)|Deadpool]]'' ===
*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.
*Deadpool and [[w:Weasel (comics)|Weasel]] catch up as friends by watching [[w:TiVo|TiVo'd]] episodes of "Battlestar Galactica".


===''[[w:General Protection Fault (webcomic)|General Protection Fault]]''===
=== ''[[wookiepedia:List of comics|Star Wars]]'' ===
*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.
*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]].


===''[http://www.greenhorncomic.com/node/37 Greenhorn]''===
== Video games ==
*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]].


===''[http://www.hijinksensue.com/ HijiNKS ENSUE]''===
=== ''[[w:FreeSpace 2|FreeSpace 2]]'' ===
*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.
*One of the Vasudan pilots respond to orders with the phrase, "[[By your command]]".
*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, [[w:Mac OS X v10.5|OSX Leopard]], and Joel's awesome pickle parties.
*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]]''.
*In the [http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/04/im-going-to-ask-battlestar-galactica-to-homecoming/ comic for Friday, April 4, 2008], Eli writes a letter to ''Battlestar Galactica''.
*In the [http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/07/does-whatever-an-iron-can/ Monday, April 7, 2008], the characters watch the ''[[w:Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'' special preview as "[[He That Believeth In Me]]" goes to commercial break.


===''[http://kickinthehead.org/index.php?date=2007-03-26 Kick in the Head]''===
== Webcomics/Comic strips ==
*In the [http://kickinthehead.org/index.php?date=2007-03-26 comic for March 26, 2007], the main character's neighbor asks if he has cable so they could watch the [[Crossroads, Part II|season finale]].
See [[References to the Re-imagined Series (Webcomics)]].


===''[http://knockonwood.porplemontage.com/index.php Knock on Wood]''===
== Podcasts ==
*In the [http://knockonwood.porplemontage.com/index.php?strip_id=42 comic for November 7, 2005], Blue Trapezoid tells Yellow Pentagon hat some of the "governmental monies" was spent on the new ''Battlestar Galactica'' DVD.
=== 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:Real Life (webcomic)|Real Life]]''===
=== ''[[w:Thrilling Adventure Hour|Thrilling Adventure Hour]]'' ===
*In the [http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/050131.html comic for Monday, January 31, 2005], Greg Dean snaps when he reads "TO BE CONTINUED..." on the end of the 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>


===''[[w:Sheldon (webcomic)|Sheldon]]''===
== Radio ==
*In the [http://sheldoncomics.com/archive/050225.html comic for Friday, February 25, 2005], the Nerd Tribunal punishes Sheldon for having an obsolete computer by banishing him the "Battlestar Galactica" chat room for two months.
=== ''[[w:The Hour of Slack|The Hour of Slack]]'' ===
*In the [http://sheldoncomics.com/archive/051114.html comic for Monday, November 14, 2005], Sheldon complains to Arthur how he has to wait until January for the new season, while ''[[w:The Ellen DeGeneres Show|The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' "crank[s] out 18 episodes every day".
*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>


===''[[w:xkcd|xkcd]]''===
== Others ==
*The [http://www.xkcd.com/367/ January 7th, 2008] comic mentions ''Battlestar Galactica'' and ''[[w:Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' as possible alternatives to ''[[Wookieepedia:List of books|Star Wars'' novels]], when the main character says that the latter used to be his world.
*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.


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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

  • Robot with neck cowl and eye shape/color in Beast With A Billion Backs.
    Robot with neck cowl and eye shape/color in Beast With A Billion Backs.
  • Cylon War Memorial Makeout Point in Bender's Big Score.
    Cylon War Memorial Makeout Point in Bender's Big Score.

Music

Battlestar

Jonathan Coulton

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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.

Re-imagined Series definition: a nickname used as a substitute for an aviator's given name in wireless communications and in conversation

Re-imagined Series definition: all-purpose vulgarism; Colonial version of "fuck" (see: frak)

Original Series definition: a title of nobility (e.g. Lord Baltar)

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