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| See also: [[Re-imagined Series References]]
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| ==References to "[[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Battlestar Galactica]]"==
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| ===[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083530/trivia Airplane II: The Sequel]===
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| *The music at the beginning of the movie is the "Battlestar Galactica" theme music.
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| *The theme music is played again during the shuttle launch.
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| *The pilot of the shuttle is [[McCord, Kent|Kent McCord]], who played [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]] in "[[Galactica 1980]]."
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| *''Airplane II'' also starred Lloyd Bridges, who played [[Commander Cain]].
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| ===[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084967/combined "The A-Team"]===
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| *[[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).
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| *In one episode of "The A-Team," the A-Team attends a television convention. While there, a man in a [[Cylon Centurion]] suit walks past Face, who turns with a look of surprise on his face.
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| *In the second-through-fourth seasons of "The A-Team," the clip of the Cylon wlaking past fcae is played in the show's opening credits.
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| *"The A-Team" also starred Dwight Schultz (the voice of [[Lord Erebus]]) and Lance LeGault ([[Bootes]]/[[Maga]]).
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| ===[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096149/combined Space Mutiny]===
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| *The shots of the fleet in space are taken directly from "Battlestar Galactica."
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| *The ship's fighters are also called "Vipers."
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| *''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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| ===[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094517/combined "Mystery Science Theater 3000"]===
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| *''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===
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| *In this computer game, units often answer with quotes from movies. Some of the Protoss respond to roders with the phrase, "By your command."
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| *The game's humans have been exiled from Earth, and live in a confederacy of colonies; therse clonies are, throughout the game, decimated by the Zerg and Protoss - the latter which are feudal, cybernetically-enhanced aliens, like the Cylons.
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| ==References in "Battlestar Galactica"==
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| ===[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067756/combined Silent Running]===
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| *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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| ===[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/combined Star Wars]===
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| *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.
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| ===[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071455/combined Earthquake]===
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| *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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| ===[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092455/combined Star Trek: The Next Generation]===
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| *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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