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| See also: [[Original Series References]]
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| == References on BSG ==
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| === [[Mini-Series]] ===
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| ==== References to [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Battlestar Galactica]] ====
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| *The Cylon design the [[Armistice Officer]] is looking at in the beginning, and the [[Cylon Centurian]] in the ''Galactica'''s museum, are from the original show.
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| *A model of the original series' [[Cylon Basestar]] is also in the ''Galatica'''s museum.
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| *The theme played during the current affairs programme used to introduce Dr. [[Baltar, Gaius|Gaius Baltar]] is that of the original series fanfare. The fanfare is again heard during the decommissioning Viper flyby
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| *[[Baltar]] tells [[Number Six]] that "the last time anyone saw a Cylon ''[i.e., the original series]'', they looked like walking chrome toasters."
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| *Baltar tells Number Six that "treason gets the death penalty;" in the original series, a point was made of the death penalty being abolished, even for treason.
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| *In the first encounter between the Colonial Vipers and the [[Cylon Raiders]], one of the pilots says that during the first war, Raiders looked like flying wings (the original series' Raider design).
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| *One of the ''Galactica'''s pilots who is killed by the Cylons is called Jolly, the name of a ''Galactica'' pilot from the original series.
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| *Roslin makes a point of calling [[Lee]] "[[Captain Apollo]]," saying "it has a nice ring to it."
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| *At the end of the mini-series, [[Valerii, Sharon|Boomer]] says "by your command," the standard response of the original series' Cylons to the [[Imperious Leader]].
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| ==== Other References ====
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| *[[Number Six]]'s name is a reference to the character of the same name from "[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061287/combined The Prisoner]".
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| *[[Colonel Saul Tigh]] is based on the character Michael Eddington from the movie "[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059309/combined In Harm's Way]".
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| *''Serenity'', the ship from the show "[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303461/combined Firefly]," can be seen through the window above [[Roslin]]'s head when she is diagnosed with cancer. Firefly and Battlestar Galactica shared the same special-effects studio ([[Zoic]], which put in the ''Serenity'') and several of the same writers.
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| *[[Tigh, Saul|Colonel Tigh]] burning the eye out of a picture of his wife is a reference to a similar scene in ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/combined Apocalypse Now]'' with Martin Sheen's character.
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| *The Gemenon liner's ID number is 1701; in [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092455/combined Star Trek: The Next Generation] (which had many episodes written by ''Battlestar Galactica''s developer) the Enterprise's ID number is 1701.
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| *The gun used by Helo, Boomer, and other pilots is a homage to the guns used in the movie ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/combined Blade Runner]'' (which also starred [[Edward James Olmos]]).
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| *Roslin's swearing-in as President is a reference to the famous photograph of Lyndon B. Johnson being sworn in as President onboard Air Force One, after Kennedy's assassination.
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| *''[[Colonial One]]'''s design was based on Air Force One, and the [[Raptor]]'s design was based on the Apache helicopter.
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| === [[Season One]] ===
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| ====[[33]]====
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| *(Also seen elsewhere in the series)The format of the opening titles, a series of clips representing the story of the Cylon attack on the twelve colonies and the exodus of the fleet (all taken from the [[Mini-Series]], followed by clips from the upcoming episode, is a homage to the ITC / Century 21 television series [[Wikipedia:Space 1999|Space 1999]], which [[Moore, Ronald D.]] admits to having watched while growing up.
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| * (Also seen elsewhere in the series) The photograph pilots touch on entering / leaving the Ready Room is called [["Lest We Forget"]] and shows a Colonial soldier falling to his knees on witnessing the destruction of the capital of Arilon during the Cylon Attack. This is a direct homage to the pictures of NYFD personnel at Ground Zero on 9/11, while the title is drawn from the John Ford-directed film "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" starring John Wayne.
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| * The ''[[Rising Star]]'' mentioned as the birthplace of the fleet's first baby is a reference to the luxury liner ''Rising Star'' from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|original series]]
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| ====[[Bastille Day]]====
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| *[[Zarek, Tom|Tom Zarek]] is played by [[Hatch, Richard]], famous for his role as [[Captain Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|original series]]
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| *The title is a reference to the event that began the French Revolution, when a crowd of around 1,000 stormed the [[Wikipedia:Bastille Bastille prison]] in Paris. In this case, the prison is a prison ship, and the prisoners themselves take it over.
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| *The ''[[Astral Queen]]'''s design is identical to the [[TOS Prison Barge|Prison Barge]] from the original series.
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| *The "I'm a bus driver, not a warden," comment from the [[Wikens|Astral Queen's captain]] is a reference to Dr. McCoy's quips from "[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060028/combined Star Trek]."
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| ====[[Act of Contrition]]====
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| *In the flashback to Zak's funeral, there are American military HumVees and Deuce-and-a-Half trucks on the Colonial base.
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| ====[[You Can't Go Home Again]]====
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| *This episode shares some similarity with the final ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' episode, "The Return of Starbuck," where Starbuckis stranded on a desert moon, and uses a crashed Cylon Raider to return to the ''[[Galactica]]''.
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| *The "waggling" scene with [[Adama, Lee|Apollo]]'s viper and [[Thrace, Kara|Starbuck]]'s Cylon Raider is a nod to the original series; [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] had to "waggle" their own Cylon Raider in order to convey they were friendlies, after losing their transmitter in "[[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]".
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| ====[[Litmus]]====
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| *The name of the episode refers to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litmus_test litmus test], used in chemistry to determine the presence of an acid.
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| *Commander Adama has copies of "Reader's Digest" in his cabin.
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| *Number Six says, "Don't make me angry, Gaius. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry." This is a possible reference to the famous catchphrase of Dr. Bruce Banner, just before turning into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hulk Incredible Hulk]: "You're making me angry, and you're not going to like me when I'm angry."
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| ====[[Six Degrees of Separation]]====
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| *The name of the episode is a reference to the [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108149/combined movie of the same name], and share a similar concept - that everyone can be connected to others (in this case, Baltar, the dead scientist, and Shelly).
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| ==== [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]] ====
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| *The episode was initially going to be a riff on the movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112740/ Crimson Tide], where both [[Adama, William|Adama]] and [[Tigh, Saul|Tigh]] would begin to suspect one another of being a Cylon agent, ending up in a scene where they would be pointing weapons at one another.
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| ====[[The Hand of God]]====
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| *A reference to the final episode of the original series, also called ''The Hand of God''; in both episodes, Adama launches the first offensive strike against Cylon bases.
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| *In both episodes, "wing-waggles" are used to identify the friendly intents of captured Cylon Raiders to other Colonials.
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| *During the battle, Starbuck yells out to Lee, "You magnificent bastard!" In the movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066206/ ''Patton''], during their first battle against each other, Patton says the same to Rommel.
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| ====[[Colonial Day]]====
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| *The name of the news show, "The Colonial Gang," is a spoof of the CNN show "The Capital Gang."
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| *The bar that Lee gets into the fight at has several bottles of Jack Daniels whiskey on the shelf.
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| *At the end, Roslin tells Zarek that he doesn't need to worry about her kissing him, to which he replied that it's a shame, as he shaved extra close in anticipation of getting "smacked" by her. This dialogue was taken verbatim from the movie ''Patton'', with Roslin as Montgomery and Zarek as Patton.
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| ====[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I|Kobol's Last Gleaming]]====
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| *In both this episode and the original series ''The Hand of God'', the Colonials track Cylon Raiders using IFF transponders.
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| *Both ''Kobol's Last Gleaming'' and the original series ''The Lost Planet of the Gods'' are two-part episodes where the ''Galactica'' finds Kobol.
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| === [[Season Two]] ===
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| ====[[Flight of the Phoenix]]====
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| *The name of the episode, and the theme of attempting to make a plane from scratch, comes from the book and two movies of the same name.
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| ====[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]====
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| *This is a remake of the [[original series]]' two-part episode, ''[[The Living Legend]]''.
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| == References to BSG ==
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| === "Tripping the Rift" ===
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| *One of the show's main characters is a robot seductress named Six, who has the appearance of a beautiful human woman.
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