References to the Re-imagined Series

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Television

"Bones"

• Hodgins mentions Battlestar Galactica while naming sci-fi genre shows off to Zack in the episode "The Superhero in the Alley."

"The Big Bang Theory"

• In the 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 with commentaries.

"Bionic Woman"

• In the episode "Paradise Lost", the episode "Exodus, Part II" is playing on the television of a house that Jamie Sommers (Michelle Ryan) and Ruth Treadwell (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's final moments before it is destroyed during the Battle of New Caprica.

"Doctor Who"

• According Russel T. Davies's podcast for the episode "Last of the Time Lords", he admits that jumping a year forward was inspired by "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".

"Gilmore Girls"

• Rory Gilmore jokingly accuses her grandmother of being a Cylon in one episode.
• In another episode, Rory uses the term "frakking."

"Heroes"

Student wearing a BSG T-shirt in the Heroes episode "Homecoming"

• The trailers for the NBC show Heroes re-use several tracks from Bear McCreary's BSG Season One Sountrack, primarily the song "Forgiven."
• In the ninth episode, "Homecoming", a high school student is briefly seen wearing a Battlestar Galactica t-shirt.

"The Office"

• In the episode "E-mail Surveillance", Michael Scott mocks one of his employees (Dwight Schrute) for watching "Battleship Galaxy" every Friday night. The Office airs on NBC, which is owned by NBC Universal, the parent company of the SCI-FI Network.

"Robot Chicken"

• In "Rabbits on a Roller Coaster", a 21 second skit entitled "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".
  • Of note, Tahmoh Penikett, Katee Sackhoff and Michael Hogan provide voices for their Galactica characters in the skit. Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly, is a professed fan of the series and voices the character of the FCC member at the end of the skit.

"Tripping the Rift"

• One of the show's main characters is a robot seductress named Six, who has the appearance of a beautiful human woman.

"Veronica Mars"

• 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 "Poughkeepsie, Tramps & Thieves".

Literature

"Star Trek"

• In the latest Vanguard novel Reap the Whirlwind by David Mack, two minor characters are named "Agent Verheiden" and "Agent Cofell". Moreover, a Captain Rymer is mentioned.

Webcomics/Comic strips

"Dilbert"

• In the comic for Friday, December 8, 2006, Dilbert uses the expletive "frak" when he has to program the Legacy system. Although the spelling is from the Original Series "frack", Scott Adams uses it to reference the Re-imagined Series.
• In the comic for Friday, October 5th, 2007, Dilbert mentions going home early to watch Battlestar Galactica on his DVR.

"Full Frontal Nerdity"

• In the comic for Wednesday, January 26, 2005, GREAT LORDS OF KOBOL! is exclaimed.

"General Protection Fault"

• In the comic for Thursday, February 23, 2006, Dexter uses the UGA (Undisclosed Government Agency) spy equipment to try finding out who the sleeper Cylon will be in the next Battlestar Galactica episode.

"Greenhorn"

• In the comic for Monday, October 30, 2006, Paul Greenhorn goes as a Cylon sleeper agent for Halloween.

"HijiNKS ENSUE"

• In the comic for Thursday, June 28, 2007, Joel tries catching up by watching Season 2 but is interrupted repeatedly by Josh. Joel then strangles Josh with the chord of his Wiimote and throws the Wiimote through Eli's neck before he could spoils who the Final Five are.
• In the comic for Monday, July 30, 2007, when Josh is about to commit suicide through a Rube Goldberg machine since Harry Potter series finished, Eli reminds him that there's other things to look forward to as Metroid Prime 3, Battlestar Galactica's Season 4, OSX Leopard, and Joel's awesome pickle parties.
• In the comic for Monday, August 27, 2007, Kevin Smith directs an upcoming episode of Battlestar Galactica in the style of Clerks.

External links

• IMDb's Movie Connections for Battlestar Galactica (2003)
• IMDb's Movie Connections for Battlestar Galactica (2004)