References to the Re-imagined Series (Television)

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This is the list of References to the Re-imagined Series as they appear in television.

Attack of the Show!

• In the "AOTS Undercover" covering Achievement Whores, viewers are introduced to "Spoiler Whores". One of the Spoiler Whores tells a customer who the final Cylon is in Season 4.

The Big Bang Theory

• Throughout the series, the four main characters have made multiple references to their love of the show. For example, 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.

Bones

• In the episode "The Superhero in the Alley", Jack Hodgins lists Battlestar Galactica, along with Star Wars, Star Trek, and Stargate, as to why the the victim's "face and cranial vault" are fractured.

The Colbert Report

• On the Tuesday 4 April, 2006 show, host Stephen Colbert rails against the Peabody Committee in his "Who's Not Honoring Me Now" segment for awarding other televisions shows with Peabody Awards, but not his own. He sarcastically derides Battlestar Galactica’s winning of the award, and wins of other shows, such as South Park and House in an attempt to prove his show is, in his belief, more deserving of the award.

• On the Wednesday 18 April, 2009 show during the "Tip of the Hat / Wag of the Finger" segment, Colbert facetiously applauded the re-branding of the SciFi Channel to the SyFy Channel, hailing it as a victory over the insidious "silent c" sound. Colbert ended the segment by noting that all SyFy had to do now as find a replacement for its hit show Battlestar Galactica, intentionally pronouncing the c's in "Galactica" phonetically.

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

• On the Wednesday, 10 April 2008 show, during the segue portion of the episode where Stephen Colbert discusses what's on his show, Colbert brings up the problems that General David Petraeus faces in Iraq, noting that he faces civilian unrest, endless pursuit by the Cylons, and the long search for Earth. Colbert notes that Petraeus looks worn out, and to prove his point she shows a picture of Edward James Olmos instead. Jon Stewart then points out that Colbert was watching Battlestar Galactica.

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".

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

Gilmore Girls

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

Heroes

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

The O.C.

• In the episode "The Cold Turkey", Seth asks the homeless guys if they've seen the show.

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.
• In the episode "The Return", Dwight wears a Battlestar Galactica T-shirt.
• In the episode "Product Recall", Jim, dressed as Dwight's twin, declares that bears "beet" Battlestar Galactica, much to Dwight's fury.
• In the episode "Survivor Man", Michael wears a Battlestar Galactica sweatshirt.
• In the episode "Business Ethics", Dwight bets Jim that he takes no personal time during work. Dwight has to restrain himself from correcting Jim as he spreads misinformation on Battlestar Galactica to Andy.

Primeval

• In the fourth episode of the first season, Connor Temple describes both Battlestar Galactica and Blake's 7.

Tigh and Starbuck on Robot Chicken.

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.
• In "Cultivated Relationships", after Robot Chicken gets cancelled Seth Green goes to Ronald D. Moore for help in finding a new job.
• In "Just the Good Parts", it is revealed who is a Cylon.

Scrubs

• In the episode "My Number One Doctor", Dr. Cox says the author of the Wikipedia entry on how bell peppers can fight off cancer also did the Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide.

South Park

• In the episode "Go God Go", the conversation between Richard Dawkins and Mrs. Garrison about ending religion is a spoof on Gaius Baltar and Number Six. The music playing is also a variation on "The Sense Of Six" leitmotif.
• 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". Additionally, the text onscreen is done in the same style.
• In the episode "Fishsticks", Cartman imagines himself fighting "Jew-bots" in manner similar to the Human Torch. The design of the Jew-bots is an homage to the Cylon Centurion.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

• Sarah Connor's musical leitmotif is a note-for-note replication of Kendra Shaw's theme from Razor. Bear McCreary also writes the musical score for the Terminator series.

The Venture Bros.

• In the episode "The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together, Part II", General Treister tells the O.S.I. agents not to use one of the television monitors because it is programmed to record Battlestar Galactica.

Veronica Mars

• Veronica is introduced to the word "frak" in the Season 3 premiere, "Welcome Wagon", 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".

Re-imagined Series definition: Battlestar Group ^{(TRS: "Water")}. It also doubles as an acronym for the television series itself.

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