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==References to "[[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Battlestar Galactica]]"==
 
===Airplane II: The Sequel===
*The music at the beginning of the movie is the "Battlestar Galactica" theme music.
*The theme music is played again during the shuttle launch.
*The pilot of the shuttle is [[McCord, Kent|Kent McCord]], who played [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]] in "[[Galactica 1980]]."
*''Airplane II'' also starred Lloyd Bridges, who played [[Commander Cain]].
 
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==="The A-Team"===
*[[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).
*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.
*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.
*"The A-Team" also starred Dwight Schultz (the voice of [[Lord Erebus]]) and Lance LeGault ([[Bootes]]/[[Maga]]).
 
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===Space Mutiny===
*The shots of the fleet in space are taken directly from "Battlestar Galactica."
*The ship's fighters are also called "Vipers."
*''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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==="Mystery Science Theater 3000"===
*''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===
*In this computer game, units often answer with quotes from movies. Some of the Protoss respond to roders with the phrase, "By your command."
*The game's humans have been exiled from Earth, and live in a confederacy of colonies; these colonies are, throughout the game, decimated by the Zerg and Protoss - the latter of which are feudal, cybernetically-enhanced aliens, like the Cylons.
 
==References in "Battlestar Galactica"==
===Silent Running===
*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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===Star Wars===
*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.
** In reply to these allegations, the [[Apogee]] special effects team "wrote" the words "Fuck Off" by using the lights of the Caprican city.  This can be seen as the [[Cylon Raider (TOS)|Cylon Raiders]] approach in the attack sequence on [[Caprica (TOS)|Caprica]].
 
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===Earthquake===
*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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===Star Trek: The Next Generation===
*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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===Industrial Light & Magic===
* The "IL" in [[IL-series]] [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] is actually a reference to <u><b>I</b></u>ndustrial <u><b>L</b></u>ight, the previous employer of [[Dykstra, John|John Dykstra]].
* The "IL" marking can be seen as a button marking on the [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] control stick.  This is seen in closeup shots of the stick, starting with "[[Saga of a Star World]]".
 
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