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Followed by
References
Referenced in
Gene Siskel anticipates the possibility of a "Star Trek IV."
Mentioned during monologue and in Star Trek V skit
Billboard advertising film seen
McCoy tells Spock, "Nobody's perfect," after missing the deck where they were supposed to stop. He said the same words in the other movie to him. After Spock explained he doesn't make educated guesses. Also Spock himself told Saavik that after her assessment of Adm. Kirk.
Yakko, Wakko, and Dot sing, "Watch 'Star Trek IV' or ask your teachers; whales are kind and loving creatures."
Ace does an impression of Kirk looking for aquatic mammals in the present, in reference to this movie.
Mike calls the ship a "wessel" like Chekov
Gimpy randomly trashes the plot summary of this sequel
The movie is mentioned in a conversation
The Voyage Home is given as a guess in charades
Leonard Nimoy discusses his directing ST4 in the "Mind Meld" video.
Loads of references are made to each Star Trek film and series.
referenced as part of the documentary
Scene recreated when Spock and Kirk mindmeld with Ohn
The way Stewie jumps onto Stu and yells "surprise!" in order to get to the future recalls Dr. Taylor doing so to Kirk (she did it in order to get beamed aboard the ship, effectively granting her a ticket to the 23rd century; but it's definitely the same idea)
Denholm trying to use his computer's 'voice activation' is a reference to Scotty doing the same in Star Trek
Gus mentions it to George Takei.
complained about title's name
The title of this movie spoofs that of Star Trek IV, which is known in Spain as "Star Trek IV. Misión: Salvar la Tierra".
Sheldon says it was the best Trek movie
"Foreshadowing for Star Trek IV or just really poor asthetics in the future? You make the call."
Young Spock's memory test is similar to the "reborn" Spock of this film. (Besides the obvious time travel plot) Both discuss the meaning of being "fine" with Amanda and Sarek.
James says, "Double dumb ass on you!", which is also heard in "Star Trek IV".
Dean compares his time-travel plan to the plot of Star Trek IV
"They could be going back in time to capture dolphins or some crap."
Features
Footage from the previous film (of USS Enterprise's final moments) is used as evidence by the Klingon Ambassador in Federation court.
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clips
At least one clip was included in this "Biography" episode.
"Lifetime Achievement in Technobabble" segment
Clips of mistakes shown
The whaling scene
clip shown
Critic recaps the previous movie in the series
Kirk and Spock being kicked off a bus.
Spoofed in
When Dick tries to use his office computer the first time, he talks to the mouse in exactly the same way Scotty did in the polymer factory ("Hello Computer?").
Wade's genius tests sound just like Spock's memory tests from Star Trek IV.
The scene where Stu is returning to the future and Stewie jumps into the beam and says "Suprise!" spoofs where Captain Kirk is beaming aboard the Klingon bird-of-prey and is joined by Dr Gillian in the same manner.




