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Follows 

Star Trek (1966)

Followed by 

Star Trek (2009)

References 

Referenced in 

At the Movies: Gremlins/Star Trek III: The Search for Spock/Streets of Fire/Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Gene Siskel anticipates the possibility of a "Star Trek IV."
Saturday Night Live: William Shatner/Lone Justice (1986)
Mentioned during monologue and in Star Trek V skit
Ghost Chase (1987)
Billboard advertising film seen
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
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.
Animaniacs: Moby or Not Moby/Mesozoic Mindy/The Good, the Boo and the Ugly (1993)
Yakko, Wakko, and Dot sing, "Watch 'Star Trek IV' or ask your teachers; whales are kind and loving creatures."
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Ace does an impression of Kirk looking for aquatic mammals in the present, in reference to this movie.
Camp Nowhere (1994)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Soultaker (1999)
Mike calls the ship a "wessel" like Chekov
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Undergrads: New Friends (2001)
Gimpy randomly trashes the plot summary of this sequel
The Parole Officer (2001)
The movie is mentioned in a conversation
Dark Angel: Boo (2001)
The Voyage Home is given as a guess in charades
Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime (2001)
Leonard Nimoy discusses his directing ST4 in the "Mind Meld" video.
Futurama: Where No Fan Has Gone Before (2002)
Loads of references are made to each Star Trek film and series.
Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II: Come What May (2004)
Scene recreated when Spock and Kirk mindmeld with Ohn
Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
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)
The IT Crowd: Yesterday's Jam (2006)
Denholm trying to use his computer's 'voice activation' is a reference to Scotty doing the same in Star Trek
Psych: Shawn vs. the Red Phantom (2006)
Gus mentions it to George Takei.
Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission - Save the Planet (2008)
The title of this movie spoofs that of Star Trek IV, which is known in Spain as "Star Trek IV. Misión: Salvar la Tierra".
The Big Bang Theory: The Lizard-Spock Expansion (2008)
Sheldon says it was the best Trek movie
Atop the Fourth Wall: Star Trek #1 (2009)
"Foreshadowing for Star Trek IV or just really poor asthetics in the future? You make the call."
Star Trek (2009)
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.
The Angry Video Game Nerd: Cheetahmen (2010)
James says, "Double dumb ass on you!", which is also heard in "Star Trek IV".
Supernatural: Frontierland (2011)
Dean compares his time-travel plan to the plot of Star Trek IV
The Nostalgia Critic: Episode #5.20 (2012)
"They could be going back in time to capture dolphins or some crap."

Features 

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Footage from the previous film (of USS Enterprise's final moments) is used as evidence by the Klingon Ambassador in Federation court.

Featured in 

Biography: Leonard Nimoy: Spock and Beyond (1996)
At least one clip was included in this "Biography" episode.
The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Despicable Me/The Kids Are All Right (2010)
"Lifetime Achievement in Technobabble" segment
Great Movie Mistakes 2: The Sequel (2011)
Clips of mistakes shown
The Nostalgia Critic: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (2012)
Critic recaps the previous movie in the series
Atop the Fourth Wall: Gameboy #2 (2012)
Kirk and Spock being kicked off a bus.

Spoofed in 

3rd Rock from the Sun: Y2dicK (1999)
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?").
Kim Possible: Naked Genius (2003)
Wade's genius tests sound just like Spock's memory tests from Star Trek IV.
Family Guy: Stu & Stewie's Excellent Adventure (2006)
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.

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