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Fry learns that in the 31st century, everything related to ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''[[note]]The fate of the other ''Star Trek'' media wasn't mentioned[[/note]] has been forbidden. With Creator/LeonardNimoy (who stayed on Earth because he leased an apartment and didn't want to be associated with playing Spock) in tow, he takes the crew on a quest to find the 79 episodes, and discovers the rest of the main cast- and an {{energy being}} who claims to be the number one fan of the show.

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Fry learns that in the 31st century, everything related to ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''[[note]]The fate of the other ''Star Trek'' media wasn't mentioned[[/note]] has been forbidden. With Creator/LeonardNimoy (who stayed on Earth because he leased an apartment and didn't want to be associated with playing Spock) in tow, he takes the crew on a quest to find the 79 episodes, and discovers the rest of the main cast- cast -- and an {{energy being}} being|s}} who claims to be the number one fan of the show.



-->"Yes! Front row!"

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-->"Yes! -->''"Yes! Front row!"row!"''



---> '''Fry"''' We decided to work together.\\

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---> '''Fry"''' --->'''Fry:''' We decided to work together.\\



'''Koenig:''' [groans] Ven ve voke up, ve had these wodies.\\

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'''Koenig:''' [groans] ''[groans]'' Ven ve voke up, ve had these wodies.\\
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-->'''Bender''': Thanks a lot, Takei, now everybody knows!
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* SpecialGuest: Creator/WilliamShatner, Creator/LeonardNimoy, Creator/GeorgeTakei, Creator/NichelleNichols, and Creator/WalterKoenig.

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* SpecialGuest: Creator/WilliamShatner, Creator/LeonardNimoy, Creator/GeorgeTakei, Creator/NichelleNichols, and Creator/WalterKoenig.Creator/WalterKoenig, plus a one-liner cameo from Creator/JonathanFrakes.
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* TheVoiceless: Creator/DeForestKelley is depicted this way, since Kelley died in 1999.

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* TheVoiceless: While Creator/JamesDoohan makes no appearance due to his unwillingness to perform in the episode, Creator/DeForestKelley is depicted this way, appears among the Trek cast but never says a word, since the real Kelley died in 1999.1999; his absence would have been more conspicuous, as heads in jars of people who died long before the invention of the technology are well-established.

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* TheCameo: Creator/JonathanFrakes, replacing Nimoy in the head museum.
-->"Yes! Front row!"


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* CelebrityCameo: When Nimoy is taken out of the head museum, Creator/JonathanFrakes slides forward in his place.
-->"Yes! Front row!"

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* HesDeadJim: {{Parodied}}. The soldiers throwing the Trekkies into a volcano says this after each Trekkie is executed.

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* HesDeadJim: {{Parodied}}.{{Parodied|Trope}}. The soldiers throwing the Trekkies into a volcano says this after each Trekkie is executed.



-->'''Leonard Nimoy:''' Truly, it was a paradise.
-->'''Fry:''' And all you had to put up with was one really annoying ''Star Trek'' fan.
-->[{{Beat}}]
-->'''William Shatner:''' [[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever Let's get the hell out of here.]]

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-->'''Leonard Nimoy:''' Truly, it was a paradise.
-->'''Fry:'''
paradise.\\
'''Fry:'''
And all you had to put up with was one really annoying ''Star Trek'' fan.
-->[{{Beat}}]
-->'''William
fan.\\
''[{{Beat}}]''\\
'''William
Shatner:''' [[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever Let's get the hell out of here.]]



* PhlebotinumOverload: Leela's plan to destroy Melllvar by [[GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy blasting it with energy from the power thrusters, overloading him]] "like putting too much air in a balloon". It backfires, as Melllvar just absorbs the energy and becomes more powerful. ("Like a balloon and... [[{{Metaphorgotten}} something bad happens!]]")

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* PhlebotinumAnalogy: Lampshaded when Fry says that "Usually on ''Star Trek'', they came up with a complicated plan and explained it with a simple analogy." Then Leela suggests they defeat Melllvar by overloading his electro-quantum structure, which Bender likens to "putting too much air into a balloon".
* PhlebotinumOverload: Leela's plan to destroy Melllvar by [[GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy blasting it him with energy from the power thrusters, overloading him]] "like putting too much air in a balloon". It backfires, as Melllvar just absorbs the energy and becomes more powerful. ("Like a balloon and... [[{{Metaphorgotten}} something bad happens!]]")



'''William Shatner:''' KHAAAAAAAAAN!!!

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'''William Shatner:''' KHAAAAAAAAAN!!!KHAAAAAAAAAN!
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-->'''Shatner:''' Leela, please. This is just what Melllvar ''wants''. We're just pawns in his diabolical game of checkers.

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-->'''Shatner:''' Leela, please. This is just what Melllvar ''wants''. We're just pawns in his diabolical game of checkers.[[note]]Technically this still works, as checkers ''is'' technically a game of strategy (albeit a fairly simplistic one), and the pieces are properly called "pawns", but the obvious allusion is to chess.[[/note]]

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* AnAesop: As Fry tells Melllvar, you can't let your entire life revolve around a TV show.



* AnAesop: As Fry tells Melllvar, you can't let your entire life revolve around a TV show.
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-->'''Leonard Nimoy:''' When I directed ''Star Trek IV'', I got a magnificent performance out of Bill because I respected him so much.\\
'''William Shatner:''' And when I directed ''Star Trek V'', I got a magnificent performance out of ''me'', because I respected me so much!

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-->'''Leonard Nimoy:''' When I directed ''Star ''[[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome Star Trek IV'', IV]]'', I got a magnificent performance out of Bill because I respected him so much.\\
'''William Shatner:''' And when I directed ''Star ''[[Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier Star Trek V'', V]]'', I got a magnificent performance out of ''me'', because I respected me so much!



---> '''Fry''': We decided to work together.\\
'''Nimoy''': So did they.

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---> '''Fry''': '''Fry"''' We decided to work together.\\
'''Nimoy''': '''Nimoy:''' So did they.



---> '''Fry''': Look, Leonard! We're light enough to keep the tapes! Isn't that great?\\
'''Nimoy''': I'm living in a gefilte fish jar.

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---> '''Fry''': '''Fry:''' Look, Leonard! We're light enough to keep the tapes! Isn't that great?\\
'''Nimoy''': '''Nimoy:''' I'm living in a gefilte fish jar.



* IfICantHaveYou: Melllvar tries time kill the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' crew rather than let them go.

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* IfICantHaveYou: Melllvar tries time to kill the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' crew rather than let them go.



* InterrogationFlashback: Most of the episode consist of these, as Fry, Bender and Leela are interrogated by Zapp.
* InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath: Spoofed when Melllvar pits the Planet Express crew against the ''Star Trek'' cast in a battle to see which is more worthy of his devotion. This episode is the current source for the trope's quote.

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* InterrogationFlashback: Most of the episode consist consists of these, as Fry, Bender Bender, and Leela are interrogated by Zapp.
* InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath: Spoofed when Melllvar pits the Planet Express crew against the ''Star Trek'' cast in a battle to see which is more worthy of his devotion. This episode is the current source for the trope's quote.



* NerdsAreVirgins: The Star Trek Wars ended with Star Trek fans being executed "in the manner best befitting virgins" a.k.a. tossing them into a volcano.

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* NerdsAreVirgins: The Star Trek Wars ended with Star Trek ''Star Trek'' fans being executed "in the manner best befitting virgins" a.k.a. tossing them into a volcano.



--> '''Bender''': Can people who hate ''Star Trek'' leave?\\
'''Koenig''': Good question.\\
'''Melllvar''': No, you have to stay even longer.\\

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--> '''Bender''': -->'''Bender:''' Can people who hate ''Star Trek'' leave?\\
'''Koenig''': '''Koenig:''' Good question.\\
'''Melllvar''': '''Melllvar:''' No, you have to stay even longer.\\



* OnSecondThought: The Star Trek cast note how, psychosis aside, Melllvar wasn't that bad of a host, giving them immortal bodies and a paradise to live in (not to mention a full bar). When Fry adds that all they'd have to do in return was put up with one really annoying Trekkie, the cast decide to leave as quickly as possible.

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* OnSecondThought: The Star Trek ''Star Trek'' cast note how, psychosis aside, Melllvar wasn't that bad of a host, giving them immortal bodies and a paradise to live in (not to mention a full bar). When Fry adds that all they'd have to do in return was put up with one really annoying Trekkie, the cast decide to leave as quickly as possible.



-->'''Fry:''' And all you had to put up with was one really annoying Star Trek fan.

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-->'''Fry:''' And all you had to put up with was one really annoying Star Trek ''Star Trek'' fan.
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* NoodleIncident: The Star Wars Trek (a mass migration of ''Franchise/StarWars'' fans) gets a passing mention and no elaboration when the subject of the similarly-named Star Trek Wars comes up.
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* FrankenVehicle: The Planet Express crew are stranded on a planet with the cast of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. After learning that the former group's ship has broken engines but a working life support system while the latter's has the opposite, Leela attaches the engines of the ''Star Trek'' group's ship to the Planet Express ship to get off the planet.
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* ParodyAssistance: Inverted. Writer David A. Goodman became a writer on official Star Trek after Paramount saw this episode and were impressed with the wealth of knowledge it showed.

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* ParodyAssistance: Inverted.On top of all the ''TOS'' actors who appeared in the episode, there was actually an Inversion. Writer David A. Goodman became a writer on official Star Trek after Paramount saw this episode and were impressed with the wealth of knowledge it showed.
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* ShoutOut: Many to ''Star Trek''l it would take forever to list them all, so [[https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/680849 here's]] a decent list.

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* ShoutOut: Many to ''Star Trek''l it Trek''. It would take forever to list them all, so [[https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/680849 here's]] a decent list.
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* ParodyAssistance: Inverted. Writer David A. Goodman became a writer on official Star Trek after Paramount saw this episode and were impressed with the wealth of knowledge it showed.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Invoked when Nimroy is reunited with Shatner.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Invoked when Nimroy Nimoy is reunited with Shatner.
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-->'''William Shatner:''' You know, there is no right way to hit a woman.\\

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-->'''William Shatner:''' You know, [[Recap/StarTrekS1E2CharlieX there is no right way to hit a woman.woman]].\\

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