History MythologyGag / StarTrekBeyond

** Kirk mentions picking up Saurian Brandy at their stop at [[Recap/StarTrekS1E2CharlieX Thasus]].
** In the same scene, Kirk talks about being the same age as his late father and the struggle of living up to his legacy. Creator/ChrisPine is the same age that Creator/WilliamShatner was during the filming of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''' first season. [=McCoy=] comments that at least he has a full head of hair.
** The ''Enterprise'' is destroyed in the third film set in the ''Kelvin'' timeline, just as the "prime" ''Enterprise'' was destroyed in [[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock the third film]] in that timeline. As a direct result of that, [[spoiler: Kirk is made Captain of the Enterprise-A, despite wanting to be or being an Admiral at the start of the third film]].

** The name of the ''Yorktown'' starbase harkens back to Creator/GeneRoddenberry's original proposal to Creator/{{NBC}} for ''Franchise/StarTrek'', where it was the name of the vessel that would eventually be called the USS ''Enterprise''. Additionally, the USS ''Yorktown'' was one of the starships crippled by the Probe in ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'', which Roddenberry theorized was rechristened USS ''Enterprise''-A.
** When Krall sees Kirk & co coming after him [[spoiler: in the ''U.S.S. Franklin'']], he whispers "my old friend", reminiscent of Khan's TermsOfEndangerment from ''The Wrath of Khan''. [[spoiler: Only it turns out he's not referring to Kirk, but rather the ''Franklin'', his old ship.]]

** One of the legends as to why the ''U.S.S. Franklin'' was lost was that it was engulfed by [[Recap/StarTrekS2E2WhoMournsForAdonais a green energy hand.]] [[spoiler: The giant green hand of Apollo even appears during the ending credits scroll as one of the various planets and space phenomena the ''Enterprise-A'' passes by.]]

** The Starfleet uniforms worn by the Enterprise crew have been redesigned to be closer to the TOS, with plain fabric rather than the textured look of the previous two films.

** By the climax of the movie, Krall has [[spoiler:reverted mostly to human form by absorbing the life-force of numerous ''Enterprise'' crew members, and then he dons a Starfleet uniform as disguise, giving him a ''disturbing'' resemblance to Captain Sisko in his TOS-era uniform from "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E06TrialsAndTribbleations Trials and Tribble-ations]]"]].

** In ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', series 3, episode 4, the crew deal with a very similar swarm of xenophobic aliens all flying individual vessels.

** The story of the ''Franklin'' bears some similarities to what happened to the ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise NX-02 Columbia]]'' in the Literature/StarTrekNovelVerse: the ship was lost during the mid-22nd century and then found generations later, [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/startrek/images/f/f7/Columbia_in_desert.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090611013830 crash-landed and deserted on a remote planet]].

** Starfleet Commodore Paris is a minor character in the movie.

** The story of the ''Franklin'' bears some similarities to what happened to the ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise NX-02 Columbia]]'' in the Franchise/StarTrekNovelVerse: the ship was lost during the mid-22nd century and then found generations later, [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/startrek/images/f/f7/Columbia_in_desert.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090611013830 crash-landed and deserted on a remote planet]].

** The ring-architecture of the ''Yorktown'' starbase is at least externally reminiscent of [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]] (and its replacement in the Franchise/StarTrekNovelVerse).

** [[spoiler:Balthazar Edison came to believe that the Federation deliberately abandoned him and his crew,]] just as Nero in ''Film/StarTrek'' (2009) (or, at least as shown in the film's prequel comic-book, ''Countdown'') believed that the Federation deliberately allowed Romulus to be destroyed, [[spoiler:which fueled both of their revenge obsessions]]. Also, both Krall and Nero, along with their followers, might have genuinely believed that destroying the Federation would save their respective peoples, [[spoiler:except Krall/Edison was originally a human]].

** In an early scene, Kirk and [=McCoy=] have birthday drinks, mention illegal liquor and bad eyesight, and discuss Kirk's future in Starfleet, ''a la'' ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''.

** Kirk gets in a fight with some aliens and returns to the ship mostly unscathed, except for a [[ClothingDamage ripped shirt]]. Several other characters note this is a [[OnceAnEpisode regular occurrence]], which it was in the original series.

** The name of the ''Yorktown'' starbase harkens back to Creator/GeneRoddenberry's original proposal to Creator/{{NBC}} for ''Franchise/StarTrek'', where it was the name of the vessel that would eventually be called the USS ''Enterprise''. Additionally, the USS ''Yorktown'' was one of the starships crippled by the Probe in ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome''.

** We see on the dedication plague of the USS Franklin that it is Starship - class. This was also a designation in early TOS for what became known as the Constitution class.

** in ''series/StarTrekVoyager'', series 3, episode 4, the crew deal with a very similar swarm of xenophobic aliens all flying individual vessels.

** The name of the ''Yorktown'' starbase harkens back to Creator/GeneRoddenberry's original proposal to {{NBC}} for ''Franchise/StarTrek'', where it was the name of the vessel that would eventually be called the USS ''Enterprise''. Additionally, the USS ''Yorktown'' was one of the starships crippled by the Probe in ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome''.

*** His backstory resembles Captain Maxwell's from "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E12TheWounded The Wounded]]." Both were highly capable, well-respected [[spoiler: Federation]] war heroes who tragically could not adapt to a peace time existence after the end of their respective conflicts.

*** His [[BloodKnight motivation and backstory]] resembles Captain Maxwell's from "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E12TheWounded The Wounded]]." Both were highly capable, well-respected [[spoiler: Federation]] war heroes who tragically could not adapt to a peace time existence after the end of their respective conflicts.

*** His [[BloodKnight motivation and backstory]] resembles Captain Maxwell's from "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E12TheWounded The Wounded]]." Both were highly capable, well-respected [[spoilerFederation]] war heroes who tragically could not adapt to a peace time existence after the end of their respective conflicts.

*** His motivation and backstory resembles [[spoiler:Captain Maxwell's from "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E12TheWounded The Wounded]]." Both were highly capable, well-respected Federation war heroes who tragically could not adapt to a peace time existence after the end of their respective conflicts]].

*** His motivation and backstory resembles's [[spoiler:Captain Maxwell from "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E12TheWounded The Wounded]]." Both were highly capable, well-respected Federation war heroes who tragically could not adapt to a peace time existence after the end of their respective conflicts]].

** Kirk catches on to the fact that Kalara is manipulating him much in the same way Martia was trying to manipulate Kirk In Undiscovered Country and in both films Kirk is able out maneuver both.

** The ring-architecture of the ''Yorktown'' starbase is at least externally reminiscent of [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]] (and its replacement in the StarTrekNovelVerse).

** The ''Enterprise'' is destroyed in the third film set in the ''Kelvin'' timeline, just as the "prime" ''Enterprise'' was destroyed in [[Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock the third film]] in that timeline.