History Trivia / GalaxyQuest

** And Sarris himself is [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Giles']] least favorite chaos warlock, Ethan Rayne. He's also [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 Zaeed Massani]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: The Japanese dub can be considered as HilariousInHindsight by itself, since most of the voice cast are from the ''{{Gundam}}'' saga, especially from the original MobileSuitGundam series, being the Japanese equivalent of StarTrek.

** [[UnshoIshizuka Alexander Dane/Dr. Lazarus of Tev'Meck. is]] [[MobileSuitGundam00 Sergei Smirnov]]

** Listen closely, [[MassEffect Garrus]] is in this film!

*** He's also [[Series/{{Stargate SG-1}} That archaeologist who got captured with Daniel Jackson in Honduras]]!

** Also [[TheOffice Dwight Schrute]] (Rainn Wilson) as one of the aliens! And [[{{Scrubs}} Ted Buckland]] (Sam Lloyd) as another!

*** Though the trope applied at the time, audiences would have recognized him as the FunnyForeigner from Wings.

*** He's also [[StargateSG1 That archaeologist who got captured with Daniel Jackson in Honduras]]!

** And you all forget [[HomeImprovement Tim]][[strike: Allen]] [[HomeImprovement "The Tool-Man" Taylor]] and [[ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]].
** And Sarris himself is [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Giles']] least favorite chaos warlock, Ethan Rayne. He's also [[MassEffect2 Zaeed Massani]]

* DeletedScene - Several, including Fred taking pot.

* DeltedScene - Several, including Fred taking pot.

* BasedOn -- There was a now mostly-forgotten Franchise/StarTrek fanfic that had a similar plot. "Visit to a Strange Planet Revisited" was published in the 1970s in ''Star Trek: The New Voyages'', a collection of fanfics edited by Sondra Marshak, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, and Myrna Culbreath. In the story, WilliamShatner, LeonardNimoy, [=DeForest=] Kelley, and James Doohan step on the transporter set, and end up on the '''actual''' ''U.S.S. Enterprise'' in a crisis with the Klingons.

*** And [[StarTrekEnterprise Crewman Daniels]] as a third!
** And [[{{Monk}} Adrian Monk]]!

** After surviving his initial encounter with Jason, Sarris gets a ''bolted on'' EyepatchOfPower similiar to General Chang in ''StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry''
* BasedOn -- There was a now mostly-forgotten StarTrek fanfic that had a similar plot. "Visit to a Strange Planet Revisited" was published in the 1970s in ''Star Trek: The New Voyages'', a collection of fanfics edited by Sondra Marshak, Jacqueline Lichtenberg, and Myrna Culbreath. In the story, WilliamShatner, LeonardNimoy, [=DeForest=] Kelley, and James Doohan step on the transporter set, and end up on the '''actual''' ''U.S.S. Enterprise'' in a crisis with the Klingons.

** Alexander is [[DieHard Hans Gruber!]].

* HeyItsThatGuy - Justin Long, the Mac Guy (from the "I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC" commercials) in his first film role as one of the Galaxy Quest fanboys.

** Also [[TheOffice Dwight Schrute]] (Rainn Wilson) as one of the aliens! And [[Scrubs Ted Buckland]] (Sam Lloyd) as another!

** Also [[TheOffice Dwight Schrute]] (Rainn Wilson) as one of the aliens!

* BasedOn -- There was a now mostly forgotten StarTrek fanfic, published in the 1970s in a collection of fanfics edited by AlanDeanFoster, that was this plot -- William Shatner, Leonard Nemoy, DeForest Kelley, and Nichelle Nicols step on the transporter set, and end up on the '''actual''' ''U.S.S. Enterprise'' in a crisis with the Klingons.

** After surviving his initial encounter with Jason, Sarris gets a ''bolted on'' EyepatchOfPower similiar to General Chang in ''StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry''

*** He's also [[StargateSG1 That archaeologist who helped Daniel Jackson in Honduras]]!

** [[StargateSG1 That archaeologist who helped Daniel Jackson in Honduras]] is leading the aliens!

** [[VeronicaMars Daddy Mars]] is the head alien!

** And Sarris himself is [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Giles']] least favorite chaos warlock, Ethan Rayne.

* MythBusters: Adam, [[http://www.modelermagic.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/kg_nsea_protector_studio_model-019.jpg Grant]], and Tory all did model work for the film.

* GeorgeTakei has been quoted as saying this film is actually a "chillingly realistic documentary."

*** And you all forget [[HomeImprovement Tim]][[strike: Allen]] [[HomeImprovement "The Tool-Man" Taylor]] and [[ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The only way this movie could have been more awesome? Hear it from TheWesley!
-->'''WilWheaton:''' ''The only thing I wish they had done was [[ActorAllusion cast me in it]], and have me play a [[FanDumb freaky fanboy]] who keeps screaming at the actor who played "the kid" about how awful it was that there was a kid on the spaceship. [[MissedMomentOfAwesome Alas]].''

* GeorgeTakei has been quoted as saying this film is actually a "chillingly realistic documentary."