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6	''[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/ Planet of Hats]]'' is a webcomic by David Morgan-Mar (author of ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' and ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'') that recaps ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' in screening order. Unlike his other comics, these are drawn by hand. After TOS was finished, Morgan-Mar went on to do every episode of ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'', and concluded the comic with the six films featuring the original cast, as well as Kirk's point of view during ''Film/StarTrekGenerations''. Morgan-Mar started recapping ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' in 2020.
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8	Named after the trope PlanetOfHats, itself named for the tendency of several ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episodes to display this trope, most clearly seen in the episode "A Piece of the Action". Inspired by Shaenon Garrity's ''Webcomic/MonsterOfTheWeek: The Complete Cartoon [[Series/TheXFiles X-Files]]'', which is likewise a 12-panel AbridgedSeries of a popular SF series, named after a trope.
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11	!!This webcomic provides the following tropes:
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13	* ActorAllusion:
14	** Invoked in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0007.html What Are Little Girls Made Of?]]"-- Kirk says, "There's someone lurching around back there," referring to Ruk the android, played by Ted Cassidy, who played Lurch in ''Series/TheAddamsFamily''. Cassidy also voiced the Gorn in "Arena", who is introduced with a "Lurch!" sound effect.
15	** And invoked again in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0111.html The Search for Spock Part One]]". Kruge, played by Creator/ChristopherLloyd, says "Great Scott!" when the ''Grissom'' exploded, and when he takes David Marcus hostage, Marcus asks "Is this a hold-up?" and he replies "It's a science experiment"; both quotes from Doc Brown in the ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy.
16	** Instead of quoting from Shakespeare as General Chang (played by Creator/ChristopherPlummer) does in ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'', the Planet of Hats version of Chang quotes from ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic''.
17	* AngelsPose: In the recap for the Animated Series episode "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0092.html Once Upon a Planet]]".
18	* {{Anvilicious}}: Invoked: "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0072.html Let That Be Your Last Battlfield]]" ends with Kirk ''literally'' dropping an anvil as he delivers the Aesop.
19	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: From "The Menagerie, Part 2":
20	-->Spock has pled guilty to mutiny, sabotage, and contacting planet Talos IV, [[SubvertedTrope the only death penalty offense in the Federation]].
21	** "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0017.html The Squire of Gothos]]":
22	--> '''Trelane:''' You are guilty of treason, conspiracy, and spoiling my party. You will hang by the neck until dead!
23	* ArtEvolution: Invoked, [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0001.html the author's stated goal]] is to improve his drawing skills.
24	* ArtShift: "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0067.html Plato's Stepchildren]]" is done in [[StylisticSuck crayon]], as a TakeThat at the episode's poor writing.
25	* BilingualBonus:
26	** In the episode "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0033.html The Changeling]]", Uhura's mind is wiped, and Nurse Chapel retrains her in English with ''Literature/DickAndJane'' books. Uhura says, "Je, mimi kupata nje ya hii kuku samadi outfit?", which is Swahili for "How do I get out of this chickenshit outfit?"
27	** In the movie ''[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0114.html Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'', the whalers in the Sea of Alaska get the following dialogue:
28	-->'''Whaler 1:''' Missä helvetissä me olemme? Tämä ei näytä Itämereltä.
29	-->'''Whaler 2:''' Sanoinhan, että meidän olisi pitänyt kääntyä Alpukerkin kohdalla vasempaan!
30	:: : This is Finnish, and translates to: "Where the hell are we? This doesn't look like the Baltic Sea." "[[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny I told you we should have taken that left turn at Albuquerque!]]"
31	* BreakingTheFourthWall: "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0011.html The Menagerie, Part 1]]" and "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0012.html Part 2]]":
32	--> '''Spock:''' Jim, don't stop me. For dramatic reasons, I can't explain until the next episode.
33	--> '''Caption:''' TO BE CONTINUED!...
34	--> '''Kirk:''' Okay, it's the next episode. Explain.
35	--> '''Spock:''' We still have the rest of the pilot episode to watch.
36	** Happens again in ''[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0115.html The Final Frontier, Part 1]]'' - although, since no names are mentioned, one could make the case that it's not Spock breaking the fourth wall to complain about the horrible script and lack of directorial ability, but ''Creator/LeonardNimoy himself'' breaking character to complain about the horrible script and lack of directorial ability. No need to ask WhoWritesThisCrap -[[Creator/WilliamShatner he knows.]]
37	* CallForward: "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0045.html The Trouble with Tribbles]]" includes the time travellers from the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Trials and Tribbleations". O'Brien gets a line of dialogue and Odo, Sisko, Dax, Bashir, and Worf can be seen in the background.
38	* CardboardPrison: Van Gelder escapes from the prison planet of Tantalus V by hiding in a box which is beamed up to the ''Enterprise'', in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0009.html Dagger of the Mind]]". Note that this pretty much happened in the episode proper.
39	* CelebrityParadox: Kirk is inspired to make his cannon "from an old 21st century episode of ''Series/MythBusters''." In reality, not only were the Mythbusters specifically testing Kirk's cannon from the original episode, they actually ''busted'' it, at least as portrayed.
40	* CharlieAndTheChocolateParody: "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0035.html The Apple]]" plays up the resemblance of the Vaalian natives of Gamma Trianguli 6 to Oompa Loompas, by having them speak only in Oompa Loompa verse based on the film ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''. Every panel in the strip has a line from one of the songs from the film.
41	* ChekhovsGun:
42	** Spock mentions "a young ensign named Chekov in our future" when examining the silicon nodule early in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0025.html The Devil in the Dark]]", punning on the obvious ChekhovsGun in the original episode, in which the nodules turn out to play a major role in the plot later.
43	** A similar pun is made in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0038.html I, Mudd]]" - when Mudd reveals an android that later becomes plot-important, Ensign Chekov notices something happening to his gun.
44	* ClothingDamage: Kirk, repeatedly: "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0003.html Where No Man Has Gone Before]]", "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0015.html Shore Leave]]".
45	* CoughSnarkCough: In "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0065.html For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky]]", Kirk tells [=McCoy=] he can't marry the high priestess of a primitive culture that worships a computer hidden in an obelisk. Bones replies "<koff> The Paradise Syndrome <koff>."
46	* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The Limited Palette variant: the only color is the Starfleet uniforms and civilian clothing. And occasionally blood.
47	** Inverted with "Catspaw", where there's lots of black shading, as a nod to the episode's status as a "Halloween" show.
48	* DeusExMachina: Lampshaded by name in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0002.html Charlie X]]".
49	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The "[[https://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0009.html Dagger of the Mind]]" strip has: "Inevitably, the inevitable happens."
50	* DidYouGetANewHaircut: Kirk asks Saavik this in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0112.html The Search for Spock Part Two]]", failing to notice she's actually been [[TheOtherDarrin Other Darrined]].
51	* DutchAngle: Parodying the original use in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0068.html Wink of an Eye]]".
52	* EverybodyLaughsEnding: "(Despite hundreds of deaths.)" "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0054.html The Ultimate Computer]]".
53	* EvilIsHammy: Lampshaded heavily in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0005.html The Enemy Within]]".
54	* EvilLawyerJoke: "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0011.html The Menagerie, Part 1]]":
55	--> '''Commodore Mendez:''' Damn. You'd make a good lawyer, Mr Spock.
56	--> '''Spock:''' Insults do not faze me, Commodore.
57	* FormulaBreakingEpisode: "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0013.html The Conscience of the King]]" is retold entirely in Shakespearean rhyme.
58	* FrequentlyBrokenUnbreakableVow: Kirk and various Starfleet orders.
59	** Not to enter the Romulan Neutral Zone in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0014.html Balance of Terror]]".
60	** Lampshaded in "Tomorrow is Yesterday": when Spock warns about causing time paradoxes, Kirk responds, "How many rules do I need to break before you realize it always turns out all right?"
61	* FutureSocietyPresentValues: Invoked and Lampshaded in "Tomorrow is Yesterday".
62	-->'''[[Series/IDreamOfJeannie Major Nelson]]:''' Female crew?
63	-->'''Kirk:''' Oh yes. We're very socially progressive in the 23rd century.
64	-->'''Major Nelson:''' What do they do?
65	-->'''Kirk:''' Make coffee, hand me reports to sign. One is even a nurse!
66	* {{GASP}}: Kirk in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0020.html Court Martial]]" when damning evidence against him is revealed.
67	* GenreSavvy: Spock points out the following in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0016.html The Galileo Seven]]":
68	--> '''Spock:''' Latimer, Gaetano, stand guard outside while Mr Scott repairs the shuttle.
69	--> '''Latimer:''' Guard against what?
70	--> '''Spock:''' The humanoid aliens who almost certainly inhabit this planet. Have you not taken basic space biology?
71	* GirlOfTheWeek: Several. Specifically called out by Kirk in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0017.html The Squire of Gothos]]": "Get your hands off my latest Yeoman of the week!"
72	* GodwinsLawOfTimeTravel:
73	** Paraphrased by Spock in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0028.html The City on the Edge of Forever]]" as "the First Law of Time Travel - Time travel: ergo Hitler".
74	** The punchline of "[[https://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0085.html Yesteryear]]", in a CallBack to "The City on the Edge of Forever", has Spock return from saving his past self to be greeted by [=McCoy=] in a Nazi uniform.
75	* GoodOldFisticuffs: Kirk and Gary Mitchell in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0003.html Where No Man Has Gone Before]]".
76	** Kirk and Finnegan in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0015.html Shore Leave]]".
77	* GratuitousIambicPentameter: The entirety of "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0013.html The Conscience of the King]]".
78	* GreekChorus: Chekov and Sulu narrate the story of "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0031.html Amok Time]]" as a Greek chorus.
79	* HurricaneOfPuns: "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0032.html Who Mourns for Adonais?]]" has a pun about hands for every panel.
80	* IdiotPlot: Invoked with everyone ignoring or overlooking obvious ways to help Sulu not freeze to death in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0005.html The Enemy Within]]".
81	* ImposterForgotOneDetail: How Spock can recognise when someone's imitating Kirk, because only the real Kirk would rip his shirt in a fight.
82	* InferredHolocaust: Invoked when "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0029.html Operation--Annihilate!]]" ends with the caption "And within five years everyone on Deneva develops melanoma..."
83	* InsistentTerminology: Bones would like everyone to remember he is a PLAGUE doctor, who deals with PLAGUE.
84	* IsThisThingStillOn: The Metrons, in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0018.html Arena]]", after setting up the InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath between Kirk and the Gorn.
85	* {{Jaccuse}}: Spock in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0022.html Space Seed]].
86	** Used as an UnsoundEffect when Kirk accuses Lazarus in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0027.html The Alternative Factor]]".
87	* KirksRock: Seen as a background in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0015.html Shore Leave]]".
88	** Featured prominently as a background in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0018.html Arena]]", echoing its role in the original episode.
89	** And in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0027.html The Alternative Factor]]".
90	** Arguably subtly lampshaded in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0041.html Friday's Child]]", as Kirk suggests making a primitive cannon like he did in "Arena", saying "the geology seems right".
91	* LampshadeHanging: "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0001.html The Man Trap]]"
92	--> '''[=McCoy=]:''' I don't know how Darnell died.
93	--> '''Kirk:''' How can you not know?! This is the 23rd century! We're advanced & socially progressive! The crew includes a [[TwoferTokenMinority black woman]], an Asian guy, and an honest to goodness alien who barely even ''looks'' human!
94	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Played with in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0009.html Dagger of the Mind]]", as Kirk forgets repeatedly that he asked Helen to test the neural neutraliser on him to see if it wipes his memory.
95	* LudicrousPrecision: Played for laughs in "[[https://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0087.html The Lorelei Signal]]", where the 27.346-year cycle of ships disappearing in one region of space is exact enough that Spock starts counting down to the next disappearance.
96	* MeaningfulName: "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0009.html Dagger of the Mind]]" lampshades Lethe, the woman who has forgotten everything about her past, and Helen Noël, who Kirk met at a Christmas party.
97	* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0017.html The Squire of Gothos]]":
98	-->''' Trelane:''' I shall abduct some of the more attractive members of your crew. And Mr Spock.
99	* NoOSHACompliance: "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0004.html The Naked Time]]" is pretty much a catalogue of OSHA violations during the original TV episode.
100	* ObviouslyEvil: "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0001.html The Man Trap]]"
101	--> '''[=McCoy=]:''' I know how Darnell died. Something sucked all the salt out of him.
102	--> '''Kirk:''' No salt? I guess he can't be cured.
103	--> '''Sulu:''' Hi, Green. Do you want something?
104	--> '''Green:''' Saaaaalt...
105	* OnlySaneMan: Spock often points out logical flaws or inconsistencies in the original episodes. No one ever pays attention to him.
106	* PassThePopcorn: The Metrons in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0018.html Arena]]", after setting up the InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath between Kirk and the Gorn.
107	* PimpDuds: Harry Mudd, with appropriate implications, in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0006.html Mudd's Women]]".
108	* ThePlague: An adult-killing one in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0008.html Miri]]" gets [=McCoy=] excited.
109	* PlanetOfHats: The TropeNamer episode "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0047.html A Piece of the Action]]".
110	* ProfessorGuineaPig: [=McCoy=] is incredibly keen to inject himself with an experimental plague cure, in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0008.html Miri]]".
111	* RapidFireInterrupting: Happens to Spock in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0003.html Where No Man Has Gone Before]]" when he keeps trying to point out illogical or downright impossible things that happen, but rarely even gets to finish a sentence.
112	* RunningGag: PLAGUE!
113	* ScienceMarchesOn: Invoked when "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0016.html The Galileo Seven]]" points out how knowledge of what a quasar is has changed since 1966 when the episode was made, casting the planetary system sized "quasar" Murasaki 312 as "a billion times smaller than normal and within our own galaxy".
114	* SexyDiscretionShot: Lampshaded in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0068.html Wink of an Eye]]".
115	* ShirtlessScene: Kirk wrestles Charlie shirtless in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0002.html Charlie X]]", despite everyone else in the gym wearing a robe.
116	** Sulu gets one in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0004.html The Naked Time]]".
117	** Kirk walks through the ''Enterprise'' corridors with his shirt off for no specific reason, in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0010.html The Corbomite Maneuver]]".
118	* ShoutOut:
119	** "Impossible. Pike is a mute version of [[Series/DoctorWho Davros]]!" "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0011.html The Menagerie, Part 1]]".
120	** The Talosians' plan in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0012.html The Menagerie, Part 2]]" is to keep the humans "[[Film/TheMatrix in an illusory reality matrix and extract energy from your bodies!]]"
121	** Kirk officiating a wedding: "[[Film/ThePrincessBride Mawwiage...]]" in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0014.html Balance of Terror]]".
122	** White Rabbit: "[[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny Nyah, what's up, Doc?]]" "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0015.html Shore Leave]]".
123	** Caretaker: "[[Series/FantasyIsland My dear guests! I am the Caretaker, your host. Welcome... to Fantasy Planet.]]" "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0015.html Shore Leave]]".
124	** Kirk: "Launch shuttlecraft for [[Series/GilligansIsland three-hour tour]]... I mean astronomical survey." "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0016.html The Galileo Seven]]". For bonus points, a later caption reads "The [[SpaceIsAnOcean space weather]] started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed..."
125	** In general, "[[Series/DoctorWho Allons-y!]]" is practically Kirk's CatchPhrase.
126	** In the fight against the Gorn in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0018.html Arena]]", Kirk evokes ''Literature/MobyDick'': "Sulu, run that ship down like a whale! They task me! Outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice sinewing it!"
127	** In the same episode, Kirk recalls how to make gunpowder from "an old 21st century episode of ''Series/MythBusters''.
128	** [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0019.html Tomorrow is Yesterday]] :
129	*** The entire plot is turned into a crossover with ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie'' (complete with [[spoiler:Jeannie returning the Enterprise to its own time using genie magic]]), because, as DMM puts it, "this episode really does feel more like an episode of that than an episode of ''Star Trek''."
130	*** When describing how the Enterprise has entered a time warp, Spock says "[[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow It's just a jump to the left...]]"
131	*** When Spock and Jeannie are introduced to Dr. Bellows:
132	--->'''Dr. Bellows:''' What next? [[Series/TheFlyingNun A flying nun]]? [[Series/MrEd A talking horse]]? [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking A blended family with]] [[Series/TheBradyBunch three girls and three boys]]?!
133	** A few in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0022.html Space Seed]]:
134	*** Lieutenant McGivers compares Khan to other "dreamy men" of the 1990s. Specifically, the ''Music/BackstreetBoys''. Khan's first words quote their song ''Everybody (Backstreet's Back)''.
135	*** Khan quotes Captain Ahab's line from ''Literature/MobyDick'': "Thus, I give up the spear", foreshadowing his role in ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''.
136	*** Speaking of which, Spock's closing line is changed to "It would be interesting to return in, say, 18 years to see what has sprung from the seed you plant today," referencing the 18 years of in-universe time between this episode and ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''.
137	** In "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0023.html A Taste of Armageddon]]", Kirk describes the futility of war: "[[Film/WarGames a curious game. The only way to win is not to play]]".
138	** The resemblance of the episode "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0026.html Errand of Mercy]]" to several other related films is called out:
139	*** ''Film/SevenSamurai'' (Kirk: They clearly need our help defending their planet. In exchange for white rice.)
140	*** ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]'' and ''Film/BattleBeyondTheStars'' (Spock: Like some sort of... Space Cowboy? Kirk: Where's Robert Vaughn when you need him?)
141	** "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0033.html The Changeling]]":
142	*** When Spock mind-melds with the Nomad probe, his speech devolves into "[[Series/DoctorWho Exterminate. Exterminate. Exterminate!]]"
143	*** A BilingualBonus: When Uhura gets her mind wiped, her reaction to Kirk retraining her with ''Literature/DickAndJane'' is Swahili for "[[Film/{{Aliens}} How do I get out of this chickenshit outfit?]]"
144	*** When enumerating the probe's errors, Kirk lists "[[Film/ThePrincessBride You've gone in against an Iowan when death is on the line!]]"
145	*** And he concludes his counting with "[[Series/SesameStreet Four errors! Ah ah ah ah!]]"
146	*** The last panel:
147	-->'''Spock:''' [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture What if there are more old Earth probes out there, repaired by alien machines, reprogrammed to sterilise biological organisms, and seeking out their creator?]] \
148	'''Kirk:''' Oh come on, what are the odds of that?
149	** "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0035.html The Apple]]"
150	*** The strip heavily references ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', as noted under CharlieAndTheChocolateParody, after DMM's wife noted the similarity between the episode's aliens and the Oompa-Loompas.
151	*** The last panel, with Kirk eating an apple in the centre seat, functions not only as a literalisation of the heavy-handed metaphor, but a reference to [[Film/StarTrek2009 his reboot self]].
152	** "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0036.html The Doomsday Machine]]" contains yet another allusion to ''Moby-Dick''.
153	** "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0037.html Catspaw]]":
154	*** The apparition of the three witches get the lines "[[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} When shall we three meet again?]]" "[[Literature/WyrdSisters Well, I can do next Tuesday.]]"
155	*** In the same episode, when the landing party fall down a trapdoor they suffer [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 1d6 falling damage]].
156	** In "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0039.html Metamorphosis]]" Kirk says that Zefram Cochrane died 150 years ago and "was an old drunk guy", referring to Cochrane's appearance in ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact''.
157	** Yet ''another'' one to ''Moby-Dick'' in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0043.html Obsession]]: One of the security officers introduces himself, "Ensign Garrovick. But call me Ishmael." And Kirk does.
158	** "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0048.html The Immunity Syndrome]]":
159	*** When the space amoeba wipes out Gamma 7A, Spock says "[[Film/ANewHope I felt a great disturbance. As if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.]]" He follows that up with "[[Series/RedDwarf They're dead, Jim. They're all dead. Everybody's dead, Jim.]]"
160	*** Later, Spock compares entering the body of the amoeba to "some kind of Film/{{fantastic voyage}}."
161	** In "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0051.html Patterns of Force]]", Kirk's reaction to Ekos's Nazi society is to say, "[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade Nazis! I hate these guys.]]"
162	** In "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0055.html Bread and Circuses]]", Marcus says the alternate Roman Empire has conquered the entire world "[[Comicbook/{{Asterix}} except for one Gaulish village.]]"
163	** "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0070.html Elaan of Troyius]]" is an extended riff on ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'', with Kirk as Rick, Elaan as Ilsa, and Ambassador Petri as Captain Renault.
164	** "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0072.html Let That Be Your Last Battlefield]]" has one to ''Literature/TheButterBattleBook''.
165	** Panel four of "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0100.html The Pirates of Orion]]" is in the style of [[VideoGame/{{Asteroids}} Asteroids]].
166	** "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0045.html The Trouble With Tribbles]]":
167	*** Spock suggests [[TabletopGame/SettlersOfCatan trading the wheat for sheep and ore]].
168	*** After getting caught, Darvin says, "[[Franchise/ScoobyDoo I would have gotten away with it if not for those meddling tribbles!]]"
169	* SpaceIsAnOcean: The similarities of the ''Enterprise'' versus the Romulan ship cat and mouse game to a submarine combat are lampshaded in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0014.html Balance of Terror]]".
170	* SpaceMadness: Joe in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0004.html The Naked Time]]".
171	* StarTrekShake: Appears in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0048.html The Immunity Syndrome]]".
172	* StealthInSpace: Spock declares this makes no sense, in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0014.html Balance of Terror]]".
173	* StealthInsult:
174	--> '''[=McCoy=]:''' Nancy! Wow, you haven't aged a day.
175	--> '''Kirk:''' Yikes! Went for older women back then, huh?
176	* TakeThat: ''[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0115.html The Final Frontier, Part 1]]'' is full of Take Thats at the sheer awfulness of the movie.
177	-->'''Spock/Nimoy:''' This is inane.
178	-->'''Kirk/Shatner:''' The singing?
179	-->'''Spock/Nimoy:''' Your script.
180	* TechnologyMarchesOn: Lampshaded and invoked. In "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0028.html The City on the Edge of Forever]]", when Spock says he "needs radio tubes to access my tricorder's memory circuits", Kirk remarks "That thing has less functionality than an iPhone."
181	* TemptingApple: Kirk munches an apple conspicuously at the end of "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0035.html The Apple]]". Not that surprising as the original episode is a loose allegory of the Garden of Eden.
182	* TeethFlying: When Scotty punches a Klingon in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0045.html The Trouble With Tribbles]]"
183	* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: [=McCoy=] gets very excited whenever there's a PLAGUE! and seriously resents Spock attempting to horn in on this.
184	* TotallyRadical: Kirk attempts to adopt 1920s slang to fit into the gangster-era Chicago analogue in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0047.html A Piece of the Action]]", with little success, instead mangling slang from various different time periods and places in a manner not unlike [[http://xkcd.com/771/ this]] ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' strip.
185	-->'''Kirk:''' You dudes make love, not war, or else we'll shiver your timbers.
186	* TrainingThePeacefulVillagers: "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0026.html Errand of Mercy]]", which explicitly references both ''Film/SevenSamurai'' (white rice) and ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]'' (Robert Vaughn).
187	* UnsoundEffect: "Telekinesis!", in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0003.html Where No Man Has Gone Before]]".
188	** This being David Morgan-Mar, there are of course plenty of these. "The Menagerie, Part 2" has "Impale!" and "Vanish!", "The Conscience of the King" has "Intervene", "Arena" has "Disintegrate!", "Space Seed" has "Seduce!" as does "Catspaw", "The Alternative Factor" has "Fall", "J'accuse!", "Sneak", and "Steal", "Operation--Annihilate!" has "Drama!" and "More Drama!", "Who Mourns for Adonais?" has "Fade", "Patterns of Force" has "Die".
189	* WeddingSmashers: The Romulan attack in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0014.html Balance of Terror]]" interrupts the wedding of Angela Martine and Robert Tomlinson.
190	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Spock lampshades the fact that nobody seems to care about how or why the planet they've found is an exact duplicate of Earth, at the end of "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0008.html Miri]]".
191	* WidowedAtTheWedding: Angela Martine in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0014.html Balance of Terror]]".
192	* WritersCannotDoMath: In "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0010.html The Corbomite Maneuver]]", Spock begins to point out how the measured dimensions and mass of Balok's cube mean it has a ridiculous density (but is cut off).
193	* YouLookFamiliar: Invoked when Spock notes that the Romulan commander looks like his father in "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0014.html Balance of Terror]]". (Both characters are played by Mark Lenard.)
194	* YouMeddlingKids: "[[http://www.mezzacotta.net/planetofhats/episodes/0045.html The Trouble with Tribbles]]": "I would have gotten away with it if not for those meddling tribbles!"
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