10 Greatest Star Trek Callbacks 

Nothing for the greatest cameo in the history of cameos?!?!?!? - Kirk Thatcher as the Punk on the Bus in both ST:IV and Picard S2

Data describing alcohol from Guinan's bar to Scotty in Relics, echoing a line from Scotty in TOS: "It is green".

The callback to Benny Russell is legitimately moving, it was incredibly nice to see.

Not a callback exactly but I love how Kor, Kang, and Koloth were all portrayed in deep space nine by the same actors who portrayed them in the original series. This was really cool and I'm glad they were all available to do it. Breaking up that trio by replacing even one of them just would not have been cool.

All I have to add is that the destruction of the Enterprise was not "like" the death of a beloved character, it WAS the death of a beloved character. Much like Serenity in the Firefly series and movie, Enterprise is absolutely, 100% a character, and a much-loved one. Other than that tiny detail, good video. I actually knew a lot of these, the exceptions being those from the animated shows. Still working on those.

Not sure if this theory has been thought of, but i just had a thought. Benny Russel is Sisko after the series. The Sisko did return after his time with the Prophets, but in the 1950's with amnesia of his time as Ben Sisko. and remembered that time as dreams that manifested as story ideas. His subconscious could even be making him see people that sounded and looked like the people he knew as human versions of them. obviously they couldn't have planed that when they made the episode. but it could easily fit.

One of my favourite callbacks from TNG was in the season four episode, "Data's Day". At the very beginning of the show, Data names Dr. Maddox as the recipient of his correspondence/log entries throughout the episode. Dr. Bruce Maddox was the cybernetic scientist that attempted to disassemble Data during the pivotal season 2 episode "The Measure of a Man".

Picard used auto destruct code Picard 000 destruct 0 in episode 1 of series 2 of Picard to activate the Stargazer self destruct. That was a neat call back too I thought.

You could also consider "A Quality of Mercy" and "Balance of Terror" in the sense that "A Quality of Mercy" answers Kirk's question, "Why me?"

That Benny Russle episode was one of the best, yet hardest to watch episodes of all of DS9. But the Trubble with Edward wasn't a call back but a retcon. In Enterprise, and TOS it is stated that Tribbles are born pregnant, but only behind breeding when their is ample food around. Since Enterprise takes place a near century before DISCO, that would make Trouble with Edward cannon breaking.

Fun Fact (maybe Beta Canon?) - the code "destruct 0" causes the explosive charges in the saucer to go off (as seen in the movie) - but the code "destruct 1" would result in the deactivation of the magnetic containment of the ship's antimatter "fuel".

Benny Russell also returned in the two-part Season 7 opener of DS9, although that was dismissed as a "false vision" done by the Pah-Wraiths. Still, it continued the story of "Far Beyond The Stars" by having Benny now committed to a Mental Health hospital, overseen by a human doctor who looked a lot like Legate Damar.

The funniest callback ever was on DS9 when Worf had a moment of panic upon hearing the Keiko "was having a baby." "WHEN?!"

My favourite callback is subtle, "It is green" by Data in Relics (TNG) is a callback to the person he's saying it to, when Scotty finds more drink in Spectre of the Gun (TOS).

Cool list! For me, Benny should have been #1 but 'self-sealing stem bolts' and the 'Great Material Continuum' would have been a close second. RIP Aaron Eisenberg.

I grew up watching the Animated Series on Saturday Mornings. I loved the Episode of Spock and his Sehlet.

In season 2 of Picard, the 000Destruct0 code makes a reappearance when Picard uses it as an emergency self destruct command. As it started a mere 10 second countdown and was the only one required its likely that this instant gratification version was reserved for moments where the ship is soooo close to being taken over, there is no time left to reach a consensus about using it, much less waiting for an amount of time needed for crew to evacuate. It was reserved for "we need to blow the ship up now" kind of moments.

Something that always stood out to me about the self-destruct sequence in Star Trek III...when you hear the computer counting down, you clearly hear it say "five" before the Klingon captain starts shouting, almost as if to emphasize that "five". Going back to the TOS episode, Captain Kirk says that once the countdown hits "five", there is no stopping the self-destruct. So, having the countdown clearly say "five" in STIII is like a subtle acknowledgement to that fact.

The call back I was kind of surprised to see was Sybock in Strange New Worlds

Literally the worst codes for a self destruct ever created. That's like the Spaceballs bit where the passcode for the air shield is 1234

Seriously, though, that much time passed, and Kirk never changed the destruct code? That's kind of an important password...

The callback I love is "all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by" in TOS "The Ultimate Computer" and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

Can’t believe they didn’t include Quark saying “the line must be drawn here; this far and no further.” Call back from Picard in First Contact.

I like The Trouble With Edward but in ENT they do say that the tribbles breed like bunnies which is pre TTWE. It's fun but kinda breaks canon.

What about Captain Pike's recalling Vina and his eventual fate of becoming confined to a wheelchair?

I think Benny Russel was a human the Prophets connected to Ben Cisco for the purpose of sending a message, but also I think the people around him didn't actually look how Ben saw them. I think, to tie things back to Ben, their features were mirrored to people Ben related to. The young man who was a son figure to Benny looked like Jake. The female writer looked like Kera, The love interest looked like his girlfriend. It wasn't because they looked similar, but what they meant to him was similar. The head of the publishing company was Odo because because he was someone who played by the books as Odo did. And so on. And maybe he's a distant relation to Ben. But I'll tell you. That moment when he looks in the window and sees a reflection of Ben is something I felt to my core as a writer. Whenever I talk about being a writer on my Channel I use an image of Benny Rustle because how he connected himself to DS9 is how I feel towards my stories. There's always that eco of you in your work.

Ok, follow my logic here: Sisko is essentially 1/2 celestial being and 1/2 human. It is entirely possible that Sisko experienced Benny's life, but the details were filled in using Sisko's images and memories as the world details, Dukat and Weyoun being corrupt police, Kira the begrudged female (not really) writier. Etc. In a nutshell, I think the very essence of his prophet half instinctively reached back and allowed him to experience the events of time for a real person, but with him having a ring-side seat for the story, feeling every emotion, every bit of pain, and every ounce of sorrow for the world he experienced. And I think vice versa for Benny Russell...that he was transplanted to Sisko, and the same thing occurred as a consequence...With action there is a reaction kind of thinking.

Chris Pike's flash forward in SNW. McCoy's comments during ST2009 about how his ex got the planet and left him with nothing but his bones. I'm sure I read that in a novel somewhere, too.

Mind blown on the Benny Russell callback. Nice!

I had no idea about the Benny Russel one, that is amazing and top tier

I think Benny Russell is another alternate universe version of "The Sisko" ... there is a novel in which multiple alternate universe Sisko's meet up, each one of the them having been chosen/created by the prophets. What we and our Benjamin Sisko see is that his mind connect temporarily with his other emissary counterpart. In the prime universe there is a counterpart to Benny Russell who's life was nearly the same except that he wasn't "the Sisko"

You state that Sarek was killed in front of his wife and Spock. The episode doesn't actually state that. It just says his wife and son. Sarek had a son before Spock, Sybok. I believe it was him that was being referenced as I can't imagine Sarek and Amanda getting together in a timeline where humans were xenophobic in the extreme. The fact he said son singular hints he only had one.

Enterprise's destruct codes are the most lazy passwords ever. I wonder how they did not blow themselves out of warp by mistake

11:45. So password security isn't important to Star Fleet Command. You'd think that those codes would be changed once in a while, or at least after they've been said and canceled. Nope! 20 years later and the same code is still in place. It's as smart as the US nuclear missile launch code being 00000000 for 15 years.

I hoped we'll see more callbacks in season 2 of Strange New Worlds.

Thank you.

every time i hear the self destruct code i get chills

Great List Trekculture. Thank you, Brie.

They wanted the DS9 finale to reveal the whole series was in Benny's head, but that was denied for obvious reasons.

Rutherford: I share the love for the Delta flyer... I wonder if the Protostar's ship replicator could build one...

You really missed out by not mentioning "It is green"! Still, a nice collection of callbacks!

If the enterprise could talk during the self-destruct scene in Star Trek 3, the ship would probably say “Well.. it’s been fun.. thank you captain Kirk, commander chekov,everyone.. you’re the best crew an old ship like me could ever have.. this is goodbye..”

#3- I maintain that first contact would have naturally ended as it did in the Enterprise mirror universe episode. It was only through the interference of the Enterprise D crew in First Contact that clued Zefram Cochrane in to the idea that it could be a peaceful exchange rather than a shoot ‘em up. In other words, the mirror universe is the prime universe and the Federation we all know and love exists in an alternate timeline.

Not necessary the best call back, but I really like how the President Anton Chekov's Emergency Transmission are call back to Chekov, as well as the various Starfleet Orders and Regulations that basically say they are in big trouble, so to speak.

Doctor Pulaski being transporter phobic just like McCoy.

The last destruct sequence was also spoken by Picard in ST-Picard S2E01 for the self-destruction of the new Stargazer.

There's a joke somewhere regarding the fate of Lorca's Tribble and Captain Pike's hair.

The kinda wild part is that in "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield", the cancellation code for the auto-destruct was, "Code 1-2-3-continuity, abort destruct order". Continuity indeed!

Lampshade hanging maybe, but in Trials and Tribblations the mention of Kirk causes the Time Bureau folks to shudder with the number of temporal violations Kirk had been involved in.

'000 destruct 0' sounded, to me, like Kirk et al just neglected to ever change the default passcode.

Weren't there some nods to the original Star Trek writers like DC Fontana in the Benny episode on DS9?

On number 5 you could have mentioned T'pol Sehlat in the episode the forge, she mentioned it . I think not 100% sure

One of the tech manuals stated that there are different destruct commands to destroy the ship in different ways. Destruct Zero sets off explosive charges that blows up the ship - but also ejects the antimatter fuel pods safely into space - as you wouldn't want a huge antimatter explosion going off in close orbit of a planet or near a space station. Destruct One would set off the antimatter, in a very big bang. Another destruct code would blow the impulse drives. One thing I always wondered about was what happened to the warp drive coils when they blew up the Enterprise in orbit of the Genesis Planet? You can see that the warp drive units themselves didn't blow up - and while the structure around them would probably have burnt up on reentry, the coils themselves, which are designed to handle enormous amount of power and heat, wouldn't be affect by reentry heat at all. The probably crashed landed somewhere on the planet, I would guess.

I believe in Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise, the destruct sequence has two options. 000 destruct 0, and 000 destruct 1. I believe destruct is 0 initiates self-destruct without ejecting the warp core, destruct 1 ejects the core first. I may have that backwards however. I think the notion was one would be less destructive to the surrounding environment...

Would Sarek have been married to Amanda in the alt timeline of season two of Picard? With Earth and humanity views on other species galaxy… Just a thought

Benny wasn't intended to be real. It was a hallucination brought on by Pah Wraiths. They did it again trying to keep Sisko from finding an orb at the beginning of season 7.

C'mon, no Noonian Sing references? Or ship prefix codes for that matter?

That Tribble is not Lorca's Tribble. It is 32nd century version with sentient mind. He is member of Starfleet (some races due to their genetical and phisical appearance are unable to wear uniforms).

What show was at 3:09? "The Animated Series" is too broad for a search. Curious about the Scotty and Spock inclusion (looking for clip).

Lower Decks embraces *all* of Trek history, including its contradictions, and I love it.

Weird that Odo was never in Starfleet and never had a bridge role...

I'm not choked up, you're choked up. (sniffle)

A little warning would've been nice befire you almost activated my computer's self-destruct code!

the self destruct codes that scotty used was spock code and the code that chekhov used was scotty codes

I think one of the absolute greatest Star Trek callbacks will always be the scene with Data and Scotty

Kirk’s destruct code - 0-0-0-destruct-0…. Picard uses it in ST: Picard, season 2, episode 1, except it’s “Picard-0-0-0-destruct-0”

Loved the call-back to Benny Russell, interesting to wonder just how much of it was influenced by the prophets if he was indeed a real person.

I would remove that sh**y Edwarts part of this list and include the shutdown of the Enterprise D, Geordies "She has always taken care of us" was a callback to Farpoint and Admiral McCoys "Treat her like a lady and she will always bring you home"

I think the self-destruct code scene by three officers in First Contact was an Hommage to The Search for Spock.

After decades, the crew hasn't changed their destruct passwords? How is that not a violation of Federation protocols...

The hand sign or vulcan salute that Spock does it was his Idea.

"STOP TRAPPING PEOPLE INSIDE OF GAMES!" - Brad Boimler.

Cool

Anybody got some self-sealing stem bolts for sale?

My dear....as an American.....I know we are not alone.....and I would welcome First contact with the Vulcans Would someone please remind her that Americans aren't a bunch of savages

000 Destruct 0 just destroys the saucer section. 000 Destruct 1 overloads the warp core and destroys the entire ship (as well as anything in its radius).

Star Trek.

What about Naked Now from TNG? Or Emissary from DS9?

10:17 I think they were same person for a brief moment. Reincarnation? Ancient DNA memory? Quantum entanglement?

Most of those went well.

The final code sequence told the computer what kind of destruct sequence would be activated. I don't remember what the 0-0-0-destruct was for, but the final option of zero meant to use the explosives in key areas and to eject the core and antimatter pods. destruct-one would drop the antimatter containment, and I think destruct-two was to force a warp core breach... but i'm not sure about that one.

Black Panther 3 - The Kingdom of Elysian

The showrunner of DS9 wanted to end the show with it all being Benny Russell dream all along. However, that was nixed as it would of nuked the entire continunity!

The Trouble With Edward… *shudders*

Dispose experience as Benny Russell could have simply been created by the Prophets and for Sisko to learn from it. Think of it like any other Orb experience. Perhaps Sisko was aware of the real Benny Russell and the Prophets used that knowledge to fashion Sisko's vision/experience.

star trek weapons have not changed over a period of time

don't know that the Mirror Universe First Contact made much sense; if the Vulcans came with an actual invasion force to Earth after World War III, they'd have kicked the crap of the humans and there'd have been no Terran Empire

Unless I am mistaken, Tribble were in Phl9x's sick bay.

Maybe Sisco is a decendent of Benny Russell that why they were connected

I like janeway. Over picard. Kirk is always the bond of space.

5:14 tunics

Why would the holodeck pull up Odo as a great Starfleet officer? He wasn’t in Starfleet. Let me guess - holodeck pulled up 4 dead actors because they wouldn’t have to pay residuals for the audio clips?

theres a bit of static at the higher end of your mic good video though

my self destruct, was 1,2, 3, 4,

Unfortunately, the tangential references to Sisko in current shows, and his inclusion in the “God War” comics, are the proof that we will NOT get any kind of real DS9 follow-up in any new shows or movies. This is how IDW and Marvel have handled popular side characters in Star Wars, and I am almost certain that I have seen editors and industry professionals state that this is how they “sweep this truth under the rug”… The character is in a current Story, so the fans of that character have content about them to consume, and the show runners now don’t have to worry about them. Best example: Qi’ra from the Solo movie. She’s had two comic arcs about her, and in one of them she even had possession of Han’s frozen carbonite slab. Plus, she has crossed paths with many main characters. All while fans beg for more Emilia Clarke(Myself included). It is by that logic that I have surmised Paramount has NO PLANS to feature Sisko in Any of the new shows or movies. Looks like the mention of Benny Russell and Lower Decks Easter eggs are all they want to give to DS9 fans. They even had the TNG crew mop up the Changelings. I will NEVER be okay with that. All I can do is shake my head and be thoroughly disappointed.

Is any one really surprised that the Ferengi get ear bone(r)s.

Why am I only realizing now that Picard S3 ripped off Lower Decks with the Data/Lore subconscious faceoff after Rutherford already did it.

i cant be the only one to see the reference to the katarian game in the prodigy episode kobyashi was meant as a masterbation joke, right?

Was that comment about shooting the Vulcans during first contact in the mirror universe being the most American thing in Star Trek supoosed to be funny? Because it fell completely flat and was absolutely inappropriate.

I was never really a fan of the delta flyer, never really seemed to be any point in it existing.