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Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Merritt Butrick, and Robin Curtis in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

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Edited from

    • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Edited into

    • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

      Footage from the previous film (of USS Enterprise's final moments) is used as evidence by the Klingon Ambassador in Federation court.
    • "Star Trek: The Next Generation" 11001001 (TV Episode 1988)

      footage of the Earth Spacedock
    • "Star Trek: Voyager" Non Sequitur (TV Episode 1995)

      exterior shot of Starfleet Headquarters
    • "5 Second Movies" Star Trek 3 (TV Episode 2008)

      movie is edited into short comedic clip

Featured in

    • "At the Movies" Gremlins/Star Trek III: The Search for Spock/Streets of Fire/Once Upon a Time in America (TV Episode 1984)

      Clips are shown. Movie is reviewed.
    • Entertainment This Week Salutes Paramount's 75th Anniversary (TV Special 1987)

      Clip shown
    • The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next (1988)

      Clips shown.
    • "The Chronic Rift" Star Trek's 25th Anniversary (TV Episode 1991)

      Featured as part of this week's discussion topic
    • Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special (TV Movie 1991)

      Clips shown.

Features

    • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Followed by

    • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

    • Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series 1987–1994)

    • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

    • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

    • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series 1993–1999)

Follows

    • Star Trek (TV Series 1966–1969)

    • Star Trek: The Animated Series (TV Series 1973–1975)

    • Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

    • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Referenced in

    • "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" Dick Cavett/Jimmy Brogan/Dave Barry (TV Episode 1984)

      Mentioned in the monologue
    • "Not Necessarily the News" Episode #2.8 (TV Episode 1984)

      Referenced in a trailer for "Star Trek IV: The Fire at Paramount."
    • Falco: Ihre Tochter (Music Video 1984)

      Seen on the movie-marquee
    • Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985)

      Score used
    • "The Real Ghostbusters" Citizen Ghost (TV Episode 1986)

      Egon mentions that the containment unit does not have a transwarp drive.

References

    • "Star Trek" The Trouble with Tribbles (TV Episode 1967)

      There are tribbles in the bar in San Francisco.
    • "Star Trek" Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (TV Episode 1969)

      Kirk engages the exact same destruct sequence to blow up the Enterprise.
    • Heavy Metal (1981)

      A destroyed version of the Enterprise during the "So Beautiful & So Dangerous" segment while the aliens are stoned and traveling through space
    • Daicon III Opening Animation (Short 1981)

      The U.S.S. Enterprise exploded.

Spin-off

    • Star Trek: Encounters (Video Game 2006)

      Some missions occur between Star Trek II and Star Trek III.

Spoofed in

    • Sex Trek II: The Search for Sperm (Video 1991)

      Spoofs the famous Trek movie in the Title
    • Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier (Video Game 1995)

    • Femalien 2 (1998)

    • Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes (Video Game 2000)

      One of the movies in the game is called "Star Trek 17: Search for Plot"
    • Igby Goes Down: In Search of Igby (Video 2003)

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