Editing Galaxy Quest (section)

=== Relation to ''Star Trek'' and other science fiction works ===
''Galaxy Quest'' is an acknowledged homage to ''Star Trek''; Parisot said "Part of the mission for me was to make a great {{'}}''Star Trek''{{'}} episode."<ref name="MTV"/> Gordon's original script was titled ''Galaxy Quest: The Motion Picture'' as a reference to the [[Star Trek: The Motion Picture|first feature ''Star Trek'' film]], and elements such as departing the space dock and the malfunctioning transporters were further nods to the film.<ref name="MTV"/>  The prefix of the ''Protector''{{'}}s registration number NTE-3120 ostensibly alludes to some sort of similar [[United Federation of Planets|space federation]], but in reality stands for "Not The Enterprise", according to visual effects co-supervisor Bill George.<ref>Jody Duncan & Estelle Shay, "Trekking into the Klaatu Nebula", ''Cinefex''&nbsp;81, April 2000</ref><ref>{{cite video | title = Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary | date = 2019 | people = Bennett, Jack (director) | time =13:00 | medium = Motion picture | publisher = [[Fandom (website)|Fandom]] }}</ref> Parisot refuted claims that the rock monster that Nesmith battled was based on the rock monster that had been scripted for ''[[Star Trek V: The Final Frontier]]'', but instead was more inspired by the [[Gorn]] that Kirk faces in the ''Star Trek'' episode "[[Arena (Star Trek: The Original Series)|Arena]]".<ref name="MTV"/> This homage also extended to the original marketing of the movie, including a promotional website<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.galaxyquest.com/galaxyquest/index.html |title=Welcome to Travis Latke's Galaxy Quest Vaults |work=archive.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011202071547/http://www.galaxyquest.com/galaxyquest/index.html |archive-date=December 2, 2001 }}</ref> intentionally designed to look like a poorly constructed fan website, with "screen captures" and poor [[HTML]] coding.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mitchell|first=Nigel G.|title=5 Reasons Why the Fake 'Galaxy Quest' Fansite is Awesome|url=http://www.thegeektwins.com/2012/11/5-reasons-why-fake-galaxy-quest-fansite.html|access-date=2021-10-27|website=The Geek Twins|date=November 29, 2012|archive-date=October 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027213102/http://www.thegeektwins.com/2012/11/5-reasons-why-fake-galaxy-quest-fansite.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Other aspects of the film were homages to other seminal science fiction works. The Thermians' native planet, Klaatu Nebula, is a reference to the name of the alien visitor in the classic ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' (1951).<ref name="MentalFloss" /> Quellek's line "I'm shot" was influenced by the same line from James Brolin's character in ''[[Westworld (film)|Westworld]]''.<ref name="MTV" /> The blue creatures on the alien planet were based on similar creatures in ''[[Barbarella (film)|Barbarella]]''.<ref name="MTV" /> The "chompers" scene with Nesmith and DeMarco trying to reach the self-destruct abort button was inspired by a scene from the 1997 film ''[[Event Horizon (film)|Event Horizon]]'' involving whirring blades.<ref name="io9" /> The effects for the Omega 13 activation were inspired by the ending scene from ''[[Beneath the Planet of the Apes]]''.<ref name="MTV" />

In his review of ''Galaxy Quest'', James Berardinelli states that the movie shares the "same central conceit" with a short story by [[Ruth Berman]] titled "Visit to a Weird Planet Revisited" published in the 1976 anthology ''[[Star Trek: The New Voyages|Star Trek: New Voyages]]'' in which William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and [[DeForest Kelley]] are transported to the real {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701|2}} while filming an episode of ''Star Trek'' and are pursued by [[Klingon]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Berardinelli|first=James|title=Galaxy Quest (United States, 1999)|url=https://www.reelviews.net/reelviews/galaxy-quest|access-date=2024-12-16|website=ReelReviews}}</ref>