| Beam me up, Scotty | |
|---|---|
| Character | James T. Kirk |
| Actor | William Shatner |
| First used in | Star Trek |
"Beam me up, Scotty" is a catchphrase that made its way into popular culture from the science fiction television series Star Trek. It comes from the command Captain Kirk gives his chief engineer, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, when he needs to be transported back to the Starship Enterprise.
Though it has become irrevocably associated with the series and movies, the exact phrase was never actually spoken in any Star Trek television episode or film. In the Original Series episodes "The Gamesters of Triskelion" and "The Savage Curtain", Kirk said, "Scotty, beam us up"; in the animated episodes "The Lorelei Signal" and "The Infinite Vulcan", when he said, "Beam us up, Scotty"; in Star Trek IV, saying, "Scotty, beam me up"; and in Star Trek Generations, by saying, "Beam them out of there, Scotty". The phrase was used on a bumper sticker with the tag line "Beam me up Scotty. There's no intelligent life down here."
"Beam me up, Scotty" is similar to the phrase, "Just the facts, ma'am", attributed to Jack Webb's character of Joe Friday on Dragnet, "It's elementary, my dear Watson", attributed to Sherlock Holmes, "Luke, I am your father", attributed to Darth Vader, or "Play it again, Sam", attributed to Humphrey Bogart's character in Casablanca. All four lines are the best known quotations from these works for many viewers, but not one is an actual, direct quotation.[1][2][3]
The complete phrase was eventually said by William Shatner in the audio adaptation of his novel Star Trek: The Ashes of Eden.
James Doohan, the actor who played Scotty, later chose this phrase as the title of his autobiography.[4]
U.S. Congressman James Traficant adapted the catch phrase "Beam me up" in his trademark one-minute rants on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12x8AefWNiI at 0:47)
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| R Kelly ("Rock Star") | Jan Terri ("Journey to Mars") | ||
| Jimmy Buffett ("Boat Drinks") | MC Lars ("Space Game") | ||
| Chamillionaire ("Yeah freestyle") | Babylon Zoo ("Spaceman") | ||
| Relient K ("Beaming") | Fabo ("Scotty") | ||
| Fabo ("I'm So High feat. Bobby V") | 311 ("Prisoner") | ||
| Lupe Fiasco ("Blackout") | Tay Dizm and T-Pain ("Beam Me Up") | ||
| Kid Rock ("What I Learned Out On The Road") | Vanessa Hudgens ("Party on the Moon") | ||
| Nicki Minaj ("Beam Me Up Scotty (mixtape)") | Billy Bragg ("Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards") | ||
| Plan B ("Beam me up, Scotty (this planet sucks)") (1989) | The Pharcyde ("Hey You") | ||
| The Firm ("Star Trekkin'") | Saul Williams ("1987") | ||
| Pitbull ("Back To The Future") | Son of Dork ("We're not alone") | ||
| Erykah Badu ("Window Seat") | Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah (Album: Lake Shore Drive) ("Beam Me Up Scotty") (1972)[5] | ||
| Chamillionaire ("50 in my pinky ring remix") | EPMD ("Strictly Business") | ||
| Tones on Tail ("There's only one") | Lil Wayne ("Da Da Da") | ||
| Bone Thugs-N-Harmony ("Body Rott") | Hyro Da Hero (Album:"Birth,School,Work,Death") ("Beam Me Up Scotty") | ||
| Eminem ("Still Shady") | Apathy ("Holy Ghost") |
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