Star Trek's Simpsons Reference Accidentally Makes Homer Canon
Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Prodigy Episode 7 — «First Con-tact.»
A Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta) quote inStar Trek: Prodigy may have made The Simpsons canon in Star Trek. Newly arrived in the Gamma Quadrant, the teenage alien crew of the USS Prodigy led by Hologram Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) is still reeling from learning that the starship's original personnel were commanded by Captain Chakotay (Robert Beltran). Meanwhile, the Protostar's teens discovered the ship's transporter, which led to Jankom Pog (Jason Mantzoukas) seemingly quoting Homer Simpson.
The Simpsons have made numerous references to Star Trek throughout its 30+ year run. During its 1990s glory years, Leonard Nimoy made a few guest appearances as himself, as did George Takei. Meanwhile, Patrick Stewart provided the voice of Number One, the leader of the Stonecutters, in The Simpsons season 6 episode, «Homer the Great.» But Jankom Pog's Homer quote in Star Trek: Prodigy came fromThe Simpsons season 5 classic, «Boy Scouts n the Hood.» In that episode, Homer ruthlessly mocks Bart (Nancy Cartwright) for joining the Junior Campers, a boy scout league headed by Ned Flanders (Harry Shearer). In retaliation, Bart uses his Junior Campers skills to plant traps for his father: The underachiever (and proud of it) leaves a piece of pie on the kitchen floor next to an obvious rope noose. Before Homer idiotically goes for the dessert and gets caught in the trap, he utters,«Mmm. Floor pie.»
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Star Trek: Prodigy episode 7 directly lifted the hilarity of chasing a piece of pie left on the floor when Dal R'El (Brett Gray), Gwyn (Ella Purnell), and their friends toyed with the transporter and
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