Movie connections for
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) More at IMDbPro »

Follows

"Star Trek" (1966)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

Followed by

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
"Enterprise" (2001)
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
Star Trek (2009)
Untitled Star Trek Sequel (2011)

References

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
"The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" (1950)

Referenced in

"Saturday Night Live: William Shatner/Lone Justice (#12.8)" (1986)
 -  Mentioned during monologue and in Star Trek V skit
Back to the Beach (1987)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
 -  McCoy tells Spock, "Nobody's perfect," after missing the deck where they were supposed to stop. He said the same words in the other movie to him. After Spock explained he doesn't make educated guesses. Also Spock himself told Saavik that after her assessment of Adm. Kirk.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
 -  Ace does an impression of Kirk looking for aquatic mammals in the present, in reference to this movie.
Camp Nowhere (1994)
Free Enterprise (1998)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Soultaker (#11.1)" (1999)
 -  Mike calls the ship a "wessel" like Chekov
Galaxy Quest (1999)
"Undergrads: New Friends (#1.4)" (2001)
 -  Gimpy randomly trashes the plot summary of this sequel
The Parole Officer (2001)
 -  The movie is mentioned in a conversation
"Dark Angel: Boo (#2.5)" (2001)
 -  The Voyage Home is given as a guess in charades
Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime (2001) (V)
 -  Leonard Nimoy discusses his directing ST4 in the "Mind Meld" video.
"Futurama: Where No Fan Has Gone Before (#4.12)" (2002)
 -  Loads of references are made to each Star Trek film and series.
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
 -  referenced as part of the documentary
"Star Trek: New Voyages: Come What May (#1.0)" (2004)
 -  Scene recreated when Spock and Kirk mindmeld with Ohn
Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005) (V)
 -  The way Stewie jumps onto Stu and yells "surprise!" in order to get to the future recalls Dr. Taylor doing so to Kirk (she did it in order to get beamed aboard the ship, effectively granting her a ticket to the 23rd century; but it's definitely the same idea)
"The IT Crowd: Yesterday's Jam (#1.1)" (2006)
 -  Denholm trying to use his computer's 'voice activation' is a reference to Scotty doing the same in Star Trek
"Psych: Shawn vs. the Red Phantom (#1.8)" (2006)
 -  Gus mentions it to George Takei.
"The Angry Video Game Nerd: Chronologically Confused About Sequel Titles (#1.15)" (2006)
 -  complained about title's name
Misión: Salvar la Tierra (2008)
 -  The title of this movie spoofs that of Star Trek IV, which is known in Spain as "Star Trek IV. Misión: Salvar la Tierra".
"The Big Bang Theory: The Lizard-Spock Expansion (#2.8)" (2008)
 -  Sheldon says it was the best Trek movie
Star Trek (2009)
 -  Young Spock's memory test is similar to the "reborn" Spock of this film. (Besides the obvious time travel plot) Both discuss the meaning of being "fine" with Amanda and Sarek.

Features

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
 -  Footage from the previous film (of USS Enterprise's final moments) is used as evidence by the Klingon Ambassador in Federation court.

Featured in

"Biography: Leonard Nimoy: Spock and Beyond" (1996)
 -  At least one clip was included in this "Biography" episode.
"Hollywood Stuntmakers: (#1.0)" (1999)
"Hollywood Stuntmakers: King Kong und andere Kuscheltiere" (1999)

Spoofed in

Space Quest VI: The Spinal Frontier (1995) (VG)
"3rd Rock from the Sun: Y2dicK (#4.17)" (1999)
 -  When Dick tries to use his office computer the first time, he talks to the mouse in exactly the same way Scotty did in the polymer factory ("Hello Computer?").
"Kim Possible: Naked Genius (#2.1)" (2003)
 -  Wade's genius tests sound just like Spock's memory tests from Star Trek IV.
"Family Guy: Stu & Stewie's Excellent Adventure (#4.30)" (2006)
 -  The scene where Stu is returning to the future and Stewie jumps into the beam and says "Suprise!" spoofs where Captain Kirk is beaming aboard the Klingon bird-of-prey and is joined by Dr Gillian in the same manner.

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