All The Riker References in Star Trek Lower Decks Explained

[@TheZapan99]

Frakes shouting "COME ON!" when the host calls Cardassian women ugly is Riker gold. He would really make sweet love to all the galaxy.

[@Verkrekt]

TheZapan99 I’m just glad he’s not body shaming aliens :))

[@Unforgivenrain]

He literally banged his way out of situation one time.

[@rayvenkman2087]

Cardassia Prime has a saying regarding Riker.

[@tawelwchgaming8957]

I thought he said Kardashian women...

[@TheZapan99]

@@tawelwchgaming8957 South Park did this joke.

[@Maxjoker98]

My god, the Riker marketing material is genius. Major Grin always has the best clips. That editing with the reaction shot from Picard is genius as well. 10/10

[@Devar]

Can we just get that part as a separate clip!!?

[@thanhavictus]

What was that marketing clip even from? He was in character but not? Was it actually an infomercial?

[@easeone]

Ah but he didn't do the riker maneuver sitting in that captains chair

[@migmarfin]

Surely it's only humane than an animated Riker needn't suffer from the back pains of a flesh-and-blood Frakes.

[@jasondrake323]

It's too high for him to do that.

[@easeone]

@@jasondrake323 That's why it would have been extra funny if they would go the exta mile to animate that.

[@looseycanon]

I'd question the feasability with the Riker manouver in that chair, further more, he's the captain now. It is only appropriate to go with the Picard manouver instead.

[@einat1622]

I think he did sit in a weird way (legs wise), but not the "sitting down" thing

[@michaeldiaz3075]

That cut in of Picard watching and putting it together. Nice one!! 😂🤣

[@QX1138]

2:03 looks like Picard is ready to commit an act of utter barbarity.

[@obsidian179]

Well done!

[@peterslaby9782]

Bravo sir. Bravo. 👏🏻

[@kaiserj1982]

I never watched Enterprise. I didn't get the "long road" reference until just now. The way Riker said it I figured it had to have meant something.

[@Valkires1]

Well if you ever do you might want to skip season 1&2 its really boring... with a few great episodes sprinkled in. Season 3 and 4 are excellent.
If you search on UA-cam some top 10 lists for enterprise you will get the few for the first 2 seasons that you may want to see. I liked enterprise more than Voyager and season 1&2 of TNG.

[@thethomasj1795]

Enterprise is really good. Give it a shot.

[@jackbj]

Valkires1 voyager suffered from not being serialized, but i don’t get all the hate on it, it’s probably one of my favorite treks!

[@Darkwintre]

@@thethomasj1795 Bought the first season along with the same for TNG.

[@llamapi3]

It started out slow but came into its own. It was worth the watch. Unfortunately, it was cut short.

[@rayzermaniac5218]

I will say this for lower decks, it does basically allow for every single alive Star Trek Actor to guest star. TNG cast can still be in Starfleet like Riker. TOS cast and ENT cast could be on a holodeck program. The possibilities are endless.

[@Taijifufu]

But that's just Star Trek.

[@daveharrenburg7670]

There could be DS9 and maybe even Voyager appearances too, since they take place slightly after TNG/during TNG.

[@Boffo97]

Shatner could be gold in a guest appearance.

[@rayzermaniac5218]

@@daveharrenburg7670 Well I did say every single Trek actor alive could guest star. I was only using TNG, TOS and ENT as examples. I did not mean that I was excluding DS9 or Voyager. Since both those shows actually take place later than some of TNG all their actors should still be alive in the Trek universe. All save for Sisko who I believe is in the wormhole/celestial temple or something.

[@rayzermaniac5218]

@@Boffo97 That's like my dream!

[@SetoShadowVT]

Worf: It is too dangerous, you must not go alone
Link: He almost said the thing

[@blazingbl2gamingop794]

Here take this *hands Picard a bat'leth*

[@h.seanhsu8965]

Picard had never felt so betrayed in his life when he learned that Riker trolled him on his vacation.

[@HappyNBoy]

I do love how everyone adjusting their uncomfortable unitard costumes became "character ticks" that made their way into animation. Brilliant stuff.

[@podemosurss8316]

Well, the actors managed to act like it was a character tick, so it's normal.

[@worldscoolestperson7672]

It’s so nice to see Riker as a successful captain! I hope Boimler gets that someday too!

[@rjthegood]

1:45 Didn't Riker ask Picard to bring him back a horga'hn? As opposed to giving him one to take on vacation?

[@MajorGrin]

yes , he remembered it wrong

[@jnwestray78]

@@MajorGrin Still, I am just crying from how funny the edit is, great job.

[@potentialsideeffects1085]

AKA, the DTF Doll

[@mikcnmvedmsfonoteka]

@@MajorGrin lol but this is funnier

[@ngmaster42]

Riker asked Picard to do just that, in order to play a prank on him. He obviously didn't need one as he's been to Risa plenty of times.

[@davincent98]

Give me warp in the factor of
5, 6, 7, 8
Ba-dum, tss

[@Howyaduing]

“Oh the Jazz...” 🤦‍♂️

[@b3films]

Ha! The old days when they would go on QVC to hawk merchandise. Classic!

[@mein_tipples]

Would have bought one in a heartbeat

[@sammehorter1007]

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[@Cofe82]

@@mein_tipples Same!

[@juliusuzutunda]

QVC, i forgot all all about them.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

QVC! (Force Theme plays) QVC! Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time, long time.

[@Devon7839]

Soldier here, I legitimately do the picard thing to my tunic ALL THE TIME cause they ride up a bit lol.

[@mattsmocs3281]

I read this in TF2 soldier voice sorry.

[@rcslyman8929]

Airman back in the BDU days, and same. When they started bunching up, they did not come back down on their own.

[@TankdozerCavalry]

"I love cardassian women. Klingon too!"
WOW, I'D NEVER HAVE GUESSED!

[@Porthos240]

This is the only explanation we need. Not forever elaborated narrations. Much thanks.

[@DeepSpace_Pw]

How you cut Picars reaction to the Risa figure thing was great!

[@grapesofwraith1066]

I didn’t catch the Picard Maneuver on my first watch, that’s a great callback!

[@ultramaximusreviews]

Picard watching QVC figuring out what Riker did to him LOL

[@cosakita6120]

Lower Decks really grew on me. I think it's unfairly lumped in with Discovery and Picard but even though Lower Decks is an animated comedy, it's leagues better.

[@Serahpin]

Leagues better than ST:D and ST:P is a bar so low you could trip on it.

[@DJWHITE_]

I tried. It just wasn’t written for me in mind. I’m glad someone enjoyed it. Do you remember what the vision was though?

[@ShelledHandle]

@@DJWHITE_ when did you stop? Even if you didnt like episodes 1 to 5, 6 to 10 might still appeal to you

[@SlatheTheSpaceMarine]

Ok - - I'm not sure if this is the intended result or not - - - but that Enterprise Joke actually got a genuine laugh from me and now I'm somewhat interested in checking out that show.

[@wardeerent]

I just got done binge watching the series. Very likable characters. Bakula comes off a bit wooden at times, but other than that it's a great show. Just skip the opening theme...to me the worst part about the show. Sounds like an 80s sitcom theme.

[@MsSissiePooh]

@@wardeerent - That theme song was the worst thing about Enterprise. It sounded like the song you hear playing at your local supermarket. When the opening credits came on, I just muted the sound until the credits ended. The series itself starts out slowly in its first two seasons, and it gets more interesting in seasons 3&4, but that series finale ending though... ugh.

[@Emeraldnite-if7vo]

OMG I completely missed the "long road getting from there to here" reference! Also I actually liked that as a theme song.

[@happyplaceforever101]

Lower Decks is like the new stepdad that gives you presents every week and takes you to amusement parks to make you accept him, but you still hate him cuz you still love your dad.

[@justdog5506]

100% accurate

[@starliner2498]

No I believe that all the other series have discovered new stuff and anomalies and races but like the Cerritos this series consolidates all of them into a shared universe

[@RoyalKnightVIII]

And when you're all grown up you realize he only wanted to step up for you ;...;

[@lilypadrocks872]

LD is better even with its abundance of references it still tries with the continuity, I hated it at first I'll admit. But it was good!

[@maarchalk2840]

yup totally true, I also thinks it helps that it's not piggybacking on known characters. (ahum: Picard) It's also not trying to be set at the same time of TOS with a completely different visual style. (like Discovery) SPeaking of which it also finally LOOKS like Star Trek. Like siriously is it that hard to make something actually look like it would be set in the same universe as TNG, DS9, Voyager, Enterprise and don't forget Those Old Scientists!

[@TentaclePentacle]

this episode actually messed up with continuity. Riker didn't play the first enterprise mission on the titan, he did it on the Enterprise D. It was during the episode The Pegasus

[@maarchalk2840]

@@TentaclePentacle can't he rewatch things, I do it all the time. Did he specify it was his first viewing of the holoprogram?

[@TentaclePentacle]

@@maarchalk2840 he did say they have come a long road from here to there, suggesting it was his first viewing, or else he wouldn't have mention it to troi.

[@marhawkman303]

@@TentaclePentacle Well, the Enterprise ep had him in a different uniform, and was apparently set as part of a TNG episode. So this particular incident would need to be a different incident of Riker watching stuff in the holodeck.

[@austinfrazier7325]

Riker was never as silly as he is portrayed in LD

[@TopYoash]

But Jonathan Frakes is that silly. His character in LD is more like the TNG blooper reel's Riker. Maybe S2 will have a TRACY reference.

[@Saddler1944]

Frakes and Sertis seem to have mastered the meme of them just being Frakes and Sertis in Nu-Trek. We wont ever see "Riker" Or "Troy" again. Not saying its a bad thing good for them working smarter not harder :)

[@KnightRaymund]

I think they all mellowed out over time. No, he was never that silly, but I can still buy it for the show.

[@ZipplyZane]

Well, no, but then he came on a comedic series, so he became more comedic.

[@SovereignStatesman]

The joke was that the Horga'hn are statues that are about a foot tall, not a little scarab-thing on a necklace.

[@andrewlaco1776]

It's nice to have a visual encyclopedia. That's about as Star Trek as it gets!

[@What.99]

I feel like this show, this comedic... cartoon... is more Star Trek than Star Trek: Discovery.

[@BNuts]

And yet so _very_ far from being _Trek_ since it still insists on demeaning some of its characters based on race, gender, and even job classification / rank. It's so very sad that this is the 'best _Trek_ ' Kurtzman's team has produced thusfar.
And meanwhile Cryptic Studios is over in their little corner of the MMO world writing story mission scenarios that players are saying _should_ be made into series or movies, that they _would_ watch over what we do get.

[@What.99]

@@BNuts Yeah, it’s extremely sad what they’re doing with the Star Trek license.
I refuse to watch Discovery and The Lower Decks. Discovery because from what they’ve shown in trailers, the writing is anti-Star Trek. They showed Spock making a joke in their season 2 trailers, but it took Spock decades after TOS to make his first joke. I don’t want poorly-written comedy in my Star Trek, I want well-written and thought-provoking episodes. Even the posters are ridiculous, with the latest one depicting the crew as settlers claiming land.
And as for The Lower Decks, again the comedy, but also the episodes seem to teach completely opposite lessons than that of traditional Star Trek shows, all for a comedic punchline. Although now that I know Jonathan Frakes is or at least has been on the show, I’m tempted to give it a watch. I love Commander Riker, although I’d probably get irritated with what they do with his character.
Even Star Trek: Picard disappointed me. I really hate some of the ideas that are in the show. I kinda wish they had just left Jean Luc Picard’s story alone, instead of what they did with it...

[@What.99]

@Bobby Smith Grinning from ear-to-ear is a big difference from making jokes. And that was the pilot, which they hadn’t fully figured-out who Spock would be. It’s canon, but it’s also an episode before they fully figured-out the rules they would hold everything to afterwards, so I ignore that aspect of the episode.
And where did I say that Discovery was ruining Star Trek? Star Trek was being ruined long before Discovery. I only mentioned Discovery because that’s the worst this franchise has been. DS9, Voyager and Enterprise may not have been Roddenberry’s direct creations, but they at least followed the basic vision that Roddenberry had, although Enterprise was the start of them abandoning that vision. Man, that opening song was horrible, and broke the Star Trek tradition.
For me personally, they officially ruined Star Trek when they rebooted the movie franchise and made it all about explosions. Don’t group me in with those other people when you clearly don’t understand me.

[@ZipplyZane]

@@What.99 uh, nearly every episode of TOS ended with a joke, and Spock was the one making it in many of them.

[@erwin669]

@@What.99 The Lower Decks takes the piss out of frumpy all too formal Trek that was established with TNG and is closer to TOS's "wagon train in space" idea. I think the crew of TOS would be more at home on the Cerritos than on the Enterprise-D (the episode that Scotty was in he said he hated the Enterprise-D because it was too sterile and lacked character)

[@chromemox3319]

Died at the Enterprise theme reference.

[@ThePoshboy1]

From these clips of Riker I'm starting to think that LD is pretty fun (not exactly the best of Star Trek but still looks decent). I won't be watching it but I'm glad that people are enjoying it.

[@GrijzePilion]

It's fun as hell, just don't think about it too hard. Great take on classic Trek lore.

[@ThePopolou]

I was sceptical too but came to realise that the writers are actually enjoying themselves with the references and jokes about the lore as far back as the TOS days (and literally "TOS"). If they made it a serious addition like Disney did with Star Wars, it'd have been an instant turn off.

[@GrijzePilion]

The show's greatest quality is that that it never takes itself too seriously. And it's obviously full of fan service, mocking everything about Trek the real Trekkies dislike.

[@myriadmediamusings]

A Guy Called Pi I think what’s also a telling sign of its quality is that when it did get serious, it fit practically like a glove alongside the rest of them. Season 1’s finale gave legit stakes & tension, character moments, and made you feel for the loss of a particular character.
I think when even a primary comedic work can show its serious when the chips are down, it has succeeded in various ways. And also provides balance and levity for the Trek verse that was not apparent in Discovery and all but nonexistent in Picard.

[@AJSSPACEPLACE]

At least this show knows how to make things LOOK like startrek

[@kaneo1]

"Gimmie WARP! Factor of, 5, 6, 7, 8!"
(Deanna pinches nose, ah, my Imzadi...)

[@kolelokaram8541]

Finally, a good example of Lower Decks.

[@catarinamikaro1045]

''GETTING FROM THERE TO HERE" HAHHAHAHA

[@Renegadegamer2001]

Why didn't we get a Riker series instead of Lower Decks?

[@GamingwithMahv1]

Because you can't appreciate things like Lower Decks for what it is. It's specifically your fault Spencer. GEEZ hahaha

[@kolelokaram8541]

And have them ruin it like they did the Picard series? no thanks

[@BNuts]

You mean a series that follows _USS Titan_ ? Probably because too many authors already touched that nest egg. So the same reason LucasFilm gave us the sequel trilogy instead of the Thrawn Trilogy. You know, the one Timothy Zahn wrote to have the big screen feel.
I would watch a series that follows _Titan_ and Geordi's _USS Challenger_ in a post-Hobus galaxy. I'd have loved it even more if they could have had Data captaining _Enterprise-E_ , even for a little bit, just as he did in the _Countdown_ comics, and is recorded as having done in _STO_ 's 'Path to 2409' set of historical datachips.

[@Mukation]

It would have ruined the magic. Riler should definatly show up in 2 episodes next season but not more than that.

[@anlumo1]

The actors are probably too expensive. For Lower Decks they could pick whoever they wanted, but if you bring in known actors as regulars, they can state their price.

[@suburbantimewaster9620]

Love how they had Riker make all those references and made them look funny and natural. Jonathan Frakes is awesome and so are the writers!

[@svensorensen7693]

1:00 Ah, I see Edit Picard is still at it!

[@theodenking169]

I still can't believe they referenced Faith of the Heart. Love it.

[@999benhonda]

my wife laughed at the "long road" reference...she hated that intro song.

[@vicfirth1]

It's funny because in Lower Decks Riker counted off Jazz like a dancer. Dancers count off songs 5, 6 ,7, 8. Musicians count of songs 1, 2, 3, 4.

[@ehenyor]

LOL at Picard watching the video.

[@fredjasper7378]

Riker is the Uber Chad of the galaxy!

[@SnarkNSass]

So glad I found this channel. PEACE

[@explorinjenkins349]

LD was great, I don't get the hate it gets. I enjoyed almost all of what was given to us. Unlike Discovery, which brought me to sleep in most episodes.

[@Saddler1944]

I don't hate LD per say. I gave it 3 episodes but I did not want to watch a Star Trek show that is just 85% Member Berries. I wanted show with real problems and stakes. What I got was them yelling TNG names and places when they ran out of idea's.

[@louisblackforester]

Lower Decks is sucks !

[@callumunga5253]

+Explorin'Jenkins
I overall liked it. The last episode was a bit reference-heavy at certain points, but I enjoyed the show mostly for its original content. That said, my favorite episode is the second-last one, both for somewhat redeeming the character of Mariner (who was hands down the worst part of the show), and yes the subtler references to the movies (like the 3 minute long beauty sequence of The Cerritos). I feared the message of the show was "don't try, just coast through on natural talent and don't follow those dammed regs", but thankfully the show corrected that in the later episodes showing that Mariner did actually try, and was intentionally trying to avoid the responsibility of being promoted.
I also enjoyed the show bringing back some seemingly forgotten pieces of cannon, such as the Exocomps being apparently completely forgotten.
+Incombustible
The shows opening is fairly weak. It has some good points, but it is mostly lackluster. It improves around the halfway point.
+Ludwig Schwarzwälder
That is grammatically incorrect.

[@ortzinator]

@@Saddler1944 it has a lot of member berries but the story never relies on them. My wife watches with me and she doesn't get 90% of the references but she still enjoys the show.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

The the "HOR"gon from RISE-a!

[@choppydell]

'Those Kardashian women, some of the ugliest women in the world" I nearly chocked laughing 😅

[@TonyHighwind]

I am never going to forgive you for making me hear the "Enterprise" theme.

[@silverfox3790]

😂😆😂😆😂 Mr. Grin, I absolutely love the way you cut & edit this up, it’s fuckin hilarious! Lol

[@gmenezesdea]

I love lower decks!! Best current trek show!

[@GetterRay]

I love references. Truly the most high of all forms of comedy. Nothing is smarter than a reference. Nothing. Pickle Rick!

[@Shadow_Hawk_Streaming]

Is it worth watching lower decks?

[@wham217]

I only noticed about half the references myself. I appreciate you.

[@oatlord]

Ok, the Picard watching QVC part was truly hilarious.

[@ianmccown]

Picard really is the most british frenchman ever

[@sqaxomonophonen5998]

And the award for editing gooooes toooo....

[@Sheehan1]

Lower Decks is unjustly lumped in with the disgraceful trash fire of Kurtztrek

[@Darkwintre]

@Tim Hands Needed a bit better writing but I absolutely loved the arrival of the Titan!

[@TentaclePentacle]

lower decks had it wrong riker played the first enterprise mission during the episode The Pegasus on TNG, he wasn't on the titan yet.

[@Darkwintre]

@@TentaclePentacle not really surprised still the best part for me

[@noahjohnson1054]

@@TentaclePentacle I took it as Riker being a fan of the NX-01 crew and therefore indulges in their missions regularly on the Holodeck both while serving on the Enterprise and commanding the Titan.

[@TentaclePentacle]

@@noahjohnson1054
if riker do it regularly then he wouldn't have mentioned to troi that they come a long road from here to there, as if it was the first time he experienced that program.

[@Wallbeige]

I can't be mad about lower decks with riker.. I have to give them credit for this. It was funny.

[@288theabe]

Jean-Luc was so triggered.... 🤣🤣🤣

[@76TomD]

Frakes messed up the memory of the episode. Riker didn't give Picard a Horga'hn, Riker asked Picard to bring him back one. So Picard bought it and carried it around with him (Not knowing it meant displaying it meant you were seeking jamaharon). When Picard returned to the ship, he told Riker they needed to have a little talk about the Horga'hn Riker asked him to get.

[@Jestersage]

0:19 Probably the only thing we can't forgive Shaw of.

[@jimkid1392]

I haven't done a proper search on here to see if this has been asked before but: Who the hell goes to Risa to read books?!?!?

[@johnheale6000]

References References References, I remember that and that makes it funny

[@zoso1980]

Yes. Member berry after member berry.

[@EllRiver]

Holy shit, the opening to the Enterprise makes sense, it's just Riker playing the same song every time he starts the holodeck program.

[@MichaelHaneline]

I already recognized all these references but it was fun seeing them again

[@thomashill6347]

The character is one of a kind and so is the ACTOR Jonathan Frakes, the only character to appear in the most Star Trek series

[@johnsmithfakename8422]

2:20 - Riker did the Picard maneuver.

[@patsfreak]

I completely missed the shirt tug. Nice catch

[@publicprivateer]

Jonathan Frakes on QVC made me laugh. None of the Lower Decks stuff did.

[@kathrynchen98]

Thank you for making this video

[@VXGaming]

I think an extra clip should be included with Picard watching TV part were at the end Picard orders Data to take Riker to the brig.

[@dysvanlist]

Looks like riker lost 20 kilo's in lower deck

[@TheZapan99]

Complimentary caricatures to convince the actors to accept doing this trash.

[@leonghai7522]

You can tell that Picard is going to warp 9 his way in the Enterprise E into Riker's Titan for that

[@badkittynomilktonight3334]

I want to know where Riker gets all that contraband

[@burnzy3210]

lower decks actually seems pretty good

[@JoelEverettComposer]

Riker on QVC... oh my goodness.

[@DJWHITE_]

In my drunken stupor at watching this vid, did they actually have loads of Riker references in the cartoon?

[@dmanc85]

The last episode of Lower Decks featured Riker, so they chucked a whole load of references in for his and Troi's cameos in this episode.

[@DJWHITE_]

@@dmanc85 Cheers, I just cant bring myself to watch it.

[@volkhen0]

@@DJWHITE_ I’m quite hardcore fan which hates Picard but I enjoyed LD. Advice, drink a beer before watching an episode ;)

[@DJWHITE_]

@@volkhen0 I’ll try if there is nothing else to watch and I’m bored and drunk.

[@Pulsarnix]

I love the "All Good Things" reference

[@warhawk9566]

0:43 HE SAT DOWN NORMALLY!

[@PrinceAlhorian]

The memes! Oh gosh the memes!!! Bloody brilliant.

[@Ay-xq7mj]

I would say it at least appears very least some writers are Star Trek fans. Rare for modern Star Trek.

[@Darkwintre]

Is it bad I find these hilarious?!

[@erwin669]

Wait a minute. Riker and Dianna taking the horga'hn with them implies that they like to add a third when they are on vacation.

[@StefenHudson]

Surprised the "feed you to Armus" thing wasn't included.

[@MajorGrin]

wait, Armus was mentioned on Lower Decks ? I must have missed it

[@StefenHudson]

@@MajorGrin"It is a really small galaxy out there. One day I'm gonna run into you, and I'm gonna feed you to Armus!"

[@Grovester77]

Can we still get that Horga'hn necklace?

[@lofthouse23]

I presume Jonathan and Marina are voicing these characters again, right? If so, that's awesomesauce.

[@erwin669]

Yes they were

[@salilbhatnagar]

Man I love this show!

[@TheBungle699]

Shame they didn’t have anyone on lower decks do the Riker maneuver

[@dissident_media]

The Captain had a good holiday

[@NikovK]

Lower decks was better than I thought. For a dubiously canon comedic romp it did a better job respecting the source material than Discovery or Picard.

[@lieutenantdata7156]

Ah Risa the pleasure planet 😂 Yup it is

[@mbogucki1]

Ok, the Enterprise reference made me laugh.

[@mattwo7]

1:00 What is this even from?

[@DocWolph]

From what I understand, Riker will be a recurring character.

[@KuDastardly]

What, no Riker maneuver? :O

[@tenkenroo]

I just wanna hear will riker to say it never happened complete fabrication

[@kirthgersen8774]

I actually enjoyed that.

[@cssgthoel]

Lol ok I did not notice the picard maneuver the first time

[@mariverz]

THE Riker!

[@KneelB4SodsLaw]

0:43 I did NOT get that reference until now

[@spikeep6141]

And The Rest, as They say, becomes Canon.