Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch

] Among the holoshed characters who run rampant are Professor Moriarty, Attila the Hun, Jack the Ripper and an evil version of Abraham Lincoln. A holodeck incarnation of Professor Moriarty "came alive" in two episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" - Elementary, Dear Data and Ship in a Bottle - while Jack the Ripper and Lincoln appeared in '; "Evil Lincoln" is a specific reference to the episode "The Savage Curtain", where aliens pit some of Earth's most storied heroes (including Lincoln) against its most hated villains.
*The HoloShed is programmed in BASIC because the writers were amused by the idea that in the Star Trek universe any simulation one wants to experience has already been painstakingly programmed.
* The sick bay scene is a parody of that from "Star Trek: The Original Series", complete with sound effects. The sign references a creature from the series called a Horta that gives severe acid burns. The sick bay's doctor is an obvious parody of Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy, and is named "Veins" in a deleted scene.
* The maternifuge is based loosely on the amusement park ride "The Rotor".
* The title of the episode combines a reference to TV chef Emeril's catchphrase "...Kick it up a notch" (or, more accurately, Elzar's version of this catchphrase from the previous episode, "...Knock it up a notch") with the slang term for being pregnant, "knocked up".
* Kif's ability to climb walls is similar to that of several types of gecko.
* The holoshed's final simulation is of a castle atop a cloud with the night sky in the background; this is a reference to the progressive rock band Starcastle and their debut album's cover.
* The mission on which Amy stows away is "delivering pain medicine to the hive mind of Nigel 7." This may be a reference to Rigel VII, a fictional planet used by both "Star Trek: The Original Series" (in the pilot episode "The Cage" and again in "The Menagerie") and "The Simpsons" (as the home planet of Kang and Kodos.)
* Amy's calendar lists "Hang with Walter Koening" on Sun 28 before she switches to "motherhood mode". The name is spelled incorrectly on the calendar. Walter Koenig is the actor who played Chekov in "Star Trek: The Original Series".
* When the "Nimbus" undergoes explosive decompression after Zapp shoots a hole in the hull, the door on Bender's torso flies open, and the famous mask of King Tut's mummy falls out and is sucked into space. Bender is later seen stealing it back from ancient Egypt in "Bender's Big Score", along with Tut's sarcophagus.
* Kif reflects on the saying "No Glove, No Love", used in his species literally, i.e. gloves should be worn at all times while experiencing feelings of love to protect one's skin from receiving DNA, thereby causing an unwanted pregnancy. In the real world, the saying is used to refer, euphemistically, to condoms and sex.

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