Top 50 Star Trek Movie Facts
Following is our collection of Star Trek facts. Handpicked and verified, these little-known details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Star Trek film message.


Star Trek Trivia
These trivia from Reddit and other sources can be used as questions with answers in quizzes or games.
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' when Kirk reveals how he beat the Kobayashi Maru test, he is eating an apple. In 'Star Trek(2009)' Kirk is shown eating an apple while taking said test.
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Includes the first realistic fractal-generated landscape, advanced particle computer animation, first CGI fire and first motion blur with the Genesis Effect presentation. It was created at ILM on a visual computer called - the Pixar.
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Was the first movie to have a website created specifically to promote it. The site was launched at generations.viacom.com on October 28, 1994.
Star Trek Easter Eggs
Hidden objects, characters, easter eggs, and their meanings are wonderful ways to discover the filmmaker's perspectives of any given movie.
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A Dyson Hand Dryer Is Used As Space Age Enterprise Technology -
R2D2 can be seen briefly ripping through space among the other debris. -
During the Enterprise's first encounter with the Narada ship, R2-D2 can be seen floating among the debris in space. -
R2-D2 flying amongst debris in Star Trek (2009)
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Chris Hemsworth plays George Kirk in the opening scene. He was captain of the USS Kelvin for 12min according to Captain Pike which is just about how long the opening scene lasts in the movie. -
The crew has to remove the deflector dish from the ship. The control panels say the dish is controlled by "Subsystem AE35". The "AE-35" is the subsystem controlling the Discovery antenna dish that HAL reported failing at the start of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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Future Spock gives past Scotty a formula for transwarp beaming, saying he invents it in the future, like in Star Trek IV, when Scotty goes back to the 1980s and gives Dr. Nichols the formula for transparent aluminum, telling Dr. McCoy "How do we know he didn't invent the thing?"
Star Trek Hidden Details


When Kirk reveals how he beat the "no win" Kobayashi Maru test, he's casually chomping on an apple; in STAR TREK (2009) when we watch Kirk beat the test, he's casually chomping on an apple


Picard says he can hear a microscopic misalignment of a ship sensor, as the crew's youth starts returning to them. This is because in his youth, he suffered a debilitating hypersensitivity to sound, which is revealed later, in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).



We see a copy of Moby Dick in Khan's shelter. The story is a direct metaphor for his quest to kill Kirk, and he even quotes Ahab numerous times throughout the film.

The Nibrians who the Enterprise crew save from planetary destruction, are wearing Vibram FiveFinger shoes
- The first thrown "punch" is Kirks infamous "Double Fist" used in the original series

Some of the Enterprise crew can be seen on top of the crashed saucer, trying to run away from the Veridian star's shockwave

A long lost starship has been found and they discuss some theories - all turns out wrong, but a reference to one, a giant green space hand - is found in the end titles.

. Due to budget restraints and last-minute reshoots of the ending, the filmmakers were forced to reuse this shot of a Klingon warship exploding from the previous movie Star Trek VI (1991).


They neglect a lot of foley noises when Kirk "beats" Khan to showcase how ineffectual his beating was to someone as superior as Khan is.


The plot revolves around the conflict between Kirk and Khan, who never meet face to face during the movie.
Cochrane asks Geordi, "Don't you people in the 24th Century ever pee?" This is a nod to the fact you never see a toilet in Star Trek.


One of the reasons the Enterprise survives the initial attack by Nero's Romulan ship is because Sulu inadvertently delays the Enterprise by leaving the "parking brake on" during launch.
When Picard smashes the case of ships, he breaks the models of the Enterprises C&D both of which were destroyed in battle. The Model of the Enterprise-D also has the saucer section snapped off like how it was destroyed in Generations (1995). See for yourself...
After the entire TV crew is on board & the bugs in the ship are all fixed, there's a little moment where the Enterprise flies by, Kirk does a Captain's Log narration, and the TV show music plays ... Indicating, finally, everything back to normal
The "show me your hand" scene in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) was a small tribute to James Doohan, Scotty in Star Trek TOS and Movies (1966-1994). He was shot several times and lost the middle finger on his right hand during the Normandy invasion on D-Day. The wound was always purposefully hidden.
In "Star Trek Beyond" Jaylah picks the song "Sabotage" and Kirk responds with "That's a good choice". We see a young Kirk play the same song in "Star Trek" (2009) while driving his father figures car.
: Uhura was able to hear Kirk breathing while he hid under her roommate's bed (and could tell he was breathing through his mouth) because of her extra-sharp hearing that led her to become a Communications Officer.

Cast and Details
Here are the full cast and crew of Star Trek. The goofs, crazy credits, and trivia they have performed may have not taken your attention. Some are hidden for a reason, while others randomly forgotten.