The Reference Explanation Thread

[mudshark]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Anyway, the reason for the title of the thread is that this got me thinking... when you read something with references in it, you can often tell there is a reference even if you don't get it. Some of you guys must have had that experience.

Oh, yeah.

The thing which comes immediately to mind would be the "Sulu as D'Artagnan" bits in "The Naked Time", in which episode Riley also figured prominently (but he wasn't in those particular scenes, so I'm not sure... )