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George Takei's Nine Favorite Star Trek Memes

From ermagherd to viral cats, social-media star and original cast member George Takei picks his favorite ‘Star Trek’ memes.

Ad by The Daily BeastPublished May 16, 2013 4:45AM EDT

galleries/2013/05/16/george-takei-s-nine-favorite-star-trek-memes/star-trek-intro_jsrdd6 — George Takei, best known for playing Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the starship Enterprise in the original TV series Star Trek, has emerged as a social-media sensation, with over 4 million Facebook friends and 650,000 followers on Twitter. He’s also the author of the bestselling e-book Oh Myyy! There Goes the Internet and is currently working on a new musical, Allegiance, that has a Broadway run planned. The musical is described as “an epic story of love, family, and heroism during the Japanese-American internment of World War II.” In honor of the release of Star Trek Into Darkness, George Takei shares his favorite Star Trek memes.

galleries/2013/05/16/george-takei-s-nine-favorite-star-trek-memes/captains-log_rtp6nf — I've seen a few versions of this. This is my favorite G-rated version. The others can't be printed, or involve a toilet.

galleries/2013/05/16/george-takei-s-nine-favorite-star-trek-memes/ermagherd_f2fuwg — For some reason, a popular meme arose involving people speaking like Minnesotans. Here's what they sound like on Star Trek: TNG.

galleries/2013/05/16/george-takei-s-nine-favorite-star-trek-memes/khaaaaaan_o6hvnh — This image has been popularized, usually with Kirk screaming, “Khaaaaaaan!” Or more popularly, “Yes we Khaaaaaaaan!”

galleries/2013/05/16/george-takei-s-nine-favorite-star-trek-memes/the-captain-kisses-like-a-girl_yjxuyb — I held a caption contest on Facebook, and this was the winning entry.

galleries/2013/05/16/george-takei-s-nine-favorite-star-trek-memes/live-long-and-propspurr_j4us5j — Combining the best of Star Trek and cat memes often produces alarmingly viral results.

galleries/2013/05/16/george-takei-s-nine-favorite-star-trek-memes/party-spock_hqapnl — The Internet loves to portray the emotionless Spock as a stoner, a DJ, or even someone secretly into kinky sex.

galleries/2013/05/16/george-takei-s-nine-favorite-star-trek-memes/picard-facepalm_dyltmi — Epic fails deserve what's called a “face palm.” No one gives one better than Captain Picard.

galleries/2013/05/16/george-takei-s-nine-favorite-star-trek-memes/smartphones_weduyd — Nerds and techies adore their gadgets—and their androids.

galleries/2013/05/16/george-takei-s-nine-favorite-star-trek-memes/startrek_snguu6 — I've seen many memes built around this image. My favorite: "WTF is this grumpy-cat craze?"

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