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* [[Directed
** In fact, Burton was the fifth most prolific director on the series, while Brooks and Auberjonois share sixth place.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]:
** Wallace Shawn (!) as the Ferengi Grand Nagus Zek.
** [[Hellraiser
** Iggy Pop as a Vorta.
** Played with in-Universe in the episode "Little Green Men", when Rom notices the similarities between historical activist Gabriel Bell and {{spoiler|Capt. Benjamin Sisko}}. Fans, of course, know that the two are one and the same.
** [[One Flew Over the
** [[Babylon
** [[Seinfeld|Babu Bhatt]] as Dr. Bashir's father.
** J.G. Hertzler, most well-known among ''Deep Space Nine'' fans for playing Martok, also played the Vulcan captain of the ''Saratoga'' in the pilot episode "Emissary", and later played changeling Laas in Season 7's "Chimera".
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** [[Jeffrey Combs]]. ''Twice''. As [[The Dragon|Weyoun]] in all incarnations and also as [[Smug Snake|Brunt]].
*** Combs always wanted to appear as both characters in a single scene, but never got the chance.
** [[The Princess Bride (
*** Now if only they could just have put ''Zek'' in that episode somehow. Surely they could have found a way.
** Bill Mumy, best known as Lennier in rival ''[[
* [[Homage]]: "Far Beyond The Stars" seems to be a full episode story about [[EC Comics]]'s [http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/54803.html Judgment Day] which ended the magazine that published it the same time the story is set when the publishers and management disagreed about having the Hero be black.
* [[Shout-Out]]: In the penultimate episode, Quark cops some of Picard's speech from ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'' to defend the sacred Ferengi practice of sexual extortion from employees.
** Morn is [[Significant Anagram|an anagram]] of Norm, from ''[[Cheers]]''. It was entirely intentional.
** In the comedic episode "Trials and Tribble-ations," the two agents who show up to investigate Sisko's [[Timey-Wimey Ball|time traveling shenanigans]] are named Dulmer and Luscly, [[X Files|anagrams of "Mulder" and "Scully."]]
** When the occupying forces on DS9 in ''The Siege'' find that Odo (the shape-shifter) is missing, their commander concludes the situation is "[[Transformers|more than meets the eye]]".
** In ''Looking for Par'Mach in All the Wrong Places,'' Quark states his opinion on war, and what it is good for. {{spoiler|Absolutely Nothing}}
** The Breen's refrigeration suits are modeled after Princess Leia's disguise as Ubese bounty hunter Bouschh in the beginning of ''[[Return of the Jedi]]''.
** In "Crossover" (the first [[Mirror Universe]] episode since [[Star Trek: The Original Series|TOS]]), Quark stands accused of helping human slaves escape captivity, and tells the enforcing officer (mirror Garak, a Gul) that [[Casablanca|he is nothing more than a simple barkeep and doesn't stick out his neck for anyone]].
** In "The Way of the Warrior", Quark speculates that perhaps he should have listened to his cousin who said, "Quark, [[The Graduate|I got one word for you]]: 'weapons'."
** The episode "The Nagus" is an homage to ''[[The Godfather]]'', especially the scene where Quark "receives" guests in his quarters.
** Sisko's "Hello, ship" was a direct reference to the [[Steve McQueen]] movie ''[[The Sand Pebbles]]'', and the ship in question was also named the ''Sao Paulo''. {{spoiler|But not for long. It was soon rechristened ''Defiant''.}}
** In a more subtle one Garak manages to be [[John Le Carre]]'s most famous novel: he is [[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy|a Tinker, a Tailor, a Soldier, and a Spy]]
** A conversation between Sisko and Quark in "The Jem'hadar" heavily references a similar one in ''[[The Great Outdoors]]''.
** In the final episode, Sisko's words to Kasidy about when he'll be able to return from being with the "Prophets" echo what a character from ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' said to his wife just before going off to war. The Nadesico guy said, "It might be tomorrow. It might be ten years from now. But I will come back."
* [[What Could Have Been]]:
** Melora from season 2 episode "Melora" was meant to be the permanent science officer, but was replaced with Dax and reused as a one-off guest character.
** Alexander Siddig originally tried out for the part of Sisko, but was turned down for being too young. Andrew Robinson tried out for the part of Odo.
** Michelle Forbes, playing the part of Ensign Ro, was originally supposed to be ''Deep Space Nine'''s token Bajoran in the cast. Forbes didn't want to commit to a full television series, so the new character of Major Kira was created. (It probably worked out for the best). Ro would end up serving as the station's chief of security in the [[Star Trek Deep Space Nine Relaunch|relaunch novels]], however.
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