History Main / KlaatuBaradaNikto

* Dr Robotnik shouts it at the aliens who come through the portal before Knuckles in ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2''.

* ''Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses'':

Since then, ''Klaatu Barada Nikto'' has become a common sci-fi {{catchphrase}}. It's been [[StockShoutOuts referenced in all manner of media]], even outside sci-fi -- fantasy, comic books, music, whatever. Although there's no known translation for the phrase, it's safe to assume that "Klaatu" refers to the film's protagonist.

* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutron'' uses these as magic words in a ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' parody. The phrase is also used by Carl in the episode "Time Is Money", when Jimmy meets his own parents in the past.

* In ''Franchise/StarWars'', Klaatu the Nikto and Barada of the planet Klatooine were two of Jabba's guards in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.

%% * ''Series/{{Farscape}}''

* In a third-season episode of ''Series/TheXFiles'', a man pretending to suffer from stigmata begins faking glossolalia (speaking in tongues); one of the phrases he says is this.

* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': In "Alien Radio", Stan Harbinger quotes the line to mock the Believers.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', this is [[http://sinfest.net/view.php?date=2008-08-18 the incantation]] Lil' E uses to summon a hellhound.

* ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}''. [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2007-05-16 It's a password]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'': Klaatu! Barada! [[RunningGag Doggy!]] ([[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1400/fc01372.htm here]]).

* ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'' character [[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/klaatuhu.htm Klaatu]] was named after Klaatu.

* In ''Literature/TheArmageddonRag'' by Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, there is a character named Gort. The protagonist greets him with "Klaatu Barada Nicto, Gort." Gort is sick of hearing it, and makes no secret of this.

* ''VideoGame/{{Reunion}}'' has a scientist named Klaat'''oo''' and a planet named after him with moons called Barada and Nikto. The manual mentions he is a fan of old SF films and the discoverer of the planet Klaatoo. The moons get discovered much later, though.

* In ''Mutant Football League'', players on the all-alien Galaxy Chaos team are mostly named after famous aliens from movies. Barada Clawtu is the 3rd string QB, ''and'' there's also a defensive lineman named Klaatu.

* Some of the subsequent allusions to this phrase (including some listed on this page) refer to ''Army of Darkness'', which has [[WeirdAlEffect overshadowed]] ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'' to some extent. Extremely obvious in Germany. In ''Army of Darkness'''s German dub version, the line was "Klaatu ''Verata'' Nikto", so every German dub afterwards that considered ''[=AoD=]'' to be the origin of the reference will have the "Verata" line.

* In ''Literature/TheArmageddonRag'' by Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, there is a character named Gort. The protagonist greet him with "Klaatu Barada Nicto, Gort." Gort is sick of hearing it, and makes no secret of this.

* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutron'' used these as magic words in a ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' parody. The phrase was also used by Carl in the episode "Time Is Money", when Jimmy met his own parents in the past.

In the classic 1951 sci-fi film ''[[Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951 The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' the alien Klaatu arrives on Earth with a message for the world's leaders. His welcome on arrival was less than warm.

Anticipating that things could go very wrong, Klaatu teaches a human woman this phrase should anything happen to him. ''Klaatu Barada Nikto'' is a now common catchphrase in sci-fi. It was a message to shut down [[KillerRobot the rampage of the robot]], Gort, that accompanied Klaatu on his mission to Earth. Oddly enough, no known translation has ever been given for the phrase though "Klaatu" can be presumed to refer to the film's protagonist.

The classic status of the film has led to ''Klaatu Barada Nikto'' being [[StockShoutOuts hidden in all manner of media]] from sci-fi to fantasy to comic books to music.

Despite its appearance in the original and even though Creator/KeanuReeves insisted on its presence, [[ExecutiveMeddling the phrase was deliberately rendered almost unintelligible]] in TheRemake.

* In the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', the Nikto are a species of reptilian slaves, while Barada and Klaatu are two of Jabba the Hutt's lackeys.

-->'''Ash:''' Klaatu... barada... ni'''COUGH'''t'''COUGH'''!

* In ''Franchise/StarWars'', Klaatu and Barada were two of Jabba's Nikto guards in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.

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Despite its appearance in the original and even though Creator/KeanuReeves insisted on its presence, [[ExecutiveMeddling the phrase was deliberately rendered almost unintelligible in]] TheRemake.

* In ''Film/{{Tron}}'', a plaque that reads "Gort, Klaatu Barada Nikto" can be seen on the wall of Alan Bradley's cubicle. [[AIIsACrapshoot Oddly appropriate for a programmer on a system like]] [[MasterComputer ENCOM's grid]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'': Klaatu! Barada! [[RunningGag Doggy!]] (http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1400/fc01372.htm here).