"Beam me up, Scotty" has become one of Star Trek's most famous catchphrases in pop culture despite no Star Trek character ever actually saying it.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT "Beam me up, Scotty" has become one of the most popular phrases associated with Star Trek, despite the fact that this exact phrase is never actually said by any Star Trek character. On Star Trek: The Original Series, Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott was the Chief Engineer of the USS Enterprise under the command of Captain James T. Kirk .
Transporters became one of Star Trek's most important pieces of technology, and the transporter saved more than a few lives over the course of the series. When leading away missions, Captain Kirk would often request for the landing party to be beamed back to the ship, either because their mission was complete or because they ran into trouble. Typically, Kirk would be asking for the entire landing party to beam up and only rarely made the request for just himself.
Though it's unclear exactly when or why this particular phrase gained such popularity, a journal from the Royal Aeronautical Society used it as early as 1975. Since then, the phrase has been used in numerous television shows, movies, video games, songs, and speeches. A longer version of this phrase, "Beam me up, Scotty, there's no intelligent life on this planet" became a popular quote for both Trekkies and non-Trekkies to display on bumper stickers and t-shirts.
No One In Star Trek Ever Said “Beam Me Up, Scotty” Captain Kirk does come very close to saying "Beam me up, Scotty" on a few occasions, but the exact phrase was never said in any Star Trek show or movie. In Star Trek: The Animated Series, Kirk says "Beam us up, Scotty," which is the closest he ever comes to uttering the famous saying.
In Star Trek: The Original Series and its subsequent films, Scotty does not even man the transporter station that often. As Chief Engineer, he often has more important things to do than stand around waiting for a landing party to ask for a beam out. Oftentimes, Captain Kirk will simply say, "Three to beam up," directed at the unnamed officer who is currently operating the transporter.
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