If you ’re headed to Comic Con this weekend , you may occupy that you wo n’t get into the in force panels , or humiliate yourself in front of a pic star . But it could be much worse , as 15 classic tarradiddle have proved .
Galaxy Quest : Granted , the bad matter that happened at the actual convention celebrating the long - cancelled ( and nonexistent ) TV show Galaxy Quest was its star getting wasted and telling off a lover . But a prospicient ways away , the Thermians were experiencing the nonaged crisis of genocidal war . For them , the pattern is a bit of a salvation , as it puts them in touch with the player they mistakenly believe to be the epic Capitain Peter Taggart .
Futurama “ Where No Fan Has Gone Before ” : Yes , the carnage of all Star Trek fans ( whose conventions had evolve into religious ceremony ) was middling atrocious , but the hurl of the original Star Trek serial seemed more miff by the actions of noncorporeal fanboy Melllvar , who stages the most annoying Star Trek pattern ever , and forces them to combat the crew of Planet Express .
Family Guy “ Not All Dogs Go to Heaven ” : After watching the hurl of Star Trek : The Next Generation playing area a litany of irrelevant fan questions , a frustrated Stewie builds a transporter and kidnaps the actors to stage his own personal Star Trek convention ( rent a page , it seems , from Futurama ’s Melllvar ) . And , in the emotional state of the show , he kill off Denise Crosby early on .
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CSI “ A Space Oddity ” and “ Fur and Loathing ” : Some fans will take drastic measures to keep their favorite shows from getting remade . In “ A Space Oddity , ” a movie maker appear to remake the cultus tv set show Astro Quest turn up murdered . As if that were n’t a sufficiently obvious reference to Battlestar Galactica , Grace Park , Kate Vernon , Rekha Sharma , and Ron D. Moore all have cameos .
Perhaps more infamous is the instalment “ Fur and Loathing , ” where a dead murder victim is find out wearing a racoon fursuit , go the CSI squad to a furry normal . But it ’s present as less a lover convention than an opportunity for costumed attendees to “ yiff ” one another .
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Mr. Monk in Outer Space by Lee Goldberg : How do you get aside with murdering a science fable creator ? Dress as one of the show ’s most popular character and escape into the convening . That ’s the set - up for the fifth Monk novel , where Monk must investigate the creator of the fictional scifi dramatic play Beyond Earth , and rely on his agoraphobic fanboy brother to aid place the killer .
castanets “ The Princess and the Pear ” : When a kiosk babe from a science fiction and fantasy conventionalism is found decompose in a nearby sewer organ pipe , her fellow convention - goers seem less concerned for her well - being than for the fate of a sword she owned , a property from an other fantasy film . The otherwise geeky squad is out of their element here , bank on glooming houseman Colin Fisher and wunderkind psychologist Lance Sweets ( who , divertingly enough , dons a redshirt Star Trek uniform ) to infiltrate the confidence trick .
Numb3rs “ Graphic ” : Admittedly , this episode of Numb3rs has occupies a lenient billet in my heart , and not for the thievery - of - priceless - comic - book - ends - in - murder main plotline . It ’s because in addition to Numb3rs star David “ Mr. Universe ” Krumholt , it sport Wil Wheaton as a douchebag collector .
bimbo of the Death Sun by Sharyn McCrumb : Sharyn McCrumb ’s novel is an objective lesson for all crotchety Creator . Appin Dungannon is a fantasy generator whose temper is so legendary that his fans attend conventions just to watch him throw furniture . When the small - statured author winds up dead , a toilsome skill fiction source ( implausibly mention James O. Mega ) has to figure out if one of Dungannon ’s fan have his insults to heart .
Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones : Jones ’ novel bring the entire multiverse down on an unsuspecting scifi and fantasy convention . Rupert is a Magid , a sorting of magical lobbyist aiming to make land more thaumaturgy - friendly . When his wise man dies , Rupert must take on an apprentice , and he gathers all the potential candidates at scientific discipline fiction convention . Naturally , when things go awry , all multiverse fail slack , pass on the normal vulnerable to rampant Centaur and assassins .
Atomic Betty “ Cosmic Comicon ” : Conventions just would n’t be the same without the occasional supervillain onset . When Atomic Betty ’s pal Noah publishes Atomic Chick a comic book based on her escapade , Dr. Cerebral becomes confused by a fan cosplaying “ Dr. Brainy , ” and launches an attack on the formula . But , as luck would have it , a group of cosplayers portray Atomic Chick make short oeuvre of him .
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Sandman “ The Doll ’s House ” : The “ cereal convention ” described in the 2d electric discharge of Neil Gaiman ’s epic comic series is n’t precisely a buff conventionality , but it ’s too eldritch and perturbing to ignore . Like any other group of professionals , nonparallel killers patently need to foregather , hold panels , and swap trade secrets . But woefulness unto any tourist who unwittingly wanders into panels title , “ Women in Serial Killing ” or “ There is No Sanity Clause . ”
Power Rangers : Dino Thunder “ Drawn into Danger ” : Who knew that Artists ’ Alley could be weaponize ? The Power Rangers tend into distinctive trouble at a mirthful rule , where their bane / gamey school principal hands a far-famed comic book artist a magical pen that traps the Rangers in a superpowered conflict with the in vogue monster of the week , Fridgia .
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Roswell “ The Convention ” : It ’s no surprise that the metropolis of Roswell , New Mexico , would pull the occasional alien enthusiast convention . And , present that Jonathan Frakes numbers among Roswell ’s executive manufacturer , it ’s barely blow out of the water that Commander Riker would make a guest appearance . What could n’t be promise is the gore that ensues when a confederacy theorist meets up with an actual alien .
The Simpsons “ Mayored to the crime syndicate ” : Generally , the worst thing to hit Springfield fan convention is the Comic Book Guy and his perpetually superior attitude . But during one “ ” Bi - Mon - Sci - Fi - Con , ” a riot trigger off , threatening to kill Star Wars actor Mark Hamill . And in , a first for celebrity guest stars on The Simpsons , Hamill finds Homer Jay Simpson is his only promise .
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