Movie connections for
Starship Troopers (1997)

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Followed by

Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004) (V)
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008)

Version of

Uchû no senshi (1989) (V)

Edited into

Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania (1999) (TV)
"I Married a Princess" (2005)
 -  Clips of Casper from SST are used in the first episode.

Spin off

"Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles" (1999)
Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy (2000) (VG)
Starship Troopers (2005) (VG)
 -  Ten years after the film the game starts up where the film left off.

References

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
 -  The scene with the new recruits
Triumph des Willens (1935)
Prelude to War (1943)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
Them! (1954)
Tarantula (1955)
Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben (1959)
Zulu (1964)
Soldaat van Oranje (1977)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
 -  "Do, or do not. There is no try."
Heavy Metal (1981)
Dune (1984)
Aliens (1986)
 -  "the drop" and "bug hunt" as well as the cargo-loader exoskeleton were from Aliens.
Predator (1987)
RoboCop (1987)
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987)
Total Recall (1990)
Army of Darkness (1992)
Quake (1996) (VG)

Referenced in

Basil Poledouris: His Life and Music (1997) (V)
"Showbiz Today: (1997-11-10)" (1997)
 -  There is an item about this movie's release
StarCraft (1998) (VG)
Casper Meets Wendy (1998) (TV)
Antz (1998)
Free Enterprise (1998)
Shogo: Mobile Armor Division (1998) (VG)
"The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror IX (#10.4)" (1998)
 -  The 3rd segment is named "Starship Pooper" and uses the same font and logo as this film.
StarCraft Expansion Set: Brood War (1998) (VG)
Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania (1999) (TV)
Keepers of the Frame (1999)
Election (1999)
"Movie Stars: Bittersweet Seventeen (#1.3)" (1999)
 -  The gag on this show was that they were constantly referencing films, and a very unfamous brother of a megastar was always saying he was in nothing roles. "In Starship Troopers, I played the guy that got squished by the giant cockroach."
Gamera 3: Iris kakusei (1999)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
G-Saviour (2000) (TV)
 -  The military uniforms worn in G-Saviour are the same as those worn by the Marines in Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy (2000) (VG)
 -  Plot, characters, dialogue and creatures are referenced.
Zemlja istine, ljubavi i slobode (2000)
Stacy (2001)
Halo (2001) (VG)
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' (2002) (V)
EV Nova (2002) (VG)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Minority Report (2002)
One Step Beyond: The Making of 'Alien: Resurrection' (2003) (V)
 -  David Giler talks how Fox had trouble finding enough studio space as major productions like Starship Troopers
Doom³ (2004) (VG)
 -  As the whole game has a 'Verhoeven' SciFi flic kinda feel, that also includes 'ST'. Particularly the PR videos ('Would you like to know more?') are integrated throughout the game incl. the 'patriotic/proud' monolog and 'tone' of voice.
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2004) (VG)
 -  "bug attack" at the beginning of the game resembles the one in the movie
Half-Life 2 (2004) (VG)
 -  Antlion aliens strongly resemble the bugs from the 1997 sci-fi film
The Burly Man Chronicles (2004) (V)
 -  mentioned once in extended version
Film Geek (2005)
 -  Scotty asks a customer why he didn't get the widescreen version of this movie
Star Fox Assault (2005) (VG)
 -  The Aparoid enemies, especially on the Katina stage, act similarly to and resemble the insect-like "Bugs" from Starship Troopers.
Timesplitters: Future Perfect (2005) (VG)
 -  "Come on Marine! you want to live forever!"
"Saturday Night Live: Cameron Diaz/Green Day (#30.16)" (2005)
 -  Referenced in Spy Glass
"Stargate SG-1: The Scourge (#9.17)" (2006)
 -  The movie that the SG-1 team is going to watch on Movie Night.
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
 -  Open reference by a character
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007) (V)
 -  mentioned once
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)
 -  Ron Fox tells NPH that he became a federal agent because he was inspired by Starship Troopers.

Featured in

Basil Poledouris: His Life and Music (1997) (V)
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Academy of Robots' Choice Awards Special (1998) (TV)
 -  Features clips from this film.
In the Shadow of Hollywood (2000)
Impostor (2001)
Death from Above: The Making of 'Starship Troopers' (2002) (V)
Know Your Foe (2002) (V)
The Starships of Starship Troopers (2002) (V)
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
 -  Clip included; editing analysed.
"I Love the '90s: Part Deux" (2005)
 -  Footage from this is featured.
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2006)
 -  Part or all of the trailer is shown and discussed.
Sarah Brightman: Diva (2006) (V)
 -  Features footage from film in music video
"Allemaal film: De amerikaanse droom (#1.6)" (2007)
 -  Footage from this film is shown

Spoofed in

The Avengers (1998)
Antz (1998)
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
 -  the ad in the beginning of Monsters Inc spoofs the ad at the end of Starship Troopers
Ultrachrist! (2003)
 -  The "Jesus looks into the future" ending mirrors the "brain bug" ending, quotes dialog, etc.
Scary Movie 3 (2003)
 -  Dina Meyer repeats the same line and scene ("I'm dying")

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