Star Trek: Tik Tok
| Vid | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Tik Tok |
| Creator: | MissSheenie |
| Date: | posted to YouTube Apr 17, 2010 |
| Format: | Digital |
| Length: | 02:30 |
| Music: | "Tik Tok" by Ke$ha |
| Genre: | humor |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
| Footage: | various Star Trek: TOS episodes |
| URL: | Vid on YouTube, Archived version |
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Star Trek: Tik Tok is a Star Trek: The Original Series vid by MissSheenie that sets footage from TOS to the 2009 hit Tik Tok by Kesha. It is a humorous vid posted to YouTube on April 17, 2010.
The vid went viral in the following months, and was not only shared by fans and various media outlets, but also referenced by Kesha herself in a tweet in June 2010.[1] As of 2021, it has more than 3 million views. Some fans have credited the vid for prompting them to watch The Original Series, while others have credited it for making them like the song.
Vidder's notes
Working on the Enterprise is pretty much a non-stop party as far as I'm concerned. (Probably because the only parts I pay attention to are the Kirk/Spock moments, Scotty when he's drinking, Chekov when he's macking on his girlfriend and doing no work, and Uhura singing and just HAVING A GOOF in general.) But really, this video was made for CLAIRE. I hope she finds it funny. You know, amusing.
Reactions/Reviews
Reaction from Kesha
OKOKOKOK so whos the one who found out tik tok was written about star trek?[1]
Media Reactions
If anyone has the right to wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy (aside from the P. Diddy), it’s definitely Captain Kirk. YouTube user MissSheenie’s Star Trek (The Original Series) fan-video set to Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok” is amazing, complete with Kirk sluttiness, Spock’s awkward tapdancing, Scotty and Chekov being ridiculously adorable, and even Pon Farr. And oh dear God, the slash.STAR TREK Beams Aboard Ke$ha's "Tik Tok" by Laura Kelley June 22, 2010, collider.com
By all accounts, pairing “Tik Tok” with old Star Trek footage shouldn’t work. But oh how it does. It also has us wondering who would win in an old-fashioned drinking contest: Scotty or Ke$ha?Video of the Day: Star Trek/Ke$ha Mashup by Caroline Stanley, flavorwire.com
But giving bad pop music a face lift by mashing it up with scenes from the original Star Trek series is awesome, indeed.So, while we’re not excited about Ke$ha, we are excited about this YouTube video, cut so well that at times it has you wondering if perhaps Kirk and Spock really do wake up in the morning feeling a little bit like P. Diddy.
Awesome of the Day: Star Trek/Tik TokMash-up by Corey Humphress, June 22, 2010, pastemagazine.com
TrekMovie.com gave the vid its People's Choice Award in its TrekMovie Viral Video Awards of 2010.[2]
Fan Reactions and Reviews
[Sidonia]
I still come back to this beautiful, hilarious creation several years after discovering it. The editing is hilarious and so right on cue with the music. This video has been a staple at almost every party I've hosted and I've watched it for my own motivation so many times that I've come to associate this song with pure happiness and party mood. I did not like "tik tok" before I saw and fell in love with this video, and now I think of it as "the star trek song", haha. It was also this video that finally made me wanna see the original series of Star Trek. I don't regret it one bit. Thank you so much for making this! :)[3]
Many years have passed, but this will remain one of my favorite fanvideos in the history of all mankind.[3]
[vulcanwlw]
i literally can’t listen to tik tok by kesha without thinking about that goddamn star trek tos fanvid…you know the one
[vulcanwlw]
[YouTube embed of the vid]
this fucking video
[iamspacingout]
Congrats to the creator of this video for being the only funny person on the internet ever[4]
A vid that is just pure fun! Who knew the Star Trek crew was such party animals? MissSheenie must have found every single clip where they're drinking something, I swear. Beyond that, the vid is so well edited to the song, with the crew getting up, putting on their sunglasses and proceeding to party down. Drinking, dancing, fighting, grooving, this vid has it all and is such a blast. If you need a happy moment (and to be reminded of a couple seriously peculiar moments in TOS) check it out.[5]
this is the video that prompted me to watch the Original Series[6]
OG Star Trek to Kesha’s ‘Tik Tok’ is a feel good masterpiece[7]
Eleven years in, this masterpiece doesn't fail to put a big smile on my face. If you don't like this, you're probably a Klingon, or worse.[8]
If only one single thing may survive the inevitable heat death of the universe, I hope it is this[9]
The fact that this is perfect says so much about the show though[10]
[in response to an Ask stating that the user's videos "legit have the same impact as the star trek tik tok video does"]
are you.....are you talking about the iconic tos video with over 3m views on youtube??? bc if so that is insanely high praise i'm not sure i deserve omg but thank you i'm so honored humbled etc all the h words
#at least 1000 of these views are from me[11]
Fanworks inspired by the Vid
- Star Trek : TNG - Tik Tok vid by lacrevette22DugSt and JyMahLa
References
- ^ a b "Tweet by Kesha, June 23, 2010". Archived from the original on 2021-11-28.
- ^ TrekMovie Viral Video Awards – Best In Star Trek Viral Videos
- ^ a b On YouTube
- ^ here, March 16th, 2019. (archive)
- ^ "Rec by jenna-marianne at Epic_Recs". Archived from the original on 2021-06-05.
- ^ "May 2013 tumblr post". Archived from the original on 2021-11-28.
- ^ "Jan 25, 2020 Tweet". Archived from the original on 2021-11-28.
- ^ "November 25, 2021 tweet". Archived from the original on 2021-11-28.
- ^ Comment by Nicholas, YouTube, 2016. (Accessed November 28, 2021).
- ^ Comment by Isa, YouTube, 2014. (Accessed November 28, 2021).
- ^ Tumblr post by katebushstandean, August 12, 2021 (Accessed November 28, 2021).