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"Resistance is futile" is a phrase describing a desperate or failing endeavor. The phrase became "prevalent in popular culture" from its use in the television show Star Trek: The Next Generation.[1][2][3]

The Borg use the phrase in several Star Trek episodes and the film Star Trek: First Contact (1996). Locutus' (Patrick Stewart) delivery of the line in "The Best of Both Worlds" was ranked #93 in TV Land's list of "The 100 Greatest TV Quotes and Catchphrases".[4] The phrase was also the tagline for First Contact.

A similar catchphrase -- "Resistance is useless" -- was earlier used in the television series Doctor Who[5] and by a Vogon from 1978's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.[6]

References

  1. ^ Hayot, Eric; Haun Saussy and Steven G. Yao (2008). Sinographies: writing China. ISBN 978-0-8166-4724-8. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CuB8gQY3XokC&pg=PT28&dq=resistance+is+futile+borg&cd=5#v=onepage&q=resistance%20is%20futile%20borg&f=false.  
  2. ^ Nardi, Eric Bonnie; Vicki O'Day. Information ecologies: using technology with heart. ISBN 0-262-14066-7. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6d1VwyZhQRQC&pg=PA46&dq=%22Resistance+is+futile%22+popular+culture&lr=&client=firefox-a&cd=3#v=onepage&q=%22Resistance%20is%20futile%22%20popular%20culture&f=false. Retrieved 3 Jan 2009.  
  3. ^ Strangelove, Michael (2005). The empire of mind: digital piracy and the anti-capitalist movement. ISBN 0802038182. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lbheLBLhOPAC&pg=PA137&dq=%22Resistance+is+futile%22+popular+culture&lr=&client=firefox-a&cd=7#v=onepage&q=%22Resistance%20is%20futile%22%20popular%20culture&f=false. Retrieved 3 Jan 2009.  
  4. ^ "The 100 Greatest TV Quotes and Catchphrases". TV Land. http://www.tvland.com/originals/catchphrases/quotes.jhtml. Retrieved 2010-01-02.  
  5. ^ Shapiro, Fred R. (2006). The Yale Book of Quotations. pp. 728. http://books.google.com/books?id=w5-GR-qtgXsC&pg=PA727&dq=%22resistance+is+useless%22+%22Resistance+is+futile%22#v=onepage&q=%22resistance%20is%20useless%22%20%22Resistance%20is%20futile%22&f=false.  
  6. ^ Westfahl, Gary. "Mostly Charmless: A Review of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Locus Online. http://www.locusmag.com/2005/Features/05_Westfahl_Hitchhiker.html. Retrieved 2010-01-03.  
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