It comes from the command Captain Kirk gives his chief engineer, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, when he needs to be "transported" back to the Starship Enterprise.

The animated episodes "The Lorelei Signal" and "The Infinite Vulcan" used the phrasing "Beam us up, Scotty".

The complete phrase was eventually said by William Shatner in the audio adaptation of his non-canon novel Star Trek: The Ashes of Eden.

[12] It is also referenced in the book "Vice Slang" by Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, for crack cocaine, and to describe "Beamers" or "Beemers" as those taking said drugs.

The planetarium in the animated series South Park (1997) carries the inscription "Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!

When asked by Harry S. Stamper (played by Bruce Willis) if Rockhound would join them to divert the asteroid, he replies "You know me.

In his book Based on a True Story, Norm Macdonald explains that the doorman of the building he was living in addressed him as "Beam me up, Scotty" after Norm said the line in a Star Trek sketch on the show Saturday Night Live.

Additionally, Mateo uses the quote in the Superstore episode "Part-Time Hires" when he is speaking to a construction worker named Scott who continues to try to use his employee bathroom pass.