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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Many fans think that Spock is Jewish on his human mother's side as Creator/LeonardNimoy is Jewish, not to mention that Creator/WinonaRyder (who played Spock's mom, Amanda Grayson, in the 2009 reboot) is Jewish as well. (Jane Wyatt, who created the role back in '68, was Catholic.) On a related note, Nimoy adapted the famous Vulcan hand salute and its greetings "Peace and long life" and "Live long and prosper" from Jewish religious tradition. In addition, Celia Lovsky, who played the matriarch T'Pau in "Amok Time", was Jewish and had fled Nazi-occupied Austria with her husband, Creator/PeterLorre. A running gag in some fan clubs was that ''Vulcans'' were Jewish. See ''Jewish Themes in Star Trek'' by Rabbi Gershom.
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* ConstantlyCurious: As his usual CatchPhrase would suggest, he has an amused if detached interest towards almost anything, and is the only one not making fun of the space hippies in “The Way To Eden”.
* MommasBoy: ''Cries'' over never telling his mom he loved her, and has a far better relationship with her than his father.
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* SourOutsideSadInside: An important factor in being Vulcan is not that you can’t feel emotion, but that you deeply repress all of it. Spock in particular has a lot of self-loathing and masks it by infuriating everyone with logic and snarkiness.
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* VitriolicBestBuds: Just like the Prime timeline, him and [=McCoy=]. In ''Beyond'' he's honestly baffled that [=McCoy=] ever thought they weren't friends.
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* OldMaster: In the reboot movies, and to Saavik and Valeris. The latter doesn’t work out so well.
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* StubbornMule: Because he’s had to prove himself to both Vulcans and humans. Kirk and Amanda bond over LikeFatherLikeSon in “Journey To Babel”.
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* GrandfatherParadox: In [[Recap/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeriesS1E2Yesteryear "Yesteryear"]], Child-Spock only survives to adulthood because Adult-Spock travelled back in time using the Guardian of Forever to pose as a distant cousin and follow Child-Spock out on a RiteOfPassage. Which Adult-Spock only knew to do because of the DelayedRippleEffect caused by him not having gone back at the appointed time.[[note]][[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine "I hate temporal mechanics."]][[/note]]
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* AffectionateNickname: More like pronunciation. In close moments, and especially in the first movie where Kirk is like an excited puppy seeing Spock again, he draws out his name into something that sounds like “Spaawk”.
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* CharacterTics: When he’s in a state, like crying in “The Naked Time” or dying in “Wrath Of Khan”, he’ll pull his shirt down, trying to affect some dignity.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Towards the end of his bio, Spock, who has always tried to be logical even with emotional pain, permits himself one illusion in his life… refusing to admit that Kirk is dead.
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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: As early as “The Enemy Within”, Bones and other crew members are sending him to see if the captain is okay, and in the movies, Kirk is more wrecked at ''Spock'' dying than any possibility of his own death.
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* ForbiddenLove: Even taking it completely platonically, when he feels friendship or love for Kirk he feels ashamed, and tries to purge all emotions partly because of him.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: “Amok Time” has him try to create feelings for Chapel when they aren’t any, “The Naked Time” has him ashamed of his friendship for Kirk much like someone hating themselves for being gay, and of all people, Mudd seems to get it the most, telling Spock that he’s ill-equipped to appreciate the beauty of women.
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* HeroicWillpower: The Platonians try to have him crush Kirk’s skull in “Plato’s Stepchildren”, and it takes every ounce of strength he has to refuse it. Even then, he’s horrified, angry and on the verge of tears, and Kirk has to reassure that he’s okay.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Zig-zagged. Spock's angsty relationship with his distant father is one of his core, defining motivations - ''but'' he rarely lets it show in public. Deep down his father actually ''does'' care about him, but he disagreed with Spock's decision to join Starfleet instead of the Vulcan Science Academy (as part of his half-breed angst, Spock felt the Science Academy wasn't as tolerant of him as the multi-species Starfleet).
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* NumberTwo: Spock is this as well as the science officer. Chronologically, all subsequent first officers in franchise history serve as First Officer without additional responsibilities, though shows set chronologically prior to TOS usually have the First Officer pulling double duty. Spock also starts a tradition of the NumberTwo having divided loyalties between their role as Starfleet officers and an outside influence - [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Kira to Bajor]], [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Chakotay to the Maquis]], and [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise T'Pol to Vulcan (again)]][[/note]].
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* NumberTwo: Spock is this as well as the science officer. Chronologically, all subsequent first officers in franchise history serve as First Officer without additional responsibilities, though responsibilities; shows set chronologically prior to TOS usually have the First Officer pulling double duty. duty, suggesting that this was a 22nd- and 23rd-century custom that fell out of fashion in the 24th century. Spock also starts a tradition of the NumberTwo having divided loyalties between their role as Starfleet officers and an outside influence - [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Kira to Bajor]], [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Chakotay to the Maquis]], and [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise T'Pol to Vulcan (again)]][[/note]].(again)]]
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** He gets another moment in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country when Valeris, his protege, is revealed to be the conspiracy's mole aboard the Enterprise. She has a phaser drawn on him, and when she refuses to shoot, he slaps it out of her hand with a clear look of anger on his face. Then, in one of the most [This example contains a YMMV entry. It should be moved to the YMMV tab.] Squick-filled scenes of the entire franchise, he proceeds to Mind Rape her right on the bridge in front of God and everybody. Pushing this man's Berserk Button is nigh-impossible, but if you do, you're in for a world of hurt. (So is he — his expression as he invades her mind looks like he's being forced to eat razor blades.)* NumberTwo: Spock is this as well as the science officer. [[note]] Spock ''does'' start a tradition of the NumberTwo having divided loyalties between their role as Starfleet officers and an outside influence - [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Kira to Bajor]], [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Chakotay to the Maquis]], and [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise T'Pol to Vulcan (again)]][[/note]].
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*NumberTwo: Spock is this as well as the science officer.[[note]] Chronologically, all subsequent first officers in franchise history serve as First Officer without additional responsibilities, though shows set chronologically prior to TOS usually have the First Officer pulling double duty. Spock ''does'' start also starts a tradition of the NumberTwo having divided loyalties between their role as Starfleet officers and an outside influence - [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Kira to Bajor]], [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Chakotay to the Maquis]], and [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise T'Pol to Vulcan (again)]][[/note]].
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Trusting Senator Pardek was not Spock's brightest move.
* NotSoStoic: When he mind-melds with Picard, getting to see that part of his father Sarek that was shared with the captain during their previous meld, Spock almost bursts into tears.
* OlderAndWiser: Approach his mid-100s, but still Spock, and with the benefit of several decades more wisdom. Mostly.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: After how badly [[Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry negotiating peace with the Klingons]] almost went, Spock is unwilling to risk anyone's life but his own when it comes to the unification of Vulcans and Romulans.
* TheSpock: TropeNamer. Doesn't stop him from being out-Spocked by Data himself, though.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Trusting Senator Pardek was not Spock's brightest move.
* NotSoStoic: When he mind-melds with Picard, getting to see that part of his father Sarek that was shared with the captain during their previous meld, Spock almost bursts into tears.
* OlderAndWiser: Approach his mid-100s, but still Spock, and with the benefit of several decades more wisdom. Mostly.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: After how badly [[Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry negotiating peace with the Klingons]] almost went, Spock is unwilling to risk anyone's life but his own when it comes to the unification of Vulcans and Romulans.
* TheSpock: TropeNamer. Doesn't stop him from being out-Spocked by Data himself, though.
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->'''Dubbed in French by:''' Régis Dubos (TOS), Jacques Harden (Star Trek: the Motion Picture), Robert Party (Star Trek II, IV, V and VI), Michel Bardinet (Star Trek III)
->'''Dubbed in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/JoseLavat (TNG)
->''"'Fascinating' is a word I use for the unexpected. In this case, I should think 'interesting' would suffice."''
-->-- '''Spock''', "The Squire of Gothos"
Kirk's NumberOne and Science Officer. Spock was half-Human, half-Vulcan, and chose to completely embrace the latter aspect of his heritage; this caused him to clash frequently with Dr. [[TheMcCoy [=McCoy=]]]. Spock was supremely analytical and would describe many things as "[[CatchPhrase fascinating]];" he was the go-to man for unusual solutions...or ruthlessly pragmatic ones. He would, occasionally, let slip his more human feelings, but regarded any comparison with humanity to be insulting during the show's run.\\
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* AlwaysSaveTheBoy: He always gets that little bit more emotional when Kirk is in danger. He tries to play off pushing Kirk out of the way in “The Apple” and getting hit himself as “clumsiness”, but nobody bought it.
* {{Ambadassador}}: He later became an ambadassor for Vulcan and he's pretty handy in a fight.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Many fans think that Spock is Jewish on his human mother's side as Creator/LeonardNimoy is Jewish, not to mention that Creator/WinonaRyder (who played Spock's mom, Amanda Grayson, in the 2009 reboot) is Jewish as well. (Jane Wyatt, who created the role back in '68, was Catholic.) On a related note, Nimoy adapted the famous Vulcan hand salute and its greetings "Peace and long life" and "Live long and prosper" from Jewish religious tradition. In addition, Celia Lovsky, who played the matriarch T'Pau in "Amok Time", was Jewish and had fled Nazi-occupied Austria with her husband, Creator/PeterLorre. A running gag in some fan clubs was that ''Vulcans'' were Jewish. See ''Jewish Themes in Star Trek'' by Rabbi Gershom.
* ArrangedMarriage: Betrothed by his family as a child. His intended bride had other ideas, and didn't mind sacrificing Kirk for them...
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:In the third movie]] he is resurrected by an ancient Vulcan ritual.
* BadassBookworm: Spock can (and does) use his vast knowledge in conjunction with fighting whatever enemy they're facing.
* BadassPacifist: He tells the crew members during “The Galileo Seven” in no uncertain terms that he’s disgusted by human disregard for other life, but when anything has a chance of harming Kirk, he’ll show the same.
-->'''Kirk''': Well, there it is. War. We didn't want it, but we've got it.
-->'''Spock''': Curious how often you humans manage to obtain that which you do not want.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Spock is a vegetarian and a TechnicalPacifist, but if you ever [[TheUnfettered remove his emotional control]] or threaten [[TheNotLoveInterest Kirk]], you're in trouble.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Principally his [[AlienBlood green blood]] and the fact that his heart is where a human's liver would be. The latter enables him to survive being shot in the back with a flintlock rifle in "A Private Little War."
* BizarreAlienSenses: Vulcans are [[TelepathicSpacemen natural telepaths]], and they can use their mental powers to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNMmVKZ7ShM read minds, share thoughts,]] [[https://youtu.be/1KdEamxyaEU?t=130 sense the emotions of]] and [[https://youtu.be/W-dvs_lI8oU?t=37 communicate with]] any alien being with a mind. Assuming they find a suitable receptacle, they can even [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEaNyMfFU9w preserve their consciousness after death]].]]
* BlueBlood: No, has nothing to do with his AlienBlood. [[ImpliedTrope It's not explicitly stated]], but his father, Sarek, is a prestigious astrophysicist and Federation Ambassador (whose reputation among his notoriously xenophobic people was able to withstand his marriage to an "out-worlder"), and [[GrandeDame T'Pau]], one of the most powerful people on Vulcan, officiates at (what should have been) his wedding. He also notes that the large estate where the ceremony takes place has been in his family for over two thousand years.
* BlueIsHeroic: [[ScienceHero Spock's]] blue uniform represents his coolness and rationality.
* BoomerangBigot: Spock is half-human, but most of the time, he solely embraces his Vulcan heritage and is scornful of human ways. This was later explained via D.C. Fontana's {{backstory}} due to his rocky relationship with his father and the FantasticRacism he experienced whilst growing up on Vulcan. He mellowed in his later years.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Has the most used {{catchphrase}}s, so of course, he gets the most borrowed. Bones and Michael both use “fascinating”, and Kirk lampshades that he hates to use the word “logically”.
* ButNotTooForeign: He's half-human; while he usually acts fully Vulcan, his human side surfaces fairly often.
* CaptainErsatz: Spock's personality is an exaggeration of [[Creator/GeneRoddenberry Roddenberry]]'s former boss, LAPD Chief William H. Parker.
* CatchPhrase: "Fascinating," accompanied, of course, by a FascinatingEyebrow.
--> "Fascinating" got started because Nimoy asked director Joseph Sargent to help him in playing a non-emotional character while filming "The Corbomite Maneuver". Sargent told him "Be different. Be the scientist. Be detached. See it as something that’s a curiosity rather than a threat." Nimoy half-whispered the line as a reaction to the first sight of Balok's huge ship, and "a big chunk of the character was born right there."
* CharacterDeath: passes away of old age after transitioning, and PassingTheTorch, to the "Kelvin" Timeline / Abramsverse. He was 161.
* CharacterDevelopment: During the series proper, Spock utterly refuses to show emotion, and makes no secret of his dislike for humans. During ''The Motion Picture'', his mind-meld with V'Ger causes a profound shift in his viewpoint - logic alone is cold and barren. By the time of ''Wrath of Khan'', he's mellowed out considerably, even going as far to wish Kirk "happy birthday", and in ''The Undiscovered Country'', he no longer sees logic as the be-all-and-end-all. By the events of ''Film/StarTrek2009'', [[spoiler: he's mellowed to the point where he tells his alternate younger self to sometimes "put aside logic" and "do what ''feels'' right".]]
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In early episodes, he wasn't quite yet the [[StrawVulcan emotionless Vulcan]] we all know him as and was even seen to ''smile'' a few times. In a scene from "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E0TheCage The Cage]]" where the aliens snatch two female crew members, Spock shouts, "The women!" in a very emotional manner. The end of "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin}} The Enemy Within]]", where after Kirk's EvilTwin attempts to rape Yeoman Rand and Spock leeringly teases Rand about the duplicate's "interesting qualities," is surely the most misogynistic moment in the entire ''Trek'' canon. Spock hadn't been given his emotionless personality because that was meant to be part of Number One's character. [[ExecutiveMeddling The network]] was not comfortable with the idea of a cold, unemotional woman (let alone [[NumberTwo one with a measure of command authority]]), so the character was scrapped and the trait transferred to Spock. Creator/LeonardNimoy has admitted that in early episodes he was mainly playing Spock as a military officer. In " [[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E10TheCorbomiteManeuver}} The Corbomite Maneuver]]", there's a scene where the ''Enterprise'' is seized by a gigantic and apparently hostile vessel and Spock merely says "fascinating" (for the first time). Nimoy has cited this as the moment the character really "clicked" for him, although it still took a few more episodes for Spock to fully settle into his stoic characterization. Also, a line "Where No Man Has Gone Before" has Spock refer (with amusement) to irritation as "one of your Earth emotions," indicating he's biologically incapable of emotion, at least as humans understand it. This is most decidedly not the case.
* ChickMagnet: Kirk may be the one who goes down in history as a lady's man, but that doesn't mean Spock didn't get several gals looking his way, hoping to crack that icy Vulcan exterior. Pretty much all of them are doomed to failure.
* TheComicallySerious: Given his lack of emotions and [[LiteralMinded frequent]] [[BluntMetaphorsTrauma misunderstandings]], he's usually assigned with some funny scenes.
* CourtMartialed: In "The Menagerie," Spock gets put on trial for commandeering the ''Enterprise'' and taking it to a forbidden planet.
* TheCreon: Spock is this, almost to the letter. He only takes command of the ''Enterprise'' once Kirk has been KickedUpstairs, and gives it back almost immediately when the opportunity arises. And, being already a captain and in command of the ''Enterprise'', Spock never gets his own commission; he keeps his position as first officer under Kirk for several more movies! He said many times, "I do not wish to command." Surprisingly, Spock's mirror-universe counterpart is exactly the same on this and even explicitly states his reasons (in "Mirror, Mirror")[[note]]Namely that he preferred being "a lesser target" for {{Klingon Promotion}}s.[[/note]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: During "Journey to Babel", his mother mentions Spock was frequently bullied as a child, something "Yesteryear" expands upon.
* DeadpanSnarker: Apparently, there is nothing illogical about scathing sarcasm. Despite his claims to be above human pettiness, Spock frequently makes sarcastic quips or the "''Really?''" face.
* DefrostingIceKing: Even with the crew's massive PowerOfFriendship skills, it took Spock years to decide that emotions were not such a bad thing.
* DeathSeeker: Like Kirk, he cares less about his own life than others (in his case, mostly… [[TheNotLoveInterest Kirk]]) in a way that nobody believes is solely based on logic, and Bones calls him out for it in “Bread and Circuses”.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: A natural result of his [[EnsembleDarkhorse popularity with fans]]; originally, the show was intended as having plots about "Kirk and X," where "X" would be a different character each week; many of the early first-season episodes follow this formula, but gradually "X = Spock" became more common.
* DontYouDarePityMe: He hates doing mind melds because it reveals too much about his own emotions.
* FantasticRacism: A victim of this {{trope}}, as well as a mild subscriber mainly towards humans (at least initially).
* ForgetsToEat: Occasionally.
** While never shown, in "Amok Time," [=McCoy=] uses the fact that Spock hasn't eaten for three days in an attempt to convince Kirk that something is wrong, and Kirk dismisses it as simply being Spock in one of his contemplative phases.
** Another example is "The Paradise Syndrome," where Spock hardly eats for weeks while studying the obelisk.
%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Spock is the Melancholic.
%%* FreudianTrio: Spock is the Superego to Kirk's Ego and [=McCoy=]'s Id.
* FriendlessBackground: As demonstrated in [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries the animated series]], Spock never had any friends growing up because of the HalfBreedDiscrimination on his planet.
* TheGadfly: Despite being overly serious and aloof most of the time, he does have a mischievous streak.
* GentlemanAndAScholar: While most definitely a scholar (being highly knowledegable on the cultures of other species), the gentleman portion varies and is often downplayed.
* GoodIsNotNice: He's rude, tactless, and cold-hearted (though he gets better later on), but he always has the best interests of the ship and crew in mind.
* HalfBreedAngst: When Spock was a boy, he was teased for being half-human and half-Vulcan (an alien species that [[TheStoic suppresses emotions]]) and didn't know which species to live the lifestyle of. Even though he chose the Vulcan way, his own father rejected him for choosing Starfleet over the Vulcan Science Academy and Vulcan society continues to ostracize him.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Spock completely embraces the non-human side of himself. As a child, the local children rejected him because of his human heritage.
* HeroicSeductress: Less touching and kissing, more dazzle them with logic and repressed yearning, but acts like one with a few women in season three. Kirk is a bad influence on him.
* HiddenDepths: He'll never let it show, but several times it's hinted he's sitting on the occasional mass of self-loathing. Just for example, the end of "This Side of Paradise".
-->'''Spock:''' We all have our own purgatories. Mine can be no worse than any others.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Spock makes a point of keeping it hidden and gets very embarrassed when it's uncovered.
* HumanMomNonHumanDad: His mother is a human named Amanda. His dad is Sarek, a Vulcan.
* InsultBackfire:
-->'''[=McCoy=]:''' Spock, you are the most cold-blooded man I've ever known.
-->'''Spock:''' Why, thank you, Doctor.
* InterclassFriendship: Kirk and Spock started their [[HeterosexualLifePartners strong friendship]] when Kirk was captain and Spock still held a lieutenant commander's rank. This {{downplayed}} example disappears when Spock becomes first officer, but the second season replaces it with another, much more dramatic, gap -- "Amok Time" and "Journey to Babel" state that Spock [[BlueBlood comes from an important clan]] and that his father serves as the Vulcan ambassador. Kirk [[FarmBoy comes from Iowa]] and had no apparent special status before coming to Starfleet.
* JerkassToOne: Poor Janice Rand, he passive aggressively makes fun of her when Kirk is seducing Miri, and the infamous accusation that she found “interesting qualities” in the version of Kirk that tried to rape her.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Spock is cold, rude, and tactless, but always has the crew’s best interests at heart and is clearly far less emotionless and cold-hearted then he appears to be.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Dies offscreen of natural causes (and at the age of 162) in ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', due to [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Leonard Nimoy's own death]].]]
* KindheartedCatLover: He's very fond of cats.
** And tribbles, in spite of [[HypocriticalHumour claims to being immune to their charms]].
* LackOfEmpathy: Is accused of it more often than he actually shows it, but it’s still more often a feeling he reserves for Kirk alone. Later, Bones is included, and by the movies, original and reboot, he’s telling other Vulcans that they need empathy as well as logic.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Gerald Fried's score for "Amok Time" (which also introduced the famous "''Star Trek'' fight music") featured a recurring motif for Spock, a quite expressive, sorrowful tune played ''adagio'' with the main melody line provided by a bass guitar[[note]]played by Barney Kessel[[/note]] - to represent Spock's deeply felt, but repressed, emotional state. The show's frequent reuse of previously recorded music allowed this piece to become a ''de facto'' leitmotif for Spock as it was often used in his big "emotional" scenes (for lack of a better word) throughout the second and third seasons.
* LoveIsAWeakness: Tells Kirk in “The Naked Time” that when he feels friendship for Jim he feels ashamed, with all the AmbiguouslyGay metaphors that implies. Enemies will often use Kirk against him, or vice versa.
* LivingLegend: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in "Amok Time" when T'Pring informs Spock that he has become a legend among the Vulcans, and that she has no desire to become the consort of a legend. His status only grows through his efforts to achieve a lasting peace with the Klingons, and his subsequent ambassadorial career. In the later shows, he is depicted as LegendaryInTheSequel [[spoiler:even though he is technically still alive throughout the franchise (including into the reboot continuity)]].
* LudicrousPrecision: Will often give time estimates down to the second and can complete large exponential multiplications in his head.
* MayflyDecemberFriendship: At two hundred years old, a Vulcan might still have a number of years left. Humans can live a few decades past one hundred, but it's clearly old for them, meaning Spock is doomed to outlive all his human friends.
* MindRape: In hindsight, trying to mind meld with the vast, living computer of V'Ger was ''not'' Spock's most sensible move ever. He screams in pain from the sheer sensory overload, and comes out the other side seeing that logic is no longer the be-all and end-all.
* MinoredInAssKicking: Especially when you realize that Vulcans are extremely strong compared to humans.
* NotSoStoic: Being part human he's not always able to keep his emotions in check. Although in most of the cases when he show emotions, it is usually a result of either mind control, drugs, or side effects from strange phenomenons, but he does have some moments where it genuinely comes from himself.
** The scene from "Amok Time" where he realizes that Kirk wasn't Killed Off for Real, and greets him with a loud and happy "JIM!"
** He gets another moment in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country when Valeris, his protege, is revealed to be the conspiracy's mole aboard the Enterprise. She has a phaser drawn on him, and when she refuses to shoot, he slaps it out of her hand with a clear look of anger on his face. Then, in one of the most [This example contains a YMMV entry. It should be moved to the YMMV tab.] Squick-filled scenes of the entire franchise, he proceeds to Mind Rape her right on the bridge in front of God and everybody. Pushing this man's Berserk Button is nigh-impossible, but if you do, you're in for a world of hurt. (So is he — his expression as he invades her mind looks like he's being forced to eat razor blades.)* NumberTwo: Spock is this as well as the science officer. [[note]] Spock ''does'' start a tradition of the NumberTwo having divided loyalties between their role as Starfleet officers and an outside influence - [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Kira to Bajor]], [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Chakotay to the Maquis]], and [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise T'Pol to Vulcan (again)]][[/note]].
* OnlyFriend: Uhura in “The Man Trap” calls Kirk the closest person Spock has to a friend (Kirk’s a lot more extroverted, but the feeling is more than mutual), and he’s either frequently emotional when Kirk is in danger, or goes StrawVulcan to cope with it.
* OnlyOneName: Spock's full name is never officially revealed. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gMVrQ4Zq3M As he stated to one of his girlfriends]] in the series, [[TheUnpronouncable "You couldn't pronounce it."]]
* ParentheticalSwearing: Often when delivering a StealthInsult.
* RankUp: At some point prior to the movies, he achieved the rank of Commander.
* RedOniBlueOni: Spock is the stoic, logical Blue to [=McCoy=]'s passionate emotional Red.
* RubberForeheadAliens: Though in his case, he is a rubber-''eared'' alien and half human.
* RunningGag: His "inability to lie," despite repeatedly proving otherwise.
* SarcasticDevotee: There are few people who are as loyal to Kirk as Spock is, but that doesn't protect the captain from his snarky wit.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: [[UpToEleven ''Three-dimensional'' chess,]] that is.
* TheSmartGuy: Genius-level intellect, impossibly knowledgable and scientific. Being half-Vulcan helps.
* TheSpock: He's the TropeNamer, natch. In a crisis, the solutions he offers are usually rational in service to the overall mission, if a little cold-blooded at times.
* TheStoic: Most of the time he chooses to embrace his Vulcan heritage and do his best to restrain his emotion, relying on logic.
%%* StrawVulcan: At times.
* SubordinateExcuse: Spock's friendship with Kirk may be an explanation for why Spock continues to serve as Kirk's first officer even after he is promoted to Captain himself.
* SuperStrength: His Vulcan heritage makes him three times stronger than a human. Roddenberry specified that Vulcan is a large planet with a heavier gravity. (Most Vulcans we see are played by tall, slim actors rather than {{Heavyworlder}} types, so there might be other factors.)
* TakesTenToHold: In ''Operation: Annihilate!'', Spock goes ballistic. It takes three Enterprise crewmen to subdue him due to his Vulcan side's Super Strength.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Spock is one of the taller members of the cast, considered good-looking in and out of universe, and one of the series' greatest {{Deadpan Snarker}}s.
* TrueCompanions: His friendship with James Kirk is the stuff of legend both in-universe and out; [[Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness in another time he goes out of his way to make sure to foster that friendship.]]
* TokenNonHuman: He's the only regular in the cast who is visibly nonhuman. (The [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries animated series]] averted this since there was no make-up budget in the way.
* {{Troll}}: Despite his outwardly serious demeanor, Spock often finds ways to subtly mock or annoy people who he has disdain for or wants to needle for whatever reason, often so carefully that they may not realize he's doing it.
* UndyingLoyalty:
** To Kirk, to the point where it’s more important than his father dying when the captain is stabbed, and Kirk has to convince him he’s alright.
** It’s similar for Pike, as “The Menagerie” is the first time in thirteen years that Spock has ever disobeyed one of Pike’s orders for his own good, and manipulates both Kirk and Bones while doing it.
* VerbalTic: His endless permutations of the word "logic," and his unfailing ability to fit them into sentences, border on this.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With [=McCoy=]. That Spock considers him a close friend is established beyond all doubt in "Amok Time," when he invites him, along with Kirk, down to Vulcan to witness a ceremony which is deeply private and personal to Vulcans. [=McCoy=],in complete sincerity tells Spock that he would be honored.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Being a Vulcan, he outlives all of his friends. The novelisation of “Generations” has Bones getting upset about this on his behalf, saying there’s no katra for humans.
* TheWorfEffect: Any enemy that can hold Spock in a fight is deemed a formidable adversary.
* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: He only calls Kirk "Jim" in two circumstances - when for some reason he's [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness acting seriously out of character]], or they're in absolutely dire straits.
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[[folder:Lieutenant Spock]]
!!Lieutenant Spock
->'''Played by:''' Creator/EthanPeck, Creator/LeonardNimoy (Archived Footage Only)
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I am not being hyperbolic when I say the future of the galaxy is at stake."'']]
A science officer serving aboard the U.S.S. ''Enterprise'', the son of Sarek and Amanda Grayson, and the adoptive brother of Michael Burnham.
For tropes relating to his appearance in the Original Series, please see the [[Characters/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS character page]].
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* DisabilitySuperpower: Gabrielle Burnham believes that his dyslexia allowed him to comprehend her existence.
* TheGhost: Is not seen in person during the first half of Season 2, up to "Light and Shadows" -- but pretty much all the regular (and several recurring) characters are looking for him.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: The knowledge he gained from mind-melding with the Red Angel caused this, along with a HeroicBSOD. It takes Burnham bringing him [[GodzillaThreshold to Talos IV]] to sort him out.
* HalfBreedDiscrimination: Subjected to this by the Vulcans. Apart from the people trying to blow up the family, Spock was also given no support for his dyslexia (which he inherited from Amanda) and was not considered to be Vulcan enough for the Expeditionary Force to accept him ''and'' Michael. Calling him a half-breed is also how Michael decided to keep him away from her after her school was bombed.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Along with Captain Pike and the rest of the crew of the ''Enterprise''.
* ImportantHaircut: He shaves off his beard and assumes his iconic look from the original series after making his peace with Michael.
* ItsAllMyFault: When he's ripping into Michael for her ItsAllMyFault attitude, one of his arguments is that their family was already a target for the extremists because of ''his'' existence, not her.
* LIsForDyslexia: Or ''L'tak Terai'', as the Vulcans call it, which he inherited from Amanda.
* RankUp: Specifically averted; he has yet to be promoted to become the ''Enterprise'''s first officer.
* {{Revision}}: The series reveals Spock apparently enjoyed drawing as a child, and continued drawing as an adult, something not seen in previous portrayals.
* SeriouslyScruffy: Has grown a beard, in contrast to his later portrayal in TOS; this is implied to likely be a result of his SanitySlippage leading up to the Red Angel crisis.
* TimeShiftedActor: Played by Ethan Peck, as he is younger than his initial portrayal by Creator/LeonardNimoy in the Original Series.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: [[TropeNamer Of course]]. He joins in Pike in trying to get Michael to open the airlock on Airiam, and in the next episode holds the away team at gunpoint to stop them from resucitating Michael before the Red Angel arrives because they're trying to prevent the destruction of all sentient life in the galaxy.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: After he directed Sarek and Amanda where to find her before she could be eaten by a monser, Michael told him that he was a "weird little half-breed" and she didn't want him in her life. Spock acknowledges that this was a misguided attempt to protect him, but that he's not going to absolve her because it hurt him deeply. He does, however, after he acknowledges how much hurt she's been through since.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Spock responds to Michael's attempts to reconnect by saying incredibly hurtful things (eg, that he was wrong to have loved her, or that her unresolved guilt issues are actually an arrogant moral flaw), along with passive-aggressive remarks about TheReveal when they conclude she's the Red Angel. He finally eases off when she learns the truth about her parents.
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!!Kelvin Timeline
[[folder:Spock]]
!!Commander Spock
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Live long and prosper."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/ZacharyQuinto
->'''Dubbed in French by:''' Creator/AdrienAntoine
->'''Dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese by:''' Creator/GuilhermeBriggs
A brilliant commander and science officer in Starfleet. He acted as Pike's second-in-command until he was ultimately promoted to be the ''Enterprise's'' "acting captain." It didn't last long once Kirk pushed his BerserkButton, but the two eventually reconciled and became close friends. He is "the brains" of Kirk's crew, offering purely logical advice.
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* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: This Spock's emotions tend to be a bit closer to the surface than the original.
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: {{Justified|Trope}}. He was raised since birth to control his emotions, so he was surprisingly mature as a child.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Heavily implied given how he was verbally harassed by his classmates as a child and the Vulcan Council made insensitive comments about his human heritage.
* BadassAdorable[=/=]PintSizedPowerhouse: Lil' Spock. Beats up a teenager twice his size for calling his mother a "human whore".
* BadassBookworm: The single biggest example after John Harrison and a brilliant science officer to boot.
* BadassTeacher: An instructor of Starfleet before joining the ''Enterprise''.
* BattleCouple: Spock and Uhura when they're fighting Klingons on the war-world of Qo'noS, and when [[spoiler:Spock battles Harrison in the climax, Uhura quickly beams in to help.]]
* BigOlEyebrows: Creator/ZacharyQuinto's trademark huge eyebrows are shaved down, but are still pretty big in comparison to Spock Prime.
* BotheringByTheBook: Spock is always good for exposition, but his field tactics are too cautious and he lacks Kirk's instincts. He represents the new-style administrative Starfleet which Pike wants to smother in the crib.
* BrainyBrunette: One of the most intelligent beings in the franchise.
* CharacterDevelopment:
** The first movie has Spock learn to embrace [[ChildOfTwoWorlds his human and Vulcan heritage]].
** The second movie has him learn that while his duty and the rules that come with it are important, he shouldn't throw his life away because of them.
** The third has him dwelling on his mortality [[spoiler: given the death of Spock Prime]], and balancing his friendship with his ''Enterprise'' crewmates with the needs of the Vulcan people.
* ChildOfTwoWorlds: Of humans and Vuclans, which is lampshaded by his father.
* CommandingCoolness: His rank in Starfleet is Commander.
* CovertPervert: {{Implied|Trope}}. [[http://spockuhuralove.tumblr.com/post/128796682361/bonetreklockian-when-we-are-not-in-uniform These]] [[http://spockuhuralove.tumblr.com/post/121523937581/uhura-stepped-closer-and-spock-fought-back-the few]] [[http://spockuhuralove.tumblr.com/post/39032379794/cadet-uhura-do-you-have-a-visual-spock-said scenes]] from the [[AllThereInTheManual tie-in material]] shows Spock has ''very'' strong sexual feelings for Uhura. Something that wouldn't be expected from a [[TheStoic stoic]], [[TheSpock emotionally reserved]] person.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Or at least that's what Bones thinks when Spock says he gave Uhura an easily-trackable Vokaya amulet.
-->'''Spock:''' Lt. Uhura wears a Vokaya amulet which I presented to her as a token of my affection and respect.\\
'''[=McCoy=]:''' ...You gave your girlfriend radioactive jewelry?\\
'''Spock:''' Its emission is harmless, Doctor, but its unique signature makes it very easy to identify.\\
'''[=McCoy=]:''' ...You gave your girlfriend a tracking device?\\
''[{{Beat}}, as everyone gives Spock an uncomfortable look]''\\
'''Spock:''' ...[[NotWhatItLooksLike That was not my intention.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Any humor he has is more of the subdued variety.
-->'''[=McCoy=]''': ''[after Spock has Kirk marooned]'' My God, man, you can at least ''act'' like it was a hard decision!\\
'''Spock''': If crew morale can be better served by my roaming the halls weeping, then I will gladly defer to your medical expertise.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: After Kirk out-gambits him into resigning his command of the ''Enterprise'', the two begin to develop a friendship.
* {{Determinator}}: ''Star Trek Beyond'' showed that even with life-threatening injuries, he was not going to be on the sidelines. He beamed down to the camp because he knew Uhura was being held captive there and even volunteered to help fend off Krall's drones. [=McCoy=] is deeply annoyed because it means he's drafted into the action to ensure Spock's injuries don't get worse.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: The films not only focus on Kirk's maturity as a Captain, but also Spock's emotional development.
* DoubleConsciousness: He's constantly torn between his human and Vulcan sides. He usually adheres to the latter, only reverting to the former if he loses emotional control.
* EndearinglyDorky: Especially around Uhura. He has quite a few with Kirk and [=McCoy=] as well, the latter of whom bickers non-stop with Spock over Vulcan logic and the preferred irrationality of humans.
* ExactWords: Uses these to devastating effect against [[spoiler: Khan]].
* FantasticRacism: A victim of this from his fellow Vulcans, owing to his human heritage.
* FascinatingEyebrow: Naturally, as this is a portrayal of the trope codifier.
* TheFettered: Like all Vulcans, Spock uses logic to keep tight control of his emotions, but he still has them, and his half-human parentage has perhaps made them stronger than those of his peers. Cause him to lose control of his emotions, such as by [[RelativeButton insulting his mother]], causing [[spoiler: the death of his best friend]], or threatening [[spoiler: his girlfriend]], and you are in for [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown a world of hurt]].
* FireForgedFriends: He and Jim had to be this first, though.
* FirstNameBasis: with both Kirk and Uhura. Once in ''Beyond'' with [=McCoy=].
* FreudianTrio: The stoic, logical superego to Kirk's id and [=McCoy=]'s ego.
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Notably averted, considering how often it ''has'' been forgotten by franchise writers that Vulcans are canonically only little less strong than Augments. Spock basically goes into SuperMode during his RoaringRampageOfRevenge against Harrison, breaking out everything in his arsenal including enhanced strength, the Vulcan nerve pinch and even telepathically attacking while they grapple!
* GeekyTurnOn: [[AllThereInTheManual Tie-in material]] shows Spock practically gushing over Uhura's incredible intellect. It was her beating him in a 3D chess game that made him certain that she had won his heart.
* GeniusBruiser: A brilliant science officer, and he can quite easily beat the snot out of you if you manage to piss him off.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Quite willing to kill every crewmember aboard Nero's ship by sucking them into a black hole to save Earth. Admittedly, they had [[spoiler:destroyed Vulcan beforehand]].
* HalfHumanHybrid: Half-human and half-Vulcan.
* HeadbuttOfLove: With Uhura in the first movie, right after they kissed on that transport pad he tenderly leaned his forehead against hers and whispered 'I will be back', and it's the cutest thing ever.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kirk, to the point that Spock gets jealous when Kirk accepts Carol Marcus as a second science officer on-board the ''Enterprise''. Spock Prime goes to incredibly risky lengths in order to preserve the natural development of the galaxy's greatest bromance.
* HumanMomNonhumanDad: His mother was Amanda Grayson (human) and his father is Sarek (Vulcan).
* ImplacableMan: [[spoiler:While running down Khan in the finale of ''Into Darkness''.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: He (half-human, half-Vulcan) and Uhura (human). And he was a product of one.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Applies only in the first movie. While Spock can come across as aloof, cold, and insensitive, his heart is always in the right place. And he ''deeply'' values those closest to him.
* TheLancer: Shares this role with [=McCoy=]. While Spock is ruled by logic and following protocol, Kirk is ruled by doing what he thinks is rights even if it means breaking the rules.
* LawfulStupid: On occasion, he'll go into this length. Subverted in the sequel (excluding the ColdOpen) where he constantly cites various regulations in contradiction to Kirk and is totally right most of the time; for example, reminding Kirk that they shouldn't just execute Harrison with missiles as everyone has a right to a trial.
* ManlyTears: When he finds [[spoiler:Kirk dying from the radiation, though he got better]].
* MilitaryMaverick: [[spoiler: He joined Starfleet after learning that the Vulcan elders of the Vulcan Science Academy thought his mixed parentage a disability]].
* MinoredInAsskicking: He usually finds physical conflict beneath him. However, his [[SuperStrength Vulcan physiology]] also means he can kick the crap out of just about anything unfortunate (or unwise) enough to be in his path.
* MommasBoy: He had a close relationship with his mother. [[spoiler: Making her death even harder.]]
* MyFutureSelfAndMe: When interacting with Spock Prime, his OlderAndWiser counterpart from the Prime timeline.
* NerdActionHero: Has the smarts and the brawn.
* NiceGuy: In the sequels. While he's usually aloof and stoic, Spock is still an amicable fellow.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:
** When Spock was a child, one bully got the taste of his anger. The other bullies are so scared of Spock they can't do anything but watch even if they are more in number and bigger than him.
** Kirk provokes him into one in the first [[spoiler:to reveal that he has been "emotionally compromised" by witnessing the destruction of his homeworld and death of his mother and is thus not fit for command]].
** [[spoiler:To Khan at the end of the sequel, though he needs a phaser-wielding Uhura to slow Khan down first.]]
* NotSoStoic: Spock makes it clear to Kirk and Uhura early on that he ''does'' feel; it is a conscious effort of his to not feel fear, doubt, etc. His control of his emotions wears down over the course of the film, culminating with him not being able to contain himself when [[spoiler: he and Kirk are having (what he thinks is) their last conversation]] then ''completely'' losing it when [[spoiler: Kirk dies and Khan is still alive]].
** This is only the second time in the character's screen history where unprovoked emotion has ever overcome his logic.
* NumberTwo: Second in command on the ''Enterprise''.
* OneHeadTaller: Uhura needs to stand on her tiptoes or wear tall boots in order for her and Spock to kiss. (Zachary Quinto is 6'3" and Zoe Saldana is 5'7".)
* ParentheticalSwearing: After learning that the Vulcan elders consider his parentage [[FantasticRacism a disability]], he uses the phrase "Live long and prosper" in a manner that the script actually refers to as being a "Thinly concealed 'Fuck You'".
** The novelization mentioned that his tone suggested [[FlippingTheBird a distinctly human digital gesture the Vulcans wouldn't recognize]].
* RedOniBlueOni: The logical, task-orientated Blue Oni to Kirk's brash, rule-breaking Red Oni.
* RelativeButton: Do ''not'' accuse Spock of never loving his mother. He nearly murdered Kirk when the latter said as such. Hell, just don't say ''anything'' about his mother. The bully from early in the movie learns this the hard way and the head of the science academy who called her a "disadvantage" was lucky to escape with all his limbs intact. To be fair, Kirk was intentionally trying to push the button to show that Spock was emotionally compromised and thus unsuited to be the ship captain, and he succeeded.
* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:When he and Khan are fighting and he eventually gets the upper hand, Spock starts to kick the crap out of Khan, almost beating him to death. This almost stops Kirk being revived, and only Uhura's influence calms him down]].
* RubberForeheadAliens: The only things "alien" about him are his pointy ears. The distinct shape of his eyebrows may also count since they seem to be the norm for Vulcans, though strictly speaking, odd eyebrows aren't impossible to find in humans.
* SarcasticDevotee: Loyal to Kirk, though also quite willing to snark at him at every turn.
-->'''Spock:''' I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.
* SayMyName: Spock gets his moment in ''Into Darkness'', as a loving ShoutOut to a [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan certain other movie]].
-->''[[spoiler:"KHAAAAAAAAAAN!"]]''
* ShellShockedVeteran: Kirk is completely right about him being "emotionally compromised" by the destruction of Vulcan. From that point forward, Spock has exhibited much less emotional control than Spock Prime did; in this sense, Nero completely succeeded in making Vulcans no different from Romulans.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Gender-flipped. In the [[AllThereInTheManual tie-in book]], "The Assassination Game", Spock states that the quality he admires most in Uhura has is her heart.
* TheSmartGuy: He offers logical choices to Kirk and has been known to be very brilliant, as well as being a HollywoodNerd and speaking SesquipedalianLoquaciousness. This makes him stand out as ''the'' smart guy on a team of doctors, engineers, and other highly intelligent officers.
* TheSpock: Well, he is the TropeNamer in a way, as the reboot continuity and the original exist in the same universe.
* TheStoic: Adheres to logic and the suppression of emotions.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Stoic to all but his mother, Uhura and, later, Kirk.
* SuperStrength: As a Vulcan, he's considerably stronger than most humans and can even match a genetically enhanced superhuman if he needs to. Enough so that he can fight toe-to-toe with a SuperSoldier.
* StudentTeacherRomance: He was Uhura's Advanced Phonology instructor before they became an item.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Has black hair, is tall, and known to be handsome by his fanbase.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Plus, he has the snark that comes up from time to time.
* {{Troll}}: The ''Kobayashi Maru'' is a rescue simulation exam designed by him to be absolutely unwinnable by design. He claims its purpose is for potential captains to experience and understand fear, but Kirk and [=McCoy=] don't really buy into that explanation, especially considering that you can't even ''pass the class'' without passing the exam.
* UngratefulBastard: Kirk goes as far as to defy the Prime Directive to save Spock's life. Spock repays him by having him demoted. Although, in Spock's defense, he assumed that Kirk would be honest in his account of the incident.
* UnstoppableRage: Once his breaking point is reached, not even a complete Badass capable of taking down an ''entire platoon of Klingons'' can stand up to him for long. Looking at you, [[spoiler: Khan]].
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Gender-flipped. [[spoiler:[[http://lucystillintheskywithdiamonds.tumblr.com/post/79570256223/stopped-it-there-because-it-gets-a-bit-too-much This subtle moment]] showcases that Spock really started to beat the crap out of Khan when the superhuman was advancing on Uhura.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: This is how Spock behaves towards his father.
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!!Spock Prime
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Live long and prosper."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/LeonardNimoy
->'''Dubbed in French by:''' Creator/MarcCassot
->'''Dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese by:''' Jomeri Pozzoli
Spock from the original, "Prime" timeline. Attempting to save the galaxy from a supernova using a red matter-induced blackhole, he was whisked away over a hundred years into the past together with Nero, creating an alternate timelime with vastly different destinies as a result. He wanted to avoid having his presence known at first, but upon realizing that Vulcans were an endangered species in the new universe, he resolved to work together with Sarek to help rebuild their race. He refuses to allow his own personal experiences to influence this timeline; that said, he does make the one rare exception.
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* {{Ambadassador}}: Still referred to as "Ambassador Spock" by the ship he designed.
* BadassBaritone: His deep, gruff voice adds to his badassery.
* BatmanGrabsAGun: That one rare exception mentioned? [[spoiler:Telling the younger Spock about Khan, the man who in the Prime Timeline, was responsible for his original death.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Saving Kirk from an enormous monster that was seconds away from devouring him.
* CoolOldGuy: He flew a starship into a supernova ''and'' managed to ensure that the young Kirk and Spock would become friends.
* DareToBeBadass: He pushes Kirk into taking command of the ''Enterprise'' so that he can stop Nero's rampage.
* FantasticRacism: In the ''Countdown'' tie-in comic, he is shown to suffer some of this from more conservative Vulcans both for being a HalfHumanHybrid and for his embrace of emotion and support of Vulcan-Romulan reunification, or at least improved Vulcan-Romulan relations.
* ForcedToWatch: Nero exacts revenge upon Spock by leaving him marooned on Delta Vega helpless to prevent the destruction of Vulcan, just as Nero was helpless to save Romulus.
* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler:While normally he wouldn't reveal information about the Prime Timeline to his AlternateSelf, having sworn a vow not to do so, Khan is so dangerous that he makes an exception.]]
* GutturalGrowler: His voice has grown much rougher due to age.
* HypocrisyNod: He acknowledges that his ordinary farewell, "live long and prosper", would be rather self-serving when told to his younger counterpart.
* InsistentTerminology: In the ''Countdown'' comic, whenever he is referred to as the Vulcan Ambassador to Romulus, he is quick to make the correction: He is the ''Federation'' Ambassador to Romulus. There is also a Vulcan Ambassador, who generally [[FantasticRacism declines to involve himself much with Romulan society]].
* TheMentor: He acts as a wise old mentor to both Kirk and the younger Spock.
* MetaphoricallyTrue: He implies to Kirk that "universe-ending paradoxes would ensue" if the younger Spock became aware of his existence, motivating Kirk to form the lasting friendship that they shared in the prime timeline.
--> '''Spock''': You lied.\\
'''Spock Prime''': I implied.
* MyFutureSelfAndMe: When interacting with his younger counterpart.
* MyGreatestFailure: It's subtle, but Spock clearly considers the destruction of Romulus in the Prime Timeline to be this. He also blames himself for Nero destroying Vulcan in the new timeline, as vengeance for what he perceived as Spock's "betrayal".
--> '''Spock Prime:''' Billions of lives lost, because of ''me'', Jim. Because I failed.
* NiceGuy: All those years of embracing emotion have really done him well.
* OlderAndWiser: Spock is 157 years old by the time he arrives in the altered timeline, and shares his wisdom with Kirk and the young Spock.
* PersonalEffectsReveal: [[spoiler:In ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', it's revealed that among his few possessions in the Kelvin universe was a picture with his TOS crewmates (circa ''[[Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier Star Trek V]]'').]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Moreso than Pike in a couple aspects. See ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Creator/LeonardNimoy passed away in 2015 due to a pulmonary disease related to chronic smoking. Spock Prime was thus KilledOffscreen, and news of his death drive much of his alternate universe counterpart's story in ''Beyond'' since the Vulcans need someone to replace him, and young Spock is [[LegacyCharacter a pretty obvious choice to fill his shoes]].
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: [[spoiler:When he is contacted in ''Into Darkness'', he says that he does not wish to share too much information in order to preserve the timeline, but when he hears that Khan is involved in a war with the ''Enterprise'', he promptly gives Spock the advice they need to win]].
* SubvertedCatchphrase: Invoked when saying farewell to his younger counterpart, complete with lampshade hanging.
--> '''Spock Prime''': Since my customary farewell would appear oddly [[CoolOldGuy self-serving]], I shall simply say...good luck.
* TheStoic: Oddly enough, to a much lesser degree than most other Vulcans, as he admits to being quite saddened by the destruction of his homeworld, not that anybody could blame him for that. He also tells younger Spock to loosen up a little. He's also visibly sad in [[spoiler:''Into Darkness'' when Kelvin!Spock asked him what he was supposed to do with Khan, as he's remembering the fact he had to die]].
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[[caption-width-right:200:''"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/LeonardNimoy
->'''Dubbed in French by:''' Régis Dubos (TOS), Jacques Harden (Star Trek: the Motion Picture), Robert Party (Star Trek II, IV, V and VI), Michel Bardinet (Star Trek III)
->'''Dubbed in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/JoseLavat (TNG)
->''"'Fascinating' is a word I use for the unexpected. In this case, I should think 'interesting' would suffice."''
-->-- '''Spock''', "The Squire of Gothos"
Kirk's NumberOne and Science Officer. Spock was half-Human, half-Vulcan, and chose to completely embrace the latter aspect of his heritage; this caused him to clash frequently with Dr. [[TheMcCoy [=McCoy=]]]. Spock was supremely analytical and would describe many things as "[[CatchPhrase fascinating]];" he was the go-to man for unusual solutions...or ruthlessly pragmatic ones. He would, occasionally, let slip his more human feelings, but regarded any comparison with humanity to be insulting during the show's run.\\
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Despite the stark contrast in their personalities, Spock and Jim were very good friends (so much so that they inspired SlashFic in [[OlderThanTheyThink 60's and 70's fanzines]]). The character became so iconic that Nimoy put out an autobiography titled ''IAmNotSpock'', although he later embraced the fanbase, writing another autobiography titled ''I Am Spock''. [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E7Unification1 He reprised the character in]] ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and ''Film/StarTrek2009'' and its sequel ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness''.
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!!Original Timeline
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* AlwaysSaveTheBoy: He always gets that little bit more emotional when Kirk is in danger. He tries to play off pushing Kirk out of the way in “The Apple” and getting hit himself as “clumsiness”, but nobody bought it.
* {{Ambadassador}}: He later became an ambadassor for Vulcan and he's pretty handy in a fight.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Many fans think that Spock is Jewish on his human mother's side as Creator/LeonardNimoy is Jewish, not to mention that Creator/WinonaRyder (who played Spock's mom, Amanda Grayson, in the 2009 reboot) is Jewish as well. (Jane Wyatt, who created the role back in '68, was Catholic.) On a related note, Nimoy adapted the famous Vulcan hand salute and its greetings "Peace and long life" and "Live long and prosper" from Jewish religious tradition. In addition, Celia Lovsky, who played the matriarch T'Pau in "Amok Time", was Jewish and had fled Nazi-occupied Austria with her husband, Creator/PeterLorre. A running gag in some fan clubs was that ''Vulcans'' were Jewish. See ''Jewish Themes in Star Trek'' by Rabbi Gershom.
* ArrangedMarriage: Betrothed by his family as a child. His intended bride had other ideas, and didn't mind sacrificing Kirk for them...
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:In the third movie]] he is resurrected by an ancient Vulcan ritual.
* BadassBookworm: Spock can (and does) use his vast knowledge in conjunction with fighting whatever enemy they're facing.
* BadassPacifist: He tells the crew members during “The Galileo Seven” in no uncertain terms that he’s disgusted by human disregard for other life, but when anything has a chance of harming Kirk, he’ll show the same.
-->'''Kirk''': Well, there it is. War. We didn't want it, but we've got it.
-->'''Spock''': Curious how often you humans manage to obtain that which you do not want.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Spock is a vegetarian and a TechnicalPacifist, but if you ever [[TheUnfettered remove his emotional control]] or threaten [[TheNotLoveInterest Kirk]], you're in trouble.
* BizarreAlienBiology: Principally his [[AlienBlood green blood]] and the fact that his heart is where a human's liver would be. The latter enables him to survive being shot in the back with a flintlock rifle in "A Private Little War."
* BizarreAlienSenses: Vulcans are [[TelepathicSpacemen natural telepaths]], and they can use their mental powers to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNMmVKZ7ShM read minds, share thoughts,]] [[https://youtu.be/1KdEamxyaEU?t=130 sense the emotions of]] and [[https://youtu.be/W-dvs_lI8oU?t=37 communicate with]] any alien being with a mind. Assuming they find a suitable receptacle, they can even [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEaNyMfFU9w preserve their consciousness after death]].]]
* BlueBlood: No, has nothing to do with his AlienBlood. [[ImpliedTrope It's not explicitly stated]], but his father, Sarek, is a prestigious astrophysicist and Federation Ambassador (whose reputation among his notoriously xenophobic people was able to withstand his marriage to an "out-worlder"), and [[GrandeDame T'Pau]], one of the most powerful people on Vulcan, officiates at (what should have been) his wedding. He also notes that the large estate where the ceremony takes place has been in his family for over two thousand years.
* BlueIsHeroic: [[ScienceHero Spock's]] blue uniform represents his coolness and rationality.
* BoomerangBigot: Spock is half-human, but most of the time, he solely embraces his Vulcan heritage and is scornful of human ways. This was later explained via D.C. Fontana's {{backstory}} due to his rocky relationship with his father and the FantasticRacism he experienced whilst growing up on Vulcan. He mellowed in his later years.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Has the most used {{catchphrase}}s, so of course, he gets the most borrowed. Bones and Michael both use “fascinating”, and Kirk lampshades that he hates to use the word “logically”.
* ButNotTooForeign: He's half-human; while he usually acts fully Vulcan, his human side surfaces fairly often.
* CaptainErsatz: Spock's personality is an exaggeration of [[Creator/GeneRoddenberry Roddenberry]]'s former boss, LAPD Chief William H. Parker.
* CatchPhrase: "Fascinating," accompanied, of course, by a FascinatingEyebrow.
--> "Fascinating" got started because Nimoy asked director Joseph Sargent to help him in playing a non-emotional character while filming "The Corbomite Maneuver". Sargent told him "Be different. Be the scientist. Be detached. See it as something that’s a curiosity rather than a threat." Nimoy half-whispered the line as a reaction to the first sight of Balok's huge ship, and "a big chunk of the character was born right there."
* CharacterDeath: passes away of old age after transitioning, and PassingTheTorch, to the "Kelvin" Timeline / Abramsverse. He was 161.
* CharacterDevelopment: During the series proper, Spock utterly refuses to show emotion, and makes no secret of his dislike for humans. During ''The Motion Picture'', his mind-meld with V'Ger causes a profound shift in his viewpoint - logic alone is cold and barren. By the time of ''Wrath of Khan'', he's mellowed out considerably, even going as far to wish Kirk "happy birthday", and in ''The Undiscovered Country'', he no longer sees logic as the be-all-and-end-all. By the events of ''Film/StarTrek2009'', [[spoiler: he's mellowed to the point where he tells his alternate younger self to sometimes "put aside logic" and "do what ''feels'' right".]]
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In early episodes, he wasn't quite yet the [[StrawVulcan emotionless Vulcan]] we all know him as and was even seen to ''smile'' a few times. In a scene from "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E0TheCage The Cage]]" where the aliens snatch two female crew members, Spock shouts, "The women!" in a very emotional manner. The end of "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E5TheEnemyWithin}} The Enemy Within]]", where after Kirk's EvilTwin attempts to rape Yeoman Rand and Spock leeringly teases Rand about the duplicate's "interesting qualities," is surely the most misogynistic moment in the entire ''Trek'' canon. Spock hadn't been given his emotionless personality because that was meant to be part of Number One's character. [[ExecutiveMeddling The network]] was not comfortable with the idea of a cold, unemotional woman (let alone [[NumberTwo one with a measure of command authority]]), so the character was scrapped and the trait transferred to Spock. Creator/LeonardNimoy has admitted that in early episodes he was mainly playing Spock as a military officer. In " [[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E10TheCorbomiteManeuver}} The Corbomite Maneuver]]", there's a scene where the ''Enterprise'' is seized by a gigantic and apparently hostile vessel and Spock merely says "fascinating" (for the first time). Nimoy has cited this as the moment the character really "clicked" for him, although it still took a few more episodes for Spock to fully settle into his stoic characterization. Also, a line "Where No Man Has Gone Before" has Spock refer (with amusement) to irritation as "one of your Earth emotions," indicating he's biologically incapable of emotion, at least as humans understand it. This is most decidedly not the case.
* ChickMagnet: Kirk may be the one who goes down in history as a lady's man, but that doesn't mean Spock didn't get several gals looking his way, hoping to crack that icy Vulcan exterior. Pretty much all of them are doomed to failure.
* TheComicallySerious: Given his lack of emotions and [[LiteralMinded frequent]] [[BluntMetaphorsTrauma misunderstandings]], he's usually assigned with some funny scenes.
* CourtMartialed: In "The Menagerie," Spock gets put on trial for commandeering the ''Enterprise'' and taking it to a forbidden planet.
* TheCreon: Spock is this, almost to the letter. He only takes command of the ''Enterprise'' once Kirk has been KickedUpstairs, and gives it back almost immediately when the opportunity arises. And, being already a captain and in command of the ''Enterprise'', Spock never gets his own commission; he keeps his position as first officer under Kirk for several more movies! He said many times, "I do not wish to command." Surprisingly, Spock's mirror-universe counterpart is exactly the same on this and even explicitly states his reasons (in "Mirror, Mirror")[[note]]Namely that he preferred being "a lesser target" for {{Klingon Promotion}}s.[[/note]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: During "Journey to Babel", his mother mentions Spock was frequently bullied as a child, something "Yesteryear" expands upon.
* DeadpanSnarker: Apparently, there is nothing illogical about scathing sarcasm. Despite his claims to be above human pettiness, Spock frequently makes sarcastic quips or the "''Really?''" face.
* DefrostingIceKing: Even with the crew's massive PowerOfFriendship skills, it took Spock years to decide that emotions were not such a bad thing.
* DeathSeeker: Like Kirk, he cares less about his own life than others (in his case, mostly… [[TheNotLoveInterest Kirk]]) in a way that nobody believes is solely based on logic, and Bones calls him out for it in “Bread and Circuses”.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: A natural result of his [[EnsembleDarkhorse popularity with fans]]; originally, the show was intended as having plots about "Kirk and X," where "X" would be a different character each week; many of the early first-season episodes follow this formula, but gradually "X = Spock" became more common.
* DontYouDarePityMe: He hates doing mind melds because it reveals too much about his own emotions.
* FantasticRacism: A victim of this {{trope}}, as well as a mild subscriber mainly towards humans (at least initially).
* ForgetsToEat: Occasionally.
** While never shown, in "Amok Time," [=McCoy=] uses the fact that Spock hasn't eaten for three days in an attempt to convince Kirk that something is wrong, and Kirk dismisses it as simply being Spock in one of his contemplative phases.
** Another example is "The Paradise Syndrome," where Spock hardly eats for weeks while studying the obelisk.
%%* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Spock is the Melancholic.
%%* FreudianTrio: Spock is the Superego to Kirk's Ego and [=McCoy=]'s Id.
* FriendlessBackground: As demonstrated in [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries the animated series]], Spock never had any friends growing up because of the HalfBreedDiscrimination on his planet.
* TheGadfly: Despite being overly serious and aloof most of the time, he does have a mischievous streak.
* GentlemanAndAScholar: While most definitely a scholar (being highly knowledegable on the cultures of other species), the gentleman portion varies and is often downplayed.
* GoodIsNotNice: He's rude, tactless, and cold-hearted (though he gets better later on), but he always has the best interests of the ship and crew in mind.
* HalfBreedAngst: When Spock was a boy, he was teased for being half-human and half-Vulcan (an alien species that [[TheStoic suppresses emotions]]) and didn't know which species to live the lifestyle of. Even though he chose the Vulcan way, his own father rejected him for choosing Starfleet over the Vulcan Science Academy and Vulcan society continues to ostracize him.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Spock completely embraces the non-human side of himself. As a child, the local children rejected him because of his human heritage.
* HeroicSeductress: Less touching and kissing, more dazzle them with logic and repressed yearning, but acts like one with a few women in season three. Kirk is a bad influence on him.
* HiddenDepths: He'll never let it show, but several times it's hinted he's sitting on the occasional mass of self-loathing. Just for example, the end of "This Side of Paradise".
-->'''Spock:''' We all have our own purgatories. Mine can be no worse than any others.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Spock makes a point of keeping it hidden and gets very embarrassed when it's uncovered.
* HumanMomNonHumanDad: His mother is a human named Amanda. His dad is Sarek, a Vulcan.
* InsultBackfire:
-->'''[=McCoy=]:''' Spock, you are the most cold-blooded man I've ever known.
-->'''Spock:''' Why, thank you, Doctor.
* InterclassFriendship: Kirk and Spock started their [[HeterosexualLifePartners strong friendship]] when Kirk was captain and Spock still held a lieutenant commander's rank. This {{downplayed}} example disappears when Spock becomes first officer, but the second season replaces it with another, much more dramatic, gap -- "Amok Time" and "Journey to Babel" state that Spock [[BlueBlood comes from an important clan]] and that his father serves as the Vulcan ambassador. Kirk [[FarmBoy comes from Iowa]] and had no apparent special status before coming to Starfleet.
* JerkassToOne: Poor Janice Rand, he passive aggressively makes fun of her when Kirk is seducing Miri, and the infamous accusation that she found “interesting qualities” in the version of Kirk that tried to rape her.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Spock is cold, rude, and tactless, but always has the crew’s best interests at heart and is clearly far less emotionless and cold-hearted then he appears to be.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Dies offscreen of natural causes (and at the age of 162) in ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', due to [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Leonard Nimoy's own death]].]]
* KindheartedCatLover: He's very fond of cats.
** And tribbles, in spite of [[HypocriticalHumour claims to being immune to their charms]].
* LackOfEmpathy: Is accused of it more often than he actually shows it, but it’s still more often a feeling he reserves for Kirk alone. Later, Bones is included, and by the movies, original and reboot, he’s telling other Vulcans that they need empathy as well as logic.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Gerald Fried's score for "Amok Time" (which also introduced the famous "''Star Trek'' fight music") featured a recurring motif for Spock, a quite expressive, sorrowful tune played ''adagio'' with the main melody line provided by a bass guitar[[note]]played by Barney Kessel[[/note]] - to represent Spock's deeply felt, but repressed, emotional state. The show's frequent reuse of previously recorded music allowed this piece to become a ''de facto'' leitmotif for Spock as it was often used in his big "emotional" scenes (for lack of a better word) throughout the second and third seasons.
* LoveIsAWeakness: Tells Kirk in “The Naked Time” that when he feels friendship for Jim he feels ashamed, with all the AmbiguouslyGay metaphors that implies. Enemies will often use Kirk against him, or vice versa.
* LivingLegend: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] in "Amok Time" when T'Pring informs Spock that he has become a legend among the Vulcans, and that she has no desire to become the consort of a legend. His status only grows through his efforts to achieve a lasting peace with the Klingons, and his subsequent ambassadorial career. In the later shows, he is depicted as LegendaryInTheSequel [[spoiler:even though he is technically still alive throughout the franchise (including into the reboot continuity)]].
* LudicrousPrecision: Will often give time estimates down to the second and can complete large exponential multiplications in his head.
* MayflyDecemberFriendship: At two hundred years old, a Vulcan might still have a number of years left. Humans can live a few decades past one hundred, but it's clearly old for them, meaning Spock is doomed to outlive all his human friends.
* MindRape: In hindsight, trying to mind meld with the vast, living computer of V'Ger was ''not'' Spock's most sensible move ever. He screams in pain from the sheer sensory overload, and comes out the other side seeing that logic is no longer the be-all and end-all.
* MinoredInAssKicking: Especially when you realize that Vulcans are extremely strong compared to humans.
* NotSoStoic: Being part human he's not always able to keep his emotions in check. Although in most of the cases when he show emotions, it is usually a result of either mind control, drugs, or side effects from strange phenomenons, but he does have some moments where it genuinely comes from himself.
** The scene from "Amok Time" where he realizes that Kirk wasn't Killed Off for Real, and greets him with a loud and happy "JIM!"
** He gets another moment in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country when Valeris, his protege, is revealed to be the conspiracy's mole aboard the Enterprise. She has a phaser drawn on him, and when she refuses to shoot, he slaps it out of her hand with a clear look of anger on his face. Then, in one of the most [This example contains a YMMV entry. It should be moved to the YMMV tab.] Squick-filled scenes of the entire franchise, he proceeds to Mind Rape her right on the bridge in front of God and everybody. Pushing this man's Berserk Button is nigh-impossible, but if you do, you're in for a world of hurt. (So is he — his expression as he invades her mind looks like he's being forced to eat razor blades.)* NumberTwo: Spock is this as well as the science officer. [[note]] Spock ''does'' start a tradition of the NumberTwo having divided loyalties between their role as Starfleet officers and an outside influence - [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Kira to Bajor]], [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Chakotay to the Maquis]], and [[Series/StarTrekEnterprise T'Pol to Vulcan (again)]][[/note]].
* OnlyFriend: Uhura in “The Man Trap” calls Kirk the closest person Spock has to a friend (Kirk’s a lot more extroverted, but the feeling is more than mutual), and he’s either frequently emotional when Kirk is in danger, or goes StrawVulcan to cope with it.
* OnlyOneName: Spock's full name is never officially revealed. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gMVrQ4Zq3M As he stated to one of his girlfriends]] in the series, [[TheUnpronouncable "You couldn't pronounce it."]]
* ParentheticalSwearing: Often when delivering a StealthInsult.
* RankUp: At some point prior to the movies, he achieved the rank of Commander.
* RedOniBlueOni: Spock is the stoic, logical Blue to [=McCoy=]'s passionate emotional Red.
* RubberForeheadAliens: Though in his case, he is a rubber-''eared'' alien and half human.
* RunningGag: His "inability to lie," despite repeatedly proving otherwise.
* SarcasticDevotee: There are few people who are as loyal to Kirk as Spock is, but that doesn't protect the captain from his snarky wit.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: [[UpToEleven ''Three-dimensional'' chess,]] that is.
* TheSmartGuy: Genius-level intellect, impossibly knowledgable and scientific. Being half-Vulcan helps.
* TheSpock: He's the TropeNamer, natch. In a crisis, the solutions he offers are usually rational in service to the overall mission, if a little cold-blooded at times.
* TheStoic: Most of the time he chooses to embrace his Vulcan heritage and do his best to restrain his emotion, relying on logic.
%%* StrawVulcan: At times.
* SubordinateExcuse: Spock's friendship with Kirk may be an explanation for why Spock continues to serve as Kirk's first officer even after he is promoted to Captain himself.
* SuperStrength: His Vulcan heritage makes him three times stronger than a human. Roddenberry specified that Vulcan is a large planet with a heavier gravity. (Most Vulcans we see are played by tall, slim actors rather than {{Heavyworlder}} types, so there might be other factors.)
* TakesTenToHold: In ''Operation: Annihilate!'', Spock goes ballistic. It takes three Enterprise crewmen to subdue him due to his Vulcan side's Super Strength.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Spock is one of the taller members of the cast, considered good-looking in and out of universe, and one of the series' greatest {{Deadpan Snarker}}s.
* TrueCompanions: His friendship with James Kirk is the stuff of legend both in-universe and out; [[Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness in another time he goes out of his way to make sure to foster that friendship.]]
* TokenNonHuman: He's the only regular in the cast who is visibly nonhuman. (The [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries animated series]] averted this since there was no make-up budget in the way.
* {{Troll}}: Despite his outwardly serious demeanor, Spock often finds ways to subtly mock or annoy people who he has disdain for or wants to needle for whatever reason, often so carefully that they may not realize he's doing it.
* UndyingLoyalty:
** To Kirk, to the point where it’s more important than his father dying when the captain is stabbed, and Kirk has to convince him he’s alright.
** It’s similar for Pike, as “The Menagerie” is the first time in thirteen years that Spock has ever disobeyed one of Pike’s orders for his own good, and manipulates both Kirk and Bones while doing it.
* VerbalTic: His endless permutations of the word "logic," and his unfailing ability to fit them into sentences, border on this.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With [=McCoy=]. That Spock considers him a close friend is established beyond all doubt in "Amok Time," when he invites him, along with Kirk, down to Vulcan to witness a ceremony which is deeply private and personal to Vulcans. [=McCoy=],in complete sincerity tells Spock that he would be honored.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Being a Vulcan, he outlives all of his friends. The novelisation of “Generations” has Bones getting upset about this on his behalf, saying there’s no katra for humans.
* TheWorfEffect: Any enemy that can hold Spock in a fight is deemed a formidable adversary.
* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: He only calls Kirk "Jim" in two circumstances - when for some reason he's [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness acting seriously out of character]], or they're in absolutely dire straits.
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[[folder:Lieutenant Spock]]
!!Lieutenant Spock
->'''Played by:''' Creator/EthanPeck, Creator/LeonardNimoy (Archived Footage Only)
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I am not being hyperbolic when I say the future of the galaxy is at stake."'']]
A science officer serving aboard the U.S.S. ''Enterprise'', the son of Sarek and Amanda Grayson, and the adoptive brother of Michael Burnham.
For tropes relating to his appearance in the Original Series, please see the [[Characters/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries TOS character page]].
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* DisabilitySuperpower: Gabrielle Burnham believes that his dyslexia allowed him to comprehend her existence.
* TheGhost: Is not seen in person during the first half of Season 2, up to "Light and Shadows" -- but pretty much all the regular (and several recurring) characters are looking for him.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: The knowledge he gained from mind-melding with the Red Angel caused this, along with a HeroicBSOD. It takes Burnham bringing him [[GodzillaThreshold to Talos IV]] to sort him out.
* HalfBreedDiscrimination: Subjected to this by the Vulcans. Apart from the people trying to blow up the family, Spock was also given no support for his dyslexia (which he inherited from Amanda) and was not considered to be Vulcan enough for the Expeditionary Force to accept him ''and'' Michael. Calling him a half-breed is also how Michael decided to keep him away from her after her school was bombed.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Along with Captain Pike and the rest of the crew of the ''Enterprise''.
* ImportantHaircut: He shaves off his beard and assumes his iconic look from the original series after making his peace with Michael.
* ItsAllMyFault: When he's ripping into Michael for her ItsAllMyFault attitude, one of his arguments is that their family was already a target for the extremists because of ''his'' existence, not her.
* LIsForDyslexia: Or ''L'tak Terai'', as the Vulcans call it, which he inherited from Amanda.
* RankUp: Specifically averted; he has yet to be promoted to become the ''Enterprise'''s first officer.
* {{Revision}}: The series reveals Spock apparently enjoyed drawing as a child, and continued drawing as an adult, something not seen in previous portrayals.
* SeriouslyScruffy: Has grown a beard, in contrast to his later portrayal in TOS; this is implied to likely be a result of his SanitySlippage leading up to the Red Angel crisis.
* TimeShiftedActor: Played by Ethan Peck, as he is younger than his initial portrayal by Creator/LeonardNimoy in the Original Series.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: [[TropeNamer Of course]]. He joins in Pike in trying to get Michael to open the airlock on Airiam, and in the next episode holds the away team at gunpoint to stop them from resucitating Michael before the Red Angel arrives because they're trying to prevent the destruction of all sentient life in the galaxy.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: After he directed Sarek and Amanda where to find her before she could be eaten by a monser, Michael told him that he was a "weird little half-breed" and she didn't want him in her life. Spock acknowledges that this was a misguided attempt to protect him, but that he's not going to absolve her because it hurt him deeply. He does, however, after he acknowledges how much hurt she's been through since.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Spock responds to Michael's attempts to reconnect by saying incredibly hurtful things (eg, that he was wrong to have loved her, or that her unresolved guilt issues are actually an arrogant moral flaw), along with passive-aggressive remarks about TheReveal when they conclude she's the Red Angel. He finally eases off when she learns the truth about her parents.
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!!Kelvin Timeline
[[folder:Spock]]
!!Commander Spock
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Live long and prosper."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/ZacharyQuinto
->'''Dubbed in French by:''' Creator/AdrienAntoine
->'''Dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese by:''' Creator/GuilhermeBriggs
A brilliant commander and science officer in Starfleet. He acted as Pike's second-in-command until he was ultimately promoted to be the ''Enterprise's'' "acting captain." It didn't last long once Kirk pushed his BerserkButton, but the two eventually reconciled and became close friends. He is "the brains" of Kirk's crew, offering purely logical advice.
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* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: This Spock's emotions tend to be a bit closer to the surface than the original.
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: {{Justified|Trope}}. He was raised since birth to control his emotions, so he was surprisingly mature as a child.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Heavily implied given how he was verbally harassed by his classmates as a child and the Vulcan Council made insensitive comments about his human heritage.
* BadassAdorable[=/=]PintSizedPowerhouse: Lil' Spock. Beats up a teenager twice his size for calling his mother a "human whore".
* BadassBookworm: The single biggest example after John Harrison and a brilliant science officer to boot.
* BadassTeacher: An instructor of Starfleet before joining the ''Enterprise''.
* BattleCouple: Spock and Uhura when they're fighting Klingons on the war-world of Qo'noS, and when [[spoiler:Spock battles Harrison in the climax, Uhura quickly beams in to help.]]
* BigOlEyebrows: Creator/ZacharyQuinto's trademark huge eyebrows are shaved down, but are still pretty big in comparison to Spock Prime.
* BotheringByTheBook: Spock is always good for exposition, but his field tactics are too cautious and he lacks Kirk's instincts. He represents the new-style administrative Starfleet which Pike wants to smother in the crib.
* BrainyBrunette: One of the most intelligent beings in the franchise.
* CharacterDevelopment:
** The first movie has Spock learn to embrace [[ChildOfTwoWorlds his human and Vulcan heritage]].
** The second movie has him learn that while his duty and the rules that come with it are important, he shouldn't throw his life away because of them.
** The third has him dwelling on his mortality [[spoiler: given the death of Spock Prime]], and balancing his friendship with his ''Enterprise'' crewmates with the needs of the Vulcan people.
* ChildOfTwoWorlds: Of humans and Vuclans, which is lampshaded by his father.
* CommandingCoolness: His rank in Starfleet is Commander.
* CovertPervert: {{Implied|Trope}}. [[http://spockuhuralove.tumblr.com/post/128796682361/bonetreklockian-when-we-are-not-in-uniform These]] [[http://spockuhuralove.tumblr.com/post/121523937581/uhura-stepped-closer-and-spock-fought-back-the few]] [[http://spockuhuralove.tumblr.com/post/39032379794/cadet-uhura-do-you-have-a-visual-spock-said scenes]] from the [[AllThereInTheManual tie-in material]] shows Spock has ''very'' strong sexual feelings for Uhura. Something that wouldn't be expected from a [[TheStoic stoic]], [[TheSpock emotionally reserved]] person.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Or at least that's what Bones thinks when Spock says he gave Uhura an easily-trackable Vokaya amulet.
-->'''Spock:''' Lt. Uhura wears a Vokaya amulet which I presented to her as a token of my affection and respect.\\
'''[=McCoy=]:''' ...You gave your girlfriend radioactive jewelry?\\
'''Spock:''' Its emission is harmless, Doctor, but its unique signature makes it very easy to identify.\\
'''[=McCoy=]:''' ...You gave your girlfriend a tracking device?\\
''[{{Beat}}, as everyone gives Spock an uncomfortable look]''\\
'''Spock:''' ...[[NotWhatItLooksLike That was not my intention.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Any humor he has is more of the subdued variety.
-->'''[=McCoy=]''': ''[after Spock has Kirk marooned]'' My God, man, you can at least ''act'' like it was a hard decision!\\
'''Spock''': If crew morale can be better served by my roaming the halls weeping, then I will gladly defer to your medical expertise.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: After Kirk out-gambits him into resigning his command of the ''Enterprise'', the two begin to develop a friendship.
* {{Determinator}}: ''Star Trek Beyond'' showed that even with life-threatening injuries, he was not going to be on the sidelines. He beamed down to the camp because he knew Uhura was being held captive there and even volunteered to help fend off Krall's drones. [=McCoy=] is deeply annoyed because it means he's drafted into the action to ensure Spock's injuries don't get worse.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: The films not only focus on Kirk's maturity as a Captain, but also Spock's emotional development.
* DoubleConsciousness: He's constantly torn between his human and Vulcan sides. He usually adheres to the latter, only reverting to the former if he loses emotional control.
* EndearinglyDorky: Especially around Uhura. He has quite a few with Kirk and [=McCoy=] as well, the latter of whom bickers non-stop with Spock over Vulcan logic and the preferred irrationality of humans.
* ExactWords: Uses these to devastating effect against [[spoiler: Khan]].
* FantasticRacism: A victim of this from his fellow Vulcans, owing to his human heritage.
* FascinatingEyebrow: Naturally, as this is a portrayal of the trope codifier.
* TheFettered: Like all Vulcans, Spock uses logic to keep tight control of his emotions, but he still has them, and his half-human parentage has perhaps made them stronger than those of his peers. Cause him to lose control of his emotions, such as by [[RelativeButton insulting his mother]], causing [[spoiler: the death of his best friend]], or threatening [[spoiler: his girlfriend]], and you are in for [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown a world of hurt]].
* FireForgedFriends: He and Jim had to be this first, though.
* FirstNameBasis: with both Kirk and Uhura. Once in ''Beyond'' with [=McCoy=].
* FreudianTrio: The stoic, logical superego to Kirk's id and [=McCoy=]'s ego.
* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Notably averted, considering how often it ''has'' been forgotten by franchise writers that Vulcans are canonically only little less strong than Augments. Spock basically goes into SuperMode during his RoaringRampageOfRevenge against Harrison, breaking out everything in his arsenal including enhanced strength, the Vulcan nerve pinch and even telepathically attacking while they grapple!
* GeekyTurnOn: [[AllThereInTheManual Tie-in material]] shows Spock practically gushing over Uhura's incredible intellect. It was her beating him in a 3D chess game that made him certain that she had won his heart.
* GeniusBruiser: A brilliant science officer, and he can quite easily beat the snot out of you if you manage to piss him off.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Quite willing to kill every crewmember aboard Nero's ship by sucking them into a black hole to save Earth. Admittedly, they had [[spoiler:destroyed Vulcan beforehand]].
* HalfHumanHybrid: Half-human and half-Vulcan.
* HeadbuttOfLove: With Uhura in the first movie, right after they kissed on that transport pad he tenderly leaned his forehead against hers and whispered 'I will be back', and it's the cutest thing ever.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kirk, to the point that Spock gets jealous when Kirk accepts Carol Marcus as a second science officer on-board the ''Enterprise''. Spock Prime goes to incredibly risky lengths in order to preserve the natural development of the galaxy's greatest bromance.
* HumanMomNonhumanDad: His mother was Amanda Grayson (human) and his father is Sarek (Vulcan).
* ImplacableMan: [[spoiler:While running down Khan in the finale of ''Into Darkness''.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: He (half-human, half-Vulcan) and Uhura (human). And he was a product of one.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Applies only in the first movie. While Spock can come across as aloof, cold, and insensitive, his heart is always in the right place. And he ''deeply'' values those closest to him.
* TheLancer: Shares this role with [=McCoy=]. While Spock is ruled by logic and following protocol, Kirk is ruled by doing what he thinks is rights even if it means breaking the rules.
* LawfulStupid: On occasion, he'll go into this length. Subverted in the sequel (excluding the ColdOpen) where he constantly cites various regulations in contradiction to Kirk and is totally right most of the time; for example, reminding Kirk that they shouldn't just execute Harrison with missiles as everyone has a right to a trial.
* ManlyTears: When he finds [[spoiler:Kirk dying from the radiation, though he got better]].
* MilitaryMaverick: [[spoiler: He joined Starfleet after learning that the Vulcan elders of the Vulcan Science Academy thought his mixed parentage a disability]].
* MinoredInAsskicking: He usually finds physical conflict beneath him. However, his [[SuperStrength Vulcan physiology]] also means he can kick the crap out of just about anything unfortunate (or unwise) enough to be in his path.
* MommasBoy: He had a close relationship with his mother. [[spoiler: Making her death even harder.]]
* MyFutureSelfAndMe: When interacting with Spock Prime, his OlderAndWiser counterpart from the Prime timeline.
* NerdActionHero: Has the smarts and the brawn.
* NiceGuy: In the sequels. While he's usually aloof and stoic, Spock is still an amicable fellow.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown:
** When Spock was a child, one bully got the taste of his anger. The other bullies are so scared of Spock they can't do anything but watch even if they are more in number and bigger than him.
** Kirk provokes him into one in the first [[spoiler:to reveal that he has been "emotionally compromised" by witnessing the destruction of his homeworld and death of his mother and is thus not fit for command]].
** [[spoiler:To Khan at the end of the sequel, though he needs a phaser-wielding Uhura to slow Khan down first.]]
* NotSoStoic: Spock makes it clear to Kirk and Uhura early on that he ''does'' feel; it is a conscious effort of his to not feel fear, doubt, etc. His control of his emotions wears down over the course of the film, culminating with him not being able to contain himself when [[spoiler: he and Kirk are having (what he thinks is) their last conversation]] then ''completely'' losing it when [[spoiler: Kirk dies and Khan is still alive]].
** This is only the second time in the character's screen history where unprovoked emotion has ever overcome his logic.
* NumberTwo: Second in command on the ''Enterprise''.
* OneHeadTaller: Uhura needs to stand on her tiptoes or wear tall boots in order for her and Spock to kiss. (Zachary Quinto is 6'3" and Zoe Saldana is 5'7".)
* ParentheticalSwearing: After learning that the Vulcan elders consider his parentage [[FantasticRacism a disability]], he uses the phrase "Live long and prosper" in a manner that the script actually refers to as being a "Thinly concealed 'Fuck You'".
** The novelization mentioned that his tone suggested [[FlippingTheBird a distinctly human digital gesture the Vulcans wouldn't recognize]].
* RedOniBlueOni: The logical, task-orientated Blue Oni to Kirk's brash, rule-breaking Red Oni.
* RelativeButton: Do ''not'' accuse Spock of never loving his mother. He nearly murdered Kirk when the latter said as such. Hell, just don't say ''anything'' about his mother. The bully from early in the movie learns this the hard way and the head of the science academy who called her a "disadvantage" was lucky to escape with all his limbs intact. To be fair, Kirk was intentionally trying to push the button to show that Spock was emotionally compromised and thus unsuited to be the ship captain, and he succeeded.
* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:When he and Khan are fighting and he eventually gets the upper hand, Spock starts to kick the crap out of Khan, almost beating him to death. This almost stops Kirk being revived, and only Uhura's influence calms him down]].
* RubberForeheadAliens: The only things "alien" about him are his pointy ears. The distinct shape of his eyebrows may also count since they seem to be the norm for Vulcans, though strictly speaking, odd eyebrows aren't impossible to find in humans.
* SarcasticDevotee: Loyal to Kirk, though also quite willing to snark at him at every turn.
-->'''Spock:''' I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.
* SayMyName: Spock gets his moment in ''Into Darkness'', as a loving ShoutOut to a [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan certain other movie]].
-->''[[spoiler:"KHAAAAAAAAAAN!"]]''
* ShellShockedVeteran: Kirk is completely right about him being "emotionally compromised" by the destruction of Vulcan. From that point forward, Spock has exhibited much less emotional control than Spock Prime did; in this sense, Nero completely succeeded in making Vulcans no different from Romulans.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Gender-flipped. In the [[AllThereInTheManual tie-in book]], "The Assassination Game", Spock states that the quality he admires most in Uhura has is her heart.
* TheSmartGuy: He offers logical choices to Kirk and has been known to be very brilliant, as well as being a HollywoodNerd and speaking SesquipedalianLoquaciousness. This makes him stand out as ''the'' smart guy on a team of doctors, engineers, and other highly intelligent officers.
* TheSpock: Well, he is the TropeNamer in a way, as the reboot continuity and the original exist in the same universe.
* TheStoic: Adheres to logic and the suppression of emotions.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Stoic to all but his mother, Uhura and, later, Kirk.
* SuperStrength: As a Vulcan, he's considerably stronger than most humans and can even match a genetically enhanced superhuman if he needs to. Enough so that he can fight toe-to-toe with a SuperSoldier.
* StudentTeacherRomance: He was Uhura's Advanced Phonology instructor before they became an item.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Has black hair, is tall, and known to be handsome by his fanbase.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Plus, he has the snark that comes up from time to time.
* {{Troll}}: The ''Kobayashi Maru'' is a rescue simulation exam designed by him to be absolutely unwinnable by design. He claims its purpose is for potential captains to experience and understand fear, but Kirk and [=McCoy=] don't really buy into that explanation, especially considering that you can't even ''pass the class'' without passing the exam.
* UngratefulBastard: Kirk goes as far as to defy the Prime Directive to save Spock's life. Spock repays him by having him demoted. Although, in Spock's defense, he assumed that Kirk would be honest in his account of the incident.
* UnstoppableRage: Once his breaking point is reached, not even a complete Badass capable of taking down an ''entire platoon of Klingons'' can stand up to him for long. Looking at you, [[spoiler: Khan]].
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Gender-flipped. [[spoiler:[[http://lucystillintheskywithdiamonds.tumblr.com/post/79570256223/stopped-it-there-because-it-gets-a-bit-too-much This subtle moment]] showcases that Spock really started to beat the crap out of Khan when the superhuman was advancing on Uhura.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: This is how Spock behaves towards his father.
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[[folder:Spock Prime '''(Spoilers)''']]
!!Spock Prime
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Live long and prosper."'']]
->'''Played by:''' Creator/LeonardNimoy
->'''Dubbed in French by:''' Creator/MarcCassot
->'''Dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese by:''' Jomeri Pozzoli
Spock from the original, "Prime" timeline. Attempting to save the galaxy from a supernova using a red matter-induced blackhole, he was whisked away over a hundred years into the past together with Nero, creating an alternate timelime with vastly different destinies as a result. He wanted to avoid having his presence known at first, but upon realizing that Vulcans were an endangered species in the new universe, he resolved to work together with Sarek to help rebuild their race. He refuses to allow his own personal experiences to influence this timeline; that said, he does make the one rare exception.
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* {{Ambadassador}}: Still referred to as "Ambassador Spock" by the ship he designed.
* BadassBaritone: His deep, gruff voice adds to his badassery.
* BatmanGrabsAGun: That one rare exception mentioned? [[spoiler:Telling the younger Spock about Khan, the man who in the Prime Timeline, was responsible for his original death.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Saving Kirk from an enormous monster that was seconds away from devouring him.
* CoolOldGuy: He flew a starship into a supernova ''and'' managed to ensure that the young Kirk and Spock would become friends.
* DareToBeBadass: He pushes Kirk into taking command of the ''Enterprise'' so that he can stop Nero's rampage.
* FantasticRacism: In the ''Countdown'' tie-in comic, he is shown to suffer some of this from more conservative Vulcans both for being a HalfHumanHybrid and for his embrace of emotion and support of Vulcan-Romulan reunification, or at least improved Vulcan-Romulan relations.
* ForcedToWatch: Nero exacts revenge upon Spock by leaving him marooned on Delta Vega helpless to prevent the destruction of Vulcan, just as Nero was helpless to save Romulus.
* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler:While normally he wouldn't reveal information about the Prime Timeline to his AlternateSelf, having sworn a vow not to do so, Khan is so dangerous that he makes an exception.]]
* GutturalGrowler: His voice has grown much rougher due to age.
* HypocrisyNod: He acknowledges that his ordinary farewell, "live long and prosper", would be rather self-serving when told to his younger counterpart.
* InsistentTerminology: In the ''Countdown'' comic, whenever he is referred to as the Vulcan Ambassador to Romulus, he is quick to make the correction: He is the ''Federation'' Ambassador to Romulus. There is also a Vulcan Ambassador, who generally [[FantasticRacism declines to involve himself much with Romulan society]].
* TheMentor: He acts as a wise old mentor to both Kirk and the younger Spock.
* MetaphoricallyTrue: He implies to Kirk that "universe-ending paradoxes would ensue" if the younger Spock became aware of his existence, motivating Kirk to form the lasting friendship that they shared in the prime timeline.
--> '''Spock''': You lied.\\
'''Spock Prime''': I implied.
* MyFutureSelfAndMe: When interacting with his younger counterpart.
* MyGreatestFailure: It's subtle, but Spock clearly considers the destruction of Romulus in the Prime Timeline to be this. He also blames himself for Nero destroying Vulcan in the new timeline, as vengeance for what he perceived as Spock's "betrayal".
--> '''Spock Prime:''' Billions of lives lost, because of ''me'', Jim. Because I failed.
* NiceGuy: All those years of embracing emotion have really done him well.
* OlderAndWiser: Spock is 157 years old by the time he arrives in the altered timeline, and shares his wisdom with Kirk and the young Spock.
* PersonalEffectsReveal: [[spoiler:In ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', it's revealed that among his few possessions in the Kelvin universe was a picture with his TOS crewmates (circa ''[[Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier Star Trek V]]'').]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Moreso than Pike in a couple aspects. See ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Creator/LeonardNimoy passed away in 2015 due to a pulmonary disease related to chronic smoking. Spock Prime was thus KilledOffscreen, and news of his death drive much of his alternate universe counterpart's story in ''Beyond'' since the Vulcans need someone to replace him, and young Spock is [[LegacyCharacter a pretty obvious choice to fill his shoes]].
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: [[spoiler:When he is contacted in ''Into Darkness'', he says that he does not wish to share too much information in order to preserve the timeline, but when he hears that Khan is involved in a war with the ''Enterprise'', he promptly gives Spock the advice they need to win]].
* SubvertedCatchphrase: Invoked when saying farewell to his younger counterpart, complete with lampshade hanging.
--> '''Spock Prime''': Since my customary farewell would appear oddly [[CoolOldGuy self-serving]], I shall simply say...good luck.
* TheStoic: Oddly enough, to a much lesser degree than most other Vulcans, as he admits to being quite saddened by the destruction of his homeworld, not that anybody could blame him for that. He also tells younger Spock to loosen up a little. He's also visibly sad in [[spoiler:''Into Darkness'' when Kelvin!Spock asked him what he was supposed to do with Khan, as he's remembering the fact he had to die]].
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