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* Robert [=McCall=], TheEqualizer, is very much this but has tempered it some on his own by choosing to stick to ideals he had put away for the greater good when he was part of [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction The Agency]]. He always prefers logic, rationalism, and hard facts to intuition, and never lets his emotions rule instead of his head, always calculating and manipulating the odds, and willing to pay the cost himself to save someone's life.

* The Treen of ''DanDare'' are completely emotionless and driven by logic. Sondar, a good Treen, is capable of feeling emotion, but still approaches problems logically.

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* Dr. Herman Khan. His works in the 1950s on nuclear war examine the aftermath in extremely dry terms. He was considered a sort of monster by some to actually argue that, while extremely horrible, a nuclear holocaust would not be the end of humanity.

* Admiral Raymond Spruance

* Temperance "Bones" Brennan from ''Series/{{Bones}}''. This becomes funny given that "Bones" from Star Trek is the original [[TheMcCoy McCoy]]. Also, Zack Addy.

* Although in terms of Iron Man and Captain America alone, these two show a different dynamic with Steve being TheSpock. He is the tactician of the team and less of an ideological hero than he was in his own movie, while Tony is clearly dismayed at how calm he is following [[spoiler:Coulson's death]] and has a moment where he wins Bruce over through sheer compassion.

* Dr. Manhattan of ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. Who is referred to as "goddamn Mr Spock there" by a minor character at a cocktail party.

A character who will always think before acting, The Spock is an archetype that can be loosely summed up as the tendency to apply rules, reason and the greater good to all of his/her decisions. This character can exist by themselves, but more often, they will have [[TheMcCoy a more emotional and humanistic counterpart]] to contrast his/her decisions. The main difference between the two archetypes is that while TheMcCoy will leap before looking, The Spock's solution to problems will have a balanced and well-thought out approach.

* ''Film/TheAvengers'': Iron Man fits TheKirk, and Captain America fits TheMcCoy. Given that Thor is calculative and likes control, and that Banner (when he's not Hulk) is calm and logical, either one could be TheSpock.

** Susan as well. Her GoodAngelBadAngel ImagineSpots even take the form of herself as a StarTrek Vulcan when she's trying to think logically.

* Hiei of ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''.

* ''ReservoirDogs'' - Mr Pink is the most logical of all the crew, especially when he acts as the {{foil}} to [[TheMcCoy Mr White]]. The first scene shows him refusing to throw in money to tip the waitress, giving his reason as to why. He is later distrustful of everyone, and disgusted that Mr White gave Mr Orange his real name and hometown, considering anybody, even the dying Mr Orange, could be the rat. [[spoiler: Not only is he right about everything, but he is the only character to survive the film.]] Subverted in that Mr. Pink is anything but cool--he's both logical and wildly neurotic.

* ''MichaelClayton''.

The Spock's relationship with his crewmates / [[TrueCompanions comrades]] is often tense, because this character type is willing and able to ruthlessly consider ethically troubling situations without batting an eye -- especially situations where [[WeHaveReserves people might be ordered to die]]. While his counterpart ''TheMcCoy'' is interested in doing the right thing regardless of cost, The Spock is more interested in the end result. For him, everyone ([[TheNeedsOfTheMany including himself]]) is expendable and he has no problem treating people as such.

The Spock's relationship with his crewmates / [[TrueCompanions comrades]] is often tense, because this character type is willing and able to ruthlessly consider ethically troubling situations without batting an eye -- especially situations where [[WeHaveReserves people might be ordered to die]]. While his counterpart ''TheMcCoy'' is interested in doing the right thing regardless of cost, The Spock is more interested in the end result. For him, everyone is expendable and he has no problem treating people as such.

* Ivan of ''TheBrothersKaramazov''.

* Piccolo of ''[[Manga/DragonBall Dragon Ball Z]]''…sometimes. He first appears as a raving, cackling lunatic hell-bent on killing Goku (justified, as he has all his [[BigBad father's]] memories, and is only [[PsychopathicManchild a few years old.]]) Then he mellows, is shown meditating in a lotus position, becomes an [[AntiHero Anti-Hero]], and voila. Also, he's arguably the most intelligent character on the show. Sometimes, though, he gets angry. Like if [[MoralityPet Gohan]] [[BerserkButton gets hurt.]] Then he goes from being The Spock to a PapaWolf.

** She would fire missiles at an ally Gundam, knowing it's armor would survive the hit, for the chance of hitting the enemy.

* Robert [=McCall=], TheEqualizer, is very much this but has tempered it some on his own by choosing to stick to ideals he had put away for the greater good when he was part of [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction The Agency]]. He always prefers logic, rationalism, and hard facts to intuition, and never lets his emotions rule instead of his head.