History Main / TheSpock

* For the most part, Batman in ''Franchise/Batman'' is this. As a highly educated forensic scientist, polymath and the World's Greatest Detective, he adheres to logic and pragmatism to the occasional chagrin of his more emotionally open colleagues. When you make plans to take down your friends and regularly infiltrate criminal gangs in disguise, people tend to steer clear of you even if you do it for the greater good.

* For the most part, Batman in ''ComicBook/Batman'' is this. As a highly educated forensic scientist, polymath and the World's Greatest Detective, he adheres to logic and pragmatism to the occasional chagrin of his more emotionally open colleagues. When you make plans to take down your friends and regularly infiltrate criminal gangs in disguise, people tend to steer clear of you even if you do it for the greater good.

* The titular character in ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'' takes a practical and ruthless approach to slaying all goblins (which are [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Always Chaotic Evil]] and any other monsters associated with them. He's willing to do some fairly dark things like killing goblin children, causing floods and trapping them inside burning ruins to get this done. Nevertheless, townspeople and other adventurers come to appreciate him since he basically takes out the extremely dangerous pests plaguing them.

* Similarly, UsefulNotes/ClementAttlee was the Spock to Churchill's [=McCoy=]. Churchill coordinated with the Allied Powers and made {{Rousing Speech}}es to rally the populace to resist the hardships of war Attlee was [[BadassBureaucrat organizing the whole of British industry and manpower]] to keep up the fight.

* Inspector Lunge from ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' is a subversion. He is an unemotional workaholic, but he makes most of his decisions based on his {{Pride}}, and, because of it, he disregards mounting evidence of Johan's existence until it becomes overwhelming. A true Spock would have impartially re-evaluated evidence and circumstances as they changed and based his judgements purely on logic. Also, his [[spoiler: big fight with Roberto]] shows that he does have an emotional BerserkButton, and while his [[spoiler: handcuffing himself to Tenma after being badly wounded]] is [[TheDeterminator admirably badass]], it could hardly be called a rational decision.

%%* Wilhelmina in ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana''. There was even an episode called "Heartless Wilhelmina".

** Sikozu and, after his HeelFaceTurn, [[spoiler: Scorpius]] are perhaps the purest Spock members of the crew,having a tendency to be coldly pragmatic about problems.

* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' has Kakyoin, the cool-headed strategist who uses his Stand (Hierophant Green) to make complex plans to get out of situations.

* [[EmotionlessGirl Rei Ayanami]] and [[HotScientist Ritsuko Akagi]] of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.

%%* Dr. Gears of the Wiki/SCPFoundation

* ''LightNovel/AscendanceOfABookworm'': Ferdinand is very result-oriented and coldly rational to the point of caring more about the results than other people's feelings. He sacrificed the taste of his {{Mana}}-regenerating potions for efficiency to the point that others shudder at the thought of drinking them, while his idea of teaching others about the protagonist's poor health is having them spend time with her until she collapses in front of them. The two childhood companions with whom Ferdinand still spends a decent amount of time grew into a ManChild with a [[TheMcCoy soft-to-a-fault]] side to him, and someone comparatively [[TheKirk well-balanced in regards to the two other members of the group]].

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%%* "D" from ''Anime/DualParallelTroubleAdventure''.
%%* Hoshino Ruri from ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' is both The Spock and a LittleMissSnarker.
%%* Nagato Yuki from ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya''.
%%* Keith Anyan from ''Manga/TowardTheTerra''.
%%* Lumiere from ''Anime/KiddyGrade''.

* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'':
** Kyril is a rare [[TheProtagonist protagonist]] example. [[PragmaticHero Pragmatic]] and being able to [[IDidWhatIHadToDo do what he has to do]] [[TheStoic without batting an eye]] aside, what really puts him in this trope is the tendency to be [[{{Foil}} contrasted]] with a [[TheMcCoy McCoy]] (like Claudia or Alicia) in certain decisions.
** Among the FreudianTrio that is Sanakan-Hugh-Kyril, this is Hugh's role, albeit {{downplayed}}. Hugh, TheSpeechless, is unable to emote in a normal way, but he is definitely not HotBlooded like [[TheMcCoy Sanakan]]. Here, their [[TheLeader leader]]/{{mentor}} Kyril is TheKirk rather than TheSpock.

—> '''Decim''': ”Love? […] That is ''incomprehensible''.”

* Taken to epic levels in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis: Superman Beyond'' with the CompositeCharacter Captain Allen Adam, A.K.A. the Quantum Superman of Earth 4, who is a meshing of the Good Doctor with the original ComicBook/CaptainAtom. Even when on heavy drugs to keep his quantum senses in check he's capable of feats of extreme mental prowess, and after his drugs fade off he attains a state of nigh-omniscience and arranges the activation of the Cosmic Armor that saves all of reality from an EldritchAbomination that eats stories. Only The Spock can stay calm and babble about the organic nature of TheMultiverse while the UltimateEvil emerges.

* The [=AI=] Delta from ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' is logic personified. [[LiteralSplitPersonality Literally]]. Ironically, Delta is probably the most humane of the various Freelancer [=AI=]s, despite his noticeably incomplete understanding of human nature.

%%* Paul von Oberstein from ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes'' is a good example of this trope.

''"[[TheKirk Captain]], the logical course of action in this situation is to let the inhabitants of [[SugarBowl Pupolon]] fend for themselves. We need the [[MacGuffin device]] keeping the planet's orbit stable, or risk endangering the very existence of TheFederation. I am aware of [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the consequences]] for the local population, [[TheMcCoy Doctor]], but simply rushing in to '[[SaveThePrincess save]] the [[TheHighQueen high priestess]]' will leave us open to a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Klingon]] [[InescapableAmbush ambush]] with a [[LudicrousPrecision 78.52% probability]] of [[TotalPartyKill outright destruction]].\\\

The Spock maintains audience sympathy by being willing to TakeAThirdOption and also by being [[HeroicSacrifice as ruthless about their own life]] as the lives of their crewmates, [[TheMenFirst if not more so]]. Even better, they are [[StiffUpperLip utterly unflappable]] in the face of serious problems or danger; their friends know that no matter how terrifying or hopeless things get,they will [[NervesOfSteel never lose their cool]] and will not stop working on a solution to save everyone (which TheMcCoy does respect about them). And finally, they are perfectly willing to hear out TheMcCoy.

* ''Literature/TheSpectrumGame'': Inigo is a rare OnlySaneMan variant. While he does get angry easily, it takes him quite a lot to get him to act on or express his anger. He is a coldly logical StepfordSmiler and StoicWoobie who definitely comes off as calmer than his teammates.