| 1 | !!Spock |
| 2 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tos_spock_9076.jpg]] |
| 3 | [[caption-width-right:200:''"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one."'']] |
| 4 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/LeonardNimoy |
| 5 | !!!'''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), Creator/MarcCassot (Kelvin Timeline films) |
| 6 | !!!'''Dubbed in Latin American Spanish by:''' Creator/JoseLavat (TNG) |
| 7 | !!!'''Dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese by:''' Márcio Seixas (TOS and TNG), Lauro Fabiano (TOS), Garcia Neto (Star Trek I to III), Luiz Motta (Star Trek IV and V) |
| 8 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' | ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' | ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' | ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' | ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'' | ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' | ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'' | ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' | ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' [[note]]Archive footage, "Trials and Tribble-ations"[[/note]] | ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'' [[note]]Photograph[[/note]] |
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| 10 | ->''"'Fascinating' is a word I use for the unexpected. In this case, I should think 'interesting' would suffice."'' |
| 11 | -->-- '''Spock''', "The Squire of Gothos" |
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| 13 | 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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| 15 | 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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| 17 | Click [[SelfDemonstrating/{{Spock}} here]] for his own take on himself. |
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| 22 | !!Original Timeline |
| 23 | [[folder:''The Original Series'', ''The Animated Series'', and Films]] |
| 24 | The chief science officer and executive officer aboard the ''Enterprise'' during the tenure of Captain James Kirk. |
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| 26 | * 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”. |
| 27 | * 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. |
| 28 | * {{Ambadassador}}: He later became an ambadassor for Vulcan and he's pretty handy in a fight. |
| 29 | * AmbiguouslyGay: He hasn't shown an interest in women except when he a) was drugged, b) adopted the habits of his wild antecessors, and he has some quite ... questionable interactions with Kirk. |
| 30 | * 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. (Creator/JaneWyatt, 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. |
| 31 | * ArrangedMarriage: Betrothed by his family as a child. His intended bride had other ideas, and didn't mind sacrificing Kirk for them... |
| 32 | * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:In the third movie]] he is resurrected by an ancient Vulcan ritual. |
| 33 | * BadassBookworm: Spock can (and does) use his vast knowledge in conjunction with fighting whatever enemy they're facing. |
| 34 | * 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. |
| 35 | -->'''Kirk''': Well, there it is. War. We didn't want it, but we've got it. |
| 36 | -->'''Spock''': Curious how often you humans manage to obtain that which you do not want. |
| 37 | * 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. |
| 38 | * 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." |
| 39 | * 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]].]] |
| 40 | * 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. |
| 41 | * BlueIsHeroic: [[ScienceHero Spock's]] blue uniform represents his coolness and rationality. |
| 42 | * 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. |
| 43 | * 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”. |
| 44 | * BrutalHonesty: Asking Spock for his analysis can be a hazard. Vulcans obviously don't see any logic in tact or sugarcoating, so if asked Spock will give his opinion, regardless of how it may unsettle everyone else. Case in point, Gary Mitchell, who he points out is rapidly becoming a problem, a fact Gary soon agrees with. However, it can also be played for laughs, too. |
| 45 | -->'''Kirk:''' Didn't think I had it in me, did you? |
| 46 | -->'''Spock:''' ''(without missing a beat)'' No. |
| 47 | * ButNotTooForeign: He's half-human; while he usually acts fully Vulcan, his human side surfaces fairly often. |
| 48 | * CaptainErsatz: Spock's personality is an exaggeration of [[Creator/GeneRoddenberry Roddenberry]]'s former boss, LAPD Chief William H. Parker. |
| 49 | * CatchPhrase: "Fascinating," accompanied, of course, by a FascinatingEyebrow. |
| 50 | --> "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." |
| 51 | * 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".]] |
| 52 | * 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. |
| 53 | * CharacterOverlap: Spock is the most popular character in the ''Star Trek'' franchise and -- as you can see from this document -- has had quite a life beyond the show where he originated. Besides appearing in those 79 episodes and 6 movies, he also appears in: |
| 54 | ** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' (two-episode guest appearance) and Creator/JJAbrams' "Kelvinverse" films (''Film/StarTrek2009'', ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' and ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'') (played by Nimoy). |
| 55 | ** The same three "Kelvinverse" movies, which take place in an AlternateUniverse where EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether and a younger Spock (played by Creator/ZacharyQuinto) appears opposite a younger Kirk (Creator/ChrisPine). |
| 56 | ** ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' and its SpinOff ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'', which are prequels to ''TOS'' and feature a younger Spock (played by Creator/EthanPeck). The older Nimoy version (from the ''TNG'' guest spot) also appears briefly via archive footage. |
| 57 | * 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. |
| 58 | * 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. |
| 59 | * 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”. |
| 60 | * TheComicallySerious: Given his lack of emotions and [[LiteralMinded frequent]] [[BluntMetaphorsTrauma misunderstandings]], he's usually assigned with some funny scenes. |
| 61 | * CourtMartialed: In "The Menagerie," Spock gets put on trial for commandeering the ''Enterprise'' and taking it to a forbidden planet. |
| 62 | * 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]] |
| 63 | * CulturalPosturing: Spock seldom lets pass an opportunity to condescendingly pontificate about the superiority of the Vulcan philosophy. In-series, this is largely why Bones (who, as his {{foil}}, is a passionate defender of humanism) "picks on" him so much and is able to get away with remaining sympathetic to audiences; wouldn't ''you'' get fed up with a co-worker constantly shoe-horning his political views into every conversation? |
| 64 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: During "Journey to Babel", his mother mentions Spock was frequently bullied as a child, something "Yesteryear" expands upon. |
| 65 | * 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. |
| 66 | * DefrostingIceKing: Even with the crew's massive PowerOfFriendship skills, it took Spock years to decide that emotions were not such a bad thing. |
| 67 | * 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”. |
| 68 | * {{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. |
| 69 | * DontYouDarePityMe: He hates doing mind melds because it reveals too much about his own emotions. |
| 70 | * EmotionSuppression: He spends most of the original series trying to suppress emotions that he does in fact have. When he can’t, he tends to take it very hard. |
| 71 | * FantasticRacism: A victim of this {{trope}}, as well as a perpertor towards anyone with emotions. He starts getting better about it after interacting with V'Ger. |
| 72 | * 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. |
| 73 | * ForgetsToEat: Occasionally. |
| 74 | ** 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. |
| 75 | ** Another example is "The Paradise Syndrome," where Spock hardly eats for weeks while studying the obelisk. |
| 76 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: Spock is the Melancholic. As a Vulcan (and the Enterprise's Science Officer), it's practically his ''job'' to be as detached, blunt and analytical as he can be. |
| 77 | %%* FreudianTrio: Spock is the Superego to Kirk's Ego and [=McCoy=]'s Id. |
| 78 | * FriendlessBackground: As demonstrated in [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries the animated series]], Spock never had any friends growing up because of the HalfBreedDiscrimination on his planet. |
| 79 | * TheGadfly: Despite being overly serious and aloof most of the time, he does have a mischievous streak. |
| 80 | * GeniusBruiser: Besides having a formidable intellect, he has tremendous physical strength and can handle himself in a fight. |
| 81 | * GentlemanAndAScholar: While most definitely a scholar (being highly knowledegable on the cultures of other species), the gentleman portion varies and is often downplayed. |
| 82 | * 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. |
| 83 | * 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 (yet) gone back at the appointed time.[[note]][[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine "I hate temporal mechanics."]][[/note]] |
| 84 | * 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. |
| 85 | * HalfHumanHybrid: Spock completely embraces the non-human side of himself. As a child, the local children rejected him because of his human heritage. |
| 86 | * 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. |
| 87 | * 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. |
| 88 | * 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". |
| 89 | -->'''Spock:''' We all have our own purgatories. Mine can be no worse than any others. |
| 90 | * HiddenHeartOfGold: Spock makes a point of keeping it hidden and gets very embarrassed when it's uncovered. |
| 91 | * InsultBackfire: |
| 92 | -->'''[=McCoy=]:''' Spock, you are the most cold-blooded man I've ever known. |
| 93 | -->'''Spock:''' Why, thank you, Doctor. |
| 94 | * 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. |
| 95 | * 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. |
| 96 | * 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. |
| 97 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Dies offscreen of natural causes (and at the age of 162) in ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', due to [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Leonard Nimoy's own death]].]] |
| 98 | * KindheartedCatLover: He's very fond of cats. |
| 99 | ** And tribbles, in spite of [[HypocriticalHumour claims to being immune to their charms]]. |
| 100 | * 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. |
| 101 | * {{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. |
| 102 | * 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. |
| 103 | * 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. |
| 104 | * 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)]]. |
| 105 | * LudicrousPrecision: Will often give time estimates down to the second and can complete large exponential multiplications in his head. |
| 106 | * LyingByOmission: Used several times. The later instances are call-backs to the first, from ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', where Spock informs Captain Kirk by communicator that "going by the book, like Lieutenant Saavik, hours would seem like days" before reporting that the ''Enterprise'' would need two days to have secondary power restored... "By the book, Admiral". After Kirk's away team gets stranded on Regula I by Khan: |
| 107 | -->'''Kirk:''' (opening communicator) Kirk to Spock, it's two hours, are you ready? |
| 108 | -->'''Spock:''' Right on schedule, Admiral. |
| 109 | -->'''Saavik:''' (Soon after, on the ''Enterprise'') I don't understand. We were immobilized. Captain Spock said it would be two days. |
| 110 | -->'''Kirk:''' Come, come, Lieutenant. You of all people go by the book: "If communications are being monitored during battle..." |
| 111 | -->'''Saavik:''' "...no uncoded messages on an open channel." (turns to Spock, astonished) You ''lied''. |
| 112 | -->'''Spock:''' I exaggerated. |
| 113 | * 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. |
| 114 | * AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Spock's TouchTelepathy can be an unpleasant trip for him sometimes, especially if the other mind is in pain, or extremely powerful: |
| 115 | ** Trying to meld with the injured mother Horta in "The Devil in the Dark" reduced him to a screaming, agonized mess. |
| 116 | ** 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. |
| 117 | * MinoredInAssKicking: Especially when you realize that Vulcans are extremely strong compared to humans. |
| 118 | * MommasBoy: ''Cries'' over never telling his mom he loved her, and has a far better relationship with her than his father, though his efforts to be more Vulcan do put the occasional strain on things. |
| 119 | * MysteriousPast: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, as there have been plenty of glimpses into his personal history, but Spock as a character has a reputation for reticence, especially when it comes to his family. It comes as a shock even to his best friend, Jim Kirk, that his father is Sarek, that he is betrothed to another Vulcan, or that he has a half-brother. (In Sybok's case, Spock doesn't even mention his relationship until after Sybok had hijacked the ''Enterprise'' and thrown them in the brig.) ''Discovery'' continues this tradition by giving him another sibling that he never talks about unless absolutely necessary. [[ExpansionPackPast It's anyone's guess if there are still others.]] |
| 120 | * 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. |
| 121 | ** 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!" |
| 122 | ** 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 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.) |
| 123 | * 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; shows set chronologically prior to TOS usually have the First Officer pulling double 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)]] |
| 124 | * OldMaster: In the reboot movies, and to Saavik and Valeris. The latter doesn’t work out so well. |
| 125 | * 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. |
| 126 | * OnlyOneName: Spock's full name was unrevealed for nearly 60 years real-time. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gMVrQ4Zq3M As he stated to one of his girlfriends]] in the original series, [[TheUnpronouncable "You couldn't pronounce it."]] ''Strange New Worlds'' finally reveals his full name to be S’Chn T’Gai Spock. Of course, this is just the closest ''approximation'' that can be given: the 100% correct intonation is truly unpronounceable for humans. |
| 127 | * 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. |
| 128 | * ParentheticalSwearing: Often when delivering a StealthInsult. |
| 129 | * PoorCommunicationKills: A few Spock-centered episodes deal with the man being unable (or unwilling) to convey what’s wrong: in “Amok Time”, Spock is unwilling to tell Kirk that he’s going through a process that requires him to go home to Vulcan or it’ll kill him while in “Journey to Babel”, his estrangement to Sarek nearly kills the man as he’s needed to save his life. |
| 130 | * PragmaticHero: Spock is willing to risk or even sacrifice his life and the lives of other crew members if it means getting the majority of the crew and the Enterprise to safety. He's also not above keeping secrets from his friends or deceiving them if it's for some logical greater good. |
| 131 | * PlatonicLifePartners: In Nichelle’s stories, and in multiple bios, he and Uhura become very good friends, as she too hides a messy mind under a professional exterior. |
| 132 | * RankUp: At some point prior to the movies, he achieved the rank of Commander. |
| 133 | * RedOniBlueOni: Spock is the stoic, logical Blue to [=McCoy=]'s passionate emotional Red. |
| 134 | * ResurrectionSickness: He figured on being able to come back, but the actual process leaves him disconnected from his former friends, and with more than a few screws not properly tightened. It takes months for Spock-as-was to return, and in the mean time Kirk has to deal with his best friend acting like a total moon unit, to say nothing the hell about his grasp of swearing. |
| 135 | * RubberForeheadAliens: Though in his case, he is a rubber-''eared'' alien and half human. |
| 136 | * RunningGag: His "inability to lie," despite repeatedly proving otherwise. |
| 137 | * 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. |
| 138 | * ScienceHero: As the Enterprise's First Officer and Science Officer, Spock is this. He's regularly called on to fix communicators and other forms of technology. He's also studied light-sensitive parasitic aliens that induce pain and a galaxy eating amoeba. Not to mention that one time he woke up in the middle of his own operation and instructed [[TheMcCoy McCoy]] on how to reconnect his brain to his body. |
| 139 | * SmartPeoplePlayChess: ''Three-dimensional'' chess, that is. |
| 140 | * TheSmartGuy: Genius-level intellect, impossibly knowledgable and scientific. Being half-Vulcan helps. |
| 141 | * 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. |
| 142 | * 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. |
| 143 | * TheStoic: Most of the time he chooses to embrace his Vulcan heritage and do his best to restrain his emotion, relying on logic. |
| 144 | * StrawVulcan: At times. It tends to come out the most (or its opposite, being overly emotional) when Kirk is in danger and he's trying to keep a level head. |
| 145 | * StubbornMule: Because he’s had to prove himself to both Vulcans and humans. Kirk and Amanda bond over LikeFatherLikeSon in “Journey To Babel”. |
| 146 | * 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. |
| 147 | * 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.) |
| 148 | * TakesTenToHold: In ''Operation: Annihilate!'', Spock goes ballistic. It takes three Enterprise crewmen to subdue him due to his Vulcan side's Super Strength. |
| 149 | * 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. |
| 150 | * TantrumThrowing: His tendency to take out his overwhelming emotions out on the furniture was lampshaded in Literature/StarTrekExMachina, as he’s struggling with feeling too much after V’ger, and takes a walk because he doesn’t want to smash up his room. |
| 151 | * TranquilFury: See MommasBoy. In that scene his voice is relatively calm, but anyone can tell that he is outraged. |
| 152 | * 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.]] |
| 153 | * 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.) |
| 154 | * TragicHero: Always caught between two worlds, his Vulcan heritage and humanity, and ultimately dies alone, long after Kirk is gone and all his other friends. |
| 155 | * {{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. |
| 156 | * UndyingLoyalty: |
| 157 | ** 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. |
| 158 | ** 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. |
| 159 | * VerbalTic: His endless permutations of the word "logic," and his unfailing ability to fit them into sentences, border on this. |
| 160 | * 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. Tellingly, [=McCoy=] is deeply touched (and tells Spock in all sincerity that he would be honored), but not at all surprised. |
| 161 | * 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). |
| 162 | * WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Subtle, but the clipped tones and unusual vowel pronunciations ("sen-''sores''"[[note]]sensors[[/note]], "''trahns''-porter"[[note]]transporter[[/note]] and "''ahns''-er"[[note]]answer[[/note]] among others) are an affectation on Creator/LeonardNimoy's part, meant to approximate how an alien in the future would speak English as a second language. As a result of Spock's outsize influence on the later franchise, many subsequent Vulcan portrayals have also borrowed these quirks, creating the impression of a Vulcan "accent" (for lack of a better word). |
| 163 | * 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. |
| 164 | * TheWorfEffect: Any enemy that can hold Spock in a fight is deemed a formidable adversary. |
| 165 | * 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. |
| 166 | [[/folder]] |
| 167 | |
| 168 | [[folder:''The Next Generation'']] |
| 169 | !!Ambassador Spock |
| 170 | [[quoteright:292:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spock_tng_1070.jpg]] |
| 171 | [[caption-width-right:292:''"One can begin to reshape the landscape with a single flower."'']] |
| 172 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/LeonardNimoy |
| 173 | |
| 174 | Needs no introduction (if you're still here). Currently, Spock serves as the Vulcan Ambassador to Romulus, hoping to broker peace between the two worlds. His rebellious streak is still in full bloom. |
| 175 | ---- |
| 176 | %%* {{Ambadassador}} |
| 177 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Trusting Senator Pardek proved to be rather [[{{Pun}} illogical]] for Spock in hindsight. |
| 178 | * IChooseToStay: Even knowing Romulus knows he's there and are not terribly receptive to his idea of peaceful reunification, Spock remains behind to help shepherd the process along anyway. |
| 179 | * IRegretNothing: Asked by Data about the way his life has gone, he says he regrets nothing. Data points out this is a human expression. |
| 180 | * 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. Even before this while Spock seems to react to the news of his father's death with indifference, it becomes clear that he's not as stoic about it as he makes it first look - expressing his regret at never mind melding with his father. |
| 181 | * OlderAndWiser: Approaching his mid-100s, but still Spock, and with the benefit of several decades more wisdom. Mostly. |
| 182 | * RevengeByProxy: Things start off tense between him and Picard anyway, but after some arguing Spock realizes he's just treating Picard as a substitute for finishing the arguments with his father. |
| 183 | * 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. |
| 184 | * TheSpock: TropeNamer. Doesn't stop him from being out-Spocked by Data himself, though. |
| 185 | [[/folder]] |
| 186 | |
| 187 | [[folder:''Discovery'']] |
| 188 | !!Lieutenant Spock |
| 189 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spock_2258.jpg]] |
| 190 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"I am not being hyperbolic when I say the future of the galaxy is at stake."'']] |
| 191 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/EthanPeck, Creator/LeonardNimoy [[note]]Archive footage, "Unification III"[[/note]] |
| 192 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' |
| 193 | |
| 194 | A science officer serving aboard the U.S.S. ''Enterprise'', the son of Sarek and Amanda Grayson, and the adoptive brother of Michael Burnham. |
| 195 | ---- |
| 196 | * BerserkButton: It turns out that Spock despises Michael Burnham's attempts at trying to bear the weight of her varying traumas, seeing it as incredibly selfish of her. |
| 197 | * ChildOfTwoWorlds: He is born of a Vulcan father and an Earth mother. From his father's side comes a sense of logic, and those famously pointy ears. From his mother's side comes an equally strong sense of emotion, and a case of dyslexia. |
| 198 | * DisabilitySuperpower: Gabrielle Burnham believes that his dyslexia allowed him to comprehend her existence. |
| 199 | * DisownedSibling: Spock refuses to acknowledge Burnham as his sister, and has rebuffed any attempts at reconciliation with her for years. While it seems to boil down to some very hurtful things she said to him as a child as part of a misguided attempt to protect his family, he makes it clear that argument was just one of many instances that led him to see her as a selfish human being, shouldering the blame for tragedies she went through just to make herself feel important. He only backs off when Burnham learns the truth about her parents' deaths, and admits that Spock was right about her flaw. |
| 200 | * ExactWords: When questioned by Admiral Cornwell about the details of his escape from Starbase 5, he points out that he did not escape; he voluntarily committed himself because he believed he was not in his right mind about the Red Angel. When the seven signals he drew appeared, he was convinced he was not insane, and thus saw no reason to stay committed when he could leave as he pleased. |
| 201 | * FamedInStory: |
| 202 | ** By virtue of serving on the ''Enterprise'', Spock is already a well-known name in the Federation, even if he has yet to fully become the iconic Vulcan. That said, it's {{Downplayed}} compared to Captain Pike, or the ''Enterprise'' herself. |
| 203 | ** By the 32nd Century, Spock is revered on Nivar (the reunited Vulcan and Romulan homeworld) for having accomplished the impossible and bringing two old enemies together. |
| 204 | * {{Forgiveness}}: He finally forgives Michael for the things she said to him as a child when she learns the truth about her parents, and admits Spock was right about her savior complex. After that, he's much nicer to her, if still a bit sarcastic. |
| 205 | * FrameUp: Control, Section 31's rouge A.I., frames Spock for murdering his doctors at Starbase 5 as part of a plan to gain access to the Sphere Data ''Discovery'' has onboard, wanting to use it to evolve and wipe out all sentient life in the galaxy. |
| 206 | * 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. |
| 207 | * 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. |
| 208 | * 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. |
| 209 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: Along with Captain Pike and the rest of the crew of the ''Enterprise''. |
| 210 | * ImportantHaircut: He shaves off his beard and assumes his iconic look from the original series after making his peace with Michael. |
| 211 | * 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. |
| 212 | * JerkassHasAPoint: His continuous rebuffs of Burnham's attempts at reconciliation for ''years'' were rather "human" of him, to say the least; his scathing tear-down of his sister was even more so. Yet Burnham herself admits that Spock wasn't wrong about her savior complex being selfish, which she admits when she learns the truth about her parents. Many years later, Burnham tells Book that Spock called her out on this very flaw, and admits he wasn't wrong. |
| 213 | * KickTheDog: During his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards Burnham, he brutally picks apart the trauma of losing her parents, nearly dying at the hands of the Vulcan Logic Extremists, and blaming herself for causing the war with the Klingons, because he sees those actions as selfish attempts at making her feel more important. It leaves Burnham in tears when he storms out of the room...but she also comes to realize later that [[JerkassHasAPoint he had a point.]] |
| 214 | * LIsForDyslexia: Or ''L'tak Terai'', as the Vulcans call it, which he inherited from Amanda. Sadly, the Vulcans didn't think he was worth their time in trying to help him overcome due to his half-human heritage, and he had to work with it on his own. |
| 215 | * NotSoStoic: Spock prides himself on being Vulcan, and ''TOS'' would make a point of him often disparaging his human shipmates for letting their emotions get in the way of their duties. But for all that stoicism, Spock has a very deep sense of loathing towards his adoptive sister for trying to shoulder burdens he feels is selfish of her to bear; when she tries to check in on the status of his mental health, he just tears into her for what he sees is Burnham yet again trying to make herself feel important. |
| 216 | * PetTheDog: A small one, albeit buried under a very harsh TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, but Spock implies to Burnham that he doesn't hold her at fault for starting the Klingon-Federation War. |
| 217 | * RankUp: Specifically averted; he has yet to be promoted to become the ''Enterprise'''s first officer. |
| 218 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Spock, in one of his rare moments of losing emotional control, absolutely tears Burnham down for trying to shoulder the well-being of his mental health on herself, seeing this as yet another attempt at trying to make herself feel important after she lost her parents. |
| 219 | * {{Revision}}: |
| 220 | ** The series reveals Spock apparently enjoyed drawing as a child, and continued drawing as an adult, something not seen in previous portrayals. |
| 221 | ** More is revealed about Spock's relationship with his father with the added context of Michael Burnham. It wasn't simply a disagreement over Spock's choice to pursue a career in Starfleet that caused their long estrangement, as TOS implied. Sarek chose, [[PoorCommunicationKills without telling anyone]], to give Spock an opportunity to join the Vulcan Science Academy instead of Michael. But Spock wasn't as interested and ultimately declined admission, whereas Michael was crushed at being rejected. Sarek couldn't bring himself to tell the truth and carried the guilt of this mistake for years, his relationship with both of his children suffering as a result. |
| 222 | * SavedByCanon: Spock faces little danger to his well being, since he has a long, storied career ahead of him until he winds up in the Kelvin Timeline. |
| 223 | * 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. He shaves it off when he gets back on the ''Enterprise'' full-time. |
| 224 | * TimeShiftedActor: Played by Ethan Peck, as he is younger than his initial portrayal by Creator/LeonardNimoy in the Original Series. |
| 225 | * 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. |
| 226 | * ThisIsUnforgivable: When Michael was nearly killed by Vulcan Logic Extremists and tried to run away from Sarek's home to protect his family, she told Spock (who was trying to run away with her) 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 later reveals that he finds her savior complex ''incredibly'' selfish, and has refused to reconcile with her on those grounds alone. Eventually, he does forgive her--both after she admits he was right about her self-burdening and after he acknowledges how much hurt she's been through since. |
| 227 | * 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. |
| 228 | * TookALevelInKindness: At least towards Michael. After spending nearly 20 years refusing to forgive her for the things she said to him as a child (not in the least because he thought that she was just trying to make herself feel important), the revelation of what happened to her parents and Burnham's own admission that Spock's criticisms of her were correct led him to forgive her. From then on, he was far more sympathetic to her plights, much more supportive as a brother, and openly encouraging of her (although with that tinge of brotherly sarcasm). |
| 229 | [[/folder]] |
| 230 | |
| 231 | [[folder:Hologram Spock]] |
| 232 | !!Hologram Spock |
| 233 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/LeonardNimoy (archived audio, "Kobayashi") |
| 234 | |
| 235 | A holographic representation of Spock appears as part of the Kobayashi Maru simulation on the holodeck of the ''U.S.S. Protostar''. |
| 236 | |
| 237 | For tropes relating to his appearance there, along with the other holograms, see, ''Characters/StarTrekProdigy''. |
| 238 | [[/folder]] |
| 239 | |
| 240 | [[folder:''Strange New Worlds'']] |
| 241 | !!Spock |
| 242 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spocksnw.png]] |
| 243 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/EthanPeck |
| 244 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'' |
| 245 | |
| 246 | The chief science officer aboard the ''Enterprise'' during the tenure of Captain Christopher Pike. |
| 247 | ---- |
| 248 | * BeYourself: Spock tells T'Pring that this is the reason he enjoys his work at Starfleet so much - on Vulcan he had spent his time proving his Vulcan-ness, and any deviation was seen as proof he did not belong. In Starfleet, he's "quite simply, Spock" to everyone, who accept him as he is and have no preconceived notions about him. |
| 249 | * BerserkButton: |
| 250 | ** While he himself has a mixed attitude to being half-Vulcan and half-human, he utterly loathes any insinuation that this is in any way a hindrance or even "disability" to being Vulcan. In particular because the not-so-veiled insults are all an insult against his mother. |
| 251 | ** On a more humorous note, he gets irked with Sam Kirk not cleaning up his messes during the science department's meetings. When Spock is temporarily turned human, he has to be ''physically restrained'' to keep him from beating the crap out of Sam. |
| 252 | ** His estrangement with his father has always been a touchy subject for him. When T'Pring's mother says that Sarek is actually right to not accept his decisions, Spock, who was temporarily human at the time, had to excuse himself to the restroom and scream in a towel to avoid lashing out at them. |
| 253 | * TheComicallySerious: The show gets much humor out of Spock's constant stoic, deadpan reaction to everything. |
| 254 | * TheConfidant: He's this to Captain Pike, with the captain telling Spock about his vision of the future and his fears over how it will affect him in the present. |
| 255 | * DoomedByCanon: Not him, but his romance to T'Pring, as the audience knows it will fall apart by "Amok Time". By the end of episode 5 of season 2, it's effectively over. |
| 256 | * FantasticRacism: On Vulcan, there were very few who were accepting of him due to his human heritage, and had to constantly prove himself as one of them. Being in Starfleet has allowed him to relax. |
| 257 | * FatalFlaw: Internally, he fears his two sides being at constant war with one another are this, as he has a nightmare of the two halves engaging in a traditional Vulcan duel that his Vulcan side handily wins. |
| 258 | * FreakyFridayFlip: While trying to strengthen his relationship with T'Pring, the two somehow accidentally swap bodies during a Vulcan ritual--and the timing couldn't have been worse, as a group of ambassadors who are prospecting joining the Federation need to speak to him, while T'Pring needs to meet up with a client to discuss rehabilitation. M'Benga is able to undo it. |
| 259 | * HiddenDepths: Spock takes up cooking lessons from Captain Pike during his spare time. |
| 260 | * HumanityEnsues: His Vulcan half is removed during "Charades" when he's injured in a shuttlecraft accident, and a group of advanced aliens who have no idea about his mixed DNA make him fully human (since Nurse Chapel was in that same crash). It makes for terrible timing, since he has to put himself through a very grueling Vulcan marriage ceremony with his [[ObnoxiousInLaws extremely racist future mother-in-law]], and his emotional sensations are through the roof. |
| 261 | * IOweYouMyLife: [[spoiler:He deduces that Captain Pike's recent actions in "A Quality of Mercy" saved his life, though he's not sure how. With this debt of gratitude, Spock repays it by the time of "The Menagerie" by taking the crippled Pike to Talos IV to allow his old Captain to live out his days in peace.]] |
| 262 | * MajorInjuryUnderreaction: When his genetic alterations fade in the pilot, he states in his usual flat tone "Captain I feel unbearable pain", to Pike's confusion. Subverted later as when his alterations finally vanish he curls over and lets out a loud scream. |
| 263 | * MadeOfIron: After Hemmer's funeral, an angry Spock slams his fist into one of the ''Enterprise'''s hulls, yet his fist is none the worse for wear. |
| 264 | * MommasBoy: Despite temporarily losing the Vulcan half of his biology, he is still willing to go through all of the condescending engagement practices performed by his fiance's mother, but when his human side (i.e. his mother's side) is called a "handicap", it is the absolute last straw for Spock. |
| 265 | * MrFanservice: In his first appearance in this show, Spock is shown half-naked, ready to have sex with T'Pring when Pike interrupts him. |
| 266 | -->'''Pike:''' Spock... are you naked? |
| 267 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: |
| 268 | ** In "Children of the Comet", Spock lets out a burst of laughter after he's able to communicate once he's able to move the asteroid off its planet-destroying path. This prompts Pike to ask him if he's okay. |
| 269 | ** In "Spock Amok", while in his betrothed's body, he decks a prospective client of hers because [[FantasticRacism he hates humans]], and was chewing into Spock!T'Pring for bringing Nurse Chapel along for support. Admittedly, T'Pring deems this logical. |
| 270 | ** When facing the Gorn hatchlings in ''All Those Who Wander'', he is forced to release his emotional control for a moment, entering an UnstoppableRage that leaves all those who witness it perturbed. Even hours later at [[spoiler:Hemmer's funeral]] Spock's visibly not shaken off the rage, something Chapel picks up on, and follows him out of concern. |
| 271 | ** Being turned human in "Charades" actually starts to freak out his comrades. He nearly tears Sam Kirk to a pulp for not cleaning up his mess during the science staff meeting, the rest of the senior staff are visibly uncomfortable with him laughing out loud while they socialize in the bar, and Pike's a little disturbed to see Spock [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking binging on bacon.]] |
| 272 | * ParentalIssues: Not on speaking terms with his father, Sarek, due to his decision to join Starfleet rather than the Vulcan Science Academy. |
| 273 | * PersonaNonGrata: [[spoiler:His half-brother Sybok is currently serving a sentence in a rehabilitation colony for rejecting traditional Vulcan teachings, setting the stage for when [[Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier he emerges in search of God himself.]]]] In true Spock tradition, he doesn't talk about him until the situation becomes relevant. |
| 274 | * SavedByCanon: In "A Quality of Mercy", Pike tries to warn the cadets of the fate that awaits them in the training accident when he meets one of the two he didn't save. [[spoiler:A future version of Pike appears and shows his younger self that if he does that, the events of "Balance of Terror" play out with the Federation once again at war with the Romulans, and Spock being subjected to the same fate meant for Pike. As a consequence, Spock's work to reunify Vulcan and Romulus never happens, and millions die. Not wanting to trade Spock's life for his own, the Vulcan is spared from a gruesome future...largely because his death comes [[Film/StarTrekBeyond in another timeline]], while his mission [[Series/StarTrekDiscovery will succeed by the 32nd Century]].]] |
| 275 | * ShipSinking: [[spoiler:Spock ends up attempting a relationship with Chapel, but the relationship barely gets off the ground before Chapel's hoped for fellowship trip and a musical reality attaching itself to the ''Enterprise'' crashes it]]. |
| 276 | * TheSpock: He's slowly growing into the TropeNamer he will become by Kirk's time. Though he does have some trouble reining in his emotions, Spock is still the most logically minded of the ''Enterprise'' crew. [[spoiler:An alternate version of him in "A Quality of Mercy" has fully embraced this, though [[AndIMustScream he sadly doesn't get to experience things like his Prime self would.]] Ultimately, a combination of [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks Boimler's]] big mouth and Chapel's very public dumping pushes him into this angle.]] |
| 277 | * UnstoppableRage: Displays this when fighting the Gorn hatchling and letting go of his emotions. Unfortunately, Spock can't easily rein it back in once he's done, at least till Chapel gives him a CooldownHug. |
| 278 | * RankUp: Spock, a Lieutenant in his last appearance in ''Star Trek Discovery,'' has been promoted to Lieutenant Commander as of the first episode of ''Strange New Worlds.'' He will hold this rank for the rest of the series, before being promoted to full Commander early in the first season of TOS. |
| 279 | * YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Gives a speech to Pike about the knowledge of his death, telling him that such knowledge will allow him to be a better captain in the time he has left. |
| 280 | [[/folder]] |
| 281 | |
| 282 | !!Novelverse Spock |
| 283 | |
| 284 | [[folder:Novelverse]] |
| 285 | |
| 286 | * AllTheOtherReindeer: After he becomes more openly emotional in ''Ex Machina'', other Vulcans start treating him like he's some sort of disgusting freak. One officer even requests a transfer rather than be on the same ''ship'' as him. Spock, meanwhile, points out how very ''emotional'' they're being. |
| 287 | * CharacterDevelopment: |
| 288 | ** "Forgotten History" shows him in the transitory state between the original series and where he is during ''The Motion Picture'', deciding it's maybe time to really get around to finishing the Kohlinar. |
| 289 | ** "Ex Machina" is all about Spock coming to terms with the events of ''The Motion Picture'', and becoming who we see in ''Wrath of Khan'', reconciling logic and emotion (and hopefully, without going off his nut like Sybok). |
| 290 | * CoitusEnsues: To solve the issue of him and an alternate T'Pring being connected to one another, which lasts for several days. Her commander, a Vulcan, recognizes what's going on and covers for them. |
| 291 | * ContrastingReplacementCharacter: An interesting way around in ''The Captain's Oath'', with Kirk's previous XO, who is an Andorian, and every bit as boisterous as that suggests. Kirk starts to become the Kirk of the show thanks to contrasting against Spock's sheer Spockness. (Though funnily enough, the two actually get along perfectly fine, being very similar in a lot of ways.) |
| 292 | * DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment: Apparently the Vulcan psychic link applies even with alternate versions of a person, so Spock finds himself having to deal with a very baffled alternate T'Pring wondering why the hell she's suddenly going into pon-farr around him. |
| 293 | * ExactWords: Technically speaking, he and T'Pring ''are'' working on a way to facilitate communication and improve their efficiency. Together. Alone. For several days. |
| 294 | * ItRunsInTheFamily: The ''Enterprise'' relaunch novels have appearances from Spock's Vulcan great-grandfather and great-grandmother, and he quite clearly gets several traits from them. |
| 295 | * LoopholeAbuse: The Prime Directive applies to alternate universes too. Of course, Spock isn't interfering. He just ''happens'' to show the T'Pring of an alternate universe his copy of the Kishara, and just ''happens'' to tell her where Archer found it in his timeline. Hardly his fault if she goes looking for the one in her universe and ''happens'' to find it, is it? |
| 296 | * MomentKiller: "The Captain's Oath" shows the moment Kirk first sees the ''Enterprise'' bridge. Spock, ever the wet blanket, proceeds to ruin it. This is how they first meet. |
| 297 | * NotQuiteTheRightThing: His reasoning for taking the Kohlinar? After all the times he lost control of his emotions during the last five years, he figured maybe it was best he do something about that, lest he hurt his friends (aww). Unfortunately, he chose to leave with the most perfunctory of goodbyes when Kirk had just been in an extremely public court martial and could've maybe used some ''support''. |
| 298 | * NotSoAboveItAll: As a sign of his development, at the climax of "Ex Machina" he zaps the BigBad, and takes a moment to make a private in-reference while doing it, plainly for his own amusement (since the guy he's zapping won't get it). |
| 299 | * PsychicLink: At the start of "Ex Machina", he's still got a connection with V'Ger, which is beginning to fade as it goes higher up in the cosmos. [[spoiler:But they're still connected enough for it to assist him at the climax.]] |
| 300 | * SayingTooMuch: During a conversation with Bones, he comes within a hair's breadth of mentioning Sybok, but then clams up. |
| 301 | * TraumaButton: Of course, being a Vulcan, he won't let it show, but [=McCoy=] notes the antagonism from other Vulcans is going to hit close to home for someone who was bullied as a child. |
| 302 | |
| 303 | [[/folder]] |
| 304 | |
| 305 | !!Kelvin Timeline |
| 306 | [[folder:Spock]] |
| 307 | !!Commander Spock |
| 308 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/SpockAlternate_7651.JPG]] |
| 309 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Whatever our lives might have been, if the time continuum was disrupted, our destinies have changed."'']] |
| 310 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/ZacharyQuinto |
| 311 | !!!'''Dubbed in French by:''' Creator/AdrienAntoine |
| 312 | !!!'''Dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese by:''' Creator/GuilhermeBriggs |
| 313 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Star Trek|2009}}'' | ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' | ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'' |
| 314 | |
| 315 | 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. |
| 316 | ---- |
| 317 | * AdaptationalPersonalityChange: This Spock's emotions tend to be a bit closer to the surface than the original. |
| 318 | * AdorablyPrecociousChild: {{Justified|Trope}}. He was raised since birth to control his emotions, so he was surprisingly mature as a child. |
| 319 | * 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. |
| 320 | * BadassAdorable[=/=]PintSizedPowerhouse: Lil' Spock. Beats up a teenager twice his size for calling his mother a "human whore". |
| 321 | * BadassBookworm: The single biggest example after John Harrison and a brilliant science officer to boot. |
| 322 | * BadassTeacher: An instructor of Starfleet before joining the ''Enterprise''. |
| 323 | * 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.]] |
| 324 | * BigOlEyebrows: Creator/ZacharyQuinto's trademark huge eyebrows are shaved down, but are still pretty big in comparison to Spock Prime. |
| 325 | * 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. |
| 326 | * BrainyBrunette: One of the most intelligent beings in the franchise. |
| 327 | * CharacterDevelopment: |
| 328 | ** The first movie has Spock learn to embrace [[ChildOfTwoWorlds his human and Vulcan heritage]]. |
| 329 | ** 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. |
| 330 | ** 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. |
| 331 | * ChildOfTwoWorlds: Of humans and Vuclans, which is lampshaded by his father. |
| 332 | * CommandingCoolness: His rank in Starfleet is Commander. |
| 333 | * 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. |
| 334 | * CrazyJealousGuy: Or at least that's what Bones thinks when Spock says he gave Uhura an easily-trackable Vokaya amulet. |
| 335 | -->'''Spock:''' Lt. Uhura wears a Vokaya amulet which I presented to her as a token of my affection and respect.\ |
| 336 | '''[=McCoy=]:''' ...You gave your girlfriend radioactive jewelry?\ |
| 337 | '''Spock:''' Its emission is harmless, Doctor, but its unique signature makes it very easy to identify.\ |
| 338 | '''[=McCoy=]:''' ...You gave your girlfriend a tracking device?\ |
| 339 | ''[{{Beat}}, as everyone gives Spock an uncomfortable look]''\ |
| 340 | '''Spock:''' ...[[NotWhatItLooksLike That was not my intention.]] |
| 341 | * DeadpanSnarker: Any humor he has is more of the subdued variety. |
| 342 | -->'''[=McCoy=]''': ''[after Spock has Kirk marooned]'' My God, man, you can at least ''act'' like it was a hard decision!\ |
| 343 | '''Spock''': If crew morale can be better served by my roaming the halls weeping, then I will gladly defer to your medical expertise. |
| 344 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: After Kirk out-gambits him into resigning his command of the ''Enterprise'', the two begin to develop a friendship. |
| 345 | * {{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. |
| 346 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: The films not only focus on Kirk's maturity as a Captain, but also Spock's emotional development. |
| 347 | * 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. |
| 348 | * 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. |
| 349 | * ExactWords: Uses these to devastating effect against [[spoiler: Khan]]. |
| 350 | * FantasticRacism: A victim of this from his fellow Vulcans, owing to his human heritage. |
| 351 | * FascinatingEyebrow: Naturally, as this is a portrayal of the trope codifier. |
| 352 | * 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]]. |
| 353 | * FireForgedFriends: He and Jim had to be this first, though. |
| 354 | * FirstNameBasis: with both Kirk and Uhura. Once in ''Beyond'' with [=McCoy=]. |
| 355 | * FreudianTrio: The stoic, logical superego to Kirk's id and [=McCoy=]'s ego. |
| 356 | * 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! |
| 357 | * 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. |
| 358 | * GeniusBruiser: A brilliant science officer, and he can quite easily beat the snot out of you if you manage to piss him off. |
| 359 | * 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]]. |
| 360 | * HalfHumanHybrid: His mother was Amanda Grayson (human) and his father is Sarek (Vulcan). |
| 361 | * 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. |
| 362 | * 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. |
| 363 | * ImplacableMan: [[spoiler:While running down Khan in the finale of ''Into Darkness''.]] |
| 364 | * InterspeciesRomance: He (half-human, half-Vulcan) and Uhura (human). And he was a product of one. |
| 365 | * 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. |
| 366 | * 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. |
| 367 | * 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. |
| 368 | * ManlyTears: When he finds [[spoiler:Kirk dying from the radiation, though he got better]]. |
| 369 | * MilitaryMaverick: [[spoiler: He joined Starfleet after learning that the Vulcan elders of the Vulcan Science Academy thought his mixed parentage a disability]]. |
| 370 | * 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. |
| 371 | * MommasBoy: He had a close relationship with his mother. [[spoiler: Making her death even harder.]] |
| 372 | * MyFutureSelfAndMe: When interacting with Spock Prime, his OlderAndWiser counterpart from the Prime timeline. |
| 373 | * NerdActionHero: Has the smarts and the brawn. |
| 374 | * NiceGuy: In the sequels. While he's usually aloof and stoic, Spock is still an amicable fellow. |
| 375 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: |
| 376 | ** 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. |
| 377 | ** 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]]. |
| 378 | ** [[spoiler:To Khan at the end of the sequel, though he needs a phaser-wielding Uhura to slow Khan down first.]] |
| 379 | * 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]]. |
| 380 | ** This is only the second time in the character's screen history where unprovoked emotion has ever overcome his logic. |
| 381 | * NumberTwo: Second in command on the ''Enterprise''. |
| 382 | * 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".) |
| 383 | * 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'". |
| 384 | ** The novelization mentioned that his tone suggested [[FlippingTheBird a distinctly human digital gesture the Vulcans wouldn't recognize]]. |
| 385 | * RedOniBlueOni: The logical, task-orientated Blue Oni to Kirk's brash, rule-breaking Red Oni. |
| 386 | * 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. |
| 387 | * 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]]. |
| 388 | * 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. |
| 389 | * SarcasticDevotee: Loyal to Kirk, though also quite willing to snark at him at every turn. |
| 390 | -->'''Spock:''' I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it. |
| 391 | * SayMyName: Spock gets his moment in ''Into Darkness'', as a loving ShoutOut to a [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan certain other movie]]. |
| 392 | -->''[[spoiler:"KHAAAAAAAAAAN!"]]'' |
| 393 | * 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. |
| 394 | * 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. |
| 395 | * TheSmartGuy: He offers logical choices to Kirk and has been known to be very brilliant, as well as being a nerd and speaking SesquipedalianLoquaciousness. This makes him stand out as ''the'' smart guy on a team of doctors, engineers, and other highly intelligent officers. |
| 396 | * TheSpock: Well, he is the TropeNamer in a way, as the reboot continuity and the original exist in the same universe. |
| 397 | * TheStoic: Adheres to logic and the suppression of emotions. |
| 398 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: Stoic to all but his mother, Uhura and, later, Kirk. |
| 399 | * 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. |
| 400 | * StudentTeacherRomance: He was Uhura's Advanced Phonology instructor before they became an item. |
| 401 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: Has black hair, is tall, and known to be handsome by his fanbase. |
| 402 | * TallDarkAndSnarky: Plus, he has the snark that comes up from time to time. |
| 403 | * {{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. |
| 404 | * 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. |
| 405 | * 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]]. |
| 406 | * 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.]] |
| 407 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Just like the Prime timeline, him and [=McCoy=]. In ''Beyond'' he's honestly baffled that [=McCoy=] ever thought they weren't friends. |
| 408 | * WellDoneSonGuy: This is how Spock behaves towards his father. |
| 409 | [[/folder]] |
| 410 | [[folder:Spock Prime '''(Spoilers)''']] |
| 411 | !!Spock Prime |
| 412 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TropeSpockPrime_3849.jpg]] |
| 413 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Live long and prosper."'']] |
| 414 | !!!'''Played by:''' Creator/LeonardNimoy |
| 415 | !!!'''Dubbed in French by:''' Creator/MarcCassot |
| 416 | !!!'''Dubbed in Brazilian Portuguese by:''' Jomeri Pozzoli |
| 417 | !!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Star Trek|2009}}'' | ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' |
| 418 | |
| 419 | 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. |
| 420 | ---- |
| 421 | * {{Ambadassador}}: Still referred to as "Ambassador Spock" by the ship he designed. |
| 422 | * 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.]] |
| 423 | * BigDamnHeroes: Saving Kirk from an enormous monster that was seconds away from devouring him. |
| 424 | * CharacterDeath: Passes away of old age shortly prior to ''Star Trek Beyond''. He was 161. |
| 425 | * CoolOldGuy: He flew a starship into a supernova ''and'' managed to ensure that the young Kirk and Spock would become friends. |
| 426 | * DareToBeBadass: He pushes Kirk into taking command of the ''Enterprise'' so that he can stop Nero's rampage. |
| 427 | * 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. |
| 428 | * 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. |
| 429 | * 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.]] |
| 430 | * HypocrisyNod: He acknowledges that his ordinary farewell, "live long and prosper", would be rather self-serving when told to his younger counterpart. |
| 431 | * 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]]. |
| 432 | * TheMentor: He acts as a wise old mentor to both Kirk and the younger Spock. |
| 433 | * 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. |
| 434 | --> '''Spock''': You lied.\ |
| 435 | '''Spock Prime''': Oooh, I... I implied. |
| 436 | * MyFutureSelfAndMe: When interacting with his younger counterpart. |
| 437 | * 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". |
| 438 | --> '''Spock Prime:''' Billions of lives lost, because of ''me'', Jim. Because I failed. |
| 439 | * NiceGuy: All those years of embracing emotion have really done him well. |
| 440 | * 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. |
| 441 | * 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]]'').]] |
| 442 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Moreso than Pike in a couple aspects. See ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight. |
| 443 | * 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]]. |
| 444 | * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: |
| 445 | ** [[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]]. |
| 446 | ** This is also his reasoning in supplementary material as to why he helped the Romulans out in the first place, as Vulcan was uninterested in aiding them, and why he promptly (to the best of his abilities, [[MyGreatestFailure sadly]]) left to help Romulus of his own accord instead. |
| 447 | * 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]]. |
| 448 | * SubvertedCatchphrase: Invoked when saying farewell to his younger counterpart, complete with lampshade hanging. |
| 449 | --> '''Spock Prime''': Since my customary farewell would appear oddly [[CoolOldGuy self-serving]], I shall simply say...good luck. |
| 450 | [[/folder]] |
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