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* ForWantOfANail: Spock comes back through the Guardian a couple of steps behind Kirk and Erickson, and thus erases himself from history.



* IncitingIncident: Spock comes back through the Guardian a couple of steps behind Kirk and Erickson, and thus erases himself from history.



%%* PortalToThePast: The Guardian of Forever.

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%%* * PortalToThePast: The Guardian of Forever.Forever is used to do historical research, but things go awry, setting up the main plot.



%%* RiteOfPassage: The Vulcan's ''kahs-wan''.
%%* SequelEpisode: To "The City on the Edge of Forever" and "Journey to Babel".%%How?

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%%* * RiteOfPassage: We learn of another Vulcan ritual, this time the ''kahs-wan'', a survival test of adulthood for Vulcan youth. The basis for the kahs-wan was to survive ten days without food, water, or weapons in Vulcan's ''kahs-wan''.
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SequelEpisode: To "The The episode brings back the Guardian of Forever from "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever The City on the Edge of Forever" Forever]]", which causes time to change, and "Journey allows Spock to Babel".%%How?restore the timeline. It also follows up on elements of Spock's childhood referred to by his mother, Amanda in "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E10JourneyToBabel Journey to Babel]]".
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* OneLinerNameOneLiner: The last line of the episode.
-->'''Spock''': "Times change, doctor. Times change."
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* ForWantOfANail: Spock comes back through the Guardian a couple of steps behind Kirk and [=McCoy=], and thus erases himself from history.

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* ForWantOfANail: Spock comes back through the Guardian a couple of steps behind Kirk and [=McCoy=], Erickson, and thus erases himself from history.



* RetGone: Spock in this episode -- rather he did exist, but died in childhood.

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* RetGone: Spock in this episode -- rather he did exist, exist but died in childhood.



* ShootTheDog: I-Chaya is stung by a venomous animal. The vet gives young Spock the option of saving him but forcing him to live with constant pain, or euthanizing him. Spock chooses the latter.

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* ShootTheDog: I-Chaya is stung by a venomous animal. The vet gives young Spock the option of saving him but forcing him to live with constant pain, pain or euthanizing him. Spock chooses the latter.
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* PortalToThePast: The Guardian Of Forever.
* RetGone: Spock in this episode--rather he did exist, but died in childhood.

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* %%* PortalToThePast: The Guardian Of of Forever.
* RetGone: Spock in this episode--rather episode -- rather he did exist, but died in childhood.



* StableTimeLoop: Spock mentions the "cousin" who helped him survive the desert. There is a difference, however--in his present memories, his pet sehlat did not die.

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* StableTimeLoop: Spock mentions the "cousin" who helped him survive the desert. There is a difference, however--in however -- in his present memories, his pet sehlat did not die.
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While investigating the past through the Guardian Of Forever, Spock's past is accidentally changed so that he no longer exists as the ''Enterprise'''s first officer, and now he must go back to his own past to fix whatever happened in the past that changed everything.

Written by Original Series veteran D.C. Fontana, "Yesteryear" is notable for being the one episode of the Animated Series that Gene Roddenberry is [[ApprovalOfGod said to have considered canon.]]

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While investigating the past through the Guardian Of of Forever, Spock's past is accidentally changed so that he no longer exists as the ''Enterprise'''s first officer, and now he must go back to his own past to fix whatever happened in the past that changed everything.

Written by Original Series veteran D.C. Fontana, "Yesteryear" is notable for being the one episode of the Animated Series that Gene Roddenberry is [[ApprovalOfGod said to have considered canon.]]canon]].

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* FourFingeredHands: Spock in a blooper.

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* %%* FourFingeredHands: Spock in a blooper.



* RiteOfPassage: The Vulcan's ''kahs-wan''.
* SequelEpisode: To "The City On The Edge Of Forever" and "Journey To Babel."

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* %%* RiteOfPassage: The Vulcan's ''kahs-wan''.
* %%* SequelEpisode: To "The City On The on the Edge Of of Forever" and "Journey To Babel."to Babel".%%How?



* TheTimeTravellersDilemma: We certainly hope Thelin the Andorian got a comparably good job in the rewritten timeline. At least he accepted his fate bravely, and Spock wished him a long and prosperous life in whatever circumstances he would be placed in. (Like most Trek time travel, it's unclear whether or not the version of him serving aboard Kirk's ''Enterprise'' got to keep doing that in a divergent timeline.)

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* TheTimeTravellersDilemma: We certainly hope Thelin the Andorian got a comparably good job in the rewritten timeline. At least he accepted his fate bravely, and Spock wished him a long and prosperous life in whatever circumstances he would be placed in. (Like most Trek ''Trek'' time travel, it's unclear whether or not the version of him serving aboard Kirk's ''Enterprise'' got to keep doing that in a divergent timeline.))
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* AnAesop: A very blatant one in favor of animal euthanasia, outright stating that it is "logical" to end a wounded animal's suffering rather than sustain its life only for it to live in agony. Fontana commented that it was her proudest moment in the making of TAS... and the one that met with the most controversy from viewers.
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* TheTimeTravellersDilemma: We certainly hope Thelin the Andorian got a comparably good job in the rewritten timeline. At least he accepts his fate bravely and Spock wished him a long and prosperous life in whatever circumstances he would be placed in. (Like most Trek time travel, it's unclear whether or not the version of him serving aboard Kirk's ''Enterprise'' got to keep doing that in a divergent timeline.)

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* TheTimeTravellersDilemma: We certainly hope Thelin the Andorian got a comparably good job in the rewritten timeline. At least he accepts accepted his fate bravely bravely, and Spock wished him a long and prosperous life in whatever circumstances he would be placed in. (Like most Trek time travel, it's unclear whether or not the version of him serving aboard Kirk's ''Enterprise'' got to keep doing that in a divergent timeline.)
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* TheTimeTravellersDilemma: We certainly hope Thelin the Andorian got a comparably good job in the rewritten timeline. At least he accepts his fate bravely and Spock wished him a long and prosperous life in whatever circumstances he would be placed in. (Like most Trek time travel, it's unclear whether or not he got to stick around in a divergent timeline.)

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* TheTimeTravellersDilemma: We certainly hope Thelin the Andorian got a comparably good job in the rewritten timeline. At least he accepts his fate bravely and Spock wished him a long and prosperous life in whatever circumstances he would be placed in. (Like most Trek time travel, it's unclear whether or not he the version of him serving aboard Kirk's ''Enterprise'' got to stick around keep doing that in a divergent timeline.)

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I removed the second example under the Time Traveller’s Dilemma. This dealt with Spock not disguising himself when meeting his parents and the possibility that his parents should remember meeting him. It’s not clear to me how this relates to the trope. While it could be a head scratcher that his parents don’t recognise him (though I personally think it’s reasonably unlikely that his parents would remember his face well enough for there to be problems, just as Spock couldn’t remember what his “cousin” he’d only met briefly decades ago looked like well enough to realise it’d been him), the example doesn’t explain how that relates to the Time Traveller’s Dilemma trope which deals with the possible negative consequences of changing history. Possibly one could argue that his parents could remember him which could result in a change to history and that that could have unexpected negative consequences, but how that would happen and what those consequence could be isn’t clear.


* TheTimeTravellersDilemma:
** We certainly hope Thelin the Andorian got a comparably good job in the rewritten timeline. At least he accepts his fate bravely and Spock wished him a long and prosperous life in whatever circumstances he would be placed in. (Like most Trek time travel, it's unclear whether or not he got to stick around in a divergent timeline.)
** Spock posed as a distant relative when interacting with Sarek and Amanda from the past. Yet he didn't bother to disguise his appearance or voice. Shouldn't his parents remember this man and recall his exact resemblance to their now adult son? Possibly not, if there is a consistency to how the Guardian works. In ''City On The Edge Of Forever'', the Guardian assured that if the proper timeline was restored, "it will be as though none of you had gone".

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* TheTimeTravellersDilemma:
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TheTimeTravellersDilemma: We certainly hope Thelin the Andorian got a comparably good job in the rewritten timeline. At least he accepts his fate bravely and Spock wished him a long and prosperous life in whatever circumstances he would be placed in. (Like most Trek time travel, it's unclear whether or not he got to stick around in a divergent timeline.)
** Spock posed as a distant relative when interacting with Sarek and Amanda from the past. Yet he didn't bother to disguise his appearance or voice. Shouldn't his parents remember this man and recall his exact resemblance to their now adult son? Possibly not, if there is a consistency to how the Guardian works. In ''City On The Edge Of Forever'', the Guardian assured that if the proper timeline was restored, "it will be as though none of you had gone".
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* StockSoundEffect: The le-matya's sounds are the iconic roar of Franchise/{{Godzilla}}. It's rather amusing that his roar was used here, but Toho wouldn't let Hanna-Barbera use it in [[WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour their own Godzilla series a few years later]].
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* SequelEpisode: To "The City On The Edge Of Forever".

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* SequelEpisode: To "The City On The Edge Of Forever".Forever" and "Journey To Babel."
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Written by Original Series veteran D.C. Fontana, "Yesteryear" is notable for being the one episode of the Animated Series that Gene Roddenberry was said to have considered canon.

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Written by Original Series veteran D.C. Fontana, "Yesteryear" is notable for being the one episode of the Animated Series that Gene Roddenberry was is [[ApprovalOfGod said to have considered canon.]]
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Written by Original Series veteran D.C. Fontana, "Yesteryear" is notable for being the one episode of the Animated Series that Gene Roddenberry was said to have considered canon.

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Moving to Trivia.


* RoleReprisal: Mark Lenard as Sarek.



** We certainly hope Thelen the Andorian got a comparably good job in the rewritten timeline. At least he accepts his fate bravely and Spock wished him a long and prosperous life in whatever circumstances he would be placed in. (Like most Trek time travel, it's unclear whether or not he got to stick around in a divergent timeline.)

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** We certainly hope Thelen Thelin the Andorian got a comparably good job in the rewritten timeline. At least he accepts his fate bravely and Spock wished him a long and prosperous life in whatever circumstances he would be placed in. (Like most Trek time travel, it's unclear whether or not he got to stick around in a divergent timeline.)
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Shhhh, young me, don't try to make sense of all this."]]

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* ForWantOfANail

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* ForWantOfANailForWantOfANail: Spock comes back through the Guardian a couple of steps behind Kirk and [=McCoy=], and thus erases himself from history.



* GrandfatherParadox: Spock in this episode.

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* GrandfatherParadox: Spock in this episode.episode saves his own life.



* MyFutureSelfAndMe
* NeverSayDie: Actually averted.

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* MyFutureSelfAndMe
MyFutureSelfAndMe: Spock guides his seven-year-old self through a dangerous Vulcan rite of passage.
* NeverSayDie: Actually averted. The computer explicitly states that Sarek's son died in childhood, and D.C. Fontana included the aspect of putting I-Chaya to sleep specifically to teach children that pets die and it's best to let them pass with dignity.



* RetGone: Spock in this episode.

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* RetGone: Spock in this episode.episode--rather he did exist, but died in childhood.



* StableTimeLoop
* TemporalParadox
* TheTimeTravellersDilemma: We certainly hope Thelen the Andorian got a comparably good job in the rewritten timeline. At least he accepts his fate bravely and Spock wished him a long and prosperous life in whatever circumstances he would be placed in. (Like most Trek time travel, it's unclear whether or not he got to stick around in a divergent timeline.)

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* StableTimeLoop
ShootTheDog: I-Chaya is stung by a venomous animal. The vet gives young Spock the option of saving him but forcing him to live with constant pain, or euthanizing him. Spock chooses the latter.
* TemporalParadox
StableTimeLoop: Spock mentions the "cousin" who helped him survive the desert. There is a difference, however--in his present memories, his pet sehlat did not die.
* TheTimeTravellersDilemma: TemporalParadox: If Spock hadn't survived to adulthood, he couldn't have protected his younger self from an early death.
* TheTimeTravellersDilemma:
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We certainly hope Thelen the Andorian got a comparably good job in the rewritten timeline. At least he accepts his fate bravely and Spock wished him a long and prosperous life in whatever circumstances he would be placed in. (Like most Trek time travel, it's unclear whether or not he got to stick around in a divergent timeline.)
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** Spock posed as a distant relative when interacting with Sarek and Amanda from the past. Yet he didn't bother to disguise his appearance or voice. Shouldn't his parents remember this man and his resemblance to their now adult son? Possibly not, if there is a consistency to how the Guardian works. In ''City On The Edge Of Forever'', the Guardian assured that if the proper timeline was restored, "it will be as though none of you had gone".

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** Spock posed as a distant relative when interacting with Sarek and Amanda from the past. Yet he didn't bother to disguise his appearance or voice. Shouldn't his parents remember this man and recall his exact resemblance to their now adult son? Possibly not, if there is a consistency to how the Guardian works. In ''City On The Edge Of Forever'', the Guardian assured that if the proper timeline was restored, "it will be as though none of you had gone".
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* TheTimeTravellersDilemma: We certainly hope Thelen the Andorian got a comparably good job in the rewritten timeline. At least he accepts his fate bravely and Spock wished him a long and prosperous life in whatever circumstances he would be placed in. (Like most Trek time travel, it's unclear whether or not he got to stick around in a divergent timeline.)

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* TheTimeTravellersDilemma: We certainly hope Thelen the Andorian got a comparably good job in the rewritten timeline. At least he accepts his fate bravely and Spock wished him a long and prosperous life in whatever circumstances he would be placed in. (Like most Trek time travel, it's unclear whether or not he got to stick around in a divergent timeline.))
** Spock posed as a distant relative when interacting with Sarek and Amanda from the past. Yet he didn't bother to disguise his appearance or voice. Shouldn't his parents remember this man and his resemblance to their now adult son? Possibly not, if there is a consistency to how the Guardian works. In ''City On The Edge Of Forever'', the Guardian assured that if the proper timeline was restored, "it will be as though none of you had gone".
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* ContinuitySnarl: Either the animator did not get the memo that Vulcan has no moon, or he just plain ignored it.

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* KidsAreCruel: We get our first glimpse at Spock's childhood in this episode... and it's not pretty.


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* KidsAreCruel: We get our first glimpse at Spock's childhood in this episode... and it's not pretty.
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* TheTimeTravellersDilemma: Thelen the Andorian, who appears in the altered timeline, accepts his erasure from the restored timeline with grace.

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* TheTimeTravellersDilemma: We certainly hope Thelen the Andorian, who appears Andorian got a comparably good job in the altered timeline, rewritten timeline. At least he accepts his erasure from the restored timeline with grace.fate bravely and Spock wished him a long and prosperous life in whatever circumstances he would be placed in. (Like most Trek time travel, it's unclear whether or not he got to stick around in a divergent timeline.)
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* TheTimeTravellersDilemma: Thelen the Andorian.

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* TheTimeTravellersDilemma: Thelen the Andorian.Andorian, who appears in the altered timeline, accepts his erasure from the restored timeline with grace.
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While investigating the past through the Guardian Of Forever, Spock's past is accidentally changed so that he no longer exists as the ''Enterprise'''s first officer, and now he must go back to his own past to fix whatever happened in the past that changed everything.
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* KidsAreCruel: We get our first glimpse at Spock's childhood in this episode... and it's not pretty.
* ForWantOfANail
* FourFingeredHands: Spock in a blooper.
* FriendlessBackground: This episode lets us see Spock having this. His agemates torment him endlessly for being "a Terran" and Sarek, who expects his son to act like a Vulcan, is disappointed by Spock reacting to their teasing.
* GrandfatherParadox: Spock in this episode.
* MyFutureSelfAndMe
* NeverSayDie: Actually averted.
* PortalToThePast: The Guardian Of Forever.
* RetGone: Spock in this episode.
* RippleEffectProofMemory: Only Spock and Kirk remember the original timeline.
* RiteOfPassage: The Vulcan's ''kahs-wan''.
* RoleReprisal: Mark Lenard as Sarek.
* SequelEpisode: To "The City On The Edge Of Forever".
* StableTimeLoop
* TemporalParadox
* TheTimeTravellersDilemma: Thelen the Andorian.

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