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Sci-fi films and TV shows have created plenty of memorable characters over the years that remain popular to this day. But one of the most famous ones, beloved by thousands of fans, is Mr. Spock who served alongside Captain Kirk on the starship Enterprise. First portrayed by Leonard Nimoy, Spock is an extremely intelligent half-alien, half-human being whose logical skills get the crew out of trouble on more than one occasion.

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In the end, though, Spock also has a great sense of humor - one that many people might not notice if they don't know him well. Thanks to his charisma and intelligence, many fans have made memes about Spock that will resonate with everyone who likes Spock and what he stands for.

Updated April 11, 2022, by Kath Leroy: With Star Trek 's continuing popularity thanks to new shows such as Star Trek: Picard or Star Trek: Prodigy, the fans like to return to the old series and movies as well. And almost no other character is as iconic as Mr. Spock, the half-Vulcan half-human first officer and science officer.

Played by Leonard Nimoy, Zachary Quinto and most lately Ethan Peck, Spock continues to fascinate the audience thanks to his logical behavior, emotional core, intelligence, charm, and, of course, the complex relationships between him and his fellow crewmembers. As a result, it's no wonder that Spock's fans continue to make memes about the beloved character even though it's been well over 50 years since Spock first appeared on TV.

15 Spock Cries In Math

No matter what the circumstances are, Spock tends to think logically and relies on science and math. So much so that when the crew is affected by a virus and can't control their emotions and behavior, Spock even sobs mathematically.

The best thing about this meme is that it was created by accident, presumably thanks to the automatic English captions on YouTube which aren't always accurate but are often a lot of fun.

14 Kirk Doesn't Approve

Spock and Kirk were close friends, and some Star Trek fans believe they were something more. Whatever the case, if they decided to celebrate their 50th anniversary together, it's not such a stretch to imagine that Spock might indeed offer to cook... and Kirk would be less than thrilled about it.

Just like multiple things Vulcan, the Vulcan cuisine is also an acquired taste, and it takes some time for humans to get used to it. The most likely scenario in this case is that Kirk will try to eat a burger in secrecy somewhere!

13 The Fabulous Spock

Vulcans, and Spock by extension, aren't usually interested in their physical appearance and whether others consider them beautiful or attractive. That being said, Spock had a special knack for looking fabulous even in the middle of missions, and even when he didn't wear such a decoration as he did in this meme.

Of the main character in Star Trek : The Original Series , Kirk was the womanizer, but Spock also won multiple hearts over the course of the series, albeit not as many as his Captain.

12 The Usefulness Of The Guys In Red

One of the things that people wondered about when it came to the original Star Trek series was why Kirk and Spock kept beaming down on unexplored and potentially dangerous planets and missions when they had a ship full of people who could go instead. Well, as this meme answers, it was because they had a security buffer in the form of the red shirts.

The high mortality among the red shirts has long since become an ongoing joke, suggesting that wearing a red shirt on the Enterprise is equal to a death sentence. And even though Spock normally doesn't spend time thinking about such things, even the logical Vulcan would no doubt agree with this assessment.

11 The Curious Scientist

One thing that makes Spock unique is his scientific curiosity. Even so, Spock's curiosity has limits. It's hard to imagine Spock killing a random red shirt just to figure out what it's all about. On the other hand, he could certainly try his famous neck nerve pinch on a red shirt because as all Star Trek fans will know, the neck nerve pinch isn't fatal.

Spock had repeatedly used his against others, even his fellow crew members, such as Mr. Sulu when he threatened the crew with his sword in yet another normal day on the star ship Enterprise.

10 Health Issues

Even though he's the first officer, one of the most important people on the ship, Spock still goes on dangerous missions with his Captain . And he probably welcomes the chance to be as far away from his station as possible.

The station's design is far from clever since it forces Spock to bend his back regularly which can't be healthy for his spine and neck. It's true he's a half-Vulcan, but even they have to draw the line somewhere. In other words - finally, give the man some chair!

9 Perfect Control

Spock, as well as the rest of his race, keeps good control of his emotions. That doesn't mean he doesn't have any feelings - he just mostly keeps them under wraps.

Yet somehow, when Spock breaks, he's even more intense in expressing what he feels than any of his human crew-members. And it doesn't matter how much he tries to pretend he's got it under control.

8 An Alien In An Alien City

In the fourth Star Trek film, Star Trek: The Voyage Home (1986), the crew goes back in time to the 80s to save whales and bring them back into the future. They end up in San Francisco and Kirk and Spock go on their merry way, completely unaware of the current customs.

Yet, somehow they manage not to get arrested and don't even draw too much attention to themselves - even though they act like aliens and also look a bit like ones.

7 Animal Magnet

Even though his people aren't very warm and welcoming, Spock still ends up being an animal magnet in the show. The tribbles who threaten to overflow the Enterprise react positively to his presence - even though they hate Klingons.

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And there's also the case of this cat who let Spock pet it , and looked perfectly satisfied. Perhaps animals can somehow sense that Vulcans condone violence and that Spock would never hurt them, so they trust him.

6 Not The Best Moment

Star Trek: The Original Series has plenty of amazing episodes that stood the test of time - and then there are some not so great. Especially the scripts in the third season sometimes left a lot to be desired. One example is the episode Spock's Brain in which a group of aliens steals Spock's brain.

And the Enterprise has to get it back before Spock dies. There's something wrong with it on many levels but let's just say the aliens' problems could be solved without stealing any body parts.

5 Spock Knows Best

In his work on the Enterprise, Spock has to deal with many humans. And not all of them are as smart as him - or as logical, at least . That leads to multiple situations where Spock has to explain seemingly uncomplicated things to them.

And when they refuse to understand it or simply can't, that's when the time comes to use some famous Spock sarcasm... and also some crayons.

4 Gangster Spock

As said above, Vulcans don't like violence. That doesn't mean Spock is afraid to use weapons as props - at least when the situation asks for it. When he and Kirk go on one of their missions and end up surrounded by gangsters , Spock poses as one of them.

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And in doing so, he looks ultra-cool. So much so that it's hard to imagine someone can compare to him. Spock's level of coolness is simply out of any charts.

3 Not Doing So Great

Even though Vulcans traveled through the solar system before, they only visited the Earth in 2063. The first contact between Vulcans and humans was also the first time humans learned aliens were real . And the two species remain friends, even though they're vastly different.

Spock was always quick to point out humans weren't all that great. But that didn't stop him from being Kirk's good friend, a best friend even.

2 Sass Alert

Spock has a human mom and a Vulcan father. That means he better connects to his emotions than most Vulcans. And he also has a wicked sense of humor, albeit it might pass unnoticed for most people. At least those who will fail to understand Spock's sarcasm and sass.

But the Enterprise's crew, Kirk especially, is tuned to Spock, and they can recognize his sass from a mile away.

1 Failing At His Job

Spock is excellent at his job as the first officer... except when he isn't. He's the one who should tell Kirk when he's behaving in an irrational or reckless way and propose a better solution. But Kirk rarely ever listens to reason. In fact, he seems to thrive on doing the opposite of what Spock suggests.

It's his only luck these two are such great friends otherwise Spock could have thrown the towel in the ring a long time ago. Dealing with stubborn ship captains simply isn't easy, not even for super-logical Vulcans.

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As much as Kirk and Spock have a friendship for the sci-fi ages, the trio of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy is one of the most unbreakable bonds in pop culture. Wherever the captain of the USS Enterprise and his First Officer went gallivanting, the ship's doctor (and their ornery friend) was on hand to clean up their messes (and themselves) with his trademark sarcastic commentary.In truth, none of these men set their phasers to stun when it came to firing insults, but any one of them would take a blast for the others in a second. They represented the best of Starfleet principles with loyalty, duty, and friendship.

They Each Had Strong Personalities

Each man had a strong personality, with his own distinct views and perspectives, and yet they all managed to get along. Unmistakable traits of McCoy's included passionate devotion to the medical profession and a short temper, while Spock was reserved and logical, and Kirk was charismatic and dramatic.

Though their personalities clashed with one another, they all stood side by side against mutual threats. McCoy might have agreed with Spock's logic but not his lack of emotional intuition, yet they could both work alongside each other in a (mostly) civilized manner.

Kirk Intervened When McCoy Insulted Spock's Vulcan Heritage

As progressive and egalitarian as Star Trek could be, especially during the '60s, McCoy had no qualms about mocking Spock's Vulcan heritage. Kirk would often interject with a few choice words, encouraging them to focus on their similarities rather than their differences.

RELATED: 10 Best Surgeons In TV Shows Fortunately, Spock was able to defend himself quite handily against anything Bones could think of by pointing out contradictions in human behavior, and often snidely replied, "Captain, I see no need to stand here and be insulted," before getting a good zinger over on the doctor to remind him that the playing field was even.

McCoy Traded Barbs With Both Kirk & Spock

There has always been a comfortable curtness to the interactions between McCoy, Kirk, and Spock as much as there has been an undeniable warmth. After facing so many challenges together, they can predict each other's actions and thoughts, including certain sarcastic responses.

In this meme using a scene in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier , Kirk asks who Bones would save if both he and Spock were drowning, and the doctor gives a snappy reply befitting his exasperation with such a hypothetical. The movie may not have been the best film, but it had several great character moments between the three of them and some of McCoy's best quotes bonding over the doc's "secret ingredient" of Tennessee Whiskey.

McCoy Didn't Always Understand Kirk & Spock's Devotion

By the time Kirk became captain of the Enterprise, he'd already been friends with McCoy a long time, to the point where Bones felt at liberty to give the young captain advice and Kirk sought it out in the experienced medical officer. It was only begrudgingly that McCoy allowed Spock the space to enter into his own friendship with Kirk.

RELATED: 10 Kirk And Spock Star Trek Memes That Will Make You Cry Out Laughing This didn't, however, mean that Spock always understood it, but he tolerated it as best he knew how given his dislike of Spock's general attitude. Time and again, however, he watched as the Vulcan sacrificed his life for Kirk and vice versa, affording the bond his respect.

McCoy, Spock, And Kirk Went On The Most Away Missions

Captain Kirk was the poster boy for Starfleet trying to prevent its commanding officers from leading away missions, but if he was beaming down to an M-class planet, it was more than likely that Spock and McCoy were going to follow him.

This also extended to if any of the trio was in trouble, like in the episode "City On The Edge Of Forever," where Kirk and Spock try to locate a manic Bones on a planet that resembles Earth in the 1930s just before major social changes. They were central to every story because of their chemistry together even if it became part of a narrative imperative.

They Got Into A Lot Of Trouble

Despite being some of the most important officers on the USS Enterprise, Kirk, Spock, and McCoy often got into a lot of mischief. Yet whenever they ran afoul of Starfleet High Command, they would always cover for one another to preserve their reputations, proving their loyalty to the friendship.

RELATED: 10 Memes That Perfectly Sum Up Kirk As A Character Their camaraderie was special because though they each had completely different ways of seeing the world and serving Starfleet, they all recognized the importance of trading ideas, and knew inherently that they were stronger together than separately. McCoy's empathy, Kirk's leadership, and Spock's intellect all perfectly complemented one another.

The Kirk Of My Spock Is My Friend

Once McCoy saw how close Kirk and Spock had become, he grew to appreciate the Vulcan's many talents aboard the Enterprise, and gradually grew to be his friend. During the episode "Amok Time," when Spock is going through the Pon Farr ceremony, he's permitted to invite friends, and he selects both Kirk and McCoy.

McCoy is honored to attend and is sure to express this to Spock lest there be any question about how he truly views the Vulcan beneath a veneer of sarcasm. They might have liked to argue with one another, but when Spock needs Bones present, he's there to offer his support, which is why it remains one of the best episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series to rewatch for fans of their friendship.

McCoy Tried To Make Spock Challenge His Vulcan Side

One of the things Spock and McCoy fought about the most was Spock's embrace of his Vulcan heritage at the expense of his human one. As someone trained in the field of psychology, Bones recognized that Spock had deep-seated trauma around his mixed heritage, and had obsessed about his Vulcan ancestry in order to overcome the bullying he suffered as a child.

As Spock tried to suppress his emotions, McCoy witnessed a friend in more and more inner turmoil, which could sometimes result in physical pain. McCoy encouraged Spock to release his emotions in a healthy way, and ultimately embrace his uniqueness by realizing the emptiness of life based on pure logic.

They Upset Each Other From Time To Time

Due to Kirk's flagrant disregard for regulations and preference to trust his gut instinct, McCoy's philosophical and sometimes overly emotional approach to problem-solving, and Spock's consistent trait of obsessing with logic and reason at the expense of intuition, each friend upset the other from time to time.

In this meme, it's difficult to tell which person the other is referring to; is McCoy talking about Kirk? Is Spock talking about McCoy? Are they both despairing about Kirk? The answer is yes to all of the above.

McCoy Liked To Troll Spock

While McCoy's trolling of Spock can be interpreted as mean-spirited, often it forced the Vulcan to see the error of adhering too stringently to logic or viewing it as the superior lens through which to solve problems. Some of these exercises had unintentionally hilarious consequences and actually strengthened their dynamic.

This meme might pertain to a fictitious Fortnite disease, but it's the sort of bait McCoy would give Spock to take advantage of his intellectual curiosity and send him on a fruitless chase for the truth. Luckily, Kirk was always on hand to put a stop to these shenanigans.

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The Star Trek universe has been around since 1966, and since we first saw Kirk tooling around the galaxy, chewing the scenery no man has chewed before, it has spun outwards into seven television series, thirteen movies and more merchandise than a replicator can handle. With 50+ years under its’ belt, this is a franchise that has attracted fans old and young, from all walks of life, to gather together, marvel at the intricacies of this utopian universe, and to poke holes in it whenever they can.

You can’t really live that long and expect to be beyond reproach. When you have a science fiction universe that has existed longer than most cars people own, you are going to have people that have scrutinized every little aspect of it, and found some things worth laughing at, and the internet being the wonderful place that it is, we share those hilarious findings with one another. But we don’t share them like animals, with a few succinct words or well-reasoned arguments. Those are the tools of a bygone era. No, here in the future, we need to share our irreverent humor via comics, images and mostly memes.

And until we all share a collective consciousness like the Borg, we have to go out and find those jokes ourselves. Or, even better, we find people to compile articles full of those jokes for us, which is what I am about to present to you. Set your phasers to funny, because things are about to get ridiculous.

25 I'm A Doctor, Not A Paleontologist!

I really laughed a lot harder than I should have at this meme. I don’t know what it is, I think it was just because it confused me so much at first. When it says “Bones” is it talking about McCoy or what he’s looking at? Is Leonard saying it? Because the next line makes it seem like he’s giving his professional medical opinion on what is clearly a very old skeleton, which is funny in its’ own right.

Whatever the case may be, the execution of the image is flawless, since McCoy has to use that exact phrase far too many times in the show. It also might be a slight jab at Kirk for needing the help of his crew member to ascertain whether a skeleton is dead or not, which is pretty accurate, Kirk does get through most scenarios by the skin of his teeth and the minds of the better crew members around him.

24 Those Legs Go All The Way Up?

When I started writing this article I had no idea I would be getting such an eyeful of Patrick Stewart’s shapely man calf. Can’t say I’m disappointed, though, those are some toned legs for a guy who spends 95% of his day drinking tea. Earl Grey. Hot. Patrick has always had that “I can’t tell if he’s a tough guy who’s nerdy or a nerd who might be tough” kind of vibe going for him.

What I especially love about images such as these is that they correct a huge oversight in the original series. Why were the females of the crew the only ones subjected to wearing skirts? That’s some archaic hogwash I’d expect at my local Hooters, not aboard a Starfleet vessel. So when pictures like this show that both men and women had the option of wearing skirts, it gladdens my heart a little. Plus, you know, those calves, dude.

23 Remind Me To Buy More Red Shirts

There’s a lot of beauty to behold in this picture. There’s the gloriousness of the V-neck that Kirk is rocking, the line up of disposable human beings who all look like they KNOW they are disposable, and the fact that everyone is laughing except Spock. As always. And overtop of all the splendor these images have managed to capture, there’s the whole punch line, which is actually pretty funny, for a meme.

The implication that the super-civilized Starfleet captain, who lives in a utopian society and believes that violence is the last resort, knows that his red shirt crew will be killed is kind of hilarious. Everyone knows the trope that red shirts get super murdered when they are part of the landing party, but for Kirk to be in on the joke adds a fun little dark layer to the whole experience. I always knew Kirk had a dark streak to him.

22 Set Your Phasers To Dig

Man, red shirts just cannot seem to catch a break. Between them and Stormtroopers, all of space seems to be cluttered with useless cannon fodder. You’d think that after the first few times they sent people down to get eaten by space bugs, they’d start wearing spacesuits or armor. But no, they always go down in brightly colored uniforms that get torn apart by a slight breeze, and next thing you know, the Captain is saying a brief sentence about what a shame it is to lose life so senselessly. Then they are on to their next adventure where they find a sentient gas thingy maybe.

The real question I have is where do they keep getting crew members? I understand that the Enterprise can hold around 430 people, but that number should drastically drop if you lose people every time you send out an away party. And that isn’t counting all the times crew members get lost in the transporter or sucked dry by an iron absorbing vampire creature.

21 The USS Billy Corgan

It looks like this pumpkin landing party has had a transporter malfunction, which is never pretty. Oh well, it only happened to a redshirt. Seriously, though, how many people are going to make the same joke? We get it, they have a very low surviving rate, change the record, please.

At least this one was a little more creative, since it decided to eschew using words at all, and decided to just let the paint on the pumpkins act as all the clues you’d need to figure out the joke. Still, you have to wonder, is retelling the same joke that every nerd has heard a thousand times really worth exploding a perfectly good pumpkin? That could have been turned into a delicious pie, man.

I also wonder why they decided to use two different versions of the Starfleet symbol. Is there another layer to the joke that I’m missing?

20 Sure You Do

Worf, one of the only Klingons to joining Starfleet Academy, was always presented as a kind of tough guy who acts before he thinks. He always wanted to show off his warrior’s strength, boasting of his exploits and desiring to end all things with bloody combat. That’s what he was supposed to be, conceptually, I suppose.

In reality, I don’t think I can remember Worf every being intimidating except for that one time he took out some Borg in the cold of space, which is admittedly pretty awesome. That aside, most of his run in The Next Generation involved him growling at people before making a complete fool of himself. I’m next to certain I’ve seen every member except for Wesley beat him up. Oh, I don’t even need to guess, here’s a supercut of Worf failing at everything he undertakes . I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed how much he sucks.

19 "Passed"

Star Trek did a heck of a lot with very little budget. They had those gross throbbing veins in the side of the aliens head in The Menagerie . Spock’s blue eye shadow was to die for. Heck, when they traveled through space, those stars passing by looked incredible. I can’t imagine how much of the special effects budget went into Shatner’s girdle.

So when they were blowing our minds with other stellar uses of a limited television budget, they had to cut corners in other areas. Here they went full Grinch and just strapped a single horn to the top of a dogs head. And hey, I’ve never been to the far reaches of space, so I can’t exactly comment on how accurate this is or isn’t, so maybe there is a sad, stupid creature out there that looks like this. Not everything you run into is going to be as cool as the Gorn or Balok.

18 We're Living In The Future!

I always found the Replicators on  Star Trek kind of a cheat.  Due to their ability to turn energy into matter, and since energy was never in shortage due to antimatter and dark energy or whatever, there was never a short supply of anything.  The Replicator is part of the reason that The Federation can live in a time of such prosperity; they live in a world where scarcity is no longer a thing. If everyone has the ability to have whatever they truly need at their fingertips, there is no more conflict for resources, or even trade deals that allow people to become rich for little work.

The 3D printer is definitely a step in the right direction if that’s the kind of future we are all envisioning. A device that can sit in your home and provide you with a basic structure of something you need. Sure, they take up way more materials than a Replicator, and sure, the blueprints for everything aren’t stored in their databanks, but it feels like it is within our grasp. Heck, they 3D printed a human heart , which is already pretty much science fiction become fact.

17 Even In The Future, Accents Are Funny

Do you want to know something weird? Did you know that they added Chekov in the second season as a way to make it more appealing to younger audiences and women? Yeah, I don’t see it either, and I always assumed he was shoehorned in the as a way to suggest that the Cold War would eventually end peacefully, with all humans becoming allies in the end. To me, that makes more sense than him being a girl magnet.

What other reason would they make an actor put on a ridiculous Russian accent? This isn’t to suggest that all Russian accents are silly, but rather that Walter Koenig, who played Chekov, never quite nailed an accurate Russian accent and so it always seemed like he was really sinking his teeth into all the “w”s. What may have been a poor casting choice at the time has spun into a lasting joke that persists even in modern iterations, with the late Anton Yelchin’s portrayal of Chekov struggling with voice commands through his thick accent.

16 Feline Ka-if-fee

Yes, I understand that if you don’t know what music the person is talking about, that image is complete gibberish. I’m here for you, here’s a link to the scene this is referencing. It’s a fairly classic Star Trek scene where one of Spock’s bizarre Vulcan rituals blows up in Kirk’s face and they end up fighting each other with disastrously impractical weapons. I know I’m making fun of it here, but honestly, it is a great scene. Shatner’s acting in this episode and scene is actually a kind of humble, approachable everyman for once, acknowledging that he’s doing something for his friend Spock. It’s fun seeing Kirk when he realizes he has bitten off more than he can chew.

What also makes this image work for me is that there are people across the globe that hear that particular music whenever they see any two combatants square off against each other. That’s how you know that your television show has been a hit, when people associate it when it really has no bearing on what they are looking at.

15 To Heck With Continuity

Star Trek Discovery has been pretty divisive so far, but what isn’t lately? Look at how much people hate each other over the election results or the stone cold fact that The Last Jedi is a good film. I think it comes down to the fact that we are in this weird period in civilization where we don’t want exact copies of things, but we don’t want them to be too different either. So when Discovery introduced a new makeup layout for Klingons, it ruffled people’s feathers.

I couldn’t tell you why, though. As the image illustrates, Klingons have already had a few changes, so why not just keep going with it. You shouldn’t limit yourself because of fan service, you should utilize all of the newest special effects at your disposal. I for one think the new Klingon design is superb, because it actually looks more like a being from another planet and not just a guy with papier maché on his forehead.

14 The Captain Is Compromised

Come to think of it, I can’t actually recall if I have ever seen Kirk put anything in the “Captain’s Log” or if it was just a series of voiceovers. I’m sure some super dedicated fan out there is itching to tell me just when and where we can see Kirk feverishly writing down his encounters with the Mirror Dimension in the log, but honestly, I don’t have time for that.

What would be even better than Kirk coming apart mentally and developing inner voices would be if he was genuinely saying these things out loud, but with no idea that he’s doing it. He’s just walking down the halls of the Enterprise, talking about how he isn’t sure how they will get out of this, and some yeoman just sees their trusted captain talking to himself like a nut. Heck, maybe it would lead to a mutiny! There can never be enough space mutinies.

13 My Tricorder Is Detecting That You Have No Taste

I’ll be the first to admit that the Star Trek universe is heavily flawed. In fact I’m kind of banking on those flaws for a lot of this article, so I’m kind of grateful for them. That being said, the flaws are kind of what give it the flavor it has, and despite those easily overlooked f;aws, it is a remarkable franchise. It broke down barriers of racism, it showed a society that was motivated by the betterment of fellow beings and not just the pursuit of wealth, and it showed us that even if you try to resolve things peacefully, sometimes you still get to use Photon Torpedoes.

So what isn’t to like? I think most people that say they don’t like Star Trek are just those dogmatic meatheads that think that showing any interest in something as dorky as science fiction will be an affront for the carefully constructed façade that is their own bravado.

12 Barking Up The Wrong Tree

I think we have all made a dingus out of ourselves at one time or another by trying to flirt with someone who played for a team that wasn’t interested in you. Heaven knows why we get so embarrassed, it isn’t even a full out rejection because we are ugly, we just aren’t what the person is in to. But embarrassed we get, and imagine how embarrassed Uhura will be when she finds out how Sulu rolls.

George Takei has been a very vocal proponent of the LGBTQ community for years, and is seen as something of a gay icon nowadays. I’m not so sure he was as open about it back when Star Trek was first on the air, since it was a different climate of tolerance, so having chemistry between him and Uhura seemed perfectly plausible at the time. Hindsight is 20/20, as they say.

11 Can You Hear Me Now?

Depending on who you ask, puns are either the highest or lowest form of comedy. Wherever you stand on them, you have to give the author if this one some credit, because it’s a two for one. I feel like I will diminish the comedy if I break down how the wordplay works here, but I have confidence that these articles only attract the most intelligent readers on the Internet, so I’m sure you got how funny it was.

What really tickles my funny bone, though, is that this scene is ridiculous OUTSIDE the premise of the pun and meme. Inside of the show, it doesn’t make a lick of sense why Data would have a phone built into his stomach, let alone a ROTARY phone. I’m not even going to research the context of the image, because I can tell you right now, it’s going to have something to do with the holodeck malfunctioning, which it does every three episodes.

10 Fascinating

The crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise went to some wacky places in their five-year mission, and not all of them made sense. I recently watched an episode where they landed on a beautiful world where the events of Alice in Wonderland seemed to be playing out. The whole thing ended up being a sort of intergalactic amusement park, despite the fact that a few crewmembers were killed. The show can be a little silly, is what I’m trying to say.

Luckily for everyone on the Internet, that silliness results in images like this, where we see the impeccable Spock throwing caution to the wind and dressing up like a snapchat filter. It’s nice to see Spock let that bowl cut hair down once in a while, it reminds us that even the most rigid of people are still only human. Or half human, whatever. Just enjoy the picture and stop analyzing everything, will ya’?

9 Set A Course For Fashion

Here’s a fun little piece of trivia for you: when Gene Roddenberry was working on Star Trek: The Next Generation he hated the casting of Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard. His reasoning was that nobody would want to see a bald captain. There are even pictures out there of the early filming days when he forced Stewart to wear a wig. Go ahead and look it up. Luckily, they managed to convince Gene that in the future, people would be enlightened enough to not care about baldness as much as we do now in out superficial society.

I’m not exactly sure how I was going to transition that factoid into a funny comment about the crew wearing hats, but we are here now. If Gene was so hung up on Picard looking like a goof because of a bit of shine on the top of his head, why wouldn’t he nix a scene where everyone looks like they are about to play hacky sack?

8 Shoot For The Stars

The first time I saw a meme like this, it was actually about Batman. That’s a goal that seems a little more unattainable, since Batman is an inherited billionaire and Kirk is a self-made man that rose up through the ranks of Starfleet Academy, mostly by cheating at the Kobayashi Maru test. So yes, I suppose it is better both logistically and morally to strive to be Captain Kirk and not Batman.

By why stop there? This is the realm of fiction, you can strive to be literally anyone. Preferably someone who isn’t a womanizing yahoo that routinely puts the lives of his crew in mortal danger on a hunch. Janeway never pulled that nonsense, why not be her? Heck, why not try to be someone who really knows how to be the moral superior while cruising recklessly through space? Why not attempt to be The Doctor, who is also self-made and arguably might have the bigger ship.

7 That Just Might Work!

When it comes to the structure of using technobabble and Applied Phlebtonium in Star Trek , I think Futurama actually summarized it best:

Fry : Usually on the show, they came up with a complicated plan, then explained it with a simple analogy.

Leela : Hmmm... If we can re-route engine power through the primary weapons and configure them to Melllvar's frequency, that should overload his electro-quantum structure.

Bender : Like putting too much air in a balloon!

Fry : Of course! It's all so simple!

Since us, the audience with our primitive analog minds, couldn’t keep up with the technology of the future, all they had to do was string together a series of scientific sounding words and we would just nod along with our mouths agape. The most commonly used jargon was the reversing of the polarities, which could literally be used to do anything, from making your shields more durable to making yourself invisible to scans.

6 A Way Of Her Own

I’m not sure if this meme is trying to compliment or insult Janeway. On the one hand, she’s a commanding presence who manages to think her way out of most scenarios. On the other hand, she got her crew lost n the other side of the galaxy, and kept them that way for an extended period of time. Plus I think she got turned into a slug in an episode? I may be remembering that wrong.

Whatever the intended purpose of the image was, it’s pretty accurate in my mind. She always did things her own way, not in a smarmy, egotistical way like Kirk, not in a no-nonsense way like Picard, but with a delicate but intelligent touch that only she can pull off. Plus she always had stellar hair, which must be hard to pull off when your ship is perpetually running low on every conceivable resource.

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Leonard Nimoy, best known for playing Mr. Spock on the television series “Star Trek,” died Friday morning at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles, the New York Times reported. He was 83.

Nimoy was the only actor to appear in every episode of the original “Star Trek” television series, which made its debut on NBC in 1966. His role as Spock, the mixed Earthling-Vulcan aboard the starship Enterprise, made him a TV star for the generations, with a slew of memes to prove it. Here are some of the best Twitter memes featuring the legendary first officer:

Spock Bettie Page Vintage Hair meme pic.twitter.com/l8baeIO7L9 - Pedro Cheung (@pedrcheun) February 24, 2015

I just made this #meme in response to that nurse. She need Spock to explain it. #Ebola #startrek #spock #quarantine pic.twitter.com/G4s0hemekg - chris rader (@traverserred) October 29, 2014

http://t.co/70sT8JeaAr Some call me a Space Cowboy, which seems Highly illogical. #Spock #meme #classicrock #guitar #startrek - ZFO (@ZFOnline) October 24, 2014

Enjoy your weekend my fellow geeks :) #geek #meme #startrek #earth #myth #nerd #lol #lmao #spock #trekkies #sandiego pic.twitter.com/UCQFY57oYK - Epic Geekdom (@EpicGeekdom) August 29, 2014

Illogical I see what you meme! #spock #startrek #meme pic.twitter.com/K85Al9szA0 - Shel Baker (@Shel_Baker) May 2, 2014

DJ Spock #meme #StarTrek pic.twitter.com/2rAan2hoYR - Denis Hiller (@DenisHiller) April 3, 2014

Spock on! http://t.co/rNWbuZ6Fb6 #StarTrek #Spock #Nerdvana pic.twitter.com/XTIDSijwl4 - Million Dollar Nerd (@MDNerd) March 20, 2014

. @Nunavut_Tweeter Number 1 best Spock meme of all time: pic.twitter.com/iFfhIJbXjf - Aaron Watson (@Teirersias) February 1, 2014

Is that a slight note of human emotion in your voice, Mr. Spock? - Star Trek meme - http://t.co/tyMlZAl0Bb pic.twitter.com/xYwUzqMHWo - popular pinterest (@populrpinterest) December 2, 2013

You got the bad touch #spock #startrek #hrissues #meme pic.twitter.com/aGKDneg2h6 - captionday (@captionday) December 1, 2013

His wife, Susan Bay Nimoy, confirmed to the New York Times that the cause of death was end-state chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Nimoy announced last year he was battling the disease because of years of smoking, even though he had kicked the habit three decades earlier. The “Star Trek” star was hospitalized at the UCLA Medical Center for intense chest pains last week, but was subsequently released, TMZ reported.

According to the New York Times, Nimoy is survived by his wife; his children, Adam Nimoy and Julie Nimoy; a stepson, Aaron Bay Schuck; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and an older brother, Melvin Nimoy.

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