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{{quote|'''Sulu''': The word, sir?
'''Kirk''': The word is no. I am therefore going anyway.
{{quote|"How many fingers do I have up?"|'''Kirk''', doing the Vulcan salute}}
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=== Tropes seen in ''The Search for Spock'' include: ===
* [[Aliens Speaking English]]: Although the Klingons are shown speaking their own language at first, [[Translation Convention|for simplicity's sake they speak English to each other]] for the majority of the film. Only [[Big Bad|Kurge]] and [[Mauve Shirt|Maltz]] are shown to actually be able to speak English though.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: Kruge's Bird of Prey has more in common style-wise with a Romulan ship (bird like) versus a Klingon ship (boxy and utilitarian). As a way to use [[Prop Recycling]] in the original series an episode suggested a brief Klingon / Romulan treaty where they shared technology and ship designs; it allowed them to represent the Romulans by using a (previously made) Klingon D-7 cruiser. This brief alliance (the two factions are later very antagonistic to each other) is also the source of Klingon cloaking technology and the Bird of Prey ship design first seen in this movie. Incidentally, that ship style became far more recognizable as a Klingon vessel later in the franchise.
** [[Word of God]] is that a dropped plot point from the movie would have been that Kruge stole this prototype bird-of-prey from the Romulans.
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* [[Blown Across the Room]]: On the Genesis planet, when Kirk shoots a Klingon with a phaser.
* [[Book Ends]]: In the previous film, Spock died to save the ''Enterprise''; in this film, Kirk destroys the ''Enterprise'' to save Spock.
* [[Broken Aesop]]: But replaced in a ''good'' way.
* [[Call Back]]: Several:
** The destruct sequence used is the same one mentioned in the TOS episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield".
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{{quote|'''Captain:''' What's going on?! When do I get paid?
'''Valkris:''' ''(coolly with no sarcasm whatsoever)'' ''Soon'', Captain.
'''''(BOOM!)'''''
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: Let's face it, when your movie is called ''[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The Search For Spock]]'', its not going to end with Admiral Kirk turning to the viewers and saying ''"Sorry folks, we didn't find him"''. As William Shatner put it, if they had done so, "people would have thrown rocks at the screen."
* [[Frank Welker]]: The voice actor behind young Spock's screams.
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'''Kruge:''' '''No.'''
'''Kirk:''' But why?
'''Kruge:''' Because you wish it!
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Kirk when {{spoiler|his son David dies}} and arguably again with a literal [[My God, What Have I Done?]] while watching {{spoiler|the wreck of the ''Enterprise'' burning up in the Genesis planet's atmosphere}}.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|David}}.
* [[Hey, That's My Line!]]:
{{quote|'''Big-Eared Alien:''' To your planet, welcome!
'''Bones:''' I believe that's ''my'' line, stranger.
* [[How Many Fingers?]]: "That's not very damn funny."
* [[I Am Your Opponent]]: Kruge, to Kirk.
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* ''"[[My God, What Have I Done?|My God, Bones, What Have I Done?]]"''
** ''"[[You Did the Right Thing|What you had to do. What you always do... turn death into a fighting chance to live.]]''"
* [[Neuro Vault]]: It turns out Spock implanted his soul/essence/memories in McCoy at the end of the previous film, just before his [[Heroic Sacrifice]].
** Considering he didn't expect to be [[It Was His Sled|resurrected and have his soul and memories returned to him]] and the effect it has on McCoy (driving him batshit insane), [[Fridge Logic|it was kind of a dick move]] on [[Jerkass|Spock's part]] at the time.
** Presumably, another Vulcan familiar with katra transfers, like his father, was supposed to figure out what he had done after news of Spock's death and McCoy's symptoms reached Vulcan and take custody of the katra, or Spock just didn't know what a half-Vulcan's spirit would do to a human physiology.
** Another common theory is that Spock's katra upload was supposed to include instructions for McCoy concerning what to do with Spock's body, but McCoy's allergy to mind melds prevented him from understanding the message.
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** True, for [[Exact Words|some values of "Starship Enterprise."]] more pointedly, a huge [[Trailers Always Spoil]].
* [[No Name Given]]: The lieutenant who Uhura drives into the closet is just called "Mr. Adventure" in the credits.
** Averted in the
*** So his name remains [[Incredibly Lame Pun|uncertain]].
* [[Not Named in Opening Credits]]: William Shatner.
* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]: Admiral Morrow.
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Valkris.
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* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]]: Kirk and friends steal the Enterprise and defy Star Fleet orders to not return to the Genesis planet in order to rescue Spock.
{{quote|'''Sulu''' "The word, sir?"
'''Kirk''' "The word is 'no'. I am therefore going anyway."
* [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]]: [[My God, What Have I Done?|"My God Bones, what have I done?"]]
* [[Sharing a Body]]
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'''Valkris:''' I have, my lord.
'''Kruge:''' Unfortunate.
'''Valkris:''' ''([[Beat]])'' Understood.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The seedy bar McCoy goes to is pretty clearly inspired by the [[A New Hope|Mos Eisley Cantina]], complete with a smuggler for hire (who talks like a bad Yoda impression).
* [[Smug Snake]]: The [[Jerkass|dick-ish]] Captain of the ''Excelsior''.
* [[Staff of Authority]]
* [[Stock Footage]]: To a much lesser extent than most of the other 80's ''Trek'' movies, natch; all the special effects shots are new for this film, and the stock footage from the previous movie is actually justified somewhat, since Kirk is watching it on a security log.
* [[Stolen MacGuffin Reveal]]: The Excelsior's transwarp coils.
* [[Take a Third Option]]: Kirk and McCoy on the surface, watching the ''Enterprise'' explode and burn up with all the Klingons:
{{quote|'''Kirk''': [[Rule of Three|My God, Bones, what have I done?]]<br />
'''McCoy''': [[I Did What I Had to Do|What you had to do]]. What you always do. Turn death into a fighting chance to live.
* [[Take My Hand]]: Kirk to Kruge.
** [[Taking You with Me]]: Kruge's response.
*** Followed by the aforementioned [[Punctuated Pounding]].
* [[Timeshifted Actor]]: All the young Spocks.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Maltz is SO dumb that even [[Genre Savvy|HE
{{quote|'''Maltz''': I do not deserve to live
'''Kirk''': Fine, I'll kill you later.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Uhura. Holy ''crap''.
** "...I'm glad you're on OUR side!"
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'''Kruge''': ''GET OUT!! GET OUT OF THERE!!!''
'''Klingon''': Huh?
'''*BOOM*'''
** This makes more sense when you remember that only Kruge understands English.
* [[Vulcan Has No Moon]]: In an early episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek the Original Series]]'', Spock tells Uhura this in response to her flirting. However, Star Trek III shows a massive "moon" in the Vulcan sky.
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** ''[[All There in the Manual|The Klingon Dictionary]]'' credits Maltz for assisting in the Federation efforts to translate and to understand the Klingon language.
* [[Why Isn't It Attacking?]]: See Genre Savvy above.
* [[You Have Failed Me]]: What Kruge does to his gunner for destroying
* [[You Would Do the Same For Me]]
* [[Zeerust]]: When viewing the footage of the engine room, Kirk rewinds the recording, and it looks like a VHS tape rewinding instead of instantly jumping back.
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