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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Mu La Flaga is The Kirk in ''[[Gundam Seed]]'', but interestingly, is placed in a secondary position, with [[The McCoy]] as his commanding officer and the [[Sergeant Rock]]-ish [[The Spock|Spock]] as an equal. This makes his meadiating efforts difficult to say the least.
** Mu is technically the senior officer on board, but was indispensable as a combat pilot (one of only ''two'' available) and thus would've left the ship nearly defenseless if he were sitting on a chair on the bridge. Thus, he's not in command despite the fact that by strict military protocol he should be.
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* Meowth of Team Rocket in ''[[Pokemon]]'', although they're all pretty much on equal footing (early in the series, however, Meowth claimed to be the leader of the Trio and this may be why). Meowth typically subverts this by wholeheartedly agreeing with whichever one of his teammates happens to have the same ideas in mind he has.
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* According to co-writer Roberto Orci, the 2009 ''[[Star Trek]]'' film maintains this [[Trope]], but swaps [[The Captain|Kirk]] and [[The Medic|McCoy]]:
{{quote|"[[The Medic|McCoy]] in a way represents for us, or represented for us, the extremes of Kirk and [[The Spock|Spock]]. If [[The Spock|Spock]] is [[Straw Vulcan|extreme logic]], ... extreme science, and [[The Captain|Kirk]] is extreme emotion and intuition, here you have a very colorful doctor, essentially [[The Heart|a very humanistic scientist]]. So he, in a way, is literally and figuratively a representation of [[Emotions vs. Stoicism|two extremes]] that often served as the glue that held [[Freudian Trio|the trio]] together."}}
* ''[[Star Wars
** I'm not sure that this works. Luke is more the [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|naïve farm boy]] ([[The McCoy]]) and Han the more sensible, pragmatic one (The Kirk, since he says Kirk-like things such as "[[Never Tell Me the Odds]]") but there isn't really a [[The Spock|Spock]]-equivalent. Obi-Wan is less cynical than Han, and Leia abandons the entire Rebel Alliance just to save Han in Episode VI.
== [[Literature]] ==
* Alyosha of ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'', who, oddly enough, was played by [[William Shatner]] in the movie version.
* [[Team Mom|Meg]] in ''[[Little Women]]'' often takes this role in [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]] between Jo and Amy.
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*** A better example from ''Animorphs'' would be Jake, with Rachel and/or Cassie at [[The McCoy]] end, depending on whether the story is about saving things or killing them.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* This [[Trope]] is named for [[The Captain|Captain Kirk]] of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''. Notably, the original [[The Captain|Kirk]] [[Take a Third Option|took a lot of third options]] like [[Unwinnable Training Simulation|the Kobayashi Maru]], but other times these decisions were likely to make many races angry in the future, leading some to think dick move.
** And like [[The McCoy]], there is a lot of [[Generation Xerox]] between the series, giving each their own [[The Captain|Kirk]].
*** ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation
*** ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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* ''[[Doctor Who
* Believe it or not, Jack O'Neill of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' wasn't really his quartet's Kirk; that honor fell to Samantha Carter and occasionally Daniel.
** Which makes Carter a good fit for the new leader in ''[[Stargate Atlantis]],'' replacing another Kirk figure, Dr. Weir. The leader of the main team, Sheppard, tends a bit toward [[The McCoy]]-ish in his thinking, though he does have the Kirk-ish role in picking the proper course of action out of McKay's stream-of-consciousness [[TV Genius]]-ness, Ronon's rashness, and Teyla's more [[The McCoy|McCoy-ish]] tendencies.
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* John Crichton from ''[[Farscape]]'' went from being [[The McCoy]] to The Kirk, while D'Argo and Aeryn started out more [[The Spock]] and became Kirk-ish as they went along. Pilot is probably the purest Kirk character on the show
== [[Toys]] ==
* [[Playing with Fire|Tahu]] often fills this role in ''[[Bionicle]]''. Although his [[Nakama]] is considerably bigger than a [[Freudian Trio]], the two Toa he is most commonly seen interacting with are [[The Stoic|the emotionally distant]] [[The Spock|Kopaka]] and [[The Heart|the compassionate]] [[The McCoy|Gali]]. He is often reluctant to listen to either of them, however.
** [[Your Mileage May Vary|This depends on your point of view.]] Some may view [[The Heart|Gali]] and [[The Big Guy|Pohatu]] as The Kirk of the team, due to their efforts to maintain peace between the [[The McCoy|impulsiveness of Tahu and Lewa]] and the [[The Spock|reasoning of Kopaka and Onua]].
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In the SEELE path of the original ''[[Persona]]'', [[Hello, Insert Name Here|The Boy with the Pierced Ear]] is faced with a series of [[Moral Dilemma]]s. While his buddy [[The McCoy|Masao]] leaps to decisions driven by raw emotion, [[The Spock|Kei Nanjo]] would rather [[Shoot the Dog|do what is necessary]] [[Cruel to Be Kind|regardless of how cruel it may appear]]. The choices he makes have [[Multiple Endings|far-reaching consequences]].
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'', Haley and Roy take this role. V is [[The Spock]]; Elan and Durkon are [[The McCoy]]. Belkar is [[My Friends and Zoidberg|just there]] (except in combat, where he becomes another McCoy by [[Sociopathic Hero|trying to murder everything that moves]]).
== [[Web Original]] ==
* In the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe|Global Guardians]]'', Guardsman is the The Kirk, even though he's not the team leader. Achilles, the actual team leader, is [[The Spock]], while Arachne and Ultra-Man are [[The McCoy]].
* In ''[[The Book of Stories
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Alien X in ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force]]'' that takes this concept more than a little too literally...
** Ben himself is The Kirk alongside Gwen and Kevin, especially in the first season. Strangely, Gwen and Kevin barely fit as the [[The McCoy]] and [[The Spock]] respectively (both are intelligent and emotional) and can switch the roles depending on the situation. By ''[[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien]]'' it's hard to peg any of the three as any one of the archetypes, though Ben is definitely the [[The Spock]] in the season one finale since he decides {{spoiler|Kevin has to be stopped by any means necessary}} and [[The McCoy]] Gwen is {{spoiler|trying to save Kevin from himself}}.
* Blossom of ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' provided a balance between the [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]] duo of Buttercup and Bubbles.
** Of course, much of the time [[The Smart Guy|by-the-book Blossom]] and the equally bull-headed and proud "let's just punch them" Buttercup wound up arguing stubbornly while [[The Chick|Bubbles was the one who brought them back together]]...
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