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'''The McCoy''' is part of a [[Freudian Trio]] along with [[The Kirk]] and [[The Spock]]. Where the former is rational and [[Take a Third Option|intuitive]], and the latter is [[The Stoic|cold]] and logical, '''The McCoy''' is [[Hot-Blooded|emotional]] and [[The Heart|humanistic]]. He cares about others deeply; for him doing the right thing is not a question of convenience or moral relativity, but about the concrete reality ''right now''. Which is to say, someone like [[The Kirk]] cares about saving people; the McCoy cares about making things ''right''. This often leads the heroes into hot water as this concern for others blinds him to complications in the [[Moral Dilemma]] of the week and leads him to advocate (or take it upon himself to do) "the right thing", regardless of how disastrous it would be in the short or long run. In [[Sigmund Freud|Freudian]] psychology, this character represents the concept of [[The Id]].

 

 

The McCoy is frequently a target for reminders about the [[Alien Non-Interference Clause|Prime Directive]], and one or more episodes might focus on how having his heart on his sleeve can actually cause [[The Caretaker|quite a bit of damage to the people he "helps" with the best of intentions.]]

 

 

* In the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe|Global Guardians]], both Arachne and Ultra-Man fill the roll of The McCoy. Achilles, the team leader, is [[The Spock]], while Guardsman is [[The Kirk]].

 

 

 

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[[Category:Characters As Device]]

[[Category:Romanticism Versus Enlightenment]]

[[Category:The Idealist]]

[[Category:Emotion Tropes]]

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