# Bank of Canada asks Star Trek fans to stop Spocking the $5 bills. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 7, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-canada-asks-star-trek-fans-to-stop-spocking-the-5-bills/836683 "2019-07-07T21:44:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-canada-asks-star-trek-fans-to-stop-spocking-the-5-bills/836683/21 "2019-07-08T07:46:48Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > Even in the original continuity, he must have been a lieutenant at one point in his career, right? Yeah, **terentii** mentioned that Spock was a lieutenant in “The Cage.” ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-canada-asks-star-trek-fans-to-stop-spocking-the-5-bills/836683/22 "2019-07-08T07:55:55Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Yeah, **terentii** mentioned that Spock was a lieutenant in “The Cage.” But that’s not really the original continuity, is it? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-canada-asks-star-trek-fans-to-stop-spocking-the-5-bills/836683/23 "2019-07-08T14:04:28Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > But that’s not really the original continuity, is it? Yes. “The Cage” was the very first episode filmed. It’s later seen as an extended flashback, or an episode within an episode if you will, in “The Menagerie.” It’s described by Spock as an accurate depiction of an incident early in his Starfleet career. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-canada-asks-star-trek-fans-to-stop-spocking-the-5-bills/836683/24 "2019-07-08T15:21:46Z")
The on-line Canadian Encylopedia has a gallery of caricatures of the Canadian PMs: [Prime Suspects](https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/prime-suspects-canadas-prime-ministers-caricatured). Check out the one for Laurier. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-canada-asks-star-trek-fans-to-stop-spocking-the-5-bills/836683/25 "2019-07-08T15:50:20Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > But that’s not really the original continuity, is it? Another vote for being part of _TOS_ canon. ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-canada-asks-star-trek-fans-to-stop-spocking-the-5-bills/836683/26 "2019-07-08T16:05:19Z")
Love it, can you do that on the plastic bills? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-canada-asks-star-trek-fans-to-stop-spocking-the-5-bills/836683/27 "2019-07-08T17:00:21Z")
> [@Mikemike2](#): > > Love it, can you do that on the plastic bills? No, as other posters noted, this was an old article and people were doing it to the old paper $5 bills before plastic currency was introduced. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-canada-asks-star-trek-fans-to-stop-spocking-the-5-bills/836683/28 "2019-07-08T17:13:55Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > The on-line Canadian Encylopedia has a gallery of caricatures of the Canadian PMs: [Prime Suspects](https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/prime-suspects-canadas-prime-ministers-caricatured). > > Check out the one for Laurier. 🙂 Live long and prosper indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-canada-asks-star-trek-fans-to-stop-spocking-the-5-bills/836683/29 "2019-07-08T20:42:05Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Yes, we have new polymer bills now and don’t Spock them anymore; it was fun for a few years though. It is possible to do it,with a Sharpie or other permanent marker. But as mentioned on one of the linked articles, the current version of Laurier doesn’t lend itself as well to Spockery. I’ve always thought the current version looks more like Kelsey Grammar - we have Frasier on our fivers! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-canada-asks-star-trek-fans-to-stop-spocking-the-5-bills/836683/30 "2019-07-11T05:48:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yes. “The Cage” was the very first episode filmed. It’s later seen as an extended flashback, or an episode within an episode if you will, in “The Menagerie.” It’s described by Spock as an accurate depiction of an incident early in his Starfleet career. Along with the episode appearing on the viewscreen, helpfully added by some aliens. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-canada-asks-star-trek-fans-to-stop-spocking-the-5-bills/836683/31 "2019-07-11T15:50:51Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Along with the episode appearing on the viewscreen, helpfully added by some aliens. Those Talosians are just swell. ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-canada-asks-star-trek-fans-to-stop-spocking-the-5-bills/836683/32 "2019-07-11T16:23:59Z")
Look, if both William Shatner and James Doohan are Canadian, then just make Lenny an honorary Canadian, posthumously I suppose, then put him on the bill. There. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-canada-asks-star-trek-fans-to-stop-spocking-the-5-bills/836683/33 "2019-07-11T16:30:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yes. “The Cage” was the very first episode filmed. It’s later seen as an extended flashback, or an episode within an episode if you will, in “The Menagerie.” It’s described by Spock as an accurate depiction of an incident early in his Starfleet career. Spock was going through an emotional phase at the time; he grew out of it (or Kirk told him “There’s only room for one ranting scenery-chewer on this ship!”) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-canada-asks-star-trek-fans-to-stop-spocking-the-5-bills/836683/34 "2019-07-11T16:30:55Z")
Spock is on a Royal Canadian Mint [ten dollar silver coin](https://www.mint.ca/store/coins/12-oz.-pure-silver-coloured-coin-%E2%80%93-emstar-trekemsuptmsup-crew-spock-2016-prod2680035). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bank-of-canada-asks-star-trek-fans-to-stop-spocking-the-5-bills/836683.md?page=1)