# Was Spock ever rebellious to his parents when he was a kid? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 1, 2018, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087 "2018-07-01T05:50:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087/1 "2018-07-01T05:50:16Z")
And if so, did Amanda Grayson ever tell him “Father knows best”? ---
**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 1, 2018, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087/2 "2018-07-01T06:39:18Z")
And did Amanda ever tell Spock stories about a distant ancestor of hers who lived in a huge stately manor with a very wealthy man, and who accompanied said individual in nocturnal activities while dressed in a flamboyant costume? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087/3 "2018-07-01T07:55:20Z")
I’m sure he was very logical about it. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087/4 "2018-07-01T13:22:02Z")
Curiously, we know this. In TOS timeline - I can’t recall about the Kelvin timeline - Spock rebelled against his father by rejecting the Vulcan Science Academy and joining Star Fleet instead. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087/5 "2018-07-01T13:50:31Z")
I think in the TAS episode it showed Spock being a bit rebellious, but he was also being bullied for being and half-breed. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087/6 "2018-07-01T14:01:43Z")
Yea, but how do you feel? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087/7 "2018-07-01T14:06:06Z")
I do not understand the question. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087/8 "2018-07-01T14:41:50Z")
He’d also go into the mountains for days. ---
**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 1, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087/9 "2018-07-01T15:44:42Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > And did Amanda ever tell Spock stories about a distant ancestor of hers who lived in a huge stately manor with a very wealthy man, and who accompanied said individual in nocturnal activities while dressed in a flamboyant costume? This needs to be made canon. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087/10 "2018-07-01T16:00:30Z")
Another of her ancestors was Sherlock Holmes. [And that IS canon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B34XVV3DWQ). ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087/11 "2018-07-02T02:30:08Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Another of her ancestors was Sherlock Holmes. [And that IS canon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B34XVV3DWQ). ISTM that the logical conclusion to draw from that is that Amanda Grayson was a descendant of Arthur Conan Doyle. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087/12 "2018-07-02T03:41:23Z")
The game’s afoot. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087/13 "2018-07-02T05:51:49Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > The game’s afoot. What game is that? A rudimentary form of Twister? ‘Cos I don’t see something like that catching on. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087/14 "2018-07-02T06:47:07Z")
You know the game of figuring out how many degrees separate Spock and Sherlock. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087/15 "2018-07-02T11:20:07Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > And did Amanda ever tell Spock stories about a distant ancestor of hers who lived in a huge stately manor with a very wealthy man, and who accompanied said individual in nocturnal activities while dressed in a flamboyant costume? Richard Grayson, the often controversial mayor of Gotham City? ---
**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 2, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087/16 "2018-07-02T14:00:11Z")
Here’s “Yesteryear,” far and away the best ST:TAS episode, which includes an interesting look at Spock’s childhood and is now quasi-canon (CBS All Access subscription required): [Watch Star Trek: The Animated Series Season 1 Episode 2: Yesteryear - Full show on Paramount Plus](https://www.cbs.com/shows/star_trek_animated/video/1792897967/star-trek-the-animated-series-yesteryear/) ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087/17 "2018-07-02T14:16:41Z")
In the TNG episode “Unification I,” Spock’s father Sarek also had a little monologue about how Spock used to go off by himself into the mountains for days at a time, refused to say where he had gone or what he had been doing, and continued to do it even after his father had forbidden him to keep going. Sounds like rebellion to me. ---
**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 2, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087/18 "2018-07-02T15:17:12Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Richard Grayson, the often controversial mayor of Gotham City? I had not heard he had gone into politics, although it’s said that he had dated the police commissioner’s daughter for a time. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087/19 "2018-07-02T15:42:19Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > You know the game of figuring out how many degrees separate Spock and Sherlock. [Zero.](https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/guess-who-sherlock-holmes-is-that-image-in-the-back-is-a-news-photo/515119270#/guess-who-sherlock-holmes-is-that-image-in-the-back-is-a-big-clue-picture-id515119270) ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_lining](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Silver\_lining](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_lining)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087/20 "2018-07-02T21:00:58Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > And if so, did Amanda Grayson ever tell him “Father knows best”? He wasn’t a model child at all. His father had issues with. I highly recommend watching Star Trek the animated series. The episode is Yesteryear, were Spock must go back in time to save himself. Not to ruin much, but I consider this to be a master piece. I don’t care if it was animated in the early 1970’s. What a story! [https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=yester+year+star+terk+the+annimate+series&&view=detail&mid=FB46716D729D91562D83FB46716D729D91562D83&&FORM=VRDGAR](https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=yester+year+star+terk+the+annimate+series&&view=detail&mid=FB46716D729D91562D83FB46716D729D91562D83&&FORM=VRDGAR) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-spock-ever-rebellious-to-his-parents-when-he-was-a-kid/817087.md?page=2)