10 Biggest WTF Star Trek Moments

2. The Birth Of Spock Two

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Pretty much every episode of The Animated Series was straight up absurd, but one of the most ridiculous moments was the birth of Spock Two.

In the episode The Infinite Vulcan, Spock was captured by Phylosians and brought to a giant mad scientist named Dr. Stavos Keniclius Five. This giant was the fifth clone of the original Stavos, who crashed on the Phylosians' planet many years ago and accidentally killed most of the population. Stavos vowed to become the protector of the remaining Phylosians and continued to genetically enhance and clone himself until becoming a massive, incredibly powerful being. His plan was to create a genetically modified clone of Spock to serve as a peacekeeper, and he surprisingly succeeded.

This giant clone, known as Spock Two, started its life quite confused, but slowly started to take on more and more of the original Spock's personality. The procedure nearly killed Spock, but Spock Two was able to heal him with a mind meld.

Spock Two made the bold decision to remain on the planet to help the Phylosians, and we didn't see him again until the Lower Decks episode Kayshon, His Eyes Open, where we saw his skeleton suspended from a ceiling as part of Kerner Hauze's collection of strange artifacts.

 
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