Every Star Trek Reference, Easter Eggs & Jokes In The Simpsons
30. Comic Book Guy's Spock Collection
First airing on 20 January 2002, season thirteen's Sweets and Sour Marge centres around Springfield being deemed the world's fattest city following the residents failing to set the world record for the biggest human pyramid ever. While one of the season's more mediocre episodes, there is a funny but brief Star Trek gag to make note of.
The Comic Book Guy is spotted during the episde buying three Leonard Nimoy books; I Am Spock, I Am Not Spock, and I Am Also Scotty, the third of which is, of course, a completely fictional book.
I Am Not Spock, released in 1975, was controversial as fans believed this was Nimoy distancing himself from the Spock character, whereas I Am Spock, released in 1995, received more generous views as Nimoy took a completely different turn when writing the book.