Star Trek: The Original Series began well before ... you could probably find a Spock meme for almost anything. Spock's "sobbing mathematically" moment comes from "The Naked Time," and gangster ...
The Next Generation producer Rick Berman forbid writers from mentioning this legendary character from The Original Series.
In Star Trek: Nemesis, we see android Data (played by Brent Spiner) use the Vulcan nerve pinch to take out a guard.
The Next Generation was still growing its legs, a reference to Leonard Nimoy's Spock would have been legendary.