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In the fictional ''Star Trek'' universe, the Vulcan nerve pinch is a technique used mainly by Vulcans to render unconsciousness by pinching a pressure point at the base of the victim’s neck. ==Origin and use in the series== Leonard Nimoy, who portrayed the Vulcan science officer Spock, conceived the maneuver in the early days of the original ''Star Trek'' series. The script for “The Enemy Within” stated that Spock "kayoes" Captain Kirk’s duplicate,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Enemy Within )〕 but Nimoy—who opposed the Vietnam War and supported Eugene McCarthy—felt that such a brutal action would be undignified for a Vulcan. He therefore invented an alternative by suggesting that Vulcans have the ability to project telepathic energy from their fingertips (à la "the Vulcan Mind Meld"), which if applied to a nerve cluster correctly could render a human unconscious. Allegedly, the director of the episode didn't understand the idea when Nimoy explained it to him, but William Shatner understood immediately and reacted in exactly the way Nimoy had hoped when they executed the move during filming, explaining that it would be similar to "feeling an electrical charge." From then on, the pinch was referred to as the ''FSNP'', for ''Famous Spock Nerve Pinch'' in ''Star Trek''’s scripts. Since Spock, various other characters in the Star Trek spin-offs have used the technique, however the fact that some of these have included non-Vulcan characters creates some confusion about the above explanation as to how the nerve pinch is achieved-- likely among writers and production-staff, since in the episode "The Omega Glory" Kirk tells Spock "Pity you can't teach me that" (i.e. the Vulcan Nerve Pinch), and Spock replies "I have tried, Captain." The first non-Vulcan was the android Data, followed by the Changeling Odo, ''Voyager''’s holographic Doctor, and the humans Jean-Luc Picard, Seven of Nine, and Jonathan Archer (though Archer was carrying the ''katra'' of the ancient Vulcan Surak at the time). In Carpenter Street, T'Pol uses the nerve pinch on the kidnapper Loomis to stop him escaping from his apartment, and again later in the episode. She also uses it in the 4th episode of the first season on Travis Mayweather to calm him down. Some humans, however, have been unable to use the nerve pinch. When Dr. McCoy was in possession of Spock’s ''katra'' he was unable to use the nerve pinch despite also being a doctor of great skill. This was partially due to McCoy's arthritis at the time. The nerve pinch has been used on Vulcans and the vulcanoid Romulans several times, showing that neither race is immune to the technique.〔〔〔〔 In the 2013 film Star Trek Into Darkness, Spock used the pinch on the film's villain, Khan, during their final battle. Though it appeared to cause him immense pain, it did not lead to unconsciousness, suggesting Khan and similar superhuman creations are indeed immune to it. However, in the original episode "Space Seed" Spock does use the Vulcan Nerve Pinch on one of Khan's henchmen, with typical results of causing instant unconsciousness, despite all indications that he was similarly superhuman. In the 1986 film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and while travelling in a San Francisco city bus, Spock used the Vulcan neck pinch to subdue a punk traveler who rudely ignored Kirk's request that he turn off his boom box as his music was causing the other travelers discomfort. This action garnered Spock applause from the relieved travelers on a bus. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vulcan nerve pinch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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