What are their greatest moments?

[Agenda]

Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Sulu, Uhura, Chekov, Chapel

What to you is the single greatest moment for each of them in TOS? How you want to define "great" is up to you.

Kirk: Outwitting the Orions in Journey to Babel (you speculate)
Spock: Smiling at Jim in Amok Time
McCoy: Standing up to Khan in Space Seed (carotid artery)
Scotty: Not allowing the Eminiarians to trick him in A Taste of Armageddon
Sulu: Attacking the crewmen in the corridors in The Naked Time
Uhura: Distracting evil Sulu in Mirror Mirror
Chekov: Sitting in the cafeteria with Scotty in Trouble with Tribbles
Chapel: Waking Spock up in Amok Time

 

[LNJM906]

Kirk: The epic butt-punch in Journey to Babel
Spock: The last zinger he gives to Stonn and T'Pring in Amok Time
McCoy: Letting the Vians torture him instead of Kirk and Spock in The Empath
Scotty: Punching the Klingon in Trouble with Tribbles
Sulu: I agree with you, Antares, the sword was amazing. =)
Uhura: Again, I agree with you, dude!
Chekov: Complaining to Sulu in The Deadly Years
Chapel: Making soup for Spock in Amok Time.

 

[Captain Roberts]

Kirk: Restraining McCoy in City On The Edge Of Forever
Spock: Hanging from a tree in This Side Of Paradise
McCoy: Injecting himself in Miri
Scotty: Explaining "Who threw the first punch..." in Trouble With Tribbles
Sulu: With sword on the bridge in Naked Time
Uhura: Holding her own in Gamesters Of Triskeleon
Chekov: Getting shot in Spectre Of The Gun
Chapel: Applying "psychology" to Garrovick in Obssession

 

[Hambone]

Kirk: Banging Deela in "Wink of an Eye".
Spock: Banging Leila in "This Side of Paradise".
McCoy: Banging Natira in "This Episode Has A Really Long Title".
Scotty: Banging his engines in nearly every episode. Prevert.
Chekov: Banging the hippie chick in "Way to Eden".
Sulu: uuhhmmm...he did get some heavy petting in with the plant in "The Man Trap".
Chapel: Banging the android in "What Are Little Girls Made Of?".
Uhura: Banging the drill thrall in "Gamesters of Triskelion".

Bang! Bang! Bang!

 

[ToddPence]

KIRK - refusing to leave McCoy in "The Empath"
SPOCK - Meeting with Leila after being cured of the spores in "This Side of Paradise"
McCOY - Sacrificing himself in "The Empath"
SCOTTY - Refusing to lower shields in "A Taste of Armageddon"
UHURA - Refusing to kill practice thrall in "Gamesters of Triskellion"
SULU - Realizing something is wrong and stalling on beaming phasers to Kirk in "Omega Glory"
CHEKOV - "And I am the Tsar of all Russia!" - "Who Mourns For Adonais?"
CHAPEL - Scene with MCCoy in "For the World is Hollow"

 

[KirkPicard]

KIRK - "I'll never lose you...never" - Monologue about the burdens of command in "The Naked Time"
SPOCK - Spock requesting the presence of his closest friends to accompany him to Vulcan in "Amok Time"
McCOY - "Shut up Spock we're rescuing you!" in "Immunity Syndrome"
SCOTTY - "Laddie, don't you think you should rephrase that" - Before walloping Korax in "Trouble With Tribbles"
UHURA - Uhura looking back defiantly after a slap from Khan's henchman in "Space Seed"
SULU - Keeping time for Balok's countdown in "The Corbomite Maneuver"
CHEKOV - Interacting with Tamoon in "Gamesters of Triskileon"

 

[Valin]

McCoy: Injecting himself in Miri

Did anyone else picture a "cut" scene with DeForest Kelley and Kim Darby?

 

[Kirkman1987]

Kirk - "I'll Never lose you.....never" This line IS kirk to me.

Spock - hmm, maybe just all his quips to McCoy.

McCoy - "Well I am on shore leave"

Scotty - Belting that klingon in tribbles. followed up by explaining to Kirk that "This was a matter of pride"

Uhura - "we've learned not to fear words". She was good in Mirror, Mirror as well.

Sulu - Fencing!!!!!

Chekov - Anytime he Screamed really loud. Walter Koenig has a great scream

Chapel - The scene in Naked Time with Spock.

 

[Orcus]

McCoy: Injecting himself in Miri

Did anyone else picture a "cut" scene with DeForest Kelley and Kim Darby?

Yes, I did but I'm too polite to mention it.

Oh, shit - hang on... dammit.

 

[iluthradanar]

Kirk: his inspirational speech in Return to Tomorrow "Risk is our business" Gives me goosebumps.

 

[KobayashiMaru13]

SPOCK: Galileo Seven. Enough said.
SCOTTY: wailing on the klingon in "trouble with tribbles".
McCOY: the look on his face when the Horta said it liked Spock's ears.
KIRK: oooh, that's hard...
UHURA: distracting mirror Sulu.
MR. LESLIE: how he has the ability to come back to life so he can die in the next episode.

 

[ToddPence]

Really, Kirk deserves a top ten list all his own.