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Yes Kirk would be the id cause he shoots everything with a pulse (and his penis), Mccoy would be superego as he's the most morally conscious and Spock the ego (cold intellectual who reconciles morality with desire)

Agreed. I thought this was odd too.

100% agree. This trope needs a name change.

Edit: I just thought of one: Spirited Logical And Mediator Trio.

Edit 2: and another one: The Decision Trio.

Edit 3: I thought of three good names for the sub-tropes, that could also be the basis for the name of the main trope:

The Id => The Passionate Humanist

The Super Ego => The Stoic Utilitarian

The Ego => The Balanced Moderator

I like these names because it involves both the temperament and philosophy these characters are supposed to have, and makes it so that “The Ego” can be a more general trope, to make any duo with opposing philosophies a trio.

That's the problem that arises when you make a trope so ingrained with a set of characters that happen to fit into the roles of the freudian psyche. As much as I like Star Trek and the original trio, I feel that Picard is a much better example of a superego character than Spock ever was, since more focus is laid on his morals and ideals rather than strict logic like Spock, who does still fit into the superego role due to his strict adherence to the supression of his emotions to the point where it may harm his logical reasoning at times. Frankly speaking, superego should correlate more to The Fettered or Principles Zealot, rather than The Spock, especially since the superego by Freud's own definition doesn't concern itself with logic in the pursuit of what it considers proper moral behavior.