Editing Leonard McCoy (section)

==Depiction==
McCoy was born in [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]], in 2227.<ref name="USS Enterprise Officer's Manual">{{cite book|last=Mandel|first=Geoffrey|title=USS Enterprise Officer's Manual|year=1980|publisher=Interstellar Associates|location=New York|page=21|url=http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/USS-Enterprise-Officers-Manual.php|access-date=March 19, 2013|archive-date=May 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514112722/http://www.cygnus-x1.net/links/lcars/USS-Enterprise-Officers-Manual.php|url-status=live}}</ref> The son of David McCoy,{{r|rioux2005}}{{rp|257–258}} he attended the [[University of Mississippi]]<ref name="Encyc" /> and is a [[divorce|divorcé]].<ref name="chrono">{{cite book|title=Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future|publisher=Pocket Books|year=1996|isbn=978-0-671-53610-7|author-link1=Michael Okuda|first1=Michael|last1=Okuda|first2=Denise|last2=Okuda|author-link2=Denise Okuda}}</ref> McCoy later married Natira, the priestess of Yonada, as recounted in the episode "[[For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky]]". In 2266, McCoy was posted as chief medical officer of the USS ''Enterprise'' under Captain [[James T. Kirk]], who often calls him "Bones".<ref name="Encyc" /> McCoy and Kirk are good friends, even "brotherly".{{r|rioux2005}}{{rp|146}} The passionate, sometimes cantankerous McCoy frequently argues with Kirk's other confidant, science officer [[Spock]],<ref name="compendium" /> and occasionally is annoyed by Spock's [[Vulcan (Star Trek)|Vulcan]] heritage.<ref name="sacredground58">{{cite book|title=Star Trek and Sacred Ground|page=58|isbn=978-0-7914-4334-7|publisher=SUNY Press|first1=Jennifer E.|last1=Porter|first2=Darcee L.|last2=McLaren|year=1999}}</ref> McCoy often plays the role of Kirk's conscience, offering a counterpoint to Spock's logic.<ref name="compendium" /> McCoy is suspicious of technology,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/10/18/abrams-star-trek-casts-kirk-bones/|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=2009-01-26|date=2007-10-18|first=Mike|last=Bruno|title=Abrams' 'Trek' Casts Kirk and Bones|archive-date=November 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107160954/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20152931,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> especially the [[Transporter (Star Trek)|transporter]].<ref name="Encyc" /> As a physician, he prefers less intrusive treatment and believes in the body's innate recuperative powers.<ref name="compendium" /> The nickname "Bones" – chosen before the character was named – is a play on ''[[wikt:sawbones|sawbones]]'', a 19th century [[epithet]] for a surgeon.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Simon |first=Alexandra |date=2021-10-30 |title=The Truth About Dr. McCoy's Nickname In Star Trek |url=https://www.grunge.com/647549/the-truth-about-dr-mccoys-nickname-in-star-trek/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=Grunge.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Sci-Fi Baby Names: 500 Out-of-This-World Baby Names from Anakin to Zardoz|first=Robert|last=Schnakenberg|isbn=978-1-59474-161-6|publisher=Quirk Books|year=2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=9943 |title=Sawbones definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms easily defined on MedTerms |publisher=Medterms.com |date=2012-03-19 |access-date=2013-05-25 |archive-date=December 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209061543/http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=9943 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[Star Trek (2009 film)|2009 ''Star Trek'' film]] reboot, when McCoy first meets Kirk, he complains that his ex-wife took all their shared assets following their divorce: "All I got left is my bones", implying this was the origin of the nickname.<ref name="Star Trek DVD commentary">''Star Trek'' DVD commentary</ref>

When Kirk orders McCoy's commission reactivated in ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'' (1979);<ref name="Encyc" /> a resentful McCoy complains of being "[[conscription|drafted]]".<ref>{{cite video|date=1979|title=[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]|quote=Your revered Admiral Nogura invoked a little-known, seldom-used "reserve activation clause". In simpler language, Captain, they drafted me.|people=Screenplay by Harold Livingston, story by [[Alan Dean Foster]], directed by [[Robert Wise]]}}</ref> Spock transfers his ''[[Katra (Star Trek)|katra]]''—his knowledge and experience—into McCoy before dying in ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]'' (1982).<ref name="Encyc" /> This causes mental anguish for McCoy, who in ''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]'' (1984) helps restore Spock's ''katra'' to his reanimated body.<ref name="Encyc" /> McCoy continues to serve on Kirk's crew aboard the captured Klingon ship in ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'' (1986).<ref name="Encyc" /> In ''[[Star Trek V: The Final Frontier]]'' (1989), McCoy (through the intervention of Spock's half-brother [[Sybok]]) reveals that he [[Assisted suicide|helped his father commit suicide]] to relieve him of his pain. Shortly after the suicide, a cure was found for his father's disease, and McCoy had carried the guilt about it with him until Sybok's intervention.

In ''[[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country]]'' (1991), McCoy and Kirk escape from a [[Klingon]] prison world, and the ''Enterprise'' crew stops a plot to prevent peace between the [[United Federation of Planets]] and the Klingon Empire.<ref name="Encyc" /> Kelley reprised the role for the "[[Encounter at Farpoint]]" pilot episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' (1987), insisting upon no more than the minimum [[Screen Actors Guild]] payment for his appearance.<ref>{{cite book|title=Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion|publisher=[[Pocket Books]]|date=2003-01-07|last=Nemeck|first=Larry|isbn=978-0-7434-5798-9}}</ref> McCoy had attained the rank of admiral in the ''Trek'' timeline when this episode was aired, and he is stated to be 137 years of age. He went on to become chief of Starfleet Medical, with a special rank known as branch admiral. The fictional book ''Comparative Alien Physiology'' was written by McCoy, and was required reading at the Starfleet Medical Academy through the 2370s.

In the 1973 ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series]]'' episode "[[The Survivor (Star Trek: The Animated Series)|The Survivor]]", McCoy mentions he has a daughter, Joanna. Although [[Pavel Chekov|Chekov]]'s friend Irina in the original series episode "[[The Way to Eden]]" was originally written as McCoy's daughter, it was changed before the episode was shot.<ref>[http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/joanna.htm Joanna] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810225034/http://www.fastcopyinc.com/orionpress/articles/joanna.htm |date=August 10, 2009 }} precursor to "The Way to Eden"</ref>

===Reboot film series===
[[File:Leonard "Bones" McCoy (from Star Trek 2009).JPG|thumb|[[Karl Urban]] as McCoy in ''[[Star Trek (2009 film)|Star Trek]]'' (2009)]]
In the [[Star Trek (2009 film)|2009 ''Star Trek'' film]], which takes place in an alternate, parallel reality,<ref name="bglobe1">{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/05/05/a_fresh_frontier/|title=Star Trek|newspaper=The Boston Globe|access-date=2009-05-06|date=2009-05-05|first=Ty|last=Burr|page=1|archive-date=January 30, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130041629/http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/05/05/a_fresh_frontier/|url-status=live}}</ref> McCoy and Kirk become friends at [[Starfleet Academy]], which McCoy joins after a divorce that he says, "left [him] nothing but [his] bones." This line, improvised by Urban,<ref name="Star Trek DVD commentary"/> explains how McCoy earned the nickname ''Bones''. McCoy later helps get Kirk posted aboard the [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'']]. He later becomes the chief medical officer after Doctor Puri is killed during an attack by Nero. McCoy remains aboard to see the ''Enterprise'' defeat Nero and his crew, with Kirk becoming the commanding officer of the ship.

''[[The Guardian]]'' called Urban's portrayal of McCoy in the 2009 film an "unqualified success",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2009/apr/21/star-trek|title=JJ Abrams's Star Trek: we have liftoff|access-date=2009-04-22|first=Phil|last=Hoad|date=2009-04-21|location=London|work=The Guardian|archive-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529233529/http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2009/apr/21/star-trek|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the character "wild-eyed and funny".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/movies/08trek.html?partner=rss&emc=rss|title=A Franchise Goes Boldly Backward|last=Dargis|first=Manohla|date=2009-05-08|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=2009-05-07|archive-date=May 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511021241/http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/movies/08trek.html?partner=rss&emc=rss|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' said Urban came closer than the other actors to impersonating a character's original depiction.<ref name="slatereview">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2217854/|title=Go See Star Trek|last=Stevens|first=Dana|date=2009-05-06|magazine=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]|access-date=2009-05-07|archive-date=January 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110115084145/http://www.slate.com/id/2217854/|url-status=live}}</ref>