"The Enemy Within" (season one, episode five; production code: 05; 6 October 1966): Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Leonard Nimoy invented the Vulcan nerve pinch (A.K.A. the Famous Spock Nerve Pinch) for "The Enemy Within," because he thought it out of character for Spock to pistol whip the "evil" Kirk transporter duplicate with his phaser. The Vulcan nerve pinch debuted on-screen during "The Naked Time," which was filmed later but aired the week before "The Enemy Within."
"The Enemy Within" is the polar opposite of "Tuvix" (VGR; season two, episode twenty-four; 6 May 1996): Kirk is duplicated into two partial beings whereas Tuvok & Neelix were synthesized into one new being. The two Kirks cannot survive without each other; Spock encourages the tender Kirk to make a decision, to order the transporter reunion with the savage Kirk. Janeway straight-up murdered Tuvix to resurrect Tuvok & Neelix.
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