Miss Stardust story
A sentient plant-like alien known as "Cabbage Man" threatens to destroy the Earth if the Miss Stardust beauty pageant doesn't allow contestants from other worlds to compete. This causes public relations worker Joe Willoughby to give in to his demands, and hurriedly allow interplanetary beings to compete in the pageant. Directed by: Tobe Hooper. Story by: Richard Matheson, Thomas E. Szollosi & Richard Christian Matheson.
11 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| beauty is in the eye of the beholder | choice | A message of the story is that humans and space aliens may have different standards when it come to beauty. This was illustrated in the Miss Stardust beauty pageant in which humans and aliens argued over who was worthy of winning. |
| attack from outer space | major | A sentient plant-like alien known as "Cabbage Man" threatened to destroy the Earth if the Miss Stardust beauty pageant doesn't allow contestants from other worlds to compete. |
| extraterrestrial being | major | A squawking humanoid cabbage alien was poised to order the destruction of the Earth. |
| plant-like being | major | A squawking humanoid cabbage alien was poised to order the destruction of the Earth. |
| what if the fate of the world was in my hands | major | A sentient plant-like alien known as "Cabbage Man" threatened to destroy the Earth if the Miss Stardust beauty pageant doesn't allow contestants from other worlds to compete. It fell on Joe Willoughby, a middling public relations man, to pull the necessary strings to allow such contestants to participate. |
| insectoid being | minor | Miss Venus, a large green bug of some sort, showcased her harp playing at the Miss Stardust pageant. |
| Jovian extraterrestrial | minor | A humanoid with an oblong, bulbous head, Miss Jupiter, sang in the style of opera at the Miss Stardust pageant. |
| Martian extraterrestrial | minor | Miss Mars, a tall green humanoid, performed a dance reminiscent of a belly dance, at the Miss Stardust pageant. |
| romantic love | minor | The squawking humanoid cabbage alien and Joe's secretary, Miss Schroedinger, became besotted and presumably got married since they honeymooned on the third moon of Ungareena Mycappia. |
| the game of pool | minor | Joe Willoughby told part his implausible story over a game of pool. |