A Boy and His Dog story
A teenage boy and his telepathic dog, who work together as a team in order to survive in the dangerous post-apocalyptic wasteland of the Southwestern United States.
14 total · 12 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| fabled land of goodness | major | The telepathic dog Blood was determined to find the legendary promised land of "Over the Hill" where above-ground utopias were said to exist, though Vic believed that they ought to make the best of what they have. |
| friendship | major | Vic and his telepathic dog Blood worked together as a team in order to survive in the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust. |
| infatuation | major | Vic and Quilla June Holmes copulated like rabbits. |
| love vs. friendship | major | Should Vic leave Blood on the surface to follow Quilla down underground at great risk to himself? |
| mass infertility | major | The subterranean townspeople lured Vic underground as part of a plot to harvest his sperm to be used to impregnate their womenfolk as the menfolk had become infertile owing to prolonged underground habitation. |
| master and pet | major | Vic and his pet police dog Blood worked together to survive in the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust. |
| nuclear holocaust | major | We learned that World War IV, a nuclear war which took place over a period of five days, destroyed civilization on Earth in 2007. |
| post-apocalyptic dystopia | major | The film is set in an alternate future in the year 2024 after a nuclear holocaust. |
| subterranean civilization | major | Vic discovered a strange small town American-like society of people living underground. |
| surviving in a wasteland | major | Vic and his telepathic dog struggled had to work together to survive in a post-nuclear holocaust wasteland. |