Batteries Not Included story

movie: Batteries Not Included (1987) · 1987-12-18

Some small extraterrestrial living spaceships that save an apartment block under threat from property development.

10 total · 7 major · 3 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
attachment to one's land major Frank refused to let a developer bully him into selling the dumpy apartment building he'd managed together with his wife for years.
coping with aging major An elderly husband was taking care of his senile wife.
coping with senility major Faye was suffering from dementia to the point that she was often disoriented and disconnected from the goings on around her.
facing being evicted from one's home major Two small, sentient spaceships came out of nowhere to help the residents of a dumpy apartment building from getting evicted.
husband and wife major The elderly married couple Frank and Faye Riley.
neighbor and neighbor major The few remaining residents of a dumpy apartment building who didn't take a developer's money to leave, banded together, and with some help from two living spaceships, managed to thwart the developer's plot to boot them out.
sentient spaceship major A family of small, sentient spaceships came out of nowhere to help the residents of a dumpy apartment building from getting evicted.
coping with the death of a child minor In her more lucid moments, Faye somehow recalled that her beloved son Bobby had died in a car wreck years ago, but for the most part she was convinced that he was alive and well.
expecting parents minor The female living spaceship gave birth to twins to much fanfare. Marisa was also expecting with child, but worried because she was on her own, but then Mason came to the rescue.
flying saucer minor The two living spaceship were shaped like flying saucers.