Chopping Mall story
The story focuses on three security robots turning rogue, and killing teenage employees inside a shopping mall after dark.
9 total · 4 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| autonomous weapons system | major | Three high-tech, mall security robots went haywire and started going around indiscriminately killing everyone who had stayed behind in the mall after closing time. |
| boyfriend and girlfriend | major | Four couples (Rick and Linda, Greg and Suzie, Mike and Leslie and Ferdy and Allison) were stuck inside a shopping mall overnight in mortal combat with three high-tech, mall security bots gone haywire. |
| human vs. sentient machine | major | Four couples were stuck inside a shopping mall overnight in mortal combat with three high-tech, mall security bots gone haywire. |
| romantic love | major | Ferdy and Allison fell in love over the course of spending a night trapped in a shopping mall fighting a trio of mall security robots gone haywire. |
| claustrophobia | minor | Suzie became paralyzed with fear while crawling around in a ventilation duct. |
| disapproving parent | minor | Mr. Todd didn't approve of his young adult daughter Linda running around with Mike. |
| father and daughter | minor | Mr. Todd didn't approve of his young adult daughter Linda running around with Mike. |
| the dangers of smoking | minor | Mike reminded Leslie that smoking was bad for her health. |
| the nerd stereotype | minor | The nasally voiced, thick-framed eyeglass wearing, bookkeeping aficionado Ferdy Meisel. Ferdy, however, quickly dropped his nerd persona once the mall security robots started going around killing everyone. The security robot technician was also a stereotypical nerdy guy. |