Escape from the Planet of the Apes story
Three talking chimpanzees land on Earth in a U.S. spacecraft.
16 total · 5 major · 11 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ape-like being | major | Sentient apes traveled back in time to contemporary Earth. |
| displacement by a rising new species | major | It became apparent that apes were destined to become intelligent and supplant Humans as the dominant species on the Earth. |
| husband and wife | major | Zira and Cornelius. |
| nuclear holocaust | major | There were multiple references to the nuclear bomb that blew the Earth to bits in the 3900s. |
| time travel | major | Three talking chimpanzees travel back in time to modern day Earth. Dr. Otto Hasslein explained a curious theory of time based on the idea of infinite regression. Dr. Otto Hasslein urged the President to kill the apes in order to alter the future in the interest of humankind. |
| animal testing | minor | Zira explained that Humans were used in scientific experiments in her world, and Lewis Dixon said that Humans do the same to animals in return. |
| coping with being famous | minor | Zira and Cornelius became celebrities and had to deal with all the attention being showered on them by the public. |
| coping with discomfort during pregnancy | minor | Zira experienced various discomforts during her pregnancy, including a fainting incident and a craving for grape juice plus. |
| destiny | minor | Dr. Otto Hasslein considered the possibility that humankind was destined to be supplanted by a civilization of apes. |
| government secrecy | minor | Cornelius explained that he had access to documents with information about the rise of apes on Earth that were not released to the public because it would be dangerous. |