Innerspace story
A panicky hypochondriac is unsuspectingly injected with a miniaturized, submersible pod encapsulated man. It was inspired by the 1966 science fiction film Fantastic Voyage.
15 total · 5 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| hypochondria | major | Jack was a panicky hypochondriac whose condition was aggravated by the presence of a microscopic sized man inside his body. |
| miniaturization technology | major | Lt. Tuck Pendleton volunteered for a secret miniaturization experiment in which he was placed in a submersible pod and both were shrunk to microscopic size. |
| romantic love | major | Tuck and Lydia had some ups and downs but the film concluded with them tying the knot. |
| travel inside a human body | major | A miniaturized, submersible pod encapsulated Tuck navigated around inside the body of the hypochondriac Jack Putter. |
| what if I shrank in size | major | Lt. Tuck Pendleton was shrunken down to microscopic size. |
| appearance altering technology | minor | Tuck, quite out of nowhere, used some technology in his submersible pod to physically alter Jack's face to appear identical to that of The Cowboy. |
| coping with a drunken fool | minor | Tuck gave a drunken toast and then toppled over into some surroundings to everyone's chagrin. |
| coping with getting dumped | minor | Lydia dumped Tuck like a sack of potatoes. |
| greed for riches | minor | Mr. Scrimshaw masterminded a nefarious plot to steal a secret computer chip that would enable him to make a vast fortune via a monopoly on miniaturization technology. |
| journalism | minor | Lydia put the skills she'd learned as a journalist to help save Tuck. |