Lifted story
Lifted is a 2006 American computer-animated short science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and directed by Gary Rydstrom. Synopsis: A young alien attempts to abduct a sleeping farmer.
7 total · 4 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| alien abduction | major | The young alien Stu tried and failed to abduct a sleeping farmer. |
| coping with personal failure | major | The young alien Stu was crestfallen upon failing his alien abduction test. |
| extraterrestrial being | major | The green, humanoid alien Stu tried to abduct a sleeping farmer under the watchful eye of his gelatinous blog alien examiner, Mr. B. |
| taking a test | major | The entirety of the story is about a young alien, named Stu, who fails his alien abduction test (much like young humans fail their driver exams). |
| blobform | minor | Stu's examiner Mr. B was a gelatinous blob. |
| flying saucer | minor | The aliens Stu and Mr. B arrived outside of the farmhouse in a stereotypical flying saucer. |
| tractor beam | minor | The young alien Stu locked a greenish tractor beam onto the sleeping farmer with the intention of lifting him onto the ship, but ended up bouncing the man around like a pinball. |