My Favorite Martian story
A television news producer befriends a Martian who crash-landed on Earth.
15 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| Martian extraterrestrial | choice | The story is about a Martian who crash-lands on Earth and subsequently gets into all sorts of hijinks. |
| friendship | major | Tim befriended the Martian who'd taken up residence in his home and helped it to repair its spaceship. |
| journalism | major | The film follows the TV news producer Tim O'Hara as he plots to break the story of a Martian living in his house to the world, although he ultimately befriended the Martian and kept the story from the public. The ambitious TV news reporter Brace Channing tried to seduce Tim and steal his story about a Martian living in his house. |
| romantic love | major | The story built up to Tim and his camera operator Lizzy falling in love in the end. |
| shapeshifter | major | The Martian took the form of various humans after crash-landing on Earth. |
| speculative full body outfit | major | The Martian wore an irreverent talking suit, named Zoot, that worked as his engineer. |
| adapting to life in a foreign culture | minor | The Martian had some trouble fitting in on Earth. In particular, he slobbered Mrs. Brown's hand with licks upon greeting her for the first time. |
| facing a home invader | minor | A scuffle ensued when the Martian broke into Tim's house. |
| father and daughter | minor | The TV news station head Mr. Channing and his reporter daughter, Brace Channing. |
| invisibility ability | minor | The Martian turned himself invisible at the push of a button. |