The Glitterball story
Two boys befriend a stranded alien in the shape of a little silver ball and help it to return home.
9 total · 4 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ball-shaped being | major | An alien in the shape of a little silver ball became stranded on Earth. |
| extraterrestrial being | major | An alien in the shape of a little silver ball became stranded on Earth. Hundreds of its ball shaped brethren came to Earth to rescue it at the end of the film. |
| friendship | major | Childhood friends Max and Pete themselves befriended an alien in the shape of a little silver ball who had become stranded on Earth. |
| human childhood | major | The story followed childhood friends Max and Pete as they helped an alien return to its home planet. |
| father and son | minor | Max and his father Sergeant Fielding. |
| flying saucer theory of UFOs | minor | Max suggested that the anomalies the Royal Airforce observed while monitoring the skies could have been because of flying saucers, but his father dismissed the possibility. |
| mother and son | minor | Max and his mother Mrs. Fielding. |
| speculative spaceship | minor | The little silver ball alien had a cantaloupe sized and shaped spaceship. |
| theft | minor | Max and Pete were confronted by a shoplifter at the department store. They later found him knicking something from a house while working as a window cleaner. |