The Man with Two Brains story
A pioneering neurosurgeon marries a cruel and unfaithful gold digger.
21 total · 11 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| brain disembodiment technology | major | Dr. Necessiter created a radical new technique enabling him to store living, communicating brains in liquid-filled jars. |
| femme fatale | major | The gorgeous Dolores seduced Dr. Hfuhruhurr and then married him for his money. |
| gold digging | major | Dolores wedded Dr. Hfuhruhurr for his money, but then avoided consummating their marriage at all cost. |
| husband and wife | major | Dr. Hfuhruhurr fell deeply in love with Dolores and she married him for his money. |
| mad scientist stereotype | major | Dr. Hfuhruhurr met mad scientist Dr. Alfred Necessiter, who had created a radical new technique enabling him to store living brains in liquid-filled jars. |
| medical occupation | major | The pioneering neurosurgeon Dr. Hfuhruhurr performed the world's first brain transplant. The transplant was done at the hospital where he worked as a physician. |
| mind transfer technology | major | The film culminated with Dr. Necessiter transferring Anne's beautiful mind into Dolores' beautiful body. He also transfered Dr. Conrad's mind into the brain of a gorilla, although the transfer was only partially successful, since the gorilla brain was too small to hold the full contents of Dr. Conrad's mind. |
| romantic infidelity | major | Dolores cheated on Dr. Hfuhruhurr with their brawny landscaper and probably a hotel bellboy. Dolores was livid when she caught him kissing Anne's disembodied brain's jar while he and the brain were on a romantic boat ride on the river. |
| romantic love | major | Dr. Hfuhruhurr and Anne's disembodied brain fell in love. |
| spouse murder | major | Dolores openly plotted to murder her husband Dr. Hfuhruhurr once his grandmother died and left him a large inheritance. Moreover, the film opened with Dolores in the process of knocking off her elderly, but wealthy husband. |