The Nutty Professor story
Nerdy Professor Julius Kelp invents a serum that turns him into Buddy Love: a handsome, suave, charming and brash girl-chasing hipster.
13 total · 9 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| human enhancement technology | major | Nerdy professor Julius Kelp invented a serum that turned him into Buddy Love: a handsome, suave, charming and brash girl-chasing hipster. |
| just be yourself | major | In the end Julius Kelp learned that he didn't need to be Buddy Love to win Stella Purdy's heart, instead all he had to do as be his warm and nerdy self. |
| mad scientist stereotype | major | The nerdy, accident-prone, socially awkward professor Julius Kelp. |
| parody on life in academia | major | The film is set on a parody of a university campus. |
| romantic love | major | Julius Kelp and Julius Kelp/Buddy Love. |
| self-confidence | major | Julius Kelp's new Buddy Love persona gave him the confidence he needed to pursue his student Stella Purdy. |
| the human capacity for good and evil | major | The meek and nerdy Julius Kelp turned into a suave and brash girl-chasing hipster when in the form of his alter ego Buddy Love. |
| what if I had multiple personalities | major | Nerdy professor Julius Kelp invented a serum that turned him into Buddy Love: a handsome, suave, charming and brash girl-chasing hipster. |
| what if I underwent a physical metamorphosis | major | Nerdy professor Julius Kelp invented a serum that turned him into Buddy Love: a handsome, suave, charming and brash girl-chasing hipster. |
| childish bullying | minor | Professor Julius Kelp was humiliated from being bullied in class by a college football player. |