Titan A.E. story
Titan A.E. is a 2000 American animated post-apocalyptic science fiction adventure film directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman and starring the voices of Matt Damon, Bill Pullman, Drew Barrymore, John Leguizamo, Nathan Lane, Janeane Garofalo, Ron Perlman and Tone Loc. Synopsis: A young man who has been given a mysterious map by his father finds that the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders.
17 total · 2 choice · 4 major · 11 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| artificial planet | choice | A main novelty of the film is Project Titan: an invention that was designed to create an Earth-like planet. The story culminated with Cale and Akima activating the invention, resulting in the nearly instant creation of a new and beautiful Earth. |
| what if the fate of the world was in my hands | choice | It was up to a mysterious map possessing Cale, and to a lesser extent Akima, to save humanity from the genocidal Drej aliens. In the end they succeeded in vanquishing the Drej and creating a new Earth - the original Earth had been destroyed in a Drej attack. |
| attack from outer space by a genocidal enemy | major | Central to the plot is that the Drej had destroyed Earth in an unprovoked attack. The story picks up 15 years after the attack when a remnant of humanity was living scattered across space. |
| betrayal | major | It so transpired that Korso recruited Cale under the auspices that they'd work together to defeat the Drej, but Cale later discovered that Korso was in cahoots the Drej and had planned all along to betray Cale. Korso's first mate Preed betrayed him in the end. |
| extraterrestrial being | major | The genocidal Drej aliens were trying to exterminate humanity. In general, the film is set in a future where humans interacted with a variety of alien races. |
| romantic love | major | The story built up to Cale and Akima falling in love. |
| animal and plant patterned being | minor | The aliens in the story were generally pattered after earth animals: Gune was amphibian-like, Preed bat-like, Stith Kangaroo-like, etc. |
| anti-gravity technology | minor | Cale and the other people in the Tau 14 Salvage Station cafeteria sound themselves floating about when one of the gravity generators broke down. |
| father and son | minor | Sam entrusted his young son, Cale, with a mysterious ring shortly before Sam perished in the Drej attack on Earth. |
| hologram | minor | Korso communicated with Akima via a holographic projection of her that emanated from his wrist watch. Cale watched a holographic message from his deceased father. |