Watchers story
A teenager befriends a runaway, genetically engineered golden retriever that is smart enough to beat him at Scrabble. It is loosely based on the 1987 novel Watchers by Dean R. Koontz.
15 total · 2 choice · 6 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| friendship | choice | The teenager Travis befriended a golden retriever that'd been genetically engineered to have human level intelligence. |
| species uplifting | choice | A golden retriever was genetically enhanced to have human level intelligence. |
| human childhood | major | Travis was a teenager in a suburban community doing stereotypical teenager things, both at high school and when he was outside getting into trouble. |
| human vs. monster | major | It was up to Travis and his uplifted golder retriever pal to stop a murderous mutant monster. |
| monster | major | A genetically engineered monster went on a killing spree after having escaped from a secret government research laboratory. |
| mother and son | major | Travis and his mother were featured throughout the film. |
| secret government project | major | An uplifted golden retriever, a mutant monster, and a psychopathic killer had all been genetically engineered as part of a secret government research program. |
| speculative genetic engineering | major | A golden retriever was genetically enhanced to have human level intelligence. |
| boyfriend and girlfriend | minor | The high schooler Travis made out with his girlfriend Tracey in her father's barn. |
| father and daughter | minor | Tracey had an interaction with her father in the moments before he was slaughtered by a mutant monster. |