Dig That Cat… He's Real Gone story
A carnival daredevil known as Ulric the Undying is buried alive for his grand finale. Through a series of flashbacks, he tells the viewers how he was formerly a homeless vagrant who had undergone a doctor's experiment in order to transfer a cat's gland into his brain, giving him its nine lives and the ability to temporarily resurrect a number of times. However, during his final stunt, he suddenly remembers that he may have miscounted just how many lives he has left. Also starring Robert Wuhl. Directed by: Richard Donner. Story by: Terry Black.
13 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| unkillable attribute | choice | The premise of the story is that a man attains the nine lives of a cat, thus becoming temporarily unkillable as he would rapidly resurrect. |
| greed for riches | major | Ulric the Undying's avarice became his undoing in the end. Overcome with avarice, Coralee stabbed her lover, Ulric, to quasi-death with a comb and ran off to the Bahamas with his money to use all for herself. |
| revival long after death | major | Ulric the Undying found himself with nine lives to burn after Dr. Manfred grafted a cat gland onto his brain. |
| body part transplant | minor | A cat's gland had been surgically grafted onto Ulric's brain, giving him all the cat's remaining lives. |
| bribery | minor | A uniformed policeman accepted a handful of cash from Coralee in exchange for releasing Ullric's temporarily dead body into her custody. |
| father and son | minor | A young boy was pressured into shooting Ulric dead with a crossbow by his bloodthirsty father. |
| law enforcement | minor | A uniformed policeman accepted a handful of cash from Coralee in exchange for releasing Ullric's temporarily dead body into her custody. |
| living corpse | minor | The story is presented by the Crypt Keeper, a cackling, wisecracking cadaver. |
| medical occupation | minor | Dr. Manfred performed an experiment brain surgery on Ullric. |
| murder | minor | Ulric murdered his business partner, Dr. Manfred, by driving into a wall. Coralee stabbed her love interest, Ulric, to quasi-death with a comb and ran off with his money, presumably knowing full well that he would come back to life. |