bird in a gilded cage theme
Someone faces living in luxury but without freedom.
Examples
Harry Mudd was waited on by an army of ostensibly loyal androids and had everything he could wish for except the freedom to leave in tos2x12 "I, Mudd".
11 total · 9 major · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ftt1982e5x02 | major | Princess Henrietta was a privileged royal brat who was thought to have everything a princess could ask for, yet she was not happy with being confined to her castle. |
| novel: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1872) | major | The Nautilus had everything the dedicated naturalist Professor Aronnax could ever want: a vast library that doubled as a smoking room, a lavishly adorned drawing room in which paintings of the great masters hung, glass cases full of specimens from the sea that no naturalist had ever beheld, etc. On top of all that the Nautilus was to Aronnax a dream vessel from which to conduct advanced marine research. |
| rd1988e6x02 | major | Legion decided to keep the crew captive in seemingly luxurious conditions. The crew demurred. |
| tftc1989e2x18 | major | Young Theodore was held captive in a sumptuous room with all the things a boy might seemingly ever desire: toys and desserts for every meal. |
| tng1x17 | major | Wesley, Harry Bernard Jr., and other kidnapped children had everything they could want except the freedom to reunite with their human parents. |
| tos2x12 | major | landing party held in luxury by androids |
| tz1959e4x03 | major | Phillip was told that he could never leave Peaceful Valley, though their remarkable technology could clearly give him a carefree life wanting for nothing. |
| voy3x20 | major | Harry on planet |
| voy3x24 | major | Voyager crew and Jarleth |
| movie: La Grande Illusion (1937) | minor | early there were comments about how well the Germans treated their prisoners |