brains vs. brawn theme
A clever person is pitted against a physically powerful opponent in a fight and we wonder which of these qualities is more important for victory.
Examples
Captain Kirk was pitted in an epic battle of agility and brains vs. brawn against a Gorn captain in tos1x19 "The Arena".
7 total · 1 choice · 6 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tos1x19 | choice | Kirk/Gorn captain :: Kirk and Gorn |
| futurama3x12 | minor | Cubert and Dwight used their brains to outwit school bully/blob Brett. |
| movie: Eliminators (1986) | minor | Riverboat captain Harry Fontana secured a contract to take Nora and the Mandroid up the river by outsmarting the other riverboat captains who were participating in a winner take all bar brawl for the contract right. Fontana laid low while everyone else duked it out and then hit the presumptive winner over the head with a bottle to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. |
| movie: Prehistoric Women (1950) | minor | Engor showed Tigri that he could move a big rock using brute force, but she was not impressed, because she could move it equally well with the aid of a level. |
| tng4x09 | minor | compare approaches of Wesley and Dirgo in getting water from fountain |
| tos1x24 | minor | Kirk/Khan Singh :: Kirk outwitted Khan in a fight to the death |
| voy4x26 | minor | Jainway vs. Seven on the holodeck |