childhood as an outsider theme

Someone grows up in a community they don't feel they quite fit in with, perhaps because they are a freaky alien with devilishly pointed ears.

Examples

Spock's trials and tribulations as a half-Human child growing up on conservative planet Vulcan were featured in tas1x02 "Yesteryear".

17 total · 1 choice · 6 major · 10 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
voy7x12 choice B'Elanna did and now worries about her baby facing the same
futurama3x09 major Leela was made to feel as an outsider when she was an orphan because she had one big eye, and likewise for the orphan girl with an ear on her forehead.
ldr2019e2x02 major Sedgewick, being "unmodded", was to his chagrin an outsider among all the enhanced peers on the new planet, who pejoratively referred to him as an "extro".
movie: AI Artificial Intelligence (2001) major David was an android boy in a human family.
movie: Good Boy (2003) major The story follows the 12-year-old boy Owen in his struggles to make lasting relationships with others owing to his parents' habit of renovating and reselling houses.
tas1x02 major Spock :: Spock
tz1959e3x32 major The orphan boy Pedro said to the alien that he felt like an outcast in the mountain village in which he resided.
dis1x01 minor Michael Burnham :: Burnham grew up as a Human child among Vulcans
ds94x09 minor Worf confided to Jadzia about his struggles in early life as a Klingon being raised by Humans
ds95x07 minor Worf described his childhood as the only Klingon boy on Galt colony