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
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |