coping with time passing you by theme

A character copes with not being able to keep up with an ever-changing world.

Examples

Scotty coped with time having passed him by after Geordi found him suspended in a transporter pattern-buffer in tng6x05 "Relics".

31 total · 6 choice · 15 major · 10 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ds97x07 choice Kor explained he was old and there was no place for him in Klingon society anymore
ldr2019e1x08 choice The two main characters lamented the loss of their traditional life that came with the modernization, and westernization, of China at the turn of the previous century. The story follows the patter of showcasing horrors of modern society contrasted with the idyllic days of yore.
movie: How Green Was My Valley (1940) choice The story concerns an initially thriving little coal mining village in Wales that went into decline as the times changed. The Morgans, and others, reacted in various ways to the gradual loss of their way of life.
movie: The Leopard (1963) choice everything must change so that everything can stay the same reflects the Prince
tng6x04 choice Scotty :: Scotty
tz1959e5x02 choice Steel Kelly was a washed-up boxer become washed-up robot boxer owner who could now barely make ends meet because his model was antiquated.
ahh3x14 major Rudolph was trying to resurrect his antiquated vaudeville act under a misplaced notion that it would be popular with contemporary audiences.
as1985e1x11 major Santa was hopelessly behind the times. For example, he was caught off guard by a newfangled invention known as a burglar alarm.
ent1x10 major Matthew Ryan and the freighter people had to adapt to a changing world where the Federation was taking jurisdiction of space and making them give up their old cowboy ways.
futurama3x08 major Harold Zoid struggled as a washed up actor from the silent hologram era.