devolution theme
A hypothetical process by which a creature can be transformed into some creature of an earlier stage in its evolutionary history. E.g., a human could become an ape-like "australopithecus", or a rat-like "repenomamus", etc.
10 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 5 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tng7x19 | choice | the crew devolve into various animals |
| movie: Altered States (1980) | major | Dr. Jessup devolved into an ape-like human ancestor. |
| movie: Monster on the Campus (1958) | major | Dr. Donald Blake devolved into a primitive caveman after accidentally coming into contact with the gamma ray irradiated blood of a coelacanth. |
| movie: The Hideous Sun Demon (1958) | major | Exposure to a radioactive isotope and sunlight devolved Gil McKenna into an ancient lizard-like ancestor of Humans. |
| movie: The Neanderthal Man (1953) | major | Professor Clifford Groves discovers a means to devolve a house cat into a saber tooth tiger and himelf into a Neanderthal. |
| movie: 2019 After the Fall of New York (1983) | minor | Parsifal and his party encountered a group of people who devolved to have caveman-like traits, including low, sloping foreheads. |
| movie: Endgame (1983) | minor | Radioactive fallout caused some people to develop simian, and even fish-like features. |
| movie: White Dwarf (1995) | minor | It was revealed that the canine humanoid Morgus was in the process of devolving into a grotesque creature. |
| rd1988e8x06 | minor | Kryten had used the time wand to regressed a sparrow to be its dinosaur ancestor. |
| rd1988e8x07 | minor | Kryten had inadvertently used the time wand to regress a sparrow into its dinosaur ancestor. Two Red Dwarf crew members inadvertently used the time want to regress themselves into their ape ancestors. |