embarrassment theme
Someone feels ashamed or self-conscious about themself in front of others.
Examples
Spock was mortified at the prospect of having to explain the nature of his secret Vulcan mating urges to Captain Kirk in tos2x05 "Amok Time".
57 total · 1 choice · 11 major · 45 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahp6x18 | choice | The veteran horror actor Ernst von Croft was mortified at the premier of his new vampire film and subsequently took measures to get revenge on the film's producers. |
| ahh3x10 | major | Candle was serially humiliated by Jay who outsmarted him at every turn. Tiger, an alpha male gang leader, was humiliated when he read aloud an excerpt from Jay's personal notes articulating that Tiger was afraid of the opposite sex. |
| as1985e1x08 | major | In at least two separate shows, the aging magician Lou Bungles made a fool of himself on stage by botching a number of routine magic tricks. |
| blackmirror6x01 | major | Joan was mortified when her life started being broadcast on a popular streaming service, Streamberry (a parody on Netflix). The Catholic actress Salma Hayek was likewise mortified when her CGI likeness took a dump on a church floor. |
| columbo1971e1x01 | major | Ken Franklin arguably killed Jim because Jim going solo would have exposed Ken as the hack writer that he really was. |
| columbo1971e1x07 | major | Columbo seemingly had egg on his face upon finding no body buried under the cement pile he had dug up at great expense. This was all because Elliot carefully goaded and manipulated Columbo into digging up the cement pile all along, or so he thought. |
| movie: PG: Psycho Goreman (2020) | major | Mimi took away the former galactic overlord Psycho Goreman's dignity by enslaving him, and forcing him to do make good on her every whim. |
| tftc1989e5x07 | major | The story concerns the degradation some younger students were subjected to by their peers in a stereotypical American frat house. |
| tos3x12 | major | Spock, Kirk :: Spock and Kirk |
| tz1959e2x25 | major | Colonel Taylor suffered a devastating humiliation when he was left with no alternative but to admit to his peers that he didn't have the half million dollars to make good on his wager with Mr. Tennyson. |