freezing up in a critical moment theme
Someone can't handle the stress of an intense situation and freezes up in a critical moment when they should have acted.
Examples
Dave Bailey froze up at the conn when Captain Kirk ordered him to fire the main phasers at a menacing space cube in tos1x02 "The Corbomite Maneuver".
8 total · 8 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: 21 Jump Street (2012) | minor | In the car chase scene, Schmidt froze up while aiming his gun at the motorcycle gang leader, resulting in Jenko having to pull the trigger himself self riving the car. |
| movie: Skylines (2020) | minor | Rose froze before she could fire and one of her ships was destroyed as a result. |
| rbt1985e3x06 | minor | Eckels was petrified and said that he couldn't move when he took in the size of the ferocious Tyrannosaurus rex he had come to kill. |
| tos1x02 | minor | Dave Bailey :: Bailey at phaser control |
| tos2x18 | minor | Garrovick (Ensign) :: Garrovick in confrontation with creature |
| tz1959e4x12 | minor | George (as President) was paralyzed by indecision when faced with a global UFO crisis. |
| tz1985e3x03 | minor | Father Mark failed to rush to the rescue of a woman who died in a fiery car crash. |
| voy3x04 | minor | Doc lost his memories just before an important operation |