growing as a person theme
A character realizes that they've learned something important that made them develop as a person, making them more mature and sophisticated as a result.
20 total · 4 choice · 14 major · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ds92x04 | choice | Verad wanted become more than he was |
| movie: Red Beard (1965) | choice | through the example of Red Beard, Yasumoto learned that he had been selfish and arrogant and resolved to better himself |
| voy5x25 | choice | the sentient alien missile learned it could expand its programming to have higher goals than blowing up a military installation |
| voy6x04 | choice | The Doctor attempted to grow by including daydreaming into his programming and by training to become an Emergency Command Hologram |
| ahp7x07 | major | The title is a reference to the idea featured that Julie was extolled to "get a hold" of herself and act as a grown up in identifying her assailant. |
| as1985e2x04 | major | The story led up to Harry renouncing his geeky ways and becoming a more stereotypically normal American teen. |
| bridesheadrevisited1981e1x08 | major | Charles and Julia explicitly discussed how they had both changed in the intervening years since they had last met at Brideshead Castle. They had both in recent years come to emotionally abandon they spouses they took when they were younger and relatively immature. |
| movie: Anna to the Infinite Power (1983) | major | The story followed Anna as she grew out of her mildly autistic shell and learned to become comfortable with her emotions. |
| movie: Gigi (1958) | major | The story culminates with Gaston renouncing his womanizing ways and marrying Gigi, who had melted his heart. |
| movie: Gone with the Wind (1939) | major | The story follows Scarlett coming of age as her people are defeated in war. She suffered through severe hardship but rose to it and swore to God that she would never go hungry again. |