lesson in humility theme
Someone who was previously proud or arrogant is humbled and becomes more conscious of their own limitations.
51 total · 3 choice · 24 major · 24 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tng1x06 | choice | Kosinski :: Kosinski |
| tng3x13 | choice | Q :: Q living as a mere mortals |
| tz1959e3x20 | choice | The real Jesse James was compelled to take timeout from the afterlife to humble the "phony-baloney" Western actor Rance McGrew. |
| ahh1x01 | major | Chuck was riding his high horse when he was winning at the poker table, but Duke dramatically crushed him to drive home his point: gambling is bad. |
| ahp2x09 | major | The episode follows Mason as he tells the story of how he came to give up gambling after a harrowing night of no limit poker. |
| columbo1971e2x07 | major | Tomlin administered a sorely needed lesson in humility to the puffed up chess master Emmett, after gorging himself on escargot at a french restaurant. |
| ftt1982e4x07 | major | The point of the story was that the exceedingly vain emperor was taught a lesson of some sort or another. |
| futurama7x20 | major | Calculon was crushed to learn that he was a B level actor. |
| movie: Red Beard (1965) | major | Yasumoto had a series of such lessons: girl trying to kill him, old man dying, operation |
| nightgallery2x04a | major | Justus coldly rejected Elizabeth at his door, but then he went begging to her in his time of need. |