obsession theme

Someone is fixated with a particular idea or objective to the extent that they notably neglect other concerns.

Examples

Captain Kirk became obsessed with stalking down a vampiric cloud entity in tos2x18 "Obsession".

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StoryLevelMotivation
bbf1x02 choice The Soul Hunter was obsessed with capturing the souls of culturally significant individuals upon their deaths.
ds94x03 choice Jake's obsession with figuring out how to get Benjamin out of subspace spelled the end of his marriage with Korena and writing career
ds95x10 choice Benjamin becomes obsessed with finding lost Bajoran city and neglects his command obligations and his health
ds95x13 choice Benjamin obsessed with capturing Eddington and bring him to justice for his treason
ent2x09 choice Everyone became really obsessed with one thing they were doing, including Archer with writing his speech, Tucker with modifying the captain's chair, Hoshi with cooking for the crew, Phlox with treating Mayweather for a headache, and Malcolm with his alert system.
ent3x17 choice Archer becaome overly protective of an Insectoid hatchery to the point of endangering his mission.
ent4x10 choice Emory Erickson was obsessed with recovering his lost son Quinn.
movie: Aguirre the Wrath of God (1972) choice the obsession with El Dorado lead Aguirre and his people to doom
movie: Jaws (1975) choice It is a typical obsession-leads-to-disaster story: first the mayor's obsession with tourism lead to deaths, then Quint's obsession with getting the shark on his own ultimately lead to his dying horribly in the mandibles of the creature.
movie: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) choice Incongruously, Colonel Nicholson became obsessed with building the best damn bridge he could for the Japanese military, even though they were mortal enemies of his own people.