passion for vehicles theme
A character is excited by machines made for transporting people and things, i.e., cars, boats, planes etc. Often the character is particularly interested in speed and things that go fast.
Notes
This theme is also used when children are fascinated with toy vehicles, assuming they are old enough to understand the connection with the genuine article.
18 total · 5 major · 13 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| futurama7x15 | major | Feeling "the need for speed", the Professor turbo charged his spaceship's matter compressor, turning it into a mean, lean racing machine. The entire episode is a parody on gearhead films. |
| movie: Firebird 2015 AD (1981) | major | The middle aged man Red was all about joyriding in his 1980 Pontiac Turbo Trans Am. Jill was really into riding around in her dune buggy. |
| movie: My Science Project (1985) | major | Harlan lived for cars, especially his red muscle car. |
| movie: The Giant Gila Monster (1959) | major | The teenagers, Chase Winstead in particular, were really into their hot rods. |
| tz2002e1x23 | major | Marco and Andy went joyriding in Marco's GT street car. |
| bbf1x16 | minor | Garibaldi and Lennier were excited by Garibaldi's project to assemble a 1990s gasoline powered motorcycle. |
| columbo1971e3x02 | minor | It was said that Rick loved his Ferrari more than he did his girlfriend. |
| movie: Burst City (1982) | minor | We saw young rebels getting their kicks by drag racing muscle cars in the streets. |
| movie: Freejack (1992) | minor | Alex was enthusiastic about driving race cars. |
| movie: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) | minor | Lawrence died speeding on a motorcycle, face ecstatic with the thrill. |