peer pressure theme
A member of some group is pressured into making a certain choice by other members of that group.
17 total · 2 choice · 4 major · 11 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| blackmirror3x01 | choice | People were under constant pressure to get good ratings from others. |
| tng5x19 | choice | Locarno pressures Nova Squadron members to cover up space maneuver botchrequlting in squadron member death |
| ahh1x04 | major | A point was made several times that some of the witnesses might be influenced to report the same as the others, despite not having witnessed all the facts first hand themselves. |
| ftt1982e4x07 | major | Afraid to be thought stupid, courtiers convinced each other falsely that they could see the invisible cloth. |
| movie: Marty (1955) | major | At first Marty was pressured by various people to find himself a wife, which caused him mental anguish as he's suffered rejection time and again. When he finally hit it off with Clara, his friends and relatives for various reasons took exception and tried to bully him into calling it off. The story concludes with Marty, stoically, resolving to pursue Clara. |
| voy2x02 | major | Kar pressured to kill Chakotay |
| futurama1x09 | minor | Bender was goaded into "jacking on" by the speaker bot. |
| movie: 21 Jump Street (2012) | minor | On their first day undercover at the high school, Jenko urged Schmidt not succumb to peer pressure by keeping to lugging his backpack with one strap over the shoulder, instead of two, as everyone else was doing. |
| movie: Full Metal Jacket (1987) | minor | Hartman prescribes peer pressure to correct Pyle's errant behavior |
| movie: Liquid Sky (1983) | minor | Margaret was pressured into performing oral sex on Jimmy by onlookers chanting "Do it. Do it. Do it.". |