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

StoryLevelMotivation
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.".