reminiscence about one's youth theme
A character thinks back to their childhood years.
Examples
In voy2x09 "Tattoo", Commander Chakotay had numerous flashbacks to the times in his youth he been out with his father in the forest.
37 total · 6 choice · 11 major · 20 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: How Green Was My Valley (1940) | choice | The story is told by Huw in his later years as he reminisces about his youth in a Welsh mining community during the late Victorian era. The title "How Green Was My Valley" hearkens back to Huw's longing for those bygone days. This is attested by his line "It makes me think of so much that was good that is gone," after reminiscing about the toffee he used to chew on. |
| tz1959e1x04 | choice | Barbara dreamed of the days when she was a pretty young start. |
| tz1959e1x05 | choice | Martin was thinking about all the things of his childhood. |
| tz1959e3x21 | choice | After stealing the children's can, Charles began thinking about the children's games he had played himself and he convinced the other old folks home residents to play them with him once more. |
| tz1959e4x15 | choice | Horace thoughts were dominated by blissfully happy memories of his childhood. |
| tz2002e1x21 | choice | Sean wistfully pondered his childhood and choices he didn't make. |
| ahp6x08 | major | The middle aged man Cash pined for the days when he was a champion caliber hurdler. |
| columbo1971e5x01 | major | The aging former movie star Grace Wheeler Willis mansion was a shrine to her in her heyday. |
| ds97x01 | major | Benjamin was thinking back to his step-mother and discovered that she was not his biological mother. |
| movie: 8½ (1963) | major | Guido frequently dreamed about various things that happened to him as a young boy. |