the desire for fame theme
A character manifests a strong desire to become well-known and in the public eye.
49 total · 9 choice · 30 major · 10 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahp3x29 | choice | The point of the story was Harold's obsession with being somehow significant to society and posterity. He therefor stole, robbed, killed, and committed suicide to add his own data points to the statistics. |
| ahp6x31 | choice | The high schooler Susan faked having been attacked by a masked assailant to get attention in at school and in the community. |
| columbo1971e10x13 | choice | Findlay Crawford liked basking in the fame he had acquired by exploiting his young protégé, Gabriel McEnery, so much that he murdered Gabriel in order to keep the arrangement a secret. |
| columbo1971e2x07 | choice | Emmett was so driven by his need to be the best chess player that he stooped to murder his rival when it became apparent that he was about to be beaten. |
| columbo1971e5x01 | choice | The aging former movie star Grace Wheeler Willis found herself dismayed at fading to obscurity in her old age and resolved to make a comeback. |
| tftc1989e5x03 | choice | Dalton was a has-been and his desire for another turn in the limelight was such that he betrayed a loyal friend and stole his work, in order to get there. |
| tz2019e2x04 | choice | Jasmine was striving to become a pop music superstar. |
| voy2x15 | choice | Tom in his motivation to break the warp speed limit |
| voy6x13 | choice | The Doctor all caught up in his celebrity among the Qomar |
| as1985e1x02 | major | For high school jock Brad Bender, popularity was everything. The girls who doted on him thought so too. |