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

StoryLevelMotivation
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.