the need to know one's roots theme
It suggested that people need to understand where they come from and who their nearest ancestors are in order to be content.
17 total · 3 choice · 8 major · 6 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ds91x12 | choice | Odo interested in the possibility of others like him living in the Gamma Quadrant on the other side of the wormhole |
| movie: Blade Runner 2049 (2017) | choice | K wanted to know his origins. |
| movie: Muppets from Space (1999) | choice | The story follows Gonzo on his journey to discover his origins, and culminates with him finding out that he is really an alien from outer space. |
| ds92x12 | major | Odo traveled through the wormhole with Doctor Mora in search of his shapeshifter compatriots |
| ds93x01 | major | Odo meets his changeling brethren |
| ds93x02 | major | Odo meets his changeling brethren |
| futurama2x09 | major | Leela was led to believe she was one of the last of a race of cyclopses. |
| futurama4x02 | major | Leela discovered that her parents were mutants, and not aliens as she had been led to believe all her life. |
| movie: Man from Atlantis II: The Death Scouts (1977) | major | Mark was desperate to learn whether the waterbourne infiltrating aliens were his people. |
| movie: Secrets Lies (1996) | major | Hortense was driven by a desire to know her biological ancestry |