tractor beam theme
A contraption used to produce a beam of gravity to attract material objects at a distance but in a desired direction.
12 total · 12 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) | minor | Sador's dreadnought captured Shad and Nanelia's ship in a tractor beam. |
| movie: Lifted (2006) | minor | The young alien Stu locked a greenish tractor beam onto the sleeping farmer with the intention of lifting him onto the ship, but ended up bouncing the man around like a pinball. |
| movie: Moonbase (1997) | minor | Deckert used a green tractor beam to capture the ship Dana was riding in as it approached the Moon base. |
| movie: Spaceballs (1987) | minor | Spaceball One used a tractor beam, which is referred to as a "magnetic beam" in the film, to intercept Princess Vespa's Mercedes space cruiser. |
| movie: Star Wars (1977) | minor | The Millennium Falcon became caught in the Death Star's tractor beam after arriving at the former location of Alderaan. |
| movie: This Island Earth (1955) | minor | A small airplane was drawn into a Metalunan flying saucer by a visible and audible tractor beam that engulfed the entire aircraft. |
| rd1988e6x02 | minor | A "suction beam" locked onto the Starbug and forced it down to the space station. |
| tng1x03 | minor | Wesley jury-rigged a tricorder to function as a tractor beam. |
| tng1x09 | minor | The Enterprise towed the Stargazer using a tractor beam. |
| tos1x02 | minor | The Enterprise was captured and towed by a tractor beam which they attempted to escape by shearing away at a 90 degree course. |