travel into the Earth theme
Someone travels deep into the Earth's crust and possibly beyond (much deeper than spelunking as we know it can take you). Sometimes the goal of the journey is the center of the Earth. Sometimes a drill-like vehicle is used.
10 total · 1 choice · 8 major · 1 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| novel: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1867) | choice | The whole story is about a trio of intrepid explorers who trek down old lava tubes to ultimately reach the center of the Earth. |
| movie: Alien from LA (1988) | major | Wanda ventured deep into the Earth in search of her archaeologist father. |
| movie: At the Earths Core (1976) | major | Dr. Abner Perry and his US financier David Innes made a test run of their Iron Mole drilling machine in a Welsh mountain, but ended up in a system of vast caverns ruled by a species of giant telepathic flying reptiles. |
| movie: Godzilla vs Kong (2021) | major | Nathan led an expedition to a vast primeval ecosystem that existed deep within the bowels of the Earth. |
| movie: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) | major | Professor Oliver Lindenbrook led an expedition to the center of the Earth. |
| movie: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993) | major | The Avenger crew passed through the lava chamber of an active volcano and entered in a subterranean world over 100 kilometers below the Earth's surface. |
| movie: The Core (2003) | major | A team of scientists and NASA pilots journeyed down to the interface of Earth's outer and inner core in a special heat and pressure resistant vehicle. |
| movie: The Mole People (1956) | major | A party of archaeologists encountered a race of Sumerian albinos living deep inside the Earth. |
| movie: Unknown World (1951) | major | The expedition of scientists bore into the Earth an find an enormous underground expanse with a plentiful air supply, its own large ocean, and phosphorescent light. |
| futurama6x13 | minor | The Planet Express ship was used as a subterrene to drill into the ground. |