CLOSAT - T IS FOR THEME

Movies: Happy Feet 2, The Hunger Games, Scott Pilgrim vs the World
The Hunger Games - Sacrifice, Loss of Innocence, Rebellion, Love, Hope, Fighting for your Life, Learning to Trust

Books/Manga/Comics: Tomorrow When the War Began, One Piece, Romance Novel I can't remember the name of
One Piece - Following your dreams, Love of Family and Friends, Fighting for your Dreams, Never Giving Up, Racism, Death, Loss, Living for the Future, Nakamaship

Games: Breath of Fire II, Final Fantasy XII, Kingdoms of Amalur
Breath of Fire II - Good vs Evil, Shades of Grey, Love Conquers All (the friend edition), Loss, Sacrifice

Overall Theme: Shades of Grey - not everyone that seems to be/works for agents of evil actually is/are.


Movies/TV: Blues Brothers, Smallville, One Piece - Being There for Others, Hope, Loss, Shades of Grey, Sacrifice, Love, Friendship Triumphs

Books/Manga/Comics: Holmes Inc Volume 3 - There are no themes, these stories are horrible about stupid, empty characters. I really hate Holmes Inc.

Games: Final Fantasy III - Survival, Filling the Void of an Empty Life by Grinding EXP, Hope, Good vs Evil, Balance of Nature, Magic, Sacrefice

Overall Theme: Hope - Even in the darkest hour, there is always hope to cling on to.


Movies: Tangled, Copout, Tower Heist
Tower Heist - Sacrifice, Deception, Sometimes it's okay to break the rules, Loss

Books/Manga/Comics: The Hunger Games, Gathering Blue, Uninvited Guests
Gathering Blue- Following your dreams, Love of Family and Friends, Fighting for your Dreams, Never Giving Up, shades of grey, Death, Loss, Living for the Future, Changing yourself to help those you love, Overcomig your own shortcomings, fitting into society

Games: FF IX, Paper Mario TTYD, Sonic Adventure DX
FF IX - Good vs. Evil, doing the right thing, the worse thing that can happen to you is to be forgotten

Overall Theme: Changing yourself to help those you love - Sometimes its necessary to change and move on before you're love ones are left behind\leave you behind\ something unfortunate happens to them.


Movies/TV: 'Goodbye Lenin!', 'Frasier', 'Doctor Who'
'Goodbye Lenin!' - Lies (lying to protect others), Love (sexual, but also the love of family), Caring (taking care of others when they are unwell, looking after dependent family members), Burdens (wanting to move away from a hindrance, wanting someone to die to bring them to peace, get on with own life), Life (children being born into a new era, an old era being left behind), Family Values (what's important in your personal life is not necessarily represented by the political arrangements of a country)

Books/Manga/Comics: 'Of Mice & Men', 'Doctor Cat', 'Chrono Crusade'
'Doctor Cat' - Unlikely Circumstances (a figure low on the food-chain who plays an important role in society), Unemployment (being sacked for something that wasn't your fault), Friends (having someone to take care of you no matter what), Corruption (lying about or exaggerating something to cheat the system)

Games: 'Tales of the Abyss', 'Rune Factory: Frontier', 'Team Fortress 2', 'Recettear'
'Rune Factory: Frontier' - Getting Lost (losing someone/something, trying to find it), Flattery Gets You Everywhere (gifts, chatting people up, spying on people in the bath are all good ways to get people to like you and move up in the world)

Overall Theme: Unlikely Circumstances (a figure low on the food-chain who plays an important role in society)


Movies: Benjamin Buttons, The legend of 1900, Slumdog Millionare, Sucker Punch
Anime: Madoka, Evangelion, Higurashi, Clannad
Games: Touhou, Plant v.s Zombies, Tales of Symphonia, Legend of Zelda

Sucker Punch: Fantasy, Dark, Reality vs Fantasy, Girls Fighting, Funny sexy costumes, Psychological.
Madoka: Witches, Magical Girls, Funny Costumes, Parallel worlds, Time travelling, surrealist, Fantasy-Action.
Touhou: Impossible, Funny Costumes, (almost)no man, violence is always the answer, Overpowerfull woman, kids fantasy stories.

Overall Theme: Funny Dressed Woman Saving the World


Movies/TV: Little Fockers, NOVA - venom, 16 and Pregnant, iCarly, Dateline, The Pursuit of Happiness, Arthur
Arthur - family, friends, talking babies, talking dogs, talking food, talking transportation, talking lamps, growing up, multiculturalism, harsh reality

Books/Manga/Comics/University Reports (lol): Cults, Highlights, Japanese Media Consumption in Hong Kong, Personality and Music Preference, Employment Efficiency 2010, The Customer Isn't Always Right, Changes in Family Lifestyles
Cults - Peer pressure, friends, trust, power, crime, hope, mob mentality, humanity

Games: Desert Nightmare, McLogic, Pokemon White Version, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, RO, capture the flag, manhunt, volleyball, basketball, A-ko-so-no
Desert Nightmare - abusive relationships, friendship, trust, survival, instincts, mutated invertebrates, youth

Theme: The power of mutated invertebrates on your talking dog.


Visual Media: Muppet Treasure Island
Literary farce (or "parody", if you prefer), adventure, and treasure-hunting

Written Media: Neverwhere
Alternate realities

Games: Assassin's Creed - Revelations
Political intrigue, hidden societies

Overall theme: Hidden societies - The world is not ruled by who we are lead to believe rules it.


Movies: The Avengers, The Hunger Games, Yes Man
Yes Man: Don't let great opportunities pass you by, Don't let your past ruin your future, ect.

Books: Brave New World, The Kite Runner, 1984
1984: Knowledge is power

Games: FF12, Professor Layton
Professor Layton: Every puzzle has an answer, Being a true gentleman, ect.

Overall Theme: Knowledge is power: If we allow ourselves to become ignorant, we allow others to take advantage of us and can lose our self-worth.


Films/TV: Prison Break, Inception, 悪人 (Villain)
Inception: the nature of reality, guilt, redemption, the subconscious

Books: 1Q84, A Dance with Dragons, Player One
Player One: Time, the speed of change, communication

Video games: Deus Ex Human Revolution, Age of Empires 3, Datura
Datura: limbo, moral choices, sacrifice

Overall theme: The world is changing and some are left behind


Movies/TV Shows: Gremlins, Avatar: The Legend of Korra, The Great Escape, Idiocracy, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The Legend of Korra: chaos versus order, character, heartbreak of betrayal, inner versus outer strength.

Books: Pride and Prejudice, The Mark of Zorro, The Hunger Games, Cold Mountain
Pride and Prejudice: pride, prejudice, women and marriage, class, individual versus society, virtue.

Games: Star Stealing Prince, Chocolatier 2, Wild Arms XF, Emperor, Risk II
Star Stealing Prince: growing up, heartbreak of betrayal, knowledge versus ignorance, facing reality, good versus evil, power and corruption.

Overall Theme: Heartbreak of Betrayal - the pain of betrayal from a loved one and how that effects events and characters.


Film: Cars 2, Pokemon
Pokemon: friendship and teamwork(basically works along the same lines, so this does count), helping others(that's all I can think of right now D:)
Books: Hunger Games, Eragon
Hunger Games:(I know what I'm about to say here was already done, but fuck Eragon!Also, I never watched the movie, not yet. Only read the book and BY GOD it's awesome!) Sacrifice, Loss of Innocence, Rebellion, Love, Hope, Fighting for your Life, Learning to Trust
Games:Super Mario 64, Sonic 3 and Knuckles
Sonic 3 and Knuckles: gaining trust, conquering evil, heroes always win, friendship and teamwork

Overall theme: Friendship and teamwork - Characters knowing who their real friends are, and using this knowledge to know who to trust in working together(?).