Narrative structure

                             Todorov’s narritive   

                                        Iron Man

• Tony stark is the chief weapons manufacturer for the us military
• Tony stark gets kidnapped and is forced to build a weapon for the ten rings
• The public finds out tony stark was attacked and kidnapped
• Instead of building a weapon for the ten rings, Stark builds the Mk1 armour
• The world finds out tony stark is Iron Man

                                       Transformers

•  Sam is a normal 16 year old getting his first car
• His car starts moving on its own
• Sam’s car transforms into a giant robot
• Sam’s car and his other robot friends fight the evil robots (the Decepticons)
• The world now has to live with the realisation that there a giant alien robots living right under their noses

                                          Man of steel

• Clark Kent is an alien hiding in plain sight among everyone else
• He finds out how and why he was sent to earth from a hologram of his father
• Clark figures out he has a responsibility to protect the people of earth and dons the superman persona to do so
• Superman fights General Zod and stops him from terraforming the earth into a genetically engineered krypton
• The people of earth and especially metropolis now know about the existence of aliens and the threat they pose to planet earth

                                      God of war (2018)

• Family of three living in the woods with a very hard working father
• Mother dies
• Kratos and Atreus cremate the mother
• Journey to Jotunheim to spread the mothers ashes by all means necessary, killing any gods or monsters that stand in their way
• Kratos and Atreus now are closer than ever and Atreus knows he is a god

              Diary of a wimpy kid: Rodrick rules

• Normal day in the Heffley household
• Parents go away for the weekend leaving Greg and Rodrick home alone
• Despite their parents warnings, Rodrick decides to throw a house party
• Rodrick and Greg start to bond over keeping the party a secret from their parents
• Their parents find out about the party and that they had to replace the bathroom door.

                              Sonic the hedgehog

• A blue hedgehog with supersonic speed is having a chill day in the green hills
• An evil scientist named Dr Robotnik is kidnapping animals and turning them into robots
• Sonic notices his friends are missing
• Sonic rescues his kidnapped animal friends, destroys Eggman’s robots and defeats Dr Eggman
• Everyone lived happily ever after until Eggman’s return in 2 “Sonic the Hedgehog 2”

                               Heroes Journey

                       Godzilla x Kong: the new empire

    Status quo. Kong is chilling in hollow earth

• Kong is looking for more of his kind in hollow earth
• He gets assistance from the people that come to hollow earth and the people that live there
• Kong leaves hollow earth and goes to the surface to ask for Godzilla’s help defeating the scar king
• Godzilla doesn’t recognise Kong and attacks him
• Godzilla and Kong stop their fighting to go after the bigger threat (the Scar king and the enslaved Shimo)
•  Godzilla and Kong fight scar king and shimo eventually freeing her from the scar kings control.
• No treasure
• The scar king is defeated
• Godzilla, Kong and shimo all return home
• Kong is now the leader of the hollow earth ape titans
• Everyone lives happily ever after

                           Batman: Arkham Knight

• The scarecrow threatens all of Gotham city with a deadly toxin
• Batman gets assistance from Oracle
• Batman starts his search for the scarecrow and anyone else that threatens the safety of Gotham
• Batman has to fight scarecrows fear toxin, confront the Arkham knight and solve the riddlers riddles.
•  Batman this finally confronts the scarecrow and stops the spread of the toxin
•  Its finally time to face this new threat known the arkham knight.

Propp's character theory 

Batman: under the red hood  

1. Hero – Batman 

1. Villain – the joker  

1. Donor  

1. Helper – Nightwing 

1. Princess – Jason Todd 

1. Dispatcher – Batman 

1. False hero – Jason Todd/Red Hood