This Online Group Shares Hilariously Bad Movie Plot Explanations And Here’re 35 Of The Worst Ones
The objective of a plot summary is to condense a large amount of information into a short, accessible format. It is not to reproduce the experience of reading or watching the story, nor to cover every detail. Rather, it should provide a general overview that fills in on the major points.
In Hollywood, good plot summaries entice potential viewers. They sell tickets. But on the Internet the rules are different.
Take the subreddit r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly for example. There, people compete who can create the worst plot summary. The rules are simple—pen something that is factually legit but in a way that would also disguise the title of the production you're talking about. The longer the members of the subreddit are unable to guess what movie you have in mind, the better.
Here are some of the best worst submissions.
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Rich Kid Leaves Home Due To Abusive Uncle, Gets Adopted By Nihilistic Gay Couple
"What makes this subreddit different than most other subs is that it's a game," the mods of r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly told Bore Panda. "There's very little in the ways of discussion and until recently there were only some basic rules. So for much of the last 4+ years, the subreddit basically ran itself. Users subscribe but over time it seems that some people just come and go. They play the game, get their fill, sometimes phase-out and come back."
That didn't lead to a ton of growth. As of this article, r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly has 46.8k members. But it is still active. In fact, you could say it sees more action every day than some subreddits that are twice as big. The most important thing, the mods believe, is the continued enjoyment it has provided.
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A Teenage Girl Marries A Foot Fetishist To Escape Her Abusive Family
However, recently there's been somewhat of a shift. "The lead mod, /u/drmonix was teaching himself python and decided it would be fun to launch a bot that awarded points not only for correctly solving a clue (the posts in the sub are referred to as clues) but also having submitted a clue that got solved. This sparked some new interest and as a result, he needed to bring on another mod to help things along."
"After some discussion, we revamped the rules to keep the game fresh. Every few posts were about Star Wars or Endgame and the clues were long becoming stale. So we banned them."
Stylish Black Guy Shows Nerd How To Spend Less Time Online And Get A Girlfriend
A Cowboy And His Dog And 2 Teens Blow Up Their Asthmatic Father’s Office
Driver Wrecks Ford
The bold move paid off. Super popular subjects that come up too often are too easily recognized and removing them made the game a little spicier. "This change was widely lauded by the users thankfully."
The mods think the sub remains relevant because movies and shows simply go on forever. "They are a cultural glue that spans the world. So users from all walks of life and from any country with an Internet connection can participate and see if they can guess the answer to the latest unsolved clues."
Add the points system to that and you begin to build a longer-term community. Plus, since the game involves guessing and answering and very little discussion there's little to no friction between the members, the moderators said.
Guy's Wife Dies So He Gets High
Everyone Tries The Ice Bucket Challenge
A Father Is Widowed When A Serial Killer Cannibalizes His Wife And Most Of His Children. Months Later, After Losing His Last, Disabled Son Due To A Boating Incident At Sea, A Mentally-Challenged Woman Is His Only Hope To Finding Him
The interaction between members of the subreddit is so miniature, that the moderators couldn't even describe their community if they tried. "Since the subreddit acts like a game with very little discussion there's actually not much of a personal community. There's a lot more camaraderie between users who recognize each other through the various clues."
"Regulars take notice when a new person comes in and posts 25 really good clues and answers accurately huge numbers of existing unsolved ones," the mods noted. "Regulars notice each other and congratulate each other with the solves: 'Oh, you beat me by 2 seconds' and 'I should have known not to post this when you were active, it would have lasted longer.'"
Take Your Son To Work Day Ends With The Dad Killing His Boss
Skinny Kid Makes A Black Friend, Father Doesn’t Approve
and then his black freind make a white girlfreind, nothing wrong with that
Man Is Forced To Participate In The Rescue Of A Hostage By The Government, That Has Turned His Residence Into A Refugee Camp
A Creepy Old Man Finally Achieves His Goal Of Being Able To Touch A 14 Year Old Boy
These well-meaning comments only add to the pleasant experience that is playing the r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly game. The mods said that the members mostly show their personality through the nature of the clues themselves and the movies that they do.
"There are folks who lean more heavily towards 80's films though you see them try and sprinkle in newer flicks to keep users off their scent. There are others who prefer to try and sneak in some truly classic films but you can only do so many of those. So who are these people in this community? No clue, but they love playing the game, don't take it too seriously, and enjoy the rules that make things a little more difficult."
Older Sister Ruins Younger Sister's Chances Of Appearing On Television
Child Gets Abused For The First 10 Years Of His Life Then Gets Kidnapped By A Big Bearded Man On His 11th Birthday
Rock Brings Rock To A Rock
The Town's Most Eligible Bachelor Gets Turned Down By A Girl Who's Into Furries, So He Tries To Kill Her New Boyfriend
The mods said that a truly great clue, one that gets everyone's attention, can come in multiple flavors but they mostly enjoy these two types: "First, the one that really makes you think and go 'I really should know this, what the heck is it?' and the second would be one that makes you laugh."
Two Naked Factory Workers Run From The Authorities After Kidnapping A Kid
Girl Gets Engaged To The First Guy She Meets But Then Falls For Another Guy She Meets Later That Day
Everyone Tries To Keep A Single Dad From Snapping
This 2001 Movie Can Be Summarized As “Put That Thing Back Where It Came From, Or So Help Me!”
"Our top post of all time is 'A son motorboats his mom while the sister rides her. Then there is a little family bondage. Finally, the whole thing culminates in the dad assisting with some big black penetration.' I mean, that sounds disgusting. But it's an accurate description of part of the plot of The Incredibles, rated PG."
Then there is another crass offering 'a senior citizen and an academic taste a German dish' which was the vilest way one could describe a key component of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
An Overweight Chef Slaughters A Snow Leopard Because His Turtle Died
An Overweight Loner With Poor Hygiene And Social Skills Goes On A Quest To Get Rid Of The Minorities Invading His Homeland
People Sleeping On An International Flight. Then They Get Off The Plane, Uneventfully
Of course, a great clue doesn't necessarily have to be innuendo. "If you can take another look at it, another slant as it were, you can get people to re-evaluate a movie," the mods said. "For instance, before it was banned in the sub, it was popular to talk about 'the kid who was radicalized by an exiled religious nut and killed thousands or millions in a terrorist act' which is a super common reframing of Star Wars: A New Hope."
Little Guy Works Overtime While Also Stealing Body Parts From His Dead Coworkers Before Ditching His Job To Go On A Cruise With His Unconscious Girlfriend
A Father Wants His Reluctant Son To Help In The Family Business. Eventually The Son Gives His Dad A Hand
The Hero Only Wins Because He Saved Before The Final Boss
A Kid Announces And Sings To The Whole World That He Can't Wait For His Father To Be Dead So He Can Replace Him As The Leader Of Their Community
A Gang Comes Together To Bully The Little Brother Of One Of Them
Boy Goes On A Trip To Meet His Family And Leaves Once He Ensures Two Of His Relatives Are Going To Have Sex
A Survival Of The Fittest Contest Inside A Sweatshop, Winner Gets The Sweatshop
Two Boys Build Stuff While Their Pet Bullies A Pharmacist
Extremely Rich People Didn't Expect The Spanish Inquisition
A Group Of Schoolteachers Take Their New Friend To Beat Up A Holocaust Survivor And His Buddies
12 Year Old Kid Breaks Into Kids Homes After The Parents Leave Then Proceeds To Give The Kids “Magic Dust” That Makes The Go High As A Kite, Then He Kidnaps Them And Brings Them To A Place Where They Will Never Grow Up Filled With Murders And Racist Furries
Some Nerd Kisses His Sister And Fights His Dad
After being instructed in how to swing on vines by a frog in a swamp
A School Boy Constantly Gets A Free Pass For His Rule Breaking Because His Gay Principle Takes A Liking To Him
Middle-Aged Environmentalist Tries To Collect Colorful Rocks But Is Challenged By Men With Facial Hair
Grandpa Wants To Make A Fortune Out Of Mosquitos
The President Of China Searches For A Friend's Missing Body Part While Slowly Starving To Death
Man Denied Promotion; Massaceres Children
Man Murders Dozens Of Locals By Bombing Their Homes, Then Adds Insult To Injury By Returning With More (And Better) Weapons To Murder More Of Them. He Comes Clean By The End Of The Film
A Retired Olympian Is Harassed By A Telekinetic Monster
A Lamb Makes A Racist World By Giving People Cocaine
112 Year Old Man Grooms 14 Year Old Girl Under The Watchful Eyes Of Her 16 Year Old Brother
Ok, but this was a great show. I cant be the only one who thinks that.
32yo Teenager Supports Elderly Parental Figure By Selling Photos Of Self In Skin-Tight Clothing
A Professional Athlete Develops Stockholm Syndrome After The Residents Of A Small Town Holds Him Against His Will
My Dad Is Dead.. Wait No He's Not. Yes He Is. No He's Not. Hol Up My Friend Is My Dad
Socially Isolating Children Creates Adults Who Make Poor Decisions
Popular Jock Has Anger Issues, Drops Out From School, Marries His High School Girlfriend And Becomes A Cop
For some reason "Beauty school drop- out" started playing in my head as I read this
After His Big Sister Breaks His Favorite Toy, An Orphaned Boy Runs Away To Stay With A Friend. After A Few Weeks, He Returns To Get Revenge And With His Friend’s Help He Kills His Sister’s Dog And Burns Down Their Home With Her Still Inside
Man Gets His Lifetime Crush Killed, Spends Rest Of His Life Plotting To Save Her Son’s Life
Girl Uses 100% Of Her Brain To Get Adopted By A Better Parent
A Blonde Woman Named Elsa With Germanic Origins Has A Famous Scene Where The Phrase “Let It Go” Is Uttered
Orphan Likes To Dress Up At Night, Tie And Punish Naughty Boys
The Big Bad Guy Kills The Main Bad Guy Because He Failed To Kill Their Bad Guy Who Was Almost Killed Trying To Kill A Bad Guy
A Weeb, 30s Movie Fan, Ballerina, Fat Guy, Cartoon, And Middle Schooler Walk Into A Garage
Religious Cult Uses A Child Soldier To Blow Up A Corporation's Headquarters To So They Can Restore The Monarchy
A Creature With Tentacles Sends An Even Bigger Creature With Tentacles To Suck On People. And This Is Not Japanese P*rn
Man Isn't Qualified For The Job, But He Needs It Nevertheless, So He Seals A Pact With A Strange Creature To Grant Him The Power To Get Through The Challenges Ahead
Guy Is Trained In The Use Of Fingers By Older Woman
2 Guys 1 Cup
4 New Yorkers Get Stranded On A Tropical Island And One Of Them Tries To Turn It Into A Donner Party When He Gets High And Has A Really Bad Case Of The Munchies
Jesus Is A Furry And Decides To Give Power To A Bunch Of Kids
A Hard Working Prodigy Is Denied A Legendary Promotion, Punished For Displaying His Disapproval, Only To Have That Position Given To A Complete Greenhorn
Guy Simps So Hard, He Fights Against An Oxygen Company Just To Get Laid
The Town Thinks The Old-Fashioned Sheriff Murdered The Mysterious Modern Stranger. The Sheriff And The Newcomer Have To Put Aside Their Differences When They’re Kidnapped By A Murderous Sociopath
Guy Has House Party, Robs A Crackhead, Breaks Into A Massive Vault, And Fights A Bunch Of Rival Gangs
A Failed Retired Old White Man Teaches A Promising Black Highschooler How To Be Like Him
Man Finally Gets Head From His Wife While A Black Guy Watches
Two Wizards Get Into A Fight. One Wizard Decides To Get High, And Leaves The Other One To Light Up Alone
European Sports Star Asks Out Pretty But Nerdy 14 Year Old
Man Is Dying, So He Becomes An Alcoholic And Spirals Until He Saves Himself. Another Guy Wants A Bird
Young Girl Takes The Last Name Of Her Hard-Core Crush. Almost Gets Killed Because Of It
A Monarch Illegally Breaks Into Another Nation, Kidnaps Their Leader And Steals Their Identity, Wreaks Havoc On Their Country And Survives An Assassination Attempt, And In The End Learns The Lesson That You Should Never Change And You Should Only Stay With Your Own Kind
Two Mothers, Black And White, Fight Over The Black's Reproductive Rights
Coloured Man Is Segregated From Society Until He Takes Down A Ruthless Dictator And Saves The Girl
A Son Motorboats His Mom While The Sister Rides Her. Then There Is A Little Family Bondage. Finally The Whole Thing Culminates In The Dad Assisting With Some Big Black Penetration
Lonely Guy Kills A Family Of European Immigrants Because He Saw One Of Them Smash His Favourite Bi*ch
The Spice Girls Try To Add A Boy To Their Group. He Runs Away, Ends Up Overdosing, And Takes Over The World
A Gang Beats Up A Man Of Colour For Trying To Improve Everyone’s Lives
...by killing half the universe and making the other half lose loved ones
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Secret operation aims to prevent the end of the world, for those who can’t read backwards
He Skips His Eye Exam, Destroys The Office, Delivers A Baby, Receives A Royal Last Will And Testament, Smashes Up A Jewelry Store, And Finally Kills A Dude Over His Snack. Bot Bad For A First Day On The Job
Man Has His Inner Voice Surgically Removed, Gives It To A 60 Year Old Obsessed With A Little Girl
And it is a terrifying old doll who sides with benson. Definitely a kids movie.
A Man Is Able To See The Future But Everybody Ridicules Him Instead Of Helping, Resulting In The Death Of His Wife
They were not bad at all, they gave a lot of context to the story of Vader
Failed Actor Falls Off A Truck In The Middle Of Nowhere And Goes On A Heatstroke Filled Adventure With Some Animals He Later Falls In Love With
Man Tries To Buy A Sculpture With His Dad’s Old Stuff, But Fails When His Sister Is Caught Crossdressing
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This Movie Is One Part Tom And Jerry, One Part Harry Potter, And One Part Foot Fetish
A Group Of Deformed Teenagers Battle A Gang Of Body Parts LED By A Piece Of Office Equipment
A Young Mother Dies Of Aids After Encouraging A Friend's Running Career
Two Kids Become Friends And Then Take A Shower Together
Declared Public Menace Kidnaps Child And Murders Elderly Celebrity Just To Fulfill A Fantasy Involving A Dead Woman
In Pursuit Of Ultimate Power, A Purple Being Must Have A Young Woman Sacrifice. At The End Of The Film, The Purple Being Achieves Ultimate Power, But Is Severely Wounded In The Chest By A Vengeful Prince
It Takes 63 Minutes For The Movie’s Title To Actually Start
A Boy Drugs His Grandmother And Enlists An African Tribe To Tie Him Up And Squeeze All Of The Fluid Out Of Him So That He Can Pay Off A Debt To A Construction Development Company That Wants To Evict Him
Girl Almost Falls In Love With A Creepy Incel Who Poses As Her Father’s Ghost
Ugly guy with beautiful voice is played by handsome guy with mediocre voice
Boy Gets Psychologically Tortured Until He Learns To Beat Something With Sticks Correctly
Boy hunts hard for best hit whilst being mocked for his efforts aaaaaaaaaa...60df8a.jpg
Fast and Furious 5 (or 6?) : A bald guy teams up with another bald guy to fight yet another bald guy.
Fast and Furious? More like Bald and Furious!
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Fast and Furious 5 (or 6?) : A bald guy teams up with another bald guy to fight yet another bald guy.
Fast and Furious? More like Bald and Furious!
Load More Replies...Godfather: A young man takes over the family business from his father after serving in the Army.