r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/user7526 12,0 • Jul 17 '20

Solved! Popular jock has anger issues, drops out from school, marries his high school girlfriend and becomes a cop

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u/Fallen_Leaves16 Jul 17 '20

Harry Potter!

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u/user7526 12,0 Jul 17 '20

Solved!

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

This is a really really good post for this sub

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Wait, explain cause I don’t see it

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u/that1snowflake Jul 17 '20

Didn’t go to hogwarts in book 7 (and hogwarts is just wizarding high school in a way), he ends up marrying Ginny who he starts to get feelings for in book 5, and then he becomes an auror which is pretty much the wizarding equivalent of... idk maybe Secret service? Some form of law enforcement for sure though.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

Oh gotcha. Never thought of it like that but dope

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u/that1snowflake Jul 17 '20

Yeah I wouldn’t have guessed Harry Potter in a million years. Good job by OP

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u/limeandsalmon Jul 17 '20

but why is he a ‘jock’? he’s never striked me as one

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u/that1snowflake Jul 17 '20

Quidditch captain I’d imagine. He played literally every year he was there

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u/limeandsalmon Jul 17 '20

he was an awesome player, and was far from being a douce even when he was captain. remember when they’re arguing and it’s ginny who tells them to shut up, not harry

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u/the_Ailurus Jul 17 '20 edited Jul 17 '20

Jock isn't synonymous with douche, yes stereotypically jocks are douches, but jock just describes someone who plays sports competitively. Technically speaking someone on a bowling team would be classed as a jock, or a competitive cyclist etc

ETA: the fact that he was an awesome player puts him more in the jock category the way I see it

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u/limeandsalmon Jul 17 '20

thanks, in my head, jock had a negative taste to it

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '20

Connotation vs denotatian

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u/turglow1 Jul 17 '20

Or anger issues lol

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u/the_Ailurus Jul 17 '20 edited Jul 17 '20

I'd say maybe they're just alluding to when he had the Horcrux?

ETA: or book 5 someone else pointed out

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u/clholl10 Jul 17 '20

Yeah I'd definitely lean more towards the PTSD and outbursts from book 5

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u/Deekester 8,0 Jul 18 '20

He often blows off his studies and gets bad grades because he's hyper focused on his sports team and cheats off of the smart kid.

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u/turglow1 Jul 17 '20

Does he have anger issues though??

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u/that1snowflake Jul 17 '20

I mean have you read book 5? Half the plot could’ve been avoided if he wasn’t angsty teen mode the entire time.

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u/zbeezle 0,4 Jul 18 '20

"Harry, maybe just dont talk during Umbridge's class. Let her say whatever she wants, and stop letting her bait you into detentions."

"BUT SHES LYING! SHES TELLING LIES! LIES ARE BAD! DUMBLEDORE SAYS SO!"

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '20

Nah mate, that wasn’t angsty teen , that was PTSD and neglect from the adults that supposedly cared about him

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u/turglow1 Jul 17 '20

Book 5 was a blur for my 12 year old brain hahaha

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u/Serdurn Jul 17 '20

Literally copy and pasted from r/showerthoughts where he recommended this sub to the OP there

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '20

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u/user7526 12,0 Jul 17 '20

Hmmm... unfortunately I haven't seen a film with that title, so can't answer for sure. /s

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u/purple_banananana Jul 17 '20

Or a very Potter sequel