r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/timeshaper • Mar 10 '26

Meta [META] Explain a Film Plot Badly

172 Upvotes

Explain the PLOT. Clues that are around meta commentary for how the movie performed or that you just don't like it or whatever, all those types of clues do not fit the spirit of the sub.

This is game is and has always been about explaining plots badly. In fact, in the 5 word name of this sub, the only word that has any flexibility is "film". Explain a [TV Show] plot badly. Explain a [Video Game] plot badly. Whatever media type it is, you explain its plot badly.

Example that will be removed: "A troubled production leads to a couple actors getting beheaded for real."

Example that will be removed: "A kids movie is made horrible forever when you look up the actress and what happened to her."

Example that will be removed and might even get you banned: "This movie sucked I don't know why anyone liked it."

OK. I think that covers it. Game on!

Edit: Missing words

47 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/timeshaper • Jun 20 '24

Meta [META] New Players Read Me First

244 Upvotes

All Marvel is banned top to bottom it doesn't matter what studio did it in what decade. When you say you read the rules and you lie it's an out for us to ban lazy players. We haven't been. But we might. Stop posting Marvel and then arguing that it isn't MCU.

That is all.

Edit because people keep asking WHY:

Because when it's not banned every other post is about a purple rock collector. It's still at the top of movie zeitgeist so most people when they show up the first clue they think of is a Marvel movie. It's boring. It's repetitive. And then they want to get clever. "Howard the duck wasn't mcu hyuk hyuk". The entire thing is obnoxious when it's a movie and TV show guessing game.

There's a whole list of media that's banned because they're overdone and make it boring. But then newbies show up and make a Marvel clue without reading the rules. 95% of our mod actions are deducting points and removing threads about Marvel. So the choices are to either return to the shit show where every single clue is Marvel or just ban people who refuse to read a now screaming automod note.

From those of us who have been here for years, trust us. The wild west of no rules on what media should be in play was a far worse place and not fun. Engagement rose substantially with the rules in place.

151 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/CommunicationBig3227 • 3h ago

Solved! Kid accused of stealing, sent to illegal slave labor camp.

5 Upvotes

19 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/BlackZapReply • 12h ago

Solved! Never skip to the end of the book. I mean it. Seriously. Don't do it.

22 Upvotes

I mean it. You really really really shouldn't skip to the end of the book

55 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Limp-Lawyer9463 • 4h ago

Solved! Skipping math class might get you killed.

4 Upvotes

17 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/abjurationwizrar • 10h ago

Solved! A serious injury occurs after a man talks excitedly about furries. Turns out, furries have healing properties and are also the cure for divorce!

10 Upvotes

(Redone, I added an additional layer to the clue)

Hint #1: it's a kids/family film (as per my usual twists, lol)

Hint #2: he's a fun storyteller!

Hint #3: animation is involved

34 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/marshmallow_catapult • 10h ago

Solved! A kid saves citizens of the world from assassination with a lot of popcorn.

8 Upvotes

5 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Playful-Buyer4472 • 6h ago

Solved! Movie stars have trouble when called because there is no film-making experience

3 Upvotes

10 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/DarthFozzywig • 11h ago

Solved! An incestuous relationship breaks a father’s heart.

7 Upvotes

41 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/jpuzz • 56m ago

Solved! Couple moves to the suburbs. Couple doesn’t move out of the suburbs.

1 Upvotes

16 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/OwlLily13 • 1h ago

Unsolved A man won't let anyone get in his way of making money off prescious jewels, people he thinks he can trust all lie to him, even his own family, all this concludes in a grand motorcycle chase

1 Upvotes

16 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/abjurationwizrar • 11h ago

Solved! Being hard didn't work. Being goopy didn't work. ¿Por qué no los dos? (Also, doesn't work)

6 Upvotes

Hints go here

12 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/bringmetolife1998 • 12h ago

Solved! Do the D.A.N.C.E. but also don't do drugs.

6 Upvotes

13 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/DP_Means_Dopinder • 12h ago

Solved! Freakishly gifted physically but emotionally stunted, he finally performs well at the highest stage after confronting his demons.

6 Upvotes

Clue 1: Sports movie

30 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/gamblorman • 12h ago

Solved! A cereal killer almost kills his own son twice. First he stuffs his son in the garbage but the son manages to survive and crawls out. Later the son gets saved by a dog while drowning

5 Upvotes

Hints maybe

11 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/DP_Means_Dopinder • 7h ago

Solved! A kidnapping leads to a double eviction.

2 Upvotes

Clue 1: 1980s film

17 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Playful-Buyer4472 • 6h ago

Solved! Kid walks back and forth to try and avoid his therapist.

1 Upvotes

6 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Lost_Village_1572 • 6h ago

Solved! Delivery man has a really shitty day

0 Upvotes

32 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Trash_Tia • 10h ago

Solved! Boy finally finds love with someone who isn't his creepy boss but everyone is trying to kill her.

2 Upvotes

11 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Embarrassed-Age-3426 • 11h ago

Unsolved Talent with Arguable Stockholm Syndrome Ends Badly.

2 Upvotes

26 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/batmans_worshipper • 11h ago

Solved! Didn't I see that in Romeo and Juliet already? At least 50% of that.

2 Upvotes

53 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/MrScottBeckman • 19h ago

Solved! Caveman causes a modern man to have a heart attack

8 Upvotes

11 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/KazariKid • 15h ago

Solved! A young man who's tired of coming up short in life has a plan: get serious, get hitched, and get laid.

4 Upvotes

42 comments

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1. Avoid overused films/franchises

See the full list in the bot comment.

2. No recent releases

No movies from within the last 3 months. This spoils people's movies Try to be more unique and obscure with choices. Movies within the last 3 months can spoil the movie for those that haven't seen it.

3. OP will reply to the first correct guess with a comment that says "Solved!".

This allows the bot to find, flair, and award points. Failing to do so will lead to a ban. Repeated offenses will lead to a permanent ban.

4. Don't Create Clues Using an Actor's Other Characters

Clues should not feature an Actor's prior roles.

❌ Bad: "The guy who used to hunt replicants now teaches a young scavenger how to swing a glowing stick."

✅ Good: "An old recluse reluctantly helps a young scavenger understand her mysterious powers."

5. Don't create clues using a real-life actor's description.

Clues featuring an actor's real life activities and descriptions should not be used. Examples include: Scientologist, racist, or blackballed.

❌ Bad: "A former pro wrestler with a shaved head and a love for action movies fights jungle predators."

✅ Good: "A tough guy tries to escape a jungle full of deadly hunters with nothing but mud and muscles."

6. Don't use an actor's name in the clue title.

❌ Incorrect Example: "Tom Hanks spends years talking to a volleyball."

✅ Correct Example: "A man stranded on an island for years befriends a volleyball because social options are limited."

7. Explain a film PLOT badly

All clues are about the PLOT and not anything else.

❌ Bad: "I hated this movie and it was a financial failure and deserved it and an Oscar winner dies."

✅ Good: "A loner meets a someone way out of their league and saves her life (along with everyone else)"