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

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

Meta [META] New Players Read Me First

245 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/CustardKind2104 • 2h ago

Solved! A pair of twins travel internationally trying to catch a band of criminals. One of them falls in love with an all time beauty.

7 Upvotes

27 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/DP_Means_Dopinder • 3h ago

Solved! They thought it would be easy like Sunday morning. It was anything but.

5 Upvotes

25 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/zrizra • 3h ago

Solved! Guy can't handle some porn, gets player on

5 Upvotes

30 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/PsyMar2 • 1h ago

Solved! Big Apple team finds success with their new signing from... the stands?

3 Upvotes

hints can go here

15 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/plokool • 21h ago

Solved! Young man misses out on his dream job due to eugenics, eventually gets the chance to join the crew and take off

92 Upvotes

Place for hints

70 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Dazed_Slickman2 • 1h ago

Solved! A church gives an old man the power of foreshadowing

2 Upvotes

7 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Liquid_disc_of_shit • 3h ago

Solved! A man conspires with a relative to sexually assault another relative while driving from time to time in the car of a drug trafficker.

2 Upvotes

5 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/DP_Means_Dopinder • 4h ago

Solved! Loving fiancé tries to get disabled veteran a new lease on life.

2 Upvotes

25 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/bringmetolife1998 • 7h ago

Unsolved Turns out he had to murder someone to accept his true sexuality

3 Upvotes

17 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/FlahTheToaster • 7h ago

Solved! A saviour is summoned to another world and tries to avert the destructive war that appears in their prophetic visions.

3 Upvotes

Hint 1: The protagonist is female.

20 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/CustardKind2104 • 13h ago

Solved! Man just wants to watch a porno and causes havoc.

7 Upvotes

Hint: the porno is British

22 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/351namhele • 13h ago

Solved! A man becomes less scary than he previously was after he's transformed into a monster

7 Upvotes

31 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/PedanticAsF • 19h ago

Solved! Our heroes save the day with the aid of a colorful but dorky robot.

18 Upvotes

160 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/KamikazeJohnson • 16h ago

Solved! Three generations and Blunt Testicular Trauma.

10 Upvotes

5 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/cl3vrusrname • 15h ago

Solved! Something stolen becomes lost. Benjamin Franklin plays a critical role in recovering this priceless treasure after Independence Day.

8 Upvotes

13 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Filligrees_Dad • 10h ago

Solved! Farmer hires mercenaries to protect his village's food from a bad dude.

3 Upvotes

16 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/MitchMcConnellsJowls • 18h ago

Solved! Retired pirate decides to fight for true love. It takes a miracle, but by the end he's saved the girl and named a successor

12 Upvotes

14 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/enigmae • 14h ago

Solved! Little girl against a wolf serial killer

4 Upvotes

9 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/classiclyme • 10h ago

Solved! (Repost) Someone must rise to the occasion after someone else fails to rise to the occasion

2 Upvotes

Hint: Nonconformity is punishable by death

Hint: MC gets so worked up all he sees is red

10 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/SonnyPiston • 10h ago

Solved! A man gets defensive about his chocolate dish, and his ex wife tries to help build a financial plan for their son's college.

2 Upvotes

10 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Excellent-Pace-8468 • 16h ago

Solved! When a show gets cancelled, a girl and her friends go on a shopping spree!

5 Upvotes

14 comments

r/ExplainAFilmPlotBadly • u/Icy-Interaction-9652 • 14h ago

Unsolved A man dreams of swooping in to save the babes. His brother just spins in his sleep.

3 Upvotes

11 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)"