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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#1 Rich Kid Leaves Home Due To Abusive Uncle, Gets Adopted By Nihilistic Gay Couple
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#2 A Teenage Girl Marries A Foot Fetishist To Escape Her Abusive Family
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#3 A Cowboy And His Dog And 2 Teens Blow Up Their Asthmatic Father’s Office
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#4 Driver Wrecks Ford
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#5 A Creepy Old Man Finally Achieves His Goal Of Being Able To Touch A 14 Year Old Boy
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#6 The Town’s Most Eligible Bachelor Gets Turned Down By A Girl Who’s Into Furries, So He Tries To Kill Her New Boyfriend
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#7 Two Naked Factory Workers Run From The Authorities After Kidnapping A Kid
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#8 A Group Of Schoolteachers Take Their New Friend To Beat Up A Holocaust Survivor And His Buddies
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#9 Fe-Male
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#10 Stylish Black Guy Shows Nerd How To Spend Less Time Online And Get A Girlfriend
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#11 Guy’s Wife Dies So He Gets High
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#12 Everyone Tries The Ice Bucket Challenge
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#13 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
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#14 Take Your Son To Work Day Ends With The Dad Killing His Boss
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#15 Skinny Kid Makes A Black Friend, Father Doesn’t Approve
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#16 Man Is Forced To Participate In The Rescue Of A Hostage By The Government, That Has Turned His Residence Into A Refugee Camp
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#17 Older Sister Ruins Younger Sister’s Chances Of Appearing On Television
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#18 Child Gets Abused For The First 10 Years Of His Life Then Gets Kidnapped By A Big Bearded Man On His 11th Birthday
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#19 Rock Brings Rock To A Rock
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#20 Girl Gets Engaged To The First Guy She Meets But Then Falls For Another Guy She Meets Later That Day
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#21 Everyone Tries To Keep A Single Dad From Snapping
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#22 This 2001 Movie Can Be Summarized As “Put That Thing Back Where It Came From, Or So Help Me!”
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#23 An Overweight Chef Slaughters A Snow Leopard Because His Turtle Died
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#24 An Overweight Loner With Poor Hygiene And Social Skills Goes On A Quest To Get Rid Of The Minorities Invading His Homeland
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#25 People Sleeping On An International Flight. Then They Get Off The Plane, Uneventfully
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#26 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
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#27 A Father Wants His Reluctant Son To Help In The Family Business. Eventually The Son Gives His Dad A Hand
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#28 The Hero Only Wins Because He Saved Before The Final Boss
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#29 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
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#30 A Gang Comes Together To Bully The Little Brother Of One Of Them
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#31 A Survival Of The Fittest Contest Inside A Sweatshop, Winner Gets The Sweatshop
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#32 Two Boys Build Stuff While Their Pet Bullies A Pharmacist
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#33 Extremely Rich People Didn’t Expect The Spanish Inquisition
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