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.
#1 Guy's Wife Dies So He Gets High
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#2 Driver Wrecks Ford
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#3 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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#4 Stylish Black Guy Shows Nerd How To Spend Less Time Online And Get A Girlfriend
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#5 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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#6 Boy Goes On A Trip To Meet His Family And Leaves Once He Ensures Two Of His Relatives Are Going To Have Sex
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#7 A Teenage Girl Marries A Foot Fetishist To Escape Her Abusive Family
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#8 A Group Of Midgets Go On A Hike To Get Rid Of Jewelry
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#9 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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#10 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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#11 Skinny Kid Makes A Black Friend, Father Doesn’t Approve
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#12 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
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#13 32yo Teenager Supports Elderly Parental Figure By Selling Photos Of Self In Skin-Tight Clothing
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#14 Fe-Male
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#15 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
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#16 A Group Of Schoolteachers Take Their New Friend To Beat Up A Holocaust Survivor And His Buddies
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#17 A Cowboy And His Dog And 2 Teens Blow Up Their Asthmatic Father’s Office
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#18 112 Year Old Man Grooms 14 Year Old Girl Under The Watchful Eyes Of Her 16 Year Old Brother
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#19 Middle-Aged Environmentalist Tries To Collect Colorful Rocks But Is Challenged By Men With Facial Hair
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#20 A Blonde Woman Named Elsa With Germanic Origins Has A Famous Scene Where The Phrase “Let It Go” Is Uttered
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#21 Rich Kid Leaves Home Due To Abusive Uncle, Gets Adopted By Nihilistic Gay Couple
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#22 A Retired Olympian Is Harassed By A Telekinetic Monster
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#23 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
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#24 Extremely Rich People Didn't Expect The Spanish Inquisition
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#25 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
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#26 Grandpa Wants To Make A Fortune Out Of Mosquitos
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#27 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
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#28 Two Wizards Get Into A Fight. One Wizard Decides To Get High, And Leaves The Other One To Light Up Alone
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#29 A Young Mother Dies Of Aids After Encouraging A Friend's Running Career
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#30 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
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#31 Man Has His Inner Voice Surgically Removed, Gives It To A 60 Year Old Obsessed With A Little Girl
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#32 Guy Has House Party, Robs A Crackhead, Breaks Into A Massive Vault, And Fights A Bunch Of Rival Gangs
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#33 Religious Cult Uses A Child Soldier To Blow Up A Corporation's Headquarters To So They Can Restore The Monarchy
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#34 Take Your Son To Work Day Ends With The Dad Killing His Boss
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#35 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
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#36 Guy Simps So Hard, He Fights Against An Oxygen Company Just To Get Laid
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#37 Man Is Dying, So He Becomes An Alcoholic And Spirals Until He Saves Himself. Another Guy Wants A Bird
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#38 .dlroW ehT fO dnE ehT tneverP oT smiA noitarepO terceS
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#39 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
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#40 Man Finally Gets Head From His Wife While A Black Guy Watches
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#41 The Hero Only Wins Because He Saved Before The Final Boss
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#42 A Weeb, 30s Movie Fan, Ballerina, Fat Guy, Cartoon, And Middle Schooler Walk Into A Garage
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#43 Lonely Guy Kills A Family Of European Immigrants Because He Saw One Of Them Smash His Favourite Bi*ch
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#44 Boy Gets Psychologically Tortured Until He Learns To Beat Something With Sticks Correctly
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#45 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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#46 Girl Gets Engaged To The First Guy She Meets But Then Falls For Another Guy She Meets Later That Day
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#47 Rock Brings Rock To A Rock
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#49 Declared Public Menace Kidnaps Child And Murders Elderly Celebrity Just To Fulfill A Fantasy Involving A Dead Woman
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#50 This Movie Is One Part Tom And Jerry, One Part Harry Potter, And One Part Foot Fetish
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#51 A Creepy Old Man Finally Achieves His Goal Of Being Able To Touch A 14 Year Old Boy
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#52 Jesus Is A Furry And Decides To Give Power To A Bunch Of Kids
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#53 A Group Of Deformed Teenagers Battle A Gang Of Body Parts LED By A Piece Of Office Equipment
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#54 Man Denied Promotion; Massaceres Children
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#55 A Survival Of The Fittest Contest Inside A Sweatshop, Winner Gets The Sweatshop
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#56 Two Naked Factory Workers Run From The Authorities After Kidnapping A Kid
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#57 A Professional Athlete Develops Stockholm Syndrome After The Residents Of A Small Town Holds Him Against His Will
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#58 The President Of China Searches For A Friend's Missing Body Part While Slowly Starving To Death
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#59 A Hard Working Prodigy Is Denied A Legendary Promotion, Punished For Displaying His Disapproval, Only To Have That Position Given To A Complete Greenhorn
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#60 A Gang Comes Together To Bully The Little Brother Of One Of Them
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#61 Socially Isolating Children Creates Adults Who Make Poor Decisions
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#62 Man Tries To Buy A Sculpture With His Dad’s Old Stuff, But Fails When His Sister Is Caught Crossdressing
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#63 Man Gets His Lifetime Crush Killed, Spends Rest Of His Life Plotting To Save Her Son’s Life
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#64 Some Nerd Kisses His Sister And Fights His Dad
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#65 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
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#66 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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#67 Popular Jock Has Anger Issues, Drops Out From School, Marries His High School Girlfriend And Becomes A Cop
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#68 A Father Wants His Reluctant Son To Help In The Family Business. Eventually The Son Gives His Dad A Hand
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#69 A Gang Beats Up A Man Of Colour For Trying To Improve Everyone’s Lives
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#70 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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#71 This 2001 Movie Can Be Summarized As “Put That Thing Back Where It Came From, Or So Help Me!”
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#72 A Failed Retired Old White Man Teaches A Promising Black Highschooler How To Be Like Him
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#73 Guy Is Trained In The Use Of Fingers By Older Woman
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#74 An Overweight Chef Slaughters A Snow Leopard Because His Turtle Died
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#75 Everyone Tries The Ice Bucket Challenge
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#76 Two Mothers, Black And White, Fight Over The Black's Reproductive Rights
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#77 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
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#78 The Spice Girls Try To Add A Boy To Their Group. He Runs Away, Ends Up Overdosing, And Takes Over The World
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#79 People Sleeping On An International Flight. Then They Get Off The Plane, Uneventfully
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#80 Young Girl Takes The Last Name Of Her Hard-Core Crush. Almost Gets Killed Because Of It
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#81 Girl Uses 100% Of Her Brain To Get Adopted By A Better Parent
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#82 A Creature With Tentacles Sends An Even Bigger Creature With Tentacles To Suck On People. And This Is Not Japanese P*rn
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#83 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
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#84 Two Kids Become Friends And Then Take A Shower Together
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#85 Older Sister Ruins Younger Sister's Chances Of Appearing On Television
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#86 Girl Almost Falls In Love With A Creepy Incel Who Poses As Her Father’s Ghost
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#87 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
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#88 Coloured Man Is Segregated From Society Until He Takes Down A Ruthless Dictator And Saves The Girl
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#89 A Lamb Makes A Racist World By Giving People Cocaine
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#90 So It Turns Out There's This World With Witches And Wizards And Magic And Stuff Right Along Side Our World. Main Character Grew Up Without Knowing They Were A Part Of It. Trains To Use Magic And Fly On Fancy Modern Looking Brooms. Eventually Defeats The Bad Dude With A Creepy Grey-Skinned Face
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#91 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
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#92 It Takes 63 Minutes For The Movie’s Title To Actually Start
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#93 Two Boys Build Stuff While Their Pet Bullies A Pharmacist
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#94 A Man Is Able To See The Future But Everybody Ridicules Him Instead Of Helping, Resulting In The Death Of His Wife
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#95 A School Boy Constantly Gets A Free Pass For His Rule Breaking Because His Gay Principle Takes A Liking To Him
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#96 European Sports Star Asks Out Pretty But Nerdy 14 Year Old
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#97 My Dad Is Dead.. Wait No He's Not. Yes He Is. No He's Not. Hol Up My Friend Is My Dad
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#98 Orphan Likes To Dress Up At Night, Tie And Punish Naughty Boys
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#99 2 Guys 1 Cup
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#100 Everyone Tries To Keep A Single Dad From Snapping
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