# Reverse plot game
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [November 28, 2010, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155 "2010-11-28T07:32:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/1 "2010-11-28T07:32:29Z")
Okay, here’s the idea… I’m testing it out, so i hope it works as a game:
You summarize the plot of a movie, in an equivocal manner and from the point of view of the antagonist, while casting the hero as the villain. The rest of the posters have to guess which movie you are talking about. For instance:
_ **Just after WWII, an intelligence officer has to stop a grave robber and cold-blooded murderer from stealing a piece of Middle Eastern cultural heritage.** _
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Well, hopefully yours will be a little better. So let me start this with an easy one:
_ **Youngster is kidnapped by beings from another planet and tries to survive and escape their spaceship.** _
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### Author:  [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/2 "2010-11-28T07:37:04Z")
Alien
An elderly stateswoman sees her beloved sister die in a tragic home accident and her belongings stolen by a young thief and her compatriots as they travel to destroy everything she’s worked for aided by the stateswoman’s biggest rival.
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/3 "2010-11-28T07:39:54Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#):
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> _ **Youngster is kidnapped by beings from another planet and tries to survive and escape their spaceship.** _
Alien
A terrorist, his protege, and a mercenary invade a government prison to rescue one of the leaders of their terrorist organization. Eventually, the terrorists destroy a military compound, killing countless patriotic soldiers.
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/4 "2010-11-28T07:40:57Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#):
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> An elderly stateswoman sees her beloved sister die in a tragic home accident and her belongings stolen by a young thief and her compatriots as they travel to destroy everything she’s worked for aided by the stateswoman’s biggest rival.
Wizard of Oz
And this is still open:
A terrorist, his protege, and a mercenary invade a government prison to rescue one of the leaders of their terrorist organization. Eventually, the terrorists destroy a military compound, killing countless patriotic soldiers.
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### Author:  [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/5 "2010-11-28T07:46:13Z")
> [@Tengu](#):
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> Wizard of Oz
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> And this is still open:
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> A terrorist, his protege, and a mercenary invade a government prison to rescue one of the leaders of their terrorist organization. Eventually, the terrorists destroy a military compound, killing countless patriotic soldiers.
Matrix?
_ **Young man goes into a killing spree of random innocents after waking up from a coma. A group of military men try to keep a woman and kid from him.** _
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/6 "2010-11-28T09:09:55Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#):
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> Matrix?
Nope.
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### Author:  [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/7 "2010-11-28T09:49:11Z")
> [@Tengu](#):
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> Nope.
Star Wars!
Employees of a hard-working and entrepreneurial farmer walk out on the job, causing mayhem as they go.
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/8 "2010-11-28T09:58:24Z")
Bingo!
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### Author:  [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/9 "2010-11-28T10:18:23Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#):
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> :
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> _ **Just after WWII, an intelligence officer has to stop a grave robber and cold-blooded murderer from stealing a piece of Middle Eastern cultural heritage.** _
just after?
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### Author:  [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/10 "2010-11-28T10:28:24Z")
> [@willthekittensurvive](#):
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> just after?
damn it! I meant before, of course.
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### Author:  [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/11 "2010-11-28T17:14:07Z")
Starving animal searches for food; gets its head blown off for its troubles.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/12 "2010-11-28T17:27:07Z")
> [@Quimby](#):
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> Starving animal searches for food; gets its head blown off for its troubles.
Jaws?
Murderer escapes justice in a suicide-bombing, after killing several police officers .
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/13 "2010-11-28T17:55:34Z")
A self-aware computer tries to carry out its mission of protecting the last surviving remnants of humanity despite a crumbling infrastructure.
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### Author:  [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/14 "2010-11-28T20:50:19Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> A self-aware computer tries to carry out its mission of protecting the last surviving remnants of humanity despite a crumbling infrastructure.
The Matrix
Child celebrity gains victory in the School Cup due to rampant favoritism by the authorities, despite showing frequent disregard of school rules.
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### Author:  [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/15 "2010-11-28T21:12:03Z")
Harry Potter?
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### Author:  [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/16 "2010-11-28T21:18:50Z")
> [@Mr.Kobayashi](#):
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> Jaws?
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> Murderer escapes justice in a suicide-bombing, after killing several police officers .
The Professional/Leon
Mutinous warship evades naval authorities and sparks international incident.
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### Author:  [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/17 "2010-11-28T21:31:22Z")
> [@lisiate](#):
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> The Professional/Leon
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> Mutinous warship evades naval authorities and sparks international incident.
Hunt for the Red October?
_ **Tall islander is shanghaied and forced to work in a freak show. Falls in love with coworker and runs away with her, until he’s shot in an office building while he was trying to rise to the top.** _
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/18 "2010-11-28T22:09:32Z")
> [@](#):
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> A self-aware computer tries to carry out its mission of protecting the last surviving remnants of humanity despite a crumbling infrastructure.
SPOILER:The Matrix
Nope
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### Author:  [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/19 "2010-11-28T22:09:56Z")
King Kong.
Dangerous fugitive seeks illegal travel documents from a murderer; his wife seduces a drunkard to get them.
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### Author:  [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/20 "2010-11-28T22:31:15Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#):
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> Hunt for the Red October?
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Yes.
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