# Reverse plot game **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/101 "2010-12-02T15:09:41Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > The obvious answer on first pass is _Frankenstein_ by Mary Shelley, and its various remakes. But since you’ve tagged it as a trick question, we’ll keep working on it. Yes, with the obvious (wrong) answer of Frankenstein out of the way…please keep working on it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/102 "2010-12-02T15:23:50Z")
A palace intrigue goes bad. Normally this would result in capital punishment, but Our Tragic Hero is condemned to an eternity of torment (through the use of exotic life-extending techniques). A tormented eternity later, he is inadvertently released from his stasis prison. His rescuers then spend the rest of the story trying to (a) kill him, and (b) prevent him from reviving the woman who was the object of his intrigue. Bonus, which of course I thought of just after I submitted this: A palace intrigue goes bad. The noblewoman who is the object of the intrigue (some people say she started the affair in the first place) is forced to decide whether her boytoy will be forever unavailable to her because he is DEAD or because he is MARRIED. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/103 "2010-12-02T15:34:56Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > This one may trick you… > > Mad doctor creates life by using old corpse to re-create a powerful animate being. Being is caged up like an animal but escapes its confines to wreak havoc on those around it. Now I’m thinking _Akira_. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/104 "2010-12-02T17:15:03Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > A palace intrigue goes bad. Normally this would result in capital punishment, but Our Tragic Hero is condemned to an eternity of torment (through the use of exotic life-extending techniques). A tormented eternity later, he is inadvertently released from his stasis prison. His rescuers then spend the rest of the story trying to (a) kill him, and (b) prevent him from reviving the woman who was the object of his intrigue. > > Bonus, which of course I thought of just after I submitted this: > > A palace intrigue goes bad. The noblewoman who is the object of the intrigue (some people say she started the affair in the first place) is forced to decide whether her boytoy will be forever unavailable to her because he is DEAD or because he is MARRIED. _The Mummy_ (1932)? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/105 "2010-12-02T17:52:43Z")
I was thinking of the more recent remake. I’ll accept your answer all the same, as it should be the same plot. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/106 "2010-12-02T18:57:41Z")
A supernatural creature and his small companion kidnap innocent children… and the only one who can stop him is a dashing rogue. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/107 "2010-12-02T19:27:16Z")
Could it be…Peter Pan? ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/108 "2010-12-02T20:59:20Z")
A handsome young man has the affection of every girl in the town except the girl he loves, who unfortunately is trapped in an abusive relationship and has a serious case of Stockholm Syndrome. He tries to rescue her from this relationship but she doesn’t live in the real world and as such keeps insisting her man can change, and that there’s really some good in him. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/109 "2010-12-02T23:05:36Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > Could it be…Peter Pan? Yes. Yes it is. > [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > A handsome young man has the affection of every girl in the town except the girl he loves, who unfortunately is trapped in an abusive relationship and has a serious case of Stockholm Syndrome. He tries to rescue her from this relationship but she doesn’t live in the real world and as such keeps insisting her man can change, and that there’s really some good in him. Mmmmh… Beauty and the Beast? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/110 "2010-12-02T23:24:26Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > Mmmmh… Beauty and the Beast? It does sound like the point of view of the people I know who hate that movie. ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/111 "2010-12-03T00:06:09Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > A handsome young man has the affection of every girl in the town except the girl he loves, who unfortunately is trapped in an abusive relationship and has a serious case of Stockholm Syndrome. He tries to rescue her from this relationship but she doesn’t live in the real world and as such keeps insisting her man can change, and that there’s really some good in him. Is it Twilight? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/112 "2010-12-03T00:26:21Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > Now I’m thinking _Akira_. That’s pretty good, but not the one I was looking for. I think I threw you off with the “animated” - I’m not that subtle. ---
**Author:** ![firagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/13edae/32.png) [@firagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/firagon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/113 "2010-12-03T01:35:12Z")
Jurassic Park? ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/114 "2010-12-03T02:59:26Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > Mmmmh… Beauty and the Beast? Yes. > [@KennerTheGreat](#): > > Is it Twilight? I honestly wouldn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/115 "2010-12-03T05:16:19Z")
This one’s still unanswered - anyone want to take a crack at it? > [@pravnik](#): > > Traumatized veteran returns home after an extended tour and goes on a rampage of mass murder, finally driven mad by multiple acts of apparent infidelity. Men and women alike die in the horrifying bloodbath. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/116 "2010-12-03T05:19:51Z")
> [@firagon](#): > > Jurassic Park? Hells yeah! You got it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/117 "2010-12-03T15:50:33Z")
**pravnik** : I think that’s First Blood, but the “apparent infidelity” leads me to suspect that the plot is set about 800 years earlier. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/118 "2010-12-03T17:23:52Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > **pravnik** : I think that’s First Blood, but the “apparent infidelity” leads me to suspect that the plot is set about 800 years earlier. No to the spoilered answer, but I think you’re on the right track… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MindWanderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@MindWanderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindWanderer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/119 "2010-12-03T21:52:08Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > This one’s still unanswered - anyone want to take a crack at it? Is it: Othello? ---
**Author:** ![MindWanderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@MindWanderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindWanderer)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/120 "2010-12-03T22:04:15Z")
I’ll add one, could be too easy. A powerful gangster chases after a man who betrayed an agreement, and finds him when he least expects it. The man ends up saving him from two crazy guys, and the gangster allows his rescuer to live if he skips town. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155.md?page=7)