# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/121 "2010-12-03T22:06:17Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > A supernatural creature and his small companion kidnap innocent children… and the only one who can stop him is a dashing rogue. Peter Pan ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/122 "2010-12-03T22:07:24Z")
> [@MindWanderer](#): > > 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. Pulp Fiction. ---
**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, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/123 "2010-12-03T22:10:32Z")
> [@MindWanderer](#): > > Is it: > > Othello? Nope, but possibly getting closer. ---
**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, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/124 "2010-12-03T22:22:43Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Pulp Fiction. yep. Too obvious I guess. I gotta think of a more tricky one ---
**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 5, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/125 "2010-12-05T17:52:03Z")
**pravnik** , here’s some guesses [spoiler]\* MacBeth - Richard III - King Arthur saga [/spoiler] That’s all I’ve got for now. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/126 "2010-12-05T18:17:31Z")
> [@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. The Odyssey ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/127 "2010-12-05T18:59:44Z")
During a labor dispute, some dirty scabs get into a clash with the normal employees both in a bar and later at the job site. The scabs consist of a foreigner with a gambling addition, an ex-employee, a convict, a man with anger issues, and others with various job-performance issues. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/128 "2010-12-07T23:37:16Z")
> [@Wolverine](#): > > During a labor dispute, some dirty scabs get into a clash with the normal employees both in a bar and later at the job site. The scabs consist of a foreigner with a gambling addition, an ex-employee, a convict, a man with anger issues, and others with various job-performance issues. Major League A respected honest businessman is visited by his former partner, who makes demands on his hard earned wealth. When the businessman refuses he is visited by several enforcers, the last of whom threatens dire consequences should he continue to refuse. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/129 "2010-12-08T02:14:55Z")
> [@Mr\_Shine](#): > > A respected honest businessman is visited by his former partner, who makes demands on his hard earned wealth. When the businessman refuses he is visited by several enforcers, the last of whom threatens dire consequences should he continue to refuse. A Christmas Carol ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/130 "2010-12-08T03:18:10Z")
> [@Mr\_Shine](#): > > Major League Close, but not quite right. The people in that film were not “scabs” if I remember correctly. Scrubs maybe, but not scabs. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/131 "2010-12-08T05:51:24Z")
> [@Wolverine](#): > > During a labor dispute, some dirty scabs get into a clash with the normal employees both in a bar and later at the job site. The scabs consist of a foreigner with a gambling addition, an ex-employee, a convict, a man with anger issues, and others with various job-performance issues. The Replacements ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/132 "2010-12-08T06:56:26Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/133 "2010-12-08T17:45:35Z")
A creepy young man, known for his profanity, furry fetish, and violent outbursts, is disturbingly obsessed with obtaining a weapon. The responsible adults around him warn of possible facial disfigurations that could occur by discharging the weapon, but his desire only increases. Using all kinds of trickery, he finally obtains the weapon and prompty fires it into someone’s face, then makes up a lie to cover up his actions. Later he celebrates a holiday by watching an Asian gentleman decapitate an animal with a butcher knife. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/134 "2010-12-08T17:47:26Z")
A Christmas Story ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/135 "2010-12-08T17:51:17Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > A Christmas Story No… Yes, of course it is! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/136 "2010-12-08T17:54:18Z")
Savvy entrepreneur completes profitable transaction after supernatural intervention convinces a debtor to pay his bills. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/137 "2010-12-08T20:02:02Z")
> [@glowacks](#): > > I never realized that the previous answer given for this has the same basic plot as what I thought it was after the first sentence… > > Hamlet > > The previous answer seems far more likely, given that the story as above doesn’t quite work for what I have - but it’s eerily similar. It’s not eerie. it’s intentional. The Lion King is a straight copy of Hamlet. > [@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. The Odyssey? ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/138 "2010-12-08T20:03:19Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Savvy entrepreneur completes profitable transaction after supernatural intervention convinces a debtor to pay his bills. It’s a Wonderful Life. Didn’t we do that already? A benevolent entity and her subordinants attempt to permanently fix humanity’s problems once and for all, only to be foiled by a cop and a scientist operating well outside of the law. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/139 "2010-12-08T20:06:50Z")
Guess so. Ah well, at least I focused on different plot elements. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155/140 "2010-12-08T20:52:18Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > The Odyssey? Yes! Good job. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-plot-game/562155.md?page=8)