For the sake of the plot!

[SamanthaSamantha's icon]

You know how it is...

You are watching something you like - whether it is a cartoon, anime, movie or TV show - and enjoying it thoroughly... but then, inevitably, you come across a decision so bold, so utterly nonsensical, so devoid of logic even within its own world that you just KNOW you have just reached a badly-implemented (and undisguised) plot device.

What are some of your favorite examples of this sort of thing?

Mine are these beautiful disasters:

- In one of the Harry Potter movies, Ron's wand gets damaged to the point of malfunctioning and no-one does anything about it, even though it could very much kill him or anyone around him.

- In "Major", Goro is vanished to the minors after his MLB debut turns disastrous — guy gave up two runs in seven innings of work, after all (one of which was against the very best player in all of baseball). Truly a dismal performance.

- A police station's armory is left untouched and for Rick to find several weeks into the outbreak in "The Walking Dead". Just like that.

Add yours!

 

[Khameleon]

In horror movies when there’s a noise and people yell out “hello? Anyone there?” and proceed to investigate then usually die or come close to it.

Any rational human being is not gonna investigate, it’s out the door and calling the police.

 

[Don Patch]

Like every other Star Trek episode (all the way from OG through Voyager... and maybe past that... but I haven't seen anything past Voyager, lol).
But, like in the the best ways, if that makes sense?
Like, I love it.

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

Why didn't Chewbacca say anything about Jedi's when Luke was training on the Falcon in Episode 4

 

[Frickinfrik]

Uncle Ben trying to grab his killer’s dropped gun in Amazing Spider Man 1, guess what happens after that.

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

Uncle Ben trying to grab his killer’s dropped gun in Amazing Spider Man 1, guess what happens after that.

Why didn't Oswald hired hitmen to kill his shareholders instead of personally ride a drone and throw pumpkin bombs at the festival?

 

[Sheepy765]

Eating a caterpillar suddenly makes Legoshi really tough in Beastars. I think it’s symbolic and supposed to be about how consuming life when he was previously too afraid to makes him stronger both physically and mentally, but taking it at face value makes the scene a little comedic and somewhat nonsensical.