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 well kill him and/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 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.

 

[CheesyExplosive]

Mr.incredible should have automatically send buddy to the police station when that kid first appeared, but nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo he keep trespassing into his rescues every single time!!! which is why the first and second movie came out.

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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.

In a nut-shell... no one won't ever bother calling the police nobody's going to believe it.

 

[Darren]

Spoiler: I know it's 2026, but if you haven't seen "Goodfellas", don't click this.

In Goodfellas, De Niro is trying to lure annoying-ass Lorraine Bracco into an almost-empty shop; with the implied intent that she'd get whacked if she goes inside. He does this after Ray Liotta is arrested, since De Niro and Paulie both know he will likely snitch and do everything he can to escape his drug charges.

However, Lorraine gets to live, since she got spooked and made up some excuse to leave. You know, since not entering an obvious trap is all it takes to not get murdered by The Mafia, **EVEN THOUGH WE'VE SPENT THE ENTIRE MOVIE WATCHING MOB HITS**.

Using this logic, Joe Pesci would've lived if he didn't go in that last room of that house

 

[Metroid_Hybrid]

I'm not a big fan of horror/slasher flicks, but every GF I've ever had certainly have been. But it seems to be a unbreakable law that the police/military in every horror/slasher flick, ever, has to be the most stupid/incompetent/useless people on planet Earth..

 

[TruthandConsequence]

The entirety of Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, just the whole game.

It begins with Majima losing his memory, to the point where he doesn't even remember his name until someone tells him who he is. Just a way to justify flanderizing him and make them able to only hyperfocus on his goofy side rather than actually taking the time to write Goro Majima.