Why do they even happen? What are the odds? Are the script writers OK? Are questions commonly asked by the public on many movie plots
by iddunno January 30, 2021

When things turn out very differently than anybody could have foreseen, the event featured an oppo-plot. When life throws you a major curveball, you experience an oppo-plot. When the forces of Nature turn to reveal that things are just not as they seem, you live through an oppo-plot.
I filed my tax return, fully expecting to be thrown in jail for tax evasion. Then I received a letter from the IRS, they reviewed and adjusted my return, and ...talk about your oppo-plot...got a check for $1,355!
by ElCommissioner June 7, 2018

When I failed my chemistry test, I had lost the plot.
I was telling my friend a funny story, but then I lost the plot and started talking about my grandmother’s brownie recipe.
I was telling my friend a funny story, but then I lost the plot and started talking about my grandmother’s brownie recipe.
by Nosneb117 July 8, 2024

A character whose only purpose in a story is to make things worse, usually just for their own amusement
by Dastvan August 24, 2020

by Yourmadd June 3, 2019

When a character in a television show, film, video game, etc. has good "features" one can refer to it as the "plot".
by Zoom_Valt November 10, 2020

Like plot armor, but for dating; When two characters aren't able to date and keep stringing eachother along because the plot calls for romantic tension, even when it's drawn out too long for the audience to care.
by WipMeGrandma September 24, 2025
