Questions tagged [plot-explanation]
Seeking to understand a story plot better, or to clear up confusion about certain aspects or plot points. Please also use the specific tag for the movie or TV series, if it exists.
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Why was Hiro in his own jail cell after they were arrested?
In the first part of Big Hero 6, Hiro is betting on Bot Fighting and is rescued by his brother, Tadashi and subsequently arrested by the police. The next scene shows Hiro in his own cell while ...
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Explanation on the ending of "(500) Days of Summer"
When the narrator says: "He was pretty sure..." I don't get what he meant.
Tom then goes back to Autumn, she says her name and he looks to the screen with a witty face.
What does all this mean? He ...
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What exactly was Delacort's plan?
In Elysium, the secretary of defense Delacort (played by Jodie Foster) intended to overthrow the existing government and install herself as the new leader.
If I understood correctly, her plan was to ...
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Why was the mummy afraid of cats
In the 1999 film The Mummy. Why was the mummy afraid of cats?
I know that they were the guardians of the underworld etc. But what could the house cat that Connor had actually have done?
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What was the purpose of 'Pursuit of Happyness'
I heard that there was a history behind the movie 'Pursuit of Happyness', as this was the dream project of Will Smith.
I loved that movie and want to know the story. Can anyone help me find it?
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What did Thanos save this character from?
In Avengers: Infinity War Thanos mentions that he saves Gamora, I was wondering what exactly he meant by this.
Was he referring to saving her planet as a whole, did he save her from being chosen to ...
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In The Dark Knight, does the Joker know who Batman is?
In the movie The Dark Knight, the Joker initially threatens that he would kill people everyday if Batman does not reveal his true identity.
But he also threatens Mr.Reese when he tries to unveil the ...
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Why did Niki Lauda envy James Hunt?
Niki Lauda: Of course he didn't listen to me. For James, one world title was enough. He had proved what he needed to prove. To himself and anyone who doubted him. And two years later, he retired. When ...
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Suicide Squad movie Timeline
So I recently watched Suicide Squad and I have a question about it:
In which timeline does this movie take place?
In the beginning of the movie there is this one scene where the memorial ceremony ...
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How was the baby born in the start?
In movie Predestination (2014),
So, how was the baby born for the first time, and how does it come to know about the predestination?
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Why didn't Eve keep shooting at the train scene?
During the beginning of Skyfall there's a scene where 007 and Patrice are fighting on the top of a train that's heading into a tunnel, in Istanbul. Not wanting to risk losing the trace of them, M ...
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If Al Powell was on desk duty, why was he driving black-and-white?
Die Hard includes a moment when police officer Al Powell says he is on "desk duty" because he accidentally shot a child who had a toy gun. But earlier, Al is shown in uniform, driving a "black-and-...
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Why did Veera keep saying "dan...dan...dan...danaka!" and what does it mean?
Veera, the protagonist of the Tamil movie Raavanan, used to repeat a specific phrase throughout the movie, which was one of the few things not translated in the dubbed version I watched. It sounded ...
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Why are only two bodies made public in True Detective?
The 1st season of True Detective starts with the finding of Dora Lange's body, arranged with antlers and stuff. Also, later on, Papania and Gilbough suspect that Rust is behind the killings, based on ...
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Why was Mr. John Keating expelled from school?
I saw Dead Poets Society. Neil's parents were responsible for his death not John. Then why was the administration so determined to expel him from the organization?
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How did the Iranians realize the fraud?
At the end of Argo, right after the supposed film team is allowed to board their plane, Iranian soldiers storm the house of the Canadian ambassador. They find a desolated home and what I think to be a ...
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Why did Jules mention music band name here?
In Pulp Fiction (1994), Jimmie does this favour for Jules and Vinnie. He hides a body for
them in his garage. Thing is, the body is still in the car where Jules
and Vinnie did him in. Jimmie's worried ...
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Why didn't Mousesack have to drink the water?
When Ciri and Dara entered Brokilon forest in The Witcher, the dryads were adamant that everyone who enters the forest has to drink the water of Brokilon. If they were of ill intent, the waters would ...
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What was Richie's big secret?
In It Chapter Two, when Richie is going through the Derry alone, he visits the old arcade and the park with the Paul Bunyan statue.
When Pennywise appears, he starts teasing Richie saying that
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Is there any plausibile explanation for the Birdbox CCTV screen scene?
In Birdbox there is a scene where one of the characters looks outside the house using the CCTV system it has.
The man is looking through an LCD screen and nonetheless,
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Spider-Gwen timing
This question contains spoilers about Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
How come Spider-Gwen appeared on class along Miles if the collider accident happened after?
Is the only spider-being that ...
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Why didn't Dr. Strange tell Quill about Gamora in advance?
I see a lot of "Why didn't Dr. Strange do this and that?" questions and the justification for some was that Dr. Strange knew it would've failed either way as he saw millions of outcomes, only one of ...
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Why is the expiry date revealed in 'Hang the DJ' even though only one side "pressed the button"?
Black Mirror Season 4 - Episode: Hang the DJ
It is established at the beginning that the expiry date is revealed when both parties "press the button" on their devices.
Later on, when Frank is alone, ...
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Was Ahch-To such a mystery?
In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, we see that Ahch-To is where Luke was hiding and the same place
Considering all this, wouldn't the other members of the force (Leia, Maz Kanata, Kylo Ren etc) know that ...
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Why did John Doe appear as press photographer?
John tried to face the detectives and tried to take photos of them in Se7en movie.
What is the reason?
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Why did Mr.World need to involve the police?
In American Gods Season 1 Episode 05, Shadow and Wednesday are arrested in their motel room for robbing the bank in a previous episode. Later the detective explains how the police got their location:
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Why does Eliza come back to Henry Higgins without getting any apology?
In My Fair Lady the Dolittle goes away.
Eliza Doolittle: [singing] I shall not feel alone without you, I can stand on my own without you. So go back in your shell, I can do bloody well without...
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If Rachel helped Samara, then why is Samara still killing people?
In the movie "The Ring" (2002), why does Aidan say that Rachel wasn't supposed to help Samara? And if Rachel had helped Samara, then why is she still killing people? And why does making a copy of the ...
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Why does Genie rewear the cuffs?
At the end of Disney's Aladdin, Aladdin frees Genie with his last wish, and the cuffs, that are presumably keeping Genie imprisoned, vanish.
These cuffs are still not present when Genie leaves to see ...
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Was the end of Passengers realistic?
At the end of the movie Passengers, the 2 main characters have grown a garden. That's understandable; earlier we saw plants growing on one part of the ship. But where did the birds in the garden come ...
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Why did Daryl take the cash and jewelry?
In The Walking Dead episode S04E12, Daryl and Beth came across a country club while looking for alcohol for Beth to drink. During this time Beth notices Daryl is taking what looks like a purse and ...
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How could the buried corpses turn into zombies?
Does anybody remember the scene in the cemetery in Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)?
The group of survivors walked through the cemetery.
While Alice explained about the virus, the dead man got out ...
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Why does a teaching hospital have a piano (in House, M.D.)?
In Season 4, Episode 9 of House, M.D., Dr. House is seen playing a piano in one of the class rooms of the teaching hospital he works at. What possible reason would there be for a teaching hospital to ...
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What is the burning building this character walks past in the city?
Trying to ask with as few spoilers as possible.
In House of the Dragon season 1 episode 9 "The Green Council",
walks in the city and passes a building which is burning.
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Did this character die at this point?
SPOILERS inbound for TENET movie:
By the end of the movie, it is revealed that Neil and the Protagonist were friends for a long time in the "future" and Neil was on his way to his death to ...
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What was the point of getting this item into the Quantum Tunnel?
At the end of Avengers: Endgame The Avengers are scrambling to get the Gauntlet to the Scott's van and into the Quantum Tunnel. The goal seems to simply be getting the item to the Quantum Tunnel ...
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Were Jon Snow and Arya working together in the episode "The Long Night"?
I have been reading a lot about Game of Thrones S8E3 and what each scene signified. And there is this weird theory that what Jon Snow was doing right before
was on purpose. He was trying to distract ...
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How was Gwen pulled into Miles's universe?
In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, we learn that Kingpin wants to find a replacement for his wife Vanessa and son Richard by using their DNA in the machine that opens holes into other universes. He ...
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How did Lacie's rating fall to a Zero?
In the Black Mirror Episode "Nosedive (S3,E1)", towards the end, Lacie's rating falls below 1 and goes to a '0', thereby sending her to a jail of sorts.
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Purpose of Indian man concerning little boy in Lion [duplicate]
I wonder what was the intent of the suspicious man from 2016 movie Lion who met little Sheru at the lady's apartment, fluently estimated his physical qualities and wanted to take the boy with him.
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Why didn't Harry Potter use the Resurrection Stone?
Why did Dumbledore give the Resurrection Stone to Harry Potter in such a convoluted way?
Harry could've used it instantaneously to revive professor Dumbledore, even if only momentarily, but he ...
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Did the show actually explain how Sherlock faked his death?
I had always thought that how Sherlock faked his death was a bit of mystery, as Sherlock himself never told anyone how he did it. However, my friend is convinced that Sherlock faked his death exactly ...
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Why are the crew members in Passengers locked in?
Why was the whole crew of the ship in Passengers locked in a separated room which no regular passenger had access to?
What reason could there be to separate them from the passengers? They even said ...
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Requirements to join the Wights (The Army of the Dead)
In Game of Thrones Season 5, we see that the wildlings killed by Wights revive as Wights themselves. Jon Snow, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, gets hurt while battling the wights and one of the ...
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The Anti-Christ in the Name of the Rose
I thought The Name of the Rose was intriguing and fascinating (the sound effects, the location, the costumes, and the characters).
What I don't understand, however, is that the anti-christ was ...
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At what point did Lou Bloom decide to 'sack' his assistant?
Lou Bloom is a sociopath who is trying to establish a video news company. He hires Rick, a kid from the streets, as his assistant and 2nd cameraman. At first Lou intends to pay Rick nothing, instead ...
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Explanation of Bollywood movie No Smoking (2007)
No Smoking is by-far the most confusing movie I have ever watched. I didn't understand the plot at all. Here are some of my queries.
How did Baba Bengali know where K's flight would land even when ...
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Why was Abe sent from the future and where is Abe in the present?
I could not understand why was Abe there from the future to manage the loopers. Quoting Wikipedia,
His boss, Abe (Daniels), was sent from the future to manage the loopers
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How did Starbuck come back?
Lt. Kara Thrace, a prominent character of the famous sci-fi series Battlestar Galactica, or more famously known as Starbuck was purportedly dead while fighting Cylon battle ships amidst a solar storm ...
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What happened to Peter's parents?
In The Amazing Spider-man, Peter's parents leave him with his aunt and uncle at the start of the film. They're never heard from again. Where did they go, what happened to them?
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