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 did Mrs Gump feel that Elvis Presley's Hound Dog was inappropriate for children?
Young Forrest Gump and Mrs Gump were out shopping, and walked right by Benson's furniture
and appliance store. They came across a TV set playing Elvis Presley "Hound Dog" song:
Mrs Gump: ...
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Fauda questions - tattoo and sarin [closed]
"Episode 1.06"
Boaz attempts to make his capturers believe he is Muslim, which works
until Taufiq recognizes his tattoo as the man who killed Bashir.
Taufiq was not present on the wedding. ...
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Who does Lucky call in Lucky (2017)?
Lucky calls someone twice in Lucky (2017), first to ask, "Is realism a thing?" and the second time to share a personal story. I've never figured out who is on the other side of the phone.
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Did Doc Brown send his clocks 25 minutes into the future?
In the opening scene of Back to the Future, Marty arrives at Doc's place to play guitar. After blowing himself across the room 🤣, Doc calls Marty on the phone. In the middle of the conversation, ...
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Why didn't the driver shake Bernie's hand?
When the driver and Bernie meet at the track after a test run of the driver's skill, Bernie says 'nice to meet you' and extends his hand for a handshake. Yet the driver refuses at first citing a (bs) ...
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How did the Fizzle Bomber blow anything up if he was shot? [duplicate]
In Predestination the Fizzle Bomber was shot by John before the March attack happened, so how could the attack have happened?
There are similar questions like this, but they don't address the question ...
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What happened to Amy in The Equalizer 2 (2018)?
I never understood what really happened to Amy, the girl who was taken to the Massachusetts General Hospital by McCall.
The Wikipedia article says that she was assaulted. If so, why?
Was she raped?
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How does Turing's dialogue about lying connect to the decision to let the passenger convoy sink?
Do you know why people like violence, Hugh?
It's because it feels good.
Sometimes we can't do what feels good.
We have to do what is logical.
- What's logical?
Hardest time to lie to somebody is when ...
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Were the Woods an enchanted location?
Were the Woods from the Into the Woods an enchanted location that influenced people who entered it, or events that transpired in it, due to its inherent eldritch properties?
Or was it an ordinary ...
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Were Kate, Beau and Vic's deaths coincidental, or where they specifically targeted because of their proximity to the main characters?
In the science fiction series Glitch, the characters Kate, Beau and Vic all die in quick succession in ways that are apparently unrelated to each other, and unrelated to the main story arch (...
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Did Tyler Durden diegetically hijack someones car?
When the Narrator in Fight Club is done struggling to retrieve his luggage at the airport, he sees Tyler hop into a red convertible with the car's owner yelling the following.
"Hey! That's my ...
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What happened to Adam Warlock on Counter-Earth?
Our heroes fly to Counter-Earth to collect the secret code that should enable them to heal their friend Rocket. Adam Warlock arrives in their wake, hoping to apprehend them and thus save his people, &...
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What's the meaning of "First one dies, you die too"?
Right after the scene where Goose hits the jettisoned aircraft canopy head-first and is killed,
Maverick is shown washing his face and Viper meets him:
Viper: You fly jets long enough, something like ...
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How much time does Nemo spend trapped inside?
In the movie Inside (2023) we get hints of the passage of time - Nemo spends some time entertained with a pigeon outside; he follows the staff through the cameras in the building; he changes ...
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Why didn't Iceman answer the Slider's question?
In Top Gun (1986), enemy flighters shot down flighter name Hollywood so Iceman and Slider
trying to take them down:
Iceman: I'm going after them. I'm bringing it around to the left.
SLIDER: We got ...
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Was Jack planning on betraying Will?
In The Curse of the Black Pearl, Jack hints that he's planning on exchanging Will Turner to Barbossa for the Black Pearl.
Will catches on to this and knocks him out.
Was this actually Jack's plan all ...
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How does this thing appear at that moment?
In the movie Suzume, there is a scene where the aunt screams at Suzume, accusing her of taking away her youth.
At the time she's screaming, she seems to be out of control, like something has possessed ...
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Why does Barry bother doing this?
At the end of episode 1 of Barry:
Immediately afterwards he:
These would be easily found and related to each other and to what happened. It does not seem to provide any real protection. Why does he ...
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Is Maverick's rank in the competition tied to his father's classified information?
At Charlie's residence in Top Gun (1986), Charlie is lying on the couch and Maverick speaks about his father:
Maverick: My old man was a great fighter pilot. But who the hell
knows? It's all ...
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How did the anthropologist in The Relic get to the museum?
I rewatched The Relic (1997) last night and there's one thing I don't understand.
At the beginning the anthropologist John Whitney is seen asking the ship's captain to unload some boxes. Presumably he ...
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Was Tenavik hinting towards a solution to Michael's time navigation problem?
In Star Trek: Discovery S2E12, when Tenavik reads from 'The Pillar of the Present', "When the future becomes the past, the present will be unlocked.", was he somehow hinting towards what ...
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How did i-r0k listen in on Parzival's conversations at the dance club?
How does i-r0k listen to Parzival's conversation at the dance club? I noticed that several avatars ask to get their picture with Parzival and one of them scans him and sends something to i-r0k from ...
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Why did Cooper send coordinates to NASA when just a moment before he saw that he was headed to NASA?
In the closing tesseract scene, why does Cooper write the coordinates to NASA when just a moment before it is clear he knew where his past self (Cooper) was headed (to NASA)? What was the impulse or ...
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Is Mel Bernstein really a cop or a fraud?
In the movie Scarface", was "Mel Bernstein" really a narcotics detective or was he a fraud?
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Why did the guide pull his gun on Indy?
In the beginning of Raiders on the Lost Ark, when Indy and several hired guides are making their way to the South American temple, one of the guides tries to shoot Indy, who takes the gun out of the ...
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What exactly was Charlie going to say before she got cut off by Maverick?
In Top Gun (1986), after he took down all enemy flighters in the midair and
got appreciation on the front page of every newspaper
in the English-speaking world, Maverick met by Charlie:
Charlie: ...
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Why did Maverick toss this character's dog tags into the sea?
In Top Gun (1986),
and Maverick throws his dog tags into the sea.
Maverick was fond of this character, so why would he throw their dog tags away?
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In movie Tumbbad why does Sadashiv open his eye after falling
When Sadashiv falls he briefly opens his eyes as if he was doing a prank. Even the music elevates a little when he does so. At first I thought this scene has some supernatural involved. But then ends ...
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What exactly was Iceman about to say before he got cut off by Stinger?
After he guides naval aviators about SS Layton in Top Gun (1986), Stinger was approached by Iceman:
Iceman: This is not personal, but with regard to Maverick, is he the
best backup that...
Stinger: ...
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Why would Becky send the drone to the diner?
In the 2022 movie Fall: seeing as the girls established that there was mobile phone reception at - or near - the base of the tower, why would Becky attempt to send the drone with note attached all the ...
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In Inside (2023), did Nemo escape in the end?
In the movie Inside (2023), Nemo manages to build a scaffold so that he can reach the skylight in order to escape from the lockeddown penthouse.
As we can see from the screenshot, the distance between ...
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What did the plane mean in Don't Worry Darling?
In Don't Worry Darling, Alice seeing the plane (pictured below) is the first step in her:
How was this airplane allowed here, as surely this controlled area would not allow such things through?
We ...
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Why didn't Lenny have a photo of Teddy at the beginning of the story in Memento?
In the movie Memento, Teddy claims to have known Lenny for over a year. But if they were supposed to be acquainted for that long, why didn't Lenny have a photo of Teddy? It seems like Lenny should ...
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What is the meaning of porcupine that Maria Hill drew when recruiting Grant Ward in Marvel Agents of SHIELD
In Agents of SHIELD Season 1 Episode 1, Agent Maria Hill recruits Agent Grant Ward into a mobile command unit. In Ward's evaluation, she drew a poop/porcupine under people skills. What did that mean?
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Is the gamble Adam Sandler bet on in a high-end restaurant legal?
In the movie, Uncut Gems, Adam Sandler walks into a restaurant and bets 24G(24,000) dollars with a well dressed guy sitting and eating at a table.
Adam Sandler tells this guy what stats he bets on in ...
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Is Bluey an unreliable narrator?
Many of the events in Bluey are openly childrens' games, and primarily take place in the real world with an overlay of imagination.
For example, in S01E01 the audience is expected to understand that ...
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How does signing a non-disclosure agreement work?
In the TV show Succession, Ep 1, Season 1, Roman Roy teases a boy by promising one million dollars if this boy could hit a home run in a baseball game. It ends up with Roman tearing up the one million ...
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Why didn't the Mandalorians post a sentry to guard their camp?
Has any canon explanation been given as to why the Mandalorians did not post a sentry during S3 E1 "The Apostate" and S3 E4 "The Foundling", thus allowing themselves to be attacked ...
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Why the Windowbox effect used on Oscar award show?
At the end of the Mank (2020) movie, the Windowbox effect used on
Oscar award show:
Why the Windowbox effect used on Oscar award show?
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In The Owl House, why does Belos choose to destroy the Boiling Isles?
In The Owl House, Emperor Belos wants to kill all the witches and destroy the Boiling Isles. My question: why?
Of course, if you have watched the show, you already know it's because he is a Puritan ...
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What's the meaning of the last scene when the girl has a dead lady in the bathroom?
In Doctor Sleep, a creepy ancient lady from overlook hotel is together with the black girl.
Why? What's the meaning of this? like she assumed the fears, and ghosts and is fine with them in her life?
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What is the full story behind the crashed ship in Andor?
During the first three episodes of the Disney+ episodic release Andor, the title character sees a ship crashing during his childhood, and goes on to explore its interior.
What is the background story ...
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If Nelson Algren not present in the scene then why Mank mentioned his name here?
In Mank (2020), Orson Welles scolds alcoholic writer Mank, who wants screen credits, and that is
against the contract:
Orson Welles: Remind me never again to work with a washed-up
alcoholic!
Mank: ...
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Why does Carroll Oerstadt not think he will stay in jail?
In Deja Vu (2006), the bomber (Carroll Oerstadt) is caught and gets interviewed in his cell. He seems to think something will happen to get him out of jail, and it won't even reach trial because ...
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Why did Orson Welles say, "Shoot-out at the O.K. Corral"?
At the end of the movie Mank (2020), holding clipboard with his hand, director
Orson Welles visits his writer Mank's:
Orson Welles: Rise and shine, hombre. Shoot-out at the O.K. Corral.
Before we ...
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What language is spoken in Twin Peaks season 1, pilot episode and why?
In Twin Peaks, season 1, pilot episode. Leland Palmer is called away from a presentation to a phone call from his wife when they learn their daughter is dead.
Shortly before he is called away, a group ...
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Why is this scene placed inbetween?
In Mank (2020), Mank was invited to a circus-themed costume dinner party. He arrived drunk,
and sat at the head of the table. At that same party, Hearst and Mayer started
discussing "Marie ...
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Why did Russ Buffalino tell Frank Sheeran to give him his glasses?
In The Irishman, when Russell Buffalino (Joe Pesci) sends Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro) to kill Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino), he first tells Sheeran to hand him his sunglasses. And when he returns after ...
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How did Mank guess correctly from Shakespeare reference?
In Mank (2020), Director Orson asks writer Mank to guess who phoned with an
offer to buy out RKO's investment and shelve "Citizen Kane" picture permanently:
Mank: Not Hearst?
Orson: Mank, I'...
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Where did all the people in the Quantum Realm come from?
Minor Quantumania spoilers ahead:
In Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, we find that Janet spent an unknown amount of time all alone in the Quantum Realm before Kang showed up with a broken MacGuffin ...
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