fatphobic/offensive tofat people/justweird aboutbodiesMCs areunbelievablyhot for noreasontellingnotshowingliterallyspreadingmisinformationuses aword/phraseway toomany timesEverythingsaid getsdumbeddown andrepeatedbad mentalhealthrepresentationpassageof time,who'sthat?Islamophobic/offensive tomuslimsSexist/offensiveto womenplotholescharacters'personalitiesare alwayschangingheavyhandedexpositionforcedsexualtensionObviousplottwistanticlimaticbuildup/revealTragic/violentevents forno reasonbadworldbuildingwritingis toovaguePlot twistfor pureshockvalueAntisemetic/offensive tojewishpeoplenothinghappensunneededprologueplotmandatedfriendshipfailure/thirdact breakupPurpleprosecharacters'traumadoesn'taffect themin any waytoo many"important"eventscrammed intosuch shortspacestilteddialoguenonsensicalliterarydevicesAbleist/offensiveto disabledpeopleXenophobic/offensive toimmigrants(most oftennon-americans)poorlywordedphrasesstupidclichesimplegood vs.evildynamicpacing isinconsistentrandompopculturereferencesdisbelief istoosuspendedTransphobic/offensive totrans peopleRacist/offensiveto peopleof colorcharactershave toomuch plotarmorpoorlywrittenchildren4.5+ starrating ongoodreadscharactersall havethe samevoicecringeytitledropreaders aregiven toomuchunimportantinformationobviouscheckov'sgunCharactersare one-dimensionalauthordid noresearchSusdescriptionsof minorscharactersare justplainstupidauthor'spoorlyconcealedfetishcharactersliterally fellout of acoconut treeHomophobic/offensive togay peoplefatphobic/offensive tofat people/justweird aboutbodiesMCs areunbelievablyhot for noreasontellingnotshowingliterallyspreadingmisinformationuses aword/phraseway toomany timesEverythingsaid getsdumbeddown andrepeatedbad mentalhealthrepresentationpassageof time,who'sthat?Islamophobic/offensive tomuslimsSexist/offensiveto womenplotholescharacters'personalitiesare alwayschangingheavyhandedexpositionforcedsexualtensionObviousplottwistanticlimaticbuildup/revealTragic/violentevents forno reasonbadworldbuildingwritingis toovaguePlot twistfor pureshockvalueAntisemetic/offensive tojewishpeoplenothinghappensunneededprologueplotmandatedfriendshipfailure/thirdact breakupPurpleprosecharacters'traumadoesn'taffect themin any waytoo many"important"eventscrammed intosuch shortspacestilteddialoguenonsensicalliterarydevicesAbleist/offensiveto disabledpeopleXenophobic/offensive toimmigrants(most oftennon-americans)poorlywordedphrasesstupidclichesimplegood vs.evildynamicpacing isinconsistentrandompopculturereferencesdisbelief istoosuspendedTransphobic/offensive totrans peopleRacist/offensiveto peopleof colorcharactershave toomuch plotarmorpoorlywrittenchildren4.5+ starrating ongoodreadscharactersall havethe samevoicecringeytitledropreaders aregiven toomuchunimportantinformationobviouscheckov'sgunCharactersare one-dimensionalauthordid noresearchSusdescriptionsof minorscharactersare justplainstupidauthor'spoorlyconcealedfetishcharactersliterally fellout of acoconut treeHomophobic/offensive togay people

El's Bad Book Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. fatphobic/ offensive to fat people/just weird about bodies
  2. MCs are unbelievably hot for no reason
  3. telling not showing
  4. literally spreading misinformation
  5. uses a word/phrase way too many times
  6. Everything said gets dumbed down and repeated
  7. bad mental health representation
  8. passage of time, who's that?
  9. Islamophobic/ offensive to muslims
  10. Sexist/ offensive to women
  11. plot holes
  12. characters' personalities are always changing
  13. heavy handed exposition
  14. forced sexual tension
  15. Obvious plot twist
  16. anticlimatic buildup/reveal
  17. Tragic /violent events for no reason
  18. bad worldbuilding
  19. writing is too vague
  20. Plot twist for pure shock value
  21. Antisemetic/ offensive to jewish people
  22. nothing happens
  23. unneeded prologue
  24. plot mandated friendship failure/third act breakup
  25. Purple prose
  26. characters' trauma doesn't affect them in any way
  27. too many "important" events crammed into such short space
  28. stilted dialogue
  29. nonsensical literary devices
  30. Ableist/ offensive to disabled people
  31. Xenophobic/ offensive to immigrants (most often non-americans)
  32. poorly worded phrases
  33. stupid cliche
  34. simple good vs. evil dynamic
  35. pacing is inconsistent
  36. random pop culture references
  37. disbelief is too suspended
  38. Transphobic/ offensive to trans people
  39. Racist/ offensive to people of color
  40. characters have too much plot armor
  41. poorly written children
  42. 4.5+ star rating on goodreads
  43. characters all have the same voice
  44. cringey title drop
  45. readers are given too much unimportant information
  46. obvious checkov's gun
  47. Characters are one-dimensional
  48. author did no research
  49. Sus descriptions of minors
  50. characters are just plain stupid
  51. author's poorly concealed fetish
  52. characters literally fell out of a coconut tree
  53. Homophobic/ offensive to gay people