plotmandatedfriendshipfailure/thirdact breakupcharactersliterally fellout of acoconut treeunneededprologuecharactersall havethe samevoicecharactershave toomuch plotarmornonsensicalliterarydevicestoo many"important"eventscrammed intosuch shortspacenothinghappensAntisemetic/offensive tojewishpeopledisbelief istoosuspendedMCs areunbelievablyhot for noreasonpacing isinconsistentsimplegood vs.evildynamicSexist/offensiveto womenHomophobic/offensive togay peoplepoorlywordedphrasescharacters'personalitiesare alwayschangingSusdescriptionsof minorspassageof time,who'sthat?charactersare justplainstupidliterallyspreadingmisinformationEverythingsaid getsdumbeddown andrepeatedwritingis toovagueauthordid noresearchbadworldbuildingRacist/offensiveto peopleof colorTragic/violentevents forno reasonstupidclichecharacters'traumadoesn'taffect themin any wayPlot twistfor pureshockvaluefatphobic/offensive tofat people/justweird aboutbodiesuses aword/phraseway toomany timesrandompopculturereferencesObviousplottwist4.5+ starrating ongoodreadsXenophobic/offensive toimmigrants(most oftennon-americans)obviouscheckov'sgunTransphobic/offensive totrans peopleauthor'spoorlyconcealedfetishPurpleprosereaders aregiven toomuchunimportantinformationIslamophobic/offensive tomuslimspoorlywrittenchildrenheavyhandedexpositionplotholesforcedsexualtensionAbleist/offensiveto disabledpeopleCharactersare one-dimensionaltellingnotshowingbad mentalhealthrepresentationcringeytitledropstilteddialogueanticlimaticbuildup/revealplotmandatedfriendshipfailure/thirdact breakupcharactersliterally fellout of acoconut treeunneededprologuecharactersall havethe samevoicecharactershave toomuch plotarmornonsensicalliterarydevicestoo many"important"eventscrammed intosuch shortspacenothinghappensAntisemetic/offensive tojewishpeopledisbelief istoosuspendedMCs areunbelievablyhot for noreasonpacing isinconsistentsimplegood vs.evildynamicSexist/offensiveto womenHomophobic/offensive togay peoplepoorlywordedphrasescharacters'personalitiesare alwayschangingSusdescriptionsof minorspassageof time,who'sthat?charactersare justplainstupidliterallyspreadingmisinformationEverythingsaid getsdumbeddown andrepeatedwritingis toovagueauthordid noresearchbadworldbuildingRacist/offensiveto peopleof colorTragic/violentevents forno reasonstupidclichecharacters'traumadoesn'taffect themin any wayPlot twistfor pureshockvaluefatphobic/offensive tofat people/justweird aboutbodiesuses aword/phraseway toomany timesrandompopculturereferencesObviousplottwist4.5+ starrating ongoodreadsXenophobic/offensive toimmigrants(most oftennon-americans)obviouscheckov'sgunTransphobic/offensive totrans peopleauthor'spoorlyconcealedfetishPurpleprosereaders aregiven toomuchunimportantinformationIslamophobic/offensive tomuslimspoorlywrittenchildrenheavyhandedexpositionplotholesforcedsexualtensionAbleist/offensiveto disabledpeopleCharactersare one-dimensionaltellingnotshowingbad mentalhealthrepresentationcringeytitledropstilteddialogueanticlimaticbuildup/reveal

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