Plastic-like, effortless texturing meant to maximize appeal Based on a previously existing book/show/game Outdated pop culture references from two years ago A fast- talking, quippy, Genie-esque Sidekick A band of unlikely misfits gather together to meet the wizard! A wacky set- pieces plot, where wacky things happen in wacky places One or more parents are absent/dead/die Two marketable characters become friends in two minutes A scene with the characters comically screaming LOLRANDOM humor Toy Story Ripoff, or "what ___ does when you aren't around" Toilet Humor Fetishy/ Questionably Sexual Scene Pointless Slow-Mo shot Twist Villain Unnecessary Dialogue Dreamworks Face Pop Songs from the 60s onward "Well that just happened" A bizarrely strict set of rules that get explained Poorly developed Chekov's Gun Fake-Out Death Scene A movie musical by people who can't write music Liar Revealed Story Line A "Be Yourself/Family Values/ Friendship" message A princess who yearns for more out of life At least three household names in the voice cast Characters' motivations or personalities flip for the sake of the plot Setting- breaking use of modern slang One- Word Title Marvel Humor, or following any serious moment with a quip or bad joke Overly Protective, Stern, or Protective Parents The main protagonist is an outcast who can't fit into society 10+ minutes of exposition The overweight character has an eating addiction Follows the Hero's Journey to a tee Overly snarky, self-aware commentary that is supposed to excuse bad writing An Anti- Consumerist message while being the textbook example of consumerism Unnecessary Romance McGuffin hunt Serving for no other reason than to prove their animation powers One of the main characters is a big-nosed loser Wacky Hi- jinks/High- Action chase scene The villain dies in a shockingly gruesome fashion Out of place adult joke to justify a PG rating Stating the message in the script Another film in an already drawn out franchise Things happen for no reason, or for plot convenience Female character references that she is female The script was watered down to appeal to LCD Tiny, cute characters meant for marketing only "I hope nothing bad happens" *Something bad happens* Dance Party Ending Animal Sidekick Pointless Slapstick Characters break up for the third-act conflict Plastic-like, effortless texturing meant to maximize appeal Based on a previously existing book/show/game Outdated pop culture references from two years ago A fast- talking, quippy, Genie-esque Sidekick A band of unlikely misfits gather together to meet the wizard! A wacky set- pieces plot, where wacky things happen in wacky places One or more parents are absent/dead/die Two marketable characters become friends in two minutes A scene with the characters comically screaming LOLRANDOM humor Toy Story Ripoff, or "what ___ does when you aren't around" Toilet Humor Fetishy/ Questionably Sexual Scene Pointless Slow-Mo shot Twist Villain Unnecessary Dialogue Dreamworks Face Pop Songs from the 60s onward "Well that just happened" A bizarrely strict set of rules that get explained Poorly developed Chekov's Gun Fake-Out Death Scene A movie musical by people who can't write music Liar Revealed Story Line A "Be Yourself/Family Values/ Friendship" message A princess who yearns for more out of life At least three household names in the voice cast Characters' motivations or personalities flip for the sake of the plot Setting- breaking use of modern slang One- Word Title Marvel Humor, or following any serious moment with a quip or bad joke Overly Protective, Stern, or Protective Parents The main protagonist is an outcast who can't fit into society 10+ minutes of exposition The overweight character has an eating addiction Follows the Hero's Journey to a tee Overly snarky, self-aware commentary that is supposed to excuse bad writing An Anti- Consumerist message while being the textbook example of consumerism Unnecessary Romance McGuffin hunt Serving for no other reason than to prove their animation powers One of the main characters is a big-nosed loser Wacky Hi- jinks/High- Action chase scene The villain dies in a shockingly gruesome fashion Out of place adult joke to justify a PG rating Stating the message in the script Another film in an already drawn out franchise Things happen for no reason, or for plot convenience Female character references that she is female The script was watered down to appeal to LCD Tiny, cute characters meant for marketing only "I hope nothing bad happens" *Something bad happens* Dance Party Ending Animal Sidekick Pointless Slapstick Characters break up for the third-act conflict
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. 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.
N-Plastic-like, effortless texturing meant to maximize appeal
I-Based on a previously existing book/show/game
O-Outdated pop culture references from two years ago
I-A fast-talking, quippy, Genie-esque Sidekick
G-A band of unlikely misfits gather together to meet the wizard!
B-A wacky set-pieces plot, where wacky things happen in wacky places
B-One or more parents are absent/dead/die
N-Two marketable characters become friends in two minutes
G-A scene with the characters comically screaming
B-LOLRANDOM humor
N-Toy Story Ripoff, or "what ___ does when you aren't around"
O-Toilet Humor
B-Fetishy/ Questionably Sexual Scene
N-Pointless Slow-Mo shot
N-Twist Villain
B-Unnecessary Dialogue
I-Dreamworks Face
B-Pop Songs from the 60s onward
G-"Well that just happened"
I-A bizarrely strict set of rules that get explained
G-Poorly developed Chekov's Gun
B-Fake-Out Death Scene
B-A movie musical by people who can't write music
O-Liar Revealed Story Line
N-A "Be Yourself/Family Values/ Friendship" message
I-A princess who yearns for more out of life
G-At least three household names in the voice cast
N-Characters' motivations or personalities flip for the sake of the plot
I-Setting-breaking use of modern slang
G-One-Word Title
O-Marvel Humor, or following any serious moment with a quip or bad joke
I-Overly Protective, Stern, or Protective Parents
B-The main protagonist is an outcast who can't fit into society
O-10+ minutes of exposition
I-The overweight character has an eating addiction
N-Follows the Hero's Journey to a tee
B-Overly snarky, self-aware commentary that is supposed to excuse bad writing
G-An Anti-Consumerist message while being the textbook example of consumerism
I-Unnecessary Romance
O-McGuffin hunt
I-Serving for no other reason than to prove their animation powers
I-One of the main characters is a big-nosed loser
N-Wacky Hi-jinks/High-Action chase scene
N-The villain dies in a shockingly gruesome fashion
I-Out of place adult joke to justify a PG rating
O-Stating the message in the script
O-Another film in an already drawn out franchise
G-Things happen for no reason, or for plot convenience
O-Female character references that she is female
G-The script was watered down to appeal to LCD
G-Tiny, cute characters meant for marketing only
O-"I hope nothing bad happens" *Something bad happens*
B-Dance Party Ending
B-Animal Sidekick
O-Pointless Slapstick
G-Characters break up for the third-act conflict