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The script was watered down to appeal to LCD Twist Villain Two marketable characters become friends in two minutes Outdated pop culture references from two years ago LOLRANDOM humor Serving for no other reason than to prove their animation powers A band of unlikely misfits gather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