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* ''[[spoiler:WesternAnimation/BigHero6]]'': A kid, some college students, and a robot fight a guy who's angry that his daughter died when she didn't actually die. Based on an obscure [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks comic book from the late 90's]].

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* ''[[spoiler:WesternAnimation/BigHero6]]'': A kid, some college students, and a robot fight a guy who's angry that his daughter died when she didn't actually die. Based on an obscure [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks comic book from the late 90's]].
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* ''[[spoiler:Anime/TheBoyAndTheHeron]]'': A young man searches for his mother. He finds his great-uncle instead, along with an army of hostile parakeets, and the world is subsequently destroyed.
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* ''[[spoiler:Backyard Dogs]]'': World's worst participants in a faked sport make the big time.

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* ''[[spoiler:Backyard Dogs]]'': ''[[spoiler:Film/BackyardDogs]]'': World's worst participants in a faked sport make the big time.



** StockholmSyndrome: The Movie.
*** LimaSyndrome: The Movie.

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** StockholmSyndrome: UsefulNotes/StockholmSyndrome: The Movie.
*** ** LimaSyndrome: The Movie.



* ''[[spoiler:Film/BeingJohnMalkovich]]'': A chronically unemployed puppeteer finds a magical portal that facilitates the unwilling MindRape of a notable character actor for 15-minute spurts. The traumatic experience is repeated frequently for laughs. Because of this, the Actor facilitates marital infidelity, spousal abuse, stalking, lesbianism, fraud, corporate theft, and the potential immortality of Gary Sinise. It's okay, though, because there's monkeys.

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* ''[[spoiler:Film/BeingJohnMalkovich]]'': A chronically unemployed puppeteer finds a magical portal that facilitates the unwilling MindRape of a notable character actor for 15-minute spurts. The traumatic experience is repeated frequently for laughs. Because of this, the Actor facilitates marital infidelity, spousal abuse, stalking, lesbianism, fraud, corporate theft, and the potential immortality of Gary Sinise.Creator/GarySinise. It's okay, though, because there's monkeys.



* ''[[spoiler:Bernard And The Genie]]'': Man loses everything, and, with the help of a man from first-century Palestine, gets his life back together.

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* ''[[spoiler:Bernard And The Genie]]'': ''[[spoiler:Film/BernardAndTheGenie]]'': Man loses everything, and, with the help of a man from first-century Palestine, gets his life back together.



* ''[[spoiler:WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron]]'': Young farmboy meets young princess and cute little creature, and they journey together to try and stop a demon and his zombie army.

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* ''[[spoiler:WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron]]'': Young farmboy farm boy meets young princess and cute little creature, and they journey together to try and stop a demon and his zombie army.



* [[spoiler: ''Film/TheBlob1958'']]: A small town is attacked by a giant amorphous slime who disolves everything it consumes.

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* [[spoiler: ''Film/TheBlob1958'']]: A small town is attacked by a giant amorphous slime who disolves dissolves everything it consumes.



* ''[[spoiler:Film/BlueVelvet]]'': Kyle [=MacLachlan=] likes hiding in women's closets. Dennis Hopper likes horrible beer. Isabella Rosselini likes being beaten. Laura Dern likes birds.
* ''[[spoiler:Film/{{Bobby}}]]'': A hotel owner cheats on his wife, the kitchen staff fight, some people fall in love on the day of their wedding, Tony Hopkins plays chess with Harry Bellafonte, a woman goes shopping, Ashton Kutcher punks Shia Laboeuf with LSD, one guy is mean to a journalist, and this other guy barely appears and then gets shot dead.

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* ''[[spoiler:Film/BlueVelvet]]'': Kyle [=MacLachlan=] Creator/KyleMacLachlan likes hiding in women's closets. Dennis Hopper Creator/DennisHopper likes horrible beer. Isabella Rosselini likes being beaten. Laura Dern likes birds.
* ''[[spoiler:Film/{{Bobby}}]]'': A hotel owner cheats on his wife, the kitchen staff fight, some people fall in love on the day of their wedding, Tony Hopkins plays chess with Harry Bellafonte, a woman goes shopping, Ashton Kutcher Creator/AshtonKutcher punks Shia Laboeuf with LSD, one guy is mean to a journalist, and this other guy barely appears and then gets shot dead.



* ''[[spoiler:Broadway Danny Rose]]'': Sweet-natured but unsuccessful Broadway promoter escorts mob-connected girlfriend of one of his acts to a social function and incurs the wrath of lovelorn gangster. She betrays him in a business deal but he forgives her.

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* ''[[spoiler:Broadway Danny Rose]]'': ''[[spoiler:Film/BroadwayDannyRose]]'': Sweet-natured but unsuccessful Broadway promoter escorts mob-connected girlfriend of one of his acts to a social function and incurs the wrath of lovelorn gangster. She betrays him in a business deal but he forgives her.



* ''[[spoiler:Buck Privates]]'': Two comedians escape from the police by enlisting in the army.

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* ''[[spoiler:Buck Privates]]'': ''[[spoiler:Film/BuckPrivates]]'': Two comedians escape from the police by enlisting in the army.



* ''[[spoiler:Burning Bright]]'': A mopey college student and her Autistic brother spend a rainy day inside, with the new family pet.

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* ''[[spoiler:Burning Bright]]'': ''[[spoiler:Film/BurningBright]]'': A mopey college student and her Autistic brother spend a rainy day inside, with the new family pet.
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* ''[[spoiler:Film/TheBookOfEli]]'': Badass totes [[spoiler: Bible]] across what is very definitely ''[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial not]]'' the [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} Capital Wasteland]]. He is accompanied by [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Meg Griffin]] and hunted by [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Commissioner Gordon]]. Music/TomWaits briefly shows up.

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* ''[[spoiler:Film/TheBookOfEli]]'': Badass totes [[spoiler: Bible]] Bible across what is very definitely ''[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial not]]'' the [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} Capital Wasteland]]. He is accompanied by [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Meg Griffin]] and hunted by [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy Commissioner Gordon]]. Music/TomWaits briefly shows up.



* ''[[spoiler:Film/BulletTrain]]: Guy picks up some luggage during a foreign trip. Things literally derail from there on.

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* ''[[spoiler:Film/BulletTrain]]: ''[[spoiler:Film/BulletTrain]]'': Guy picks up some luggage during a foreign trip. Things literally derail from there on.
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** Alternatively: A girls' doll makes [[MemeticMutation a surprisingly lucrative marketing deal]] with [[Film/{{Oppenheimer}} a nuclear physicist]].
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** Alternatively: People who get paid to shoot people get shot on a train named after a thing that shoots people for over an hour. How is this legal?
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** Alternatively: A film about one of the most popular toys in existence that features metacommentary on how we interact with said toys, complete with an evil businessman played by Creator/WillFerrell. And no, not [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie that one.]]

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** Alternatively: A Warner Bros. film about one of the most popular toys in existence that features metacommentary on how we interact with said toys, complete with an evil businessman played by Creator/WillFerrell. And no, not [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie that one.]]
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** Alternatively: Trouble arises after a man gets his pants in a [[{{Pun}} Twist]].
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** Alternatively: A film about one of the most popular toys in existence that features metacommentary on how we interact with said toys, complete with an evil businessman played by Creator/WillFerrell. And no, not [[Film/TheLegoMovie that one.]]

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** Alternatively: A film about one of the most popular toys in existence that features metacommentary on how we interact with said toys, complete with an evil businessman played by Creator/WillFerrell. And no, not [[Film/TheLegoMovie [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie that one.]]
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** Alternatively: A film about one of the most popular toys in existence that features metacommentary on how we interact with said toys, complete with an evil businessman played by Creator/WillFerrell. And no, not [[Film/TheLegoMovie that one.]]
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* ''[[spoiler:WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker]]'': A girl falls in love with a doll and together they set a successful mousetrap[[Theatre/TheNutcracker true to the original]]. Her stern grandpa thinks she's insane but then forgets about it when a handsome young man shows up.

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* ''[[spoiler:WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker]]'': A girl falls in love with a doll and together they set a successful mousetrap[[Theatre/TheNutcracker mousetrap [[Theatre/TheNutcracker true to the original]]. Her stern grandpa thinks she's insane but then forgets about it when a handsome young man shows up.
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* ''[[spoiler:Film/{{Barbie}}]]'': Toys find out about misogyny.

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* ''[[spoiler:Film/{{Barbie}}]]'': ''[[spoiler:Film/{{Barbie|2023}}]]'': Toys find out about misogyny.
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* ''[[spoiler:Film/{{Barbie}}]]'': Toys find out about misogyny.
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* ''[[spoiler:Film/BackToTheFuture]]'': Thanks to a discontinued sports car, a boy nearly commits incest with his mother after teaching his father how to use violence. All their lives improve as a result.

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* ''[[spoiler:Film/BackToTheFuture]]'': ''[[spoiler:Film/BackToTheFuture1]]'': Thanks to a discontinued sports car, a boy nearly commits incest with his mother after teaching his father how to use violence. All their lives improve as a result.
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* ''[[spoiler:WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys]]'': A little piggie tries to reform TheBigBadWolf.

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* ''[[spoiler:WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys]]'': ''[[spoiler:WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022]]'': A little piggie tries to reform TheBigBadWolf.
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*** Alternatively: Naive kid is brought to a city made of a bunch of other cities crammed together, where a clown dies after the kid ruins his performance and he befriends someone who tried to murder him. The climax includes bungee jumping and inflatable pants.
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** [[spoiler: ''Film/BewareTheBlob'']]: The same but every character is deliberately annoying. And the movie can't decide what it's name is.
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* ''[[spoiler:Film/ABucketOfBlood]]'': An improvisational artist briefly impresses his peers by lying about his readymades. Recycled as [[Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors a movie about a murderous plant]].
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* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':

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* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':''[[spoiler:Franchise/{{Batman}}]]'': The [[AdaptationOverdosed enduring and repeatedly told story]] of a rich guy trying to solve his issues by beating and\or scaring people while dressed as an animal.

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** ''[[spoiler:Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever]]'': That man's sister inherits a position of authority because of a college student targeted by a guy who is deathly afraid of tourists discovering his hometown.



* ''[[spoiler:Bobby]]'': A hotel owner cheats on his wife, the kitchen staff fight, some people fall in love on the day of their wedding, Tony Hopkins plays chess with Harry Bellafonte, a woman goes shopping, Ashton Kutcher punks Shia Laboeuf with LSD, one guy is mean to a journalist, and this other guy barely appears and then gets shot dead.

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* ''[[spoiler:Bobby]]'': ''[[spoiler:Film/{{Bobby}}]]'': A hotel owner cheats on his wife, the kitchen staff fight, some people fall in love on the day of their wedding, Tony Hopkins plays chess with Harry Bellafonte, a woman goes shopping, Ashton Kutcher punks Shia Laboeuf with LSD, one guy is mean to a journalist, and this other guy barely appears and then gets shot dead.
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* ''[[spoiler:Film/BonCopBadCop]]'' He's a [[ClusterFBomb foul-mouthed]], chain-smoking CowboyCop from Québec. He's a square-headed, stick in the mud, by the book cop from Ontario. TheyFightCrime.

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* ''[[spoiler:Film/BonCopBadCop]]'' He's a [[ClusterFBomb foul-mouthed]], chain-smoking CowboyCop from Québec. He's a square-headed, stick in the mud, by the book cop from Ontario. TheyFightCrime.They fight crime.
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** ''[[spoiler:Film/TheBluesBrothers 2000]]'': Musician rebuilds old ties with family, friends, and cops, and has dealings with the supernatural.

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** ''[[spoiler:Film/TheBluesBrothers 2000]]'': * ''[[spoiler:Film/BluesBrothers2000]]'': Musician rebuilds old ties with family, friends, and cops, and has dealings with the supernatural.
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** ''[[spoiler:WesternAnimation/BarbieInThePrincessAndThePauper]]'': A girl gets to marry a king because she broke the law.

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** ''[[spoiler:WesternAnimation/BarbieInThePrincessAndThePauper]]'': ''[[spoiler:WesternAnimation/BarbieAsThePrincessAndThePauper]]'': A girl gets to marry a king because she broke the law.
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* ''[[spoiler:Film/BulletTrain]]: Guy picks up some luggage during a foreign trip. Things literally derail from there on.
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* ''[[spoiler:Anime/TheBoyAndTheBeast]]'': A furry trains an angsty anime boy he found on the street in order to become the king of furries. In the end, the furry permanently becomes a sword to help the boy fight an even angstier anime boy's magic whale.

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* ''[[spoiler:Anime/TheBoyAndTheBeast]]'': A furry trains an angsty anime boy he found on the street in order to become the king of furries. In the end, the furry permanently becomes a sword which lunges itself to the boy's chest to help the boy him fight an even angstier anime boy's magic whale.
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* ''[[spoiler:Anime/TheBoyAndTheBeast]]'': A furry trains an angsty anime boy he found on the street in order to become the king of furries. In the end, the furry permanently becomes a sword to help the boy fight an even angstier anime boy's magic whale.
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* ''[[spoiler:Film/BadBoys]]'': Novice prostitute joins forces with insensitive playboy and embittered family man to hunt down foreign exchange villain.

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* ''[[spoiler:Film/BadBoys]]'': ''[[spoiler:Film/BadBoys1995]]'': Novice prostitute joins forces with insensitive playboy and embittered family man to hunt down foreign exchange villain.
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** ''[[spoiler:Film/TheBatman2022]]'': Troubled billionaire solves complicated puzzles left by one hell of an InternetJerk, while also getting closer to a waitress with daddy issues.
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* ''[[spoiler:WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys]]'': A little piggie tries to reform TheBigBadWolf.

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