History Main / PornWithoutPlot

* ''Film/ShootEmUp'' has only a handful of scenes dedicated to plot, and is not ashamed in the least about it. They take place in a tank and right before the protagonist jumps out of a plane and kicks a mook into a helicopter. Any other ones are merely short dialogs before sex or more shooting (or both simultaneously).
** Similarly, Irish film critic Donald Clarke noted in his review of one of the ''Fast and Furious'' films that the series was essentially this trope, with street racing instead of sex. He also managed to extend the metaphor to rather amusing lengths (engine lubricant, the thrusting motion of pistons, that sort of thing).

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"'''P'''lot? '''W'''hat '''P'''lot?" When referring to {{Lemon}}s, the term is also used to mean "'''P'''orn '''W'''ithout '''P'''lot". (Nowadays it almost always refers to lemons, which can confuse older fanficcers who remember when "Plot? What plot?" could refer to ''any'' vignette, even [perhaps especially] [[{{WAFF}} fluffy, G-rated ones]].)

* Implied in a ''DorkTower'' strip where Igor asks Matt for help with the ''SailorMoon'' FanFic he's writing. Matt asks what, specifically, he needs help with; Igor asks "Is [[BoundAndGagged 'ball-gag']] one word or two?"

** Yet even there there is few Buffy/Dawn fics. Plus, you know, no updates since 06.
* The [[RunningGag infamous]] ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'' CrackFic is essentially this, plus copious amounts of {{Wangst}}, MarySue and CostumePorn. And it's all very poorly written.

** ''SnakesOnAPlane'', marvellously, didn't even bother to wrap up the questionable backstory at the end of the film. Court case? What court case?
* Many film critics accused ''TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'' of this.

* Most of the least impressive episodes of ''RedShoeDiaries'' amounted to PWP dressing up in plot's clothing.
* ''{{Californication}}'', to the point where Hank can't even buy a car without having sex.

* The downloadable platformer ''SplosionMan'' is this. You are a semi-humanoid apparently made out of lava. You have one control, and one control only: explode. Your entire goal seems to be to 'splode scientists into steaks and eat cake.

* ''{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/311/ gives us]] a non-pornographic version: what would be [[RuleofCool the awesomest]] action movie ever made: ''[[{{Firefly}} River Tam]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Beats Up Everyone]]''. As the comic put it, "30 seconds of exposition followed by 90 minutes of action".
* ''{{Dinosaur Comics}}'' proposes a [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=351 kick ass]] disaster movie where the earth stops, and everybody flies into a wall. Ha ha! Two tickets please!

* AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses explains what his all-time favorite movie would be: nothing but babies blowing up, again and again.

* The downloadable platformer ''SplosionMan'' is this. You are a semi-humanoid apparently made out of lava. You have one control, and one control only: explode. Your entire goal seems to be to 'splode scientists into steaks and eat cake. It is tremendously fun.
* The ''{{Crysis}}'' games have been described as SceneryPorn [[PornWithPlot with plot]].

* ''GratuitousSpaceBattles'': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's about... ermm... yeah.]]

Shorthand flag for stories whose sole purpose is to present a sexually-explicit situation ([[SturgeonsLaw very often]] [[IKEAErotica not very well-written]]); "stroke story" is another term for the same, especially in erotica. A PWP is almost always a short story, as going more than a few scenes runs the risk of accidentally discovering a plot which may well [[PlotTumor take over the story]] and shove the explicit sexual content off to the side. In these cases, one may often describe the quality ([[RuleThirtySix or content]]) of these stories with the pronunciation "poop". However there exist many multichapter PWP fanfics written with the intention of cramming as many explicit sex scenes in as possible.

Shorthand flag for stories whose sole purpose is to present a sexually-explicit situation ([[SturgeonsLaw very often]] [[IKEAErotica not very well-written]]); "stroke story" is another term for the same, especially in erotica. A PWP is almost always a short story, as going more than a few scenes runs the risk of accidentally discovering a plot which may well [[PlotTumor take over the story]] and shove the explicit sexual content off to the side. In these cases, one may often describe the quality ([[RuleThirtySix or content]]) of these stories with the pronunciation "poop".

->'''Buck:''' It's a fuck movie. I don't watch a fuck movie for the story.

* Interestingly, this is where the word 'yaoi' comes from. It was originally used to refer to plotless gay erotica, and was an abbreviation of 'yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi' (no plot, no point, no meaning). These days, the genre is more properly referred to as BoysLove, for reasons that should be obvious.

Shorthand flag for stories whose sole purpose is to present a sexually-explicit situation ([[SturgeonsLaw very often]] [[IKEAErotica not very well-written]]); "stroke story" is another term for the same, especially in erotica. A PWP is almost always a short story, as going more than a few scenes runs the risk of accidentally discovering a plot which may well [[PlotTumor take over the story]] and shove the explicit sexual content off to the side. In these cases, one may often describe the quality (or [[RuleThirtySix content]]) of these stories with the pronunciation "poop".

Shorthand flag for stories whose sole purpose is to present a sexually-explicit situation ([[SturgeonsLaw very often]] [[IKEAErotica not very well-written]]); "stroke story" is another term for the same, especially in erotica. A PWP is almost always a short story, as going more than a few scenes runs the risk of accidentally discovering a plot which may well [[PlotTumor take over the story]] and shove the explicit sexual content off to the side. In these cases, one may often describe the quality or ([[RuleThirtySix content]]) of these stories with the pronunciation "poop".

Shorthand flag for stories whose sole purpose is to present a sexually-explicit situation ([[SturgeonsLaw very often]] [[IKEAErotica not very well-written]]); "stroke story" is another term for the same, especially in erotica. A PWP is almost always a short story, as going more than a few scenes runs the risk of accidentally discovering a plot which may well [[PlotTumor take over the story]] and shove the explicit sexual content off to the side. In these cases, one may often describe the quality or [[RuleThirtySix content]]) of these stories with the pronunciation "poop".

->'''Buck:''' It's a f*ck movie. I don't watch a fuck movie for the story.

->'''Buck:''' It's a fuck movie. I don't watch a fuck movie for the story.

->[Character X] has nipples. [Character Y] plays with them.
-->--''A plot summary from a FanFic. [[http://www.cosmicduckling.com/spirk/dreaming.htm No, really.]]''[[hottip:*:In case you were wondering, [[SlashFic characters X and Y were Kirk and Spock, respectively]].]].

-->--''A plot summary from a FanFic. No, really''[[hottip:*:In case you were wondering, [[SlashFic characters X and Y were Kirk and Spock, respectively]].]].

* The [[RunningGag infamous]] ''MyImmortal'' CrackFic is essentially this, plus copious amounts of {{Wangst}}, MarySue and CostumePorn. And it's all very poorly written.

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** And also, ironically enough, Overstreet has [[PeterIsTheWolf a webcomic]] that does subvert this trope by being Porn ''With'' Plot, enough so that he can make a version without the porn parts and have it actually be a pretty good webcomic.

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* Black Steel And White Satin: Naughty Bedtime Stories For Interracial Lovers by Alysse Ivoire is basically a series of graphic short stories of couples having sex.

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* The [[RunningGag infamous]] ''MyImmortal'' CrackFic is essentially this, plus copious amounts of {{Wangst}}, MarySue and CostumePorn. And it's all [[{{Understatement}} very poorly written]].

* Most of the least impressive episodes of ''RedShoeDiaries'' amounted to PWP dressing up in plot's clothing.

* ''{{xkcd}}'' [[http://xkcd.com/311/ gives us]] a non-pornographic version: what would be [[RuleofCool the awesomest]] action movie ever made: ''[[{{Firefly}} River Tam]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Beats Up Everyone]]''. As the comic put it, "30 seconds of exposition followed by 90 minutes of action".
* The [[RunningGag infamous]] ''MyImmortal'' CrackFic is essentially this, plus copious amounts of {{Wangst}}, MarySue and CostumePorn. And it's all [[{{Understatement}} very poorly written]].
* ''{{Californication}}'', to the point where Hank can't even buy a car without having sex.

* ''{{Dinosaur Comics}}'' proposes a [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=351 kick ass]] disaster movie where the earth stops, and everybody flies into a wall. Ha ha! Two tickets please!
* The downloadable platformer ''SplosionMan'' is this. You are a semi-humanoid apparently made out of lava. You have one control, and one control only: explode. Your entire goal seems to be to 'splode scientists into steaks and eat cake. It is tremendously fun.
* ''GratuitousSpaceBattles'': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's about... ermm... yeah.]]
* The webcomic ''BlurTheLines'' [[ConversationalTroping converses]] about this trope before moving into an in-universe [[DiscussedTrope discussion]]. [[http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=176]]
--> '''Rick:''' Porno could be so much more in the right hands... but it's mainly just, "Whoops, wrong door! Let's fuck!"
--> '''Drew:''' How about we make our own porn? Want to lick this spoon clean, or lick it off of me?
--> '''Rick:''' So, this would be a porn where I'm picking body hair out of my teeth for a half-hour? [[SarcasmMode Yeah, there's a plot.]]

* Drew Carey lampshades this in one epsiode of ''WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', comparing [[ThePointsMeanNothing points]] to the plot in a porno.
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* The downloadable platformer {{SplosionMan}} is this. You are a semi-humanoid apparently made out of lava. You have one control, and one control only: explode. Your entire goal seems to be to 'splode scientists into steaks and eat cake. It is tremendously fun.
* GratuitousSpaceBattles: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's about... ermm... yeah.]]
* The webcomic BlurTheLines [[ConversationalTroping converses]] about this trope before moving into an in-universe [[DiscussedTrope discussion]]. [[http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=176]]

* Drew Carey lampshades this in one epsiode of ''WhoseLineIsItAnywa''y, comparing [[ThePointsMeanNothing points]] to the plot in a porno.

* Drew Carey lampshades this in one epsiode of ''WhoseLineIsItAnyway, comparing [[ThePointsMeanNothing points]] to the plot in a porno.

* Drew Carey lampshades this in one epsiode of Whose line is it anyway, comparing points to the plot in a porno.

* ''FinnegansWake'' was published in 1939, and readers are ''still'' trying to figure out what they just read about.

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' the book is about extremely detailed descriptions of boys taking off their shirts. ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' the movie is about showing us boys taking off their shirts. There might have been a small subplot about vampires or something but you would be forgiven for missing it.

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