History Quotes / PlotHole

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' lampshading a literal PlotHole

-> [[spoiler:'''Makarov''']]: What did you do?!
-> '''Pandora''': Triggered a disaster for any story: Plot holes catching up!

->''"This dude can '''control and create electricity with his brain''', which by allrights makes him one of the most powerful people on the face of the Earth. Creator/PatrickStewart and Creator/IanMcKellen should be straight up wrestling in his front yard to determine who gets to recruit him. And yet, he just cold gets dropped without Sabretooth [[{{Redshirt}} even breaking stride]]. Seriously: How is this guy not just kept in a room in case they ever need to just instantly murder IronMan?"''

->''"This dude can '''control and create electricity with his brain''', which by allrights makes him one of the most powerful people on the face of the Earth. Patrick Stewart and [=Ian McKellen=] should be straight up wrestling in his front yard to determine who gets to recruit him. And yet, he just cold gets dropped without Sabretooth [[{{Redshirt}} even breaking stride]]. Seriously: How is this guy not just kept in a room in case they ever need to just instantly murder IronMan?"''

->''Hold on... How come Vriska could read Jade's "Holo-screen" (?) Did she somehow learn how to read in English?''\\

-->-- ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' lampshading a literal PlotHole

'''Yzma:''' Ah--''(pause)'' How did we, Kronk?\\

->''"It’s worth noting that ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan The Wrath of Khan]]'' plays as fast and as loose with continuity as JJ Abrams’ reboot, demonstrating that the ''Star Trek'' canon was never quite as sacrosanct as various fans want to believe. This was a show which couldn’t decide who was paying Kirk’s wages for most of the first season, let alone that he didn’t actually receive any wages. The most obvious other continuity goof here is the suggestion that Khan remembers Chekov from Space Seed (''“I never forget a face!”''), despite the fact that Chekov wasn’t actually a part of the cast at the time...Walter Koenig famously jokes that Chekov [[PottyEmergency once held up a toilet when Khan really needed to go]], leading to a life-long vendetta."''

->'''Cracked''': Once, back when you looked more like [[TheOtherDarrin the guy from Seabiscuit]] and less like [[Crator/AndrewGarfield the only likeable character in The Social Network]], you were talking to Mary Jane outside your house. But then she got in a fancy car driven by her boyfriend. So you decided to buy a car to impress her, but they were too expensive. So you entered a wrestling competition, but the owner stiffed you on your prize money. Because of that, you let a thief escape with his money. Because of that, Uncle Ben died. There's [[StoryArc a very clear sequence of events]] that anyone paying attention can follow. For comparison, last week you fought Electro, who was mad at you for [[FelonyMisdemeanor missing his birthday]]. After you defeated him, you went home and watched TV for a while. Then you decided to investigate your father's disappearance because you were [[TantrumThrowing mad at his briefcase.]]\\\

->''"CHRISTOPH WALTZ leaves the FILM as confused as the AUDIENCE."''
-->-- ''The Three Musketeers: The Abridged Script''

->'''Cracked''': Once, back when you looked more like [[TheOtherDarrin the guy from Seabiscuit]] and less like [[AndrewGarfield the only likeable character in The Social Network]], you were talking to Mary Jane outside your house. But then she got in a fancy car driven by her boyfriend. So you decided to buy a car to impress her, but they were too expensive. So you entered a wrestling competition, but the owner stiffed you on your prize money. Because of that, you let a thief escape with his money. Because of that, Uncle Ben died. There's [[StoryArc a very clear sequence of events]] that anyone paying attention can follow. For comparison, last week you fought Electro, who was mad at you for [[FelonyMisdemeanor missing his birthday]]. After you defeated him, you went home and watched TV for a while. Then you decided to investigate your father's disappearance because you were [[TantrumThrowing mad at his briefcase.]]\\\

->''[This story] doesn't have plot holes, it has plot ''sink''hole, this thing. They just form and just engulf most of the game.

->''"This dude can '''control and create electricity with his brain''', which by all rights makes him one of the most powerful people on the face of the Earth. Patrick Stewart and [=Ian McKellen=] should be straight up wrestling in his front yard to determine who gets to recruit him. And yet, he just cold gets dropped without Sabretooth [[{{Redshirt}} even breaking stride]]. Seriously: How is this guy not just kept in a room in case they ever need to just instantly murder IronMan?"''

->"I found a plot hole! NURSE!"
-->--'''Yahtzee''', in the ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' review of ''[[http://http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5148-The-Legend-of-Zelda-Skyward-Sword/ Skyward Sword]]''

-->-- ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'', ''Film/GameraVsGuiron''

'''Shinzon:''' Did you sleep well? I did; I'm 12 hours closer to death! Now, let me [[{{Padding}} waste even more time]] by talking to you about my childhood. The Romulans cloned you to create me, then stuck me in the dilithium mines and abused me for years. This is why I now seek to bring glory to the Romulan Empire by ... Sweet Mother of God, I can't believe I'm in this shitty movie.

->'''Chris''': It’s enough to make you want to forgive that it’s a total coincidence/plot-hole that Magneto’s hanging out at that spot, which is one of the few glaring flaws of the script. He has no reason whatsoever to be there.\\
'''Matt''': “So hey, here’s the plan. I’m going to break out of jail and then I’m going to stand in a field for a long time waiting for a plane to crash. [[MissingStepsPlan It’s ironclad!]]”
-->--Chris Sims and Matt Wilson [[http://comicsalliance.com/comicsalliance-reviews-x2-x-men-united-2003-part-two/ on]] ''[[{{Film/X-Men}} X-2: X-Men United]]''

'''Yzma:''' Ah--(pause) How did we Kronk?\\
'''Kronk:''' Well you got me. By all accounts it makes no sense.

->Now why hasn't anyone cursed Galbatroix? You apparently don't need to know his name to work this sort of magic, but no one has done this. Why? It seems so easy. Just say the magic words and poof. Do you know what we call this? We call this a Plot Hole.

->My god, this plot is like Swiss cheese!

->wild magic and miracle working, chaos theory and weird science, acts of god and freak occurrences, at the point where unbelievable coincidences and contrived events converge, I reach my hand into the gaping hole that exists in the {{plot}} of the universe, I send my prayers across the barrier of logic, calling forth the forces of pure dumb luck to aid my quest, let the improbable happen, I summon {{DEUS EX MACHINA}}!!!

'''Matt''': Not a one! “So hey, here’s the plan. I’m going to break out of jail and then I’m going to stand in a field for a long time waiting for a plane to crash. [[MissingStepsPlan It’s ironclad!]]”

->By the honor of {{plot hole}}s, I have the PlotDevice!

->It’s worth noting that ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan The Wrath of Khan]]'' plays as fast and as loose with continuity as JJ Abrams’ reboot, demonstrating that the ''Star Trek'' canon was never quite as sacrosanct as various fans want to believe. This was a show which couldn’t decide who was paying Kirk’s wages for most of the first season, let alone that he didn’t actually receive any wages. The most obvious other continuity goof here is the suggestion that Khan remembers Chekov from Space Seed (''“I never forget a face!”''), despite the fact that Chekov wasn’t actually a part of the cast at the time...Walter Koenig famously jokes that Chekov [[PottyEmergency once held up a toilet when Khan really needed to go]], leading to a life-long vendetta.

->The ''Enterprise'' makes it to the center of the galaxy, despite the fact [[ForbiddenZone no ship can supposedly survive the radiation]] but I guess if your ship has the name ''"Enterprise"'' painted on it, [[PlotArmor it can survive anything]]... Oh and the Klingon ship also makes it through, again they never explain how or why, I guess the whole "gee no ship can survive the trip" thing is a bunch of bullshit RIGHT [[Creator/WilliamShatner MR. SHATNER]] DIRECTOR SIR!?!?!?!?

-->-- Taken from a discussion speculating what will happen in [[FireEmblemTellius Radiant Dawn]], before it was officially released in English.

-The ''Enterprise'' makes it to the center of the galaxy, despite the fact [[ForbiddenZone no ship can supposedly survive the radiation]] but I guess if your ship has the name ''"Enterprise"'' painted on it, [[PlotArmor it can survive anything]]... Oh and the Klingon ship also makes it through, again they never explain how or why, I guess the whole "gee no ship can survive the trip" thing is a bunch of bullshit RIGHT [[Creator/WilliamShatner MR. SHATNER]] DIRECTOR SIR!?!?!?!?

->''"Now why hasn't anyone cursed Galbatroix? You apparently don't need to know his name to work this sort of magic, but no one has done this. Why? It seems so easy. Just say the magic words and poof. Do you know what we call this? We call this a PlotHole."''

->''"My god, this {{plot}} is like Swiss cheese!"''

->''"wild magic and miracle working, chaos theory and weird science, acts of god and freak occurrences, at the point where unbelievable coincidences and contrived events converge, I reach my hand into the gaping hole that exists in the {{plot}} of the universe, I send my prayers across the barrier of logic, calling forth the forces of pure dumb luck to aid my quest, let the improbable happen, I summon {{DEUS EX MACHINA}}!!!"''

'''Matt''': Not a one! “So hey, here’s the plan. I’m going to break out of jail and then I’m going to stand in a field for a long time waiting for a plane to crash. It’s ironclad!”
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''Matt Wilson''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/comicsalliance-reviews-x2-x-men-united-2003-part-two/ on]] ''[[{{Film/X-Men}} X-2: X-Men United]]''

->''"By the honor of {{plot hole}}s, I have the PlotDevice!"''

->''The ''Enterprise'' makes it to the center of the galaxy, despite the fact [[ForbiddenZone no ship can supposedly survive the radiation]] but I guess if your ship has the name ''"Enterprise"'' painted on it, [[PlotArmor it can survive anything]]... Oh and the Klingon ship also makes it through, again they never explain how or why, I guess the whole "gee no ship can survive the trip" thing is a bunch of bullshit RIGHT [[Creator/WilliamShatner MR. SHATNER]] DIRECTOR SIR!?!?!?!?''

->'''Cracked''': Once, back when you looked more like [[TheOtherDarrin the guy from Seabiscuit]] and less like [[AndrewGarfield the only likeable character in The Social Network]], you were talking to Mary Jane outside your house. But then she got in a fancy car driven by her boyfriend. So you decided to buy a car to impress her, but they were too expensive. So you entered a wrestling competition, but the owner stiffed you on your prize money. Because of that, you let a thief escape with his money. Because of that, Uncle Ben died. There's [[StoryArc a very clear sequence of events]] that anyone paying attention can follow. For comparison, last week you fought Electro, who was mad at you for [[FelonyMisdemeanor missing his birthday]]. After you defeated him, you went home and watched TV for a while. Then you decided to investigate your father's disappearance because you were [[TantrumThrowing mad at his briefcase.]]\\
'''Spider-Man''': So what you're saying is that [[MediumAwareness if my life were a movie]], it wouldn't make sense.\\

-->--'''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''', [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-things-about-spider-man-that-dont-make-any-damn-sense_p2/#ixzz31dYwzb7R "4 Things About Spider-Man That Don't Make Any Damn Sense"]]

->'''Shinzon:''' Picard, [[NoMisterBondIExpectYouToDine I invite you to dinner]], but I'm in no hurry even though my DNA is fucked up so I'll die in 24 hours unless I kidnap you and drain your blood. No hurry at all, so let us wait till tomorrow, because ... because ... Christ, [[WhoWritesThisCrap who the fuck wrote this script?]]\\
[next day]\\
'''Shinzon:''' Did you sleep well? I did; I'm 12 hours closer to death! Now, let me [[{{Padding}} waste even more time]] by talking to you about my childhood. The Romulans cloned you to create me, then stuck me in the dilithium mines and abused me for years. This is why I now seek to bring glory to the Romulan Empire by ... Sweet Mother of God, I can't believe I'm in this shitty movie.
-->--'''[[http://www.stardestroyer.net/Nemesis/Pictorial-2.html Adam Wong]]''' on ''Film/StarTrekNemesis''

->'''Cracked''': Once, back when you looked more like [[TheOtherDarrin the guy from Seabiscuit]] and less like [[AndrewGarfield the only likeable character in The Social Network]], you were talking to Mary Jane outside your house. But then she got in a fancy car driven by her boyfriend. So you decided to buy a car to impress her, but they were too expensive. So you entered a wrestling competition, but the owner stiffed you on your prize money. Because of that, you let a thief escape with his money. Because of that, Uncle Ben died. There's [StoryArc a very clear sequence of events]] that anyone paying attention can follow. For comparison, last week you fought Electro, who was mad at you for [[FelonyMisdemeanor missing his birthday]]. After you defeated him, you went home and watched TV for a while. Then you decided to investigate your father's disappearance because you were [[TantrumThrowing mad at his briefcase.]]\\

->'''Cracked''': Once, back when you looked more like [[TheOtherDarrin the guy from Seabiscuit]] and less like [[AndrewGarfield the only likeable character in The Social Network]], you were talking to Mary Jane outside your house. But then she got in a fancy car driven by her boyfriend. So you decided to buy a car to impress her, but they were too expensive. So you entered a wrestling competition, but the owner stiffed you on your prize money. Because of that, you let a thief escape with his money. Because of that, Uncle Ben died. There's a very clear sequence of events that anyone paying attention can follow. For comparison, last week you fought Electro, who was mad at you for [[FelonyMisdemeanor missing his birthday]]. After you defeated him, you went home and watched TV for a while. Then you decided to investigate your father's disappearance because you were [[TantrumThrowing mad at his briefcase.]]\\

->'''Yakko, as [[AMidsummerNightsDream Puck]]:''' And this weak and idle theme, no more yielding, but a dream!\\
'''Dot, translating into layman's terms:''' [[DeadpanSnarker There is a]] [[LampshadeHanging hole in the plot you could drive a truck through]].
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''

->''"People hate {{plot hole}}s in movies. At least, that's what they'll tell you. But sometimes, if a movie is awesome enough, people will overlook even the most retarded gaps in reason and logic. ...At least, until [[HypocrisyNod some asshole on the Internet]] points them out and makes a big list of them."''
-->-- ''Website/{{Cracked}}'', [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16625_8-classic-movies-that-got-away-with-gaping-plot-holes.html "8 Classic Movies That Got Away With Gaping Plot Holes"]]

-->-- ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'', [[{{Gamera}} Gamera vs. Guiron]]

->''"People hate {{plot hole}}s in movies. At least, that's what they'll tell you. But sometimes, if a movie is awesome enough, people will overlook even the most retarded gaps in reason and logic. ...At least, until [[HypocracyNod some asshole on the Internet]] points them out and makes a big list of them."''

->''The Enterprise makes it to the center of the galaxy, despite the fact no ship can supposedly survive the radiation but I guess if your ship has the name ''"Enterprise"'' painted on it, it can survive anything... Oh and the Klingon ship also makes it through, again they never explain how or why, I guess the whole "gee no ship can survive the trip" thing is a bunch of bullshit RIGHT [[Creator/WilliamShatner MR. SHATNER]] DIRECTOR SIR!?!?!?!?''

->''"Severus was not quite sure what a "PlotHole" was, but Faustus seemed to be obsessed with them, and claimed they were everywhere. The evidence, he claimed, was abundant if you looked at England alone: Hogwarts had had a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher every year for twenty years without anybody noticing or commenting on it; nobody ever said the Dark Lord's name yet everybody seemed to know it; the Death Eaters, an illegal secret society, had decided it would be a brilliant idea to get indelible tattoos."''
-->-- ''[[http://a-t-rain.livejournal.com/172664.html#cutid1 The Lamentable Comedy of Severus, Half-Blood Prince of Denmark]]'', a ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' FanFic by '''After the Rain'''