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6	->'''Jesus:''' This film is very low-quality. There's no story.
7	->'''Buck:''' It's a fuck movie. I don't watch a fuck movie for the story. I watch a fuck movie to see fuckin'.
8	-->-- ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn2TexasBloodMoney''
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10	PWP is an acronym that stands for Porn Without Plot. It's a shorthand flag for stories whose sole purpose is to present a sexually-explicit situation (often with descriptions [[IKEAErotica of varying quality]]); "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 risks accidentally discovering a plot which may well [[PlotTumor take over the story]], change it to PornWithPlot, and even shove the explicit sexual content off to the side.
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12	However there exist many multi-chapter PWP fan fictions written with the intention of cramming as many explicit sex scenes in as possible -- some of these end up discovering a (gasp!) plot, with the sex subsiding and then happening only every ''other'' chapter, [[SarcasmMode which rather spoils the whole experience]].
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14	[=PWPs=] are convenient for the writer who wants to produce smut, because they do not require [[BackStory justification]]; they simply happen with no explanation. PWP can also stand for "'''P'''erson '''W'''ith '''P'''erson", because of the frequent occurrence of...[[CrackPairing non-standard couplings]], also without the need for justification. Many years ago, its most common translation was "Plot? What Plot?", although that meaning has somewhat faded except among the much older fanbases (such as ''Franchise/StarTrek'').
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16	Obviously deals with UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}}. See also {{Lemon}}, SlashFic, {{Doujinshi}}, SummerBlockbuster, ExcusePlot, {{Yaoi}} (in its original Japanese meaning). The UsefulNotes/FurryFandom in particular seems to be [[{{Yiff}} fond of this trope]]. Contrast PornWithPlot and ExplicitContent (if it happens to involve the former trope instead).
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18	Compare NoPlotNoProblem for the non-pornographic version of this trope.
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20	YMMV variant: Sexually explicit mainstream films and TV shows, especially shows who have non-simulated sexual scenes (something becoming less rare in film than it used to be) are often accused -- sometimes accurately, often not -- as being this. Conversely, there are many pornographic films that have very strong plots (so much so that many have been released in non-hardcore and even non-sexual edits and still stand up; examples include ''Film/CafeFlesh'' and ''Star Wars XXX'').
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26	!!{{Discussed Trope}}s:
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30	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
31	* Interestingly, this is where the word "{{Yaoi}}" comes from. It was originally used to refer to plotless gay erotica, and was an abbreviation of "'''ya'''ma nashi, '''o'''chi nashi, '''i'''mi nashi" (no plot, no point, no meaning), and rapidly spread in usage from there. Male/male romance, in general, is [[InsistentTerminology more properly referred to as]] the Boys' Love Genre, for reasons that [[PornWithPlot should be obvious]].
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34	[[folder:Fanfic]]
35	* ''Fanfic/PeekingThroughTheFourthWall'' began their After Dark spinoff by reviewing one of these titled Property of Luan Loud. Mr. Grouse described it as a "furry jailbait fantasy", while he, Lori; Leni; Luna and Luan were especially disgusted by Lincoln not helping Luan after Cat!Leni rapes her.
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38	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
39	* ''Film/BoogieNights'': This trope is discussed at length. Jack Horner is an ambitious porn director who does not want to do this; he wants to make pornos that tell stories. Towards the end of the film, when the changing circumstances in the industry basically force him to do this--specifically, a project in which he takes one of his porn actresses around in a limo, to have sex with men taken randomly off the street--it's portrayed as a low moment for him.
40	* In ''Film/DISCO2017'', Vince seems to think that a porn composed of nothing with sex is better than a porn with a script, taking the conversation ''very'' seriously.
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43	[[folder:Literature]]
44	* Discussed by Creator/UmbertoEco in one of his non-fiction books where he says that you can tell the difference between a Porn movie and an Art movie that just happens to feature explicit sex scenes in that in a Porn movie it takes a character exactly as long to do something mundane like drink a glass of water as it would in real life (because the director doesn't want to bother with anything more that will probably be fast forwarded through anyway).
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47	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
48	* Drew Carey lampshades this in one episode of ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', comparing [[ThePointsMeanNothing points]] to the plot in a porno.
49	* In one episode of ''Series/{{Coupling}}'', Steve feels compelled to defend pornogr- ''erotica'':
50	-->'''Steve:''' What makes [[PornWithPlot an erotic film]] different from pornography?\
51	'''Susan:''' A plot you can't summarize in diagrams!
52	** He goes on to insist that ''Lesbian Spank Inferno'' does have a plot; it's about a group of lesbians who set up a film festival. Asked if the [[ShowWithinAShow films entered in the festival]] have plots, he says they're "conceptual peices".
53	* Jeremy Clarkson's ''Series/TopGear'' review of the [[AwesomeButImpractical Alfa Romeo]] [[CoolCar 8C]] compares buying it for its performance capabilities to "buying a porn film for its plot".
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58	* ''{{Magazine/MAD}}'' lists "the plot to a porn movie" in their article "Do You Really Need to Know..."
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61	[[folder:Webcomics]]
62	* ''Webcomic/BlurTheLines'' [[ConversationalTroping converses]] about this trope before moving into an [[DiscussedTrope in-universe]] [[http://www.blur-the-lines.com/?p=176 discussion]].
63	--> '''Rick:''' Porno could be so much more in the right hands... but it's mainly just, "Whoops, wrong door! Let's fuck!"\
64	'''Drew:''' How about we make our own porn? Want to lick this spoon clean, or lick it off of me?\
65	'''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.]]
66	* Discussed in [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/cheesy_scripts this]] ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' strip and [[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/sticky_facial the one immediately following]], where two characters agree that they prefer porn ''with'' plot, while implicitly acknowledging that some doesn't have any. The trope is later somewhat {{averted\|Trope}} in gags about the past career of Amber Larose, an ex-porn actress whose work seems to have had some plots, if only because the references can be made funnier that way -- see, e.g., strip #652 (September 29, 2012, NSFW).
67	* In the ''Webcomic/{{Oglaf}}'' strip "Perhaps", a bard sings of several completely unrelated couples that have sex for no reason. In the end, he admits:
68	-->'''Bard:''' There's no real moral to this story. ''[{{beat}}]'' Or even a story, to be honest. There is a lot of fucking, though. [[TitleDrop Perhaps]] that's enough.
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