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rumetzen Since: Jan, 2010
#26: Mar 14th 2010 at 10:24:12 PM

Everyone is happy and given free sex and drugs by the government
Brave New World

Was that too vague?

Taelor Don't Forget To Smile from The Paths of Spite Since: Jul, 2009
Don't Forget To Smile
#27: Mar 14th 2010 at 10:31:42 PM

^I got it, and I haven't even read the book.

edited 14th Mar '10 10:31:58 PM by Taelor

The Philosopher-King Paradox
#28: Mar 14th 2010 at 10:44:46 PM

What you're looking for is really just money The Alchemist

If an offense come out of the truth, better it is that the offense come than that the truth be concealed.
Ettina Since: Apr, 2009
#29: Mar 15th 2010 at 12:47:04 PM

"A short person goes on a long trip to get rid of some piece of jewelry he doesn't want."

LordOfTheRings

OK, let me think... I'm not really all that good at these...

A vampire finds an incompetent, emotionally disturbed teenage girl and becomes dangerously obsessed with her, stalking her and leading her to become so dependent on him that she falls into a deep depression when she thinks their relationship has ended. Twilight, though that was too easy.

A benevolent dictatorship finds a dangerous subversive and convinces him to do a Heel–Face Turn. NineteenEightyFour

edited 15th Mar '10 12:47:25 PM by Ettina

If I'm asking for advice on a story idea, don't tell me it can't be done.
Tachi Spoiler Alert from the Shadows Since: Mar, 2010
Spoiler Alert
#30: Mar 15th 2010 at 3:39:32 PM

Windmills are the spawn of the devil and we should all don tin cans and poke them with pointy sticks. Don Quoixote

Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango?
Koobaxion Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#31: Mar 17th 2010 at 6:14:21 PM

A rich kid figures out that faeries exist, stuff happens.Artemis Fowl
A retarded kid helps his local police department through dumb luck Encyclopedia Brown
World War One sucked All Quiet on the Western Front
It's impossible to put down Tv Tropes

Taelor Don't Forget To Smile from The Paths of Spite Since: Jul, 2009
Don't Forget To Smile
#32: Mar 17th 2010 at 10:06:29 PM

The Vietnam War sucked The Things They Carried

The Philosopher-King Paradox
Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
#33: Mar 19th 2010 at 6:03:15 AM

An interstellar republic is viciously attacked by a backwoods kingdom, and hindered in their responce to the unprovoked attack by traitors who think being part of that kingdom is a good idea. Honor Harrington

Hey, you did say badly misinterpret. The above is pretty bad on multiple levels, I'd say. :P

edited 19th Mar '10 6:03:56 AM by Nohbody

All your safe space are belong to Trump
DonZabu Since: May, 2009
#34: Jun 30th 2010 at 4:14:15 PM

Women can't drive. The Great Gatsby

"Wax on, wax off..." "But Mr. Miyagi, I don't see how this is helping me do Karate..." "Pubic hair is weakness, Daniel-san!"
SleepyPillow Writer from Being a mary sue in RL Since: Jun, 2010
DarkDecapodian The Prodigal Returns from the fold Since: Apr, 2009
The Prodigal Returns
#36: Jul 1st 2010 at 8:11:04 AM

Several high-ranking politicians and clergymen take some new friends over to an estate for fun and frolics The 120 Days Of Sodom.

A sensitive and uplifting portrayal of disability in the Medieval era The Hunchback Of Notre Dame.

SIMPSONS DID IT! SIMPSONS DID IT! Under The Dome.

edited 1st Jul '10 8:11:14 AM by DarkDecapodian

Aww, did I hurt your widdle fee-fees?
HappyDuck Give me your sooouuul from Redneckville, VA Since: May, 2010
Give me your sooouuul
#37: Jul 3rd 2010 at 11:53:29 AM

Two guys and a computer go on a trip. The computer turns homicidal. No one is sure what happens next. 2001: A Space Odyssey, though it's pretty obvious

Gratuitous violence WITH CATS! Warrior Cats

Censorship baaaaaaaad. Fahrenheit 451

edited 3rd Jul '10 11:56:25 AM by HappyDuck

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steampowered Phonomancer Since: Jun, 2010
Phonomancer
#38: Jul 4th 2010 at 11:07:33 PM

A gifted young boy is taught to become a great leader at an elite academy in space. Along the way he makes lifelong friends and learns to stand up to bullies and work together as a team. Ender's Game

We must move forward, not backward. Upward, not forward. And always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.
Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
#39: Jul 5th 2010 at 2:22:25 AM

You two did notice the "badly" in the thread subject, right? tongue

All your safe space are belong to Trump
Jumpingzombie Since: Jan, 2001
#40: Jul 5th 2010 at 8:16:49 AM

True love can develop through friendship and it can conquer all. A Separate Peace

edited 5th Jul '10 8:17:00 AM by Jumpingzombie

Aondeug Oh My from Our Dreams Since: Jun, 2009
Oh My
#42: Jul 5th 2010 at 2:05:50 PM

Small children meet furries after playing hide and seek. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Epic temper tantrums flood world and more. The Bible

God is jealous of skinny fops. The Simarillion

If someone wants to accuse us of eating coconut shells, then that's their business. We know what we're doing. - Achaan Chah
SRC Dead from Dead Since: Dec, 2009
Dead
#43: Jul 5th 2010 at 7:49:39 PM

Ghosts and animals kill Hindu to revive Jesus. The Chronicles Of Narnia

Murders are not caused by criminals, but by animals and having fear of them. Edgar Allan Poe

Dead
SomeSortOfTroper Since: Jan, 2001
#44: Jul 6th 2010 at 5:29:35 AM

A young man is tormented by his inappropriate feelings towards small children. Catcher In The Rye

An alcoholic attempts to receive sexual services from morally doubtful women by killing a succession of deformed businessmen. The James Bond series.

A man attempts to steal the business empire of another by the use of fraudulent identitites. The Bourne Identity

Amarys Since: Jan, 2001
#45: Jul 6th 2010 at 10:51:19 AM

A young percussion musician foils the plans of the rightful heir to the throne, because she's prejudiced against already-dead people. Sabriel

edited 6th Jul '10 10:51:30 AM by Amarys

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Nobodymuch Since: Jan, 2001
#46: Jul 6th 2010 at 11:49:04 AM

A man lets his annoying drunken friend sober up in a spare room.

Cask of Amontillado

edited 6th Jul '10 11:50:07 AM by Nobodymuch

Scottv2 The Cosmic Dickwad from Down T'Pit. Since: Jan, 2010
The Cosmic Dickwad
#47: Jul 6th 2010 at 11:54:11 AM

Two guys yabber on about stuff that sounds meaningful but really isn't. God's Debris

My Blog: Read and enjoy! My Blogcritics Page
ACDrawings YOSH! from MY PERSONAL REALITY Since: Jan, 2001
YOSH!
#48: Jul 6th 2010 at 12:08:37 PM

Crisis On Infinite Earths, only without the superheroes, a finite number of Earths, and the hero is an ordinary teenager who cannot die and neither can his enemy or the people he works with. Pendragon

edited 7th Jul '10 6:44:28 AM by ACDrawings

When All Else Fails, you have fun and flirt wit da ladies, dats da Drawings way!
DaeBrayk PI Since: Aug, 2009
PI
#49: Jul 6th 2010 at 12:30:42 PM

@Nobody Much: lol.

Don't you touch no black man's car.

Ragtime

I'm so sorry...

Taelor Don't Forget To Smile from The Paths of Spite Since: Jul, 2009
Don't Forget To Smile
#50: Jul 6th 2010 at 9:11:03 PM

A troubled young man travels to a small town where he reconnects with his estranged family. The Shadow Over Innsmouth

The Philosopher-King Paradox

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