Better than it Sounds Meme
Pick 20 movies/anime/video games/comic books/literary works/musicals/TV shows/etc. and put their summaries from Better Than It Sounds and WITHOUT CHEATING have your friends guess.
1. The world's nascent chance of salvation is a boy who farms water in a desert and has inappropriate sexual attraction to his sister. He kills millions of enemy soldiers through exploitation of faulty safety regulations. Star Wars, guessed by Anon
2. More than a decade of teenage girls babysitting.
3. Weird things happen to animals and fat people with glasses.
4. A former criminal on the run from the law for murdering his wife (which he didn't) teams up with a paranoid hacker/online newspaper editor who lives in a trailer, and later also some chick with a private army. They Fight Crime Aliens! Using ancient prophecies!
5. In The Future, a knightly caste make use of sentient, time-traveling dragons to protect their home from rains of alien fungus.
6. A scientist with daddy issues goes on adventures with his idiot sons and his overzealous bodyguard while an army of men butterfly suits tries to kill him. Meanwhile, David Bowie commands a guild of villains (who's ranks include Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Henry Kissinger). (This really is better than it sounds)
7. The enduring battles between people who emanate lightning after getting their heads cut off. Highlander, guessed by Anon
8. Ordinary man from an ordinary planet (which has recently been torn down) goes galaxy- and dimension-hopping with a hot scientist, a perpetually unhappy robot, an alcoholic daredevil, and a narcissist with two heads and three arms. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, guessed by Anon
9. Teenagers become dinosaur-themed superheroes, then mythical-beast-based superheroes, then ninja superheroes, all while keeping the same costumes, even though all but one of the original members are replaced along the way. Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, guessed by Anon
10. Spider tricks farmer into worshiping his dinner. Charlotte's Web, guessed by Anon
11. A guy discovers he's immortal and teams up with a mute dinosaur, a 2-dimensional man, the grim reaper and a bulimic fat chick to fight crime. There are lots of squirrels and murders. They Fight Crime, and a guy in bondage gear who likes to dress up as the leader of a small European country.
12. A soap opera wrapped in High School Musical- but it works
13. A farm hand becomes a pirate and his girlfriend becomes a princess and then he kidnaps her and dies. Then, with the help of a hungover fencer and a stupid giant, he kidnaps her again after coming back to life. Whilst all this is going on, a grandfather tells his grandson a story. The Princess Bride, guessed by Anon
14. In A gun-toting pacifist and his genocidal brother emerge from a lightbulb. Humanity responds to being simultaneously saved and fucked by trying to kill the pacifist.
15. A military officer working for a foreign dictator hides in a small American town under a false identity with three subordinates posing as his relatives. He regularly has sex with a local woman who doesn't know his true identity. Hilarity Ensues.
16. Man who needs to be discreet and effective, but introduces with his full name and goes after every girl he meets. And, every bartender on the planet knows his Drink Order. Also, faces people who don't know simple killing methods. James Bond, guessed by Anon
17. Boy gets tormented by his older sister, who manages to bypass all things he builds to avoid her. The boy also has a rival, whose true name is Susan.
18. A group of men (united by wearing womens clothing), including a Rabbi plot to take down Richard Lewis, whilst parodying everything they can.
19. A spinoff of a kids' show, with all the sex and blood left out of said predecessor added back in, plus some extra for good measure. Follows the adventures of a team comprising a loudmouth immortal who pretends to be an American, an annoying undead doctor, a quiet Japanese scientist, an even quieter tourist information office worker, and an ex-police officer. They fight aliens. And they're all bisexual.
20. A muscle-man in blue tights fights crime with the help of his roommate, an accountant in a moth costume. At the end of each episode, the blue guy gives inspirational speeches that make no sense whatsoever. The Tick, guessed by Anon
1. The world's nascent chance of salvation is a boy who farms water in a desert and has inappropriate sexual attraction to his sister. He kills millions of enemy soldiers through exploitation of faulty safety regulations. Star Wars, guessed by Anon
2. More than a decade of teenage girls babysitting.
3. Weird things happen to animals and fat people with glasses.
4. A former criminal on the run from the law for murdering his wife (which he didn't) teams up with a paranoid hacker/online newspaper editor who lives in a trailer, and later also some chick with a private army. They Fight Crime Aliens! Using ancient prophecies!
5. In The Future, a knightly caste make use of sentient, time-traveling dragons to protect their home from rains of alien fungus.
6. A scientist with daddy issues goes on adventures with his idiot sons and his overzealous bodyguard while an army of men butterfly suits tries to kill him. Meanwhile, David Bowie commands a guild of villains (who's ranks include Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Henry Kissinger). (This really is better than it sounds)
7. The enduring battles between people who emanate lightning after getting their heads cut off. Highlander, guessed by Anon
8. Ordinary man from an ordinary planet (which has recently been torn down) goes galaxy- and dimension-hopping with a hot scientist, a perpetually unhappy robot, an alcoholic daredevil, and a narcissist with two heads and three arms. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, guessed by Anon
9. Teenagers become dinosaur-themed superheroes, then mythical-beast-based superheroes, then ninja superheroes, all while keeping the same costumes, even though all but one of the original members are replaced along the way. Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, guessed by Anon
10. Spider tricks farmer into worshiping his dinner. Charlotte's Web, guessed by Anon
11. A guy discovers he's immortal and teams up with a mute dinosaur, a 2-dimensional man, the grim reaper and a bulimic fat chick to fight crime. There are lots of squirrels and murders. They Fight Crime, and a guy in bondage gear who likes to dress up as the leader of a small European country.
12. A soap opera wrapped in High School Musical- but it works
13. A farm hand becomes a pirate and his girlfriend becomes a princess and then he kidnaps her and dies. Then, with the help of a hungover fencer and a stupid giant, he kidnaps her again after coming back to life. Whilst all this is going on, a grandfather tells his grandson a story. The Princess Bride, guessed by Anon
14. In A gun-toting pacifist and his genocidal brother emerge from a lightbulb. Humanity responds to being simultaneously saved and fucked by trying to kill the pacifist.
15. A military officer working for a foreign dictator hides in a small American town under a false identity with three subordinates posing as his relatives. He regularly has sex with a local woman who doesn't know his true identity. Hilarity Ensues.
16. Man who needs to be discreet and effective, but introduces with his full name and goes after every girl he meets. And, every bartender on the planet knows his Drink Order. Also, faces people who don't know simple killing methods. James Bond, guessed by Anon
17. Boy gets tormented by his older sister, who manages to bypass all things he builds to avoid her. The boy also has a rival, whose true name is Susan.
18. A group of men (united by wearing womens clothing), including a Rabbi plot to take down Richard Lewis, whilst parodying everything they can.
19. A spinoff of a kids' show, with all the sex and blood left out of said predecessor added back in, plus some extra for good measure. Follows the adventures of a team comprising a loudmouth immortal who pretends to be an American, an annoying undead doctor, a quiet Japanese scientist, an even quieter tourist information office worker, and an ex-police officer. They fight aliens. And they're all bisexual.
20. A muscle-man in blue tights fights crime with the help of his roommate, an accountant in a moth costume. At the end of each episode, the blue guy gives inspirational speeches that make no sense whatsoever. The Tick, guessed by Anon