Better Than They Sound...
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Pick 20 movies/anime/video games/tv shows/cartoons/literary works/etc, put their summaries from Better Than it Sounds, and WITHOUT CHEATING have your friends guess. (warning: TV Tropes link!)
ETA: TWO LEFT! :3 I've put them in a larger font and italics, so they're easier to pick out. ^.^; If trouble is still had, I might add a second summary line.
1) Fight a gang of thieves with silly names, led by a Criminal Mastermind in highly visible clothing, with the power of social studies.
-- Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
2) A Funny Animal who thinks he's Batman balances fighting crime with being a single dad.
-- Darkwing Duck
3) A teenage boy goes to a fair. Apocalypse ensues.
-- Chrono Trigger
4) An utterly selfish boy-king ruminates for a few days and learns to care about others as a result. Features a severely ageing Catwoman and half the cast of Just Shoot Me.
--The Emperor's New Groove
5) Military officials assign a man to share a ship with crazy people (including Jason Vorhees) in hopes that he'll get killed. Hilarity Ensues.
-- Irresponsible Captain Tylor
6) Buzz Lightyear, Professor Snape, Monk, Dana Barrett and some other people meet real aliens in a ripoff of an old TV show.
-- Galaxy Quest
7) In the Prequel, a girl is kidnapped, but the boy decides that's too easy and rescues seven.
-- the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
8) Two Brits take a train ride, and spend the second half of the game wandering an old mining town completely stoned. Puzzles are still Serious Business.
9) One of the duo teams up with the damsel, the turtle, a living cloud who was raised by frogs, and a possessed action figure to beat up giant talking weapons and fix a wishing star.
-- Super Mario RPG
10) Adam's metaphysical soul reincarnates into a schizophrenic teenager. He fights God with kung-fu.
-- Xenogears
11) An amnesiac rebels against her former employers, one of whom is a clown.
-- Final Fantasy VI
12) A girl has to figure out how to get possessed by a bird.
-- Fushigi Yuugi
13) Thanks to a discontinued sports car, a boy nearly commits incest with his mother after teaching his father how to use violence. All their lives improve as a result.
-- Back to the Future
14) A teenage boy is made to fight his father and the local gods in between two timelines in order to free a girl from an alien parasite monster. Beating the final boss triggers the bad ending.
-- Chrono Cross
15) The quest for food and treasure is key, but keeps being interrupted to save the world.
16) A psychic high school track star helps in the fight against Isaac Newton's evil mecha army on a highly improbable moon made by Atlanteans.
-- Vision of Escaflowne
17) Prisoners concoct elaborate escape plan with help from American circus acrobat after learning that their captors intend to turn them into pies.
-- Chicken Run
18) Dr. Frank 'N Furter, Doc Brown, and a bunch of other blackmail victims run around a big house looking for a murderer and debating simple mathematics.
-- Clue
19) Four guys drive around in a van and trap restless spirits with laser-powered vacuum cleaners. They save New York City from a giant candy mascot by taking serious risks with their equipment.
-- Ghostbusters
20) A heavily tattooed kung-fu Dalai Lama, his Eskimo pals, a blind Chinese loli of mass destruction and some animals that don't exist (but should) take on an army of arsonists who wear giant shoulderpads.
-- Avatar: the Last Airbender
seattleotakuPick 20 movies/anime/video games/tv shows/cartoons/literary works/etc, put their summaries from Better Than it Sounds, and WITHOUT CHEATING have your friends guess. (warning: TV Tropes link!)
ETA: TWO LEFT! :3 I've put them in a larger font and italics, so they're easier to pick out. ^.^; If trouble is still had, I might add a second summary line.
1) Fight a gang of thieves with silly names, led by a Criminal Mastermind in highly visible clothing, with the power of social studies.
-- Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
2) A Funny Animal who thinks he's Batman balances fighting crime with being a single dad.
-- Darkwing Duck
3) A teenage boy goes to a fair. Apocalypse ensues.
-- Chrono Trigger
4) An utterly selfish boy-king ruminates for a few days and learns to care about others as a result. Features a severely ageing Catwoman and half the cast of Just Shoot Me.
--The Emperor's New Groove
5) Military officials assign a man to share a ship with crazy people (including Jason Vorhees) in hopes that he'll get killed. Hilarity Ensues.
-- Irresponsible Captain Tylor
6) Buzz Lightyear, Professor Snape, Monk, Dana Barrett and some other people meet real aliens in a ripoff of an old TV show.
-- Galaxy Quest
7) In the Prequel, a girl is kidnapped, but the boy decides that's too easy and rescues seven.
-- the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
8) Two Brits take a train ride, and spend the second half of the game wandering an old mining town completely stoned. Puzzles are still Serious Business.
9) One of the duo teams up with the damsel, the turtle, a living cloud who was raised by frogs, and a possessed action figure to beat up giant talking weapons and fix a wishing star.
-- Super Mario RPG
10) Adam's metaphysical soul reincarnates into a schizophrenic teenager. He fights God with kung-fu.
-- Xenogears
11) An amnesiac rebels against her former employers, one of whom is a clown.
-- Final Fantasy VI
12) A girl has to figure out how to get possessed by a bird.
-- Fushigi Yuugi
13) Thanks to a discontinued sports car, a boy nearly commits incest with his mother after teaching his father how to use violence. All their lives improve as a result.
-- Back to the Future
14) A teenage boy is made to fight his father and the local gods in between two timelines in order to free a girl from an alien parasite monster. Beating the final boss triggers the bad ending.
-- Chrono Cross
15) The quest for food and treasure is key, but keeps being interrupted to save the world.
16) A psychic high school track star helps in the fight against Isaac Newton's evil mecha army on a highly improbable moon made by Atlanteans.
-- Vision of Escaflowne
17) Prisoners concoct elaborate escape plan with help from American circus acrobat after learning that their captors intend to turn them into pies.
-- Chicken Run
18) Dr. Frank 'N Furter, Doc Brown, and a bunch of other blackmail victims run around a big house looking for a murderer and debating simple mathematics.
-- Clue
19) Four guys drive around in a van and trap restless spirits with laser-powered vacuum cleaners. They save New York City from a giant candy mascot by taking serious risks with their equipment.
-- Ghostbusters
20) A heavily tattooed kung-fu Dalai Lama, his Eskimo pals, a blind Chinese loli of mass destruction and some animals that don't exist (but should) take on an army of arsonists who wear giant shoulderpads.
-- Avatar: the Last Airbender
