37 Movie Plot Holes We Should Have Noticed the First Time
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In one sentence, summarize the plot of The Chronicles of Narnia. You say, “Child comes out of armoire.” True on paper, but let’s try it again, this time with The Wizard of Oz and its plot elements: “A little girl is sent to a bizarre realm where she executes the first individual she sees before joining forces with three others to kill again.” It no longer sounds like the ideal family film, does it?
These ridiculously misleading plot summaries are just some of the ways to indulge in the fun game we like to call "Explain a Film Plot Horribly.” The thing is, even plots that are summarized accurately can seem utterly absurd thanks to plot holes you could drive a truck through. And while analyzing these narrative flaws might impact our enjoyment of the films in question, they sure are fun to pick apart.
Keep on scrolling for a few of our personal favorites…
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![In TRON: Legacy, Quorra reassures Sam that the bad guys can't follow them, as their vehicles will not function on this terrain. And it's not like they have any flying vehic... oh. 000 CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/8/9/802689.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Robots in Alien are physically superior to humans, and will happily follow the company's most evil orders. SO why isn't the crew fully robotic?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/8/7/802687.jpg)
![Two friends are taken in Taken: Amanda and Kim. NO one gives a crap about Amanda. Bryan Mills is looking for his daughter Kim, and only for his daughter Kim. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/8/8/802688.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Edward Scissorhands creates beautiful ice sculptures. Using ice blocks that... um... were just lying around?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/8/6/802686.jpg)
![CRACKED.co It's established that to enter The Matrix, YOU need an 'Operator' in the real world to dial you in and out... SZN NF the Non Sozwho dialed Cypher in and out when he ON-OUR met with Smith and betrayed the group?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/8/5/802685.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM E.T. is left stranded on Earth when his ship takes off without him. If only he could, like, fly to it or something.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/8/4/802684.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM Leeloo in The Fifth Element loses hope for humanity when she reaches W for war in her encyclopedia. But not on B for battle or G for 'genocide. Or execution, holocaust, murder, racism, torture...](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/8/1/802681.jpg)
![DITAIN In Iron Man 2, Tony has a YOLO moment and suddenly decides to drive his own race car. And Whiplash is on the track, waiting for him. Can Whiplash see the future? Because no one else knew Tony would do that. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/8/3/802683.jpg)
![In Fargo, Gaear Grimsrud grinds Carl Showalter's body with a wood chipper to cover up his murder. NOW everyone can spot the murder from a mile away. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/8/2/802682.jpg)
![In The Dark Knight Rises, Batman is in a hurry to stop Bane from destroying Gotham City. SO he wastes time making a huge flaming bat signal. Isn't it cool, though? CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/8/0/802680.jpg)
![CRACKED.co Leia famously fails to rescue Han from Jabba's palace in Return of the Jedi. chewie would still be a prisoner otherwise. What was the plan here? Mounting a second rescue for him and the droids?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/7/9/802679.jpg)
![In Gremlins, you should never feed a mogwai after midnight. Ever. But when can you safely resume feeding them? That seems just as important, but no one ever mentions it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/7/8/802678.jpg)
![I called the morgue, and they told me your daughter has died with your husband. Sorry lady, you're CRAZY. And your daughter's DEAD all along. FLIGHTPLAN Can I borrow your phone to call my parents, my friends, my neighbors, and my daughter's school teacher to double check? D Um...uure, why not? CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/7/7/802677.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the floor crumbles as Indy misspells Jehovah with his foot. Then he clings on letters that are also wrong. These other letters don't crumble. Maybe Jehovah has an embarrassing middle name?](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/7/6/802676.jpg)
![A Game of CRACKED.COM Zany Action on a Crazy ontraption! LIGHTYEAR RANCER SALCE In Toy Story, the toys stand still when Andy is in the room. Even Buzz follows this rule. But he doesn't know he's a toy. He's just completely cool about this giant playing with him.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/7/5/802675.jpg)
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![SCRIPT ? In The Butterfly Effect, Ashton Kutcher's character goes momentarily back in time to inflict wounds on his palms in order to convince that he's Jesus or some his a prisoner shit so as to obtain help. The idea is that the wounds simply appear on his palms in front of his cellmate's eyes. Of course, this makes no sense in light of the titular butterfly effect -i.e. altering the past in any small manner affects everything from that point forward, often drastically. Even if he miraculously ended up in the same prison in the same time and place,](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/7/3/802673.jpg)
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![Now I just have to wait CRACKED.COM for the Joker to use a cellphone.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/9/802669.jpg)
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![If only Leia succeeded in getting Han out of jabba's Palace... Then: -Jabba would still be alive to send more bounty hunters after Han. -The Droids would still belong to Jabba. -Chewbacca would still be Jabba's prisoner and he would most likely become Sarlacc-Cho ....I guess it's a good thing she failed! CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/6/802666.jpg)
![You're going to use your mutant power of manipulation to my whim or else your sister dies uhm... Release my sister Okie doke! CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/5/802665.jpg)
![...anyone we haven't unplugged... is potentially an Agent. Inside the Matrix... they are everyone Becoming this guy in the first would scene have saved them a lot of trouble later on CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/0/802660.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM WHAT ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF THE STAFF, THOUGH? THIS MEAN six KAPAM HIGH ABOUT 72 INCHES WAIT!!! BELLOO'S STAFF 15 TOO LONG. AND TAKE BACK ONE KADAM THEY'RE PIGGING TO HONOR THE HEBREW GOD IN THE WRONG PLACE WHOSE ARK THIS 15. 5 KADAMS WRONG PLACE](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/5/802655.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM MARATHON - ILLEGAL KICK TO THE FACE FAILURE TO MEET TOURNAMENT ENTRY REQUIREMENTS](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/7/802667.jpg)
![Don't worry, Sam! Those bad guys won't follow us to our secret hideout, because their vehicles aren't designed_to travel. off the Grid. Their silly tanks and motorcycles won't function on this terrain, and I guarantee: They have ABSOLUTELY NO FLYING CAPABILITY whatsoev... Erroo. I, uhh... CRACKED.COM Forgot about those.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/6/802656.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM IRON MAN GU SPOILERS! THANK GOODNESS TONY STARK'S FORM-FITTING SUITS OF ARMOR ARE ALSO FF MAGICALLY ONE-SIZE-FATS-ALL OTHERWISE__ PEPPER POTTS: THE PRESIDENT: VILLAINOUS HENCHMAN: DEAD MISSION FAILED DEAD](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/8/802668.jpg)
![IF Buzz DIDN'T THINK HE WAS A TOY EVERYONE FREEZE! ANDY'S COMING! GREETINGS. SE MAY EARTHLING CHILD. I COME IN PEACE. Up HE WOULDN'T HAVE ACTED LIKE ONE WHEN ANDY CAME INTO THE ROOM... CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/3/802663.jpg)
![HANCOCK and Mary lose their powers when they are in physical proximity... Yet here they are, wrecking downtown LA together CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/7/802657.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM In X-Men, Magneto wears his dorky helmet to prevent Xavier from finding him. Nothing stops Kavier from finding Magneto by locating his henchmen.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/4/802664.jpg)
![HECTOR BARBOSSA IS KILLED CRACKED.COM FROM A GUN SHOT BEFORE THE CURSE IS LIFTED. GOOD THING NOTHING LIKE THAT EVER HAPPENED TO JACK](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/4/802654.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM In Return of the Jedi, Luke has to stand and do nothing while his friends die, as giving in to violence would make him evil. The thousands he already killed don't count, for some reason.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/2/802662.jpg)
![Don't worry, as long as you hit that wire with the connecting hook at precisely 88 miles per hour the instant the lightning strikes the tower... everything will be fine. HILL Uh, Doc, we know lightning will strike sometime around 10:04 since that's when the clock stopped. But the clock doesn't have a second hand, SO doesn't that leave us with a 59 second margin of error. Even if we knew the exact second it struck I wouldn't be able to hit the wire at the exact moment the lightning strikes. A lightning strike only lasts a split second. Good](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/9/802659.jpg)
![CRACKED.COM In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke would sooner fall to his death than join Vader. And it's not like vader could just lift LUKE with his mind, is it? Nope, he can only watch him fall.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/6/1/802661.jpg)
![OH SHIT, MY SPACESHIP LEFT WITHOUT ME! IF ONLY I COULD FLY OR SOMETHING. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/6/5/3/802653.jpg)