Look! It's a meme!

[serafina20]

I'm not talking about Doctor Who right now because I can only think of 2 things to say and they're not positive. Even though I loved the ep to bits. Weird, huh?

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. (Warning, TVTropes link)

If it helps, the first two are comics and the third is a movie.

1. A photographer goes to New York City, turns out it's not such a great place.

2. The only guy in town and his monkey are dragged all the way around the world by a cloning expert and a secret agent so secret she doesn't have a name. Y, the Last Man guessed by astro599

3. A stomach cramp gets out of hand. Alien guessed by fabrisse

4. A moody teen and a dead kid try to stop a Rich Bitch and her lackey from getting their hands on some family mementos. Casper guessed by eisakay

5. 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. Emperor's New Groove guessed by pepperjackcandy

6.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 guessed by 1001cranes

7. Reject from the Disney Animated Canon, featuring wacko suburbanite and his son on a crazy Road Trip, culminating in the two of them ending up on stage at a concert by a performer who appears to be a cross between Prince and 1980s-era Michael Jackson. A Goofy Movie guessed by 1001cranes

8.Family comedy about a young child who is abandoned by his family and robbed in his own home. On Christmas Eve. Home Alone guessed by 1001cranes

9. Two power-plant workers temporarily adopt a poisonous child and foil an interdimensional abduction scheme. Monster's Inc guessed by gilded_garb

10. 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 1001cranes

11. A man is let out of prison and is hired as chauffeur and bodyguard to a weird man who's conducting a secret war against another bunch of other weird people. The story is occasionally interrupted for history lessons or stories that are almost completely unrelated. American Gods, guessed by quite a few people.

12. A reclusive, middle-aged, single industrialist invites young children to tour his business, which is operated by undocumented immigrants who live in the facility. As the tour progresses, he allows most of the children to be injured, deformed, or (possibly) killed while his employees sing songs mocking their poor moral character. He then bequeaths the entire works to the last child standing. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory guessed by 1001cranes

13.Girl finds an alternate universe in a closet. Jesus is shaved. The Lion, the Witch,and the Wardrobe guessed by nataliadarimini

14. Two gorgeous brothers with major-league Daddy issues seek out monsters and kill them in various nasty ways, using things as diverse as salt-filled shotgun shells, barbed wire, and circular saws. Lots of sex is had along the way. A really great car and lots of eighties rock, apocalypses, and angst are also involved. The world really really sucks, but it's funny anyway. Supernatural guessed by 1001cranes

15. A semi-amnesiac scientist travels through time with his horny, invisible friend, who carries a computer disguised as a tetris cube (sometimes a calculator). Quantum Leap guessed by rosy5000, eisakay, gilded_garb and fabrisse

16. A man deliberately gets himself thrown in prison — after having his escape plan tattooed over his entire body. Prison Break guessed by 1001cranes (I know... this is totally a gimmie)

17. An obnoxious Brit and a quirky team accuse people of lying and are usually right. Lie to Me guessed by 1001cranes

18. An obnoxious lawyer, an emo farmer, a horny doctor and a bunch of middle-aged white men bitch about the heat and call each other names while trying to start a revolution. There are more sex jokes than you might expect. A lot more. 1776 gilded_garb

19. God hires Roy Cohn to represent him in a parental abandonment suit. Angel's in America guessed by fabrisse

20. Fairies play pranks on young people and each other, and suicide is played for laughs. Hard-working blue-collar types bust their asses to put on a show; their upper class audience responds by mocking it MST3K-style. Features hot fairy-on-donkey action! A Midsummer Night's Dream guess by nataliadarimini and gilded_garb

Comments

[pepperjackcandy.livejournal.com]

5. The Emperor's New Groove (uses appropriate icon)

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

That's it. Love the icon. :)

[1001cranes.livejournal.com]

6 - Ghostbusters
7 - A Goofy Movie!
8 - Home Alone
10 - The Princess Bride!
12 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
14 - Supernatural
16 - Prison Break
17 - Lie to Me

... I feel like I will know more of these when all is said and done.

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

You got them all. Good luck on the others! :)

[1001cranes.livejournal.com]

Ahah, okay, The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe is PRICELESS.

[rosy5000.livejournal.com]

15 - Quantum Leap

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

Yup!

[eisakay.livejournal.com]

15. A semi-amnesiac scientist travels through time with his horny, invisible friend, who carries a computer disguised as a tetris cube (sometimes a calculator).

Quantum Leap, loved that show.

And I think no. 4 is Capser, maybe? It's been a while since I've seen the movie.

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

Right to both. :)

[nataliadarimini.livejournal.com]

13. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

20. A Midsummer Night's Dream

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

Yes and yes. :)

[gilded-garb.livejournal.com]

#9 is Monsters Inc.
#15 is Quantum Leap
#18 is 1774
#20 is Midsummer's Night Dream

I'm pretty sure about the above but not about this one:
#4 is Casper?

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

Right to all of them, including Casper.

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

15 is Quantum Leap -- apparently several of us posted that around the same time.

Is 19 Angels in America?

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

Yes to both!

[kriscat.livejournal.com]

Is number 11 Neil Gaiman's American Gods?

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

Yes it is!

Love the icon. :)

[metal-dog5.livejournal.com]

Been forever since I read it and couldn't tell you anything about the story any more, but it 11 American Gods?

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is American Gods.

[johanirae.livejournal.com]

LOL this is so awesome. I can't guess the last few unguessed ones, but I so want to take this meme :D

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

Isn't it fun? I love guessing games. :)

[lunamazes.livejournal.com]

11: American Gods

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

That is right. :)

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

3 is Alien.

Is 1 Spiderman?

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

3 is Alien, but 1 isn't Spiderman. Good guess, though.

[astro599.livejournal.com]

Number two sounds like Y, The Last Man on Earth. Am I right? Did I get it?

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

You got it! Good job. :)

[astro599.livejournal.com]

Hooray! You know, I've never read it and don't intend to. I only know it exists because I worked in a large chain bookstore for 6 years.

But now number 1 is going to bug me.

[astro599.livejournal.com]

Oh! Is it Shutterbug Follies?

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

Nope. :)

I actually really enjoyed Y, the Last Man until the last book.

[astro599.livejournal.com]

Oh. :(

And I'm not a big fan of graphic novels. I read them too fast, and the series are endless and then I don't know where to start...It's like Dragonlance. There's no beginning or ending in sight. :)

[serafina20.livejournal.com]

Y the last man had a definite beginning and ending. I think it was 9 books. Of course, the most frustrating thing for me was that the library was missing 3, 7, and 9, so I ended up going to Borders. I would have preferred not to have to rush through (even though I, too, rush through graphic novels)