20 Mind-Boggling Movie Plot Holes That Just Don't Add Up
Movies are a fantastic escape from reality, transporting us to incredible worlds and captivating us with gripping stories. However, as much as we love these cinematic masterpieces, sometimes we can't help but notice a few glaring plot holes that make us question the fabric of their narratives. So grab some popcorn and prepare for some head-scratching revelations, as we dive into 20 plot holes in movies that just don't make sense.
Our journey through these perplexing plot paradoxes will take us from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of outer space, as we explore how even the most celebrated films can have a few loose threads. So, get ready to have your mind blown by these cinematic conundrums that will leave you asking, "How did they miss that?"
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Toy Story: Buzz Lightyear's delusion
Throughout most of the first Toy Story movie, Buzz Lightyear believes he is a real space ranger rather than a toy. Yet, when humans enter the room, he freezes and acts like a lifeless toy just like the other toys. Why does he follow this behavior if he doesn't think he's a toy?
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Independence Day: The computer virus
In Independence Day, Jeff Goldblum's character manages to create a computer virus that takes down the alien mothership's shields. However, it's never explained how he is able to create a virus compatible with alien technology, let alone upload it to their system.
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The Shawshank Redemption: The poster
In The Shawshank Redemption, Andy Dufresne escapes from his prison cell by digging a tunnel hidden behind a poster on his wall. However, it's unclear how he managed to reattach the poster to the wall each time he worked on the tunnel, especially the final time when he crawls through it.
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Jurassic Park: The T-Rex paddock
When the T-Rex initially escapes its paddock, it steps over the barrier onto the road, indicating that the ground is at the same level. However, later on, the same spot becomes a massive drop when the T-Rex pushes a car over the edge, creating a major inconsistency in the film's layout.
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: The maze task
In the Triwizard Tournament's final task, the champions must navigate a dangerous maze to reach the Goblet of Fire. However, if the organizers wanted to ensure the safety of the champions, why didn't they just use a simple, non-deadly maze and monitor the participants with magic?
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Back to the Future: Marty's family doesn't recognize him
At the end of Back to the Future, Marty returns to his own time and finds his family's lives have improved. However, his family doesn't seem to notice that he looks identical to the young man who played a crucial role in their past, creating a confusing lapse in logic.
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The Matrix: The human battery problem
In The Matrix, humans are used as batteries to power the machines that have taken over the world. However, using humans as a power source is highly inefficient, as they would require more energy to sustain than they could produce, making this aspect of the story implausible.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Starkiller Base's sun
Starkiller Base, the superweapon of The Force Awakens, absorbs the energy of an entire sun to power its weapon. However, after firing, the sun remains intact, contradicting the idea that it's been drained of its energy.
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Home Alone: The door handle
In Home Alone, Kevin heats a door handle to stop one of the burglars from breaking in. However, the door handle is made of brass, which doesn't heat up enough to cause the severe burns depicted in the movie. It's simple physics, Kevin!
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The Lion King: Scar's poor leadership
In The Lion King, when Scar becomes king, the Pride Lands become barren, and the lionesses struggle to find food. While Scar could have easily ruined the pride's lives, it's unclear how Scar's leadership could have caused this drastic change in the ecosystem.
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Gremlins: The feeding time rule
The Gremlins' rules dictate that they must not be fed after midnight. However, this raises the question of when it's safe to feed them again. The movie never specifies when the "after midnight" restriction ends, making it a confusing rule.
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Inception: The kick in the van
In Inception, the characters synchronize their "kicks" to wake up from the dream layers. However, during the van sequence, the van is in freefall, which should prevent the kick from working, as the characters would be weightless.
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The Terminator: Kyle Reese's paradox
In The Terminator, Kyle Reese is sent back in time to protect Sarah Connor and ends up fathering her son, John Connor. However, this creates a paradox, as John would not exist if Kyle hadn't been sent back in time, making the entire plotline a confusing paradox.
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Signs: The aliens' weakness
In Signs, it's revealed that the aliens invading Earth are fatally vulnerable to water. However, it seems illogical that such a species would choose to invade a planet that is predominantly covered in water and has water vapor in the atmosphere.
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Gravity: The space debris
In Gravity, the space debris orbits Earth at an incredible speed, yet it only causes damage to the space station every 90 minutes. This inconsistency in the debris' speed and impact creates a plot hole in the movie.
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Nuking the fridge
In Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Indy survives a nuclear blast by hiding inside a lead-lined refrigerator. However, the force of the explosion would have likely killed him instantly, regardless of the fridge's protection.
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day: T-1000's time travel
In Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the T-1000, made of liquid metal, is sent back in time to kill John Connor. However, it's established in the first Terminator film that only living tissue can travel through time. This raises the question of how the T-1000, a metal-based lifeform, was able to time travel.
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Superman: Reversing Earth's rotation
In the 1978 Superman film, Superman reverses the rotation of the Earth to turn back time and save Lois Lane. While a heroic act, this concept makes little scientific sense, as changing the Earth's rotation wouldn't actually reverse time, and it would likely cause catastrophic natural disasters.
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The Dark Knight: Joker's fingerprint on a bullet
In The Dark Knight, Batman finds the Joker's fingerprint on a bullet lodged in a wall. However, this raises the question of how the fingerprint got there in the first place, as bullets remain inside their casings until fired. The fingerprint should have been on the casing, not the bullet itself, making this a puzzling plot hole.
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Die Hard: The missing ambulance
In Die Hard, the terrorists, led by Hans Gruber, arrive at Nakatomi Plaza in a large van with the plan to escape using an ambulance hidden inside it. However, during the earlier scenes when the terrorists arrive and unload their equipment, the ambulance is nowhere to be seen inside the van. This inconsistency raises the question of how the ambulance suddenly appears later in the movie when it was clearly not present at the beginning.
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