r/TopCharacterTropes • u/KingZaneTheStrange • 4d ago
Hated Tropes (Hated Meta Trope) Plot Holes that are not Plot Holes. There is an explanation if you bother to watch the movie
"Plot Hole": Why didn't Thanos just make the universe bigger to end overpopulation!
Explanation: Thanos wants to kill half the population to end overpopulation right? If he created more resources, the universe would just become overpopulated all over again. He explains this in his villain monolog. There are parts of his plan that make no sense (he's called the Mad Titan for a reason), but this one is actually explained. His plan was also to punish people for their greed, and making more food would not be much of a punishment. He also has a savior complex which makes him double down on his plan to prove he's right
"Plot Hole": Why wasn't the Death Star's exhaust port fortified!
Explanation: It fucking WAS. They had laser cannons surrounding the port because the Empire knew it was a weak point. The imperial general saw the rebels and chose to do nothing about it. He says "I think you overestimate their chances". Luke needed help from Han Solo, the disembodied voice of Ben and the Force in order to get the torpedoes into that tiny hole. Han even says that the shot was "one in a million".
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u/Piorn 3d ago
Cinema Sins has trained a generation of movie watchers that plot holes are things in movies that aren't explicitly spelled out directly into the camera.
E.g. A character (who is clearly seen with a car) doesn't directly look into the camera and says "I will now drive my car to the store". they'll complain we never knew how he got to the store and that's a plot hole.