plot holes
Narrative logic failures
Plot holes are gaps or inconsistencies in a story's logic that contradict established facts or leave important questions unanswered.
A character might inexplicably know information they couldn't have learned, or a crucial problem might resolve itself without explanation.
Audiences and critics identify plot holes as failures of storytelling craft, though what counts as a plot hole versus an intentional mystery or minor oversight is often debated.
The movie has so many plot holes I couldn't take it seriously.
Lack of steady pattern
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- discrepancyDifference between expected and actual
- errorFault in communication
- gapUnfilled space between
omission · oversight · mistake · flaw · continuity error · unanswered question · loose end · deus ex machina
Detailed evaluative analysis
- nitpickFind petty faults
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
- reviewCritical written assessment
film criticism · suspension of disbelief · audience reaction · fan theory · rationalization · apologetics · defense · explanation
Dinosaur amusement park catastrophe
- LostNo longer found
- Game of ThronesDragons and intrigue
- Star WarsIconic space fantasy franchise
- time travel paradoxLogical impossibility from chronological displacement
inconsistency
Lack of steady pattern
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- discrepancyDifference between expected and actual
- errorFault in communication
gap · omission · oversight · mistake · flaw · continuity error · unanswered question · loose end · deus ex machina · retcon
critique
Detailed evaluative analysis
- nitpickFind petty faults
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
review · film criticism · suspension of disbelief · audience reaction · fan theory · rationalization · apologetics · defense · explanation
Jurassic Park
Dinosaur amusement park catastrophe
- LostNo longer found
- Game of ThronesDragons and intrigue
- Star WarsIconic space fantasy franchise
- storytellingstorytelling, story, tale, narrative, narrator
- TV talkreview, recap, ratings, spoilers, cliffhanger
- writing challengeswriter's block, procrastination, weak dialogue, character development, deadline pressure
- writing flawstypos, spelling errors, cliche, cliches, awkwardness
- book humorpuns, wordplay, satire, parody, literary satire
- book reviewsbook review, critique, book ratings, critical analysis, critiques
plot holesdeliberate ambiguity
Planned imprecision in meaning
foreshadowing · Chekhov's gun · red herrings · mystery boxes · dramatic irony
hole, plot, hollow, plotting, plots, plotted, holey, hollowed, hollowness