Plots
Basic Information
Plots organize the action of a story.
Plot Categories
- Flashbacks And Chronology
- The Heros Journey - the monomyth
- Mystery Arc
- Romance Arc - organizes the romantic drama
- Romance Novel Plots
- Time Travel Tropes
- Beginning Tropes
- Ending Tropes
List of Plots
- A Day In The Limelight
- A Real Man Is A Killer
- A Simple Plan
- Accidental Hero
- Achilles In His Tent
- Adventure Rebuff
- Alien Invasion
- All That Glitters
- All Your Base Are Belong To Us
- Along Came A Spider
- Alternate Universe
- America Saves The Day
- Amnesia Danger
- An Offer You Can't Refuse
- And Then There Were None
- Annoying Patient
- Antagonist In Mourning
- Anticlimactic Parent
- The B Grade
- Bachelor Auction
- Back To School
- Bad Santa
- Batman In My Basement
- Be Careful What You Wish For
- Becoming The Mask
- Be Yourself
- Body Count Competition
- Body Horror
- Body Snatcher
- Body Surf
- Brainwashed
- Beach Episode
- The Bride With A Past
- Brigadoon
- Broken Masquerade
- Broken Pedestal
- Broken Streak
- Broken Treasure
- Brought Down To Normal
- Bruce Wayne Held Hostage
- Busmans Holiday
- But I Cant Be Pregnant
- Cain And Abel
- The Caper
- Captured Super Entity
- Celebrity Is Overrated
- The Celebrity Lie
- Celebrity Star
- Chain Of Deals
- Character Focus
- The Chase
- Children Raise You
- Class Reunion
- Clear My Name
- Clip Show
- Code Silver
- The Collector
- Coming Out Story
- The Con
- Connecticut Yankee
- Contagious Powers
- Contract On The Hitman
- The Convenient Store Next Door
- Cooking Duel
- Cosmetic Catastrophe
- Costumer
- Credit Card Plot
- Cuckoo Nest
- Cutting The Knot
- The Cyrano
- Date Peepers
- Day In The Life
- Deadly Game
- Deadly Upgrade
- Dead Pet Sketch
- Deal With The Devil
- Death Is A Sad Thing
- Death Takes A Holiday
- Defector From Commie Land
- Despite The Plan
- Die Hard
- Digital Piracy Is Evil
- Doomed Moral Victor
- Doorstop Baby
- Dork Horse Candidate
- Do They Know Its Christmas Time
- Driving Test
- The Earnest
- Easter Bunny
- Egg Sitting
- Eigen Plot
- Empire With A Dark Secret
- Empty Quiver
- Enemy Mine
- Equivalent Exchange
- Exact Words
- Evasive Fight Thread Episode
- Everybody Must Get Stoned
- Everything But The Girl
- Eviler Than Thou
- Evil Twin
- Fable Remake
- Family Feud
- Fantastic Voyage
- False Crucible
- Farewell My Friend
- Faustian Rebellion
- Fauxtastic Voyage
- Favouritism Flip Flop
- Fawlty Towers Plot
- Fedex Quest
- Fetch Quest
- Fight Clubbing
- Filleritis
- Finding Judas
- Find The Cure
- The Flaming Cobra Sugar Cellar
- Flowers For Algernon
- Forgiveness Requires Death
- Forgotten Birthday
- For Science
- Free The Frogs
- Frivolous Lawsuit
- From Dusk Til Dawn
- Fully Absorbed Finale
- The Game Never Stopped
- Game Show Appearance
- Ghost Ship
- Girls Behind Bars
- Go Among Mad People
- Going Native
- Gold Fever
- Gondor Calls For Aid
- Government Conspiracy
- Grand Finale
- Grand Theft Me
- Great Escape
- The Greatest Story Never Told
- Groundhog Day
- Guess Who Im Marrying
- Guise Will Be Guise
- The Harvey
- Heart Of Darkness
- He Knows Too Much
- Her Code Name Was Mary Sue
- Hero For A Day
- Hiccup Hijinks
- Hot Springs Episode
- Hyde And Seek
- Horrible Camping Trip
- Hourglass Plot
- House Inspection
- Hypno Fool
- Humanity On Trial
- I Am Kirok
- I Am Who
- Identity Impersonator
- Impossible Mission
- In Another Mans Shoes
- Inside A Computer System
- Instrumentality
- In The Mouth Of Madness
- In With The In Crowd
- Inept Aptitude Test
- Indy Ploy
- The Infiltration
- Intergenerational Friendship
- Investigating Lefties
- Invisible Main Character
- Irritation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery
- Its A Costume Party I Swear
- Its Personal
- I Wish It Were Real
- Jekyll And Hyde
- Journey To The Center Of The Mind
- Just Fine Without You
- Jackie Robinson Story
- Joker Jury
- Judgment Of Solomon
- Jumping Off The Slippery Slope
- Jury Of The Damned
- Just So Story
- Just Think Of The Potential
- Kafka Komedy
- Kangaroo Court
- Keystone Army
- Kon Tiki Plot
- Legion Of Doom
- Lemon Wacky Hello
- Like You Were Dying
- Little Kid Lover
- Live Episode
- Locked Room Mystery
- Lonely At The Top
- Lost Wedding Ring
- Lottery Ticket
- Lotus Eater Machine
- Love Triangle
- Lozenge Plot*
- Macho Disaster Expedition
- Mail Order Bride
- Maintain The Lie
- Make The Bear Angry Again
- Make Up Or Break Up
- Malignant Tumor
- Mall Santa
- Mary Kay Letourneau Teaches Here
- Mes A Crowd
- Midnight Bakery Trip
- Mission From God
- Monster Is A Mommy
- More Than Mind Control
- The Moving Experience
- Moving The Goal Posts
- Mundanization
- My Biological Clock Is Ticking
- My Death Is Just The Beginning
- The Nasty Party
- New Job Episode
- New Super Power
- No Doubt The Years Have Changed Me
- No Guy Wants An Amazon
- No Sympathy
- Not Himself
- Oddly Common Rarity
- Off The Wagon
- Older Hero Vs Younger Villain
- One Of Our Own
- One Born Every Minute
- Oops I Did It Again
- The Parent Trap
- Passion Play
- Pet Baby Wild Animal
- Pick Up Babes With Babes
- Picture Day
- Pirate Booty
- Plague Of Good Fortune
- Playing Sick
- Plot Leveling
- Plot Line Crossover
- Poorly Disguised Pilot
- The Poseidon Adventure
- Post Robbery Trauma
- Premiere
- Putting The Band Back Together
- Pride Before A Fall
- Prodigal Family
- Property Line
- Push Polling
- Pygmalion Plot
- The Quest
- Quest For The Rest
- Race Against The Clock
- Radio Contest
- Radish Cure
- Rage Against The Heavens
- Rags To Royalty
- Random Events Plot
- Rear Window Investigation
- Rear Window Witness
- Reassignment Backfire
- Reef Blower
- Reluctant Retiree
- Rescue Arc
- Return Of The King
- Revealing Coverup
- Revenge Of The Nerd
- Rip Van Winkle
- Roaring Rampage Of Revenge
- Robbing The Crusoe
- RPG Episode
- Safety Worst
- Satchel Switcheroo
- Save Our Students
- Saving Christmas
- The Scarpia Ultimatum
- Scary Surprise Party
- School For Scheming
- Science Is Useless
- Scooby Doo Hoax
- Season Finale
- Secret Diary
- Secret Relationship
- Serial Killer
- Separated At Birth
- Sex As Rite-Of-Passage
- Sex Equals Love
- Shaggy Dog Story
- ShapeShifting
- Sidekick Glass Ceiling
- The Siege
- Sleep Learning
- Snipe Hunt
- Snowed In
- Soap Opera Justice
- The So Called Coward
- Something Completely Different
- Sorcerers Apprentice
- Souvenir Land
- Stab The Salad
- Start My Own
- Start Of Darkness
- Stone Soup
- Strange Bedfellows
- Super Hero Origin
- Tag Team Suicide
- Talking Your Way Out
- Technician Versus Performer
- Thank You Mister Evil
- Their First Time
- Three Is Company
- Time To Move
- Tourist Trap
- Tournament Arc
- Training The Peaceful Villagers
- Treasure Map
- Twelve Angry Men
- To Hell And Back
- The Tontine
- Too Many Cooks Spoil The Soup
- Training Accident
- Trainwreck Episode
- Trapped In TV Land
- Turned Against Their Masters
- Turn In Your Badge
- Twin Switch
- Two Timer Date
- Untrusting Community
- Unwanted Rescue
- Utopia Justifies The Means
- Vampire Refugee
- Very False Advertising
- Very Special Episode
- Villain Episode
- Visit By Divorced Dad
- Wake Up Go To School Save The World
- War For Fun And Profit
- Wedding Day
- We Need To Get Proof
- We Want Our Jerk Back
- We Would Have Told You But
- Whack A Mole
- What Could Possibly Go Wrong
- Whodunnit To Me
- Whole Plot Reference
- Witch Hunt
- Wonderful Life
- Working The Same Case
- Wounded Gazelle Gambit
- Xanatos Gambit
- Xanatos Roulette
- You Are Grounded
- You Go Girl
- You Know What You Did
- Your Cheating Heart
- Your Worst Nightmare
- Zany Scheme
- The Zotz
Series Plots
These organise the actions of an entire series.
- Fish Out Of Water
- Coming Of Age Story
- Gotta Catch Them All
- Gotta Kill Them All
- Reactionary Fantasy
- Rock Opera Plot
- Set Right What Once Went Wrong
- Stern Chase
- Sick Sad World
- There Can Be Only One
- To Be A Master
- Vampire Detective Series
- Walking The Earth
- Wayback Trip
- You Already Changed The Past
- Youngest Child Wins
- Yoyo Plot Point
- Zombie Apocalypse
See Also
Sources
Bibliography
2. The Big List of RPG Plots by S. John Ross
Game and Story Use
- It's hard to come up with a truly original plot - instead, study existing plots and try to fit them into your own campaign with some alterations and embellishments.
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