Plot twists and big reveals you solved by yourself

[game-lover]

I can't say anything specific because I mostly predict plot points instead of the whole deal at times.

Like, I read this book where this girl was asked to buy a pregnancy test for a friend. Even before I finished reading the page, I immediately figured that someone was gonna see her, assume the test was for her and boom: chaos. Naturally I was right.

But that might be more of an ability to spot the cliches.

My brother is much better at solving huge plots when watching a movie or show. Sometimes, we get annoyed at him but other times, not really.

 

[PromethianSpark]

I actually figure out every twist. Most plots are too easy. Although I think my knack for this is failing lately, I really didn't get the twist in Rises, which I kicked my self for ages after because it was the easiest twist to figure out in a movie ever!

 

[Johny64]

In several cases, in shows and movies, there will be an off-hand mention of a 'thing' which is important-but-not-relevent. That thing will be important in handling some important aspect of solving the plot and I can usually pick them out.

That's what you call a Chekhov's Gun.

 

[yuval152]

That the people from the second episode of TWD(video game) were cannibals.

 

[maconlon439]

I once solved the mystery in an episode of Monk before Monk did.

 

[ElPatron]

Black Ops's twists were nearly straight. Before playing it I'd had been reading Deighton and Forsyth novels, so I realized that to enjoy BO I shouldn't have any kind of culture.

And the final part made absolutely no sense, Mason must have been high on drugs in the interrogation room, imagining the whole thing.

 

[Innegativeion]

I correctly guessed that, in The World Ends with You,

Spoiler

Joshua is the composer

After about a (in game) day or two.

 

[AusGamer44]

I guessed the plot twist in The Others.Although I think a lot of people probably spotted that one.

 

[Master_of_Oldskool]

I sort-of kind-of guessed that

Spoiler: In There Will Be Brawl,

Lucas and Ness were the butchers.

I say "sort-of kind-of" because I only suggested it to my friends as a joke, and we had a laugh coming up with all sorts of reasons it could be true... pretty much all of which turned out to be correct. I never really took the idea seriously, so my mind was still thoroughly blown when it was revealed.

[sub][sub]So I gues I'm Dirk Gently now?[/sub][/sub]

 

[Gatx]

The nature of the virus in the Walking Dead, but only after the really obvious clue about the zombies without bite marks.

Also figured out that Aizen was going to be the big bad in Bleach.

The Cabin in the Woods most recently

Spoiler

The college kids were being sacrificed to some sort of ancient evil in order to stop something very bad from happening; they practically give it away in the opening credits and first 15 minuets of the film

Kind of left me disappointing cause all my friends were calling "Best twist eva!" Hardly I say... Good movie though

It's not really a movie with a twist, just more like a deconstruction of a horror movie. The only "twist" is going in expecting a B horror movie and getting something else entirely.

 

[Savo]

The Cabin in the Woods most recently

Spoiler

The college kids were being sacrificed to some sort of ancient evil in order to stop something very bad from happening; they practically give it away in the opening credits and first 15 minuets of the film

Kind of left me disappointing cause all my friends were calling "Best twist eva!" Hardly I say... Good movie though

This. I purposefully kept away from spoilers for Cabin in the Woods for months, just to watch it and find that there really aren't any decent twists. I left the theater wondering whether the filmmakers would have known subtlety if it drop-kicked them down a flight of stairs. They had a really awesome twist, now if only they hadn't been showing their entire hand for the whole movie.

Another twist was Fight Club. I knew the film had a twist ending and had been told that "reality was off kilter", so I did have a slight advantage in figuring it out.

Spoiler

I saw Brad Pitt walk on screen and I said "Please tell me he is real and not a figment of the main character's imagination". I thought I might be spared that old twist right up until the main characters girlfriend said something to the effect of "You're insane! *WINK* *WINK*

 

[Dangit2019]

The Halo rings weren't meant to destroy the Flood.

Also... The Flood will return in Halo 4-6 and what you have to do is reverse what the Halo rings do.

I'M CALLING ON IT.

I'm going to reject that purely because of wishful thinking (due to the Flood are some of the most tears-coming-from-eyes boring enemies to ever appear on a video game). If it's revealed, I'm going to throw my game disc out the window and hope my dog shits on it.

OT:

Spoiler: Shutter Island

Oh, come on! You could figure this one out as soon as he said "Who is Patient #whateverthenumberwas". He's a patient. I didn't, however, realize the full extent of it, so I'll give Scorcese kudos for that.

 

[ksn0va]

Spoiler: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl

I figured out that the Marked One and Strelok were the same person. Can't remember how, though.

Doc calls you 'Strelok' early on.

 

[BRex21]

I predicted the end of the movie Saw by saying the stupidest thing to come to mind... that corpse did it!

 

[Stasisesque]

The ending to Lost, along with every one who ever watched even 5 minutes of the first episode, 10 years prior to its cancellation.

Every 'mystery' HIMYM has thrown at us has been pretty easily solved. The 'twists' in every episode of Sherlock. ALL the 'shocking revelations' in last season's Doctor Who, and the ending to Inception.

 

[Euryalus]

I used to try and solve all the mysteries on Detective Conan before Conan did, but... then they started throwing around all these culturally and linguistically specific clues and I was like Fuck it. They seriously had one episode where they said "sayranpoo" or something to a group of people and everyone but the killer sat down, because he was the only one who didn't speak english. Apparently sayranpoo sounds JUST like "sit down please". I've been speaking the languange my entire life and I never knew that, Wow thanks Japan :/

I even figured out kaitou kid's plans a few times.

 

[bandman232]

A couple for me.

Number 1: The player actually being Revan. Why, 1. Carth uberly distrusts you. 2. You having visons of Bastila. 3. Jedi Order accepts you as old as you are.

Number 2: That Sovereign was alive. I always got the sense that it was living based off of the indoctrination ability.

Number 3: That Tidus was already dead. There was something fishy about Zanarkind getting blown up yet Tidus is still alive.

 

[Waaghpowa]

The ending to Lost, along with every one who ever watched even 5 minutes of the first episode, 10 years prior to its cancellation.

I had never seen the show and I called the ending when the series started. I was till in highschool then and I specifically said

Spoiler

It will turn out they're all dead

I think it was based on a book, which is probably how I called it.

 

[RedDeadFred]

The Cabin in the Woods most recently

Spoiler

The college kids were being sacrificed to some sort of ancient evil in order to stop something very bad from happening; they practically give it away in the opening credits and first 15 minuets of the film

Kind of left me disappointing cause all my friends were calling "Best twist eva!" Hardly I say... Good movie though

See I don't really think it was meant to be a twist. They were constantly hinting that something "bigger" was behind everything. I think it was just meant to be really original and a great ride. It succeeded in both of those for me. Also, one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time.