We ran a 100-percent accurate simulation to see how the story would have played out if the characters didn't spend half their time sleeping around, torturing each other, and talking about their feelings.
There's a good chance your favorite character -- the one that decorated your lunchboxes, school notebooks, and undies -- started out as the worst idea ever.
If you're worried that pop culture is starting to run out of ideas and is endlessly recycling B.S., let us put your mind at ease: It ran out of ideas a long, long time ago.
