16 Plot Points In Comedies We Should Have Seen Coming
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It is said that laughter is the best medicine, and there is certainly no shortage of comedic films to provide a good dose of laughs. From screwball comedies to romantic comedies, there is something for everyone to enjoy. Many comedies are light-hearted and offer a brief respite from the stresses of daily life. However, some comedies are also satirical, offering a more subversive take on the world around us. Whatever your taste, there is sure to be a comedy that will make you laugh out loud. So next time you need a pick-me-up, consider reaching for a comedy instead of a drama. You might just find that it is exactly what you need.
As comedy lovers, people are disappointed when they realize how many foreseeable plot points there are in most comedies. Sure, some improvisation and new ideas are always welcome, but too often, comedic climaxes rely on gimmicks that the audience could see from a mile away. In this article, we will discuss some of the more obvious plot points we should have seen coming in popular comedies. Prepare to be entertained and perhaps a little outraged!
![SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE CRACKED COM Most animation is made at 24 frames per second. Creating a different image for each frame is called animating on ones, while holding the same image for two frames is doing it on twos. Spider-Verse, however, used a mix of twos and ones to suggest Miles' inexperience. When Miles and Peter Parker swing together to escape some goons, Peter is animated on ones to make his actions look natural and refined, while Miles is animated on twos to make him look like a laggy NPC.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/3/0/824430.jpg)
![THE WORLD'S END CRACKED.COM When Gary tells Peter the Grenada Mark II he owns is the same from 1989, he fires off a long list of the parts that have been replaced in the decades that have passed. This foreshadows the fact that anyone who didn't join the Network freely was replaced with an exact replica with the same memories, but no longer human.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/3/1/824431.jpg)
![HOT FUZZ CRACKED.COM The movie tells us when, how, and where Tim Messenger will meet his demise during a church fête. It's announced someone is in for a big surprise at three o'clock, Simon Skinner mans the Splat the Rat game, and Messenger pleads to talk to officer Angel alone in the church courtyard. This is where, right at three o'clock, the Messenger is splattered with a falling church spire.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/2/9/824429.jpg)
![THE BIG LEBOWSKI CRACKED.COM The main trio in the film, the Dude, Walter, and Donny, spend a lot of time throwing balls down the lanes at the bowling alley. When a point is made to show Donny failing to get a strike for the first time, that should tip us off that something is wrong. Five minutes later, Donny suffers a heart attack.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/2/7/824427.jpg)
![21 JUMP STREET CRACKED.COM Jenko tells us the HFS drug tastes like Cool Ranch upon sampling it. Later on, Coach Walters, who will eventually be revealed to be the culprit responsible for the drugs at the end, is seen casually snacking on a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/2/2/824422.jpg)
![SHAUN OF THE DEAD BBAGEBOY CRACKED.COM Shaun's raging roommate, Pete, has had it with Ed before Pete takes a final night's rest on the edge of turning into a zombie. Pete tells Ed that if he wants to live like an animal, Go live in the shed! At the end of the film, Ed is chained inside the shed to live out his undead days playing video games with Shaun.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/2/6/824426.jpg)
![FRIENDS CRACKED.COM Several episodes before Monica and Chandler hook up for the first time, Monica's tasked with picking up Ross' fiance Emily's wedding dress. After seeing it, she tries it on, and also gets Phoebe and Rachel to pick up their own dresses to lounge around in. Then Chandler knocks on the apartment door. Monica freaks out because she doesn't want to get caught wearing Emily's dress. Phoebe also freaks out, but only because The groom cannot see the bride!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/2/5/824425.jpg)
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![BACK TO THE FUTURE III CRACKED.COM In Back to the Future II, Marty walking in on Biff watching A Fistful Of Dollars, specifically the part where Clint Eastwood's character reveals he is wearing a makeshift bulletproof vest. In the sequel, Marty, who is choosing to go by the name Clint Eastwood, uses the same trick to defeat Biff's ancestor, Mad Dog.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/2/0/824420.jpg)
![THIS IS THE END CRACKED.COM When James Franco and Seth Rogan discuss the potential ending to Pineapple Express 2, Franco suggests that when Danny McBride tries to kill them, he should sacrifice himself to save Seth and then get eaten by McBride. We don't have to wait for the Pineapple Express sequel to see the gruesome act, because it's exactly what happens at the end of this movie.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/1/8/824418.jpg)
![SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE CRACKED COM Here's some more foreshadowing, this time with the reveal of Doctor Octopus. The scientist we are introduced to doesn't appear with the tentacles right away, but we see recurring octagonal shapes in her glasses and the lights of her lab. There is also a tentacle in plain sight, but it looks different enough from the style we're used to that we didn't notice it at first.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/2/1/824421.jpg)
![THE SIMPSONS CRACKED.COM The big mystery at the heart of Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One) was hinted at before the first shot was even fired. When Mr. Burns tells the angry crowd of Springfield citizens, Oh, you all talk big, but who here has the guts to stop me, everyone looks down, except for Maggie (the shooter), who maintains a menacing glare.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/2/4/824424.jpg)
![SHREK 2 CRACKED.COM When King Harold goes to the seedy tavern, he sits at the bar next to a lady frog (you can tell because of the lipstick, naturally), who asks him, Do I know you? At the end of the movie, it's revealed that Harold is actually the Frog Prince, so it's entirely possible the two amphibians have crossed paths somewhere.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/1/7/824417.jpg)
![BACK TO THE FUTURE 9 AXIS 7 6 12 1 5 4 2 3 CRACKED.COM During the movie's opening sequence, we are shown dozens of clocks. One of these clocks features actor Harold Lloyd from the silent film, Safety Last! hanging from the minute hand. The clock foreshadows Doc Brown hanging from the Hill Valley clock tower later in the film.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/2/3/824423.jpg)
![THE INCREDIBLES CRACKED.COM Edna Mode has strong convictions in regard to her super suit designs, the most famous being No Capes! To illustrate how she came to this design philosophy, she lists a bunch of heroes that were endangered by the loose fabric, including Stratogale, who had her cape sucked into a jet turbine. This is exactly what happens to Syndrome at the end.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/1/9/824419.jpg)
![THE GOOD PLACE CRACKED.COM The big twist of the Good Place is that the show so far wasn't set in the titular Good Place like we thought, but the Hell analog The Bad Place. This should have been clear if we paid attention to Michael, the demon in disguise, all the way back in episode two when he literally kicks a dog into the sun.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/1/6/824416.jpg)
![MONSTERS, INC. CUA and CRACKED.COM Sluggish Roz spends most of the film acting as a grumpy desk clerk, and that's all we thought she would end up being. When she tells Mike, I'm watching you, Wazowski. Always watching, that wasn't just a threat, but actually foreshadowing that fact that she is the head of Monstropolis' security agency.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/2/8/824428.jpg)