Plot Hole/Quotes

Severus was not quite sure what a "plothole" was, but Faustus seemed to be obsessed with them, and claimed they were everywhere. The evidence, he claimed, was abundant if you looked at England alone: Hogwarts had had a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher every year for twenty years without anybody noticing or commenting on it; nobody ever said the Dark Lord's name yet everybody seemed to know it; the Death Eaters, an illegal secret society, had decided it would be a brilliant idea to get indelible tattoos.

—The Lamentable Comedy of Severus, Half-Blood Prince of Denmark, a Harry Potter Fanfic by After the Rain

Kevin: Do you think the audience will notice the policeman's gold tooth and realize later in the movie that he's the smart burglar?

Kevin's Sister: Who cares? If they were paying attention they'd realize this plot is so full of holes the script could've been typed on Swiss cheese!

—Home A-Groan, the Mad Magazine spoof of the original Home Alone

Yakko, as Puck: And this weak and idle theme, no more yielding, but a dream!

Dot, translating into layman's terms: There is a hole in the plot you could drive a truck through.

—Animaniacs

"Now why hasn't anyone cursed Galbatroix? You apparently don't need to know his name to work this sort of magic, but no one has done this. Why? It seems so easy. Just say the magic words and poof. Do you know what we call this? We call this a Plot Hole."

—Kippurbird, Eragon Sporkings

People hate plot holes in movies. At least, that's what they'll tell you. But sometimes, if a movie is awesome enough, people will overlook even the most retarded gaps in reason and logic. ...At least, until some asshole on the Internet points them out and makes a big list of them.

—Cracked's list of "8 Classic Movies That Got Away With Gaping Plot Holes".

"My god, this Plot is like Swiss cheese!"

—Kyon, The Abridging of Haruhi Suzumiya.

"wild magic and miracle working, chaos theory and weird science, acts of god and freak occurrences, at the point where unbelievable coincidences and contrived events converge, I reach my hand into the gaping hole that exists in the Plot of the universe, I send my prayers across the barrier of logic, calling forth the forces of pure dumb luck to aid my quest, let the improbable happen, I summon Deus Ex Machina!!!"

—Meji Hinadori, Errant Story Chapter 1 Page 23

"By the honor of plot holes, I have the Plot Device!"

—The Nostalgia Chick, on the memory-wiping backstory of She Ra.

Kuzco: No! It can't be! How'd you get back here before us?
Yzma: Ah--(pause) How did we Kronk?

Kronk: Well you got me. By all accounts it makes no sense.

—The Emperors New Groove lampshading a literal Plot Hole

Tom: "Oh, good, the nazis are here. They'll fix this up."

Joel: "'We're the Padding Department! Where's the plot hole?'"

—Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Guiron

Hold on... How come Vriska could read Jade's "Holo-screen" (?) Did she somehow learn how to read in English?

Oh fuck, Homestuck's leaking like a sieve, EVERYONE ABANDON SHIP!!!!!!!!!!!

—Andrew Hussie, via his former Formspring

"CHRISTOPH WALTZ leaves the FILM as confused as the AUDIENCE."

—The Three Musketeers: The Abridged Script

"...Will Ike actually die? If he does, maybe he was killed by the Black Knight's son or something?"

"If Ike is killed from the Black Knight's son, I'll just assume the cause of death to be that he fell into a Plot Hole and died."

—Taken from a discussion speculating what will happen in Radiant Dawn, before it was officially released in english.