Best comedy movie plot holes of 2009

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Hannah Montana: The Movie picture

Plot hole: At the concert in Crowley Corners, Miley announces that she will sing a new song she just wrote, "The Climb." Somehow the band and the backup singers all know the words and the music.

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Zombieland picture

Plot hole: With people around the world turned into zombies, there is no way to maintain power plants, thus no lights should be lit, not to mention the functionality of an amusement park.

Enso

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Suggested correction: The sequel film gives this a (very flimsy) justification, saying that everything runs on power from dams. Stupid, but at least trying to explain things.

Anson Gordon-Creed

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Shorts picture

Plot hole: Helvetica wishes her casts off, and her arms are in perfect condition. Why? She didn't wish to have them repaired.

Low Cow

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Miss March picture

Plot hole: Candace supposedly has very photosensitive epilepsy, instantly going into a seizure when a single light is turned on. However, in the climactic scene in front of the mansion she stands in front of dozens of "strobing" lights on the fire trucks with no effect whatsoever.

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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian picture

Plot hole: Property is destroyed, museum windows are crashed through, a giant octopus splashes about in the National Mall's reflecting pool, and even the statue of Honest Abe at the Lincoln Memorial comes alive. With all this occurring, not a single D.C. resident seems to notice and nary a single police officer turns up to investigate the goings-on.

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Suggested correction: This mistake is not wrong however wouldn't you think they would have night guards in each of the museums, but no guard is ever seen anywhere.

Creating a silly, Deus Ex Machina solutions for obvious plotholes never resolves them. There is absolutely no way that these things would remain unnoticed by anyone. This entry is correct. This is indeed a plothole because it's much too confusing to be explained.

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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs picture

Plot hole: After the dinosaur kids wrecked the playground, Manny tells Sid, "Whatever they are, take them back" and someone says "What are they?" as well. Later, when Mummy Dinosaur appears, Ellie says, "I thought those guys were extinct!" and one minute later Manny says, "She's a dinosaur!" How could they possibly not see that the kids were dinosaurs if they already knew about dinosaurs in the first place?

Khrinx

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Suggested correction: They weren't sure about the baby dinosaurs' species because dinosaurs were thought to be extinct. The mother dinosaur eventually showing up, with her more convincing dinosaur properties of being much larger and menacing-looking, convinces them otherwise.

Rassdyt

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Whip It picture

Plot hole: From day one, you have to have insurance to even be able to set foot (skate) on the rink. You must provide your drivers license and sign a waiver. Minors have to have paperwork filled out by their parent/guardian. Bliss would have had to show ID to prove her age (she could have a fake, but people can spot those). She would have been busted her first day.

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Jennifer's Body picture

Plot hole: There is no way Needy could've caught up to that band that quickly regardless of catching a ride. It probably would've taken her quite a while unless they stayed in one place for a few days.

Rob245

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Fame picture

Plot hole: Mr. Cranston asks Denise to be the accompanist for the school's production of "Chicago". This is an error. In the year 2009, in which the film is set, this would be impossible since the licensing company which has the theatrical rights for "Chicago" restricts the show from being produced (even by amateur groups and schools) anywhere in the greater New York area while there is an open-ended production running on Broadway.

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The Pink Panther 2 picture

Plot hole: In the first film, the shape of the ring was a little different and it was set in a ring. Also, it was given to Xania. In the second film, she was never even acknowledged as donating it to the museum.

Some_Old_Acct

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Mary and Max picture

Plot hole: According to the phone book the name given was "M. Horowitz" but when Mary mails he first letter to him she already knows it's "Max."

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Lesbian Vampire Killers picture

Plot hole: Jimmy's girlfriend manages to find where Jimmy and Fletch have gone to, even though during the phone conversation Jimmy had with her, he never discussed where they were going.

GalahadFairlight

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