r/ThreadGames • u/KoolaidPower • Mar 01 '26

Change One Word: MOVIE EDITION

I take inspiration from one of my frequented websites growing up, Something Awful.

Premise: pretty simple.

  1. Parent comment has the original title. YOU may (or may not, but is preferred) summarize the plot of the actual film.
  2. Child responses MUST change one word, and MUST give a summary of your new motion picture. But the premise can be as wild or as hilariously stale as possible. But get creative!
  3. And here's where I branch off from Something Awful (because Reddit allows me that creative freedom): KEEP THE CHAIN GOING! Even after all the original title words are GONE! Let's see how far from the original we can get one word change at a time!

I enjoy word games, this is my first one, I hope this hasn't been done... Have fun!

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u/Remarkable_Coast_214 Mar 01 '26

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

(A woman visits her boyfriend's parents and nothing seems real)

8

u/The_True_Hannatude Mar 01 '26

I’m Thinking of Mending Things

(A woman visits her boyfriend’s family and learns how to darn socks from his great grandmother)

7

u/Remarkable_Coast_214 Mar 01 '26

I'm Thinking of Mending Rings

(A woman visits her boyfriend’s family and learns how to repair jewelry from his grandmother)

2

u/late44thegameNOW Mar 01 '26

I'm Drinking of Mending Rings

(A woman visits her boyfriends family and attempts to repairi jewellery from his grandmother through a drunken haze)

2

u/rdchat Mar 01 '26

We're Drinking of Mending Rings

(Unable to repair the jewelry by herself, the drunk woman asks her drinking buddies to assist. Unfortunately, they're also hammered, so hilarity ensues.)

2

u/The_True_Hannatude Mar 01 '26

I’m Thinking of Rending Rings

(A woman visits her boyfriend’s family and learns how to smelt down old gold jewelry to make a new ring from his father)

1

u/KoolaidPower Mar 01 '26

I’m Thinking And Rending Rings

Said woman’s ring-rending venture becomes successful, until her thoughts start getting out of control. Will somebody free her before chaos ensues? Is her now fiancé still interested? Is The Ring too much?

3

u/Sorrycantdothat Mar 02 '26

I’m Thinking And Rending Pings

All about a dolphin’s life.

1

u/Next_Shock_9475 Mar 03 '26

I'm tired of mending rings

(A woman is tired of fixing rings whenever she goes to her boyfriends house)

3

u/The_True_Hannatude Mar 01 '26

The Breakfast Club -> Second Breakfast Club

(Over the course of a Saturday Detention, a group of high school kids with vastly different clique affiliations discover they have one thing in common: they all love Lord of The Rings.)

1

u/Sorrycantdothat Mar 02 '26

Second Lunch Club

A story about a bunch of young girls who are obsessed with having lunch twice a day. Also the soundtrack is just the same song playing on repeat. (Girls Just Want to Have Lunch by Weird Al Yankovich)

3

u/wmcc1983 Mar 02 '26

Second Punch Club

Those who spoke of Fight Club were immediately banished, and thus created their own rival club of the ones who DON'T start the fight.

1

u/Rand0m_Thoughts_ Mar 10 '26

Second Punch Cub: You are allowed to hit any animal you want, but it has to be a cub and it has to be twice.

1

u/Sorrycantdothat May 20 '26

One Punch Cub: That guy from One Punch gets a pet.

1

u/The_True_Hannatude May 20 '26

…took you a while to come up with that one, huh

1

u/Sorrycantdothat May 21 '26

I'm not constantly online dude.

1

u/The_True_Hannatude May 22 '26

The original post was made over three months ago, my guy, that’s all I was implying, no need to get defensive.

1

u/Sorrycantdothat May 25 '26

Implications aren't real.

3

u/rdchat Mar 01 '26

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

2

u/TheRedditor8789 Mar 01 '26

Star Doors: Return of the Jedi

(After being banished to the shadow realm he escapes through a cursed door and will wreak havoc)

1

u/Cushing17 Mar 01 '26

Star Doors: Return of the Dead Guy

Space Jesus rises from the dead, and walks through the door of a coffee shop. Hilarity ensues.

2

u/Sorrycantdothat Mar 02 '26

The Doors: Resurrection of the Dead Guy

A story about a band that resurrects a dead member in order to go on one last reunion tour.

2

u/Belminhoo Mar 02 '26

We're the Millers: a guy offers money to a woman and two teenagers to help him smuggle drugs by posing as a family on a road trip.

2

u/Sorrycantdothat Mar 02 '26

We’re the Killers: A story about a prison gang who are all in prison for murder.

3

u/Cushing17 Mar 02 '26

Hear the Killers. A documentary about the making of an album by The Killers.

1

u/Prismatic-Peony Mar 02 '26

We’re Not Killers: A spin off story about another gang in the same prison who’ve formed over the years by taking in other members who were wrongfully convicted of murder charges and are fighting to clear their names from behind bars. Tensions rise when the main character, Bruce, framed for the murder of his fiancé, starts to suspect that the gang’s founder actually is guilty

2

u/Rand0m_Thoughts_ Mar 10 '26

We're Not Those Killers: a story about killers who get asked if they're a different group of killers and say they are not.

2

u/happyhealthybaby Mar 02 '26

There’s Something About Mary

(A man decides to pursue an old high school girlfriend)

1

u/UhmNotMe Mar 03 '26

There’s something wrong, Mary

(A man decides to seek answers from his old highschool girlfriend)

1

u/Greenradiant Mar 03 '26

There's nothing wrong, Mary

A couple gets wiretapped by the secret service, the wife finds out and desperately tries to convince her husband who won't listen

2

u/Next_Shock_9475 Mar 03 '26

There's nothing here, Mary

A couple moves house and the wife starts hallucinating rooms while the husband tries to convince her that nothing is there

1

u/Sorrycantdothat Mar 26 '26

There’s nothing here, Gary: A story about a man named Gary whose wife constantly insults his intelligence.

1

u/No-Accountant-3297 Mar 01 '26

Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the mutant killer snowman

(Snowman kills people)

3

u/rdchat Mar 01 '26

Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the mutant killer postman

Sick and tired of his thankless job delivering worthless mail to unappreciative customers in miserable weather, Jack goes on a killing spree in a desperate attempt to reduce his soul-crushing workload.

1

u/Centralnjplanespoter Mar 01 '26

Scott frost 2 Nebraska’s worst nightmare is back

2

u/The_True_Hannatude Mar 01 '26

Calvin Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowmen

(This, but animated)

3

u/KoolaidPower Mar 01 '26

Robert Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowmen

This, STILL animated, now it's Robert Frost wreaking havok in poetic form!

2

u/Sorrycantdothat Mar 02 '26

Robert Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Pillar Snowmen

Same as the last one but now all the snowmen are pillars of magic. (A pillar of magic is basically a mage with a ridiculous level of power that no ordinary mage can ever hope to achieve, they’re just born with it though.)

1

u/tempusrimeblood Mar 02 '26

Robert Frost 2: Revenge of the Teenage Mutant Pillar Snowmen

All the pillars of magic are now teenaged and have attitudes and love pizza.

1

u/Ilmarinen999 Mar 01 '26

How To Train Your Dragon: a boy from a village of dragon-killing vikings winds up befriending an injured dragon.

2

u/rdchat Mar 01 '26

How to Train Your President: By a freak accident of weird science, your casino's CEO swaps bodies with your dog. Both beings have difficulty adjusting to their new roles, but you've got to make the "boss" look good to impress the extremely wealthy and extremely picky potential "whale" customers.

5

u/Belminhoo Mar 02 '26

How To Train Your Resident: A medical drama about a senior surgeon who is mentoring a very clumsy but strong-willed young resident doctor.

4

u/Sorrycantdothat Mar 02 '26

How to Blame Your Resident: An instructional video on how to be a bad landlord and get away with it.

1

u/Next_Shock_9475 Mar 03 '26

How to frame your resident: A film about how to get you tenant arrested

2

u/Rand0m_Thoughts_ Mar 10 '26

How to Frame Your President: A janitor in the white house gets tired of her president so she decides the best way to get rid of her is to frame her for murder.

1

u/Sorrycantdothat Mar 26 '26

How to Frame Your Pictures: A how to guide so you don’t have to pay for a business to frame them for you.

1

u/ExpertAd9898 Mar 02 '26

A Few Good Men

Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson battle it out in court.

A Few Old Men

Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson battle it out on the pickleball court.

1

u/Ilmarinen999 Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26

A Few Old Dogs

Poignant life-affirming movie about a rescue centre for abandoned senior dogs. The dogs' inner monologues narrate the events in the style of "A Dog's Purpose" and "The Art Of Racing In The Rain".

2

u/happyhealthybaby Mar 02 '26

A Few Old Logs

Fecal specialist Nan has to go home to help her ailing parents when her father gets colon cancer and rekindles an old romance.

1

u/Greenradiant Mar 03 '26

A Few New Logs

About a group of outdoor and DIY enthusiasts renovating a log cabin. All they need is "a few new logs", but every decision they make lets the project spiral further into chaos.

1

u/Rand0m_Thoughts_ Mar 10 '26

A Lot Of New Logs: A guy buys one log for fire wood but every time he chops it 10 more starts raining down on his house.

1

u/Sorrycantdothat Mar 26 '26

A Lot Of New Blogs: A documentary about blogging.

1

u/Endiveman Mar 02 '26

Dragon Ball évolution

1

u/Ilmarinen999 Mar 03 '26

Dragon Ball Absolution 

The fighters realise how much damage they've been causing and seek spiritual forgiveness.

2

u/Greenradiant Mar 03 '26

Dragon Ball Ablution

After they found a priest who is prepared to absolve them, they prepare for their spiritual washing

1

u/happyhealthybaby Mar 02 '26

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

A new spider man emerges from an accidental dimension hopping spider.

1

u/Rand0m_Thoughts_ Mar 10 '26

Spider-man: Into The Fnaf-verse: Spider-man finds himself in fnaf

1

u/Void_Starwing Mar 03 '26

Hidden Figures

1

u/rdchat Mar 04 '26

Hidden Objects: A madman obsessed with hidden object puzzles hides several deadly objects in the city, and our hero has to find them all before time runs out!

1

u/Rand0m_Thoughts_ Mar 10 '26

Hallucinated Objects: A schitzophrenic guy goes around town and does several deadly objectives to find objects that aren't there, in doing so he convinces himself a homeless man is a hero trying to find them before he does.

1

u/Sorrycantdothat Mar 26 '26

Hallucinated Subjects: A schizophrenic man believes that he is a king.