What are some of the most absurd plots you've ever encountered in fiction?

Madkins

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people with STDs trying to fight each other and infect each other
I really want to know who wins now.. does anyone make an HIV monkey super army? does HPV make a silent comeback? So many questions...
 

Arkus86

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Maybe not the single most absurd, but pretty stupid.

Supernatural:
  • The MCs convince themselves they are saving others/the world from [insert evil of the season].
  • They get in way over their heads.
  • They do everything they can to get out of trouble, even when it's obviously a very stupid thing, and stop caring about everyone else (if they cared in the first place).
  • They usually somehow stop [evil of the season], but cause something even worse in the process.
  • The MCs convince themselves they are saving others/the world from [insert evil of the season], conveniently forgetting they were the ones who started it in the first place.
  • Repeat.
 

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Though it is also one of my favorite plots, the plot to The Watchmen is pretty absurd - to prevent WWIII, the Smartest Man on the Planet(TM) creates a fake alien invasion, murdering a bunch of people in the process.
 
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