Meme time!

[starzki]

I saw this making the rounds.  It looks like fun, so I'm participating.

Pick 20 movies/anime/video games/comic books/literary works/musicals/TV shows/etc. and put their summaries from Better Than It Sounds and WITHOUT CHEATING have your friends guess.

1. A paranoid nerd and an attractive doctor (who may or may not be sleeping with each other) spend a lot of time trudging through forests and other out-of-the-way places in search of the truth whilst an elderly government employee smokes a lot. The X-Files, eggplantlady 

2.  A man decides to rebel against his oppressive government. He fails, and it ends with him dying pointlessly and accomplishing nothing.   Or: A man learns to love his brother. This is considered a bad thing.  1984

3.  A farm hand becomes a pirate and his girlfriend becomes a princess and then he kidnaps her and dies. Then, with the help of a hungover fencer and a stupid giant, he kidnaps her again after coming back to life. Whilst all this is going on, a grandfather tells his grandson a story.  The Princess Bride, aamalie 

4.  Teenage girl collects jewelry with her boyfriend, whose late dad is a real son of a bitch. Inuyasha, aamalie 

5.  The hero must eat mushrooms in order to kill other mushrooms in order to save other other mushrooms. OR An evil turtle has turned all the denizens of the world into bricks. The Damsel In Distress can only be saved by two blue-collar workers who do a lot of mushrooms. Super Mario Brothers, luxken27 

6.  Superweapons are given to mentally unstable children while the adults plot to destroy the world. Neon Genesis Evangelion, psyco_chick32 

7.  A pair of bitter war veterans, a prostitute, a mercenary with an ugly hat, a cute mechanic, a Hawaiian-shirt wearing pilot, a preacher with a Mysterious Past, a socially inept medical genius and the cutest littlepsychotickilling machine ever all get together on a ship. They Fight Do Crime! Firefly, psyco_chick32 

8.  Japanese schoolgirls hang out. Azumanga Daioh

9.  A super-strong cheerleader, a Jewish computer nerd witch, a goofy slacker, and the school librarian fight undead (mostly) monsters of the week while their personal lives turn into a soap opera. Beloved people die with depressing regularity.  Buffy the Vampire Slayer, eggplantlady 

10.  A reclusive, unloving hermit is forced to go on a quest to rescue the rest of her kind after a jive-talking butterfly hints that they've been taken prisoner by a lightly carbonated energy drink. Over the course of her adventures, she learns how to love, but eventually gets better. The Last Unicorn

11.  Opinionated young woman meets snob and doesn't like him, until it turns out that she does. Pride and Prejudice, luxken27 

12.  A sadist has therapy.  A Clockwork Orange

13.  Trivia enthusiast attempts to solve world's problems with help of young idealists. This involves a lot of lengthy conversations conducted whilst walking up and down corridors. OR The adventures of a politician and his staff.  The West Wing

14.  A girl navigates a maze at the whim of a fairy rock star. Labyrinth, eggplantlady 

15.  In a horrible world, two wonderful children experience horrible horrors before dying horribly. The critics go wild.  Grave of Fireflies

16.  Spider tricks farmer into worshiping his dinner.  Charlotte's Web, aamalie 

17.  Titular character continually gets screwed over by "best friend", an emo with an utter lack of sense and commitment. The Big Bad looks like a mix between Voldemort and Michael Jackson. China invades.  Naruto

18.  A cat and dog have disturbing adventures.  Ren and Stimpy

19.  Vast armies fight over a piece of jewelry. Lord of the Rings

20.  Shy bookworm must kill Beethoven and other historical figures with paper.  Read or Die, eggplantlady 

Have at it!