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* ''{{spoiler|Schizopolis}}'': A man writing a speech that no one will give has an affair with his wife but breaks it off when he falls in love with the same woman. Also, the guy who impersonates Dr. Galazkiewicz in the Bud Light commercials has a fat fetish and an incoherent man with offensive genitalia has lots of sex.
* ''{{spoiler|[[School of Rock]]}}'': An unemployed middle-aged man steals the identity of a substitute elementary school teacher, and gives the children an unusual curriculum.
* ''{{spoiler|[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]}}'': An egotistical slacker cheats on his girlfriend and dies.
* ''{{spoiler|[[Scream (film)|Scream]]}}'': A survival guide about slasher movies.
** '' {{spoiler|Scream 2}}'': A survival guide about slasher movie sequels.
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* ''{{spoiler|Shooter}}'': Evil industrial-military cabal uses robot gun to frame world's most awesome special forces sniper for the President's murder. In a turn of events that no-one could have predicted (and driven on by the knowledge that the cabal also killed his dog) the sniper uses his awesome abilities to [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|take them all out one by one]] - illustrating along the way the inherent danger in various forms of domestic cooking gas supply.
* ''{{spoiler|[[Short Circuit]]}}'': A computer geek and his perpetually horny Indian friend try to rescue a peacenik Weapon of Mass Destruction from technophobic security guard for dissection. [[Friend to All Living Things|Friend To All Animals]] tries to protect said [[Weapon of Mass Destruction|WoMD]] from both of them.
** Alternatively, something originally designed to be a marital aid, now equipped with a deadly laser, wanders away from the place it was created and only convinces it's designer to help after it laughs at one of it's designer's jokes.
* {{spoiler|''[[Shrek]]''}}: A grumpy man and a clingy jackass are sent to fight a dragon due to a zoning dispute.
** {{spoiler|''[[Shrek]] 2''}}: While said man tries to make his in-laws like him, the metro-sexual son of a fast-food addicted [[Evil Matriarch]] tries to steal his wife.
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* ''{{spoiler|[[Spartacus]]}}'': A bunch of rebellious slaves impersonate their leader.
* '' {{spoiler|[[Speed]]}}'': Police officer earns enmity of embittered retiree who forces him to use swift-moving public transportation.
** Or: Woman ''[[Serious Business|has]]'' to drive bus really fast.
* '' {{spoiler|[[Speed Racer (film)|Speed Racer]]}}'': Large companies manipulate the stock market to maximize their return. The impact this has on sport is investigated.
* ''{{spoiler|[[Spider-Man (film)|Spider-Man]]}}'': Due to bug bite and money not paid, teenager loses his uncle. This causes him to later fight the father of a friend who dresses very oddly.
** ''{{spoiler|Spider-Man 2}}'': Crime-fighter [[How Do I Shot Web?|forgets abilities]] due to stress. Meanwhile nuclear physicist is possessed by his creation.
** ''{{spoiler|Spider-Man 3}}'': Alien turns crime-fighter into aggressive man who does [[Saturday Night Fever|Tony Manero]] impressions.
*** Or: Alien turns hero into aggressive man, then takes control of [[That '70s Show|Eric Forman]]
* ''{{spoiler|[[Spirited Away]]}}'': A girl rescues her parents from a greedy old woman with an over-sized head by working in a bath house.
* ''{{spoiler|[[SS Doomtrooper]]}}'': [[Stargate SG-1|Jonas Quinn]] and his [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] blow up a factory and kill Hitler's radioactive mutant. ...Actually, that sounds pretty cool.
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* '' {{spoiler|[[Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers]]}}'': Boy joins the army so he can visit new places, see lots of bugs, and kill them.
** Or: An [[Alien Invasion]], from the perspective of the invaders.
* '' {{spoiler|[[Steel (film)|Steel]]}}'': Shaquille 'O Neal and friends in a junkyard try to stop [[Evil Plan]] of [[The Breakfast Club|John Bender]].
* '' {{spoiler|The Stepfather}}'': The family life of a [[Ax Crazy|man]] who likes building little houses unravels around him.
** '' {{spoiler|Stepfather II}}'': A man leaves an asylum, settles down with a new family and must deal with nosy neighbors and other such busybodies.