A plot error, or a plot hole as it's commonly known, reflects a failure in the consistency of the created fictional world.

While many cases an alien language is but an element of fictional reality, in a number of science fiction works the core of the plot are linguistic and psychological problems of communication between various alien races.

At least one work of fiction, the film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, uses Gaia philosophy as a central point to the plot, and may arguably represent a fictional parallel to Sir James Lovelock in the character of Dr. Cid, who is met with skepticism from the scientific and social community when he promotes the idea of a " living Earth ".

As a fictional character in the Marvel Universe, Jean Grey appears in various alternate plot lines and fictional universes.

Over time, a few Marvel Comics writers lobbied Marvel editors to incorporate the idea of a Multiverse resembling DC's parallel worlds ; this plot device allows one to create several fictional universes which normally do not overlap ( see below or Multiverse for more information ).

The Anti-Somoza revolution itself figures prominently into the plot of the game as well, being described within the game's narrative as being started by the fictional KGB agent Vladimir Zadornov in order to make Nicaragua a communist state so the Soviet Union could force the United States out of Central America entirely.

Although it was marketed as a true story to attract a wider audience and as a subtle commentary on the era's political climate, its plot is entirely fictional ; however the character of Leatherface and minor plot details were inspired by the crimes of real-life murderer Ed Gein.

The plot follows five students at fictional Shermer High School in the fictitious Chicago suburb of Shermer, Illinois as they report for Saturday detention on March 24, 1984.

One particularly memorable piece of tabloidesque worldplay parody, involving a fictional plot to assassinate Paul McCartney by a disgruntled former roadie, read ' Mop Top Pot Shot Plot Flops ', or with a gonad-focussed violent encounter with Mr T and a 70's playground toy, ' BA Baracus in Macca's clackers knackers fracas '.

In the 1980s, the comic featured a plot involving the fictional island nation of Genosha, where mutants were segregated and enslaved by an apartheid state.

The main plot of the original Time Crisis arcade game release involves an attempted coup in the fictional republic of Sercia.

Both Beautiful Girls and October Road take place in the fictional Massachusetts town of Knights Ridge, and have similar characters, jobs, plot lines.

A fictional proto-bungee jump is a plot point in the Michael Chabon novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.

* Dream world ( plot device ), an unrealistically delightful fictional place

A ( fictional ) encounter between Gersonides and Pope Clement VI at Avignon during the Black Death is a major element in the book's plot.

The story deals primarily with a fictional assassination plot against De Gaulle, where the organization hires a British contract killer ( the Jackal ) to kill De Gaulle.

In the Land of the Head Hunters has often been discussed as a flawed documentary: it combines many accurate representations of aspects of Kwakwaka ' wakw culture, art, and technology from the era in which it was made with a melodramatic plot based on practices that either dated from long before the first contact of the Kwakwaka ' wakw with people of European descent or were entirely fictional.

The plot is set in the fictional Indiana Jones universe and revolves around the eponymous protagonist's global search for the legendary sunken city of Atlantis.

It was also a major plot device in the episode " The Man with the Bone " of the fictional crime drama series Bones.

The fictional Cutter Gap, where most of the plot unfolds, represents the locale now known as Chapel Hollow.

Stock footage was used inasmuch as the United States Air Force declined to cooperate with the film's producers fearful of possible negative publicity from a fictional plot predicated on an inability to positively control its forces.

The novel focuses on the relationship between Whale and a fictional gardener named Clayton Boone.

The Wild Irish focuses mainly on Ní Mháille's life, but is highly fictional — the main part of the story is Ní Mháille telling her life story to Elizabeth I on the night of their meeting.

Slash fiction, or Alternative fiction, is a genre of fan fiction that focuses on the depiction of interpersonal attraction and / or sexual relationships between fictional characters of the same sex.

Femslash or femmeslash is a subgenre of slash fiction which focuses on romantic and / or sexual relationships between female fictional characters.

The show focuses on the employees of the fictional Sunshine Cab Company, and its principal setting is the company's fleet garage in Manhattan.

The second half of this novel focuses on an enclave of civilization in the fictional " Silver Valley ", located slightly east or northeast of Springville, and just north of the Middle Fork of the Tule River.

The film focuses on two fictional FBI agents ( portrayed by Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe ) who investigate the murders.

The novel focuses on the financial world of the Second French Empire as embodied in the Paris Bourse and exemplified by the fictional character of Aristide Saccard.

" Season 2 also focuses on the creation of a fictional comic book called Atomic County written by Seth Cohen that is used for similar self-deprecating purposes.

It focuses on John Clark, Ding Chavez, and a fictional multi-national counterterrorist unit codenamed Rainbow, rather than Jack Ryan and national politics.

The show focuses on a team of people working at the fictional Montecito Resort & Casino dealing with issues that arise within the working environment, ranging from valet parking and restaurant management to casino security.

The film, which stars actors Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Jeanie Drynan, Sophie Lee, and Bill Hunter, focuses on the socially awkward Muriel whose ambition is to have a glamorous wedding and improve her personal life by moving from her dead-end home town, the fictional Porpoise Spit, to Sydney.

Trailer Park Boys is a Canadian comedy mockumentary television series created and directed by Mike Clattenburg that focuses on the misadventures of a group of trailer park residents, some of whom are ex-convicts, living in the fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

The simulation initially focuses on the fictional small town of Rockvil, South Dakota, 10 years after the plan has been implemented.

They then all fear that Chowder will " explode " and the other two characters will drown in urine, and the rest of the episode focuses on this fictional crisis.

Set in a fictional MMORPG, The World, the series focuses on a pair of twins, Rena and Shugo, who receive chibi avatars in the design of the legendary. hackers known as Kite and BlackRose.

The story focuses on Jak and Daxter, two friends going on adventures in multiple locations in a fictional world, including jungles, volcanoes, cities and deserts.

The series focuses on a fictional death metal band named Dethklok, and each episode features a song " performed " by the band.

The film was directed by Rod Lurie and focuses on a fictional United States President ( played by Bridges ) and the events surrounding his appointment of a new Vice President ( Allen ).

First published by Macmillan of Canada in 1975, this novel focuses on the life-story of the fictional conjuror Magnus Eisengrim.

Femslash ( also known as " f / f slash ", " femmeslash ", " altfic " and " saffic ") is a subgenre of slash fan fiction which focuses on romantic and / or sexual relationships between female fictional characters.

Femslash is a subgenre of slash fiction which focuses on romantic and / or sexual relationships between female fictional characters, Typically, characters featured in femslash are heterosexual in the canon universe ; however, similar fan fiction about lesbian characters are commonly labeled as femslash for convenience.

The film focuses on an outbreak of a fictional Ebola-like virus called Motaba in Zaire and later in a small town in the United States.

The programme is based around the fictional Holby City Hospital and focuses on the staff and patients of the hospital's Accident and Emergency Department.