Luthor's plot ultimately fails when Supernova is able to minimize the disaster with a spectacular rescue.

The basic plot of a romantic comedy is that two characters, usually a man and a woman, meet, part ways due to an argument or other obstacle, then ultimately reunite.

The libretto for The Magic Flute, written by Schikaneder, shares much of its plot and many of its characters with the Singspiel Oberon, written by Karl Ludwig Giesecke for the Schikaneder troupe two years earlier ( and set to music by Paul Wranitzky ) as a re-adaptation of Sophie Seyler's Singspiel Hüon und Amande, ultimately based on the poem Oberon by Wieland.

The plot of Cymbeline is based on a tale in the chronicles of Raphael Holinshed and is ultimately derived from part of the Historia Regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth about the real-life British monarch Cunobelinus.

* Brooke's poetry is used as character and plot device in the 1981 movie Making Love and the child ultimately born to the character Claire Elliott, played by Kate Jackson, is named after him.

In ultimately comparing The Weirdstone of Brisingaman with The Moon of Gomrath, Philip noted that the " surer grasp of source material and more sophisticated and coherent ideas about magic in The Moon of Gomrath are matched by the greater energy and more unified plot " of its predecessor.

Initially intended to be accompanied by a 45-rpm record featuring songs referenced in the plot, this addition was shelved ostensibly to be included as an incentive with the ' Absolute Edition ', and ultimately dropped entirely — to the chagrin of the author / singer.

His dislike culminates in his involvement in a plot to assassinate Boone, which ultimately succeeds and allows him to take over handling major affairs on Mars, which ultimately became his undoing as his ruthless governance and aggressive diplomatic work backfire on him during the revolution of 2061.

Space Ship Earthling number Seven ultimately succeeds, and the consequences of their success form the basis of the plot for the novels which follow.

Though purely the speculation of author Vidal ( albeit after some consideration of the evidence and probability ), this ultimately fictional and unprovable plot device has been repeated as factual on the Internet and in less scholarly works.

The plot ultimately fails, and Paul's heirs Leto and Ghanima rise to power at the death of the Regent, Paul's sister Alia.

In this and other Indian stories, family values are ultimately considered more important than the romantic plot.

Its plot was convoluted and difficult to follow, but made references to secret societies and ultimately had a main theme of revenge.

As part of a plot set in motion by Jessica, Leto is eventually kidnapped and forced to consume large amounts of the spice ; this " supersaturation " allows him to merge with sandtrout and ultimately become a human-sandworm hybrid.

" He criticized the lack of plot development, saying that, while based on a clever idea, The Frisco Kid ultimately fails to deliver on its promise.

Liu Jin's plot was ultimately discovered, and he was executed in 1510 however the rise of corrupt enunchs continued throughout Zhengde's reign.

The doctor's plot was to be the catalyst of Stalin's campaigns against Soviet Jews, but was ultimately stopped short by Stalin's sudden death in March 1953.

Within the series story, An unscrupulous civil servant named Kazundo Gouda, of the Japanese Cabinet Intelligence Agency ( acronym of CIA-an allusion that is ultimately revealed to be a significant plot point at the conclusion of the series ) seeks to re-establish a Cold War scenario for Japan, despite the events of the Nuclear 3rd World War, and conventional 4th World War ( known within this series chronology as the 2nd Vietnam War ) having resolved any potential for this political environment.

* In David Lynch's 1996 film, Lost Highway, a Mercedes 6. 9 is used as a major plot device, ultimately connecting all three main male characters of the movie.

Both teams ultimately foil the Brotherhood's plot, with the Doom Patrol expressing pride in their former member.

DVD Verdict cites " wooden " acting and a " preposterous " plot, but ultimately concludes that the film is " a formulaic slice of family entertainment that doesn't do much new, but follows the blueprint well enough to warrant a look.

The noir mystery, however, is never actually solved ; all that is ultimately revealed is an intentionally vague plot involving smuggled Nazi war criminals being protected by the Allies and Soviet agents attempting to stop them.

This led to frequent power-struggles within the organization, and ultimately the Baroness and Major Bludd enacted a plot to assassinate the Commander, and seize control of Cobra.

The plot centers on a conflict between Jonah and God.

The plot centers around a television journalist who, after being fired for his inadvertent role in inciting a post-robbery riot in Los Angeles, seeks to independently investigate the teleportation system for the flaws in its design allowing for such spontaneous riots to occur.

The plot centers around a war between Earth and its colonies in space ; however, in contrast to the Universal Century continuity, the Gundam pilots of Gundam Wing are more closely allied to each other than they are to any particular side in the conflict unfolding around them.

Quake III Arena ( 1999 ), the next title in the series, has minimal plot, but centers around the " Arena Eternal ", a gladiatorial setting created by an alien race known as the Vadrigar and populated by combatants plucked from various points in time and space.

Its plot centers around Stephen Gordon, a woman who identifies herself as an invert after reading Krafft-Ebbing's Psychopathia Sexualis, and lives within the homosexual subculture of Paris.

The plot centers on the struggle between the animal spirits who inhabit the forest and the humans who exploit the forest for industry.

The plot centers around the premise of a " Stargate ", an ancient ring-shaped device that creates a wormhole enabling travel to a similar device elsewhere in the universe.

" The plot centers on " accidental bigamy " which was in literary fashion in the early 1860s.

The plot of Rebel Assault II revolves around destroying the Empire's ability to manufacture the cloaking TIE phantom starfighter, and a campaign in X-Wing Alliance centers on destroying experimental remote-control TIE fighters.

Final Fantasy IXs plot centers on a war between nations.

The plot centers on Peggy Jones ( Joy Hodges ) and her boyfriend Phil ( Austin Marshall ), who needs a raise in order for them to get married.

The plot centers on Joanna ’ s return to her liberal upper-class American home in San Francisco, bringing her new fiancé to dinner to meet her parents ( newspaper publisher Matt Drayton ( Spencer Tracy ), perhaps a Hearst characterization, and his wife, small art gallery owner Christina Drayton ( Katharine Hepburn )).

The film's plot centers on a group of four teenage girls who pursue witchcraft and use it for their own gain.

The plot centers on the members of the city's royal family and their struggle for the throne.

The plot centers around drug smuggling in the 1960s and early ' 70s, when most of the heroin illegally imported into the East Coast came to the United States through France ( see French Connection ).

The plot centers on a young woman in jeopardy ( Moore ) and the ghost of her murdered lover ( Swayze ), who tries to save her with the help of a reluctant psychic ( Goldberg ).

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The film's plot centers around a man who kills women while using a portable movie camera to record their dying expressions.

The plot centers on a young boy who becomes a hostage after he is accidentally closed inside a moving van.

Set in the fantasy land of Hyrule, the plot centers on a boy named Link, the playable protagonist, who aims to collect the eight fragments of the Triforce of Wisdom in order to rescue Princess Zelda from the antagonist, Ganon.

Its melodramatic plot centers on Floria Tosca, a celebrated opera singer ; her lover, Mario Cavaradossi, an artist and Bonapartist sympathiser ; and Baron Scarpia, Rome's ruthless Regent of Police.

The plot centers around Lord Douglas's arrival in Los Angeles from the family's native Scotland, in search of a First Lady to marry and return with him to Scotland.

The plot centers on the fate of the kidnapped puppies of Pongo and Perdita.

The plot of The Silver Chalice centers on the Grail — the cup from which Christ drank at the Last Supper.