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🎒 It's back-to-school season! In this School-Themed Movies Guess the Plot challenge, you get to test your family's movie knowledge by identifying famous school-themed films from just four cryptic clues. From classrooms and detention to magical schools and unforgettable teachers, who'll guess the most movies and take the win? 🍎🎬
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Hosts: Steve Koch & Lovella Koch
Kids vs Parents is produced by Vandalpop Media
Producer: Steve Koch
Editors: Ever Cunningham, Steve Koch
Cover Design: Patrick Hardy
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Lovella:
Quick four word plot question to start us off.
Lovella:
Which school-based movie is this?
Lovella:
Substitute Forms Student Band.
Steve:
Jack Black, School of Rock.
Lovella:
Yes.
Steve:
Welcome to Kids vs.
Steve:
Parents.
Lovella:
The family trivia battle with four questions for the kids and four tougher ones for the parents.
Lovella:
I'm Lovella.
Steve:
And I'm Steve.
Steve:
Today we're playing Four Word Plot.
Steve:
It's our cryptic clue game.
Lovella:
Yes.
Steve:
Where we
Steve:
have four cryptic clues and you have to figure out the plot of a movie or a book.
Steve:
Today we're doing school themed movies because what is it Lovella?
Steve:
It's nearly back to school
Steve:
Some kids have probably already gone back to school.
Lovella:
And then people who are listening from like Australia
Lovella:
Still in school
Steve:
they never even had a break over this time.
Steve:
So our theme today is um school themed movies.
Steve:
So these are movies that are based either at school or around school or something like that.
Steve:
Do you know any of those movies jumping to mind, Lovella?
Lovella:
I've got a few.
Steve:
But a few movies jump into vine, yeah.
Steve:
Yeah, I've got a few for you as well.
Steve:
See how we go.
Steve:
Alright, what's our prize today, Ravella?
Steve:
For the winner of the school based movies.
Lovella:
Well, the winner gets to pick the place they go to for the next family field trip.
Steve:
Oh very cute.
Steve:
Very fun.
Lovella:
Fun.
Steve:
Cool.
Steve:
Alright.
Steve:
A lot at stake here.
Steve:
Who's gonna go first?
Lovella:
Uh let's do the parents.
Lovella:
See how well they know stuff.
Steve:
Parents were at school first, so let's make them go first.
Lovella:
Nope.
Steve:
Alright, parents, wear up.
Steve:
Pencils ready.
Steve:
Here we go.
Lovella:
Here we go.
Lovella:
Plot number one.
Lovella:
Detention sparks unlikely friendships.
Steve:
Okay, um detention sparks unlikely friendships.
Steve:
This is going to be, oh my gosh, the name of is escaping me.
Steve:
It's the all the kids in detention after school.
Steve:
Um Oh I can't think of the title of the movie, but I can see it.
Steve:
Um
Steve:
The Breakfast Club.
Steve:
That's it.
Steve:
The Breakfast Club.
Lovella:
That is correct.
Steve:
Yes.
Steve:
I just needed a few seconds for it to come to me.
Lovella:
Okay.
Steve:
Thank you.
Lovella:
Next part.
Steve:
Yes.
Lovella:
Part number two
Lovella:
Revenge destroys fake friendships.
Steve:
Revenge destroys fake friendships
Steve:
I don't know.
Steve:
School-based movie Revenge destroys fake friendships.
Steve:
I really don't know.
Steve:
Um fake friendships.
Steve:
Is it mean girls?
Steve:
I mean it's mean girls
Steve:
Yeah, it's it's mean girls I can see on your face.
Steve:
No, I'm not saying anything.
Steve:
I'm not saying that's my answer.
Lovella:
Fine
Lovella:
It's me.
Steve:
Nice.
Steve:
I was I I had to remind myself that we're doing school based movies.
Steve:
Um
Steve:
Fake friendships is what I think we're going to do.
Lovella:
I love mean girls, it's so good.
Lovella:
That's what helped me.
Lovella:
It's good.
Steve:
I don't like mean girls.
Steve:
I like the movie, but I don't like mean girls.
Lovella:
No, I know.
Lovella:
I like the movie.
Lovella:
I don't like what
Lovella:
But it's representing and everything, but like it's they made it.
Lovella:
It's a funny movie.
Lovella:
It's funny.
Lovella:
That is so fetch.
Lovella:
I just wanted to put that in there.
Steve:
You just wanted to quote the movie, didn't you?
Lovella:
I just wanted to quote it.
Lovella:
Okay, plot number three
Lovella:
Poetry inspires youthful rebellion.
Steve:
Love it.
Steve:
This is a classic movie.
Steve:
Classic movie.
Steve:
The poetry is the one that that gives it away.
Steve:
It's Dead Poet Society.
Lovella:
Correct.
Steve:
Yes.
Steve:
Robin Williams is in that one.
Steve:
A captain, my captain.
Lovella:
Okay.
Steve:
You can get that one.
Steve:
Whatever.
Steve:
It's a great movie.
Steve:
When you're a bit older we'll watch that one together.
Lovella:
Alright, last pot.
Lovella:
Hot number four.
Lovella:
Student skip school
Lovella:
Spectaculary.
Steve:
Student skips school spectacularly.
Steve:
That's a mouthful.
Steve:
That's a tongue twister.
Lovella:
Student skips school spectacularly.
Steve:
Say that three times fast.
Lovella:
Students been that was them spits.
Lovella:
The spit school?
Lovella:
Students skip school suppiss
Lovella:
Student Skips School Spectacular.
Steve:
Well done.
Steve:
Thank you.
Steve:
Okay, student skips school spectacular.
Steve:
This is like a vocal warm-up.
Steve:
Um
Steve:
Okay, that is uh I know this one.
Steve:
Oh, again, the title is leaping from my mind.
Steve:
They steal a car, they do all this stuff.
Steve:
Um Ferris Bueller's day off.
Lovella:
Correct.
Steve:
Yes.
Lovella:
So that's four out of four for you.
Lovella:
Four out of four?
Lovella:
Yes.
Lovella:
That's good.
Steve:
I know my school-based movies.
Lovella:
Alright, alright.
Lovella:
Okay.
Lovella:
Alright.
Lovella:
It's my turn now.
Steve:
It is, kids.
Steve:
Here we go.
Steve:
You're up next
Steve:
All right, kids.
Steve:
Heads down, here we go.
Steve:
Ready for your exam?
Lovella:
Nope.
Steve:
You studied for this Lovella?
Lovella:
I don't know how many school themed members I've watched.
Steve:
I think you'll do alright in this one.
Steve:
I think you'll do alright.
Steve:
Okay, okay.
Steve:
You ready?
Steve:
Here we go.
Steve:
Plot
Steve:
Number one basketball star loves singing.
Lovella:
High school musical said we had to let it go.
Steve:
We're all in this Okay, you don't need to give me all the songs, it's fine.
Lovella:
I love I'm going to be able to do that.
Steve:
You are correct.
Steve:
Weren't you just watching this like recently?
Steve:
I feel like you were just watching this like the other day.
Lovella:
I think I was watching they have they have a TV series as well.
Lovella:
So I was watching that the other day.
Steve:
Well done.
Steve:
All right.
Steve:
Good job.
Steve:
One on the board.
Steve:
Okay, here we go.
Steve:
Plot number two
Steve:
Teen villains rewrite destinies
Lovella:
Hey wait.
Steve:
Teen villains rewrite destinies.
Lovella:
Okay, it's descendants, but is it a specific one?
Lovella:
Can you tell me?
Steve:
It's not a specific one.
Lovella:
Okay, so Descendants.
Steve:
It is Descendants.
Steve:
I didn't pick a I think I picked the first one.
Steve:
It probably uh applies to all of them though, but so if you said any of the descendants movies, I'll let you take it
Steve:
Well done.
Lovella:
I love descendants, guys.
Steve:
Nice one.
Steve:
I've got to give you something you don't love then.
Steve:
All right, here we go.
Steve:
Uh plot.
Steve:
Number three.
Steve:
Boy Seeks Hidden Stone.
Steve:
Boy seeks hidden stone.
Lovella:
Boy seeks hidden stone?
Lovella:
What?
Steve:
Yeah.
Lovella:
Oh, oh, onward.
Steve:
Onward?
Steve:
Is that a school based movie, do you think?
Lovella:
It has a school in it.
Lovella:
It's like it's got school on it.
Lovella:
Wait, wait, say it again, one more time.
Steve:
Boy seeks hidden stone.
Lovella:
Maybe it's not that.
Steve:
Are they after a stone in that?
Lovella:
They are after like an emerald kind of thing.
Lovella:
Yeah, they are.
Steve:
Okay.
Lovella:
Have I s have I seen this movie?
Steve:
Yes, you have.
Lovella:
It's probably on with them.
Lovella:
I'm gonna go with On Widow.
Steve:
You gonna go with Only?
Steve:
It's a good guess, but you are incorrect.
Steve:
Dang it It is
Steve:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
Lovella:
No!
Lovella:
No.
Steve:
The first Harry Potter movie.
Steve:
Yeah.
Steve:
That's what it was.
Lovella:
Oh how could I miss that?
Steve:
Yeah no, how could you miss that one?
Steve:
Alright, here we go.
Steve:
Plot number four.
Steve:
You can still you can still do this.
Steve:
Here we go
Steve:
Genius girl discovers powers
Lovella:
Genius Girl discovers powers.
Steve:
Genius Girl discovers powers.
Lovella:
Have I seen this?
Steve:
Yeah, you've seen this movie.
Lovella:
Do I love this movie?
Steve:
I think you like it.
Steve:
Yeah, I think you like it a lot.
Steve:
I think you've seen it a few times.
Lovella:
Is it a Disney movie?
Steve:
Uh I don't know.
Steve:
On Netflix?
Steve:
I'm not sure.
Steve:
I don't know.
Steve:
I can't remember what streaming platform it's on.
Lovella:
Can I have a hint?
Steve:
Uh it's also uh musical
Lovella:
Genius wait, say the end.
Steve:
Genius girl discovers powers.
Lovella:
Is this wicked?
Steve:
No.
Steve:
It's not quite it's not wicked
Steve:
That is a good guess.
Lovella:
And the musical thing also helps you with that, but Oh oh my gosh, no, I got it.
Lovella:
Matilda.
Steve:
Matilda.
Steve:
Matilda.
Steve:
Matilda.
Steve:
It is Matilda.
Lovella:
Oh, I love Matilda.
Steve:
Matilda
Lovella:
Sun again
Steve:
It could have almost applied to Alphabet to uh wicked.
Steve:
Yeah.
Steve:
So maybe if you said that one I you could maybe let it go.
Steve:
That's not the one I was thinking of, but I mean, Alphabet always knew she had powers, so she doesn't really discover them
Steve:
Well done, Lovella.
Steve:
You got three out of four.
Steve:
Only one.
Steve:
I did.
Steve:
You only missed Harry Potter.
Steve:
Stop it.
Steve:
One of your favorite franchises.
Steve:
Stop it.
Steve:
Do you?
Steve:
It's every movie is
Steve:
Hogwarts.
Steve:
Is that Hogwarts?
Lovella:
Yeah, but you just forget.
Lovella:
I also haven't watched those movies in like a while.
Steve:
Okay, so we're gonna move to our bonus round now.
Steve:
This is where you can call back.
Steve:
You'll win, Lovella, and see if you can take it home, all right?
Steve:
Okay.
Steve:
A bonus round or a tiebreaker round.
Steve:
It might be a tie in your car, so you can use this for that
Steve:
is one plot and first one to buzz in with the correct answer wins.
Steve:
Okay.
Steve:
So if you get it wrong, the points go to the other team.
Steve:
So don't buzz in if you don't know.
Steve:
So I'm ahead, so I can play a little bit of defense here if I feel like I don't really know.
Steve:
I can just sit back and see if you want to have a go at guessing, but
Steve:
If I really feel like I gotta win this, I gotta buzz in early and try.
Lovella:
Okay.
Lovella:
All right.
Steve:
Alright, here we go.
Steve:
Bonus or tiebreaker plot.
Steve:
Are you ready?
Lovella:
Yes, I think so.
Steve:
Here we go.
Steve:
Misfits enter scare competition buzz
Steve:
I got it.
Lovella:
I don't know.
Steve:
The scare competition is what gave it away to me.
Lovella:
Scare competition.
Steve:
It's a movie where there's scaring involved.
Lovella:
I don't know.
Lovella:
I don't know it.
Steve:
Okay, I know the answer to this, so I'm buzzing in.
Lovella:
It's probably gonna be something I like.
Steve:
It's Monsters University
Lovella:
Oh I'll scroll down and have a look.
Steve:
Let me see if I'm right.
Steve:
Oh wait, I've got a s where is it?
Steve:
There it is.
Steve:
Uh yep.
Steve:
Monsters University.
Steve:
Alright, well parents win in our car and I take home the wheel.
Steve:
Congrats!
Steve:
You seem to be disappointed.
Steve:
Well that means I get to choose where we go for the field trip.
Steve:
Oh where are we going?
Steve:
I don't know.
Steve:
Uh maybe we'll go out for dinner or something
Steve:
How's it sound?
Steve:
Maybe Mum and I, this the teachers can go out for for dinner and the students can stay home.
Lovella:
But I don't want to stay home.
Steve:
Mum and I'll go on a date.
Lovella:
I only go on a field trip.
Steve:
No, no date, no no field trip for you.
Steve:
All right, well, thanks for playing.
Steve:
We want to just remind you, if you want to be a part of the Kids Virst Parents crew, we'd love to have you on board.
Lovella:
Yeah.
Steve:
You can join the free Kids Vers Parents crew.
Steve:
What do they get for joining the crew, Lovella?
Lovella:
You'll get family game downloads, chances to vote on future episodes, and opportunities to help shape the show.
Steve:
That's right.
Steve:
creating a whole new community for kids first parents to to be a part of.
Steve:
So if you'd like to be involved in that, head over to playkidsvsparents.
Lovella:
dot com.
Steve:
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Steve:
That's right, there's a link
Steve:
in the show notes and sign up for that.
Steve:
It's free to join.
Steve:
You can unsubscribe whenever you want.
Steve:
We're gonna send out poll questions like what what topics we should do next, what episodes we should do next.
Steve:
We might even send out some downloadable quizzes and things you can play in the car on your next road trip.
Steve:
So be a part of that crew, we'd love to have you on board
Lovella:
Yes.
Steve:
But you don't have to join.
Steve:
You can keep listening to the show just like you do every week.
Lovella:
Yes.
Lovella:
So thanks for listening.
Lovella:
See you next time.
Lovella:
Bye.
Steve:
Bye
