Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Do I get the Free Space even if no actors in the movie appeared in "Supernatural"?
A: Yes. If you are curious anyway, you can click here to visit the IMDB page where you can check if anyone from Supernatural was in this movie. Just use the "Two titles with the Same People" search.
Q: Who is the "Lead"?
A: Both romantic leads in the movie are considered the "Lead", although you might have more than two if a movie has multiple main couples.
Q: Who is the "Wrong Person"?
A: Any romantic interest for a lead who is not the person they are supposed to end up with. Boyfriend/girlfriend, ex, or other romantic rival.
Q: Who counts as "Dead Parent(s)"?
A: Generally the Leads' parents. But it also counts if a Lead has a child and the child's other parent is dead.
Q: What is "SING CAROLING"?
A: This comes from the movie "Christmas List", when the actress playing Alicia Witt's character as a child is listing off items on a Christmas to-do list. One of the items was mis-read by the young actress as "Sing Caroling" instead of "Sing Carols", and a legend was born.
Q: What counts as "You've got something on your face"?
A: Someone has something on their face and another character notices it and alerts them or fixes it themselves. It doesn't have to be the face necessarily -- it can also be in their hair or something else similar.
Q: How bad does the child acting have to be for "Bad child acting" to count?
A: Pretty bad. If it's bad enough that you think maybe they cast someone purely because they are related to a crew member or they happened to be walking by the set, then it counts. Generally it's really bad line delivery, but we once counted it when a girl super-awkwardly awarded someone a trophy to someone without saying a word.
Q: What counts for "Reference to social media or blogs"?
A: General internet stuff doesn't count, like a Google reference. But sites like YouTube, Yelp, or dating sites count because they do have a social media aspect.
Q: Any exclusions for "Obviously fake props / scenery / weather / vegetation"?
A: We generally don't count fake snow falling from the sky, because that's almost always foam or digitally added, and it's ALWAYS super obvious. Fake websites on computer screens don't count unless they are laughably bad.
Q: What's a secondary romance?
A: Any romance involving two non-Leads. The romance must blossom over the course of the movie -- it can't be pre-existing. And it can't just be hinted at.
Q: What is "Guy teaching girl how to golf, so to speak"?
A: It's named after the cliche where a girl is learning how to golf and a guy comes up behind her and shows her how to do it by basically spooning her. In other words, this is any situation where someone is showing someone else how to do something, and it results in prolonged physical contact with a romantic subtext (gender can be swapped).
Q: What counts as "Pretending to be (or mistaken as) a couple"?
A: "Pretending" doesn't have to mean you're trying to fool someone. Acting as a couple just as a stand-in for something can count.
Q: How close to the ending does it have to be for "Movie ends with Leads' first onscreen kiss" to count?
A: Generally within the last scene of the movie.
Q: What counts as "Christmas magic"?
A: Basically any magical element in a Christmas movie. A mention of "Christmas magic" also counts even if there's no actual Christmas magic.
Q: What counts as "Santa!"?
A: Someone is actually literally Santa, or, more commonly, someone is dressed in a full Santa suit playing a bell ringer or department store Santa or something similar. If they are not actually Santa, they better be dressed in a FULL Santa costume.
Q: What counts as "Horses!"?
A: Horse-like animals do not count. No deer. No alpacas. No zebras.
Q: What is "That was weird, right?"
A: Did something in the movie make you say "That was weird, right?" There you go.
Q: Does it count as leads dancing if they are ice skating hand-in-hand?
A: You have to carefully measure the amount of actual dancing action contained within the ice skating before making that difficult determination yourself.
Q: What counts as an "unusual vehicle"?
A: Pretty much anything that isn't a regular (non-classic) car, SUV, or minivan. We count scooters and motorcycles as unusual. For commercial vehicles, use your own judgement.
Q: Do commercials count as product placement?
A: No.