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Two thugs break into The Dude's apartment looking for millionaire Jeffrey Lebowski, and one urinates on his rug that 'really tied the room together.'
The Dude visits the actual Jeffrey Lebowski to seek compensation for his rug, but the millionaire refuses and insults him.
The Big Lebowski summons The Dude and asks him to deliver ransom money for his kidnapped wife Bunny, offering The Dude a finder's fee.
Walter insists on joining The Dude as his partner and immediately gets into conflict, establishing their chaotic dynamic throughout the case.
Maude Lebowski, the Big Lebowski's daughter and avant-garde artist, summons The Dude to retrieve her father's rug and explains the family dynamics.
Walter replaces the ransom money with his dirty underwear; the drop goes horribly wrong and The Dude's car is stolen with the fake briefcase inside.
Three German nihilists break into The Dude's apartment, dunk his head in the toilet, and threaten him about the missing ransom money.
The Dude has an elaborate bowling-themed dream sequence after being drugged, featuring Maude as a Viking goddess and himself in various surreal scenarios.
Porn producer Jackie Treehorn drugs The Dude at his Malibu mansion party; The Dude passes out and is arrested for a joint after wandering outside.
Police recover The Dude's stolen car but it's been trashed and used as a toilet by a high school kid who took it for a joyride.
Maude appears in The Dude's apartment in a robe and seduces him, revealing she wants to get pregnant but wants nothing else from him.
The Dude and Walter spot Bunny returning home with all her toes, revealing she was never actually kidnapped and the whole thing was a scam.
The Dude realizes the Big Lebowski embezzled the ransom money from his own foundation and was never in danger, as the millionaire has no money of his own.
The nihilists ambush The Dude, Walter, and Donny in a bowling alley parking lot demanding money; Walter fights them off but Donny has a heart attack.
Donny dies from a heart attack in the parking lot after the fight, devastating Walter and The Dude who lose their mild-mannered bowling partner.
Walter and The Dude scatter Donny's ashes from a cliff overlooking the ocean, but the wind blows them back onto The Dude in a tragicomic moment.
The Stranger narrator reveals Maude is pregnant with The Dude's child as The Dude returns to bowling, his perfect day, and his simple life.