Full Film - Idiocracy

However, the final scene delivers the film’s darkest punchline. Back in the hibernation lab in 2005, another pod is found. It opens, revealing the man who was originally supposed to be the "most average" subject: a defense attorney named Donald. He was swapped out at the last minute by Joe because "that guy was an asshole."

Camacho reinstates Joe. They broadcast Joe’s simple farming technique across the nation. Using human waste to fertilize and water crops becomes the new revolution. Joe becomes a folk hero. idiocracy full film

The film opens in 2005 with U.S. Army Librarian Corporal Joe Bauers (Luke Wilson). Joe is a perfectly average, unassuming, and slightly apathetic man. He likes beer, football, and his routine. He is selected for a top-secret military "Human Hibernation Project" alongside a prostitute named Rita (Maya Rudolph), due to her similarly "average" psychological profile. However, the final scene delivers the film’s darkest

Joe is horrified. He is, by default, the smartest person alive. He tries to find a library or a record of his family, only to find that all books have been replaced by picture-based "books" with single words like "FART" and "POOP." The internet is a series of animated bouncing logos. He was swapped out at the last minute

President Camacho is facing a massive crisis. The nation’s crops are dying, leading to a looming famine. His best scientific minds (a bunch of wrestlers and strippers) have failed. In desperation, he sees Joe’s high IQ test score (which is a three-digit number, a concept they can barely understand) and declares Joe the new "Secretary of the Interior."

Joe is brought to the White House (now a garish, trash-strewn casino). He explains the simple problem: plants need water, not Brawndo. He is met with blank stares. "But Brawndo has electrolytes," they say. Joe asks, "What are electrolytes?" They don't know. "They're what plants crave."