The Dude (Jeff Bridges)’s Timeline and Summary
- The Dude's apartment gets ransacked by two toughs claiming to work for porn magnate Jackie Treehorn. One of them pees on his rug.
- The Dude goes to see the Big Lebowski about the rug. When the Big Lebowski proves unsympathetic, The Dude steals one of his rugs.
- The Big Lebowski summons The Dude back to his mansion to aid in the recovery of Bunny Lebowski, who is believed to be kidnapped.
- The Dude is knocked out by Maude Lebowski, who takes the rug he took from the Big Lebowski.
- The Dude and Walter give the kidnappers a briefcase containing Walter's underwear instead of the ransom money.
- The Dude's car containing the briefcase with $1 million is stolen. The Dude reports the stolen car to the cops.
- Maude Lebowski brings The Dude to her apartment, where she informs him that she stole the rug he stole from the Big Lebowski and that Bunny is actually a porn star who used to work for Jackie Treehorn.
- The Dude gets back to his apartment, where he's accosted by the Big Lebowski and Brandt, who tell The Dude that the kidnappers never received the money and show him a severed toe that's supposedly Bunny's.
- The German nihilists break into The Dude's apartment and threaten to cut off his Johnson.
- The Dude is forcibly brought before Jackie Treehorn, who it turns out just wanted to clear The Dude out of his apartment while he searched it for the money.
- The Dude returns to his ransacked apartment and has sex with Maude Lebowski. After Maude tells him that the Big Lebowski is actually broke, The Dude cracks the case.