Chasing Amy (1997)

Plotzle Original · Puzzle #4 · April 7, 2026 · Comedy / Drama

Six plot descriptions for Chasing Amy (1997). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. A woman quits her corporate job to follow her dream of becoming a pastry chef while her skeptical family places bets on how long she will last before returning to finance.
2. Two college roommates create a fake dating profile for their shy friend Amy but accidentally match her with their economics professor and spend the semester covering up their increasingly elaborate scheme.
3. A recently sober graphic designer returns to his hometown for a wedding and reconnects with his high school girlfriend who now runs the rehab center where he once spent six humiliating months.
4. A comic book artist develops romantic feelings for a female comic book artist he meets, but discovers she is a lesbian, which complicates his attraction to her and their developing relationship.
5. An awkward librarian mistakes a patron's polite conversation for romantic interest and spends weeks engineering chance encounters before her coworker points out the obvious misunderstanding and she retreats in embarrassment.
6. A weekend jogger in Portland becomes obsessed with catching up to a mysterious runner who always stays just ahead of her and eventually discovers the woman is her estranged childhood friend.