The Killer Robots! Crash and Burn (2016)

Plotzle Sci-Fi · Puzzle #2 · April 11, 2026 · Sci-Fi / Comedy

Six plot descriptions for The Killer Robots! Crash and Burn (2016). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. An astronaut returns from space to find his replacement wife-bot has joined a yoga cult and drained his savings, leading him to crash at his brother's apartment.
2. A mall security guard mistakes malfunctioning vending machines for an alien invasion and rallies his coworkers into a defense squad while the actual janitor tries to repair them.
3. Four damaged robot fighters are retrieved from a scrap heap, converted into a mercenary team, and deployed on a mission to establish a new era in a world after an apocalypse.
4. Two unemployed engineers build friendship bracelets from salvaged circuit boards after their startup fails but accidentally create devices that shock people who lie and test them at speed dating events.
5. A teenager programs his late father's old computer to generate dad jokes as therapy but the AI becomes sentient and starts a podcast that goes viral while offering terrible life advice.
6. A woman replaces her cheating ex-boyfriend's entire belongings with identical robotic duplicates as revenge but the machines develop better personalities and her friends prefer hanging out with them instead.