Mother
When his drinking problem takes control of his life, a father tries to leave the bottle behind while putting his and his family's lives back together.
Bonnie
A criminal lawyer goes on the run with her new lover — a convict she had as a client and whom she helped escape from prison.
TV Anchorwoman
Buckaroo Banzai, un prestigioso científico, neurocirujano, piloto de carreras, cantante de rock y héroe de cómics, en una de sus investigaciones, abre una puerta a otra dimensión. El problema es que la referida dimensión está siendo empleada como cárcel por una raza alienígena, y la Tierra se ve amenazada de ser invadida o destruida por la policía alienígena. De modo que Buckaroo, con ayuda de su guardaespaldas, sus colegas científicos, el grupo de rock, algunos de sus fans, un embajador alienígena y un cantante de country tejano tomará cartas en el asunto.
Female Cabbie
To land a sportswriting job on a national magazine run by a chauvinistic editor, an aspiring female reporter convincingly disguises herself as a man to get the inside story.
Poet
Flash used to be a talented baseball player, but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he meets Chu Chu, who, before falling into alcoholism like him, was a successful entertainer. Now she still dances, but in the streets, for no more than a cent or two. Luck seems to smile at them the day stolen government documents literally fall from the sky. They decide to return them to their legal owners, but instead of the expected reward money, all they get is a load of trouble.
