The plan: freeze them for one year and see if they can be revived. But the project is abandoned when the lead officer is arrested for selling military secrets. In the ensuing chaos, the hangar housing the hibernation pods is demolished. Joe and Rita are forgotten, buried underground.
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." idiocracy full film
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. The plan: freeze them for one year and
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 and Rita are forgotten, buried underground