The Kangaroo Chronicles (2020) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

The communist kangaroo has squatted the apartment across the hall from Marc-Uwe's flat. When the police begin searching for the marsupial, the kangaroo seeks refuge with Marc-Uwe, who reluctantly agrees to hide him. Since the police are actively looking for the kangaroo, they become housemates out of necessity, sharing the small Berlin apartment until the heat dies down.

• kangaroo
• marc-uwe
• berlin
• apartment
• roommate

The rabbit's foot is the last memento of Dwigs' late father, making it deeply sentimental. When the kangaroo steals it from Dwigs' keychain, it becomes more than just a trinket, it represents his personal grief and connection to his father. Dwigs' obsession with retrieving it drives him to hire neo-Nazis to threaten and coerce Marc-Uwe and the kangaroo into returning it.

• rabbit's foot
• jörg dwigs
• father
• sentimentality
• keychain

The Anti-Social Network is the informal alliance formed by Marc-Uwe, the kangaroo, and their neighbors to defend Görlitzer Park from Dwigs' Europa Tower development. The group channels their frustration into community activism, staging protests and planning direct actions against the construction. Their name is a satirical twist on social media, reflecting the film's humorous approach to grassroots resistance.

Foreshadowing: The group's formation is foreshadowed when Dwigs announces the Europa Tower project, sparking anger and fear among the neighborhood residents.

• anti-social network
• görlitzer park
• community
• protest
• neighbors

Marc-Uwe uncovers the fraud through an unexpected source: his own psychotherapist, who also happens to treat Dwigs. During a session, Marc-Uwe learns that Dwigs has forged several reports to hide the true,exorbitant costs of the Europa Tower project. This discovery gives Marc-Uwe and his allies potential leverage against the politician and motivates their plan to infiltrate his party.

• fraud
• forged reports
• europa tower
• psychotherapist
• dwigs

Marc-Uwe discovers a USB stick hidden inside the rabbit's foot. The stick contains incriminating evidence against Dwigs, including proof of his forged reports and other financial crimes. When Maria uploads these files online, it triggers arrests of Dwigs, his henchmen, and the neo-Nazis, ultimately exposing his corruption and saving Görlitzer Park.

Foreshadowing: The rabbit's foot's importance is foreshadowed early on when Dwigs becomes obsessed with retrieving it, hinting it holds something more valuable than sentimentality.

• usb stick
• rabbit's foot
• evidence
• dwigs
• arrest

The neo-Nazis are hired by Dwigs to intimidate and threaten Marc-Uwe and the kangaroo into returning the rabbit's foot. Dwigs manipulates their far-right ideology, using them as enforcers for his political agenda. In return for their violent "services," Dwigs pays them, though they ultimately end up in debt to him after destroying his car during the chase.

• neo-nazis
• dwigs
• intimidation
• hired thugs
• violence

The Europa Tower project is ultimately defeated. After the Anti-Social Network sabotages the groundbreaking ceremony and Marc-Uwe exposes Dwigs' fraud by uploading the evidence from the USB stick, Dwigs is arrested and the project collapses. The community successfully saves Görlitzer Park from development.

• europa tower
• görlitzer park
• construction
• development
• community victory

In a post-credits scene, it's revealed that Our Homeland Inc. (the company Dwigs used for his political schemes) has been bought by a penguin. This is a whimsical joke and nod to the absurd tone of the film, suggesting that despite Dwigs' defeat, corporate corruption continues under new, and equally ridiculous, leadership. It leaves room for potential sequels while delivering a final satirical punch.

• penguin
• post-credits
• our homeland inc.
• sequel
• joke

During a confrontation with Dwigs and the neo-Nazis, the kangaroo physically knocks Dwigs over and grabs his car keys from his hand. This moment turns the chase around, as the Nazis mistake Dwigs' car for Marc-Uwe's and crash it while pursuing what they think is the duo's vehicle. The kangaroo's theft leads to the car being destroyed and the Nazis ending up in debt to Dwigs.

• car keys
• kangaroo
• dwigs
• chase
• neo-nazis

Jörg Dwigs, a right-wing populist politician and CEO of a major company, purchases land next to Görlitzer Park to build the Europa Tower as a "monument to patriotism." The project serves his political ambitions by appealing to nationalist sentiments, while also being a lucrative real estate venture that he attempts to fund through inflated costs hidden by forged reports.

• jörg dwigs
• europa tower
• patriotism
• politician
• development