Two bandits Vincent Vega and Jules Winfield spend time in philosophical conversations in between showdowns and "solving problems" with the debtors of their crime boss Marsellus Wallace. Three parallel stories unfold. In the first one Vincent looks after Marsellus' wife Mia and saves her from a drug overdose. The second tells of Butch Coolidge, a boxer hired by Wallace to take the fight, but who had deceived him. The third story combines the first two - in a cafe a couple of young hapless robbers - Pumpkin and Honey Bunny make a robbery attempt, but Jules stops them.