Inciting Event: Charlie is paid $100,000 to take charge of his son Max for the summer.
First Plot Point: After Charlie’s brand new boxing robot is demolished in a fight, Max rescues the old sparring robot Atom from the junkyard.
First Pinch Point: Charlie and Max witness the undefeated robot boxer Zeus.
Midpoint: Max and Atom win their first fight.
Second Pinch Point: Zeus’s owners try to buy Atom, and Max challenges them to a fight.
Third Plot Point: After getting beat up and robbed by debt collectors, Charlie surrenders custody of Max to his aunt.
Climax: Charlie, Max, and Atom enter the ring with Zeus.
Climactic Moment: The fight ends.
Resolution: A demolished Zeus is declared the winner on points (barely), but Charlie and Max count it a victory. Charlie admits that he loves Max.