At the behest of the
Kazakh Ministry of Information, reporter Borat Sagdiyev leaves
Kazakhstan to make a documentary about American society and culture. Leaving behind his wife Oksana, and accompanied by his producer Azamat Bagatov, and a pet chicken, Borat departs for the "
US and A", the "Greatest Country in the World". In
New York City, Borat watches an episode of
Baywatch and becomes infatuated with
Pamela Anderson's character, While interviewing and mocking a panel of feminists, he learns of the actress's name and her residence in
California. Borat is then informed by telegram that a bear has killed Oksana. Delighted, he resolves to travel to California and make Anderson his new wife. Azamat insists that they drive instead of flying "in case the Jews
repeated their attack of 9/11". Borat takes driving lessons and buys an old ice cream truck for the journey. During the trip, Borat acquires a
Baywatch booklet and continues to gather footage for his documentary. He meets
gay pride parade participants, politicians
Alan Keyes and
Bob Barr, and
African-American youths. Borat is also interviewed on a local television station and disrupts the weather report. Visiting a rodeo in
Virginia, Borat excites the crowd with
jingoistic remarks but then sings a fictional
Kazakhstani national anthem to the tune of "
The Star-Spangled Banner", receiving a strong negative reaction. In Atlanta, Borat finds a hotel but is kicked out when he offends the front desk worker by talking and dressing like the African-American youths he met earlier. Staying at a
bed and breakfast, Borat and Azamat are stunned to learn that their hosts are Jewish. The two escape after throwing money at two woodlice, believing they are their hosts transformed. Borat attempts to buy a handgun to defend himself, but is turned away because he is not an American citizen, so he buys a bear instead. An etiquette coach suggests Borat attend a private dinner at an eating club in the
South. During the dinner, he offends the other guests when he lets Luenell, an African-American prostitute, into the house, and as a result, they are both kicked out. Borat befriends Luenell, who invites him into a relationship with her but tells her he is in love with someone else. Borat then visits an antique shop, where he clumsily breaks various
Confederate heritage items. At a hotel, Borat sees Azamat masturbating over a picture of Pamela Anderson and inadvertently reveals his real motive for traveling to California. Azamat becomes livid at Borat's deception, and the situation escalates into a nude brawl that spills into the hallway, a crowded elevator, and then a packed convention ballroom. Azamat abandons Borat, taking his passport, their money, and the bear. Borat's truck runs out of fuel, and he begins to hitchhike to California. He is soon picked up by drunken
fraternity brothers from the
University of South Carolina. On learning the reason for his trip, they show him the
Pam and Tommy sex tape, which reveals that she is not a virgin. Despondent, Borat burns the
Baywatch booklet and, by mistake, his return ticket to Kazakhstan. Borat attends a
United Pentecostal camp meeting, at which
Republican U.S. Representative Chip Pickering and
Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice
James W. Smith Jr. are present. He undergoes a
religious conversion to Christianity and forgives Pamela. He accompanies church members on a bus to Los Angeles, where he soon finds Azamat dressed as
Oliver Hardy. They reconcile, and Azamat tells Borat where to find Pamela Anderson. Borat finally comes face-to-face with Anderson at a book signing at a
Virgin Megastore. After showing Anderson his "traditional marriage sack", Borat pursues her throughout the store in an attempt to
abduct her, until security guards intervene. Borat visits Luenell, and they return to Kazakhstan together. They bring several American customs and traditions back to his village, including the apparent conversion of the people to Christianity (the Kazakh version of which includes the torture and
crucifixion of Jews) and the introduction of computer-based technology, such as
iPods,
laptop computers, and
high-definition television. ==Cast==