Character Relationship Map: We Lost Our Human

Characters

• Pud / Future Pud / Cow Pud / Kitten Pud / Puddling (voice) (played by Ben Schwartz) — protagonist

  Pud is one of the two pets left waiting when Human disappears. Resentful of Ham’s clinginess at first, Pud joins him on the dangerous search and urges him to save Human. Their journey brings them thro...

• Ham / Future Ham / Hamling (voice) (played by Ayo Edebiri) — supporting

  Ham is one of Human’s pets and Pud’s sibling. After Human disappears, he sets out with Pud to find them, while trying to understand what it means to be a good sibling and to notice Pud’s needs despite...

• Human (voice) (played by Adrienne C. Moore) — supporting

  Human is the missing person whom Pud and Ham are waiting for and then searching to find. Ham insists that he and Human are a family, making Human central to the pets’ motivation. Even after they appea...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Pud / Future Pud / Cow Pud / Kitten Pud / Puddling (voice) → Ham / Future Ham / Hamling (voice) (Family Sibling) — Pud and Ham begin as an irritated, mismatched pair, but their dangerous search makes their sibling bond central to their determination to continue.

  The plot says Ham tries to understand what being a good sibling means and describes Pud as his brother.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Pud / Future Pud / Cow Pud / Kitten Pud / Puddling (voice) → Human (voice) (Social Pet And Caregiver) — Pud's search for Human drives the journey, and Pud explicitly urges Ham to prioritize saving Human.

  Pud and Ham are waiting for Human to come home, and Pud urges Ham to save Human.

• Ham / Future Ham / Hamling (voice) → Human (voice) (Social Pet And Caregiver) — Human is the person the pets hope to find; their search remains unresolved when they discover that no humans have been found.

  Pud and Ham wait for Human to come home, and they search for Human after Human disappears.

Story Analysis

Two pet siblings search for their missing Human, confront a universe-saving crisis, and learn to rely on one another while their search remains unresolved.

Plot Progression

1. Waiting and the Disappearance — Pud and Ham wait for Human while struggling with their different attitudes toward closeness and family. When Human disappears, the pets begin a search.
2. A Surreal Search — The siblings pursue the hope of reaching a Tower through dangerous and unfamiliar places. Hunger, odd creatures, confusing rides, and a game-like world complicate their progress.
3. The Universe at Stake — The adventure grows beyond finding Human and becomes connected to a plan to save the Universe. An Amulet and a Switch are central, while Pud and Ham confront danger together.
4. Grief and a Future Warning — Ham believes Pud has died and grieves for his brother. A future version of Ham reveals that change may prevent the same mistakes from happening again.
5. An Unfinished Search — After an apparent return home and a claim that they saved the Universe, the siblings learn no humans have been found. They set out again, sustained by their stronger bond.