Character Relationship Map: Two Too Young

Characters

• Alfalfa (played by Carl Switzer) — protagonist

  Alfalfa is Spanky's friend and partner in a scheme to take firecrackers from Buckwheat and Porky. He helps disguise Spanky as an adult, then carries the firecrackers in his back pocket. During a recit...

• Spanky (played by George McFarland) — supporting

  Spanky is Alfalfa's friend and collaborator in trying to get Buckwheat and Porky's firecrackers. He receives Alfalfa's note, helps disguise himself as an adult to fool the younger boys, and obtains th...

• Buckwheat (played by Billie Thomas) — supporting

  Buckwheat is one of the younger boys who has firecrackers with Porky. He refuses Spanky and Alfalfa's proposed trade, but is fooled when they disguise themselves as an adult and claim to be a G-man. A...

• Miss Lawrence (played by Rosina Lawrence) — supporting

  Miss Lawrence is the children's teacher. Back in class, she calls on them to recite, and Alfalfa is the only one willing to stand and perform. As the firecrackers ignite in his pocket and he runs from...

• Porky (played by Eugene 'Porky' Lee) — supporting

  Porky is Buckwheat's companion and shares the firecrackers that Spanky and Alfalfa try to obtain. After the boys return to class, Porky picks up Spanky's discarded magnifying glass and uses it to focu...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Miss Lawrence → Buckwheat (Professional Teacher) — Miss Lawrence teaches Buckwheat's class.

  Buckwheat heads inside with the other children when the classroom bell ends recess.

• Miss Lawrence → Porky (Professional Teacher) — Miss Lawrence is Porky's teacher in the school setting.

  Porky is among the children who return to Miss Lawrence's classroom before the recitation sequence.

• Miss Lawrence → Spanky (Professional Teacher) — Miss Lawrence supervises Spanky within the classroom setting.

  The children return to class after recess, where Miss Lawrence calls on the class for recitations.

• Miss Lawrence → Alfalfa (Professional Teacher) — Miss Lawrence is Alfalfa's teacher during the classroom climax.

  Miss Lawrence calls on the children to recite, and Alfalfa stands to perform "The Charge of the Light Brigade" in her classroom.

Story Dynamics

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

• Buckwheat → Porky (Alliance Partner) — Buckwheat and Porky act together in guarding the firecrackers.

  The plot repeatedly identifies Buckwheat and Porky together as the two children possessing the firecrackers and jointly refusing the trade.

• Alfalfa → Porky (Conflict Adversary) — Porky's retaliation directly causes Alfalfa's public humiliation.

  Porky uses the magnifying glass to set off the firecrackers in Alfalfa's back pocket during the recitation.

• Spanky → Porky (Conflict Adversary) — Porky resists Spanky's plan and retaliates with the magnifying glass.

  Porky refuses Spanky's trade offer, later picks up Spanky's discarded magnifying glass, and uses it to ignite Alfalfa's pocket.

• Alfalfa → Buckwheat (Conflict Adversary) — Alfalfa helps deceive Buckwheat during the central scheme.

  Alfalfa participates in the disguise that tells Buckwheat he is a G-man and extracts the firecrackers from him.

• Spanky → Buckwheat (Conflict Adversary) — Spanky and Buckwheat oppose one another over the firecrackers and the prank.

  Spanky tries to obtain Buckwheat's firecrackers through a trade and then through the adult disguise; Buckwheat later rings the classroom bell to end r...

• Alfalfa → Spanky (Social Friend) — Alfalfa and Spanky are school friends who coordinate a prank.

  Alfalfa writes a note to his pal Spanky and sends it to him by paper airplane.

Story Analysis

A school prank over stolen firecrackers escalates into a public and physically comic humiliation for Alfalfa.

Plot Progression

1. A Scheme Takes Flight — Alfalfa discovers that Buckwheat and Porky have firecrackers. He sends Spanky a note proposing that they obtain them.
2. The Failed Bargain — The boys offer a magnifying glass and water pistol, but Buckwheat and Porky refuse. Spanky and Alfalfa then create an adult disguise.
3. Victory With a Disguise — The ersatz G-man successfully obtains the firecrackers from Buckwheat. The disguise soon becomes impossible to maintain, so Spanky abandons it.
4. Revenge Before Class — Buckwheat ends recess by ringing the classroom bell. Alfalfa hides the firecrackers, while Porky retrieves the abandoned magnifying glass.
5. The Burning Recitation — During Alfalfa's recitation, Porky focuses sunlight on the hidden firecrackers. The explosion sends Alfalfa outside to cool himself in a washtub.