Character Relationship Map: Home Alone 3

Characters

• Alex Pruitt (played by Alex D. Linz) — protagonist

  Tech-savvy child who protects his house from international thieves.

• Peter Beaupre (played by Olek Krupa) — protagonist

  Ruthless international criminal leader seeking stolen microchip.

• Alice Ribbons (played by Rya Kihlstedt) — supporting

  Deceptive and agile member of the international criminal gang.

• Burton Jernigan (played by Lenny Von Dohlen) — supporting

  International criminal mastermind seeking stolen microchip

• Earl Unger (played by David Thornton) — supporting

  International criminal seeking stolen microchip.

• Mrs. Hess (played by Marian Seldes) — supporting

  Elderly neighbor who accidentally takes the chip.

Story Dynamics

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

• Mrs. Hess → Peter Beaupre (Conflict Victim And Pursuer) — Hess becomes a victim of the criminal search led by Beaupre.

  Beaupre's group searches Hess's neighborhood for the bag, and Hess is later found taped to a chair after the criminals enter her garage.

• Burton Jernigan → Earl Unger (Alliance Criminal Teammates) — They cooperate in the gang's search and burglary attempt.

  Jernigan and Unger work together with Beaupre and Ribbons to search the neighborhood and enter the Pruitt house.

• Alice Ribbons → Earl Unger (Alliance Criminal Teammates) — Their shared mission places them on the same criminal side.

  Ribbons and Unger belong to the same four-person group searching for the stolen microchip.

• Alice Ribbons → Burton Jernigan (Alliance Criminal Teammates) — They cooperate as members of the same criminal team.

  Ribbons and Jernigan are listed among the four criminals working together and are later arrested together after the house invasion.

• Peter Beaupre → Earl Unger (Alliance Gang Colleague) — Unger participates in Beaupre's coordinated criminal mission.

  Beaupre and Unger are members of the four-person criminal team pursuing the microchip.

• Peter Beaupre → Burton Jernigan (Alliance Gang Colleague) — Jernigan operates as part of Beaupre's recovery team.

  Beaupre and Jernigan travel with the same criminal group and search Hess's neighborhood for the concealed chip.

• Peter Beaupre → Alice Ribbons (Alliance Gang Colleague) — Ribbons supports Beaupre's criminal operation and house invasion.

  Beaupre and Ribbons are two of the four internationally wanted criminals working together to recover the stolen microchip.

• Alex Pruitt → Mrs. Hess (Social Helpful Neighbor) — Their neighborly exchange gives Alex the key object and leads to his rescue mission.

  Mrs. Hess gives Alex the radio-controlled car as payment for shoveling her driveway, and Alex later rescues her after Ribbons tapes her to a chair.

• Alex Pruitt → Earl Unger (Conflict Adversaries) — Unger is a direct physical threat during the home invasion.

  Unger works with the criminals searching for the chip and participates in the break-in at the Pruitt house.

• Alex Pruitt → Burton Jernigan (Conflict Adversaries) — Jernigan is one of the intruders opposing Alex.

  Jernigan joins the criminal group searching the neighborhood and later breaks into the Pruitt house with the others.

• Alex Pruitt → Alice Ribbons (Conflict Adversaries) — Ribbons directly threatens Alex's neighbor and home-defense effort.

  Ribbons helps break into the Pruitt house and tapes Mrs. Hess to a chair, while Alex rescues Hess and defends the house.

• Alex Pruitt → Peter Beaupre (Conflict Primary Adversaries) — Alex repeatedly outmaneuvers Beaupre during the struggle over the microchip.

  Beaupre leads the criminals searching for the stolen chip, while Alex protects it, sets traps, and escapes Beaupre's ambush.

Story Analysis

A resourceful child protects a stolen microchip and his neighbor from an international criminal team.

Plot Progression

1. The Misplaced Microchip — The criminals steal a valuable microchip and hide it inside a radio-controlled car. Mrs. Hess unknowingly takes the bag to Chicago, where the search begins.
2. Alex Finds The Secret — Alex receives the toy car after shoveling Hess's driveway and is confined at home with chicken pox. His surveillance reveals the criminals, and opening the car exposes the stolen chip.
3. The Threat Closes In — Alex contacts the Air Force recruitment center after discovering the chip. The criminals realize they are being watched and prepare to invade the Pruitt house.
4. The House Strikes Back — Ribbons restrains Mrs. Hess while the criminals enter the Pruitt house. Alex's handmade traps injure the intruders, and he rescues Hess during the pursuit.
5. Fireworks And Justice — Three criminals are arrested, but Beaupre hides in a backyard snow fort. The parrot's fireworks reveal him, after which Alex is celebrated and rewarded.