Character Relationship Map: Repli-Kate

Characters

• Max (played by James Roday Rodriguez) — protagonist

  Max is a graduate student who develops a powerful cloning machine but is denied credit by Jonas. After accidentally creating Repli-Kate from Kate's blood, he helps educate and protect her with Henry....

• Henry (played by Desmond Askew) — protagonist

  Henry is Max's roommate and partner in dealing with the unexpected human clone. He helps educate Repli-Kate according to their misguided ideas about the ideal woman, then joins Max in devising a rescu...

• Kate / Repli-Kate (played by Ali Landry) — supporting

  Kate is a magazine reporter investigating the university's cloning research, while Repli-Kate is the fully adult clone created from Kate's blood. Repli-Kate initially has no knowledge and is educated...

• Jonas Fromer / Repli-Jonas (played by Eugene Levy) — supporting

  Jonas is the egotistical scientist who takes credit for Max's cloning machine and later captures Kate and Repli-Kate to publicize human cloning. Max and Henry create Repli-Jonas to disrupt his present...

• Felix (played by Todd Robert Anderson) — supporting

  Felix appears after Repli-Jonas escapes from the cloning research lab and asks Max what should be done. Max replies that Repli-Jonas is too unintelligent to go anywhere, establishing Felix as someone...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Felix → Max (Professional Advisor And Questioner) — Felix consults Max about the escaped Repli-Jonas.

  After Repli-Jonas escapes, Felix asks Max what should be done, and Max replies that Repli-Jonas is too dumb to go anywhere.

• Max → Kate / Repli-Kate (Romantic Partner) — Max's romantic path shifts from Repli-Kate to the original Kate.

  Repli-Kate becomes Max's girlfriend, but Max later realizes that the original Kate is the woman he truly wants and falls in love with her.

• Max → Jonas Fromer / Repli-Jonas (Professional Supervisor And Subordinate) — Jonas initially controls Max's professional recognition and research position.

  Max develops the cloning machine for Dr. Jonas, while Jonas takes credit and leaves Max working in obscurity.

Story Dynamics

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

• Jonas Fromer / Repli-Jonas → Kate / Repli-Kate (Conflict Captive Taker) — Jonas treats both versions of Kate as subjects for his public demonstration.

  Jonas captures both Kate and Repli-Kate after learning that Repli-Kate exists.

• Henry → Kate / Repli-Kate (Alliance Educator) — Henry helps train Repli-Kate during her first stage of existence.

  Henry helps Max educate Repli-Kate using their male perspective and their idea of an ideal woman.

• Max → Henry (Social Roommate) — Henry is Max's close roommate and practical collaborator.

  The plot identifies Henry as Max's roommate, and they work together to educate Repli-Kate and later plan her rescue.

Story Analysis

A scientist's accidental human clone disrupts professional ambition, romantic expectations, and the control of scientific power.

Plot Progression

1. A Machine Without Credit — Max develops a powerful cloning machine for Jonas but receives no recognition. Kate's interview brings her into contact with the research and accidentally introduces her blood into a cloning sample.
2. The Impossible Double — Max's test produces an adult replicant of Kate, who has no knowledge and is named Repli-Kate. Max and Henry begin teaching her according to their own idealized expectations.
3. Love And Recognition — Repli-Kate becomes Max's girlfriend, but Max realizes that the original Kate is the woman he truly wants. The discovery of the replicant then reaches Jonas.
4. The Captive Demonstration — Jonas captures both Kate and Repli-Kate and prepares to advertise the cloning machine before scientists. Max and Henry respond by creating Repli-Jonas as part of a rescue plan.
5. A Chaotic Escape — Repli-Jonas creates enough confusion for Max and Henry to save both Kates. Jonas and his duplicate become test subjects, while Max gains the laboratory and the surviving characters find new romantic p...