Character Relationship Map: Butt Boy

Characters

• Detective Russel Fox (played by Tyler Rice) — protagonist

  Detective Russel Fox is a divorced police detective who becomes Chip Gutchell’s mentor through Alcoholics Anonymous. After Andrew Lee disappears, Russel investigates Chip, uncovers the truth about his...

• Chip Gutchell (played by Tyler Cornack) — supporting

  Chip Gutchell is an IT worker at RTM whose prostate examination awakens a compulsive need to absorb objects and living beings through his anus. He hides the addiction while married to Anne Gutchell, a...

• Anne Gutchell (played by Shelby Dash) — supporting

  Anne Gutchell is Chip Gutchell’s wife. She argues with Chip when his behavior becomes difficult and later invites Russel Fox to dinner. That invitation gives Russel an opportunity to steal the compute...

• Russel Fox Jr. (played by Nino Hara) — supporting

  Russel Fox Jr. is Detective Russel Fox’s son, although Russel does not initially know that Chip Gutchell absorbed him as a baby at the park. He survives inside Chip’s body with Andrew Lee, helps push...

• Andrew Lee (played by Kai Henderson) — supporting

  Andrew Lee is the son of Jon Lee and disappears during RTM’s take-your-child-to-work day. His disappearance prompts Detective Russel Fox to investigate Chip Gutchell and discover the hidden nature of...

Canonical Relationships

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

• Detective Russel Fox → Russel Fox Jr. (Family Father And Son) — Russel's lost son is unknowingly inside Chip, and the two are reunited during the escape attempt.

  The plot reveals that the baby Chip absorbed at the park was Russel's son, Russel Jr. Russel initially does not know what happened to him.

• Chip Gutchell → Anne Gutchell (Family Husband And Wife) — Their argument accompanies Chip's relapse, while Anne's dinner invitation gives Russel an opportunity to take the disc containing security footage.

  The plot identifies Anne as Chip's wife and says they argue. Anne later invites Russel to dinner.

Story Dynamics

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

• Andrew Lee → Russel Fox Jr. (Alliance Co-survivors) — The two children cooperate in the attempt to escape from Chip's body.

  Andrew and Russel Jr. are found alive inside Chip and work together with Russel to push objects toward an exit.

• Detective Russel Fox → Andrew Lee (Alliance Rescuer And Survivor) — Russel's search for the missing child leads to their cooperation inside Chip's body.

  Russel investigates Andrew's disappearance and later meets him alive inside Chip. Russel and Andrew work with Russel Jr. to push objects toward an exi...

• Chip Gutchell → Andrew Lee (Conflict Captor And Survivor) — Chip's abduction of Andrew triggers Russel's investigation; Andrew later helps try to escape from Chip's body.

  Andrew disappears during the RTM take-your-child-to-work day, and the plot later reveals that Chip absorbed him. Andrew is found alive inside Chip.

• Detective Russel Fox → Chip Gutchell (Conflict Investigator And Suspect) — Russel's investigation turns his AA connection with Chip into a personal pursuit that culminates in their violent confrontation.

  After Andrew Lee disappears, Russel investigates Chip because the security footage was erased. Russel uncovers Chip's addiction, confronts him, and is...

Story Analysis

Chip's hidden compulsion draws detective Russel into an investigation that becomes a desperate attempt to save the people trapped inside Chip.

Plot Progression

1. The Compulsion Takes Hold — A prostate exam awakens Chip's compulsion, and his attempts to repeat the sensation escalate from objects to living beings. After absorbing a baby, he becomes depressed and attempts suicide.
2. A Sponsor's Relapse — Years later, Chip hides his addiction in AA and is assigned to mentor Russel. Russel's talk about cocktails triggers Chip's relapse, and he stops answering Russel's calls.
3. The Missing Child Investigation — Andrew disappears at RTM, and Russel's investigation focuses on Chip after the security footage is erased. Russel discovers Chip's secret and learns that the baby absorbed years earlier was his own so...
4. The Pursuit and the Trap — Russel takes a disc containing security footage, but Chip chases him and the evidence is lost. Fired from the police, Russel confronts Chip at a birthday party and is absorbed.
5. Escape and Explosion — Inside Chip, Russel finds Andrew and Russel Jr. alive, and they work together to find a way out. The escape is blocked when Chip drinks stomach elixir, so Russel triggers an explosion; Russel Jr. surv...