Character Relationship Map: Deadgirl

Characters

• Rickie (played by Shiloh Fernandez) — protagonist

  Rickie is a high school senior who has known JoAnn since childhood and secretly wants a relationship with her. After discovering The Deadgirl with J.T., he refuses to expose her and later tries to fre...

• J.T. (played by Noah Segan) — protagonist

  J.T. is Rickie's friend and the most aggressive participant in the discovery of The Deadgirl. He considers raping her, learns that she is undead, and treats her as a source of sexual control and viole...

• JoAnn (played by Candice King) — supporting

  JoAnn is Rickie's longtime acquaintance and the girl he wants to date, but she has a boyfriend and rejects him. After being captured by J.T. and Wheeler, she is tied to The Deadgirl and later escapes...

• Wheeler (played by Eric Podnar) — supporting

  Wheeler is Rickie's and J.T.'s friend who joins them in exploiting The Deadgirl. He helps lure Johnny to the hospital, participates in the attempt to obtain a new victim, and helps capture JoAnn. When...

• Dwyer (played by Nolan Gerard Funk) — supporting

  Dwyer is Johnny's friend and accompanies him when Johnny confronts Rickie. Together, they beat up Rickie and Wheeler after the dispute involving JoAnn. The plot gives Dwyer no further major action, bu...

Story Dynamics

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

• JoAnn → Wheeler (Conflict Captive And Abuser) — Wheeler directly participates in JoAnn's physical exploitation.

  After JoAnn is captured and tied in the basement, Wheeler starts to feel her up before Rickie cuts off his hand.

• JoAnn → J.T. (Conflict Captive And Threat) — J.T. treats JoAnn as a potential replacement victim.

  J.T. helps capture JoAnn, ties her to the undead woman, and urges Rickie to let the woman bite her.

• Wheeler → Dwyer (Conflict Opponent) — Their conflict arises from the retaliatory confrontation surrounding Rickie.

  Dwyer participates in the attack that beats up Wheeler, while Wheeler later helps bait the attackers toward the hospital.

• Rickie → Dwyer (Conflict Victim And Attacker) — Dwyer becomes directly involved in violence against Rickie.

  Dwyer joins JoAnn's boyfriend in beating up Rickie and Wheeler.

• Rickie → JoAnn (Social Childhood Acquaintance) — Their long familiarity forms the emotional basis of Rickie's attachment.

  Rickie has known JoAnn since he was a child.

• Rickie → Wheeler (Social Friend) — Their prior friendship deteriorates as Wheeler participates in the abuse.

  Wheeler is identified as Rickie and J.T.'s friend, and he is present with them during the hospital incidents.

• J.T. → Wheeler (Social Friend) — Their friendship enables J.T. to expand his abusive scheme.

  The plot states that J.T. invited their friend Wheeler to join him after discovering the captive's condition.

• Rickie → J.T. (Social Friend) — Their friendship connects Rickie to J.T.'s increasingly abusive actions.

  Rickie and J.T. are introduced as high school seniors who cut class together and explore the abandoned psychiatric hospital.

Story Analysis

A friendship-driven descent into exploitation, violence, and undead transformation ends with Rickie's romantic fixation becoming part of the horror.

Plot Progression

1. The Basement Discovery — Rickie and J.T. leave school and discover a mute, naked woman chained to a table in an abandoned hospital basement. J.T. treats the discovery as an opportunity for abuse, while Rickie begins to withdr...
2. Friendship Under Pressure — Rickie returns to free the captive but arrives as J.T. and Wheeler continue exploiting her. Rickie's feelings for JoAnn are also rejected, and violence at school pushes the conflict back toward the ho...
3. The Infection Spreads — A bite leaves JoAnn's boyfriend in an undead state after a grotesque bathroom collapse. J.T. and Wheeler then decide to find a replacement victim and capture JoAnn when their first attempt fails.
4. Violence In The Basement — Rickie enters with a machete to rescue JoAnn, who has been tied to the captive. He cuts off Wheeler's hand, after which the captive feeds on Wheeler and J.T.
5. Love And Transformation — Rickie and JoAnn try to escape, but the hospital remains locked and J.T. stabs JoAnn. JoAnn rejects Rickie's love before dying, and the final reveal shows that she has transformed into an undead woman...