Character Relationship Map: Rottentail

Characters

• Anna (played by Dominique Swain) — protagonist
• Peter Rottentail (played by Corin Nemec) — supporting
• Jake Mulligan (played by William McNamara) — supporting
• General Phelps (played by Tank Jones) — supporting
• Mike (played by Jason McCrite) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

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

• Peter Rottentail → General Phelps (Professional Coerced Researcher) — General Phelps pressures Peter to produce and surrender the serum.

  General Phelps orders Peter Rottentail to move his operation and provide the fertility serum, threatening him when he hesitates.

Story Dynamics

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

• Anna → Peter Rottentail (Conflict Moral Opponent) — Anna challenges Peter's violent actions and appeals to the person he was before the killing escalated.

  Anna pleads with Peter Rottentail to stop the killing and insists that the violence is unlike him.

• Peter Rottentail → Jake Mulligan (Conflict Personal Enemy) — Their confrontation becomes a direct and lethal personal conflict.

  Jake Mulligan admits that he wants Peter Rottentail dead, and Peter kills him after accusing him of breaking his furry friend's neck.

• Peter Rottentail → Mike (Conflict Adversarial Customer) — Their conflict centers on Peter's experiments and Mike's refusal to supply animals.

  Peter Rottentail demands rabbits for his experiments, while Mike refuses to help and points out that the supposed storage space is actually a laborato...

Story Analysis

A dangerous experiment, military exploitation, and civic deception converge in a violent crisis surrounding Easter Falls.

Plot Progression

1. Secrets Behind the Shop — Mike encounters Peter Rottentail's demand for rabbits and refuses to assist his experiments. Evidence of a hidden laboratory and a frightening creature exposes the danger already present.
2. Pressure and Deception — General Phelps pressures Peter to deliver the unfinished fertility serum and locks down the area. Anna opposes a deceptive religious development connected to a plan involving a historic building and s...
3. The Experiment Awakens — Violent events surround the development while Peter uses electricity, machinery, and a storm to animate a gigantic rabbit-like creature. He celebrates the result and vows revenge on Easter Falls.
4. Hunt Through Easter Falls — The creature becomes the target of a military hunt after deaths and destruction. Peter confronts Jake Mulligan, whose desire to kill him leads to a deadly encounter.
5. The Church Crisis — The creature enters the church while military forces lose control. Anna asks Peter to stop, Peter is struck down, and the ending reveals that he remains alive.