Character Relationship Map: The Candy Kid

Characters

• The Candy Kid (played by Billy West) — protagonist

  Applies for a job at White's shop, dresses as Charlie Chaplin's tramp, handles a live bomb that gets thrown across the street, destroys the rival shop, gets hired by Hardy, and bashes his new boss wit...

• Rival Proprietor (played by Oliver Hardy) — supporting

  Runs the shop across the street. Refuses to hire the Kid initially, gets accidentally struck by the cook, and is later bashed on the head by the Kid with a carpet beater.

• Rival Propreitor (played by Leo White) — supporting

  Owns the shop that advertises for a strong brave man to bomb the competitor. Hires the Kid but the bomb accidentally explodes in his rear room.

• Cook (played by Bud Ross) — supporting

  Works in the back shop. Engages in a scuffle with the Kid and accidentally hits the rival proprietor instead.

Canonical Relationships

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

• Cook → Rival Proprietor (Professional Employee And Proprietor) — The Cook is part of the shop staff under Rival Proprietor.

  The Cook works in Rival Proprietor's back shop.

• The Candy Kid → Rival Proprietor (Professional Job Applicant) — The Candy Kid seeks employment from Rival Proprietor.

  After being taken into Rival Proprietor's shop, The Candy Kid is presented as someone who should receive a job.

• The Candy Kid → Rival Propreitor (Professional Hired Worker) — The Candy Kid becomes Rival Propreitor's hired operative.

  Rival Propreitor advertises for a strong brave man and hires The Candy Kid for the bombing job.

Story Dynamics

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

• The Candy Kid → Cook (Conflict Scuffle Opponents) — Their collision triggers a brief physical confrontation.

  The Candy Kid is pushed into the back shop, knocks into the Cook, and the Cook starts to attack him.

• Rival Propreitor → Rival Proprietor (Conflict Business Rival) — The proprietors lead competing shops in a commercial feud.

  The two candy and ice-cream shops face each other across a street and try to steal each other's customers.

Story Analysis

A disguised job seeker turns a candy-shop rivalry, a misplaced bomb, and a new job into escalating physical comedy.

Plot Progression

1. The Rival Shops — Two candy and ice-cream shops face each other and compete for customers. Rival Propreitor advertises for a strong brave man, and The Candy Kid joins the applicants in disguise.
2. The Dangerous Assignment — Rival Propreitor hires The Candy Kid and explains the bombing assignment. The bomb's fuse accidentally ignites inside the shop, creating a frantic chain of passing hands.
3. The Bomb Crosses Over — The Candy Kid asks for a match and throws the bomb away when the policeman returns. After striking a woman, the bomb is thrown across the street and explodes in White's rear room.
4. A Job With Hardy — The Candy Kid is taken into Hardy's shop and recommended for employment. Rival Proprietor refuses at first, but a back-shop collision changes the situation.
5. The Fly Complaint — The Cook accidentally hits Rival Proprietor during the scuffle. The Candy Kid receives a job and uniform, then turns a complaint about flies into another attack on his new boss.