Character Relationship Map: Bicentennial Man

Characters

• Andrew (played by Robin Williams) — protagonist

  Andrew is an NDR household robot whose creativity and emotional capacity lead him beyond his original programming. He serves the Martin family, becomes a clockmaker, seeks legal independence and human...

• Little Miss / Portia (played by Embeth Davidtz) — protagonist

  Portia is the granddaughter of Andrew’s former companion and resembles her grandmother in youth. Initially cautious, she accepts Andrew into the Martin family, later falls in love with him, supports h...

• Rupert Burns (played by Oliver Platt) — supporting

  Rupert Burns is the son of the original NDR designer and an expert in modifying robots toward human appearance and function. Andrew finances his work and becomes his test subject, receiving a human-li...

• Lloyd (played by Bradley Whitford) — supporting

  Lloyd is the son of Andrew’s former companion and the father of Portia, connecting Andrew to the Martin family across later generations. The plot identifies him as part of the family Andrew returns to...

• Galatea Robotic / Human (played by Kiersten Warren) — supporting

  Galatea is an NDR robot modified with a female personality and traits, whose design helps Andrew understand how robots might appear more human. After receiving a human appearance, she monitors Andrew...

• Dennis Mansky (played by Stephen Root) — minor

  Dennis Mansky is the chief executive of NorthAm Robotics, the company connected to Andrew’s manufacture. When Sir consults him about Andrew’s creativity, Dennis calls it a problem and offers to scrap...

• Miss (played by Angela Landis) — supporting

  Miss is an adult member of the Martin family associated with Andrew’s early household and later family history. The available plot summary provides no distinct actions for this credited role, so her s...

• Bill Feingold (played by John Michael Higgins) — supporting
• Lloyd's Wife (played by Marcia Pizzo) — cameo
• Feingold's Assistant (played by Paula DuPré Pesmen) — cameo

Canonical Relationships

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

• Lloyd's Wife → Lloyd (wife)
• Feingold's Assistant → Bill Feingold (assistant)
• Andrew → Galatea Robotic / Human (Professional Technical Associate) — Galatea is connected to Andrew's search for robotic identity and humanization.

  Andrew discovers Galatea while searching for other NDR robots and later relies on her after she has a human appearance.

• Andrew → Rupert Burns (Professional Scientific Collaborator) — Rupert becomes Andrew's principal scientific collaborator.

  Andrew studies Rupert Burns's work, agrees to fund it, and becomes a test subject for modifications that give him a human-like appearance.

• Little Miss / Portia → Lloyd (Family Mother) — The plot places Lloyd and Portia within the same direct family line.

  The plot states that Portia is Lloyd's granddaughter's grandmother and that Lloyd is part of the family generation preceding Portia.

• Andrew → Little Miss / Portia (Romantic Partner) — Their love becomes the emotional center of Andrew's final transformation.

  After Andrew gains human-like functions, he and Portia fall in love and pursue marriage.

Story Dynamics

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

• Little Miss / Portia → Galatea Robotic / Human (Alliance Care Relationship) — Galatea supports Portia and Andrew during their final shared scene.

  Galatea monitors Andrew and Portia together under life support at the end of the film.

• Andrew → Lloyd (Social Family Acquaintance) — Andrew's long relationship with the family extends to Lloyd's generation.

  After returning to the Martin family, Andrew remains connected to the family generations that include Lloyd and Portia.

• Andrew → Dennis Mansky (Conflict Subject Of Rejection) — Dennis initially treats Andrew's individuality as a defect to be eliminated.

  Dennis claims Andrew's creativity is a problem and offers to scrap him.

• Andrew → Miss (Social Household Member) — Andrew becomes part of the household in which Miss is present.

  Andrew is introduced into the Martin family home, where Miss is listed among the household-related characters.

Story Analysis

Andrew's two-century journey transforms a service robot into a being seeking love, legal identity, mortality, and human dignity.

Plot Progression

1. A Machine With Imagination — Andrew enters the Martin household as a service robot but displays creativity and emotional attachment. His carved replacement for a broken figurine leads to an examination by NorthAm Robotics.
2. Freedom Without Rights — Andrew is spared from scrapping and develops his creative talents into a successful clockmaking career. He discovers that legal systems still classify robots as property and seeks independence.
3. Across Generations — Andrew leaves the Martin home and builds a life of his own while searching for robots like himself. His discovery of Galatea leads him to Rupert Burns and a new scientific path toward humanization.
4. The Price Of Mortality — Andrew returns to the family and becomes close to Portia. Artificial organs give him human sensations and love, but accepting mortality becomes necessary for a truly human existence.
5. Recognition At The End — Andrew and Portia appeal again for legal recognition while his body deteriorates. The World Congress finally recognizes Andrew as human, but he dies during the broadcast, followed soon by Portia.