Cher and Emma have similar friendships with Fraiser and Smith as they both become friends with them with the intention of bettering them. Cher and Emma also both try to be match makers for Friaser and Smith where Cher tries to set Friaser up with a guy named Elton while trying to keep her away from a guy named Travis. Emma tries to set Smith up with a boy named Philip while trying to keep Smith's attentions away from a boy named Robert. Justin Walker plays Christian Stovitz who parallels Frank Churchill in Emma: he is a new student at the school and only becomes Cher's love interest for a short time. Emma and Frank develop a friendship in the novel that would make you believe that they will become a couple, but that is not the case because Frank gets married to Jane Fairfax. In Clueless, Cher tries to win Christian's heart but he ignores her attempts. We only learn later that Christian is hiding a secret from Cher, just like Frank did with Emma. However, Christian's secret is that he is homosexual. The other characters in Clueless who are similar to Emma's characters are Stacy Dash as Cher's friend Dionne Davenport, played as Mrs. Watson or Miss Taylor, Dan Hedaya as Cher's father, Mel Horowitz, played as Mr. Woodhouse, among others.