Changes: Gladys

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"I love my life!"

- Gladys, fooling no one

Gladys is a frequently recurring character, notable for her unstable and manic behavior. She is the mother of Billy and the wife of Harold.

History

Gladys first appears in "Skeletons in the Water Closet". While tending to her daily chores, she keeps bumping into Grim and having never met him before, believes he's out to harm Billy and herself. When Grim's presence finally erodes her sanity, Harold sends her to his sister's house to recover from her 'skeleton episode'.

She later returns home, and while seemingly calm, intends to get revenge on Grim. After an ensuing fight, she grudgingly accepts their new houseguest.

In flashbacks, Gladys met and married Harold after high school and shortly after had Billy.

In the movie, Gladys is shown to work flexible hours at Endsville Dog Kicking Factory.

She makes her last appearance in Underfist, where she is seen listening enthusiastically to President Mandy's speech.

Appearance

Gladys has red, curly hair, green eyes and wears a long purple dress, gold earrings and red Mary Janes.

Personality

Gladys sees herself as a devoted wife, mother and homemaker. In reality, she over-indulges Billy with endless junk food and free reign to do whatever he wants. Conversely, she frequently flips out on Harold for making trifling mistakes. Most troublingly, Gladys is seen to have both obsessive-compulsive and violent tendencies and running hot and cold with little to no provocation. Her relationship with Grim is ambivalent at best; she's never fully reconciled Death being her son's best friend and also an everyday presence in her life who watches her TV and eats at her table. Thus, she jumps at any opportunity to make his life even more miserable and she quite rightly suspects that Grim would like nothing better than to see her son dead. While some of her behavior can be chalked up to her daily life being taxing on anyone's mental health, most of it has been evident from the start.

Appearances

Grim & Evil

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy:

Other appearances:

Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure
Underfist (cameo)

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+<blockquote>''"I love my life!"''</blockquote><blockquote>- Gladys, fooling no one</blockquote>{{Character|name = Gladys|image = gladys.png|voice = [[Jennifer Hale]]|first = [[Skeletons in the Water Closet]]|last = [[Underfist]] (cameo)|age = 33|gender = Female|species = Human|occupation = Homemaker, professional dog-kicker|family = [[Harold]] (husband) [[Billy]] (son), [[Sis]] (sister-in-law)|friends=[[The Grim Reaper]] [[Mandy]] [[Irwin]]|enemies=[[Mindy]]}}Gladys is a frequently recurring character, notable for her unstable and manic behavior. She is the mother of [[Billy]] and the wife of [[Harold]].
-{{Character infobox
+==History==
-|bgcolor = purple
+Gladys first appears in "Skeletons in the Water Closet". While tending to her daily chores, she keeps bumping into Grim and having never met him before, believes he's out to harm Billy and herself. When Grim's presence finally erodes her sanity, Harold sends her to his sister's house to recover from her 'skeleton episode'.
-|name = Gladys
-|image = Gladys.png
-|gender = Female
-|age= 36
-|residence = [[Endsville]]
-|relatives = [[Darold]] (father-in-law)<br>[[Harold]] (husband)<br>[[Billy]] (son)<br>[[Del Uglio]] (son)<br>[[Aunt Sis]] (sister-in-law)<br>[[Nergal Jr.]] (maternal marital nephew)<br>[[Nergal]] (brother-in-law)<br>[[Jeff]] (adoptive paternal grandson)<br>[[Velma Green]] (ex-paternal granddaughter-in-law)<br>Spider hatchlings (adoptive paternal paternal great grandchildren)
-|pets = [[Milkshakes]]<br>[[Sniffles]]
-|classification = Human
-|occupation = House Keeper
-|appears = ''[[Grim & Evil]]''<br>''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy]]''
-|first = [[Skeletons in the Water Closet]]
-|voice = [[Jennifer Hale]]}}
-'''Gladys''' is the mother of [[Billy]] and the wife of [[Harold]] and is a patient, yet very mentally unstable woman whose condition seems to have been brought on by having to deal with her family.
+She [[Grim vs. Mom|later]] returns home, and while seemingly calm, intends to get revenge on Grim. After an ensuing fight, she grudgingly accepts their new houseguest.
-==Personality==
-Gladys has a severe facial tic, which usually appears when [[Billy]] is misbehaving, when her authority is challenged, or whenever [[Grim]] is present, and has also developed nervous breakdowns. Despite this, Gladys cares deeply for [[Billy]] and [[Harold]], although when Harold gets fired for doing something stupid or whenever Billy is really disobeying her or acting up, she does have large outbursts of rage.
+In flashbacks, Gladys met and married Harold after high school and shortly after had Billy.
-She wants Billy to grow up to be a chiropractor, even though she knows that it is very unlikely to happen. Gladys is a caring mother, a loving wife and a devoted homemaker.
+In [[Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure|the movie]], Gladys is shown to work flexible hours at Endsville Dog Kicking Factory.
-Gladys suffers from an unnamed mental condition (in her first appearance it's mentioned she must have forgotten her medicine when she claims she saw Grim) and is overprotective of Billy. She fluctuates between these qualities at an unsettling rapidity, if any at all. Her renowned fits of insanity and ferocious mood swings have always been present. She even attacks [[Harold]] more than a few times, notably with a chainsaw, frying pan, Grim's scythe and many other dangerous items.
+She makes her last appearance in Underfist, where she is seen listening enthusiastically to President [[Mandy|Mandy's]] speech.
-Harold implies that she has schizophrenia during her first appearance, asking if she forgot to take her medicine when she tries to tell Harold about Grim. This was present before she even met [[Grim]]. Her relationship to Grim is ambivalent at best. She has never come to terms with the fact that her son's best friend is The Grim Reaper himself - and that he is also living under her roof, watching her TV and eating at her table. She is exceptionally mean to him, and they will always bicker if placed in the same room. There is even [[Grim vs. Mom|an episode about their relationship]]. Gladys doesn’t know that Grim would love to leave the house, but can’t because of his deal with Billy and Mandy.
+==Appearance==
+Gladys has red, curly hair, green eyes and wears a long purple dress, gold earrings and red Mary Janes.
+==Personality==
-At times, it seems as if Billy has inherited some of his mother's madness.
+Gladys sees herself as a devoted wife, mother and homemaker. In reality, she over-indulges Billy with endless junk food and free reign to do whatever he wants. Conversely, she frequently flips out on Harold for making trifling mistakes. Most troublingly, Gladys is seen to have both obsessive-compulsive and violent tendencies and running hot and cold with little to no provocation. Her relationship with Grim is ambivalent at best; she's never fully reconciled Death being her son's best friend and also an everyday presence in her life who watches her TV and eats at her table. Thus, she jumps at any opportunity to make his life even more miserable and she quite rightly suspects that Grim would like nothing better than to see her son dead. While some of her behavior can be chalked up to her daily life being taxing on anyone's mental health, most of it has been evident from the start.
-==Appearance==
+== Appearances ==
+'''[[Grim & Evil]]'''
-Gladys has red, curly hair, dark green eyes and wears a long purple dress, gold earrings and red flats.
+* [[Skeletons in the Water Closet]]
+* [[Grim vs. Mom]]
+* [[Big Trouble in Billy's Basement]]
+* [[Little Rock of Horrors]]
+* [[Love is Evol Spelled Backwards]]
+* [[Chicken Ball Z]]
+'''The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy:'''
+* [[A Kick in the Asgard]]
+* [[Wishbones]]
+* [[The Loser From The Earth's Core|The Loser From the Earth's Core]]
+* [[Mommy Fiercest]]
+* [[Prank Call of Cthulu]]
+* [[Keeper of the Reaper]]
+'''Other appearances:'''
+* [[Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure]]
+* [[Underfist]] (cameo)
 ==Gallery==
-Visit [[Gladys/Gallery]]
+<gallery widths="185">
-==Trivia==
+Gladys and Butterbean Underfist.png|Gladys's cameo in ''[[Underfist]]''
-*Gladys was absent for 6 episodes due to her major meltdown when she encountered Grim for the first time and stayed with Aunt Sis.
+.jpg|Gladys as a young child
-•Glady might have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ad she as extreme fear of germs.
+Gladys_Glaring_Billly_and_Mandy.jpg.png
+</gallery>
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 [[Category:Characters]]
 [[Category:Members of Billy's Family]]
 [[Category:Humans]]
-[[Category:Grim & Evil characters]]
 [[Category:Females]]
+[[Category:Villains]]
+[[Category:Former Villains]]
+[[Category:Bullies of Grim]]
+[[Category:Bullies]]
+[[Category:Enemies of Grim]]
+[[Category:Grim & Evil characters]]
 [[Category:The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy characters]]
+[[Category:Underfist characters]]