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]].
+==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 [[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.
-{{Character infobox
-|name             = Gladys
-|image            = Gladys.png
-|residence        = [[Endsville]]
-|species          = Human|gender = female
-|spouses = [[Harold]]
-|children = [[Billy]]
-|pets = [[Milkshakes]]}}
+In flashbacks, Gladys met and married Harold after high school and shortly after had Billy.
-Gladysis the mother of [[Billy]] and the wife of [[Harold]] and is a patient, yet mentally unstable woman brought on by having to deal with her family.
-==Character==
+In [[Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure|the movie]], Gladys is shown to work flexible hours at Endsville Dog Kicking Factory.
-She 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 so, Gladys cares deeply for [[Billy]] and [[Harold]], although when Harold gets fired for doing something so stupid or whenever Billy is really disobeying her or acting up, she does have large outbursts of rage. She wants [[Billy]] to grow up to be a chiropractor, even though she knows that is very unlikely to happen.
+She makes her last appearance in Underfist, where she is seen listening enthusiastically to President [[Mandy|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.
-Gladys is a caring mother, a loving wife and a devoted homemaker — and also rampantly abusive, obsessive-compulsive, overly hysterical and over-protective, fussing relentlessly over her family and especially [[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 attacked her husband [[Harold]] more than a few times, notably with a chainsaw, frying pan, and many other dangerous items. Also her obsessive-compulsiveness was present before she even met [[Grim]].
+== Appearances ==
-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]].
+'''[[Grim & Evil]]'''
+* [[Skeletons in the Water Closet]]
-At times, it seems as if Billy has inherited some of his mother's madness.
+* [[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==
-<gallery captionalign="left">
+<gallery widths="185">
-File:Gladys and Butterbean Underfist.png|Gladys in ''[[Underfist]]''
+Gladys and Butterbean Underfist.png|Gladys's cameo in ''[[Underfist]]''
 .jpg|Gladys as a young child
+Gladys_Glaring_Billly_and_Mandy.jpg.png
 </gallery>
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 [[Category:Members of Billy's Family]]
 [[Category:Humans]]
+[[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]]