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Brandi Lucille Sousa was born in 1986 to Tamara "Tammie" Sousa (voiced by [[wikipedia:Tammie Souza|Tammie Souza]]) and Mark Stein.  
Francine was born to a wealthy couple in [[South Carolina]], Nicholas and Cassandra Dawson. She was abandoned by her birth parents. She spent her early childhood in a [[Roman Catholic]] orphanage. She is naturally [[left-handed]] but this was literally beaten out of her by the nuns. She was adopted at age seven by Bàba and Māma Ling, [[Chinese Americans]]. She speaks fluent Chinese, and often speaks in it to her parents to disguise their conversations in front of Stan. Her parents have their own biological daughter, Gwen, who is attractive but not as bright as Francine.
 
  
When Francine was about fourteen years old, she had an obsessive crush on her [[algebra]] teacher, Mr. Feeny. The police were called and Francine lied to them and said that she and Mr. Feeny were lovers. Mr. Feeny was sent to jail, where he committed [[suicide]].<ref>{{cite episode
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Brandi got her middle name from an incident at a Sam's Club store where she went in to buy a new prop, realized she had to use the restroom, and slipped on ice. The resulting injury left Brandi in constant pain. Brandi sued the store and received a $5.3 million cash settlement, which caused her friends to see her as lucky -- hence, the middle name.
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| credits = Ron Hughart (director); Seth McFarlane, Mike Barker, Matt Weitzman (writers)
 
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In college Francine stabbed her roommate to death. Even though she was a party girl in college and seems to hold very liberal beliefs, she keeps them mostly to herself and follows her husband's [[conservative]] values.
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Brandi refers to the cash settlement as "money," and one of her catchphrases is "I slipped on ice at the Sam's Club." The Sam's Club story is partially contradicted in the episode "[[]]," where Brandi says that she was at the store purchasing a TV, rather than buying a new cable for her winch, and again, during the series, where she states "If I hadn't gone to get a cash advance, I wouldn't have slipped on ice, wouldn't have got my settlement money, and never would have bought these rims ... it's scary to think about the road not traveled".
  
Francine first met Stan when he had just graduated from the CIA academy and been offered a post as an operative. She was a groupie trying to hitchhike home, and Stan pulled over and gave her a lift.
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Brandi claims she will never have to work another day in her life, even though the settlement was nowhere near enough to cover her expenses for the remainder of her expected natural life, and soon she wises up to that. After the Sam's Club "ice" incident, on Deanna & Brandi, Brandi tried to commit insurance fraud by intentionally harming herself on private property, which has damaged her credibility and earned her some scrapes with the law. Brandi said she once was a real estate agent in Terre Haute, although she never mentioned it to Ava when Ava volunteered to help Brandi write a resume, suggesting she made up the story instead of having an actual record of gainful employment, or was fired.
  
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Although at one point, her funds had dwindled to $9,000, and [[Ava Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Ava]] referred Brandi to Melissa Rose, MD for some temporary work. Brandi and [[Melissa Rose (Queen of the Willis)|Melissa]] did some horsing around on Melissa's basement steps, the railing collapsed, and Brandi fell, injuring her back. With some regret, Brandi filed a lawsuit against Melissa. However, events quickly spun out of control, and Brandi's attorney threatened to sue [[Craven Gifts]] instead (on the grounds that Ava was acting as a Craven employee when she referred Brandi to Melissa), correctly sensing higher fee potential in suing Craven than in suing Melissa. With the help of Melissa and Ava, Brandi was able to manipulate things so that the attorney would come out on the wrong end of a lawsuit, and the attorney ended up cutting Brandi a check for $5.3 million (Her "usual lawsuit fee and not a penny more") to make the whole thing go away.
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Brandi has a definite tendency toward scam artistry, as seen in her lawsuit against Melissa and subsequently getting a settlement from her own attorney. Brandi also went to great lengths to avoid paying a garbage-pickup tax, claiming the tax to be "un-American", by placing her garbage into Ava's garbage cans. Brandi is also somewhat dim: She once cut her hand on barbed wire and refused to go to the hospital because (she says) her family has a long history of getting shot in the woods and dying in hospitals.
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In spite of her flaws and somewhat unattractive looks, Brandi is a genuinely good-hearted person: She cares deeply for [[Deanna Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Deanna]] and always tries her best to do right by Deanna. In "[[Three Women and a Bitch]]," where they learn that Brandi is pregnant, and does the right thing by Deanna while remaining true to herself -- and finally being welcomed into the Willis family.
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Brandi also shows her devotion to Deanna in the episode "[[Ode to Deanna]]" when she protects Deanna from learning that her [[Monique Cruz|rapist]] is in prison, preserving Deanna's good image.
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Deanna and Brandi's daughter [[Tessanne Sousa|Tessanne]] is born in the episode "[[Brandi See, Donkey Do]]." Brandi adopts Deanna's first child, Lina, after Moniqe Cruz was arrested for Deanna's rape in the four-part episode "[[The Rape of Heather Willis]]" after the maternity rights for Monique were terminated and given to Brandi by default.
  
 
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Revision as of 10:55, 27 December 2018

Brandi Sousa
Queen of the Willis and Deanna & Brandi character
First appearance "Brandi, Call the Doctor!" (Queen of the Willis)
"Pilot" (Deanna & Brandi)
Created by Ava Zinn
Voiced by Karly Jameson
Information
Occupation Housewife
Spouse(s) Deanna Willis
Gary Hicks (ex-fiancé)
Children Tessanne Sousa (daughter)
Birthday

July 18, 1986

Brandi Lucille Willis (née Sousa) is a fictional character on the animated television series Queen of the Willis and Deanna & Brandi. She is the wife of the character Deanna Willis and the mother of Tessanne Sousa, Alexander Hicks, Cherice Hicks, and Telissa Hicks. Brandi is voiced by Karly Jameson.


Fictional character biography

Brandi Lucille Sousa was born in 1986 to Tamara "Tammie" Sousa (voiced by Tammie Souza) and Mark Stein.

Brandi got her middle name from an incident at a Sam's Club store where she went in to buy a new prop, realized she had to use the restroom, and slipped on ice. The resulting injury left Brandi in constant pain. Brandi sued the store and received a $5.3 million cash settlement, which caused her friends to see her as lucky -- hence, the middle name.

Brandi refers to the cash settlement as "money," and one of her catchphrases is "I slipped on ice at the Sam's Club." The Sam's Club story is partially contradicted in the episode "[[]]," where Brandi says that she was at the store purchasing a TV, rather than buying a new cable for her winch, and again, during the series, where she states "If I hadn't gone to get a cash advance, I wouldn't have slipped on ice, wouldn't have got my settlement money, and never would have bought these rims ... it's scary to think about the road not traveled".

Brandi claims she will never have to work another day in her life, even though the settlement was nowhere near enough to cover her expenses for the remainder of her expected natural life, and soon she wises up to that. After the Sam's Club "ice" incident, on Deanna & Brandi, Brandi tried to commit insurance fraud by intentionally harming herself on private property, which has damaged her credibility and earned her some scrapes with the law. Brandi said she once was a real estate agent in Terre Haute, although she never mentioned it to Ava when Ava volunteered to help Brandi write a resume, suggesting she made up the story instead of having an actual record of gainful employment, or was fired.

Although at one point, her funds had dwindled to $9,000, and Ava referred Brandi to Melissa Rose, MD for some temporary work. Brandi and Melissa did some horsing around on Melissa's basement steps, the railing collapsed, and Brandi fell, injuring her back. With some regret, Brandi filed a lawsuit against Melissa. However, events quickly spun out of control, and Brandi's attorney threatened to sue Craven Gifts instead (on the grounds that Ava was acting as a Craven employee when she referred Brandi to Melissa), correctly sensing higher fee potential in suing Craven than in suing Melissa. With the help of Melissa and Ava, Brandi was able to manipulate things so that the attorney would come out on the wrong end of a lawsuit, and the attorney ended up cutting Brandi a check for $5.3 million (Her "usual lawsuit fee and not a penny more") to make the whole thing go away.

Brandi has a definite tendency toward scam artistry, as seen in her lawsuit against Melissa and subsequently getting a settlement from her own attorney. Brandi also went to great lengths to avoid paying a garbage-pickup tax, claiming the tax to be "un-American", by placing her garbage into Ava's garbage cans. Brandi is also somewhat dim: She once cut her hand on barbed wire and refused to go to the hospital because (she says) her family has a long history of getting shot in the woods and dying in hospitals.

In spite of her flaws and somewhat unattractive looks, Brandi is a genuinely good-hearted person: She cares deeply for Deanna and always tries her best to do right by Deanna. In "Three Women and a Bitch," where they learn that Brandi is pregnant, and does the right thing by Deanna while remaining true to herself -- and finally being welcomed into the Willis family.

Brandi also shows her devotion to Deanna in the episode "Ode to Deanna" when she protects Deanna from learning that her rapist is in prison, preserving Deanna's good image.

Deanna and Brandi's daughter Tessanne is born in the episode "Brandi See, Donkey Do." Brandi adopts Deanna's first child, Lina, after Moniqe Cruz was arrested for Deanna's rape in the four-part episode "The Rape of Heather Willis" after the maternity rights for Monique were terminated and given to Brandi by default.

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