Editing List of The Souzas characters

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''[[The Souzas]]'' is an [[wikipedia:United States|American]] [[wikipedia:Cartoon series|animated]] sitcom created by [[Ava Zinn]], [[Tracia Matthewson]] and [[Karly Jameson]]. 



==Main characters==
===Deanna Willis===
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'''Deanna Annalisa Willis''' (formerly Andrew; voiced by Candis Cayne on ''Queen of the Willis'' and [[Rachael Passalt]] since 2019 on ''QOTW'' and ''The Souzas'') is the co-protagonist of the series. She is a portly 26-year-old Caucasian trans woman who is very polite to everyone and has a unique laugh. 

In the original run of ''Queen of the Willis'', Deanna is an average, excitable, and outgoing teenage college-age transgirl. Physically, she is a younger version of Ava, but intellectually, she often shows better potential, as shown from moments of articulation and coherence within her speech, and makes good points when especially talking about films, TV series, actors and actresses, etc. Similar to Tom, Deanna deals with the problems that most teenage lesbian girls face: acne, girls, and school. Deanna was enrolled at Babyface Regional High School in Quillsville, Indiana until graduating from Kaufman College in [[Pilot (The Souzas)|the pilot episode]]. 

Deanna is also willing to take drastic measures to get what she wants or needs, especially when it comes to getting good grades. She, at one point, believed that she got a bad grade on an English test when she tickled her brain by sticking an army man's rifle into his nose and accidentally puncturing a lobe.

She was often portrayed as an [[wikt:airhead|airhead]], but was shown to be an expert mechanic in the first two seasons and is good at logic puzzles. Deanna was promiscuous, but she settles down after Brandi got pregnant by Deanna. Deanna and Brandi get married in the sixth season on ''Queen of the Willis'' and in the pilot of ''The Souzas''.

In "[[Pilot (The Souzas)|Pilot]]", her wife, Brandi, Deanna, [[The Willis Sextuplets|Deanna's sextuplet siblings]], Deanna's children Tessanne and Lina moves to the town of Detropolis, Ohio to show them where Brandi grew up (even though Brandi was in love with Deanna but they were only online friends and Deanna did not know it). Eventually sparking his relationship with her, they renew their marriage vows and move in with Brandi's three children. Deanna is usually depicted as exceedingly gentle and patient, and it is only on rare occasions that she has been known to lose her temper and resort to violence. However, Deanna gets visibly annoyed with transphobic behavior. She often acts as the voice of caution when other characters hatch harebrained schemes. Deanna's speech is slow and almost elongated in [[Queen of the Willis]], but in [[The Souzas]] her voice has a wide variety. Various flashbacks give conflicting histories of her speech patterns. She is shown as a more sexual, stupid, and violent character in her new form than she was originally.

===Brandi Willis===
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'''Brandi Lucille Willis ({{nee|Souza}})''' (voiced by Crystal Bowersox from 2008-12, Kassie DePaiva since 2019) – Brandi is Deanna's itinerant, but generally benign wife, the mother of Deanna's child, Tesssanne, and mother of Gary Hicks' three children Alexander (now Alexandra), Chereice and Telissa. It's often hard for Brandi to hold down a job (she had no credit or Social Security number before moving to Detropolis). She lives on the remainder of the $5 million "settlement monies" she received after "slipping on water at the Sam's Club" having had a portion of her spine fused. Deanna's mother, [[Angie Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Angie]] tried very hard to break her and Deanna apart, but after Brandi's pregnancy on ''Queen of the Willis'' was revealed, she and Deanna's father, [[Ava Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Ava]] reconciled the two, giving them a wedding and a new home at Brandi's request in the [[Pilot (The Souzas)|pilot]]. Although dimwitted in some aspects, Brandi has learned some facets such as basic math through life experience despite reciving her high school diploma.

===Lina Willis===
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===Tessanne Willis===
{{Infobox character
| name               = Tesanne Willis
| first              = "[[Pilot (The Souzas)|Pilot]]" (2020, ''The Souzas'')<BR>"[[Ten Years To Life]]" (2019, ''Queen of the Willis'')
| creator            = [[Ava Zinn]]<br>[[Karly Jameson]]<br>[[Alexandra Moffitt]]
| voice              =  Karly Jameson
| full_name          = Tessanne Jacqueline Willis
| relatives          = {{ubl|'''Biological family:'''|Alexandra (transgendered step-sister)|Chereice (step-sister)|Telissa (step-sister)|Lina (half-sister)|Maggie (sister)|[[Brandi Souza|Brandi]] (mother)|[[Deanna Willis]] (father)|Tammie Sousa (maternal grandmother)|Mark Sousa (maternal grandfather)|Patty Sousa (grand aunt)|Louisa Sousa (aunt)|[[Ava Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Ava Willis]] (paternal grandfather)|[[Angie Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Angie Willis]] (paternal grandmother)}}
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| series      = [[Queen of the Willis]] and [[The Souzas]]
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'''Tessanne Jacqueline Willis''' is the 3-year-old biological daughter of Deanna and Brandi. She has a biological sister, Maggie, and a biological half-sister, Lina. As a result of her father marrying Brandi, Tessanne has gained three step-sisters, Alexandra (born Alexander), Chereice, and Telissa.

===Maggie Willis===
{{Infobox character
| name               = Maggie Willis
| first              = "[[Pilot (The Souzas)|Pilot]]" (2020)
| creator            = [[Ava Zinn]]<br>[[Karly Jameson]]<br>[[Alexandra Moffitt]]
| voice              =  
| full_name          = Maggie Madison Willis
| relatives          = {{ubl|'''Biological family:'''|Alexandra (transgendered step-sister)|Chereice (step-sister)|Telissa (step-sister)|Lina (half-sister)|Tessanne (sister)|[[Brandi Souza|Brandi]] (mother)|[[Deanna Willis]] (father)|Tammie Sousa (maternal grandmother)|Mark Sousa (maternal grandfather)|Patty Sousa (grand aunt)|Louisa Sousa (aunt)|[[Ava Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Ava Willis]] (paternal grandfather)|[[Angie Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Angie Willis]] (paternal grandmother)}}
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| series      = [[Queen of the Willis]] and [[The Souzas]]
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'''Maggie Madison Willis''' is the 1-year-old biological daughter of Deanna and Brandi. She has a biological sister, Tessanne, and a biological half-sister, Lina. As a result of her father marrying Brandi, Maggie has gained three step-sisters, Alexandra (born Alexander), Chereice, and Telissa.

===Alexandra Souza===
{{Infobox character
| name               = Alexandra Souza
| first              = "[[Pilot (The Souzas)|Pilot]]" (2020)
| creator            = [[Ava Zinn]]<br>[[Karly Jameson]]<br>[[Alexandra Moffitt]]
| voice              = [[Olivia Everman]] 
| full_name          = Alexandra Roberta Souza<BR>{{small|(born Alexander Robert Hicks)}}
| relatives          = {{ubl|'''Biological family:'''|Chereice (sister)|Telissa (sister)|[[Brandi Souza|Brandi]] (mother)|Gary (father)|Tammie Sousa (maternal grandmother)|Mark Sousa (maternal grandfather)|Patty Sousa (grand aunt)|Louisa Sousa (aunt)|'''Stepfamily:'''|[[Deanna Willis|Deanna]] (step-father)|Lina (half-sister)|Tessanne (half-sister)}}
| nickname    = 
| series      = [[Queen of the Willis]] and [[The Souzas]]
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'''Alexandra Roberta Souza''' (born '''Alexander Robert Hicks''') is the 16-year-old biological transgendered daughter of [[Brandi Souza]] and her ex-husband, Gary Hicks. She looks up to [[wikipedia:Laverne Cox|Laverne Cox]], hoping to one day follow in her foorsteps. 
Alexandra is depicted as a relatively popular girl in school, Alexandra is often seen socializing with her friends, both in person, and using phones, or social networking websites. She has been dating a less than respectable girl by the name of Trista Jones, who Brandi does not much approve of, but who Deanna has managed to bully into submission. As with many popular students, Alexandra often acts as a bully and a self-centered character, even towards her own family members.

Neither Alexandra nor her sisters Chereice and Telissa are initially pleased with the arrival of Deanna, Lina and Tessanne, though both appear to accept their mother marrying Deanna without much issue. In fact, Alexandra and Deanna seem to fall into a rather stereotypical father/ transgender daughter relationship, with Alexandra being embarrassed by her stepfather's behavior when she attends social functions at her school. Eventually she accepts Deanna as her father.

Alexandra seems to have a love/hate relationship with her sisters Chereice and Telissa. In the first episode, Alexandra reneges on her responsibility to babysit them in order to go out with her friends. However, she seems able to share plenty of witty dialogue with her sisters, apparently seeing her as something of an intellectual equal, despite their ages. Alexandra's relationship with Lina and Tessanne has shown promise of being a decently caring one, despite a shaky beginning. Initially both Alexandra, Chereice and Telissa are disturbed by how clean and attentive Lina and Tessanne are in regards to Brandi's parental requests. Initially annoyed at them making them look bad and did all they could to make them miserable, they become sympathetic when they realize that they never accepted their parents' divorce and showing resentment towards her own father for her adulterous affair and has been doing all she can to avoid giving into her sorrow. Together, Chereice, Telissa and Alexandra do all they can to help Lina and Tessanne let her feelings out and at the same time, they accept her as their sister. Despite her occasional kindness towards her however, Alexandra regularly tends to neglect and distance from Lina and Tessanne and even bully her with the other popular students out of selfishness and/or on behalf of her own social structure and goals, even accusing her of stealing a chocolate bar over Chereice and Telissa. She can also talk like Gary, although she seems a bit resentful of his failures as a parent compared to the sense of hero worship Telissa feels toward him. Alexandra seems to have an archrival in Amanda Mort. Her usual clothing is a red tube top with blue jeans, gold hoop earrings and necklace and bracelets, and white and black-striped sneakers. She also wears white pearl earrings and her hair has a white streak in it. She wears pink lipstick.

===Chereice Souza===
{{Infobox character
| name               = Chereice Souza
| first              = "[[Pilot (The Souzas)|Pilot]]" (2020)
| creator            = [[Ava Zinn]]<br>[[Karly Jameson]]<br>[[Alexandra Moffitt]]
| voice              = [[Maribel Mort]] 
| full_name          = Sarah Chereice Souza
| relatives          = {{ubl|'''Biological family:'''|Alexandra (transgendered sister)|Telissa (sister)|[[Brandi Souza|Brandi]] (mother)|Gary (father)|Tammie Sousa (maternal grandmother)|Mark Sousa (maternal grandfather)|Patty Sousa (grand aunt)|Louisa Sousa (aunt)|'''Stepfamily:'''|[[Deanna Willis|Deanna]] (step-father)|Lina (half-sister)|Tessanne (half-sister)}}
| nickname    = 
| series      = [[Queen of the Willis]] and [[The Souzas]]
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'''Sarah Chereice Souza''' is the 14-year-old biological daughter of [[Brandi Souza]] and her ex-husband, Gary Hicks. She is the younger sister of Alexandra Souza and the older sister of Telissa Souza.  Due to her mother's marriage to Deanna, she is the step-sister of Lina Willis and the half-sister of Tessanne Willis.

Chereice is depicted as an unpopular girl in school, Chereice is often seen socializing with her friends, both in person, and using phones, or social networking websites. 

Neither Chereice nor her sisters Alexandra and Telissa are initially pleased with the arrival of Deanna, Lina and Tessanne, though both appear to accept their mother marrying Deanna without much issue. In fact, Chereice and Deanna seem to fall into a rather stereotypical father/daughter relationship, with Chereice being embarrassed by her stepfather's behavior when she attends social functions at her school. Eventually she accepts Deanna as her father.

Chereice seems to have a love/hate relationship with her sisters Alexandra and Telissa. In the first episode, Chereice reneges on her responsibility to babysit them in order to go out with her friends. However, she seems able to share plenty of witty dialogue with her sisters, apparently seeing her as something of an intellectual equal, despite their ages. Chereice's relationship with Lina and Tessanne has shown promise of being a decently caring one, despite a shaky beginning. Initially both Alexandra, Chereice and Telissa are disturbed by how clean and attentive Lina and Tessanne are in regards to Brandi's parental requests. Initially annoyed at them making them look bad and did all they could to make them miserable, they become sympathetic when they realize that they never accepted their parents' divorce and showing resentment towards her own father for her adulterous affair and has been doing all she can to avoid giving into her sorrow. Together, Chereice, Telissa and Alexandra do all they can to help Lina and Tessanne let her feelings out and at the same time, they accept her as their sister. Despite her occasional kindness towards her however, Alexandra regularly tends to neglect and distance from Lina and Tessanne and even bully her with the other popular students out of selfishness and/or on behalf of her own social structure and goals, even accusing her of stealing a chocolate bar over Alexandra and Telissa. She can also talk like Gary, although she seems a bit resentful of his failures as a parent compared to the sense of hero worship Telissa feels toward him. Her usual clothing is a tan spaghetti-strap tank top with black jeans, silver hoop earrings and necklace and bracelets, and black and white-striped sneakers. She also wears white pearl earrings. She wears red lipstick.

===Telissa Souza===
{{Infobox character
| name               = Telissa Souza
| first              = "[[Pilot (The Souzas)|Pilot]]" (2020)
| creator            = [[Ava Zinn]]<br>[[Karly Jameson]]<br>[[Alexandra Moffitt]]
| voice              = [[Rachael Passalt]] 
| full_name          = Telissa Christina Souza
| relatives          = {{ubl|'''Biological family:'''|Alexandra (transgendered sister)|Chereice (sister)|[[Brandi Souza|Brandi]] (mother)|Gary (father)|Tammie Sousa (maternal grandmother)|Mark Sousa (maternal grandfather)|Patty Sousa (grand aunt)|Louisa Sousa (aunt)|'''Stepfamily:'''|[[Deanna Willis|Deanna]] (step-father)|Lina (half-sister)|Tessanne (half-sister)}}
| nickname    = 
| series      = [[Queen of the Willis]] and [[The Souzas]]
| children    = Aiden Souza (son)
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'''Telissa Christina Souza''' is the 11-year-old biological daughter of Brandi and her ex-husband, Gary. She has a biological sister, Chereice, and a biological transgendered sister, Alexandra. As a result of her mother marrying Deanna, Telissa has respectively gained a step-sister and half-sister, Lina and Tessanne. Telissa has a light pink shirt with dark pink skirt and blue sneakers and she sports a bobcut. Her best friends are Gianna and Vicki.

Despite her age (7 when the show premiered), and the fact her father has been mostly absent most of her life, Telissa acts much like Gary, behaving at times very articulate, yet hormonally charged. She seems to get along fairly well with her mother Brandi and has a normal love/hate relationship with Alexandra and Chereice, who at times seems to neglect her, yet at other times speaks to her as if an intellectual equal.

Telissa frequently runs errands for her mother but never remembers to get the change. As a result, she is able to save enough money to buy a [[Chevrolet Camaro|1972 Camaro]] on Amazon. Her childlike defiance and hyperactive mischief when being tended to by Alexandra was so extreme (including excitedly wiping herself by dragging her bare posterior on the floor) as to scare her away from sex, lest she risk creating anything like her. The fact that Telissa is some sort of child prodigy, makes her an analogue of Deanna's half-sister, [[Brynn Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Brynn]].

With the new arrivals of Deanna, Lina and Tessanne (and later Maggie), Telissa has shown some initial reluctance to accept all three into her life, actively insulting them, such as joking about their weight. However, she warms up to Deanna, who manages to teach her how to handle checking out the boys in her third grade class. 

Despite being younger than her new stepsisters Maggie, Tessanne and Lina, Telissa seems to take a more aggressive hand in their interaction, openly insulting Lina.  However, this seems to just be Telissa's way of addressing people in general, and not done with any deep malice intended. In fact, their relationship is showing promise of being a decently caring one at this point. Initially annoyed at her making them look bad, they become sympathetic when they realize that she never accepted her parents' divorce, and has been doing all she can to avoid giving into her sorrow. Together Alexandra, Telissa and Chereice do all they can to help Lina and tessanne let her feelings out and at the same time, they accept her as their sister.

Telissa seems to somewhat value cleanliness and etiquette from houseguests, as demonstrated by her indignant reaction to Deanna, Lina and Tessanne, not making their beds after staying the night with the Souzas family in the pilot.

She was an [[wikipedia:Antisemitism|antisemite]], as discovered in "Gentleman's Night". Her antisemitism is contradicted by her affection toward her stereotypically German teacher, Ms. Juanita Taylor, to whom she declared, "You mean the world to me. The '''world''' to me!"

In one episode, she becomes sexist towards transmen and transwomen after learning of the history of LGBT rights in the United States. Telissa then go on rants to kill and harm transgender women, but changes her stance once she sees that the Planucchio family are not sexists, are not responsible for owning slaves and actually enjoy many of the same activities and foods as herself.

Her favorite meal consists of cheese sticks and Tater Tots, and, before her stepfather moved in, she sat at the head of the dinner table.

In [[Eleven and Pregnant]], she becomes pregnant by her first boyfriend Tony and shows signs of pregnancy in [[You're a Grandmother, Brandi Souza]], and gives birth to a boy '''Aiden''' in that episode.

===Willis/Souza Family===
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* '''[[Ava Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Aeverine Melanie Florence "Ava" Willis]]''' - (voiced by [[Ava Zinn]]) Ava is Deanna's father, the patenal grandfather of Lina and Tessanne. She is also the father-in-law of Brandi as well as the paternal step-grandfather of Alexandra, Chereice, and Telissa.
* [[Angie Willis (Queen of the Willis)|'''Angela Anne "Angie" Willis''']] ({{nee|'''Donaldson'''}} and formerly Shanks) - (voiced by [[Karly Jameson]]) Angie is Deanna's mother and the paternal grandmother of Lina and Tessanne. She is also the mother-in-law of Brandi as well as the paternal step-grandmother of Alexandra, Chereice, and Telissa.

* '''[[Tammie Souza (The Souzas)|Tamara Anne "Tammie" Souza]]''' (voiced by [[wikipedia:Tammie Souza|Tammie Souza]]) – Tammie is Brandi's mother and the maternal grandmother of Tessanne, Alexandra, Chereice, and Telissa. Her first appearance was in the episode "A Souza Thanksgiving". She is hypercritical of Brandi because she never forgave her for spurning Deanna in favor of Gary in high school. Brandi is quite oblivious to her mother and Brandi's rough relationship.

* '''Mark Louis Souza''' (voiced by [[Kathi Jameson]]) – Mark is Brandi's father and the maternal grandfather of Tessanne, Alexandra, Chereice, and Telissa. He is 50 years old. He is abusive towards Brandi who he has never forgiven for humiliating him by losing Supermarket Sweep and $5,000 for him and causing him to hide out at home in shame so long that he lost both his job and his chance to try out for the Cincinnati Bengals, and has a history of leaving and then reuniting with his wife, Tammie, who is unaware he has more than a dozen other sons of various ages and races as seen in the episode "You're the Best Woman, Brandi Souza." mark seems to be close to the Willis family, where he calls [[Telissa Souza]] "Bisexual [[Brynn Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Brynn]]." He seems to resemble ______. 

* '''Louisa Souza''' – Brandi's younger sister and the sister-in-law of Deanna, Rhonda, Brittany, Suzanne, Emilie, Hillary, and Brynn. Louisa is a doctor who first appears in the ''[[Queen of the Willis]]'' episodes ''[[Brandi Souza: The New Girl in Quillsville]]'' and ''[[Brandi See, Donkey Do]]''. She previously worked as a plastic surgeon in Quillsville and before enlisting in the navy. 

* '''Gary Hicks''' (voiced by [[Melvin Runecraft]]) – Gary is Brandi's first boyfriend and the biological father of Alexandra, Chereice and Telissa. At the start of the show, he had grown negligent of the statuses of his children, not even knowing their names, which convinced Brandi to accept Deanna as her true love. Swearing revenge on Deanna, Gary left with the Souzas' pet goldfish Katie. Although since the pilot, his intentions for revenge seemed to have been forgotten. Like Deanna, Brandi's neighbors do not like Gary because of his arrogant ways where he stole Chaztity's good lighter (the Bic one), broke Averi's Game Boy, and even had sex with Benjamin's wife Addison (as seen in "The Souzas Live!"). He is currently an unemployed bum, while Telissa thinks he is at first an FBI agent. His relationship with Alexandra is very distant while his relationship with Chereice has seemingly worsened over time, but his relationship with Telissa has at least remained consistently decent.

* '''Uncle Papa''' (voiced by [[Steve Baker]] as a male, [[Rachael Passalt]] as a female) – Uncle Papa is Brandi's caring, lovable, eccentric uncle. He is a large, fat man whose appearance and mannerisms are a parody of [[wikipedia:Family Guy|Family Guy]] character [[wikipedia:Peter Griffin|Peter Griffin]]. A running gag is that each time Uncle Papa shows flatulence, she says "I'm Awesome!". Uncle Papa was originally Brandi's '''Aunt Jessica''', and when Brandi was younger, her father was never around. So Aunt Jessica becomes Uncle Papa through a sex change (though still maintaining her vagina) in order to provide Brandi with a strong male influence in her life. Brandi is very fond of him but is unaware he used to be a woman. When Deanna finds out, she keeps it from Brandi to preserve their relationship. Uncle Papa has sex with Tammie Souza without her realizing about the vagina. Tammie had a vomit reaction to this when Deanna told her outside of the house. In "Papa Drama," Deanna enlisted Uncle Papa to help her find Mark Souza. In a flashback recalled by Mark Souza, we are shown what Aunt Jessica looks like when Mark leaves a baby Brandi with her. By the end of the episode, ___ finds out that Uncle Papa was Aunt Jessica after a sex change.

* '''Monique Cruz''' (voiced by [[Hannah Wilson]]) – Monique is the biological mother of Lina Willis. Early in the show, Monique had a minimal quantity of lines, the bulk of which were "Mm-hmm!" In the episode "[[Worker Down]]", it is revealed that Monique has regretted her actions as well as raping Deanna in "[[Ode to Deanna]]" and wants Deanna back, but Deanna refuses her advances. Deanna informs her she needs to move on, and advises her to do the same. In "Gone with the Window", Monique dies from opiods where Melissa obtained up on her house while she is sitting in an upstairs bathtub causing her to go through the gag that Brandi goes through which she does not survive. [[Karly Jameson (Queen of the Willis)|Karly Jameson]] ended up driving her body down to Detropolis for her funeral.


*{{anchor|Kaylee Willis|Kaylee Emerson}} '''Kaylee Jillian Willis''' (formerly Kaylee Emerson) (voiced by [[Breeanna Sorensen]]) – The long-lost niece of Deanna Willis and daughter of Deanna's brother, Tom who is 21 years old. Due to his biological mother, Tom, being raped Greg Metcalf in the [[Queen of the Willis]] episode "[[Quillsville Cold Case: Cruel & Desperate Justice]]", Tom had to leave a baby Kaylee with Aunt Jessica. Many years later as seen in "Cruel & Desperate Justice," Kaylee Willis resurfaces where the actress that Deanna and Uncle Kevin hired to portray Kaylee when they were unable to find her dies and she confronts Deanna about the death certificate which has caused her all sorts of problems with her mortgage and health club membership. Deanna wants to introduce her to Brandi, but Kaylee insists that all she wants is to get her life straightened out and explains that she has too many regrets. Deanna offers to show her to Brandi without anyone catching on and Kaylee agrees. Deanna sets up an accident and Brandi is introduced to her niece-in-law as an innocent victim. After learning Kaylee's reason for leaving her with Aunt Jesscia, Kaylee says that she will not call Deanna "Aunt Deanna" but will call her "Auntie." When Kaylee asks Brandi about Aunt Jessica, Kaylee was surprised to figure out that Aunt Jessica was masquerading as Uncle Papa all these years. 

*[[Brynn Willis (Queen of the Willis)|'''Brynn Addison Hannah Willis''']] (voiced by [[Maribel Mort]]) - Deanna's youngest sister who stays in Quillsville.
*[[Heather Willis (Queen of the Willis)|'''Heather Alexandra Willis''']] (voiced by Ava Zinn) - The Willis family's pet lobster.
*[[Tabby Willis (Queen of the Willis)|'''Tabitha Andrea "Tabby" Willis''']] (formerly Timothy "Rags" Willis, voiced by Ava Zinn) - The Willis family's pet dog.
*[[Shushu Willis (Queen of the Willis)|'''Sheryl Juanita "Shushu" Willis''']] (voiced by Ava Zinn) - The Willis family's pet cat.
==Neighbors==
A number of characters in the show live on the same street as the Souza family. All were seen attending the wedding of Deanna and Brandi Willis.

===Tiger family===


* {{anchor|Benjamin the Tiger|Ben the Tiger}} '''Benjamin "Ben"''' (voiced by [[Ava Zinn]]) – Ben is one of Deanna and Brandi's neighbors in Detropolis who just happens to be a [[wikipedia:tiger|tiger]]. He is 45 years old<ref name="Skip"/> and lives with his wife, Addison, and his son, Theodre. He has deep religious convictions (often attending Detropolis Community Church and having his honeymoon in Italy). He works as a telemarketer at Julia Barr Novelties. He becomes Deanna's drinking buddy at The Brown Bengal Buckeye, where he also converses with Averi and Jacob. He apparently smokes in secret, as he asks Deanna not to tell his wife about it. He also has a very deep Eastern European accent, has trouble with American euphemisms, and has a tendency to stammer a lot. He finds it racist when someone screams because he is a tiger. Additionally, he often accidentally slashes things with his claws, something he is quite ashamed of. In "Souza History Month", Deanna stated that Ben's father was a black tiger and that his mother was a black bear, actually making him a hybrid between the species rather than just a tiger. Ben has often hinted at his attraction to Brandi, similar to Karly Jameson's attraction to Ava on ''Queen of the Willis''. 

* {{anchor|Addison the Tiger}}'''Addison''' (voiced by [[]]) – Addison is the wife of Ben and one of Deanna and Brandi's neighbors in Detropolis. Addison has a son named Theo. Like her son and husband, Addison is a tiger. She is unaware that Ben smokes, as he deliberately keeps it a secret from her. She seems like a normal stereotypical housewife. She is not against purchasing lavish things; a store that deals with foreign coffees has her credit card on file. She also speaks Burmese, further supporting her enjoyment of foreign things. However, she makes her own confetti, suggesting she may make up for her expensive tastes in coffee by cutting costs elsewhere. Addison is strict and takes religion very seriously, being much more assertive in her beliefs than her husband. She can often be critical of how Brandi runs her life: before Deanna married Brandi, Addison did not allow the neighbor into her house, looking down on her status as a single mother. She has also talked down on the types of clothes Brandi allows Alexandra and Chereice to wear. For her and Ben's honeymoon, they went to Italy. 

* {{anchor|Theo the Tiger|Theodore the Tiger}}'''Theodore "Theo" (formerly Heather)''' (voiced by [[Luka Runecraft]]) – The 17-year-old transgendered son of Ben and Addison and neighbors with Deanna and Brandi in Detropolis. He appears briefly in the pilot at Deanna and Brandi's wedding. Theo's father believes that he is useful for doing chores around the house that he does not want to do. Despite his transition, Theo is also considered popular in high school since he hangs out with Alexandra, Gaby, and Olivia, as seen in the episode "From Bed to Worse". However, Theo is also smart and nicer than his friends and helps out with charities, such as spending his Thanksgiving with his family helping feed the poor in the episode "A Souza Thanksgiving."  In "___________," it is revealed that he is a frequent user of marijuana and avidly listens to _________ records.  Unlike his parents, who are European, Theo speaks with an American accent.

===Morris family===

* {{anchor|Jacob Morris}}'''Jacob Morris''' (voiced by [[]]) – One of Deanna and Brandi's neighbors in Detropolis, Jacob is a 38-year-old fisher with a large beer gut. He is apparently on friendly terms with his neighbor Brandi, being at first concerned that Deanna is stalking Brandi but promptly apologizes to her when he realizes Deanna was an invited guest. He becomes Deanna's drinking buddy at The Battered Buckeye conversing with Benjamin and Averi, Deanna even helped Jacob get his son back from a rather money obsessed foster family. In the Season 1 finale, it is revealed Jacob has a sister who is a stripper and also appears to be very good at making racing cars.

* {{anchor|Chaztity Morris}}'''Chaztity Chloe Morris ({{nee|Christian}})''' (voiced by [[]]) – She is the wife of Jacob. Chaztity is also a fisher with a high pitched voice and is possibly disabled. Like, [[Angie Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Angie Willis]] on ''Queen of the Willis'', she is also obese, a compulsive eater, she has type 2 diabetes and even once being said that she had cholesterol that could not be measured. She first appeared in the pilot episode at Deanna and Brandi's wedding. <!--- Kendra also appeared in "[[Da Doggone Daddy-Daughter Dinner Dance]]" in her house with Lester. She is often seen driving a [[Rascal Scooters|Rascal electric scooter]], although in at least one episode she becomes so enraged that she feebly gets up off the scooter and walks a short distance. In the "[[Once Upon a Tyne in New York]]" episode, her husband drives a [[limousine]] whose [[license plate]] reads "[[Virginia]] / IFKNDRA", which when properly elongated reads "I fuck Kendra". It is revealed in "[[Cleveland's Angels]]" that she is brilliant at counting cards, was once hot and skinny, and is aged 68. It is also revealed that she was previously married to a [[Baron]]. However, these last two revelations might not be true since Cleveland dismissed them as "stupid stories." In "[[Ain't Nothin' But Mutton Bustin']]" it was suggested that she and Lester may be half siblings from his father's second family, but in "[[The Cleveland Show (season 2)|To Live and Die in VA]]" it is revealed he was with her since sophomore year of high school when she was his guidance counselor. Among other things, Kendra is also revealed to be a devoted fan of [[Alan Alda]]. --->
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* {{anchor|Lester Morris}}'''Lester Morris''' (voiced by [[]]) – Ernie is the 17-year-old son of Lester and Kendra and Cleveland Jr.'s best friend. Ernie first appeared in the episode "Pilot" at Cleveland and Donna's wedding. Ernie also appeared in the episode "The One About Friends" where Ernie befriended Cleveland Jr. and went so far as to wanting to move in with him. This episode also showed that the Krinklesac household was no place for Ernie to be raised, and he was taken away by [[child services]]. Ernie and his father bond when they discover that the only reason they did not want to live together was because they thought the other did not, and Lester is able to bring Ernie back home. After visiting Arnold's Whoreshack in "Cleveland Jr.'s Cherry Bomb", Ernie apparently married a whore known as "Two Vergine" Merline. Ernie also appears to work in a slaughterhouse. He apparently is very talented in woodshop (actually building a Grandfather Clock that doubles as a portal to a fantasy world). He seems to resemble Cleveland Jr. before he became overweight. Cleveland considers Ernie "weird" in which he once told Lester to "Keep your weird son away from my weird son."

* '''(Unnamed Sister)''' – Lester's unnamed sister, who is a stripper.

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===Parker family===


* '''Choni Parker-Estefan''' (voiced by Rosie Perez) – Choni is a woman who is the sister of Cheryl and the mother of Trista. She is the owner of Choni's Cantina (a Mexican restaurant). When Jacob calls immigration for Choni's appearance in the USA without a Green Card, Choni blames Brandi causing Marco to go on the run. In "There Goes The Myanmar Neighborhood," Choni and her family move into Brandi and Deanna's neighborhood. She was still at odds with Brandi after what nearly happened to her niece and asks him to babysit Trista's son Marco to see if he was ignorant about her culture. In "The Wide World of Brandi Souza," it's revealed that Choni is a relative to Gloria Estefan and revealed that she went to college in Puetro Rico and the accent is the only thing she learned and has a daughter named Trista who introduced Telissa to Marco.

* '''Marco Estefan''' () - Son of Trista Parker, grandson of Choni Parker-Estefan and nephew of Cheryl Parker.
* '''Trista Parker''' (voiced by [[]]) – The 16-year-old niece of Cheryl Parker and daughter of Choni Parker-Estefan.

===Planucchio family===
*{{anchor|Averi Planucchio}}'''Arianna Elisabeth "Averi" Planucchio''' (voiced by [[Holly Everman]] on ''Amanda & Elisa'', [[Karly Jameson]] on ''The Souzas''): Averi first apears on ''Amanda & Elisa'' as a violent criminal and a role model to Amanda and Elisa even though her contempt for them is clear. She takes any opportunity to use the girls for money or beat them for troubling her with their affection. Although Averi verbally and physically abuses them the girls continue to seek her out. The only time Averi backed down against Amanda was when she was in her Femholio alter ego, opting to beat up the more sane Elisa. In ''The Souzas'', she is a 32-year-old sorority girl wannabe. Averi attempts to be a suave, pop-culture reference-dropping sis, but the effect is undercut by her short stature (she is short enough to be mistaken for a child, as proven by Chazitiy occasionally referring to her as "the baby woman"), as well as the fact that she still lives with her father. She enjoys Game Boy and is frequently seen playing or practicing golf. Averi has a tattoo of Arielle Scarecella on her right arm and is a personal trainer at a local gym.
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* '''Mrs. Richter''' (voiced by [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]]) – The unnamed and unseen mother of Holt who lives with him.

* '''General Richter''' – The strict father of Holt who works in the military.

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==Characters based in other locations==

===Julia Barr Novelties===
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* {{anchor|Lloyd Waterman|Mr. Waterman}}'''Lloyd Waterman''' (voiced by [[Bruce McGill]]) – He is the head of Waterman Cable who hires Cleveland to be a salesman. His workers are Terry and Tim the Bear. He used to be a racist (stated because of his mother's teaching) but changed his views after seeing Cleveland's salesmanship. He is shown to be a homosexual, seen in the episode "Birth of a Salesman" when Cleveland is about to be fired and spies a ''Sex and the City'' mug and a collection of homoerotic pictures of Terry on Mr. Waterman's wall. He has a crush on Terry. However, he is [[Lavender marriage|married]] to Lydia Waterman who is aware that he is gay. In the Christmas episode, when Mr. Waterman shows off his reindeer, Roberta asks his wife "so he just keeps that poor thing locked away and then brings it out and shows it off on Christmas as a prop." she replies "Yes. I can't imagine how that feels." In "Who Done Did It," Waterman and the [[coroner]] killed Lydia with Jasmine infused peanut oil in her soup (as Lydia has a fatal allergy to peanuts) so that they can be together (this ended up framing Cleveland with Lydia's death being from an egg). Their plot was exposed by LeVar "Freight Train" Brown, Cleveland Jr., Rallo, and Donna and they're now spending the rest of their lives in jail (even though it took a year to get Cleveland out of jail). Due to his arrest and conviction, it is implied that his company went out of business, which likely resulted in Cleveland's decision to move back to Quahog.

* {{anchor|Terry Kimple}}'''Terry Kimple''' (voiced by [[Jason Sudeikis]]) – Terry is a high school friend of Cleveland who once took the fall for him when the two were busted for smoking marijuana. Because of moments of this, he does seem to care and respect him along with others. He has a very laid-back attitude. He installs cable, but almost loses his job when he crashes the Waterman Cable van on what would have been his third DUI. Mr. Waterman has a secret crush on Terry and has pictures of him on his wall. Cleveland eventually works beside Terry as a cable guy. He participates in Cleveland plans such as retaking his jersey or helping him save a friend. It is revealed that he has a daughter he has not seen in a year and a half in "Field of Streams" and in "Terry Unmarried" he reveals that he is [[bisexual]], ("I've been with a lot of hot women, and I've been with a few hot dudes.") later marrying his boyfriend Paul (voiced by [[Justin Timberlake]]) in Vermont. He has a son named Terry Jr. ("Ain't Nothin' But Mutton Bustin'") and a daughter that he has not seen in years ("Field of Streams").
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* '''Arch''' (voiced by [[Mike Henry (voice actor)|Mike Henry]]) – An employee of Waterman Cable. He seems to be very serious, being quite a stickler when it comes to office etiquette.

* '''Aaron''' (voiced by [[Alec Sulkin]]) – One of Cleveland's co-workers. He once helped Cleveland win a Civil War reenactment of "The Battle of Stoolbend" against B. Emerson Plunkett V.

* '''Florence''' (voiced by [[Mike Henry (voice actor)|Mike Henry]]) – Florence is Lloyd Waterman's assistant who seems to be more favored than the other employees.

* '''Jane''' (voiced by [[Fergie (singer)|Fergie]]) – She is a worker at Waterman Cable. Jane is shown to love cats, as she has lots of them living in her apartment, one of which is seemingly capable of using her answering machine. She first appears in "Buried Pleasure" when Holt meets her online. They initially hit it off over their shared love of music, but the relationship gets dangerous on Holt's end when Jane gets aggressive with him and starts beating him regularly. When Cleveland, Tim, Lester, and Terry all try to get her to stop, she beats up all of them, as well, knowing they will not strike her back for being a female. She is finally driven off and forced to end her relationship with Holt after losing a brawl with Donna, who fights her out of anger for hurting Cleveland (and physical assists from Arianna and Kendra for hurting their respective husbands certainly do not hurt). She makes a cameo appearance at LeVar and Evelyn's wedding in "You're the Best Man, Cleveland Brown" (though why she was there is inexplicable, given that she was on poor terms with most of the characters).

* '''Tori''' (voiced by [[Rutina Wesley]]) – Tori is a worker that first appears in "Frapp Attack." She started a good relationship with Cleveland which made Donna jealous. In "Brownsized," Tori made a cameo at the assembly when Lloyd Waterman announces the company lay-off.
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===Arsenio Hall High School===
* {{anchor|Dave Saint Joseph}}'''Principal David Saint Joseph'''<ref>??</ref> (voiced by [[Dave Barras]] in the first appearance, [[Rachael Passalt]] in later appearances) – He is the principal of Alexander and Chereice's school, and is a former high-school classmate of Brandi's. He hates both Brandi and Maria because they bullied him in high school. When he threatened to tell the principal about how Brandi's group was drinking back when they were students, Brandi chased him to try and beat him up, making him fall and then urinate all over himself, soaking his thighs and pocket contents. <!---He first appeared in "Transman's Night," where Cleveland Jr. runs for the election for Student President. He has the mannerisms of a teenager. In "Field of Streams," he tries to get revenge on Cleveland by torching Cleveland's jersey but was stopped by Cleveland Jr. Cleveland then decides to teach Principal Wally a lesson for almost torching his jersey, as well as for calling Cleveland Jr. a "chubby loser." However, after Cleveland corners Principal Wally, he once again urinates his pants soaking his thighs and pocket contents to Cleveland's delight. In "American Prankster," it is shown that Principal Wally is the leader of a Boy Scouts that Cleveland Brown Jr. is a part of.----> St. Joseph's name may be a reference to Saint Joseph County in Northern Indiana, and his character is described as "Rachael Passalt on testosterone."

* {{anchor|Trista Jones|Gaby Tripp}}'''Gaby Tripp''' (voiced by [[Nadia Lorenzo]]) – more commonly known as '''Trista Jones''', is Alexandra's Jewish classmate and girlfriend. She is a reference to ''So You Think You Can Dance'' season 12 winner Gaby Diaz. In the pilot episode, Deanna made sure Trista brought Alexandra home at exactly 11PM. Deanna has since loosened this curfew, agreeing to let Alexandra come home at 11:35 pm in exchange for Trista helping Lina and Tessanne with the guys. Trista appears to only be dating Alexandra for her body, not caring if she is smart as long as she is physically attractive. She spends "A Souza Thanksgiving" with her, but two hobos steal her Chevy Cobalt and she manages to retrieve it at the soup kitchen, where she learns that family is the most important thing of all. Further referencing Gaby Diaz, Trista enjoys hip-hop and Deanna describes her as a lame, inside-out Oreo, overall a stereotypical wigger. Her real name was revealed to be Gaby Trip in "Sisterly Love".  <!--- In "Love Rollercoaster" she admits she only dates Alexandra for her body; despite knowing this, Alerxandra continues to date her. However, she broke up, then made up, with her in "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Alexandra?", then in "Nightmare on Grimmie Street" she pursues Edwin Mullins and Caleb while Federline is studying for his SATs. Federline's parents, Sarah and Saul Friedman ([[Bebe Neuwirth]], [[Jason Alexander]]), teach at State College; in "B.M.O.C." they bump into Federline and Roberta and give them the tour, impressed with the assumption that Roberta convinced Federline to attend college (they were actually trying to get away from Cleveland).  Federline and his father sit in The Broken Stool planning Thanksgiving in "Turkey Pot Die" and he is inexplicably dressed similar to Abraham Lincoln during "Anny the Musical" in "A Vas Deferens Between Men & Women". --->
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* '''Oliver Wilkerson''' (voiced by [[Mike Henry (voice actor)|Mike Henry]]) – He is a popular deaf [[Jock (athlete)|jock]] and [[school bully]] at Stoolbend High School. He is the captain of the [[high school football|school football team]] and often teases and torments Cleveland Jr. He leads the popular kids at his school and his closest friends are apparently Derek, Laine, and Reggie, although they are often seen without him.

* '''Derek''' (voiced by Julius Sharpe) – One of Oliver's friends at Stoolbend High School. He is also possibly his right-hand man and like Oliver, he wears a [[letterman's jacket]] and is on the school softball team and possibly the football team as well. When he attempts to join the others in making fun of other students (notably Cleveland Jr.), he goes much too far by often making incredibly inappropriate comments, much to Laine's anger.

* '''Laine''' (voiced by [[Alec Sulkin]]) – One of Oliver's friends at Stoolbend High School. He is apparently the most intelligent of Oliver's main group of friends.

* '''Reggie''' (voiced by Clarence Livingston) – One of Oliver's friends at Stoolbend High School. He is most likely the most humorous of Oliver's gang. His catchphrase is "Whoa!" and he reveals early in the series to have [[testicular cancer]].

* '''Kenny West''' (voiced by [[Kanye West]]) – The slick Rapper of Stoolbend High. He first appears in "Brotherly Love." Cleveland Jr. and Kenny get in a rap battle to impress a girl. Then he re-appeared in the first episode in season 2 where Cleveland Brown helped to jump start Kenny's musical career. He has a daughter named Candace who is the same age as Rallo. 
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===[[Donna Doogan]] Elementary School===
* '''[[Donna Doogan (The Souzas)|Donna Doogan]]''' (voiced by Donna Doogan) - She is the principal of Telissa and Lina's school, and is a former high-school classmate of Sharane Hamilton and Angie Willis. She harbors a 35-year grudge against [[Angie Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Deanna's mother]] and Sharane because they bullied her in high school so bad she relocated from Quillsville to Detropolis in 1990. When she threatened to tell the principal about how Sharane's group was drinking back when they were students, Sharane chased her to try and beat her up, making Donna fall and then urinate all over herself, soaking her thighs. She first appeared in "Transwoman's Night." She has the mannerisms of a teenager. In "Field of Lawns," she tries to get revenge on Deanna by torching Brandi's jersey but was tackled by Deanna's father, Ava Willis. Deanna then decides to teach Principal Donna a lesson for almost torching Brandi's jersey. However, after Ava corners Principal Donna, she once again urinates her pants soaking her thighs to Angie's delight. Doogan is a reference to the ''Vote for the Girls'' moderator of the same name.
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* '''Mrs. Hadassah Lowenstein''' (voiced by [[Alex Borstein]]) – Rallo's kindergarten teacher at Harper Elementary School. In the pilot episode, she expelled Rallo from school for pulling down her pants, but Cleveland convinced her to give him another chance. She is a stereotypical Jew; when Cleveland asks if he can call her Hadassah, she says "Ochay", referring to the stereotypical "ch' sound heard in [[Hebrew]] and [[Yiddish]].
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* '''Gianna Bowersox''' (voiced by [[Andrea Coolranch]]) – One of Telissa's best friends, along with Vicki, who attends Donna Doogan Elementary School.

* '''Vicki Devane''' (voiced by [[Jacqui Fountaine]]) – One of Telissa's best friends, along with Gianna, who attends Donna Doogan Elementary School.
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* '''Theodore Parker Jr. III''' (voiced by [[T-Pain]]) – One of Rallo's friends at Harper Elementary School. He is good friends with Bernard.

* '''Bernard Bernard''' (voiced by [[will.i.am]]) – One of Rallo's friends at Harper Elementary School. He is good friends with Theodore.

* '''Hot Wheels''' (voiced by [[Mike Henry (voice actor)|Mike Henry]]) – One of the kids at Harper Elementary School. He wears roller blades. Despite being in kindergarten, he already shows signs of being part of the "alternative lifestyle." He resembles former ''[[American Idol]]'' contestant [[Adam Lambert]].
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===Fox 2/ABC 3 Detropolis===
Fox 2 and ABC 3 are modled after the real-life Dayton duopoly of the [[wikipedia:WKEF-TV|ABC]] and [[wikipedia:WRGT-TV|Fox]] affiliates.

* '''Deb Lando'''
* '''Julia Atherton'''

===NBC 5 Detropolis===
NBC 5 Detropolis is modeled after the [[wikipedia:WLWT-TV|real-life Cincinnati NBC affiliate]].
*'''Alexandra Moffitt''' (herself) - Moffitt is NBC 5's news co-anchor and talk show hostess. She and fellow anchor Cheryl Parker often trade insults on the air.
*'''Cheryl Parker''' (herself) - Former Fox 11 Quillsville who formerly co-anchored with [[Bob Donaldson (Queen of the Willis)|Bob Donaldson]] in the ''Queen of the Willis'' episode [[Revenge of the Male Anchors 2]] (aired on September 4, 2009, months before the real-life Cheryl Parker departed [[wikipedia:WXIN|the real-life Indianapolis Fox affiliate]] on May 26, 2010). On ''The Souzas'', she co-anchors with Alexandra Moffitt (voiced by herself) at NBC 5.

===CBS 10 Detropolis===
CBS 10 is modeled after the real-life Columbus, Ohio CBS affiliate ([[wikipedia:WBNS-TV|WBNS]]) that is a sister station to [[NBC 13 Quillsville]] (also modeled after WBNS' [[wikipedia:WTHR|real-life Indianapolis sister station of the same WTHR call sign]], yet different branding.
*'''Lyndsey Fortune''' (voiced by Andrea Coolranch)
*'''Shanna Ryder''' (voiced by herself)

==Others==

* {{anchor|Coach Daniels}}'''Coach Kara Daniels (formerly Keith Daniels)''' (voiced by [[Rachael Passalt]]) – She worked as a boy's basketball coach during Brandi's high school days at Arsenio Hall High School. When Deanna wanted to start up the Barr Yards again, Deanna found Coach Daniels not only underwent a sex change, but also working as a janitor at the Battered Buckeye. She suffers from pronounced esophagus cancer from years of heavy drinking (as shown with part of her right rib missing) and is apparently homeless. In "Once Upon a Pia in Pittsburgh", it is revealed that she once went out with [[wikipedia:Pia Toscano|Pia Toscano]].

* {{anchor|Laura Emerson}}'''[[Laura Emerson (The Souzas)|Laura Emerson]]''' (voiced by Laura Emerson) - The mayor of Detropolis, Ohio introduced in [[Pilot (The Souzas)|the pilot]] after the long time and former Toledo, Ohio anchowoman of the same name. 


* {{anchor|Marti}}'''Marti''' (voiced by [[]]) – The bartender at the Battered Buckeye, before which she studied Music at Indiana Univeristy. She seems to be on good terms with Brandi and her friends, giving them their drinks for $10. However, she may just be unintelligent as she does not pay her mortgage on the bar, and learns quite a bit of bartending from Deanna and her father, Ava. Marti is also very lax, hiring Tessanne to work at her bar and letting people almost push her around. In "A Nightmare on Grimmie Street", it is revealed that she uses parts of human male corpses as the meat in the sandwiches served at her bar, possibly to save money on real meat. In "The Hangover Part Willis", it is revealed that Marti also runs a restaurant called Gustavo's on the second floor that is above the Battered Buckeye.

== See also ==



==References==
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