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| fullname = Melissa Elizabeth Rose<BR>{{small|(born Braden Anthony Rose)}}  
 
| fullname = Melissa Elizabeth Rose<BR>{{small|(born Braden Anthony Rose)}}  
 
| voice = {{ubl|[[wikipedia:Alexis Arquette|Alexis Arquette]] (2006-2012)|[[Kendra Ray]]}}
 
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| occupation = {{ubl|physican/[[wikipedia:sex reassignment surgeon|sex reassignment surgeon]]|[[wikipedia:Pest control|Exterminator]]|[[wikipedia:Bounty hunter|Bounty hunter]] sometimes|Volunteer Mental Health Case Coordinator (Fired)}}
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| occupation = {{ubl|physican/[[wikipedia:sex reassignment surgeon|sex reassignment surgeon]]|Talent agent|[[wikipedia:Bounty hunter|Bounty hunter]] sometimes|Volunteer Mental Health Case Coordinator (Fired)}}
| family = Bill Rose (biological mother)<br> Dale (late step-father m. to Bill)<br> Connie Rose (legal daughter)<br> Unnamed Mother (deceased)<ref>'''Quote''' by Melissa from the ''Queen of the Willis'' season seven episode: "Pamhouser used to do this hilarious bit where she told me my mother died ... took the sting out of it when she actually did."</ref><BR>[[Amanda (Amanda & Elisa)|Amanda Donovan]] (sister-in-law)<BR>Kymberly Rose (sister)<BR>Unnamed Twin sister
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| family = {{ubl|Bill Rose (biological mother)|Daniel Rose (biological father)|Dale (late step-father m. to Bill)|Connie Rose (legal daughter)| Unnamed Mother (deceased, m. to Daniel)<ref>'''Quote''' by Melissa from the ''Queen of the Willis'' season seven episode: "Pamhouser used to do this hilarious bit where she told me my mother died ... took the sting out of it when she actually did."</ref>|[[Amanda (Amanda & Elisa)|Amanda Donovan]] (sister-in-law)|Kymberly Rose (sister)|Adelle Rose (sister)}}
 
| spouse = [[Stephanie Rose (Queen of the Willis)|Stephanie Dawson]] (wife)
 
| spouse = [[Stephanie Rose (Queen of the Willis)|Stephanie Dawson]] (wife)
 
| nationality = American
 
| nationality = American
 
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'''Melissa Elisabeth Rose''' (born Braden Anthony Rose October 11, 1972) is a fictional character in the animated series ''[[Queen of the Willis]]'',<ref name="off siteref">??</ref> orginally voiced by [[wikipedia:Alexis Arquette|Alexis Arquette]] and currently voiced by  [[Kendra Ray]] ([[Julia Passalt]], whose transgendered daughter [[Rachael Passalt|Rachael]] voices [[Deanna Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Deanna Willis]], had originally auditioned for the role). She is a medical doctor and surgeon as a [[wikipedia:sex reassignment surgeon|sex reassignment surgeon]], an [[wikipedia:Pest control|exterminator]], [[wikipedia:bounty hunter|bounty hunter]],  [[wikipedia:firearm|gun]] fanatic, and [[wikipedia:paranoid|paranoid]] believer of almost all [[wikipedia:conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] and [[wikipedia:urban legends|urban legends]].
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'''Melissa Elisabeth Rose''' (born Braden Anthony Rose July 12, 1972) is a fictional character in the animated series ''[[Queen of the Willis]]'',<ref name="off siteref">??</ref> orginally voiced by [[wikipedia:Alexis Arquette|Alexis Arquette]] and currently voiced by  [[Kendra Ray]] ([[Julia Passalt]], whose transgendered daughter [[Rachael Passalt|Rachael]] voices [[Deanna Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Deanna Willis]], had originally auditioned for the role). She is a medical doctor and surgeon as a [[wikipedia:sex reassignment surgeon|sex reassignment surgeon]], a talent agent, [[wikipedia:bounty hunter|bounty hunter]],  mace/pepper spray fanatic, and [[wikipedia:paranoid|paranoid]] believer of almost all [[wikipedia:conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]] and [[wikipedia:urban legends|urban legends]].
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==Role in the show==
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Melissa Rose is a physician primarily specializing in sex reassignment surgery. She lives on Evansville Road with her wife, Stephanie and daughter Connine, which she is a neighbor and friend of [[Ava Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Ava Willis]], [[Tiffani Donovan (Queen of the Willis)|Tiffani Donovan]] and [[Anna Pamhouser]].
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Melissa began her medical career as a physican on November 1, 1999 and performed her first [[wikipedia:sex reassignment surgery (male-to-female)|sex reassignment surgery]] on Ava Willis and four weeks earlier on October 4, 1999 [[wikipedia:Marci Bowers|Marci Bowers]] performed Melissa's surgery,<ref name="bowers1">"Ten Years to Life" (season 7, episode 1). Episode aired in 2019</ref><ref name="billrose2">"The Story of Melissa's Mother" (season 7, episode 2). Episode aired in 2019</ref><ref name="bowers2">"[[And Now There Are Fewer]]" (season 7, episode TBD). Episode aired in 2019</ref> as well as performing a bilateral mastectomy to remove her mother's breasts prior to Bill's social and medical transition from female to male.<ref name="bowers1"/> Melissa's mother, Bill Rose, who Melissa has been estranged from since Bill kissed Ava,<ref name="billrose1"/> would again appear four times in Melissa's life, two times due to [[Heather Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Heather Willis]]' meddling: the [[Ten Years to Life|first one]], when Heather invited Melissa to dinner under the pretense she was going to dinner after perfroming sex reassignment surgery on Gene Cox's cat; [[The Story of Melissa's Mother|the second]], Melissa [[wikipedia:aggravated assault|beats up]] Heather after Bill met Heather to which she replies, "Melissa, I fucked your mom"; [[Bowers for Two|the third one]], when Heather dated Marci Bowers just to torment Mellissa (Melissa retaliates by allowing her sister-in-law, [[Amanda (Amanda & Elisa)|Amanda]] dating Heather's ex-boyfriend [[wikipedia:John Zoidberg|Zoidberg]])<ref name="bowers2"/> Melissa despises Heather,<ref name="bowers1"/> and they have a feud that spans several episodes.
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Melissa's mother, Jill, is introduced in the episode "[[Melissa's All That]]"<ref name=billrose1/>; she
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who has a [[wikipedia:Sex reassignment surgery (female-to-male)|sex reassignment]] and officially becomes a man named Bill.
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Melissa's twin sisters, Kymberly is first seen in the episode "Ten Years to Life" and Kymberly is the subject of "[[The Story of Kymberly Rose]]" and Adelle is first seen in the episode [[Private Lesbians (Queen of the Willis)|Private Lesbians]] and Adelle is  subject of "[[The Story of Adelle Rose]]". In both episodes they are the victims of [[wikipedia:domestic violence|domestic violence]] from their respective partners Anita and Delta, whom are both murdered by Melissa in order to protect Kymberly and Adelle.
  
 
==Family==
 
==Family==
Melissa had been estranged from her mother, Jill Rose (now Bill Rose), since she witnessed Bill kissing Melissa's friend [[Ava Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Ava Willis]] and Melissa's wife [[Stephanie Rose (Queen of the Willis)|Stephanie]], on the lips on their wedding day. In truth, Bill only kissed Ava and Stephanie to hide his transsexuality as he was nearing a kiss with a [[wikipedia:Filipino people|Filipino]] caterer. When Melissa entered the room, Bill (as a woman), afraid of his now transgendered daughter possibly rejecting him because of his sexuality, panicked and reached for the nearest male, not realizing that it was Ava until the damage was done. Melissa did not learn the truth until 30 years afterwards, when he himself went to his mother's [[wikipedia:International Gay Rodeo Association|gay rodeo]] and publicly kissed his lover, Dale. It was here that mother and son (now daughter) reconciled their differences. Melissa's father is deceased, this fact being learned in season 7.
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Melissa had been estranged from her mother, Jill Rose (now Bill Rose)<ref name=billrose1>"[[Melissa's All That]]" (season 4, episode 16). Episode aired on October 2, 2009</ref>, since she witnessed Bill kissing Tiffani's then-husband [[Kendra Kendall (Hoosier Anchorwoman!)|Ken Kendall]], on the lips on their wedding day. In truth, Bill only kissed Ken to hide his transsexuality as he was nearing a kiss with a [[wikipedia:Filipino people|Filipino]] caterer. When Melissa entered the room, Bill (as a woman), afraid of his now transgendered daughter possibly rejecting him because of his sexuality, panicked and reached for the nearest male, not realizing that it was Ava until the damage was done. Melissa did not learn the truth until 25 years afterwards, when Melissa herself went to her mother's [[wikipedia:International Gay Rodeo Association|gay rodeo]] and publicly kissed his then-lover, Sherry. It was here that mother (now as a man) and son (now a daughter) reconciled their differences. Melissa's father is deceased, this fact being learned in season 7 or 8.
  
Although highly suspicious of the government and of other people, Melissa is unaware (although everyone else knows) that her wife Stephanie had an affair with [[Reginald John]] for nearly 15 years, and that Reginald is Connie's biological father. Melissa never learned of the affair until season 7. The closest she has ever come to learning about it is in the episode where Angie wanted to tell her, but she decided not to after seeing Angie and Connie's relationship. Reginald John even told Melissa in the episode "Ava Gets Dianed" that he cheated with Ava's best friend's wife for 13 years, and Melissa just thought she was talking about Tiffani's then-husband, [[Kendra Kendall (Queen of the Willis)|Ken]]; she never questioned what Reginald said. This is apparently due in part to his blinding love for Stephanie, his incredible naiveté, and her belief for some time that Reginald John might be gay (though this can be disputed because of the actions in the episode "[[List of Queen of the Willis episodes|Where There's Pressure, There's Affairs]]" where Melissa tries to get Reginald John to seduce Marla knowing that he is a womanizer, even congratulating him earlier in the episode where the girls see Reginald John at the hardware store having just having had sex with an employee). An example of Melissa's naiveté of Reginald and Stephanie's relationship occurs in one episode where she catches Reginald sneaking through her bedroom window while Stephanie was "sleeping" in their bed. When Reginald, believing Melissa had found out about her relationship with Stephanie, sees this, he tells Melissa he regrets her finding out in this way. Melissa simply replies, "Get off my mower (Reginald had jumped through the window by climbing onto Melissa's lawn mower) and start [[wikipedia:massage|massaging]] my wife," still in belief that Reginald was simply Stephanie's masseur with the task of curing her false recurrent migraine headaches (forcing Reginald to say in an exasperated tone that Stephanie was "taking some of the fun out of this"). Melissa also discovers that Connie shares a father with another child (a child fathered by Reginald John, unbeknownst to Melissa), but assumes this means both Connie and the other child were the product of aliens inseminating earth women. A recurring gag early in the series was that whenever Melissa would make a comment about being Connie's father or being lucky enough to have a wife like Stephanie, Reginald John would show up.  
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Although highly suspicious of the government and of other people, Melissa is unaware (although everyone else knows) that her wife Stephanie had an affair with [[Reginald John]] for nearly 15 years, and that Reginald is Connie's biological father. Melissa never learned of the affair until the end of season 7. Prior to that, the closest she has ever come to learning about it is in the episode where Angie wanted to tell her, but she decided not to after seeing Angie and Connie's relationship. Reginald John even told Melissa in the episode "[[Ava Gets Dianed]]" that he cheated with Ava's best friend's wife for 13 years, and Melissa just thought she was talking about Tiffani's then-husband, [[Kendra Kendall (Queen of the Willis)|Ken]] (now Kendra); she never questioned what Reginald said. This is apparently due in part to his blinding love for Stephanie, her incredible naiveté, and her belief for some time that Reginald John might be gay (though this can be disputed because of the actions in the episode "[[List of Queen of the Willis episodes|Where There's Pressure, There's Affairs]]" where Melissa tries to get Reginald John to seduce Marla knowing that he is a womanizer, even congratulating him earlier in the episode where the girls see Reginald John at the hardware store having just having had sex with an employee). An example of Melissa's naiveté of Reginald and Stephanie's relationship occurs in one episode where she catches Reginald sneaking through her bedroom window while Stephanie was "sleeping" in their bed. When Reginald, believing Melissa had found out about her relationship with Stephanie, sees this, he tells Melissa he regrets her finding out in this way. Melissa simply replies, "Get off my mower (Reginald had jumped through the window by climbing onto Melissa's lawn mower) and start [[wikipedia:massage|massaging]] my wife," still in belief that Reginald was simply Stephanie's masseur with the task of curing her false recurrent migraine headaches (forcing Reginald to say in an exasperated tone that Stephanie was "taking some of the fun out of this"). Melissa also discovers that Connie shares a father with another child (a child fathered by Reginald John, unbeknownst to Melissa), but assumes this means both Connie and the other child were the product of aliens inseminating earth women. A recurring gag early in the series was that whenever Melissa would make a comment about being Connie's father or being lucky enough to have a wife like Stephanie, Reginald John would show up.  
  
 
In contrast to the usually shallow demeanor she has towards her friends and people in general, Melissa is fiercely devoted to her wife and daughetr, and frequently displays her love for them. She blames herself for all of the problems Stephanie herself caused between them while she was cheating on Melissa, has an explicit (and misplaced) trust in her, and pampers her constantly; lavishing compliments, favors and gifts upon her, often in the embarrassing presence of Reginald John. However, she never really showed much interest in spending time with her, and sometimes, usually in social situations, she would momentarily forget that she was married. Melissa is extremely proud of Connie, towards whom she is highly generous and supportive, especially for her athletic prowess and strong build, which Melissa never possessed any of (before her sex change). Unlike Ava's demeanor with Deanna and Tom, Melissa is extremely attentive to Connie's needs and feelings, and is never afraid to express her affection for her. Although Melissa's attempts at good parenting occasionally go astray due to her odd ideas, she is portrayed as Connie's primary parent (especially in the earlier seasons when Stephanie was still having an affair), and is usually the first person Connie turns to when in trouble. Connie, unlike Deanna or Tom, has very little conflict with her father and rarely seems to feel the need to rebel against her, probably due to Melissa's emotional availability and acceptance of her daughter's activities and tendencies – an area in which she outshines Ava. While she is comfortable and unworried about her daughter's development, Melissa is very protective of Connie: despite her cowardly nature, she once rushed into what she believed was the tractor beam of an alien ship to save her, even though she was convinced that Connie's real father was an alien.
 
In contrast to the usually shallow demeanor she has towards her friends and people in general, Melissa is fiercely devoted to her wife and daughetr, and frequently displays her love for them. She blames herself for all of the problems Stephanie herself caused between them while she was cheating on Melissa, has an explicit (and misplaced) trust in her, and pampers her constantly; lavishing compliments, favors and gifts upon her, often in the embarrassing presence of Reginald John. However, she never really showed much interest in spending time with her, and sometimes, usually in social situations, she would momentarily forget that she was married. Melissa is extremely proud of Connie, towards whom she is highly generous and supportive, especially for her athletic prowess and strong build, which Melissa never possessed any of (before her sex change). Unlike Ava's demeanor with Deanna and Tom, Melissa is extremely attentive to Connie's needs and feelings, and is never afraid to express her affection for her. Although Melissa's attempts at good parenting occasionally go astray due to her odd ideas, she is portrayed as Connie's primary parent (especially in the earlier seasons when Stephanie was still having an affair), and is usually the first person Connie turns to when in trouble. Connie, unlike Deanna or Tom, has very little conflict with her father and rarely seems to feel the need to rebel against her, probably due to Melissa's emotional availability and acceptance of her daughter's activities and tendencies – an area in which she outshines Ava. While she is comfortable and unworried about her daughter's development, Melissa is very protective of Connie: despite her cowardly nature, she once rushed into what she believed was the tractor beam of an alien ship to save her, even though she was convinced that Connie's real father was an alien.
  
 
==Lifestyle==
 
==Lifestyle==
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Voice-over actor Kendra Ray has described Dale as fancying himself as a "William S. Burroughs" or "Jack Nicholson" type. A guy who thinks he knows all the angles. Always with a conspiracy or inside information that is crackpot theorism. Dale runs his own extermination business, Dale's Dead-Bug, although he generally does not pay taxes on his income and has filled out an income tax form only once. It is hinted that he is not professionally trained in extermination and that his business is not a legally operating firm in the United States, as his company checks read "Dales Dead Bug - A Liberian Registered Company." He drives a white [[Dodge Caravan]] nicknamed "the Bug-ebago" (a [[portmanteau]] of "bug" and Winnebago) with a large plastic  [[queen ant]] sculpture perched on the roof. The ant, which can be rotated to appear dead (legs up) or alive (legs down), was a group project of Dale and friends/neighbors [[Hank Hill]], [[Bill Dauterive]] and [[Boomhauer|Jeff Boomhauer]] to help them over the emotional turmoil they shared over the death of actor [[Hervé Villechaize]]. Later on, Dale ends up buying a [[Hyundai]] claimed to be owned by former Dallas Cowboy [[Deion Sanders]] from another former Cowboy and Super Bowl champion, "Big Willie Lane."
 
  
Dale is also seen to be a musician, with the [[electronic keyboard]] as his principal instrument. His résumé includes a stint with the [[Meet the Propaniacs|Propaniacs]], Big Mountain Fudgecake, and the Dale Gribble Bluegrass Experience.
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Voice-over actor [[Kendra Ray]] has described Melissa as fancying herself as a "Jack Nicholson" type. A transgirl who thinks she knows all the angles. Always with a conspiracy or inside information that is crackpot theorism. Melissa runs her own private practice, Melissa Rose, MD, although she generally does not pay taxes on her income and has filled out an income tax form only once. It is hinted that she is not professionally trained in surgical procedures and that her practice is not a legally operating firm in the United States, as her company checks read "Melissa Rose, MD - A Liberian Registered Company." She drives a white [[wikipedia:Ford Aerostar|Ford Aerostar]] nicknamed "the Sex-Change-abago" (a [[wikipedia:portmanteau|portmanteau]] of "sex change" and Winnebago) with a large plastic  mannequin sculpture perched on the roof. The mannecan, which can be adjusted to appear to be a male (breasts off) or female (breasts on), was a group project of Melissa and friends/neighbors [[Ava Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Ava Willis]], [[Tiffani Donovan (Queen of the Willis)|Tiffani Donovan]] and [[Anna Pamhouser]] to help them over the emotional turmoil they shared over the death of actor Carrol O'Connor. Later on, Melissa ends up buying a Hyundai claimed to be owned by former Indiana Colt Mike Vanderjat from another former Colt and Super Bowl champion, "Big kelvin Rhodes."
  
During the episode "The Texas Skillsaw Massacre," it is revealed Dale also cares for and raises show turtles, where Dale was seen polishing a turtle using Turtle Wax and a handheld electronic buffer.
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During the episode "The Indiana Handsaw Massacre," it is revealed Melissa also cares for and raises show turtles, where Melissa was seen polishing a turtle using Turtle Wax and a handheld electronic buffer.
  
When the chemicals he used to kill rats (as well as a lifetime of smoking) forced Dale to briefly give up his job, he took a position as a corporate hatchet-man and was spectacularly good at firing people, but his action to deal with a roach infestation (which he caused inadvertently) at this job led him to return to extermination where he successfully killed every roach without the use of poisons. Dale's favorite TV shows are ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' and ''[[What's Happening!!]]''. He enjoys drinking [[Alamo Beer]] with Hank, Bill and Boomhauer. Dale is an avid smoker (since third grade) of [[Manitoba]] brand cigarettes, most likely a parody of [[Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlboro]] cigarettes, and also drinks [[Mountain Dew]] (which he once asked Nancy to boil). In the episode "Dale Be Not Proud," Dale tells a boy receiving his kidney that the kidney likes Mountain Dew, and to give it a can once a week. He also stockpiled two CO2 pressurized drums of Mountain Dew in preparation for [[Y2K]] in the episode "Hillennium." In the same episode, he attempted to breed "gerbster," a combination of hamster and gerbil for fresh meat during Y2K (he had thought that the breeding-pair were gerbils, but Nancy had pointed out that one was a hamster).
 
  
Dale's paranoid nature extends to his home and family. He has coded scenarios should he ever come under threat (no matter how absurd or unlikely), albeit Nancy is oblivious to the exact nature of the scenario. His own home is rigged with various security and surveillance features; as to how he can afford them is uncertain as Nancy is the superior earner. He once rigged Hank's and his own mailbox to explode via the television remote. His rear sliding door features a backup grille style door (the kind found in shopping mall stores) to keep out intruders; his front door features a full metal roll-down door, while the porch lights serve as klaxons, which were put in use when the real Rusty Shackleford paid a visit (see below). His bathroom is accessible via keypad lock as is access to the basement. Dale's basement is his principal "headquarters." One episode indicates he has perimeter encompassing security cameras and motion detectors that respond in his own voice. His living room TV is rigged like a videophone. He records all his phone conversations but does not allow callers to record their calls to him themselves. He owns surplus Soviet night vision goggles and eavesdropping listeners.
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Melissa's favorite TV shows are ''[[wikipedia:Sanford and Son|Sanford and Son]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Family Guy|Family Guy]]''. She enjoys drinking Mississinewa Diet Cola with Ava, Tiffani and Pamhouser (later Ava, [[Avril Lavigne (Queen of the Willis)|Avril]], [[Alisan Porter (Queen of the Willis)|Alisan]], [[Karly Jameson (Queen of the Willis)|Karly]], [[Kendra Kendall|Kendra]], and Pamhouser.) Melissa is an avid beer drinnker (since fourth grade) of Mississinewa Ale brand beer, and also drinks Cherry Coca-Cola (which she once asked Stephanie to boil).  
  
Perhaps owing to the research he has conducted as a conspiracy theorist, Dale has a thorough knowledge of the workings of the American government, [[legal system]], the BEAST (computer conspiracy), and bureaucracy. He has used this knowledge to assist his friends, both to help Hank with problems related to renewing his driver's license when a clerical error changes his gender, and to help John Redcorn with his land claim and lawsuit against the American government. Dale's help for Hank in that instance came about after he realized the [[Warren Commission|Warren Commission report]] was accurate and became obnoxiously patriotic, to the point of painting a huge American flag on Hank's house (without enough stars on it) and trying to turn Hank in to the Department of Homeland Security after he tried to remove it. However, he has a habit of horribly misconstruing information, having misunderstood placebo (a fake drug, usually sugar or colored water) for a top secret government research project and Hank for cleaning off the paint he put on Hank's roof as "defacing an American flag" in the aforementioned case. A running gag throughout the series is Dale's attempt (denied 6 times according to Hank) to construct his own guard tower on his front yard. In the episode "Flush with Power" he appealed to the zoning board for such permission only to be denied. He was later granted permission by a corrupt politician; to do so if he helped blackmail Hank (who also served on the board) which Hank promptly tore up when Dale confessed. In the episode "Life: A Loser's Manual" Dale ordered aluminum rails to finally build his tower. To avoid county laws, using his knowledge of loopholes, he constructed the tower with reduced dimensions the County had no authority to condemn (Regulations come into effect if the structure exceeds 100 square feet and exceeds 40 feet in height) at 39 feet high. However the lack of a foundation caused it to collapse.
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Melissa's paranoid nature extends to her home and family. She has coded scenarios should he ever come under threat (no matter how absurd or unlikely), albeit Stephanie is oblivious to the exact nature of the scenario. Her own home is rigged with various security and surveillance features; as to how she can afford them is uncertain as Stephanie is the superior earner. She once rigged Ava's and her own mailbox to explode via the television remote. Her rear sliding door features a backup grille style door (the kind found in shopping mall stores) to keep out intruders; her front door features a full metal roll-down door, while the porch lights serve as klaxons. Her bathroom is accessible via keypad lock as is access to the basement. Melissa's basement is her principal "headquarters." One episode indicates she has perimeter encompassing security cameras and motion detectors that respond in her own voice. Her living room TV is rigged like a videophone. She records all her phone conversations but does not allow callers to record their calls to her themselves.  
  
Dale stands 6 ft. (183 cm), and can bench press {{convert|35|lb}}. He shares a birthday with [[Van Cliburn]] (July 12). He is almost never seen without his signature [[Mack Trucks|Mack]] cap and prescription eyeglasses with sunglass lenses on a hinge, except on rare occasions where he is forced to remove them, as seen in the episode where he worked at a sticky notes business and had to adhere to a corporate dress code. He wears his cap and glasses indoors at all times, even at funerals. He always wears his hat because he is very sensitive about his hair loss.
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Perhaps owing to the research she has conducted as a conspiracy theorist, Melissa has a thorough knowledge of the workings of the American government, legal system, the BEAST (computer conspiracy), and bureaucracy. She has used this knowledge to assist his friends, both to help Ava with problems related to renewing her driver's license when a clerical error changes her gender, and to help Reggie John with her land claim and lawsuit against the American government.
  
He often gets caught up in his (usually far-fetched and extreme) conspiracy theories, which can sometimes cause him to be very selfish or double-cross his friends (particularly Hank), although in the end he usually sees sense and comes to the aid of his friends. His schemes also tend to run out of steam or collapse; he bought a [[Low-power broadcasting|low-power]] [[radio transmitter]], and launched his own [[talk radio|talk station]] "serving the entire tri-house area" [[Art Bell]]-style, but soon ran out of things to talk about on the air. (He later indicated that "Dale's Dead Bug," of which he is owner and sole employee, was offended by things he said on air. He sold the transmitter to "Mexican interests" – namely, his friend, Octavio.) He also puts out an irregular newsletter titled "The Gribble Report," and was once asked by Hank not to send it to his father Cotton.
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A running gag throughout the series is Melissa's attempt (denied 6 times according to Ava) to construct her own guard tower on her front yard. In a deleted scene in the episode "[[Cable TV Fascism]]" she appealed to the zoning board for such permission only to be denied. She was later granted permission by a corrupt politician; to do so if she helped blackmail Ava which Ava promptly tore up when melissa confessed. In the episode "" Melissa ordered aluminum rails to finally build her tower. To avoid county laws, using her knowledge of loopholes, she constructed the tower with reduced dimensions the County had no authority to condemn (Regulations come into effect if the structure exceeds 100 square feet and exceeds 40 feet in height) at 39 feet high. However the lack of a foundation caused it to collapse.
  
His trademark line is "Shi-shi-shi-shaa-haa," usually heard too fast to phonetically understand, and he says it whenever he is impressed with himself carrying out a plan or when springing a sudden move. He also exclaims "Wingo!" when excited and "That's a Gribble of an idea!" when someone thinks of a solution to his problems. He's also known for exclaiming "S'go, s'go!" (a contraction of "Let's go") when rushed or excited and "G'h!" when he is startled or learns something that feeds into his paranoid nature.
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Melissa stands 6 ft. (183 cm), and can bench press 35 pounds. She shares a birthday with Van Cliburn (July 12). She is almost never seen without her signature baseball cap and prescription eyeglasses with sunglass lenses on a hinge, except on rare occasions where she is forced to remove them. She wears her cap and glasses indoors at all times, even at funerals.  
  
In the episode "Tankin' It to the Streets," Dale claims to have completed a [[Russian language|Russian]] correspondence course and can speak the language, in this episode he is heard reciting perfect Russian as is done in one other episode "Nancy does Dallas"  though his application of this in handling an [[M1 Abrams|Abrams M1A2]] tank isn't exactly flawless (having flattened Kahn's new SUV, or, as Hank put it, "hit a curb"). In "Night and Deity," moreover, Dale is further shown to have some competency in [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]].
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She often gets caught up in her (usually far-fetched and extreme) conspiracy theories, which can sometimes cause her to be very selfish or double-cross her friends (particularly Ava), although in the end she usually sees sense and comes to the aid of her friends. Her schemes also tend to run out of steam or collapse; she also puts out an irregular newsletter titled "The Gribble Report," and was once asked by Hank not to send it to his father Cotton.
  
While Dale is boastful and often outgoing in his schemes, he invariably turns into a coward at the slightest sight of trouble, such as when he and Bobby attempt to steal the rival school's mascot (and subsequently retreats back to Tom Landry Middle School when they realize that their mascot costume isn't protected), Dale takes off the second Bobby tells him of the incoming students from the rival school, leaving Bobby behind (Dale heads off to tell Hank so that the latter may go and save Bobby). However, he openly admits that he completely trusts his friends (particularly Hank), even more than himself, and in cases where he does realize the full impact of his actions, he can be surprisingly self-sacrificing. When he and his friends became volunteer firemen, he secretly switched his full oxygen tank with Hank's low-running one just before putting out a fire. On another occasion, in order to save Bobby from a swarm of fire ants, he intentionally transferred them to his own body and allowed them to all bite him at the same time, an action that nearly killed him. He also saved the guys from a crazed member of the gun club claiming to be a member of the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]].
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Her trademark line is "Was-wash-shaa-haa," usually heard too fast to phonetically understand, and she says it whenever she is impressed with herself carrying out a plan or when springing a sudden move. She also exclaims "Bingo!" when excited and "That's a Rose of an idea!" when someone thinks of a solution to her problems. He's also known for exclaiming "G'h!" when she is startled or learns something that feeds into her paranoid nature.
  
He is also a keen baker, as referenced in numerous episodes. He cooks and cleans as his wife is the one with a full-time job and she personally pays most of the bills for the family. Nancy has him on an allowance. He reads a lot of romance novels.
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While Melissa is boastful and often outgoing in her schemes, she invariably turns into a coward at the slightest sight of trouble, such as when she and Deanna attempt to steal the rival school's mascot (and subsequently retreats back to Babyface High School when they realize that their mascot costume isn't protected), Melissa takes off the second Deanna tells her of the incoming students from the rival school, leaving Melissa behind (Deanna heads off to tell Ava so that the latter may go and save Deanna). However, she openly admits that she completely trusts her friends (particularly Ava), even more than herself, and in cases where she does realize the full impact of her actions, she can be surprisingly self-sacrificing. When she and her friends became mental health case managers, she secretly switched her load with Ava's low-running one just before putting out a fire.  
  
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She is also a keen baker, as referenced in numerous episodes. She cooks and cleans as her wife is the one with a full-time job and she personally pays most of the bills for the family. She reads a lot of romance novels.
  
  
 
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Melissa's physical frailty and lack of athletic abilities is a running gag. While her friends were athletes in high school, she was the towel manager. Ava states that Melissa can only bench press 35 pounds and that she has proven he can "kick Melissa's ass" while standing on a ladder. She also is incapable of performing a single pull-up. Melissa admits that an exotic dancer would probably beat her in a fight and that she doesn't know where her daughter got his athletic abilities&nbsp;— being unaware that Reginald John is Connie's biological father. During an altercation with Tiffani, Lando describes her as an "anorexic drunk." Melissa also has very little stamina; Deanna is shown to easily power walk faster than Melissa can run over a very short distance. She seems to have an advanced immunity to poisons and toxins; having been drinking for 40 years. When the police mistook her for an armed gunman, they fired tear gas, to which she suffered no ill effect. She stands at 5'10" tall and is very slender. Despite her physical shortcomings, Melissa claims to have "catlike reflexes," which she credits as the cause of any and all physical feats. Melissa has excellent flexibility&nbsp;— which Stephanie is said to enjoy&nbsp;— and also claims to be an expert in the fictitious martial art "Donkey Style." Oddly enough, Melissa is a phenomal competitive eater. In season 14, she spontaneously eats the 10 pound, 10 cheese Big Ten Cheese Pizza, claiming, "Any idiot can eat a pizza; it's not a talent." Moments later, Melissa ate the Big Ten Cheese Pizza in five minutes flat. She is surprisingly agile to the point he managed to hop a fence to retain evidence until the police arrived to arrest the perpetrator.
Dale's physical frailty and lack of athletic abilities is a running gag. While his friends were athletes in high school, he was the towel manager. Hank states that Dale can only bench press 35 pounds and that he has proven he can "kick Dale's ass" while standing on a ladder. He also is incapable of performing a single pull-up. Dale admits that a prepubescent girl would probably beat him in a fight and that he doesn't know where his son got his athletic abilities&nbsp;— being unaware that John Redcorn is Joseph's biological father. During an altercation with Bill, Kahn describes him as an "anorexic chain smoker." Dale confirms the possibility that he may suffer from an eating disorder, when, in season three episode "Dog Dale Afternoon," Dale mentions "the binging, the purging," indicating that he suffers from bulimia, not anorexia, although this was while Dale was becoming more paranoid than usual. Dale also has very little stamina; Bobby is shown to easily power walk faster than Dale can run over a very short distance. He seems to have an advanced immunity to poisons and toxins; having been smoking for 30 years. When the police mistook him for an armed gunman, they fired [[tear gas]], to which he suffered no ill effect, claiming, "I use stronger than this to kill squirrels." He stands at 5'10" tall and is very slender. Despite his physical shortcomings, Dale claims to have "catlike reflexes," which he credits as the cause of any and all physical feats. Dale has excellent flexibility&nbsp;— which Nancy is said to enjoy&nbsp;— and also claims to be an expert in the fictitious martial art "Monkey Style." Oddly enough, Dale is a phenomal competitive eater. In season 7, he spontaneously enters a hot dog eating contest, claiming, "Any idiot can eat hot dogs; it's not a talent." Moments later, Dale is repeatedly eating three hot dogs at a time&nbsp;— "tri-dogging." Dale ate {{nowrap|34<sup>1</sup>/<sub>8</sub>}} hot dogs and temporarily became a "gurgitator" or [[Competitive eating|competitive eater]]. He is surprisingly agile to the point he managed to hop a fence to retain evidence until the police arrived to arrest the perpetrator.
 
  
Being physically weak, even describing himself as a "coward," Dale relies on trying to outsmart his adversaries. Dale routinely spends hours in his basement studying his friends and enemies via the surveillance equipment he has installed around his property. He usually comes up with elaborate revenge plots that typically fail. However, on occasion Dale does succeed in his scheming, such as when he was able to overthrow the president of the Gun Club to become the new president of the club by bluffing that he was a CIA officer. Dale also typically comes to wrong conclusions about actual events; a running gag in the show is Dale being unaware of Nancy cheating on him, despite walking in on her and John Redcorn. Moreover, he typically thinks most events that occur to him are motivated, malicious acts against him and not accidents, such as when Hank cuts off Dale's finger by accident using his [[circular saw]] and Dale becomes convinced that Hank meant to injure him. In actuality, it was Dale who carelessly put his finger in front of the blade.
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Being physically weak, even describing herself as a "coward," Melissa relies on trying to outsmart her adversaries. Melissa routinely spends hours in her basement studying her friends and enemies via the surveillance equipment she has installed around her property. She usually comes up with elaborate revenge plots that typically fail. However, on occasion Melissa does succeed in her scheming, such as when she was able to overthrow the president of the Mace Club to become the new president of the club by bluffing that she was a CIA officer. Melissa also typically comes to wrong conclusions about actual events in early seasons; a running gag in the show is Melissa being unaware of Stephanie cheating on her, despite walking in on her and Reginald John. Moreover, she typically thinks most events that occur to her are motivated, malicious acts against her and not accidents, such as when Ava cuts off Melissa's finger by accident using her handsaw and Melissa becomes convinced that Ava meant to injure her. In actuality, it was Melissa who carelessly put his finger in front of the blade.
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Dale owns a countless number of [[firearms|guns]]. He was at one point the president of the Arlen Gun Club (simply because he had the most guns, according to Hank). In one episode when [[Peggy Hill|Peggy]] opened a bookstore, Dale stated that he "literally has oodles of guns" and started selling them in the back of the store, complete with a [[firing range]]. Dale (like the rest of the gun club) is a bad shot. He becomes a somewhat better shot when Minh joins the club and teaches the guys to "open their eyes and aim when they shoot."
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Melissa owns a countless number of mace and pepper spray. She was at one point the president of the Quillsville Mace Club (simply because she had the most mace and pepper spray tools, according to Ava). Melissa (like the rest of the mace club) is a bad shot. She becomes a somewhat better shot when members of the [[Quillsville Metropolitan Police Department]] joins the club and teaches the officers to "open their eyes and aim when they shoot."
  
 
===Political views===
 
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Dale is highly suspicious of all levels of government and ardently defends his [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|Second Amendment]] rights, once remarking, "Guns don't kill people; the government does." Dale also refuses to pay taxes, does not vote ("The Perils of Polling"), and occasionally prints his own currency (Hank Hill typically appearing on the Hundred-Gribble bill, according to Hank in "Mega-Lo Dale"). He runs away and sweats a lot when the [[Internal Revenue Service|IRS]] comes knocking on his door. In the episode "Movin' On Up," he refused to give Hank his social security number so the quartet of friends could rent a house on the block to use as a clubhouse. In another episode, he believed the government had tested "deadly [[placebo]] drugs" on Bill, supposedly made by [[Pfizer|"Puh-fizer"]] in order to create a group of [[Supersoldier|super soldiers]] that could survive Arctic conditions to repel the [[Soviet Union|Soviets]] in case of invasion via the North Pole. Despite his passionate dislike of Government, he has received welfare from unemployment offices under his alias "Rusty Shackleford." In one story arc, Dale went on a tour of the sites involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy to confirm his conspiracy theories, but when he finally read the entire part of a key FBI report on it he realized that the government had been telling the truth and that his entire worldview was ruptured; Dale then became even more annoying a true-patriot than he'd been a dissident (he tried to turn Hank in to the FBI and [[Homeland Security]] after Hank got sick of Dale's pro-government bragging) but used his newfound respect for the Federal government to get an obnoxious DMV employee to immediately correct Hank Hill's personal information after it had listed Hank as "female" and gave bureaucratic excuses for not changing it.
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Melissa is highly suspicious of all levels of government and ardently defends her [[wikipedia:Second Amendment to the United States Constitution|Second Amendment]] rights, often remarking, "Guns don't kill people; the government does." Melissa also refuses to pay taxes, does not vote in elections or even in reality-based competitions ("[[The Perils of Quillsville Idol]]"), and occasionally prints her own currency (Ava Willis typically appearing on the Hundred-Rose bill, according to Ava in "AldiMart Tiffani"). She runs away and sweats a lot when the [[wikipedia:Internal Revenue Service|IRS]] comes knocking on her door. In one story arc, Melissa went on a tour of the sites involved in the assassination of Martin Luther King to confirm her conspiracy theories, but when she finally read the entire part of a key FBI report on it he realized that the government had been telling the truth and that her entire worldview was ruptured; Melissa then became even more annoying a true-patriot than she'd been a dissident (she tried to turn Ava in to the FBI and Homeland Security after Ava got sick of Melissa's pro-government bragging) but used her newfound respect for the Federal government to get an obnoxious BMV employee to immediately correct Ava Willis's personal information after it had listed Ava as "male" despite undergoing sex reassignment surgery on November 1, 1999 and gave bureaucratic excuses for not changing it.
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===Melissa Rose, MD===
 
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Dale is a self-employed exterminator. Different episodes portray his abilities in the field as anywhere from very poor to quite good, although he is always dedicated to his job. He seems to have great passion, but all this is merely to overcompensate for his lack of talent at this. He has mentioned that his own lack of skill results in several repeat customers. He idolizes other, more professional exterminators whom he gets to work with such as Shelia in the episode "Night and Deity" and Tommy and Rollo in "SerPUNT."
 
  
On different occasions he has attempted to kill a groundhog by throwing grenades down its various holes, and has nearly killed himself while trying to kill a single cornered rat. He does, however, uncover that teenagers were pestering the local Mega-lo Mart rather than the rats everyone else believed, in the process also discovering [[Chuck Mangione]] was living in the store. He also saves his office workplace at Stik-Tek from an accidental, self caused roach infestation.
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Melissa is a self-employed physcican and veterinarian, specializing in sex reassignment surgery. Different episodes portray her abilities in the field as anywhere from very poor to quite good, although she is always dedicated to her job. She seems to have great passion, but all this is merely to overcompensate for her lack of talent at this. She has mentioned that her own lack of skill results in several repeat customers. She idolizes other, more professional doctors and veterianans whom she gets to work with, such as [[wikipedia:Marci Bowers|fellow transgendered sex reassignmnet suregon Marci Bowers]] in [[Bowers for Two]].
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Melissa, whether described as good or bad at his job, actually makes very little money from the business. She states that she doesn't "make a living wage". She doesn't pay any taxes or bills, with the exception of the cable bill. Instead, Stephanie financially supports the family. She sometimes fights for a raise, to no avail. Also, in the episode "De-Lando-ing," she receives an unemployment check under her alias, Martha Steinblack (who was a kid from her childhood who she thought had died, but who had merely moved away) which may or may not be a recurring tactic. From these two or three sources of income, Melissa always seems to be able to pay for what she needs and to fund her various projects.
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Melissa runs her own doctor's office, Melissa Rose, MD, although she generally does not pay taxes on her income and has filled out an income tax form only once. She works entirely solo. It is hinted that she is not professionally trained and that her business is not a legally operating firm in the United States, as her company checks read "Melissa Rose MD - A Liberian Registered Company." She drives a white [[wikipedia:Ford Aerostar|Ford Aerostar]] nicknamed "the Sex-Change-a-bago" (a [[portmanteau]] of "sex change" and Winnebago) with a large plastic manniquan sculpture perched on the roof. The object, which can be adjusted to appear with breasts or without breasts, was a group project of Melissa and friends/neighbors [[Ava Willis (Queen of the Willis)|Ava Willis]], [[Tiffani Donovan (Queen of the Willis)|Tiffani Donovan]] and [[Anna Pamhouser]] to help them over the emotional turmoil they shared over the death of actor [[wikipedia:Carroll O'Connor|Carrol O'Connor]]. Later on, Melissa ends up buying a Cadilac claimed to be owned by former Indianapolis Colt Mike Vanderjadt from another former Colt and Super Bowl XLI champion, "Big Kelvin Rhodes."
  
Dale, whether described as good or bad at his job, actually makes very little money from the business. He states that he doesn't "make a living wage," on one occasion offering to spray Hank's lawn for $2. He doesn't pay any taxes or bills, with the exception of the cable bill. Instead, Nancy financially supports the family, giving Dale an allowance like a child for doing chores. He sometimes fights for a raise, to no avail. Also, in the episode "[[De-Kahnstructing Henry]]," he receives an unemployment check under his alias, Rusty Shackleford (who was a kid from his childhood who he thought had died, but who had merely moved away) which may or may not be a recurring tactic. From these two or three sources of income, Dale always seems to be able to pay for what he needs and to fund his various projects.
 
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===Relationship with Angie Willis===
 
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While Dale is generally suspicious of, and rude to, most people, he seems to have a particular dislike of Hank's wife, Peggy. He regularly makes insults behind her back (usually about her appearance) to Hank's face, and makes no real attempt to hide it from anyone. When recalling Peggy's ruined birthdays (flash floods, food poisoning, etc.), Hank states that Dale is the only person who enjoys her birthday (due to the misery it causes her). Dale even gleefully ruins her birthday murder mystery entertainment and makes every attempt to further worsen the situation just to make her feel worse. He states that he finds Kahn's insults toward Peggy "amusing." Dale states that he has simply "run out of things to say to that woman (Peggy)." He finds her unattractive, arrogant, incompetent and quite dull. And "nuts" in the episode "To Spank With Love." Dale also seems to be well aware of, and annoyed by, Peggy's highly inflated ego and simply wishes to knock her down a peg. Despite all of this, he and Peggy tend to work very well together in a business like fashion. In the episode "[[Peggy's Gone to Pots]]," they work together to fake their own deaths. After failing to drive Bill's car off a cliff with Dale and Peggy mannequins inside, Dale pulls a pistol and puts a bullet in the head of Peggy's doll, perhaps symbolic of how much he dislikes her. Despite this, Dale and Peggy collaborate amiably in "Hank's Bully," when they enter a taxidermy contest together, as well as the episode "Full Metal Dustjacket," where Peggy owns a bookstore that Dale sells guns out of. In the episode [[The Exterminator (King of the Hill)|"The Exterminator"]], Dale, waking up in the hospital and disappointed with Hank notifying Nancy, designates Peggy as his emergency contact. In "Nancy Boys," after going on many couple dates that is reconciling Dale and Nancy's strained marriage, Peggy tells Hank that if he and Dale were to ever switch wives with each other, the clear winner would be Dale, indicating that she considers herself more attractive than Nancy. Peggy seems to have significantly more respect for Dale than he does for her. She attempts to be the one to tell Dale of Nancy's infidelities and of Hank's harboring Dale's temporarily stolen lawn-mower. She also brain-storms a way to regain his self-worth after he humiliates and disgraces him in front of the gun club.
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While Melissa is generally suspicious of, and rude to, most people, she seems to have a particular dislike of Ava's wife, Angie. She regularly makes insults behind Angie's back (usually about her appearance) to Ava's face, and makes no real attempt to hide it from anyone. When recalling Angie's ruined Valentine's Days (flash floods, food poisoning, etc.), Ava states that Melissa is the only person who enjoys Valentine's Day (due to the misery it causes Angie). Melissa even gleefully ruins Valentine's Day  mystery entertainment and makes every attempt to further worsen the situation just to make her feel worse. She states that she finds Lando's insults toward Angie "amusing." Melissa states that she has simply "run out of things to say to that woman (Angie)." She finds her unattractive, arrogant, incompetent and quite dull. Angie also seems to be well aware of, and annoyed by, Angie's highly inflated ego and simply wishes to knock her down a peg. Despite all of this, she and Angie tend to work very well together in a business like fashion. In the episode "[[Angie's Gone to Pot and Pan]]," they work together to fake their own deaths. After failing to drive Kendra's car off a cliff with Melissa and Angie mannequins inside, Melissa pulls a pistol and puts a bullet in the head of Angie's doll, perhaps symbolic of how much she dislikes her. Despite this, Melissa and Angie collaborate amiably in "[[Ava's Deadbeat Bully]]," when they enter a taxidermy contest together, as well as the episode "[[Dustjacket Fever]]," where Angie owns a bookstore that Melissa sells guns out of. In the episode [[The Terminator (Queen of the Willis)|"The terminator"]], Melissa, waking up in the hospital and disappointed with Ava notifying Stephanie, designates Angie as her emergency contact. In "[[Stephanie Does Michiana]]," after going on many couple dates that is reconciling Melissa and Stephanie's strained marriage, Angie tells Ava that if she and Melissa were to ever switch wives with each other, the clear winner would be Melissa, indicating that she considers herself more attractive than Stephanie. Angie seems to have significantly more respect for Melissa than she does for her. She attempts to be the one to tell Melissa of Stephanie's infidelities and of Ava's harboring Melissa's temporarily stolen lawn-mower. She also brain-storms a way to regain her self-worth after she humiliates and disgraces her in front of the gun club.
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As with Angie, Melissa is shown to have a extreme dislike of Heather Willis and has a feud that spans several episodes. In "[[Ten Years To Life]]," Heather invited her to dinner under the pretense she was performing sex reassignment surgery on Gene Cox's cat. The episode "[[The Story of Melissa's Mother]]", Melissa becomes furious with a traumatized Heather found out about Melissa's mother, Bill Rose, she finds Heather after she tries to hide under Ava and Angie's bed and brutally beats her, ordering Heather to stay away from her and her family or be killed. As Melissa leaves, Melissa retaliates by saying "Hey, Melissa, I fucked your mom." and angrily slams the door shut. This began a grudge between Heather and Melissa.
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Due to his beliefs, he uses the alias '''Rusty Shackleford''' whenever he doesn't want his real name known, mostly when ordering pizza. However, Dale inevitably reveals his identity anyway after a few minutes through one act of stupidity or another, such as using the two names interchangeably with the same person.
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The feud reaches a climax in "[[For the Love of Heather]]", when Melissa confronts Heather about her [[wikipedia:bulimia nervosa|bulimia]], but Melissa is still hesitant until Heather convinces her a hated rival physcian. After Heather and her husband, Jake Shreves, broke into Melisssa's house, she finds Melissa already waiting for her. Melissa informs Heather that her already low opinion of her has been pushed even further. Heather confesses that Melissa, along with Kathi Jameson may be her only friend, but it is revealed to only be a ruse. Because of this, an outraged Melissa knocks Heather out with a lamp, kills Jake and drugs Heather enough to recover from bulimia.
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Due to her beliefs in earlier seasons, she useed the alias '''Francine Becker''' whenever she doesn't want her real name known, mostly when ordering pizza. However, Melissa inevitably reveals her identity anyway after a few minutes through one act of stupidity or another, such as using the two names interchangeably with the same person.
  
Dale has claimed to have the birth certificate of a child who died in 1953 with the name Rusty Shackleford. It is not known whether this document is real or fake. The only two documents he has ever signed with his real name were the neighborhood block charter and a Mega-lo-Mart club card application by accident; he refuses to sign any document authorized by a government official. Along with the alias, he often wears a false mustache to "tighten" his security.
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Melissa has claimed to have the birth certificate of a child who died in 1975 with the name Francine Becker. It is not known whether this document is real or fake. The only three documents she has ever signed with her real name were the neighborhood block charter and both a Aldi-Mart and Petco Sam's Club club card application by accident; she refuses to sign any document authorized by a government official. Along with the alias, she often wears a false hair extension to "tighten" her security.
  
In the episode "Peggy's Gone to Pots," Rusty Shackleford is revealed to be a real person after showing up on Dale's doorstep. He had come to see Dale because of some medical documents that were filled out and never paid in his name. He tries to tell Dale that he had never actually died and had simply moved, but Dale immediately flees out of fear that Rusty had come to hurt him and his family. This forced Rusty Shackleford to remain in the neighborhood for the course of a few days searching for Dale and in the end all he had wanted was a signature.
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In the episode "Angie's Gone to Pot and Pans," Francine Becker is revealed to be a real person after showing up on Melissa's doorstep. She had come to see Melissa because of some medical documents that were filled out and never paid in her name. She tries to tell Melissa that she had never actually died and had simply moved, but Melissa immediately flees out of fear that Francine had come to hurt her and her family. This forced Francine Becker to remain in the neighborhood for the course of a few days searching for Melissa and in the end all she had wanted was a signature.
  
Dale used the alias of Central American singing sensation '''Lamotil''' when he was in Mexico for the elections in the episode "The Perils of Polling".<ref>{{Cite episode |title= The Perils of Polling|episode-link= |url= |access-date= |series= King of the Hill|series-link= |first= |last= |network= Fox|station= |date= 2000-10-01|season= 5|series-no= |number= 5ABE02|minutes= |time= |transcript= |transcript-url= |quote= |language=}}</ref>
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Melissa used the alias of Canada singing sensation '''Carly Jepsen''' when she was in Canada for the elections in the episode "The Perils of Quillsville Idol".<ref>{{Cite episode |title= The Perils of Quillsville Idol|episode-link= |url= |access-date= |series= Queen of the Willis|series-link=Queen of the Willis |first= |last= |network= |station=[[WXXC (FDT)|INNCD 47]] Fort Wayne |date= 2000-10-01|season= 5|series-no= |number= |minutes= |time= |transcript= |transcript-url= |quote= |language=}}</ref>
  
In the episode "Bystand Me"<ref>{{Cite episode |title= Bystand Me|episode-link= |url= |access-date= |series= King of the Hill |series-link= |first= |last= |network= Fox|station= |date= 2005-09-25|season= 10|series-no= |number= 2|minutes= |time= |transcript= |transcript-url= |quote= |language=}}</ref>, Dale used the alias of teenager '''Sparky Wilson''' when applying for a newspaper delivery job.
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In the episode "Star Inform Me"<ref>{{Cite episode |title= Star Inform Me|episode-link= |url= |access-date= |series= Queen of the Willis |series-link= |first= |last= |network= |station= |date= |season= |series-no= |number= |minutes= |time= |transcript= |transcript-url= |quote= |language=}}</ref>, Melissa used the alias of teenager '''Christiana Agen''' when applying for a newspaper delivery job.
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Melissa Rose
Queen of the Willis character
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First appearance "Pilot"
Created by Ava Zinn
Voiced by
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Full name Melissa Elizabeth Rose
(born Braden Anthony Rose)
Occupation
Family
  • Bill Rose (biological mother)
  • Daniel Rose (biological father)
  • Dale (late step-father m. to Bill)
  • Connie Rose (legal daughter)
  • Unnamed Mother (deceased, m. to Daniel)[1]
  • Amanda Donovan (sister-in-law)
  • Kymberly Rose (sister)
  • Adelle Rose (sister)
Spouse(s) Stephanie Dawson (wife)
Nationality American

Melissa Elisabeth Rose (born Braden Anthony Rose July 12, 1972) is a fictional character in the animated series Queen of the Willis,[2] orginally voiced by Alexis Arquette and currently voiced by Kendra Ray (Julia Passalt, whose transgendered daughter Rachael voices Deanna Willis, had originally auditioned for the role). She is a medical doctor and surgeon as a sex reassignment surgeon, a talent agent, bounty hunter, mace/pepper spray fanatic, and paranoid believer of almost all conspiracy theories and urban legends.

Role in the show[edit]

Melissa Rose is a physician primarily specializing in sex reassignment surgery. She lives on Evansville Road with her wife, Stephanie and daughter Connine, which she is a neighbor and friend of Ava Willis, Tiffani Donovan and Anna Pamhouser.

Melissa began her medical career as a physican on November 1, 1999 and performed her first sex reassignment surgery on Ava Willis and four weeks earlier on October 4, 1999 Marci Bowers performed Melissa's surgery,[3][4][5] as well as performing a bilateral mastectomy to remove her mother's breasts prior to Bill's social and medical transition from female to male.[3] Melissa's mother, Bill Rose, who Melissa has been estranged from since Bill kissed Ava,[6] would again appear four times in Melissa's life, two times due to Heather Willis' meddling: the first one, when Heather invited Melissa to dinner under the pretense she was going to dinner after perfroming sex reassignment surgery on Gene Cox's cat; the second, Melissa beats up Heather after Bill met Heather to which she replies, "Melissa, I fucked your mom"; the third one, when Heather dated Marci Bowers just to torment Mellissa (Melissa retaliates by allowing her sister-in-law, Amanda dating Heather's ex-boyfriend Zoidberg)[5] Melissa despises Heather,[3] and they have a feud that spans several episodes.

Melissa's mother, Jill, is introduced in the episode "Melissa's All That"[6]; she who has a sex reassignment and officially becomes a man named Bill.

Melissa's twin sisters, Kymberly is first seen in the episode "Ten Years to Life" and Kymberly is the subject of "The Story of Kymberly Rose" and Adelle is first seen in the episode Private Lesbians and Adelle is subject of "The Story of Adelle Rose". In both episodes they are the victims of domestic violence from their respective partners Anita and Delta, whom are both murdered by Melissa in order to protect Kymberly and Adelle.

Family[edit]

Melissa had been estranged from her mother, Jill Rose (now Bill Rose)[6], since she witnessed Bill kissing Tiffani's then-husband Ken Kendall, on the lips on their wedding day. In truth, Bill only kissed Ken to hide his transsexuality as he was nearing a kiss with a Filipino caterer. When Melissa entered the room, Bill (as a woman), afraid of his now transgendered daughter possibly rejecting him because of his sexuality, panicked and reached for the nearest male, not realizing that it was Ava until the damage was done. Melissa did not learn the truth until 25 years afterwards, when Melissa herself went to her mother's gay rodeo and publicly kissed his then-lover, Sherry. It was here that mother (now as a man) and son (now a daughter) reconciled their differences. Melissa's father is deceased, this fact being learned in season 7 or 8.

Although highly suspicious of the government and of other people, Melissa is unaware (although everyone else knows) that her wife Stephanie had an affair with Reginald John for nearly 15 years, and that Reginald is Connie's biological father. Melissa never learned of the affair until the end of season 7. Prior to that, the closest she has ever come to learning about it is in the episode where Angie wanted to tell her, but she decided not to after seeing Angie and Connie's relationship. Reginald John even told Melissa in the episode "Ava Gets Dianed" that he cheated with Ava's best friend's wife for 13 years, and Melissa just thought she was talking about Tiffani's then-husband, Ken (now Kendra); she never questioned what Reginald said. This is apparently due in part to his blinding love for Stephanie, her incredible naiveté, and her belief for some time that Reginald John might be gay (though this can be disputed because of the actions in the episode "Where There's Pressure, There's Affairs" where Melissa tries to get Reginald John to seduce Marla knowing that he is a womanizer, even congratulating him earlier in the episode where the girls see Reginald John at the hardware store having just having had sex with an employee). An example of Melissa's naiveté of Reginald and Stephanie's relationship occurs in one episode where she catches Reginald sneaking through her bedroom window while Stephanie was "sleeping" in their bed. When Reginald, believing Melissa had found out about her relationship with Stephanie, sees this, he tells Melissa he regrets her finding out in this way. Melissa simply replies, "Get off my mower (Reginald had jumped through the window by climbing onto Melissa's lawn mower) and start massaging my wife," still in belief that Reginald was simply Stephanie's masseur with the task of curing her false recurrent migraine headaches (forcing Reginald to say in an exasperated tone that Stephanie was "taking some of the fun out of this"). Melissa also discovers that Connie shares a father with another child (a child fathered by Reginald John, unbeknownst to Melissa), but assumes this means both Connie and the other child were the product of aliens inseminating earth women. A recurring gag early in the series was that whenever Melissa would make a comment about being Connie's father or being lucky enough to have a wife like Stephanie, Reginald John would show up.

In contrast to the usually shallow demeanor she has towards her friends and people in general, Melissa is fiercely devoted to her wife and daughetr, and frequently displays her love for them. She blames herself for all of the problems Stephanie herself caused between them while she was cheating on Melissa, has an explicit (and misplaced) trust in her, and pampers her constantly; lavishing compliments, favors and gifts upon her, often in the embarrassing presence of Reginald John. However, she never really showed much interest in spending time with her, and sometimes, usually in social situations, she would momentarily forget that she was married. Melissa is extremely proud of Connie, towards whom she is highly generous and supportive, especially for her athletic prowess and strong build, which Melissa never possessed any of (before her sex change). Unlike Ava's demeanor with Deanna and Tom, Melissa is extremely attentive to Connie's needs and feelings, and is never afraid to express her affection for her. Although Melissa's attempts at good parenting occasionally go astray due to her odd ideas, she is portrayed as Connie's primary parent (especially in the earlier seasons when Stephanie was still having an affair), and is usually the first person Connie turns to when in trouble. Connie, unlike Deanna or Tom, has very little conflict with her father and rarely seems to feel the need to rebel against her, probably due to Melissa's emotional availability and acceptance of her daughter's activities and tendencies – an area in which she outshines Ava. While she is comfortable and unworried about her daughter's development, Melissa is very protective of Connie: despite her cowardly nature, she once rushed into what she believed was the tractor beam of an alien ship to save her, even though she was convinced that Connie's real father was an alien.

Lifestyle[edit]

Voice-over actor Kendra Ray has described Melissa as fancying herself as a "Jack Nicholson" type. A transgirl who thinks she knows all the angles. Always with a conspiracy or inside information that is crackpot theorism. Melissa runs her own private practice, Melissa Rose, MD, although she generally does not pay taxes on her income and has filled out an income tax form only once. It is hinted that she is not professionally trained in surgical procedures and that her practice is not a legally operating firm in the United States, as her company checks read "Melissa Rose, MD - A Liberian Registered Company." She drives a white Ford Aerostar nicknamed "the Sex-Change-abago" (a portmanteau of "sex change" and Winnebago) with a large plastic mannequin sculpture perched on the roof. The mannecan, which can be adjusted to appear to be a male (breasts off) or female (breasts on), was a group project of Melissa and friends/neighbors Ava Willis, Tiffani Donovan and Anna Pamhouser to help them over the emotional turmoil they shared over the death of actor Carrol O'Connor. Later on, Melissa ends up buying a Hyundai claimed to be owned by former Indiana Colt Mike Vanderjat from another former Colt and Super Bowl champion, "Big kelvin Rhodes."

During the episode "The Indiana Handsaw Massacre," it is revealed Melissa also cares for and raises show turtles, where Melissa was seen polishing a turtle using Turtle Wax and a handheld electronic buffer.


Melissa's favorite TV shows are Sanford and Son and Family Guy. She enjoys drinking Mississinewa Diet Cola with Ava, Tiffani and Pamhouser (later Ava, Avril, Alisan, Karly, Kendra, and Pamhouser.) Melissa is an avid beer drinnker (since fourth grade) of Mississinewa Ale brand beer, and also drinks Cherry Coca-Cola (which she once asked Stephanie to boil).

Melissa's paranoid nature extends to her home and family. She has coded scenarios should he ever come under threat (no matter how absurd or unlikely), albeit Stephanie is oblivious to the exact nature of the scenario. Her own home is rigged with various security and surveillance features; as to how she can afford them is uncertain as Stephanie is the superior earner. She once rigged Ava's and her own mailbox to explode via the television remote. Her rear sliding door features a backup grille style door (the kind found in shopping mall stores) to keep out intruders; her front door features a full metal roll-down door, while the porch lights serve as klaxons. Her bathroom is accessible via keypad lock as is access to the basement. Melissa's basement is her principal "headquarters." One episode indicates she has perimeter encompassing security cameras and motion detectors that respond in her own voice. Her living room TV is rigged like a videophone. She records all her phone conversations but does not allow callers to record their calls to her themselves.

Perhaps owing to the research she has conducted as a conspiracy theorist, Melissa has a thorough knowledge of the workings of the American government, legal system, the BEAST (computer conspiracy), and bureaucracy. She has used this knowledge to assist his friends, both to help Ava with problems related to renewing her driver's license when a clerical error changes her gender, and to help Reggie John with her land claim and lawsuit against the American government.

A running gag throughout the series is Melissa's attempt (denied 6 times according to Ava) to construct her own guard tower on her front yard. In a deleted scene in the episode "Cable TV Fascism" she appealed to the zoning board for such permission only to be denied. She was later granted permission by a corrupt politician; to do so if she helped blackmail Ava which Ava promptly tore up when melissa confessed. In the episode "" Melissa ordered aluminum rails to finally build her tower. To avoid county laws, using her knowledge of loopholes, she constructed the tower with reduced dimensions the County had no authority to condemn (Regulations come into effect if the structure exceeds 100 square feet and exceeds 40 feet in height) at 39 feet high. However the lack of a foundation caused it to collapse.

Melissa stands 6 ft. (183 cm), and can bench press 35 pounds. She shares a birthday with Van Cliburn (July 12). She is almost never seen without her signature baseball cap and prescription eyeglasses with sunglass lenses on a hinge, except on rare occasions where she is forced to remove them. She wears her cap and glasses indoors at all times, even at funerals.

She often gets caught up in her (usually far-fetched and extreme) conspiracy theories, which can sometimes cause her to be very selfish or double-cross her friends (particularly Ava), although in the end she usually sees sense and comes to the aid of her friends. Her schemes also tend to run out of steam or collapse; she also puts out an irregular newsletter titled "The Gribble Report," and was once asked by Hank not to send it to his father Cotton.

Her trademark line is "Was-wash-shaa-haa," usually heard too fast to phonetically understand, and she says it whenever she is impressed with herself carrying out a plan or when springing a sudden move. She also exclaims "Bingo!" when excited and "That's a Rose of an idea!" when someone thinks of a solution to her problems. He's also known for exclaiming "G'h!" when she is startled or learns something that feeds into her paranoid nature.

While Melissa is boastful and often outgoing in her schemes, she invariably turns into a coward at the slightest sight of trouble, such as when she and Deanna attempt to steal the rival school's mascot (and subsequently retreats back to Babyface High School when they realize that their mascot costume isn't protected), Melissa takes off the second Deanna tells her of the incoming students from the rival school, leaving Melissa behind (Deanna heads off to tell Ava so that the latter may go and save Deanna). However, she openly admits that she completely trusts her friends (particularly Ava), even more than herself, and in cases where she does realize the full impact of her actions, she can be surprisingly self-sacrificing. When she and her friends became mental health case managers, she secretly switched her load with Ava's low-running one just before putting out a fire.

She is also a keen baker, as referenced in numerous episodes. She cooks and cleans as her wife is the one with a full-time job and she personally pays most of the bills for the family. She reads a lot of romance novels.


Physical abilities[edit]

Melissa's physical frailty and lack of athletic abilities is a running gag. While her friends were athletes in high school, she was the towel manager. Ava states that Melissa can only bench press 35 pounds and that she has proven he can "kick Melissa's ass" while standing on a ladder. She also is incapable of performing a single pull-up. Melissa admits that an exotic dancer would probably beat her in a fight and that she doesn't know where her daughter got his athletic abilities — being unaware that Reginald John is Connie's biological father. During an altercation with Tiffani, Lando describes her as an "anorexic drunk." Melissa also has very little stamina; Deanna is shown to easily power walk faster than Melissa can run over a very short distance. She seems to have an advanced immunity to poisons and toxins; having been drinking for 40 years. When the police mistook her for an armed gunman, they fired tear gas, to which she suffered no ill effect. She stands at 5'10" tall and is very slender. Despite her physical shortcomings, Melissa claims to have "catlike reflexes," which she credits as the cause of any and all physical feats. Melissa has excellent flexibility — which Stephanie is said to enjoy — and also claims to be an expert in the fictitious martial art "Donkey Style." Oddly enough, Melissa is a phenomal competitive eater. In season 14, she spontaneously eats the 10 pound, 10 cheese Big Ten Cheese Pizza, claiming, "Any idiot can eat a pizza; it's not a talent." Moments later, Melissa ate the Big Ten Cheese Pizza in five minutes flat. She is surprisingly agile to the point he managed to hop a fence to retain evidence until the police arrived to arrest the perpetrator.

Being physically weak, even describing herself as a "coward," Melissa relies on trying to outsmart her adversaries. Melissa routinely spends hours in her basement studying her friends and enemies via the surveillance equipment she has installed around her property. She usually comes up with elaborate revenge plots that typically fail. However, on occasion Melissa does succeed in her scheming, such as when she was able to overthrow the president of the Mace Club to become the new president of the club by bluffing that she was a CIA officer. Melissa also typically comes to wrong conclusions about actual events in early seasons; a running gag in the show is Melissa being unaware of Stephanie cheating on her, despite walking in on her and Reginald John. Moreover, she typically thinks most events that occur to her are motivated, malicious acts against her and not accidents, such as when Ava cuts off Melissa's finger by accident using her handsaw and Melissa becomes convinced that Ava meant to injure her. In actuality, it was Melissa who carelessly put his finger in front of the blade.


Mace ownership[edit]

Melissa owns a countless number of mace and pepper spray. She was at one point the president of the Quillsville Mace Club (simply because she had the most mace and pepper spray tools, according to Ava). Melissa (like the rest of the mace club) is a bad shot. She becomes a somewhat better shot when members of the Quillsville Metropolitan Police Department joins the club and teaches the officers to "open their eyes and aim when they shoot."

Political views[edit]

Melissa is highly suspicious of all levels of government and ardently defends her Second Amendment rights, often remarking, "Guns don't kill people; the government does." Melissa also refuses to pay taxes, does not vote in elections or even in reality-based competitions ("The Perils of Quillsville Idol"), and occasionally prints her own currency (Ava Willis typically appearing on the Hundred-Rose bill, according to Ava in "AldiMart Tiffani"). She runs away and sweats a lot when the IRS comes knocking on her door. In one story arc, Melissa went on a tour of the sites involved in the assassination of Martin Luther King to confirm her conspiracy theories, but when she finally read the entire part of a key FBI report on it he realized that the government had been telling the truth and that her entire worldview was ruptured; Melissa then became even more annoying a true-patriot than she'd been a dissident (she tried to turn Ava in to the FBI and Homeland Security after Ava got sick of Melissa's pro-government bragging) but used her newfound respect for the Federal government to get an obnoxious BMV employee to immediately correct Ava Willis's personal information after it had listed Ava as "male" despite undergoing sex reassignment surgery on November 1, 1999 and gave bureaucratic excuses for not changing it.

Melissa Rose, MD[edit]

Melissa is a self-employed physcican and veterinarian, specializing in sex reassignment surgery. Different episodes portray her abilities in the field as anywhere from very poor to quite good, although she is always dedicated to her job. She seems to have great passion, but all this is merely to overcompensate for her lack of talent at this. She has mentioned that her own lack of skill results in several repeat customers. She idolizes other, more professional doctors and veterianans whom she gets to work with, such as fellow transgendered sex reassignmnet suregon Marci Bowers in Bowers for Two.

On November 1, 1999, Melissa performed her first human sex reassignment surgery on Ava Willis and 15 later, performed Tabby's surgery.

Melissa, whether described as good or bad at his job, actually makes very little money from the business. She states that she doesn't "make a living wage". She doesn't pay any taxes or bills, with the exception of the cable bill. Instead, Stephanie financially supports the family. She sometimes fights for a raise, to no avail. Also, in the episode "De-Lando-ing," she receives an unemployment check under her alias, Martha Steinblack (who was a kid from her childhood who she thought had died, but who had merely moved away) which may or may not be a recurring tactic. From these two or three sources of income, Melissa always seems to be able to pay for what she needs and to fund her various projects.

Melissa runs her own doctor's office, Melissa Rose, MD, although she generally does not pay taxes on her income and has filled out an income tax form only once. She works entirely solo. It is hinted that she is not professionally trained and that her business is not a legally operating firm in the United States, as her company checks read "Melissa Rose MD - A Liberian Registered Company." She drives a white Ford Aerostar nicknamed "the Sex-Change-a-bago" (a portmanteau of "sex change" and Winnebago) with a large plastic manniquan sculpture perched on the roof. The object, which can be adjusted to appear with breasts or without breasts, was a group project of Melissa and friends/neighbors Ava Willis, Tiffani Donovan and Anna Pamhouser to help them over the emotional turmoil they shared over the death of actor Carrol O'Connor. Later on, Melissa ends up buying a Cadilac claimed to be owned by former Indianapolis Colt Mike Vanderjadt from another former Colt and Super Bowl XLI champion, "Big Kelvin Rhodes."

Relationship with Angie Willis[edit]

While Melissa is generally suspicious of, and rude to, most people, she seems to have a particular dislike of Ava's wife, Angie. She regularly makes insults behind Angie's back (usually about her appearance) to Ava's face, and makes no real attempt to hide it from anyone. When recalling Angie's ruined Valentine's Days (flash floods, food poisoning, etc.), Ava states that Melissa is the only person who enjoys Valentine's Day (due to the misery it causes Angie). Melissa even gleefully ruins Valentine's Day mystery entertainment and makes every attempt to further worsen the situation just to make her feel worse. She states that she finds Lando's insults toward Angie "amusing." Melissa states that she has simply "run out of things to say to that woman (Angie)." She finds her unattractive, arrogant, incompetent and quite dull. Angie also seems to be well aware of, and annoyed by, Angie's highly inflated ego and simply wishes to knock her down a peg. Despite all of this, she and Angie tend to work very well together in a business like fashion. In the episode "Angie's Gone to Pot and Pan," they work together to fake their own deaths. After failing to drive Kendra's car off a cliff with Melissa and Angie mannequins inside, Melissa pulls a pistol and puts a bullet in the head of Angie's doll, perhaps symbolic of how much she dislikes her. Despite this, Melissa and Angie collaborate amiably in "Ava's Deadbeat Bully," when they enter a taxidermy contest together, as well as the episode "Dustjacket Fever," where Angie owns a bookstore that Melissa sells guns out of. In the episode "The terminator", Melissa, waking up in the hospital and disappointed with Ava notifying Stephanie, designates Angie as her emergency contact. In "Stephanie Does Michiana," after going on many couple dates that is reconciling Melissa and Stephanie's strained marriage, Angie tells Ava that if she and Melissa were to ever switch wives with each other, the clear winner would be Melissa, indicating that she considers herself more attractive than Stephanie. Angie seems to have significantly more respect for Melissa than she does for her. She attempts to be the one to tell Melissa of Stephanie's infidelities and of Ava's harboring Melissa's temporarily stolen lawn-mower. She also brain-storms a way to regain her self-worth after she humiliates and disgraces her in front of the gun club.

Relationship with Heather Willis[edit]

As with Angie, Melissa is shown to have a extreme dislike of Heather Willis and has a feud that spans several episodes. In "Ten Years To Life," Heather invited her to dinner under the pretense she was performing sex reassignment surgery on Gene Cox's cat. The episode "The Story of Melissa's Mother", Melissa becomes furious with a traumatized Heather found out about Melissa's mother, Bill Rose, she finds Heather after she tries to hide under Ava and Angie's bed and brutally beats her, ordering Heather to stay away from her and her family or be killed. As Melissa leaves, Melissa retaliates by saying "Hey, Melissa, I fucked your mom." and angrily slams the door shut. This began a grudge between Heather and Melissa.

In "Bowers for Two", Heather dated Marci Bowers just to torment her (Melissa retaliates by brining Stephanie as her date and Connie begins dating Heather's ex-boyfriend Hank).

The feud reaches a climax in "For the Love of Heather", when Melissa confronts Heather about her bulimia, but Melissa is still hesitant until Heather convinces her a hated rival physcian. After Heather and her husband, Jake Shreves, broke into Melisssa's house, she finds Melissa already waiting for her. Melissa informs Heather that her already low opinion of her has been pushed even further. Heather confesses that Melissa, along with Kathi Jameson may be her only friend, but it is revealed to only be a ruse. Because of this, an outraged Melissa knocks Heather out with a lamp, kills Jake and drugs Heather enough to recover from bulimia.


Francine Becker[edit]

Due to her beliefs in earlier seasons, she useed the alias Francine Becker whenever she doesn't want her real name known, mostly when ordering pizza. However, Melissa inevitably reveals her identity anyway after a few minutes through one act of stupidity or another, such as using the two names interchangeably with the same person.

Melissa has claimed to have the birth certificate of a child who died in 1975 with the name Francine Becker. It is not known whether this document is real or fake. The only three documents she has ever signed with her real name were the neighborhood block charter and both a Aldi-Mart and Petco Sam's Club club card application by accident; she refuses to sign any document authorized by a government official. Along with the alias, she often wears a false hair extension to "tighten" her security.

In the episode "Angie's Gone to Pot and Pans," Francine Becker is revealed to be a real person after showing up on Melissa's doorstep. She had come to see Melissa because of some medical documents that were filled out and never paid in her name. She tries to tell Melissa that she had never actually died and had simply moved, but Melissa immediately flees out of fear that Francine had come to hurt her and her family. This forced Francine Becker to remain in the neighborhood for the course of a few days searching for Melissa and in the end all she had wanted was a signature.

Melissa used the alias of Canada singing sensation Carly Jepsen when she was in Canada for the elections in the episode "The Perils of Quillsville Idol".[7]

In the episode "Star Inform Me"[8], Melissa used the alias of teenager Christiana Agen when applying for a newspaper delivery job.

References[edit]

  1. Quote by Melissa from the Queen of the Willis season seven episode: "Pamhouser used to do this hilarious bit where she told me my mother died ... took the sting out of it when she actually did."
  2. ??
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Ten Years to Life" (season 7, episode 1). Episode aired in 2019
  4. "The Story of Melissa's Mother" (season 7, episode 2). Episode aired in 2019
  5. 5.0 5.1 "And Now There Are Fewer" (season 7, episode TBD). Episode aired in 2019
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Melissa's All That" (season 4, episode 16). Episode aired on October 2, 2009
  7. "The Perils of Quillsville Idol". Queen of the Willis.
  8. "Star Inform Me". Queen of the Willis.

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