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Paula Small

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Name:
Paula Small
Voice:
Age:
34
Occupation:
Writer & Creative Writing Teacher
1st Appearance:
Last Appearance:
Birthyear
January 17, 1984

Paula Small (voiced by Paula Poundstone, eps 1-5, Janine Ditullio, eps 6+) is Brendon’s mother.

Background[]

Paula is a divorcee, teacher, and author. Actually, she supports Brendon's filmmaking, but viewed it as a nuisance or unhealthy for some reason. She talks very frankly with Brendon about life issues, and they both make age-inappropriate jokes to one another, thereby creating much more of a friendship between them than is usual between a mother and son. She is highly critical of Andrew's (Brendon’s father) relationship with Linda, frequently mocking the age disparity. Paula occasionally interferes with Brendon's movies, out of boredom or thanks to manipulation by Jason or Melissa. She frequently attempts to improve Brendon's apathy towards his schoolwork, but to no avail. Paula performs terribly in pressure situations, such as job interviews and parent-teacher conferences. For roughly three years, Paula worked as a creative writing teacher for Roth University. After briefly losing this job, she was offered her position back at Andrew and Linda's wedding. At one time, she won the Nicest Teacher of the Month award. Her love life is practically non-existent. In the first episode of the series, Paula and Coach McGuirk go out on a date, but Paula can barely handle sitting through dinner, and they don't go out on a second date. In episode 2, she claims to have OCD (or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), explaining it is the cause of her blurting out curse words at parent-teacher conferences, lending to the episode's title. Jason and Melissa suggest in the series finale that Paula and McGuirk belong together, and Brendon hesitantly admits they look good together. Her aunt, Fea was mauled by a bear. She also has a daughter named Josie. She is overall a very supportive, if exasperated mother to her son.

Appearance[]

Paula is fair-skinned and has messy, unruly violet hair. She wears an orange blouse with blue jeans. She is 5'6" tall.

  • Earlier in the first season, she used to wear gray sweatsuit and a red cap.
  • She likely gave birth to Brendon when she was 27 years old.
  • She is named after the show's voice actor.
  • Mel Jones from the 2009 animated movie Coraline bears a resemblance to her.
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