Changes: Cutie Cutie Cupcake

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Introduction

“	See, that's the difference between you and me, Princess Carolyn. I know where I belong. This is my bed... No, it's not, where’s my bed?	”
—Cutie to a teenage Princess Carolyn, The Amelia Earhart Story

Cutie Cutie Cupcake was the alcoholic mother of Princess Carolyn and her eleven other siblings.

She was mentioned in "Best Thing That Ever Happened" and "The Light Bulb Scene", and she makes appearances in flashbacks in "The Amelia Earhart Story.

Design

Cutie resembled an older version of Princess Carolyn, but shorter and with a much heavier build. She had pale pink fur with a patch of grey fur around her eyes and on her ears, and a white patch on her mouth, nose, and chin.

She also had light green eyes, a tuft of curled bangs, and bags under her eyes. Also, a few of her teeth seem to be missing.

She wore a dark teal button-down denim shirt, a magenta undershirt, black pants, and white flats with a green checkered print, and slight heel.

She also wore a gold necklace with a triangle pendant with a red dot in the middle, which she eventually gave to Princess Carolyn claiming "it came from the old country and a long line of women who've taken their licks but always land on their feet."

Background

Season 5

Cutie Cutie Cupcake was the mother of Princess Carolyn and her eleven siblings.

She was a live-in maid for the Wallace family, a wealthy family of foxes in the answering machine tape business, and she and her children stayed in a room above their garage.

However, as Princess Carolyn got older, she would often have to do most of the work herself, as Cutie Cutie was an irresponsible alcoholic and was usually too drunk to do any work. Her father was separated from Cutie, and he lived in Raleigh.

One night, after she had a romantic fling with the Wallaces' son, Cooper, a teenage Princess Carolyn snuck back into her house, where her mom was passed out drunk on the couch.

Her mom wakes up and drunkenly tells her daughter to not get her hopes up with life, because life is like a roulette game, and it all depends if the little white ball lands on your number and the problem is most people don’t realize they have unlucky numbers.

She then chastises Princess Carolyn for having college pamphlets for schools in California and for wanting to leave her, and questions how she’d even pay for college.

Princess Carolyn argues back she’d get a job or paid internship, making her mother mock her even more. She tells Princess Carolyn that the difference between the two of them is that she knows her place.

Shortly afterwards Princess Carolyn, to her utter dismay, finds out she’s pregnant. While she laments how her life is over, Cutie is ecstatic that Cooper is stuck with her now and can support them forever. Princess Carolyn starts crying, but her mother calms her down.

She then gives Princess Carolyn her necklace, saying it came from the old country and she got it from her mom when she first got pregnant. She tells her daughter that when she looks at the necklace to remember she comes from a "strong line of women who can take a licking and keep on ticking." Princess Carolyn smiles at this, and her mother tells her to not blow their chance.

However, Princess Carolyn miscarries, and Cutie initially gets mad at her for ruining their plan. Princess Carolyn starts sobbing as she apologizes, and her mother comforts her. She thinks Cooper might still want to marry her, but her mother assures her he’ll want to marry some heiress, but she’s free now. Princess Carolyn is still distressed so her mom shows her the acceptance letter to UCLA that she received in the mail.

Airport — Cutie begging her daughter to stay home another year

However, Cutie at the last minute begged her daughter to stay home for another year, "Can you do this one thing for me?," but Princess Carolyn refuses, and boards the plane to Los Angeles, devastating Cutie.

Cutie eventually passed away, which was the last time Princess Carolyn went back to her hometown until 2018.

Princess Carolyn is shown to be indifferent towards her mother in the present, casually saying she was an alcoholic and not seeming too sad when talking to Sadie about her death. The only thing she seems to admire about her mother was that she was able to get pregnant - as Princess Carolyn is infertile.

Personality

Cutie Cutie is shown to have been an irresponsible, chronic alcoholic and therefore Princess Carolyn was left responsible for doing her job for her, as she was usually too drunk to do anything, which was a big factor in developing her workaholic attitude.

She takes no responsibility for her lot, claiming everyone's fate is predetermined like a game of roulette where the white ball lands on a lucky or unlucky number and constantly insists to Princess Carolyn they're just born with unlucky numbers.

She also appears to be emotionally abusive to Princes Carolyn, making her feel guilty for wanting to go to college in California and "abandon her," taunts her for thinking she could even get into college and find a way to pay for it, as mentioned previously insists they have unlucky numbers to crush her daughter's aspirations of a better life and career away from poverty, and blames her for miscarrying and ruining their plan of the Coopers supporting them forever.

However, Cutie does eventually try to comfort her daughter when she’s distraught over her pregnancy, and later miscarriage, and gives Princess Carolyn her necklace and makes up that it came from the old country (although when Princess Carolyn discovers this in Ruthie it ends up being the final straw on the worst day of her life that makes her finally break down).

Cutie also does come around and reveals to Princess Carolyn she got into UCLA, beforehand telling her that she’s free to do what she wants now that she doesn't have to marry Cooper.

However, at the last minute at the airport Cutie, dependent on the only child who hadn’t left her yet, begs Princess Carolyn to defer for just a year, saying "Can you do this one thing for me?," when all her daughter ever did was for her benefit.

Trivia

She would sleep with her hands covered in lotion-filled socks.
She is voiced by David Sedaris, Amy Sedaris's (Princess Carolyn) brother.
She had a friend named Evelyn, who she would steal jewelry from, including a ring that apparently got stuck on her finger. It could be implied that she got Princess Carolyn's necklace from Evelyn too.
Her birthday is mentioned by Mikhaela in The Light Bulb Scene
- She also seems to know other facts about Cutie, such as her sleeping with lotion filled socks and reassures Princess Carolyn she is nothing like her.

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 *She had a friend named Evelyn, who she would steal jewelry from, including a ring that apparently got stuck on her finger. It could be implied that she got Princess Carolyn's necklace from Evelyn too.
 *Her birthday is mentioned by [[Mikhaela]] in [[The Light Bulb Scene|''The Light Bulb Scene'']]
+**She also seems to know other facts about Cutie, such as her sleeping with lotion filled socks and reassures [[Princess Carolyn]] she is nothing like her.
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