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{{MainCharacter |image=Dee Reynolds S16 Profile.jpg |actor=[[Kaitlin Olson]]<br> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075459/ Jordan Reid] ([[Charlie Has Cancer (Original Pilot)|Pilot]])<br> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1948581/ Harley Graham] (young, [[A Very Sunny Christmas]])<br> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3136962/ Danielle Parker] (young, [[Pop-Pop: The Final Solution]])<br> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2616372/ Leslie Miller] (dream, [[The Gang Turns Black]])<br> |alias= "Dee"<br> "Sweet Dee"<br> "[[PatheticGirl43]]"<br> "ZingingCutie23"<br> "The Aluminum Monster"<br> "Martina Martinez"<br> "Taiwan Tammy"<br> "Mr. Covington" <br> "Bird"<br> "Rita Fires"<br> "The Useless Chick"<br> "Desert Rose"<br> "Adelphia"<br> "Sexy Angel"<br> "Hideous Delight"<br> |family=[[Dennis Reynolds]] <small>(younger twin brother)</small><br> [[Frank Reynolds]] <small>(father)</small><br> [[Barbara Reynolds]] <small>(mother)</small><br> [[Pop-Pop]] <small>(grandfather)</small><br> [[Bruce Mathis]]<small> (biological father)</small><br> [[Donna]] <small>(aunt)</small><br> [[Uncle Max|Max]] <small>(uncle)</small><br> [[Gail the Snail]] <small>(cousin)</small><br> [[Brian Jr.]] <small>(nephew)</small><br> unnamed son <small>(surrogate son)</small> |relationship= [[Lil' Kev]] <small>(ex-boyfriend)</small><br> [[Rex]] <small>(ex-lover)</small><br> [[Brad Fisher]] <small>(ex-boyfriend)</small><br> [[Ben Smith]] <small>(ex-boyfriend)</small><br> [[Bill Ponderosa]] <small>(ex-lover)</small><br> [[Charlie Kelly]] <small>(sexual encounter)</small> |birthday=1976 |job=Bartender at [[Paddy's Pub]]}} '''Deandra''' "'''Sweet Dee'''" '''Reynolds''', is the bartender at [[Paddy's Pub]], [[Dennis Reynolds]]' twin sister, and one of five main characters in ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]''. ==Biography== ===Early Life=== Dee, followed by her twin brother, Dennis, three minutes later,{{ep|10x9}} were born some time in 1976 to [[Barbara Reynolds]]. Growing up, both Dennis and Dee believed [[Frank Reynolds]] to be their biological father, however, the twins were actually the children of [[Bruce Mathis]], a man whom Barbara had an affair with. Neither Barbara nor Frank took an active role in raising their children, thus Dee was primarily raised by various nannies and maids.{{ep|2x2}}{{ep|10x9}} Frank was away conducting business abroad, and Barbara was an addict{{ep|2x10}}{{ep|5x13}} commonly high on amphetamines.{{ep|2x2}} Barbara's abuse and belittling attitude towards Dee throughout her childhood{{ep|1x3}}{{ep|3x3}} and further continuing into her adulthood{{ep|2x2}} eventually caused Dee to begin hating her mother.<ref>''"Now, you ''did'' hate your mommy." "That's exactly right."'' - [https://youtu.be/z7sjwGl9PzE?t=57 Dennis and Dee's Podcast: Serial Killers]</ref> Every Christmas, Frank would find out what she wanted most, and buy it for himself, allegedly in an attempt to teach her a lesson.{{ep|5x13}} Dee's [[Pop-Pop|grandfather]] was a decorated officer in the Nazi Party{{ep|1x6}} and enrolled both Dee and Dennis in a neo-Nazi camp when they were five years old.{{ep|8x1}} Dee attended the [[Saint Joseph's Preparatory School#Academy of Notre Dame de Namur|Academy of Notre Dame]], where she was unpopular due to her severe scoliosis, which forced her to wear a back brace and earned her the nickname "The Aluminum Monster"{{ep|3x5}} courtesy of Adriano Calvanese. She dated [[Brad Fisher]], but eventually dumped him because of his acne. Dee's best friend in high school was [[Ingrid Nelson]], nicknamed "Fatty Magoo". Dee frequently bragged about how she would one day become successful to "keep [Ingrid] down", which in turn motivated Ingrid to open a successful clothing shop. Dee's one "successful" moment was playing Frankenstein's monster with encouragement from her drama teacher, Dr. Larry Meyers. Dee attended intensive physical therapy twice a week after school, where she met [[Rickety Cricket|Matthew Mara]]. Matthew developed a crush on Dee, who used this to her advantage, making him eat horse excrement and getting him to do menial tasks for her.{{ep|2x9}} She wore her back brace until she turned twenty, and even attempted to fit it under her prom dress, prompting her to stay home after her mother called her fat.{{ep|1x3}} After failing to complete her psychology major alongside Dennis at the [[Wikipedia:University of Pennsylvania|University of Pennsylvania]], Dee decided to become an actress. During this time, she was institutionalized for lighting her roommate on fire in apparent retaliation for wearing her clothing and "copying her".{{ep|9x2}} She also slept with her professor, Dr. Gainer.{{ep|1x7}} <!-- Dee lived alone in [[Dee's apartment|her apartment]] with her [[Cats|cat]] {{ep|5x9}}, which she almost immediately lost in the wall. When Mac and Dennis' apartment burned down {{Ep|9x10}}, they had to move in with her. An old black man joined in Season 11 as a result of a bad bet she made with Frank.{{ep|11x5}} She rarely has success with men and she is an aspiring actress. Her best (and only) friend is [[Artemis Dubois]], but she has also been known to spend time with the [[The Waitress|Waitress]]. In season 6, Dee gave birth to a child using a donor's egg and Carmen's sperm and gave the baby to Carmen and her new husband {{ep|6x12}}. == Skills and Abilities == Dee took several years of Spanish in high school and, as such, can speak some very rudimentary Spanish {{ep|4x12}}. She also took a semester of psychology with {{Dennis}}, which allowed them to determine how to best handle {{Charlie}}'s molestation {{ep|1x7}}. Dee possesses an extensive knowledge of gay culture {{ep|The Gang Recycles Their Trash}}. Dee is suggested to be the physically strongest member of the Gang, easily outperforming both Mac and Dennis while trying out for the Philadelphia Eagles {{ep|3x2}}, destroying a buzzer by accident {{ep|10x8}}, and managing to become a decent boxer {{ep|2x7}}. Like Mac and Dennis, Dee has been shown to be an excellent skier {{ep|11x3}}. == Weaknesses == Dee is a poor waitress and an unskilled bartender. She can't make simple drinks like a mojito {{ep|5x3}}. She is also apparently very rude to customers ("''Here you go. Stupid customers''."), such as the time she called a customer (who turned out to be [[Korman|Lyle Korman]], a restaurant critic) a slur for ordering wine {{ep|4x8}}. Charlie also maintains that Dee is too "blue" in her humor relative to the rest of the Gang. {{ep|15x1}} She is distracted by the prospect of telling jokes to the customers. She also has admitted to intentionally using the same check for two different tables and pocketing the difference, a practice she calls "double-dropping" {{ep|3x7}}. Dee consistently faces severe stage fright and often chokes under pressure when performing in front of an audience, often to the point of gagging and even occasionally vomiting. {{ep|4x9}} * While trying out for the Philadelphia Eagles, she hurt her leg while kicking - even though she had previously been able to kick a football very well {{ep|3x2}}. * She dry heaves on stage due to her anxiety when she performed a stand-up comedy routine at a local comedy club {{ep|4x9}}. * She was unable to perform in a flip cupping competition, even though she had practiced for days and become quite skilled. She had also previously choked while competing in the 1998 Flipadelphia competition {{ep|5x12}}. * Dee also gets nervous around certain people. In high school, she used to gag while around Bill Ponderosa, whom she described as "hot with great buns." She even gagged while around him in {{S6}}, even though he had now gained a great deal of weight {{ep|6x1}}. * Dee cannot cry on command. When Dennis and Frank stage a funeral for her fake child Dee cannot cry and only does when Dennis blows chili powder directly into her eye. {{ep|7x4}} *She harbors a phobia of the elderly, especially their hands {{ep|1x6}}. This extends to her relationship with her grandfather. *Dee is quite awkward and clumsy, and tends to break things by accident. Dennis describes her as having "hands like anvils." {{ep|10x8}} * Dee is a poor artist. {{ep|3x5}} *Though she shows up to the local comedy club whenever possible, Dee is an abysmal stand-up comedian. Aside from her stage fright issues, her set tends to feature obnoxious sound effects, barely-coherent rambling about her day, regular references to her vagina, and awkward stretches of breathing into the microphone {{ep|9x1}}. *Her acting “skills” are limited to broad ethnic stereotypes that even the rest of The Gang acknowledges are racist, and she is so terrible with accents that she cannot even do a Philadelphia accent successfully {{ep|11x1}}. --> ==Appearances== {{Appearances |101|102|103|104|105|106|107 |201|202|203|204|205|206|207|208|209|210 |301|302|303|304|305|306|307|308|309|310|311|312|313|314|315 |401|402|403||405|406|407|408|409|410|411|412|413 |501|502|503|504|505|506|507|508|509|510|511|512|513 |601|602|603|604|605|606|607|608|609|610|611|612 |701|702|703|704|705|706|707|708|709|710|711|712|713 |801|802|803|804|805|806|807|808|809|810 |901|902|903|904|905|906|907|908|909|910 |1001|1002|1003|1004|1005|1006|1007|1008|1009|1010 |1101|1102|1103|1104|1105|1106|1107|1108|1109|1110 |1201|1202|1203|1204|1205|1206|1207|1208|1209|1210 |1301|1302|1303|1304|1305|1306|1307|1308|1309|1310 |1401|1402|1403|1404|1405|1406|1407|1408|1409|1410 |1501|1502|1503|1504|1505|1506|1507|1508 |1601|1602|1603|1604|1605|1606|1607|1608 }} == Trivia == * Dee was originally portrayed by Jordan Reid ([[Rob McElhenney]]'s girlfriend at the time) in the unaired pilot (shot in Jordan's apartment). After breaking up with [[Rob McElhenney]], Reid was fired and replaced. <ref>http://www.ramshackleglam.com/2016/07/28/the-real-story-behind-how-its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-was-created-with-jordan-reid-and-sweet-dee/</ref> <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9ZNpnUAREA</ref> * According to creator and star of the show [[Rob McElhenney]], the name "Sweet Dee" was the nickname of one of his friend's girlfriends. He liked the nickname and later thought of it while creating the character of Dennis' sister.<!--add podcast citation--> ** Dee has been referred to as "Sweet Dee" in four episode titles: "[[Frank Sets Sweet Dee on Fire]]", "[[Sweet Dee's Dating a Retarded Person]]", "[[Sweet Dee Has a Heart Attack]]", "[[Sweet Dee Gets Audited]]". * Dee wears a size thirteen shoe {{ep|4x7}}. * Although Deandra was originally written as a female voice of sanity to contrast with her ill-intentioned co-stars, the character quickly became an equal participant in the gang's illicit and morally questionable activities. * Rob McElhenney stated that making Dee the "voice of reason" was abandoned because it would have been a waste of [[Kaitlin Olson]]'s talent, and also they realized that the rest of the world can act as "the voice of reason" when necessary (as an example, he's mentioned the character of the loan officer in the episode "[[The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis]]"). * Dee is often ridiculed for her resemblance to a bird by the rest of the Gang, especially Mac and Dennis (since [[The Gang Gives Back|02x06]]). This began in the episode "Mac is a Serial Killer," when the gang starts comparing her to the former professional basketball player [[Wikipedia:Larry Bird|Larry Bird]], because of their resemblance in appearance. This devolved into the gang comparing her to an actual bird. In the episode "[[Who Got Dee Pregnant?]]", in one of the flashback sequences, Dee is "played" by an actual ostrich. <!--* She is consistently criticized and belittled by The Gang for her appearance, for her lack of talent, and for being a woman. (One exception is in the episode "[[The Gang Broke Dee]] " where Charlie, Frank, and Mac start encouraging her stand-up career, but it will turn out that their motivation isn't as altruistic as it appears.) * Dee is usually ignored or ridiculed whenever she presents an idea to The Gang; however, if someone repeats her exact suggestion, it is immediately accepted {{ep|5x1}}. * In her mother's will, Dee is told that she has been a disappointment and a mistake, despite being Dennis' twin {{ep|3x3}}. * The Gang will often try to ditch Dee. When they went on a road trip, they tried to leave her behind. Then later when they stopped off at an Italian market, they tried to steal her car and leave her there {{ep|5x2}}.--> * Dee has had several cars over the course of the series. **Charlie and Mac steal her car and crash it to fake their deaths {{ep|4x5}}. **Dee purchases a new car, but it is stolen by a hitchhiker she picks up and allows to drive so that she {{ep|5x2}}. **[[Bill Ponderosa]] gives Dee a car, but it turns out the car really belonged to another one of Bill's mistresses who stole it back from Dee {{ep|6x2}}. **Charlie and Mac end up crashing yet another of Dee's cars, while attempting to flee from "zombies" at Maureen Ponderosa's wedding {{ep|8x3}}. *During "[[Chardee MacDennis: The Game of Games|Chardee MacDennis]]", Dee endured two hours of deeply personal insults from Mac and Charlie, and after holding it together "''without a single tear''", cried for a month and tried to commit suicide by overdosing on pills. * There is only one episode in the entire series where Dee is absent {{ep|4x4}}. * [[Kaitlin Olson]] is married to [[Rob McElhenney]], who portrays Mac. * Dee is left-handed. == See Also == * [[Dee's apartment]] * [[Dee's cars]] * [[Reynolds|Reynolds' family]] <!-- * Dee's characters: ** [[Crazy Paddy]] ** [[Martina Martinez]] ** [[Taiwan Tammy]] ** [[The Gang Misses the Boat|Captain Barnacle]] --> ==Gallery== <gallery> Dee Reynolds.jpg Square-Dee-Cheesy.jpg Square Dee.jpg Square-Dee-BW.jpg Sweetdee.jpg Hundred dollar baby.jpg Patheticgirl43.jpg Dee (1).jpg Dee (2).jpg Dee (3).jpg Dee (4).jpg Dee (5).jpg Dee (6).jpg Dee (7).jpg Dee (8).jpg Dee Gives Birth.png </gallery> ==References== <references/> [[Category:It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Characters]] [[Category:Main characters]] [[Category:Females]] [[Category:The Gang]] [[Category:Season 1 characters]] [[Category:Season 2 characters]] [[Category:Season 3 characters]] [[Category:Season 4 characters]] [[Category:Season 5 characters]] [[Category:Season 6 characters]] [[Category:Season 7 characters]] [[Category:Season 8 characters]] [[Category:Season 9 characters]] [[Category:Season 10 characters]] [[Category:Season 11 characters]] [[Category:Season 12 characters]] [[Category:Season 13 characters]] [[Category:Season 14 characters]] [[Category:Season 15 characters]] [[Category:Reynolds Family]] [[Category:Season 16 Characters]]
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