"Aluminum Monster" in propria persona
The Aluminum Monster was Dee Reynolds nickname in high school. The name was a reference to Dee's back brace.
Her nickname was originally used by Adriano Calvanese.
Early History[]
Season Three[]
Charlie finds a diary Dee kept in high school, and Ernesto reads a section of it in which Dee talks about her mother forced her to wear the back brace to a dance, which led to the other kids chanting "Aluminum Monster!" at her. [3x3]
Dee runs into Ingrid Nelson at Ingrid's clothing store, who reminds Dee that she was "Fatty McGoo" to Dee's "Aluminium Monster." [3x5]
Season Seven[]
After a wedgie she receives at her high school reunion injures Dee's back, she is forced to put the back brace that gave her the nickname "Aluminium Monster" again. [7x13]
Appearances[]
- Season One: Underage Drinking: A National Concern (mentioned only)
- Season Three: Dennis and Dee's Mom Is Dead (mentioned only),
The Aluminum Monster vs. Fatty Magoo (mentioned only) - Season Seven: The High School Reunion (mentioned only), The High School Reunion, Part 2: The Gang's Revenge
Notes[]
- Dee's middle school diary cover says "Keep Out" and has a little lock on it. [3x3]
Quotes[]
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— | “Okay. What you're doing is sick and wrong! What are you, living out some sad fantasy of yours? Going out with the most popular kid in high school...” |
| “Okay, why would that be a fantasy? I went out with tons of guys in high school...” | — | 
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— | “You wore that scoliosis back brace until you were 20 years old. Everyone was afraid of you.” |
| “No, they weren't!” | — |
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— | “You looked like a monster!!” |
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— | “I feel so lucky that this thing even fits still.” |
| “Is that your dress from the high school?” | — | 
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— | “Yup...” |
| “You didn't go to the prom in high school, Dee...” | — |
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— | “No, I know - my back brace was under the dress, and Mom called me fat. So I stayed home and cried instead...” |
[1x3]
From Dee's private middle school diary:
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— | “Dear Diary, the dance was a total disaster. I cried myself to sleep again last night. Mom forced me to wear the back brace and all the school chanted "Aluminum Monster!". <...>” |
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— | “...I'm totally going to tell Eric how much I like him tonight, even though Danielle was, like, all over him today in school. Mother said: "Don't bother - he wants a pretty girl instead". <...>” |
[3x3]