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Mother Up! is a Canadian animated series starring Eva Longoria, which is streamed on Hulu in the United States and airs on City in Canada. The show chronicles the misguided attempts at parenthood of a disgraced music executive who transitions from the big city to suburbia. After she resigns from her job and her husband leaves her, Rudi Wilson becomes a single mother raising her two children, Apple and Dick, and must learn mothering duties. Longoria stars as the main character and serves as executive producer.

Mother Up! premiered on November 6, 2013 with new episodes released on Wednesdays. It made its Canadian television debut on City on January 23, 2014, with new episodes aired on Saturday nights (during its first few weeks it was Thursday nights). The show was developed by Rogers Media and co-produced by Canadian companies Breakthrough Entertainment and Bardel Entertainment, in association with U.S.-based Mass Animation. The show marks Hulu's second foray into animated programming after The Awesomes. It’s pitched as "Family Guy for women".

The Mother Up! theme song, on the Canadian version of the show, was written by Warren Bray & Odario Williams of Grand Analog and Maiko Watson, formerly of Sugar Jones.

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Wilson family

Rudi Wilson (voiced by Eva Longoria) - The main character, a former music executive whose reputation is almost ruined after a scandal involving shooting kids in Central America with her client 2Bit. She preserves her reputation by transferring all of the blame to her boss, yet at the price of her job and her life in the city. She now has to live as a single suburban mother (as her husband left her with two kids), despite being a terrible one.

Dick Wilson (voiced by Jesse Camacho) - Rudi's son and quite a loner, and has virtually no friends, with the exclusion of Agnes Chu. He constantly gets bullied by Travis. In episode 1, Rudi throws him a 10th birthday party even though Sarah says Dick and Apple's birthdays aren't for months, so Dick is probably 9 years old during the first season.

Apple Wilson (voiced by Rebecca Husain) - Rudi's daughter, she is quite imaginative, and often longs for her mother's attention. In episode 6, Rudi says Apple is 5.

Jeffrey Wilson (voiced by Mark McKinney) - Rudi's former husband and dad of Dick and Apple.

Chu family

Mrs. Suzi Chu (voiced by Grace Lynn Kung) - One of the series' other antagonists and a friend of Jenny's, she often works her daughter, Agnes, to excessive studying.

Agnes Chu (voiced by Rebecca Husain) - A girl in the same grade as Dick, but attends a gifted class. She goes to sports camps every summer as her parents want her to be well-rounded. In episode 6 her mother says she is the youngest female Chess Master in the world (though Apple, enhanced by drugs, checkmates her) and Rudi estimates Agnes is 10 years old.

Neighbours

Sarah (voiced by Gabrielle Miller) - She is Rudi's friend and neighbor, a married mother of one. Sarah is very impressed by Rudi's high-power lifestyle and celebrity friends, and is easily convinced to "pick up the slack" when it comes to Rudi's poor parenting skills. Rudi plainly takes advantage of Sarah's good nature, but she takes the abuse like a trooper, in the name of friendship and for the good of Apple and Dick. In her heart, she admires Rudi's life, and attitude.

Fergus (voiced by Rebecca Husain) - The son of Sarah (whom she calls "Fergie") who is friends with Apple.

Greg (voiced by Scott McCord) - He is Rudi's friend and other neighbor, a widowed father of one. Greg sees himself as a helpful hand and a potential suitor to Rudi. Like Sarah, he is walked all over by her, yet his eternal optimism fuels their friendship. He likes to do odd jobs for her and the community.

Joel (voiced by Zachary Bennett) - Greg's stepson, he hates adults, especially his step-dad Greg, perhaps because he misses his real dad. His mother died, so Greg inherited custody of him. Joel is a misanthropic goth/emo with extremely violent and anti-social tendencies, in sharp contrast to his easy-going, gregarious step-father. He plays violent video games, but only banned ones, while wearing diapers so he can play for long periods of time.

Faculty

Principal Moxley (voiced by Helen Taylor) - Head of staff at the school all the kids attend. In episode _, she threatens to call Child Protective Services because Rudi let Apple walk across the tightrope on school grounds, but backs down after Rudi says she will tell the police, the media, and the school's insurance company about the tightrope.

Nurse Higgins (voiced by Rebecca Husain) - The school's nurse and head of the drama department. She enjoys explaining diagnoses and stories in a theatrical manner, with costumes.

Miss Belfonte (voiced by Gabrielle Miller) - The teacher of Apple.

Ernesto - The school janitor that Apple's teacher hits on often.

Others

Jenny (voiced by Helen Taylor) - Rudi's enemy and one of the series's antagonists. She disapproves of Rudi's parenting, along with Rudi being the only person who ever stood up to her. She has a child who attends the same school as Apple and Dick.

Travis (voiced by Scott McCord) - A school bully who beats up Dick. The son of one of Jenny's friends.

2Bit (voiced by Clé Bennett) - Rudi's former client and rapper, he constantly needs Rudi's help when he needs inspiration or if he's too full of himself, so he visits her often. In order to sign him with Mass Exploitation Records, Rudi went child-hunting with him, which is why she had to move to the suburbs.

References

Mother Up! Wikipedia

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