| “ | I know you think I'm a villain. But I would never send my daughter some place she wouldn't love. I want the best and sometimes that requires a little push. | ” |
—Bethany to Harley in Stuck with a Bad Influence
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Bethany Peters is the mother of Ellie Peters and the main antagonist in Stuck in the Middle.
She was portrayed by Lauren Pritchard.
Personality[]
Ms. Peters is the Diaz's selfish, rude, mean and nosy next-door neighbor. She's very critical, especially to both Suzy and Tom, as she criticizes them for their parenting. Bethany is overprotective towards her daughter Ellie - she bans Ellie from eating sweets or doing anything fun but lets herself indulge in anything she wants. She is extremely controlling towards other people and her daughter. She usually is very overprotective of her daughter Ellie as proven when she uses her tablet to track Ellie no matter if she is far or close, and at times manipulates Ellie to her advantage. She has a lot of things in common with Suzy Diaz but due to her perfectionist attitude and claims to superiority, she broke their short-lived friendship.
Appearances[]
- Stuck in the Middle
- Stuck with a Guy on the Couch
- Stuck in the Block Party
- Stuck with Mom's New Friend
- Stuck in the Diaz Easter
- Stuck with a Bad Influence
- Stuck in the Babysitting Nightmare
- Stuck in Camp Chaos (mentioned)
- Stuck with Harley's Bethany
- Stuck with a Non-Diaz (mentioned)
- Stuck in the Dark
- Stuck with No Escape (flashback)
- Stuck in Diaz Court
- Stuck in Dad's Birthday (mentioned)
- Stuck in a Fake Out (mentioned)
- Stuck in Harley's Quinceañera (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- Bethany has fair skin, short tightly curled red hair down, and blue eyes.
- She started out overweight, but lost weight over time just like her actress Lauren Pritchard did.
- She has a greenhouse on her property.
- She seems to like Daphne more than the other Diaz kids.
- She moved into her house only a few weeks before Harley was born.
- Bethany has many issues with the Diaz family.
- Bethany and Suzy Diaz discover they have a 95% friendship compatibility match in Stuck with Mom's New Friend, but they determine that final 5% will always keep them at odds with each other and they will never be close friends.
- Bethany manipulated Ellie into snooping in the Diaz's medicine cabinet.
- She doesn't allow her daughter to have much fun or enjoy certain things.
- She doesn't like Ellie having any sweets.
- She wants Ellie to succeed but in an overly protective way.
- It is unknown if she was ever married or divorced because there is no mention of Bethany ever having a husband.
- Bethany allows her nephew Aidan to move into her house while his father is away in Japan.
- Lauren Pritchard was also "Coach Penny" on Jessie and "Janice McManus" the librarian on Gamers Guide to Pretty Much Everything.
Gallery[]
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