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Kwan

Mrs. Kwan is a Taiwanese overweight babysitter who falls asleep during her job. She was portrayed by Amy Hill and is referred to by fans of the character as "The Throat Goat". When Joan gets called to go back to the office, she asks Mrs. Kwan to babysit her kids much to Conrad's dismay. Her weight and sleep serves as a running gag. Right before Joan leaves she emphasizes to Mrs. Kwan that the children are not allowed to watch television. After she leaves, Mrs. Kwan sees just how sad Sally and Conrad are. Sympathetically, she decides to secretly defy Joan's rules and slyly invites Sally and Conrad to watch television with her without letting Joan know. Happy, they join her on the couch as she puts on the television. However, she ends up watching Taiwanese parliament fights they are unable to follow much to their sheer dismay and content. However, she later falls asleep on the couch, to which the Cat hangs her onto a coat hanger and puts her in the closet. When the Cat unleashes Thing 1 and Thing 2, who subsequently wreck havoc all over the house, the Things at one point ride on Mrs. Kwan down the stairs.

Trivia[]

  • Mrs. Kwan played a key role in Larry Quinn's defeat. Mrs. Kwan, oblivious to their shenanigans with the Cat, contradicted Larry's claims that Conrad and Sally were up to trouble. Supposedly babysitting them the whole time, referring them as "angels", while he lost what little proof he had to his words made Joan finally decide to trust her children over taking suggestions from her self-serving boyfriend.
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