| “ | Girls, I've been eavesdropping long enough and hearing you bad-mouth your bodies is making me nuts! | ” |
—Monica Foreman-Greenwald in What Is It About Boobs?
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Monica Foreman-Greenwald is the ultra liberal white mother of Missy Foreman-Greenwald and the wife of Cyrus Foreman-Greenwald. She first appeared in "Sleepover: A Harrowing Ordeal of Emotional Brutality". She is voiced by Chelsea Peretti.
Biography[]
Backstory[]
Monica Greenwald was a raised Jewish woman who no longer practices her faith as an adult. After marrying Foreman, the couple combined their names. Together, the two had a daughter, who they named Missy and as a family, The Foreman-Greenwalds live in a suburban house in Westchester, New York.
Current Life[]
Monica made her first appearance in "Sleepover: A Harrowing Ordeal of Emotional Brutality", when she and Cyrus sent Missy off to her sleepover at Jessi's house.
In "Requiem for a Wet Dream", Monica and Cyrus were very happy to meet Missy's new boyfriend, Andrew and they went on a tour of the science museum.
In "The Head Push", Monica played cards with Cyrus, Missy, and Andrew. Monica believed Missy's lie about leaving with Andrew to go to the movies, not knowing they were really going to Nick's house for a party. She and Cyrus drove up to the house later, very angry with Missy for lying.
In "I Survived Jessi's Bat Mitzvah", she and Cyrus don't believe Missy is ready to be in a relationship yet. They leave with Missy and she says goodbye to Andrew.
Monica had a major role in "What Is It About Boobs?", where, after overhearing Jessi and Missy talk about body image issues, she offers to take them to the Korean Spa. At the spa she proudly displays her naked body and tells them they're beautiful just the way they are. She introduces them to many different women who have also embraced their imperfections. A song takes place about the ladies loving their naked bodies. Jessi and Missy join in after being hesitant at first.
In "Drug Buddies", Nick and Jessi go over to Missy's house. Monica invites them in and was unaware that they we're high on marijuana. Later on, Nick gets an hallucination due to the weed.
In "Girls Are Angry Too", Missy struggles on deciding to wear either a slutty outfit or her regular overalls. Monica tells her it's her choice to wear whatever she wants.
In "The Hugest Period Ever", Monica went with Cyrus and Missy to Atlanta, Georgia, to see The Foreman Family. Lena and Quinta helped Missy to find out that Monica was not giving her hair product that was compatible with her black hair, due to her raising her in a "post-racial society". When Missy came back with her newly styled hair, Monica worried that her hair wasn't "manageable". Missy lashed out at her for being so racially oblivious and told her to stop stealing "our men", insulting her mom for marrying a black man.
In "A Very Special 9/11 Episode", Monica was mentioned when Missy told DeVon that as a mulatto, it was hard for her to understand her racial identity, especially with a white mom, a black dad, and a white voice actress.
Appearance[]
Monica Foreman-Greenwald is a middle-aged Caucasian woman with long, graying brown hair. She wears small, round glasses, a green dress, and a purple apron. She doesn't shave her armpits or dyes her hair as she isn't too concerned about her appearance and is happy with how she looks. She also doesn't wear bras.
Personality[]
Monica acts like a peaceful 1960's hippie woman. She is a laid back, progressive woman as well as a caring and supportive mother. Wanting her daughter to be free of discrimination and racism, she and Cyrus raise Missy in a "post racial society", where the colors of their skin serve no importance to them. However, this comes with some drawbacks as seen in "The Hugest Period Ever", when it was learned that Monica was using a hair product on Missy that was not compatible with black hair, leading to her hair becoming very dry and messy with tons of tangles and split ends. Monica is a very body-positive woman, who doesn't care in the slightest what people think of her appearance. She just wears whatever she feels comfortable with. This goes as far as her not wearing bras or shaving her armpits. In "What Is It About Boobs?", Monica stressed the importance of loving one's body to Missy and her friend, Jessi, when she overheard that they were feeling self-conscious about not having very developed breasts. Monica is also very intelligent and well-read, much like her husband and she passes down her extensive knowledge on the world to her daughter, making her a very smart girl too.
Episode Appearances[]
- Sleepover: A Harrowing Ordeal of Emotional Brutality
- Requiem for a Wet Dream
- The Head Push
- I Survived Jessi's Bat Mitzvah
- What Is It About Boobs?
- Drug Buddies
- Dark Side of the Boob (Voice Only in Present Day; Non-Speaking On-Screen Cameo in Flashback)
- Girls Are Angry Too
- The Hugest Period Ever
- A Very Special 9/11 Episode (Mentioned)
- The Funeral (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- The Shane Lizard Rises
- Thanksgiving
- I Fucking Hate You
- A Very Big Mouth Christmas (Non-Speaking Cameo)
- Re-New Year's Eve
- Vagina Shame
Trivia[]
- She doesn't wear bras and the only reason she has them is so she can burn them for protests while her husband likes to put radishes in them and he likes to wear them as well.
- In "Women Are Angry Too," she confirms that she was born and raised Jewish but doesn't practice as an adult.
- Missy is also confirmed to be Jewish by this statement.