Ava Zinn

"I'm gonna kick your ass!" — Ava's catchphrase when she gets angry.
"That cat ain't right." — Ava's catchphrase when referring to her cat Caprice
Aeverine Frathleen "Ava" Nieves () (born Frank Zinn January 4, 1983) is one of the three protagonists of Caprice & Ella, along with Caprice and Ella. Ava has a central role in most story lines, along with her family (wife Breeanna, daughters Tabitha, Sierra, Lyssa, Jessica, adopted daughter Ashli, and sons Baby Kenny and Leeland).
Ava is the patriarch of the household and the primary protagonist who is a film/TV producer/director as well as broadcast journalist and is a retired webmaster. She is the transgendered wife of Breeanna, father of Samantha (1993-2020), Thomas (1997-2006), Tiffani (1999-2021), Sheryl (1999-2009), Tabitha (2003-), Baby Kenny (2015-), Lyssa (2023-), Sierra (2023-), Leeland (2024-), and Jessica (2024-), paternal grandfather of Alisan, Christina, Pia (Tiffani & Jenna’s daughters), DaNica (Baby Kenny & Janessa’s daughter), and maternal grandfather of Elian (Tabitha’s son), Michael II and Leah (Samantha & Martin’s children) as well as being the owner of Caprice and Ella. She is also the adopted father of Ashli (1998-) and Kalvin (2000-2020). Ava is also the aunt of Albert's children Michael I "Weasel", Leanna, Shayla, and Reneé as well as grandaunt of Clarissa, Bender, Cara, Elsie, Haley, Tilly, Siobhan, Vanniza, and Yancy Zinn. Ava's enthusiasm for her career is not usually shared by other characters in the series. Several episodes show Ava escaping from her troubled home life by working on her home when times are tough. 
Though initially appearing to be a typical ideal father, Ava has many dark aspects to her and in some cases be worse than her wife. Ava's personality has evolved throughout Caprice & Ella. She is commonly the voice of reason to Caprice and Ella's shenanigans. In later seasons, Ava becomes a bossy, loud, caustic, overweight and dominant transgender woman who appears as the main protagonist of Caprice & Ella. She frequently meddles and tries to control the lives of her wife, children, grandchildren, pets and friends. Despite her dominating nature, Ava is a loving father, grandfather and wife. She works hard and makes as much time for her children, grandchildren and wife as possible. She also deeply cares for her friends and family. She expresses a fascination for of television production and broadcast journalism, knowing every intricate detail. Ava is known to threaten people who have angered her with saying, "I'm gonna kick your ass."
==Biography==
Ava Zinn stands 5'9" in heightWithout heels. and weighs 300 lbs.Her latest weight as seen in "Breaking Boiling Point 3: Stand Against Furious Fear". She was previously 255 lbs. until season 6. She has grayish blond Previously blonde from 2012-23., medium long, wavy hair, blue eyes along with peach-pale skin. She is fairly tall with a moderate potbelly. She is a smoker (since 1997), vaper (since 2017), effectively alcoholic since 1994 (at age 11) and occasionally a CBD oil user since 2019.
===Early life and family===
Ava Zinn was born a boy at Community General Hospital in LaGrange, IL to businesswoman Margaret (b. 1943 d. 2002) and World War II Navy veteran and semi-truck driver Willis Zinn (b. 1925 d. 1984). She was the youngest of two children and had a brother, Albert (b. 1977 d. 2002). Ava raised in the Van Buren, Indiana neighborhood of Landess from the age of 2 until relocating to Marion, Indiana in October 1996. When Ava was fifteen months old, her father died from pneumonia in April 1984. 
She sang in the choir of Northview Elementary School and graduated from Mississinewa High School in Gas City, Indiana in 2001. Ava is the niece of former Columbia City mayor Joseph Zickgraf.
Growing up, Ava and Albert suffered a lot of physical abuse from their mother Margaret while their father stood there and allowed it to happen. They didn't always have the greatest childhood growing up and there was a lot of speculation that was the reason why Ava grew up with food as her best friend causing her to be overweight, becoming a transgender woman, and to have a lot of unsuccessful relationships with women (as Ava had fathered 10 children with five different women) while Albert had four children with one woman.
Ava, like her family, deals with the many hardships of poverty, weight and domestic troubles with humor. She has always had troubles with her weight throughout her adult life. 
She continued on to college at Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) and was dis-enrolled for unable to adapt to the college life. After her dis-enrollment, Zinn has described her early adult life as "hopelessly itinerant", as her family moved constantly due to the aspirations and failures of her mother, who was violent at times until her mother's death in May 2002 and brother's suicide in August 2002. Zinn has described her mother as a diabetic and brother as an epileptic.
It would be another 19 years and a move to Fort Wayne to finally get her associate degree in visual communication at IvyTech Community College Fort Wayne and as of January 2024, attending Purdue University Fort Wayne.
==Personality==
General: Ava can best be viewed as a typical hard-working transgender woman with deep values, strict yet sometimes blind beliefs, and loyalties to those closest to her. She believes in doing even the smallest tasks with one hundred percent effort and is often the person people will seek to do a seemingly pointless task since she views it as fun, efficient, and necessary. Ava, although incredibly emotionally reserved, deeply cares for her family and will do anything she can to help them. 
While Ava is aware of things being different from when she was young, she shows little interest or effort in learning of the more modern ways. As such, she tends to show great annoyance and/or hostility toward things she does not understand or like until she is forced to confront this issue and potentially change her view on the matter. 
In a few episodes, Ava and her friends, Karly and Rachael, will stand about in the driveway near Ava's home, drinking Miller Lite, Diet Dr. Pepper, or Diet Mountain Dew and discussing the events of the day. When consensus is reached, or they simply run out of things to talk about, they will give short words of agreement, such as "Yep." This changes in a few episodes, such as Donna occasionally joining them. Other people also participate.
Emotional/Reserved behavior: One of Ava's most well-known traits is her extremely reserved nature. She has shown that she is not able/willing to cut loose as easily as her friends and will often turn down other suggestions of fun activities simply because she does not find it fun for 'everyone'. Ava is so reserved that she is barely able to actually say "I love you" to her children or show any kind of physical affection toward them in public, thinking they should automatically know she cares about them and not need her to prove it. 
Similar to her friends, Ava feels she does not need to join in many of their antics in order to prove her worth. Ava often turns into a stuttering mess during times when romance and sex are brought up and will usually end the conversation when it starts becoming the focus topic, especially if Tabitha, Sierra and/or Lyssa is the one curious about these topics; Ava only willing to discuss simple crushes and dating etiquette but nothing more with her children. As such, she has been labeled a "stick in the mud" by friends and family because she often puts a damper on things. She has even been told by medical doctor's that years of chronic tension is most likely one of the reasons that she and Breeanna were not able to have more children. 
One emotion Ava is never troubled with showing is annoyance and anger, on occasion focusing on these emotions and another stating Ava has great issues with controlling her temper. When she becomes angered, she usually threatens physical violence on the person who angered her; though she has kicked three people in the posterior out of anger (Harmony Bokamp in Caprice & Ella: The Movie, a corrupt person in season 7, and presumably a maintenance guy in "Breaking Boiling Point 3: Stand Against Furious Fear (Part 9)"). While her family is usually the most sheltered from her anger, there are many times where Ava will angrily glare at them, at times she will yell, to get her point across or the final word in a topic of discussion.
It is also revealed that Ava often burns a pair of pants and/or a woman's bra on a charcoal grill when Ava is lied to as well as taking a hammer to break a watch.
Ava's facial expressions can be quite stoic, with her trying her best to not get excited and overconfident. While she does gets tired of Breeanna, Sierra, Lyssa, or her female relatives crying, she has cried a few times. The other times she began crying she tried to hide her face or walk out of the room or both.
TV Production and Broadcast Journalism: Throughout the series, Ava has shown she has a near obsessive interest in television production and broadcast journalism. Since her junior year at Mississinewa High School, she has been self employed as the owner and chief executive officer (CEO) of Aeverine Zinn Holdings and is usually the one to lecture everyone about doing the job right and remind them about the dangers that can happen by doing their job poorly. Ava will often go above and beyond the call of duty for the job since she firmly believes in doing a job perfectly and delivering the best customer satisfaction is its own reward. Ava has even managed to talk some of her neighbors to watch the local news and will often ask newcomers to town to do the same in their homes. She will often brag to others about the numerous things broadcast journalists can accomplish and will even go so far as to ridicule others on their knowledge of broadcast journalism and television production by demonstrating her own. Because of her love of television production and broadcast journalism, Ava somewhat expects her children to follow in her footsteps and become part of the broadcasting work force and will show genuine annoyance and concern when one of her children shows interest in other careers. Two of Ava’s daughters, Samantha and Tabitha, followed in Ava’s footsteps as Samantha became a broadcast journalist in her own right after graduating from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2016 while Tabitha is starting in her own right. 
Sports: Like many men and trans women her age, Ava is a sports fan and she had formerly played football and basketball in elementary school. Her favorite sports to watch are football, basketball, bowling, auto racing, golf, and since April 2023, baseball. She considers sports like hockey, tennis, and previously baseball to not be recognized on the same level as football, basketball, bowling and golf, even making fun of a woman with tennis elbow at a sports clinic. Having children, Ava has tried to steer her children into participating in sports. However, she doesn't delude herself about their lack of athletic abilities and has eventually, albeit reluctantly, accepted that all of her children will most likely never become an athlete; at one point she purposely tried to hide the sign up form for youth baseball so that Sierra and Lyssa and their parents could be spared from others witnessing their poor abilities.As she lives in Indiana and is a football and basketball fan, Ava greatly supports the Indianapolis Colts and naively thinks other Hoosiers, especially those in Fort Wayne, do the same and became incredibly offended when she came across citizens of Fort Wayne who supported a team out of statenotably the Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, etc. Ava's favorite sports teams are the Indianapolis Colts and Indiana Fever (though she rarely expresses much interest in the NBA and Major/Minor League Baseball teams in the Fort Wayne and Indianapolis areas like the Pacers, the TinCaps, or the Indians) though she has indicated that being a Chicago Bears fan wasn't out of the question because the Bears aren't in the same NFL conference as Indianapolis and would only require any rooting interest decisions if the Colts and Bears somehow faced each other in a Super Bowl, which was the case in Super Bowl XLI. She also has not ruled out being a fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Diego Padres. Ava is a proud Hoosier, having grown up in Van Buren, Indiana. She was, however, born a boy in and spent the first ten months of her life in the Chicago suburb of Worth, Illinois.
Fatherhood and Grand-fatherhood: Ava is a devoted father to her children and devoted grandfather to her grandchildren. She considers her granddaughter Alisan and her daughters Samantha and Tiffani (before their deaths) as well as Tabitha, Baby Kenny, Ashli, Lyssa, and Sierra her greatest treasure due to the hardship she and Breeanna (and previously Amanda, Elisa, Angie, and Kymberly) faced having a child. While she cares about her children, Ava greatly struggles with connecting with her children and grandchildren due to their different personalities and therefore doesn't understand or accept many of the things they are interested in. Knowing Alisan is a class clown, Ava is often not surprised when she gets calls from the school about Baby Kenny and Alisan acting up in the event Jenna is unable to do so with Alisan. Despite not having a strong bond with her children and grandchildren, Ava knows her children and grandchildren relatively well and can accurately predict how they will act in different situations. While she hopes her children and grandchildren will grow into a responsible and hard-working individual, she doesn't deny how her children and/or grandchildren tries to take shortcuts in most situations or will try to do the least amount of work possible while still hoping to gain greater credit than they deserve. These habits often cause Ava to enforce punishments fitting her acts in order to teach them a lesson. During times when Ava seems upset or disappointed in what her children or grandchildren do, she usually does not hide when she feels like this and has also been shown to seem upset about her children or grandchildren not 'automatically' knowing certain things and that she at one time scolded Alisan for not automatically knowing these things.
Marriage: Ava's marriage to Breeanna is quite strong and occasionally shower her with affection like most transwomen do with their wives/women they're dating. Because of her repressive behavior, Ava usually does not show Breeanna affection in public, to the point that she refuses to hold her hand, kiss/hug her, or even say she loves her in public. She also knows that Breeanna is not as skilled or educated as she thinks she is but usually does not say anything unless Ava has to, even then she will try to be gentle with Breeanna about coming to terms with reality. Ava does admire how Breeanna is a caring mother to Lyssa and Sierra and aunt to Jim's children but does not approve how much she tends to baby them since Ava sees this as a potential crippling factor in both of their maturing and growth as Breeanna tends to comfort them during certain situations and delays or prevents them from facing or overcoming problems head on. Even with Breeanna's shenanigans, she tries to help her however she can and protect her from any shady characters trying to con her. Although Ava is usually right about the situations Breeanna gets into, she does not brag about how she was wrong. However, in some episodes, she can act darker than normal and sometimes shows a taste for sadomasochism (S&M), dressing as a dominatrix in "Ava's Got Her Wicked Game On", and directing Breeanna to punch her breasts in a deleted scene in "Breaking Boiling Point 2: A Renter's Revenge". Beginning in the fourth season, Ava became "a little snarkier and sassier and sexual," especially in the storyline of Ava and Breeanna. Though she still truly loves Breeanna, Ava is somewhat promiscuous and has never cheated on her, Ava has previously been in relationships with Amanda Davidson, Elisa Everman, Angie Nieves, Christy Johnson, Kymberly Alvaraz, Marti McDaniel. Ava's interests are usually pursued in an attempt to separate from Breeanna and her antics to a degree, or when she feels Breeanna's being controlling.<BR>However, in a stark contrast, when Ava was married to Angie, Ava suffered abusive treatment, which lead to her scrapbooking collection and Angie's eventual death. Though Tabitha assumed she was a housewife, she informed Tabitha that she was employed at Carey Services as well as being self-employed throughout her childhood. After the years passed by, Ava began to date Christy Johnson, a sort of manizer, Mandy Davidson (for a second stint), Kymberly Alvaraz, Elisa Everman (for a second stint), and Marti McDaniel. However, it was revealed that after breaking up with Marti, Ava later started dating Breeanna Sorensen, a meteorologist and scientist, whom like Mandy, Kymberly, and Elisa, worried Tabitha. Ava eventually married Breeanna yet live in separate households. 
Family: Ava is depicted as knowing her family's personalities extremely well but also being very protective of them. While she is fairly close to her family and extended family, Ava also suffers some potential emotional and psychological trauma from her parents. It's well known that Ava experienced harsh behavior and verbal abuse from her mother and her brother since she was a young boy. Because of this, Ava was usually very submissive around her mother and only stood up to her when absolutely needed. Ava was especially protective of her father as she has admitted he makes poor or questionable choices that "she has to clean up". Despite all of this, she cares about her family more than anything.
Transgender womanhood: Ava is shown to be incredibly concerned about maintaining her feminine appearance. Like many other trans women, she does not handle the topic of emotions well and typically laughs at and looks down on any kind of talk or therapy dealing with emotional well being. She also takes up interests that are typically considered manly by nature or social standard, such as lawn/vehicle care, football, etc. and will often disregard most other things with hostility. Ava has also shown great concern when one of her children has made seemingly homosexual comments when she's stated to either admire (look up to) certain women or call others handsome.
Aloofness and naïveté: Ava also has a great tendency to be aloof both accidentally and intentionally, taking things and expressions literally and at face-value. Moreover, she tends to not recognize certain social cues and double entendres. She has also been tricked because of her relative ignorance concerning drugs or subcultures. Hence, she once mistakenly took a hit of meth because she thought it was a cigarette. 
Old fashioned beliefs from the 1980s to 1990s: Most likely due to the time of her own upbringing and things she witnessed and was told, Ava has many old-fashioned beliefs and mannerisms. Such beliefs are that she loves the idea of herself being a stay-at-home father and transgendered wife, only men should do particular household tasks while also doing things like home, lawn, and vehicle repairs, is gender biased about certain events, is aware of but doesn't fully accept same sex couples/relationships, only dogs and cats are suitable family pets, etc. Although she remains firm in many of her beliefs, over the series she comes around to start changing some views. In “You Canterbury Hide from Time Corner-capable Differences“, it was revealed Ava had a channel block on Fox 55 Fort Wayne for three years because she couldn’t stand Chris Mullooly and on 21Alive for 10 months because Tom Powell and Brien McElhatten anchored their 7pm newscast (the newscast is currently solo anchored by Amir Abass). However, it is revealed on Vote for the Girls and Ava Zinn’s Hoosier TV Museum (formerly INNewsCenter), Ava doesn’t mind if two women anchor a news broadcast as much as the typical male-female news anchor seen in local news broadcasts. 
Politics: Ava is, for the most part, a staunch conservative, even once saying dreamily that she missed voting for George W. Bush. She is a Republican like most Hoosiers but admires pre-party switch Democrats (such as Evan Bayh and Frank O'Bannon). Ava also has a great amount of respect for Democratic office holders. It is revealed that in 1995, Ava became a registered Republican while her mother (Margaret) and brother (Albert) remained Democrats. After being a “Radical Republican” in 1995, she refers to the other major party as “Damn Democrats” (a pun on Damn Yankees).
==Career==
===Aeverine Zinn Holdings===
Since November 1, 1999, Ava has been the owner and chief executive officer of her own company, Aeverine Zinn Holdings. The company has divisions of: Retail, Housing, Digital Media, Music, and Productions. She mainly focuses on broadcast/multimedia journalism and film/television production as well as being a musician. However, Ava was formerly a retailer and webmaster until respectively retiring from those in May 2013 and December 2021.
She is very protective of her team, who affectionately call her "AZ". She is very concerned about the reputation of Aeverine Zinn Holdings, and takes great care to keep them clean, likely because of her experience with her tarnished mother Margaret and brother Albert. When George Williamston falls under suspicion in several episodes, Ava immediately jumps in his defense, especially from FWPD police chief and FWFD fire chief and tries her best to prove their innocence.
Unlike other businesswomen, she is also a de facto sworn security officer, and thus carries a badge, two pairs of handcuffs, a baton, and mace. 
Ava is truly egalitarian, treating all customers and employees as well as their families equally, regardless of their ethnicity, background, or economic station. She often goes out of her way to ensure they are alright during the course of an episode, especially when it involves a minor child, frequently giving her number to them, stating that she is available day or night to take their call. On top of providing herself with a comfortable living, Ava has helped others financially with such expensive things as providing private funeral arrangements for an indigent employee or customer, rent and living expenses, as well as medical costs for Elian, purchasing an apartment for her children (notably her daughters Samantha, Tiffani, Tabitha, Sierra, Lyssa, Jessica, sons Thomas, Baby Kenny, and Leeland , grandchildren Alisan, Michael II, Leah, Elian, Pia, and Christina, and nephew and nieces), despite being a retired retailer and currently a broadcast journalist. This is likely due to a number of extremely shrewd financial decisions and deals Ava made over the years leading up to the series.
As she had done while she lived and worked in Marion, Ava has many recurring enemies throughout the series, from abusive Black Pine Flats property manager Rebecca Fielitz to corrupt maintenance guy Brandon Howell to others that have cheated or robbed Ava. Some she thought had been put away for good come back to haunt her. 
Ava also emphasizes the importance of flexibility. She remains open to adjusting her plans as needed, understanding that unexpected events and opportunities can arise. This adaptability allows her to navigate the complexities of life without compromising her goals or personal commitments. Moreover, Ava values the support of her social network, including family, friends, and colleagues. She believes in the power of open communication and relies on this support system for encouragement, advice, and assistance when balancing her various roles becomes challenging. In terms of self-care, Ava incorporates activities that promote physical, mental, and emotional health into her routine. Whether it's exercise, meditation, or engaging in hobbies, she recognizes that taking care of herself is essential for sustaining the energy and focus required to achieve her long-term objectives.
==Sexual Orientation==
Although she transitioned from male to female in 2004, there have been hints throughout the entire series showing Ava's bisexuality even if she does not actively pursue it:
* In an unnamed episode, Ava says "Trans men and gay men are such teases, that's why I am still attracted to women."
==Relationships==
*Caprice Zinn: Ava's cat. Caprice is Ava's first cat since 1997 as well as her first animal as a resident in Fort Wayne when the series started in 2021. Having adopted Caprice a day earlier from what was then the Allen County SPCA (now Humane Fort Wayne animal shelter) when she was 10 months old, which is how Ava got her to be raised since Caprice's youngest years. Caprice grows up with Ava and dog, Ella, who was the first pet Ava adopted after Caprice.
*Ella Zinn: Ava's dog. Ella is Ava's second animal she adopted in March 2021 when Ella was 8 weeks old and is Ava's first dog since owning Rags from his 1999 birth until his death in 2011. Ella has lived with Ava and Caprice since then. When Ella was a puppy, she was very playful and used to almost always attack Caprice, who, in return, would smack her, causing Ava to tell her to stop.
*Tabitha Zinn: Ava's daughter from her first marriage to Angie. Since Tabitha was young, Ava has hoped to shape Tabitha into an athlete but has since reluctantly accepted that Tabitha is not cut out for sports. Although she loves Tabitha greatly, Ava has a hard time accepting many of Tabitha's choices, such as her decision to run away from home and being addicted to opioids until 2023 as well as her odd but free spirit personality. Although Ava wanted Tabitha to grow into a mature, responsible, and hard-working person, she often times struggles to get Tabitha to understand these concepts as Tabitha usually tries to find shortcuts to get what she wants which often causes her to get into trouble that Ava has to help her out of. Despite this, Ava was aware that Tabitha was a good kid and will do the right thing when the situation calls for it. Ava has been shown several times to be ready to beat up anyone who messes with Tabitha. 
*Ashli Zinn: Angie's daughter and Ava's only adopted daughter whom Ava views as company rather than family. Ava has shown great emotional distance and hesitation toward Ashli despite her love for Ava as an adopted father (though Ashli's biological father is Arron Barrington). Ava often shows discomfort with many things Ashli does, wears, or the boys she dates. One thing she does admire about her is how good of a mechanic she is as she has been able to fix things that Ava herself has not been able to even though Ava's brother and nephew are automobile mechanics themselves. Despite not seeing Ashli as true family, Ava has given her advice that helped her become more independent and not be taken advantage of so easily.
*Baby Kenny Zinn: Ava's son and child from Kymberly Alvaraz. 
*Sierra and Lyssa Zinn: Ava's twin daughters with Breeanna. Since Sierra and Lyssa were young, Ava hopes to shape Sierra and Lyssa into an athlete but, as with Samantha, Tiffani, and Tabitha, she has since reluctantly accepted that Sierra and Lyssa are not cut out for sports. Although she loves Sierra and Lyssa greatly, Ava has a hard time accepting many of their choices as well as their odd but free spirit personality. Although Ava wants Sierra and Lyssa to grow into a mature, responsible, and hard-working individuals, she often times struggles to get Sierra and Lyssa to understand these concepts as they usually try to find shortcuts to get what they want which often causes them to get into trouble that Ava has to help her out of. Despite this, Ava is aware that Sierra and Lyssa are good kids and will do the right thing when the situation calls for it. Ava has been shown several times to be ready to beat up anyone who messes with Sierra and Lyssa. 
*Breeanna Zinn: Ava's second wife. Ava is incredibly devoted and protective of her. However, she does not overlook her flaws, such as her tendencies to think so highly of herself but often does not try to stop her or get her to admit she is not as great as she herself believes unless needed. Regardless, Ava does see Breeanna is a devoted mother to their children but does not like how she tends to 'baby' Sierra and Lyssa as Ava thinks it holds them back from properly maturing. Ava is shown to be a supportive transgendered wife to her in many aspects but is still not afraid to let her know when Ava is upset with her about something she has done.
*Margaret Zinn: Ava's mother. From childhood until Margaret's May 10, 2002, death, Ava has been on the receiving end of Margaret's verbal lashings and cold demeanor. While Margaret has always been hard on Ava and her brother Albert, that hasn't stopped Margaret from trying to earn her mother's approval and/or gratitude. Ava knows Margaret extremely well and has openly disapproved many of Margaret's behavioral traits, such as her treatment of men, Margaret influencing Samantha, Thomas, Tiffani, and Sheryl, and many other things. Even knowing how Margaret was, Ava shows great respect to Margaret for her service but does not believe all/many of her stories since she is well aware of how Margaret tended to exaggerate.
*Willis Zinn: Ava's father. Despite not really knowing her father, Ava has been shown to favor Willis over Margaret but would have been overprotective of him as she thinks he made quick and thoughtless decisions. However, she knows that he is more honest and trustworthy than Margaret and will easily believe his version of a story over Margaret's.
*Albert Zinn and Lindsay Sosbe: Ava’s emotionally abusive brother and Albert’s significant other. Since Ava was young, she was often on the contradicting end of Albert’s behavior and/or words. It was partly due to her relationship with Ava and Albert’s mother, Margaret, that Ava decided to stay in Marion until 2018 and would go years without speaking to Lindsay. During a time when Ava believed when her brother was trying to patch things up after Albert and Lindsay’s relationship ended in 1999, she was excited to see her sister-in-law Lindsay again in 2014, but became upset when Lindsay wanted to blame Ava for the death of Albert. After Ava moved to Fort Wayne, Ava’s relationship with Lindsay remained tense, albeit not as harsh after Michael I and his wife, Sheena, moved to Muncie and later Fort Wayne, while Leeanna moved to Iowa, Shayla moved to Alabama, and Renee moved to California.
*Michael “Weasel” Zinn, Leanna Zinn, Shayla Zinn, and Reneé Zinn: Ava’s nephew and nieces. After taking Michael I, Leanne, Shayla, and Reneé in and becoming her co-guardian with their mother Lindsay Sosbe, Ava sees herself as more of a father figure to Michael I, Shayla, Leanna, and Reneé than an aunt (uncle prior to 2004). In typical Ava fashion, she often thinks she knows what's best for Albert’s children and tries to keep them on a path that will lead to the best future for them. Despite this, Ava does care very much for them and supports them as best as she can even though Ava’s nieces Leeanna moved to Iowa in 2014, Shayla moved to Alabama in 2015, and Renee moved to California in 2017.
*Rachael Passalt: Ava’s longtime friend and part-time neighbor. They are shown to have a good friendship, but it is usually tested to nearly breaking points by Rachael’s constant shenanigans. Ava will look out for Rachael when she gets caught up in one of her many conspiracy theories to prevent her from getting hurt or causing trouble to others. Like many others, Ava keeps quiet about Traci’s affair with Janice Morganstein but has expressed she feels guilty about doing so.
*Donna Doogan: The Zinn's long-time neighbor and friend. Ava is well aware that Donna appears to be in love with Ava, but she does not return these feelings, in fact Ava is somewhat disgusted by it although at the same time seems flattered that a woman feeds her vanity in such a way. Like many others, Ava sees Donna as the prime example of "best of pathetic" that people should avoid becoming and regularly tries to keep Caprice and Ella from Donna and Jackson knowing that Ava’s children are easily influenced by others and that Donna tends to depress those around her. It is seldom that Ava will be genuinely nice to Donna with no ulterior motive. Ava is shown to be the most helpful toward Donna as she is well aware of Donna’s frantic emotional status and what she tends to do when not properly supervised; such as spontaneous attempted acts of self-harm, over-doing well meaning acts in order to feel happy and/or included, etc. Ava is usually the one who is able to talk Donna back down to reality when she goes overboard in certain situations but trusts Donna when she truly needs her. However, she is fully aware of Donna’s borderline inappropriate feelings toward Ava and has on a few occasions hit Donna to silence her or scare her to be silent and cease her actions.
*Karly Jameson: The second friend Ava has known since meeting her ant the Indiana State Fair in 2013 and the most mature of the group besides Ava. Karly is usually the one Ava will turn to to help talk others out of crazy situations or to watch over Caprice, Ella, Baby Kenny, Sierra, Lyssa, Leland, and/or Jessica. Like Rachael and Donna, Ava knows Karly well and knows her friend is a well-known transgender ladies' woman and car fanatic. While Ava does not have to overlook Karly like she does Rachael and Janice, Ava still acknowledges that Karly can be a troublemaker herself.
*Jennifer Hayes: Ava's behavior consultant since 2016. Ava has been said to think of Jennifer like a mother figure and often does nearly anything Jennifer will ask of her. Despite her loyalty to Jennifer, Ava is usually not afraid to stand up to her when needed and make her see the error of her ways.
==Character analysis==
Ava has been compared to Ava Willis, the transgendered wife of title character on Zinn's earlier animated series Queen of the Willis. Throughout Caprice & Ellas run, Ava's personality appears to primarily be built around the image of the all-American, authoritarian family transwoman. She is set in her ways and generally afraid of taking risks, but generally a good person. Ava is a product of a bygone era - always faithful, friendly, firm, reasonable, well-read, and hard-working. Much of the series revolves around Ava's desire to do the right thing compared to much of the rest of the people around her who would rather cheat, lie or exploit; however, the people who try to take advantage of Ava tend to regret it because Ava is tougher and a lot shrewder than they thought. Although she is traditionally conservative in her attitude, in how she dislikes change and novel situations, she can adapt to them quite well, quickly mastering unfamiliar social milieus. She can be pushed too far on occasion, usually by her neighbors and friends Karly Jameson, Rachael Passalt, and Donna Doogan. A running joke throughout the series is an angry Ava yelling "I'm gonna kick your ass!" This is just a threat; she rarely, if ever, harms anyone, though she has literally kicked at three people in the posterior out of anger (Harmony Bokamp in Caprice & Ella: The Movie, presumably a maintenance guy in "Breaking Boiling Point 3: Stand Against Furious Fear (Part 9)", and a corrupt person in season 7). She has also taken the pants size of a maintence guy and burned a pair of pants and the bra size of a property manager on a charcoal grill after they lied to Ava as well as taking a hammer to break a watch. Ava's honesty and naivety often get her in unpredictable and troublesome situations. Ultimately, Ava cares for the people around her, particularly her family and friends and is always out to do what is right. One characteristic that Ava shows is when she lies to someone, she turns her head or looks around the room. 
Ava is historically known for her modest start in the business and general business smarts. These attributes have been worn away by life and been replaced with many habits which often come in the way of her business decisions. 
In recent seasons, Ava began to engage in less notable activities such as drinking, smoking, vaping, frequenting liquor stores (particularly Belmont Beverage). Besides all of her shortcomings, only Rachelle (before her death), Hank (before his death), and George have rarely seen beyond the original perception of Ava being a well-kept, honorable and smart business leader unless the consequences of her decisions are going to seriously negatively affect coworkers, customers and family life. Despite all of her shortcomings, Ava is known to come around when times get hard and make things right for herself and the people around her.
She is a noted do it yourself (DIY) enthusiast and prides herself on homeownership (as such Ava states she "feels more of a homeowner than a renter"), to the point where she completely distrusts repairmen and refuses initially to call them during times of crisis, even during a few incidents where she was unable to solve the problem on her own. She is skilled in-home repair for the most part and rarely with lawn and garden and automotive repair. She meticulously obeys virtually every building code in the city ordinance. She gets a great deal of joy engaging in home repair and her level of skill (and attention to detail) was repeatedly shown to exceed that of workmen she employed.
==Appearances in other media==
Besides Caprice & Ella, Ava has made cameos on other shows, including:
Program 	Episode 	References
Vote for the Girls	2010-21<BR>2024-present	
==Quotes==
*"If it gets one degree colder, I'm gonna kick your ass!"
*"Rachael, I'm gonna kick your ass! I'm gonna kick it harder if you don't come here!
*"This is fucking asinine!"
*(After Caprice uses profanity) "Watch your language, Caprice."
*"Dang it, Rachael!"
*"Damn it, Rachael!"
*"Dang it, Karly!"
*"Got-dang it, Karly!"
*"Shut up, Rachael."
*"Sweet Ashley Manning!"
==Trivia==
*Ava is staunchly opposed to most modern medicine, typically only resorting to Aspirin and lemonade when necessary.
*Despite her open love for America, Ava holds open prejudices towards people from California and New York. She seems to hold these low opinions towards other states (particularly Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Florida, Texas, and North Carolina) to a lesser degree, often quick to establish Indiana as the superior one.
*Ava is shown to be very passionate and talented in many hobbies, including golfing, bowling, gardening, and grilling.
*Ava has the same birthday as Dyan Cannon and Patty Loveless.
*One of Ava's exclamations in several episodes, "Sweet Ashley Manning!" is a reference to the wife of Indianapolis Colts Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning.
==Gallery==
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==See also==
*List of Caprice & Ella characters
==Notes==
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