Tammy Tankthrust

Tammy Tankthrust is the mother of Bryce Tankthrust and the overarching antagonist in Bryce the series. She made a living as a con artist. She is portrayed by Hilary Shepard.

## Biography

Tammy was raised by an unknown woman who may have been a con artist herself. (Tammy's mother may have treated her the same way Tammy treated Bryce, though it could have been way worse and more abusive).

Tammy gave birth to Bryce somewhere in the late 1960s or early 1970s. It is never known who Tammy's husband or lover and the father of Bryce was. But it may have been a tragic backstory that promptied Tammy to raise Bryce on her own. On Bryce's 10th birthday, Tammy declared it was time for Bryce to grow up, in this case she taught her the Double Diva Diversion. A technique that involved Tammy distracting a stranger while Bryce robbed them blind. Tammy did whatever took to keep Bryce from being happy since it would distract her. When Bryce met a boy named Bobby in school, Bryce came to her to ask for help since Bryce ripped out her heart for Bobby. However, Tammy sent Bobby away to an orphanage and took Bryce to a mortician to get her heart put back in her chest.

For the next ten years, Bryce was forced to carry on in Tammy's cons. Until one day while Tammy and Bryce were working out, a commercial for free phones replacement came on. Tammy was interested in getting a free phone replacement so she called the Call Co receptionist, Donovan, and used one of her aliases, but Donovan caught wind of who she was which pissed Tammy off. Tammy decided to get back at Donovan by robbing his house only this time, Bryce was the diversion. However, Bryce panicked and asked Donovan on a date.

Bryce began to date Donovan behind Tammy's back by sneaking off at night which would leave her tired during the day and Tammy began to notice this. Bryce suggested that they would make more money by getting proper jobs, but Tammy stated that jobs are for suckered and how. They never let women run anything.

One night, Bryce came to Tammy admitting she was dating Donovan behind her back and how she accidentally killed him (via getting into an argument which resulted in him falling off a cliff) and how their life of crime is getting them in trouble. Tammy snapped at Bryce for going behind her back and how their life of crime is the only life they'll ever have. Tammy went to the door where she is confronted by the police and got arrested. On live TV from prison, Tammy apologized to Bryce for screwing up and tells her to not let her heart get any weaker.

Bryce got a job as a receptionist at Call Co but was struggling with earning money and paying rent so she went to her mother in prison. Tammy says that being a con artist and doing the Double Diva Diversion was her only way of making a living.

Bryce killed the owners of Call Co and took over the company herself therefore becoming a CEO. Bryce went to Tammy's prison cell to brag how she is now a top CEO while Tammy is in prison. But Tammy warned Bryce that nothing, not even success, is permanence and she doesn't think her daughter knows how to run a business and how her heart will buckle on all the stress of trying to be successful. But Bryce ignores her and leaves her in jail.

By the mid-90s, Tammy is released from prison and taken back to Bryce's mansion. Bryce gives Tammy 20,000 dollars and tells her to fuck off and states that she is nothing like her. Tearful, Tammy says goodbye to her daughter but Bryce apologizes to her therefore also forgiving her mother. Together, Bryce, Tammy, and Gloria plot a Contingency Plan for when the board screwed over Bryce as a Triple Diva Diversion.