Brenda

* Alive
* Child
* Ghost Ver.

**Brenda** is a major character in *Clover* and is known for being a very dedicated dancer. She is the *Hopeful* one in the band and quickly befriended George, Kel and Dave.

She is the mother of Susie and is widely theorized to be George's ex-lover. Not confirmed, but a beloved theory.

## Description and Background

"Sassy, strong, and forward, she’s a dancer who can’t be stopped. Though she’s fallen down countless times, she always gets right back up and shines like the star she knows she is."

"Brenda is a charismatic tap dancer that was struck with a disease that would soon paralyze her whole body. She teaches Kel that even if it seems like your dreams are out of reach, you can still keep your hopes high and keep trying."’

* Personality/Attitude

She loves to perform and dance, however, when it comes to facing the disease, she defies being held down by it and refuses to give up performing, namely due to her daughter's motivation. When the disease overpowers her she starts to feel weak and hopeless. Her daughter assisted her telling her she can dance in varied ways. She regains her hope, giving her the title of being Hopeful and moves on with her career, even in the afterlife.

## Appearance

### Childhood

In her young years, Brenda had short messy hair paired with a small top hat. Her outfit consisted of a dress with puffy sleeves and white buttons and black Mary Janes.

### Adulthood

In her adult years, Brenda has an hourglass build. Her light grey hair is tied up in a bun that lays down to her shoulders and is paired with top hat on her head. She also wears lipstick.

Her outfit consists of a leotard-like suit with a bowtie and a button-up shirt. She also wears white gloves, tap dancing shoes and may be wearing tights.

### Ghost

Her ghost form has a bunny motif, likely referencing her energetic and performative nature, She has a heart pin on her chest and, like the other ghosts, does not have legs, but rather a ghostly tail.

## History

### Childhood

When she was a little girl, she was taken to a theater and was majorly inspired by two men tapdancing. Donning a hat, she gets straight to the point of who she wants to be; a dancer. Constantly practicing and performing, she carried that dream into her adulthood.

### Adulthood

Sometime before becoming famous, she may have met George and had a child, that child being Susie. (See: Fan Speculation and Theories.)

She began performing across the world, finally succeeding in her dream, but she was soon about to run into a large roadblock. One day after another astounding performance from her, she suddenly fell victim to a disease, that of which would begin to paralyze her slowly from the waist-up. Falling to the ground and causing her legs to become immobile, she was taken to the hospital and put in a wheelchair. She was devastated and thought she could never dance again, but Susie convinced her to "dance" with her arms instead, helping her mother regain hope in her dreams.
Following her daughter's advice, she performed with her hands by tapping them on a table. Not too long after, her illness caused her to become paralyzed from the neck-down, to which she described the feeling of sinking in sand. Feeling that she really lost the ability to perform, Susie supported her yet again, telling her to use her voice to perform instead. Brenda took her advice again and happily sang in front of audiences, but she was slowly getting too weak to even sing.

Susie once more tried to motivate her bedridden mom, giving her words of comfort, saying that she can still dance in her head. Brenda, accepting the fact that she wasn't going to survive, peacefully passed away and followed her daughter's words in the

### Afterlife

Her spirit comes out of her grave continuing to dance. Shortly after her passing, she met Kel, Dave, and George.

After seeing a sad kel onstage, brenda jumps into action to cheering her up. telling her to smile brenda spins up to the curtian in a cheerful mood and suddenly notices kel looking at a shillouete of her parents (probably being a bad present moment of kel) Brenda then spins her to what seems to be Susie (a good present moment of kel's.) She dances with kel and holds her hand tight to not let her fall just yet, cause she still has not given Kel her heart pin yet, she takes the heart pin and fuses it with hers. She lets kel gracefully go to dave and gives a final bow.

she is then seen saving kel along with the other two ghost, telling her to remember them in her heart, and do her best to get to the mortal world. She maybe a bit of the clover that opens the door for her, she either went back to heaven or fused her soul with hers.

## Songs

* Sugar honey iced tea
* Still dancing
* Living on

## Fan Speculation and Theories

### Relationship w/ George

One of the most popular, and most backed, theory within the community is that Brenda was romantically involved with George, and by extension is the woman showcased in his song, 100 Years. The reason of her leaving is unknown, but was either due to her passing away or leaving to pursue her career of dancing.

* The most common piece of evidence is that Brenda's appearance matches that of the woman in 100 Years. This includes the lipstick, body type, and even hair color.
	+ In the same music video, the woman is seen dancing, again alluding to the fact that she may be Brenda.

* The most crucial piece of evidence is that Brenda's daughter in Still Dancing, Susie, matches the appearance of George's daughter in 100 Years as her hair color and silhouette matches in both songs.
	+ Susie's name was revealed in both bar and binary code in the songs Gentleman and Sugar Honey Ice Tea, which are George's and Brenda's themes, respectively. This further proves the evidence that she may be George and Brenda's daughter, possibly making them previously romantically involved.

* One minor piece of evidence is that the hat seen in George's portrait of his loved one is seen in Brenda's home as an adult.
* One minor piece of evidence, though a bit of a stretch, is that you can see someone that has a similar silhouette to George while she sings on stage, as the silhouette has a pointed nose and hat similar to George's.

## Trivia

* Though the disease in her song wasn't stated, some people theorize it's polio, but its more similar to ALS.