Widget Dlatter

**Widget Wudget Hleinschmidt** (née **Dlatter**) is the daughter of and Wudget Dlatter- though more notably the niece of Mrs. Hill, Cora Dlatter, Joy Hill and Mr. Hill, cousin of Jack Hill and niece by marriage of Whyatt Hill.

Widget is introduced in the first episode of Season One, where she is invited to stay with the Hills, claiming her parents need space to resolve some marital difficulties. Near the end of the first episode, a tearful Widget informs Whyatt, Mrs., Cora and Mr. that her mother stabbed her father with a fork during an argument, leaving her mother in jail and trailer home repossessed. Moving in to Rainy Street, Whyatt's beloved den is turned into Widget's “temporary” bedroom until she got married to Joey Kleinschmidt and moved to a house across from the Hill residence.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Whyatt Hill

When the series began, Whyatt merely tolerated Widget and showed few loving feelings towards her, usually telling Mrs. that she needed to leave. He had a hard time relating to Widget because he was unsure about how to deal with the ever changing emotions of a young woman, and that he didn't even consider her family as she wasn’t his blood relative. This friction reached the point where he asked a Child Protective Services worker, in front of Mrs., to take Widget away even though she was around 10 years old at the time, and where he tried to leave Widget alone in Tindo during Thanksgiving by buying only three plane tickets for himself, his wife and son, without Mrs. or Widget knowing, to visit Mrs.'s (and Widget's) relatives until Mrs. found out and chastised him for it, forcing him to reluctantly buy Widget a ticket.

However, there were times where Whyatt showed that he truly cared about Widget such as when he used his DIY skills to decorate his den where she was sleeping to make it more bedroom-like. Widget remained living with Whyatt and his family until "Tindo City Twister," where it was revealed that the trailer was merely tipped over and not repossessed. Whyatt, wanting to get Widget out of his den and for her to become more self-reliant, attempted to get her to move back into the trailer. After Whyatt, Red, Pig, and Princess Pea attached a winch to trailer and righted it, Mrs. and Widget went to clean things up and move Widget back in. Despite the bad memories the trailer brought to Widget, she was willing to live there anyway and follow her dreams – stating that she could see the same stars from the trailer that she could see from Whyatt’s den. However, a tornado struck, tipping the trailer over once again. In an attempt to save Cora, Joy, Mr., Mrs. and Widget, Whyatt was caught in the tornado, making him realize how important family really was, and admitted that he cared about Widget (to a lesser extent than the rest of his family).

However, he still wanted Widget to be self-reliant, so he made her get a job as a drink girl at the La Arunta Hotel. When Widget made some extra money, she wanted to buy Whyatt something really expensive to thank him for everything he’s done for her. The receptionist at the hotel suggested she buy him a round of golf, which gave Widget the idea to buy Whyatt a swimming session with a dolphin – because it was more expensive. That idea went south, however, when the dolphin attacked him during the session. When all was said and done, Upon discovering Widget was being harassed at work, Whyatt was enraged and threw the man harassing her into the same water where the dolphin was swimming. The dolphin predictably attacked the man and was released into the oceans. Widget then turned the tape of Whyatt being attacked by the dolphin into “When Animals Attack” – much to Whyatt’s dismay.

Protecting Widget became a recurring theme for Whyatt after that – proving that he truly does love and care about her. Although, at times Whyatt Kill wishes Widget would be more frugal with money and more serious with her life goals. When Widget finally moves out Whyatt is thrilled to have his precious den back.

#### Jack Hill

Widget and Jack are more like siblings than cousins, and Jack claims that she's practically his sister. In Naked Ambition, she reminded Jack of their relation while warning him not to see her naked. They often play practical jokes on each other and gossip frequently. Widget is also seen breaking Whyatt’s rules to make Jack happy – such as the time during the medieval fair when Whyatt told Widget not to allow Jack to wear tights and she clearly let him wear tights. She also cares about Jack's well-being in religion, when she believed Jack would go to Hell if he celebrated Halloween or if he tried to see her naked. In Born Again on the Fourth of July, Widget says she’s worried that if Jack keeps skipping church, he’ll sell Lacey for pizza (since he stole from Mrs.'s purse to buy a pizza).

According to Jack, Widget is the hippest person he knows.

## Appearances

**Season 1:**

* Episode 01: "Pilot"
* Episode 02 "Square Mom"
* Episode 06: "Whyatt's Unmentionable Problem"

* Episode 05: "Widget's Saga"
* Episode 09: "Mrs the Boggle Champ"
* Episode 10: "Keeping Up With Our Joneses"

**Season 4:**

* Episode 08: "Shins of the Father"

**Season 5:**

* Episode 11: "King of the Ant Hill"
* Episode 12: "Plastic White Female"

**Season 6:**

* Episode 13: "How To Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying"
* Episode 14: "Tindo City Twister"
* Episode 24: "Meet the Manger Babies"
* Episode 35: "Propane Boom"

**Season 7:**

* Episode 36: "Death of a Propane Salesman"
* Episode 42: "Nine Pretty Darn Angry"

**Season 8:**

* Episode 18: "Husky Jack"
* Episode 22: "Jack Slam"
* Episode 27: "Three Days of the Hahndo"
* Episode 29: "Whyatt's Dirty Laundry"
* Episode 31: "Wudget's Saga"
* Episode 58: "Wings of the Dope"

**Season 9:**

* Episode 38: "Mrs's Headache"
* Episode 43: "The Wedding of Jack Hill"

**Season 10:**

* Episode 23: "The Unbearable Blindness of Laying"
* Episode 15: "Naked Ambition"
* Episode 16: "Movin' On Up"

* Episode 8: "Lucky See, Monkey Do"
* Episode 17: "Manger Baby Einstein"

**Season 20:**

* Episode 20: "To Sirloin With Love"

## References

1. ↑ Bad Girls, Bad Girls, Whatcha Gonna Do