Helen Ophelia Dubuois
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Helen Ophelia Dubuois is a recurring character in Nickelodeon's Drake & Josh show, played by Yvette Nicole Brown. Helen was immediately introduced as a loud-voiced character; the formidable manager of The Premiere movie theater. She is known to order her employees, namely Josh; Helen does not particularly like Josh, but seems to be infatuated with Drake.
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[edit] Notable appearances
[edit] "Movie Job"
Helen Dubuois was introduced in the episode Movie Job as the manager of The Premiere, a movie theater. At the start of the episode, Helen is reluctant to give Josh a job, but does so anyway. Drake decides to get a job there as well, jealous of Josh's high wages. Helen immediately adores Drake and give him the role of "Assistant Manager", which angers Josh.
Josh then tries to boost sales of popcorn at the theater, in an attempt to impress Helen. However, the promotion fails–people are injured whilst searching for the coveted "golden balls" that are hidden in popcorn containers. Helen is angered when paramedics arrive, and orders "the person who came up with the 'brilliant' popcorn idea to report to my office right now". Josh is immediately worried that he will lose his job, so Drake decides to implicate himself. Helen is shocked, and is forced to fire Drake. Whilst looking at Josh, she tells him that only employees are allowed into her office (she seems to forget about Josh several times throughout the episode), and then "hires" him to fill the staffing gap Drake's dispensation created. Helen sometimes ignores Josh and sometimes shows that she despises him. She appears to like him deep down though, because she gave him a birthday present. She also seems annoyed by him at times. She once got angry at Drake for telling Josh about a party at her movie theatre. She seems to adore Drake though. She frequently rushes at him and gives him a bear hug on sight. She always has a compliment for him but fails to notice that he is somewhat creeped out by her presence.
[edit] Trivia
- Helen is played by Yvette Nicole Brown; however, in the character's second appearance (Little Diva), Helen was played by Frances Callier. However, all appearances of the character after Little Diva have been played by Brown.
- In the Season 4 episode The Storm, Helen talks about when her niece had a bat mitzvah, suggesting that Helen may be Jewish. However, when talking about what happened at the bat mitzvah she used the word "temple" instead of "synagogue," which may indicate that she is not Jewish.
[edit] Quotes
| Episode | Quote |
| Girl Power | (to a group of teenagers) You jerks better get out of my movie theater before I pop you like a zit - MOVE IT! |
| Helen's Surgery | Drake Parker, I love you like the son I never wanted. |
| Helen's Surgery | (on discovering a group of teenagers in her hot tub): Drake? You held a party in my condimonium whilst I was incapacitated? That is just about the most.. sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me! |
| Theater Thug | (A TV producer asks Helen if she would like to appear in a program): I'll go fluff my hair, oh! |
| Josh Runs into Oprah | (Helen has bought Josh pair of nose-clippers): You will not find even one hair in my nose. |
