Patty Halliwell

Infobox Charmed Character


Finola Hughes as Patty Halliwell
Title = Patty Halliwell
First = Thank You for Not Morphing
Last = Forever Charmed
Creator = Constance M. Burge
Name = Patricia Halliwell
Kind = Witch, Ghost
Affiliation= The Charmed Ones
Family = "Children" Prue Halliwell, Piper Halliwell, Phoebe Halliwell, Paige Matthews
"Parents" Penelope Halliwell and Allen Halliwell
"Ex-husband" Victor Bennett
"Lover" Samuel Wilder.
Powers = Aside from the basic powers of a magical witch, such as spellcasting and scrying, Patty possesses the gifts of:
* Molecular immobilization
Actor = Finola Hughes, Alyssa Milanocite episode |episodelink=Thank You for Not Morphing |title=Thank You for Not Morphing |series=Charmed |serieslink=Charmed |airdate=1998-10-21 |network=The WB Television Network|The WB Milano portrayed Patty in a video being watched by the sisters.]

Patricia "Patty" Halliwell is a fictional character on the WB television series "Charmed". Patty Halliwell is the mother of the "Charmed Ones" (Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige) on the series. She is played by actress Finola Hughes.

Character's background

Patty was born on April 5, 1950cite episode|episodelink=Pardon My Past|title=Pardon My Past|series=Charmed|serieslink=Charmed|airdate=2000-02-17|network=The WB Television Network|The WB] She was the only child of Allen Halliwell and Penelope Johnson. She is a descendant of Melinda Warren, and had the power of molecular immobilization.

Patty was taught by her mother the art of magic. When she was nine, Patty invented spells to counter the ones her mother cast.cite episode|episodelink=Cheaper by the Coven|title=Cheaper by the Coven|series=Charmed|serieslink=Charmed|network=The WB Television Network|The WB]

Patty married the mortal Victor Bennett, and gave birth to Prue, Piper, and Phoebe.cite episode|episodelink=That '70s Episode|title=That '70s Episode|series=Charmed|serieslink=Charmed|airdate=1999-04-07|network=The WB Television Network|The WB] When Victor learned that she was a witch, and that their children are also witches, he had a hard time coping. It was around this time that Patty's Whitelighter, Sam Wilder, began spending more time with her.cite episode|episodelink=P3 H2O|title=P3 H2O|series=Charmed|serieslink=Charmed|airdate=1999-12-08|network=The WB Television Network|The WB] Irritated by Sam's constant involvement in their lives and with magic in general, Victor left the family out of frustration for a few months.

During the separation, Patty was kidnapped by a warlock named Nicholas. Sensing that she was pregnant with the third Charmed One, Nicholas forced Patty to give him immunity from their powers in exchange for the lives of her daughters. It was because of this that Patty and Grams had to bind the girls' powers so that Nicholas couldn't gain access to them.

Patty and Victor later divorced.

During this time after the divorce, Sam and Patty's relationship grew and Patty became pregnant with his child. She gave birth to a fourth girl on August 2, 1977. Since witches and Whitelighters were not allowed to be involved, this fact had to be kept secret from the Elders. Therefore, to protect her youngest daughter from both sides of magic, she gave the baby up anonymously to a church, with the single request that her daughter's name begin with a "P".cite episode|episodelink=Charmed Again (Part 1)|title=Charmed Again (Part 1)|series=Charmed|serieslink=Charmed|airdate=2001-10-04|network=The WB Television Network|The WB]

On February 28, 1978 during an attempt to vanquish a Water Demon in a summer camp's lake, Patty was distracted by an overprotective Sam. She was forced to freeze him, but the Demon used this opportunity to drown her from the inside out. Years later, her idea of using a combination of magic and electricity to vanquish the demon is carried out by Prue, Piper, and Sam.

Patty became a spirit after her death and watches over her daughters from the spirit realm. She takes ghostly shape to aid her daughter Prue when she is nearly drowned by the Demon of Fear, Barbas. Later, she is allowed to occasionally take corporeal form among the living. The first time this happens is when she is allowed to attend the wedding of Piper and Leo Wyatt, as an apology for the Elders putting the two of them through so much agony.cite episode|episodelink=Just Harried|title=Just Harried|series=Charmed|serieslink=Charmed|airdate=2001-02-22|network=The WB Television Network|The WB]

She is allowed to become corporeal again when she tells Piper and Phoebe about their fourth sister, Paige Matthews, after Prue's funeral. She later appears to Piper in a underwater cavern to prevent her from drowning, just like she had done previously with Prue. She is later summoned by Grams in order to choose sides between Victor and herself over whether or not Leo will be a danger to the girls after Victor calls upon her as an objective third party. She sides with Victor, causing Grams to go off in a huff and reverse the spell upon the girls that Grams had cast. She manages to summon Grams back for the Wiccaning and she and Victor both feel they made up a little for their lost time parenting the girls in this instance. Both she and Grams return to aid Piper in the series finale.cite episode|episodelink=Forever Charmed|title=Forever Charmed|series=Charmed|serieslink=Charmed|airdate=2006-05-21|network=The WB Television Network|The WB]

In the finale, Piper and Leo travel back in time using Coop's (a Cupid) ring to save Phoebe and Paige from death. Piper is not specific enough about where she wants to go and apparently ends up traveling to when Phoebe was conceived and her parents were still together. Upon hearing of her daughters' deaths, Patty insists on coming to help them out and comes up with the plan to form a new Power of Three with Grams. She travels first to the far future with Piper and Leo and then to a time when Grams was comforting a young Piper. Patty did not know she was dead then and after Grams faints upon seeing her, Piper is forced to tell her. Piper also keeps dodging the subject of Prue, not wanting to tell her of Prue's death. Patty convinces Grams to help by revealing the girls as the Charmed Ones and with Grams and Piper, recite a spell to remove the Hollow from the past Charmed Ones and Billie and Christy changing the future. She later reunites with Victor and is shocked to find out they were divorced. He comforts her though telling her it was a long time ago. At the end, she joins everyone after it is over and reveals that she now knows of Prue's death thanks to Victor, but is okay after hearing it because of Paige. She is returned to her own time by Coop and her memory of it is erased.

Episodes

* "Thank You For Not Morphing" (season one; a barely seen Patty in a home video is played by Alyssa Milano)
* "From Fear to Eternity" (season one; though the character of Patty appears as a ghost, the voice used is not that of Finola Hughes. In the German version, her dub voice is heard in this episode, just like in every other episode where Finola Hughes can be seen in Charmed).
* "That '70s Episode" (season one)
* "P3 H2O" (season two)
* "Just Harried" (season three)
* "PreWitched" (season three)
* "Charmed Again (Part 1)" (season four)
* "Charmed Again (Part 2)" (season four)
* "A Witch's Tail (Part 2)" (season five)
* "Cheaper by the Coven" (season seven)
*"Forever Charmed" (season eight)

Hughes, on the filming of her final episode

* Regarding the taping of her last appearance on the series, actress Finola Hughes noted that she has "been on the set of "Charmed" for this last week. Hours have been long. Those girls work so hard. They are the funniest when they are all together, I love working on sets that are so relaxed, this show has always been like that. This episode is going to be quite amazing, lots of special effects, and a great ending. I am already plotting how I can steal the cute Juicy hoody that Alyssa is wearing in the final episode. It has a frilly bustle, and puffy sleeves. I wannit! I'm thinking I can sneak into wardrobe on the last day. Well, they won't need it again, right? You wait till you see it, you'll want it too. Though perhaps you are not quite as obsessive about the puffy sleeve movement as I am. Cannot get over how stunning the 'Charmed Ones' are. Rose, with her ridiculous porcelain skin, Alyssa with perfect bone structure, and the radiant, gorgeous Holly, they are the main reason the show has been this huge hit, their camaraderie and chemistry. I return as the mom (well dead, you know) and get to wear these fab '70's togs. Everything is vintage that wardrobe found for me, the pants are crazy cords that sweep the ground, really funny! Has anyone read this? I thought it was great and very sweet Love Finola." [cite web|url=http://www.charmed-streetteam.org|title=Charmed Street Team|publisher=Charmed Street Team|accessdate=2006-12-29]

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