Betty Crocker



Legendary Pastry Baroness Betty Crocker (a.k.a. the Batterwitch) is Nanna's and Grandpa's adoptive mother. She was also wife to Colonel Sassacre. They both considered her to be a rather wicked woman and they did not get along. She raised Nanna and Grandpa together, but the two followed in the footsteps of her late husband, learning the ways of pranksterism. Eventually, the young Grandpa ran off with Halley in search of adventure. Afterwards Crocker taught Nanna of baking, which she took to with determination, hoping to one day surpass her evil mentor. When one day Nanna mentioned the departed Grandpa again, the baroness told her of her true origins and told her that she was determined to keep the two apart, since they were destined to be married and produce a pair of children who would save the world (this demonstrates how the baroness did not know of ectobiology). However, one day she vanished without a trace. Her pastry empire was bequeathed not to Nanna, but to Grandpa, who integrated it into his already extensive business empire.

However, during Nanna's time as Crocker's pupil, she uncovered many dirty secrets about her, most alarmingly the fact that she was not human.

In the present she is often cursed by John after becoming tired of his father's constant cakes and her ownership of the Gushers brand. He is unaware of their relationship.

Her business empire was not limited to food products. A Betty Crocker logo can be seen on the casing of Jade's dreambot HS 5884 (here), though this could be due to the fact that Grandpa inherited the Betty Crocker empire.

Apparently she is responsible for Dave's early access to the ICP song "Miracles", which would ultimately lead to Gamzee's crisis in faith and descent into madness.

The Troll Empress (a.k.a. the Condesce) is a candidate for the true identity of Betty Crocker, given the similarity of HS 5961 (her imperial symbol) to the HS 2878 (Betty Crocker logo), and the troll writing on the symbol which says "Battleship Condescension", the same initials as Betty Crocker. It should also be noted that in Nannasprite's conversation with fedorafreak, she states that she knew "...the baroness was not human", and "baroness" would be an eight-letter title, complying with the ancestor naming scheme. Furthermore, the post-scratch Sburb alpha was released on 11.11.1, i.e. 2x3prong Day. This seems to tie in with Feferi's 2x3dentkind strife specibus.

Real World
There never was a real life Betty Crocker. She is a fictional character created by General Mills to answer letters, and was later used to write books. Many people over the years have written under this pseudonym, and many have posed to be the face of Betty.