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Hope Chance is the daughter of Jimmy Chance and serial killer Lucy Carlyle, the adoptive daughter of Sabrina Collins, the granddaughter of Burt and Virginia Chance and the great-great-granddaughter of Barbara June Thompson and one of the main characters in Raising Hope. She is portrayed by twins Baylie Cregut and Rylie Cregut.

Character Biography[]

Early Life[]

Hope was born to Lucy Carlyle and Jimmy Chance around February-March 2010 and was originally named Princess Beyoncé while her mother was in prison for killing her previous boyfriends. After the death of her mother she was given to Jimmy.

The Series[]

Season 1[]

When she was 6 months old, her mother was executed and custody was given to her father, Jimmy Chance.

Season 2[]

Hope lives with the Chance family, (Jimmy, Virginia, Burt, Maw Maw), and towards the end of the season spends more time with Sabrina.

Relationships[]

Family[]

Hope lives with her father, grandfather, grandmother and great-great-grandmother in her great-great-grandmother's house and in part of the first season her father's cousin Mike lived there also. However, she originally lived with her biological mother in prison for the first six months of her life. 

Hope's non-biological family consist of Shelley Collins and Sabrina Collins. Ever since she was six months old, Hope has been going to Shelley's day care and the two have developed a close bond. Shelley was also the first name Hope spoke. Sabrina became a close friend of Hope's father soon after Hope came to live with him and Sabrina soon began to

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Jimmy Chance, Hope, and Sabrina Collins.

care very much for Hope and became a motherly figure to her. Instead of calling Sabrina by her name, like she does with Shelley, Hope begins calling her Mommy towards the end of the series.

Sabrina Chance[]

Sabrina Chance (nee' Collins) is Jimmy's wife and Hope's stepmother. She was once the only person who could convince Hope to go to bed until she spent an entire weekend with her, thus earning the little girl's love. This prompted Hope to call Sabrina "Mommy".

Shelley Collins[]

Shelley Collins, Sabrina's cousin, is the woman who owns Hope's daycare. At first, she is the only person Hope would smile for. She and Hope seem to have a good relationship with each other.

Javier and Marcus[]

Javier and Marcus are asked to watch Hope while Jimmy goes to a Halloween party with Sabrina. Since they have never appeared after "Don't Vote for This Episode", her relationship as a toddler with them is not known.

Trivia[]

  • Hope is played by twins Baylie and Rylie Cregut.
  • The first name she spoke was Shelley's.
  • Hope seems to be quite intelligent for her age. She is shown to be learning at a faster rate than her father did when he was her age.
  • Her birth name was "Princess Beyoncé" before Virginia suggested changing it to "Hope".
  • Despite being the title character, Hope spoke less than ten words during the entire series.
  • Lucy Carlyle still calls her Princess Beyoncé.
  • Hope was once a main character of a television show inside the Raising Hope universe titled "Yo Zappa Do".

Personality[]

Hope seems to be somewhat sassy and is a bit of a troublemaker, but she is also smart and can be very sweet. She hates most animals, something that initially alarmed Jimmy and Sabrina given her mother's status as a serial killer.

Appearance[]

Hope has blonde hair and blue eyes. She wore white diapers in Season 1 and 2.

Appearances[]

Season One:
Pilot:


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Dead
Tooth
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Dream
Hoarders
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Say
Cheese
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Happy
Halloween
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Family
Secrets
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The
Sniffles
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Blue Dots:

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Meet the
Grandparents
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Burt
Rocks
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Toy
Story
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Romeo and
Romeo
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A Germ of
a Story
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What Up,
Cuz?
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Snip
Snip
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The Cultish
Personality
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Mongooses:


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Cheaters:

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Sleep
Training
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Everybody
Flirts...
Sometimes
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Baby
Monitor
:
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Don't Vote
for This
Episode
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