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Wanda Dollard

Wanda Dollard Logo 01 Gas Station Attendant

Character Information
Status: Alive
Actor: Nancy Robertson
First Appearance: "Ruby Reborn"
Nicknames: Madam Wanza
Family: Tanner Dollard (son), Nora (cousin)
Episode Count: 107
“
Pow! Scorch!
”
— Wanda's catch phrase

S03E01-Wanda makeup
Wanda Dollard portrayed by Nancy Robertson.
Wanda Dollard is the sarcastic cashier at Corner Gas. A single mother to Tanner, she loves licorice and root beer, makes fun of Hank which sometimes results in Wanda chasing Hank. She has a mischievous and caustic personality and often enjoys lording her knowledge over others. She eventually attained a Ph.D. in theoretical physics and she still works at Corner Gas, albeit with a pay raise. She's portrayed by Nancy Robertson.

Season 1[]

You know like a brat, kind of hell spawnish.

–Brent about Tanner, "Oh Baby!".

Season Overview

Lacey arrives in Dog River after inheriting her Aunt Ruby's café. She meets the town's quirky people including her business neighbour, Brent, owner of Corner Gas, and Wanda, who makes fun of Hank's suspicions about Lacey. Lacey offers a Pilates class which offends Wanda, who teaches a "mat class." In order to impress Lacey, Brent agrees to babysit Wanda's out of control son, Tanner, while Wanda goes to the dentist. She battles with Brent about the signage and cleanliness of the station's bathrooms. She helps Lacey end a crush that Oscar has on her.


Logo 01 Episodes
"Ruby Reborn": Lacey introduces herself to Brent, Hank and Wanda and shows them the Howler, where she's accused of ruining the café.

"Tax Man":

"Pilates Twist":

"Oh Baby!":

"Grad '68":

"World's Biggest Thing":

"All My Ex's Live in Toronto":

"Cousin Carl":

"Cell Phone":

"Comedy Night":

"Hook, Line and Sinker":

"Face Off":

"I Love Lacey":

Season 2[]

Oh, you are amazing! Oh, Wanda, you rock!

–Lacey, "Lost and Found".

Season Overview

After nearly kissing Brent, Lacey is puzzled that Wanda and others insist that Brent out of her league. Wanda and Karen disagree over whether Brent or Hank has rights to a Darryl Sittler rookie card.


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"The Brent Effect":

"Wedding Card":

"Smell of Freedom":

"Whataphobia":

"Lost and Found":

"Poor Brent":

"Hero Sandwich":

"Security Cam"

"Bingo Night":

"Mosquito Time":

"Hurry Hard":

"An American in Saskatchewan":

"Pandora's Wine":

"Doc Small":

"Rock On!":

"Air Show":

"Slow Pitch":

"Harvest Dance":

Season 3[]

I thought you could use some rest, is all. Plus you were scaring me. That makeup was unnerving.

–Brent, "Dress for Success".

Season Overview

Brent is unsettled when Wanda starts dressing more feminine at Corner Gas.


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"Dress for Success":

"Key to the Future":

"Dog River Vice":

"Will and Brent":

"The Littlest Yarbo":

"Mail Fraud":

"Fun Run":

"Trees a Crowd":

"Picture Perfect":

"Safety First":

"Hair Loss":

"Ruby Newsday":

"Merry Gasmas":

"Friend of a Friend":

"Block Party":

"Physical Credit":

"Telescope Trouble":

"Bean There":

"Road Worthy":

Season 4[]

I know Wanda never went to law school and she's not a real judge, so she can just come down off her high horse.

–Lacey, "Hair Comes the Judge".

Season Overview

Lacey's upset with Wanda when she doesn't side with her in a dispute with Hank staining the Ruby's deck. Wanda runs the delivery service for the the Ruby.


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"Hair Comes the Judge":

"Dog River Dave":

"Two Degrees of Separation":

"Just Brent and His Shadow":

"Demolition":

"Jail House":

"I, Witness":

"Blog River":

"Outside Joke":

"One Piano, Four Hands":

"Kid Stuff":

"Mother's Day":

"Census Sensibility":

"The Good Old Table Hockey Game":

"Lacey Borrows":

"Potato Bowl":

"Seeing Things":

"Happy Campers":

"Gopher It":

Season 5[]

You can't do math? But you're the smartest person in town!

–Karen, "Classical Gas".

Season Overview

Wanda has creative differences with Emma and Lacey when planning a local cable show.


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"Cable Excess":

"Spin Cycle":

"Whiner Takes All":

"Dark Circles":

"Wash Me":

"The Eight Samurai":

"Buzz Driver":

"Classical Gas":

"Game, Set and Mouse":

"Knit Wit of the Month":

"Top Gum":

"The J-Word":

"Outside the Box":

"Contagious Fortune":

"No Time Like the Presents":

"Coming Distractions":

"The Accidental Cleanist":

"Bed and Brake Fast":

"Final Countdown":

Season 6[]

You always claim you're the best at something.

–Karen, "Self-Serving".

Season Overview

Wanda and Hank battle after gaining ownership of each other's vehicles.


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"Full Load":

"Bend It Like Brent":

"Self-Serving":

"Meat Wave":

"All That and a Bag of Chips":

"Good Tubbin'":

"American Resolution":

"Reader Pride":

"Rock Stars":

"Shirt Disturber":

"Cat River Daze":

"Super Sensitive":

"TV Free Dog River":

"Queasy Rider":

"R2 Bee Too":

"Crab Apple Cooler":

"Happy Career Day to You":

"Get the F Off My Lawn":

"You've Been Great, Goodnight":

Trivia[]

  • Wanda is one of the few residents of Dog River who has gone to college. ("Friend of a Friend") She holds a degree in linguistics with a minor in comparative religion but took classes in many other subjects as well.
  • Wanda has moved at least three times in Dog River, as her house keeps changing. Her first house was very isolated and surrounded by a large property. ("Oh Baby!") Her second house, where Hank destroyed her bird bath and smashed her car window, was in town on a small property. ("Telescope Trouble") Hank stays in Wanda's last house, which is also in town. ("Good Tubbin'")
  • She has mild agoraphobia. ("Whataphobia")
  • Wanda's height (5' 0", which should have been in centimeters) and birth date (April 16, 1968) was seen on her driver's license. The date originally read 1966, but was altered to read 1968 so that Wanda was the same age as Brent and Hank. ("The Accidental Cleanist") Her birthday is the same as Wes Humboldt. ("Block Party")
  • She hates pie. ("Hair Comes the Judge")
  • By 2014, Wanda's son Tanner is in his teens and is looking for colleges to attend. He is not admitted to any of them, ends up working in Northern Canada, making enough money to send Wanda on a cruise. ("Corner Gas: The Movie (Film)")
  • Brent Butt named the character after Dollard, Saskatchewan.

Quotes[]

"Does that ever look like my telescope. Oh, except this one's got two extra knobs."
―Wanda to Brent and Hank, "Telescope Trouble".
"Geez, you gotta let that go, you're not even a real estate agent. Not a real, real estate agent. You're like a fake estate agent."
―Brent, "Top Gum".
"I can't hear you, you can't really talk. You're just a piece of candy."
―Wanda to licorice, "American Resolution".
Logo 01 Corner Gas Characters
Main Characters
Lacey BurrowsWanda DollardBrent LeroyEmma LeroyOscar LeroyKaren PellyDavis QuintonHank Yarbo
Recurring Characters
Kirk BerkleyBrianWendy CarlyleDarrenToby DillemsDwightFitzy FitzgeraldFrancineFrankAl GoarWes HumboldtIanHelen JensenJaneJennyJosh the CookPaul KinistinoPhil KinistinoPhil MallettMollyAlice OwenMertyl RuncimanPete StevensTedToddWade
Family
Ruby BurrowsTanner DollardCarl Vaughn
Minor Characters
BillCelebrity StarsChrisConnieDavid and CarolCorky DillemsMarvin DreyFredDr. Christine GarnerHeatherHelenJoeJonathanKellyKyleBob LangMarkoPeter MoorePamPegRocket RonnieStephenTerryTiny JoeGus TompkinsYarbie
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