Anna-Kat Liberty Bell Otto is the third and youngest child and second daughter of Katie and Greg. She is the younger sister of Taylor and Oliver.
She was portrayed by Julia Butters until Season 5, when the role was recast to Giselle Eisenberg.
Biography[]
Anna-Kat was born in 2009 making her the youngest. The Ottos moved to Westport for better schools for Anna-Kat, who struggled with extreme OCD and an anxiety disorder.
Personality[]
Anna-Kat has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), which causes her to act different than other kids her age. Anna-Kat washes her hands multiple times, is afraid of germs, pees in the yard, walks up the stairs in some sort of pattern, and more. As she's gotten older, her quirks have started to become less frequent. She is much more obedient then her older siblings as in Can’t Hide It Anymore when Anna-Kat is the only one to listen to Katie's instructions.
Relationships[]
Franklin[]
Franklin was introduced in the first season as Anna-Kat’s best friend. He is in the same general education class as her. In season 2, Anna-Kat briefly calls Franklin her boyfriend in All Coupled Up. In season 3, Franklin asks Taylor to the school dance and Anna-Kat asks Trip (Taylor’s boyfriend). Once there, Franklin realizes that Anna-Kat is the “greatest girl in the world” and the two dance. In season 4, Anna-Kat makes reference to how she and Franklin are dating. In season 5, Anna-Kat and Franklin have their first kiss and Franna-Kat becomes their couples name (despite Franklin previously using Anna-Kranklin). They are later suspected by Greg and Katie to be French kissing, after they contracted mono. However, they contracted it through sharing a metal straw. This gave them the idea that they should be kissing and kiss in the tent. At the end of season 5, Franklin proposes to Anna-Kat to get married in 10 years. Anna-Kat accepts, stating that they should wait 15 years, citing that she wants to have a career.
Trivia[]
- She has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
- She has a fear of natural disasters.
- She is Katie's favorite child.
- She loves to annoy Taylor and Oliver.
- She needs Katie when she cries.
- She loves to giggle.
- She is a germaphobe.
- She enjoys playing with her ponies.
- She loves stuffed animals.
- She has trouble making friends.
- She doesn't like it when Oliver or Taylor are unhappy.
- She disrespects Katie in episodes Back to School, The Uprising, Blue Christmas, Blondetourage, The Mom Switch, It’s Not You It’s Me and Finding Fillion.
- She confronts Katie in episodes Krampus Katie, The Walk, Can’t Hide It Anymore, Back to School, The Lice Storm, Blondetourage, The Mom Switch, It’s Hard To Say Goodbye, It’s Not You It’s Me, Sliding Sweaters, Cheaters Sometimes Win, American Idol, Wildflower Girls and Mother’s Little Helper.
- She confronts Greg in episodes Blondetourage, The Venue, It’s Hard To Say Goodbye, Finding Fillion, The Spring Gala and Trust Me.
- She uses the iPad in episodes Back to School, It’s Not You It’s Me, Insta-Friends and Mother’s Little Helper.
- Her room appears in episodes Pilot, Westport Zombies, Art Show, The Snub, The Blow-Up, Power Couple, The Playdate, Time for Love, The Man Date, Other People’s Marriages, The Otto Motto, The Walk, The Club, Dude, Where’s My Napkin?, Back to School, Boar-Dain, The Uprising, The Lice Storm, Family Secrets, Blondetourage, Selling Out, The Anniversary, Field Day, All Coupled Up, It’s Hard to Say Goodbye, Sliding Sweaters, Mom Guilt, Here We Go Again, Enemies: An Otto Story, Saving Christmas, The Things You Do, Disconnected, Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems, Baby Crazy, Insta-Friends, Grandma’s Way, The Dance, One Step Forward, Three Steps Back, Wildflower Girls, A Very English Scandal, In My Room, The Battle for Second Breakfast, Vacation!, Prom, Coupling, Kids These Days, Mother’s Little Helper, Under Pressure, Getting Frank with the Ottos and The Election.
- She interacts with Taylor in episodes Power Couple, The Snowstorm, Surprise, The Man Date, Dude, Where’s My Napkin?, Can’t Hide It Anymore, Gala Auction, The Couple, Blue Christmas, The Anniversary, Midlife Crisis, The Venue, It’s Hard to Say Goodbye, The Inheritance, It’s Not You, It’s Me, The Spring Gala, Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems, Insta-Friends, Liar Liar, Room on Fire, Phone Free Day, Locked in the Basement, The Dance, Bed, Bath & Beyond Our Means, Lasagna, Girls’ Night Out, Flavor of Westport, Wildflower Girls, A Very English Scandal, In My Room, All is Fair in Love And War Reenactment, Vacation!, Prom, Getting Frank with the Ottos and The Election.
- She does not interact with Katie in episodes The Snowstorm, Then and Now, The Man Date, The Inheritance, Trust Me, Grandma’s Way, Bed, Bath and Beyond Our Means, Girls’ Night Out, Flavor of Westport, Women in Business, A Very English Scandal, Senior Prank and Vacation!.
- She does not interact with Greg in episodes The Snub, The Blow-Up, Power Couple, Westport Cotillion, The Snowstorm, Surprise, The Man Date, The Polo Match, The Club, Can’t Hide It Anymore, The Uprising, The Lice Storm, Boo-Who?, Selling Out, The Mom Switch, Field Day, All Coupled Up, The Inheritance, It’s Not You It’s Me, Here We Go Again, Cheaters Sometimes Win, The Code, Trophy Wife, Saving Christmas, The Things You Do, Insta-Friends, Phone Free Day, Grandma’s Way, The Dance, A Mom’s Parade, Lasagna, Flavor of Westport, Women in Business, Hip to Be Square, The Bromance Before Christmas, Wildflower Girls, The Great Cookie Challenge, A Very English Scandal, In My Room, All is Fair in Love and War Reenactment, Senior Prank, Psych, Homeschool Sweet Homeschool, Kids These Days, Mother’s Little Helper and Under Pressure.
- Her best friends are Franklin and Penny.
- She and Franklin have gotten to “first base”
- She hugs Taylor a lot because she loves her so much. She also does that when Taylor cries.
- The original person who portrayed Anna-Kat Otto had quit the show for other life opportunities.
Quotes[]
- “I’m getting great at peeing outside.”
- “Stop breathing your germs, I’m completely defenseless!”
- “I just don‘t feel like it today.”
- "No wonder your husband left you."
- “Someone stole my ponies!”
- “You took my glue stick, you made it my business."
- “I did.”
- “Don’t play me, you know it’s cute.”
- “She gave me raisins for my birthday! In a baggy!”
- ”That’s it. You’ve embarrassed me in-front of my family. Tonight, you’re sleeping with the LEGOs.”
- “I’m not Google, Franklin.”
- ”It’s a hard no discussions over.“
- ”Having head pets is the best.”
- “Don’t you have a heart?”
- "Oh, Franklin, just when I think you're going to zig, you zag!"
- "I don’t answer to you!"