Annie Murphy plays Petey in the new animated series Praise Petey, a girl who is a fashion designer in New York City, which she wanted to help her late dad’s cult in New Utopia. The show is also available on Freeform, which is available the next day on Hulu and Disney+ for streaming sites to watch replays.
Annie Murphy plays a New York fashionista who takes over as spiritual head of her father’s rural Southern cult in the series. She had everything she desired in her life back in New York City, where she liked coffee, therapy, jaywalking to museums, subway rides, and in particular Broadway performances. Petey worked as a Senior Assistant Editoral Assistant at Fashiona, a fashion magazine firm, for 8 years. Because of her lack of self-confidence, she frequently feels afraid to speak up. She had a wood plank of her fiancé Brian. The next day, she went to her White St. Barts Office to view a video footage of her late father explaining how he used to raise New Utopia which was actually in North Carolina. She was captivated by her father’s movie about fresh blood entering New Utopia, until one night she was with her BFF at her apartment and discovered that Brian had cheated on her. She felt betrayed and sobbed outside her apartment till her boss phoned and informed her that she had been demoted for irrelevant work behavior pointed out at a meeting especially the shimmy under her breath. After discovering that her apartment had caught fire, she ordered a Cab to the South and exclaimed, “Taxi to the South!” which makes sense given the title of the first episode of the series.
She finally got the bus to New Utopia. By the time she arrived, animals had also gotten from the bus, been kicked by a goat, and landed in the dirt. Her belongings were caked in muck, which irritated her. When Bandit arrived in his pickup truck, she discovered that he’s a good-looking redneck. Bandit urged her to leave town, which Petey believe proved unfair considering her father had devastated the community before she arrived. Petey was outraged because he believed she was going to wreck the town and wanted to manage it her way in order to reform it for the betterment of society. She was afraid since there was a gator in her father’s village, but she swiftly grabbed him and pulled her out of the mud. So Bandit was kind enough to drive her to New Utopia, but he forced her pull the luggage while driving his truck next to her. Eventually, the one who lights the torch to let everyone know that Petey has arrived in New Utopia. The entire community supported her efforts to make her feel like southern hospitality. She was about instruct Bandit how it works, but he drove away and scoffed at at him. When she arrived to the New Utopia Inn, she introduced Mae Mae, her father’s right hand till his death. When she arrived to the New Utopia Inn, she introduced Mae Mae, her father’s right hand till his death. Mae Mae reluctantly requested Emmett to mend her broken shoe as Petey went to her father’s room to take a shower. There was a group of ladies who bathed with her while humming, but she was perplexed because it wasn’t the most unusual shower she’d ever had. Mae Mae surprised her after a shower, which Petey was expecting to swing by for a drink, and she ended up going to The Filthy Pecker, New Utopia’s Hottest Bar in town.
By the time she arrived, she had been introduced by Alan Tudyk, a local star who showed her everyone in the bar but pointed out that they needed young people and booze, which would work well for her plan. Then she noticed Bandit was at the bar and wanted to insult him about being friendly to old ladies but unpleasant to her. Bandit saw Petey was wearing a neckless with a belly chain, which reluctant him, but he ultimately moved away from her. Petey soon chose to sit at the bar and have a drink with Eliza, the waitress at the bar. They both discuss Bandit, their recent relationship breakups, and their favorite television program, Post Trauma and Kissing. Their friendship has bonded, although Eliza has been running the bar for a year and has liked working as a bartender. She wanted to tell Eliza that she wanted to take over her late father’s village from 20 years ago and refurbish it in her own manner. After a pleasant conversation, Petey agreed to try pool darts with Bandit and place a wager on a match. Petey had dominated the battle and had her first kiss with Bandit, for which the entire crowd at the bar shouted and celebrated. Until Bandit intervened, which he couldn’t do since her father operated a cult, which was the primary reason why Bandit wanted her to leave. She told him that she wanted to help restore the community. The floor opened up as soon as she exclaimed Fresh blood to witness Alan Tudyk get slain by the Cult, which the entire town applauded to death, and Petey freaked out and bolted out of the pub. The cult was a typical method to welcome Petey’s homecoming, something she had not anticipated.
When she left the bar, it was too much for her and she puked outside till Mae Mae informed Petey about her first cult routine. That killing a celebrity was a ritual for the night Petey came to town enraged Petey, who wanted to go back home to New York and get her shoes back, but it wasn’t done. She attempted to hail a cab, but there were no taxis available in New Utopia. Eventually, Emmett hands Petey the TV/VCR to demonstrate how her father became terrified after viewing her human sacrifice, even the most odd event in existence. Most importantly, she had the option of remaining in New Utopia and assisting the community, which she was beginning to see may make a difference. After seeing the video, she was still outraged over her father’s cult, which Mae Mae conveyed to her about the cult she had in New York. Deep down, she was dealing with her own difficulties of hiding her feelings in order to avoid being overwhelmed or ashamed, which her terrible luck in New York didn’t help much with on her first night in New Utopia, she realized that her life in New York was a greater cult than her new village. Mae Mae informed her that she could either go back home and murmur herself behind her chain, or she could come up with brilliant ideas and utilize her voice to communicate her alternatives in New Utopia. Petey acknowledges that can contribute excellent ideas and utilize her voice to empower young people. Mae Mae wanted to show her that a young person can run a city and make excellent decisions. Finally, she wanted to give herself another opportunity to stay in New Utopia. The next day, Petey was all dressed up in a floral manner for a ceremony to be hailed as the great daughter, and the entire community said “Praise Petey” to express their warm welcome. The men in red vests informed her about the reforms in New Utopia, to which she answered, “no more human sacrifice and wear jumpsuits over kaftans.” It all ended happily, with Petey taking over the cult and making positive reforms, as the entire village took her to the streets of New Utopia for a moment of joy. Everyone had an opinion about Petey’s time in her new community. Finally, Petey realizes she is a new cult leader, which has elicited varied emotions, and she is eager to step up and make positive changes. She has the opportunity to learn more about her father and what life was like when he used to rule the town in his formative years. She also identified several celebrities who might join a cult, such as Frankie Jonas, Frankie Grande, or a random Freeform personality.
Petey herself had wished to improve New Utopia by enacting new changes and wanting to bring in new events and discoveries to the village that contemporary society would operate like fresh job opportunities and creativity for new ideas. As Petey comes to terms with the fact that she is a cult leader, the adventure for Petey and her companions in their community has never stopped. Observing some weird occurrences in town for the sake of the town or a regular event that appears for some reason.
Her fashion of life is helping the city to be more creative and exciting for new adventures along new characters that would also appear in New Utopia especially interesting stories about her father when he used to take over the town and other people that grew up with her dad.