 She then starts to feel very ill and sees that the Diner isn't coping well without her when she realises she is bored and misses her job.With the support of Carl she eventually goes back to waitressing at the Diner.The character of Debbie Novotny is parodied in the teenage film "Another Gay Movie", where the mother of one of the central characters (Nico, a flamboyant teenage boy) adopts Debbie's 'out there' style of clothing after Nico comes out to her.