<P> After Reid took the part in 1993 and baby Nicky was added to the cast, she was reimagined as a homemaker who showed reluctance toward ambitious career moves, such as Philip's political aspirations . The Reid - played Vivian showed a less fiery demeanor than how Whitten portrayed the role . She also supported her children in whatever they wanted, even if it was wrong . An example of this permissive behavior was when she let Hilary make the decision for herself to pose naked in a Playboy pictorial in the season four episode "Fresh Prince After Dark", as well as letting Hilary get abruptly married to her news anchor boyfriend Trevor in "Where There's a Will, There's a Way," and having a seance for Trevor in the episode "Hex and the Single Guy ." It seems that Janet Hubert - Whitten's Vivian would have disapproved such attitudes; however, in the episode It's a Wonderful Lie, she's at Philip's side when he severely reprimands Ashley for lying to them and having snuck off to go to a fraternity party, where she'd been caught by Will in a locked bedroom making out with a college linebacker . </P> <P> There has been references in the series about Janet Hubert - Whitten's replacement by Daphne Maxwell Reed as Vivian . In an occasional running gag within the series, whenever a member of the family goes through old family photos, Will would occasionally comment who the mannish - looking person is in the photo, to which it is then revealed that the person in question is the Whitten - played Vivian . In a later interview, costume designer Carlo Tang commented that Smith and other cast members would jokingly refer to Hubert - Whitten's Vivian as Marcus, a fictional bodybuilder . The change between the two is the object of two humorous quotes from Jazz in which he breaks the fourth wall . One of them is in the fourth - season premiere, when he remarks: "You know, Mrs. Banks, ever since you had that baby, there's something different about you"; after this, Will stares uneasily into the camera . The other is in the fifth - season premiere when he sees the suddenly grown Nicky and asks: "So, who's playing the wife this year?". </P> <Ul> <Li> Nicknames by Will: "C", or "Boogaloo Shrimp" (also "Stumpy," "Squidget", "Snigglet" or basically any name pertaining to Carlton's small stature) </Li> <Li> Nickname by Geoffrey: "Master Carlton" </Li> <Li> Nickname by Jazz: "C - Note" (in the episode "72 Hours") </Li> </Ul> <Li> Nicknames by Will: "C", or "Boogaloo Shrimp" (also "Stumpy," "Squidget", "Snigglet" or basically any name pertaining to Carlton's small stature) </Li>

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