<P> Around the end of "Californi - a-Rooney", Parker's tunnels collapsed due to Joey's bad move to preserve them, causing the entire family to move in with Aunt Dena as revealed in the final fourth - wall cutaway . When Parker plans to recreate his tunnels, the rest of the Rooneys shout "No tunnels!" This causes Parker to make plans to take his projects to the sky . </P> <P> Karen Rooney (Kali Rocha) is the wife of Pete, the mother of Liv, Maddie, Joey, and Parker, and the older sister of Dena Rooney . She is the school psychologist for Ridgewood High and later the vice principal as of the second season . Karen often ineptly uses her knowledge of family psychology at home, sometimes forming family meetings and sharing her "punching pillows". In "Sweet 16 - a-Rooney", it is revealed that Karen had kept a secret that the twins were born on opposite sides of midnight and technically have separate birthdays, with Maddie being born six minutes and one day after Liv . In "BFF - a-Rooney", it was revealed that she chomps on ice when she is nervous . She has also demonstrated a tendency for blatant manipulation, compulsive hoarding, as shown in "Brain - a-Rooney", when she refuses to sell stuff that used to belong to members of the family, such as a box of toothbrushes that they have used, and "Rate - a-Rooney", when she refuses to get rid of unnecessary house decorations . In "Helgaween - a-Rooney", it was revealed that both Maddie and Joey have been hypnotized by Karen . In "California - A-Rooney", Karen has nastily taken over Parker's tunnels, which collapse (along with the house) when Joey cleans out Karen's belongings, one of which was holding the entire house up . </P> <P> Pete Rooney (Benjamin King) is married to Karen and is the father of Liv, Maddie, Joey, and Parker . He is the gym teacher at Ridgewood High and coach of the girls' basketball team . Pete enjoys bringing competition into the home, often wearing his whistle and pushing Maddie to improve her basketball ability . Pete shows typical father characteristics, such as his misunderstandings of his daughters' emotional development . He shares his sons' creative mentality and becomes overprotective whenever Liv and Maddie have love interests . He also can disagree with Karen frequently, such as in "Rate - a-Rooney", when he wants to get rid of useless house decorations of which Karen cannot let go . In "Ridgewood - a-Rooney", he becomes the coach of a college team in Beloit which Maddie later decides to attend in "Dream - a-Rooney". As a result of Pete's new job in "Coach - a-Rooney", he was succeeded in the coaching of the girls' basketball team by Mrs. Snodgrass . </P> <P> In "Sorta Sisters - a-Rooney", Pete is no longer a series regular and is said to be overseeing the rebuilding of the Rooney home while continuing his job in Beloit . </P>

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