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| |name = Edna Krabappel Flanders | | |name = Edna Krabappel Flanders |
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| |gender = {{Female}} | | |gender = {{Female}} |
| |hair = Brown | | |hair = Brown |
− | |age = 38<ref>"[[Moms I'd Like To Forget]]"</ref> 41<ref>"[[The Fool Monty]]"</ref> | + | |age = 41<ref>"[[The Fool Monty]]"</ref> |
| |status = Alive | | |status = Alive |
| |job = Fourth grade teacher at [[Springfield Elementary]] | | |job = Fourth grade teacher at [[Springfield Elementary]] |
| |relatives = '''Husband:''' [[Ned Flanders]]<br>'''Ex-husband:''' [[Mr. Krabappel]] (deceased)<br> | | |relatives = '''Husband:''' [[Ned Flanders]]<br>'''Ex-husband:''' [[Mr. Krabappel]] (deceased)<br> |
− | '''Stepsons''' [[Rod Flanders|Rod]] and [[Todd Flanders]] <br>'''Sister:''' Unnamed<ref>"[[Stealing First Base]]"</ref> | + | '''Stepsons''' [[Rod]] and [[Todd Flanders]] <br>'''Sister:''' Unnamed<ref>"[[Stealing First Base]]"</ref> |
| |appearance = "[[Bart the Genius]]" | | |appearance = "[[Bart the Genius]]" |
| |voiced by = [[Marcia Wallace]] | | |voiced by = [[Marcia Wallace]] |
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| '''Edna Krabappel Flanders''' (more commonly known as '''Mrs. Krabappel''' or, known by [[Bart]] as '''Mrs. K''') is a [[Fourth Grade|4th Grade]] teacher at [[Springfield Elementary School]]. Before Edna was married she lived at [[82 Evergreen Terrace]]<ref name="BGAZ">"[[Bart Gets a "Z"]]"</ref> and now lives at 744 Evergreen Terrace. Edna is a heavy smoker, whose love-life is often visited in the series. | | '''Edna Krabappel Flanders''' (more commonly known as '''Mrs. Krabappel''' or, known by [[Bart]] as '''Mrs. K''') is a [[Fourth Grade|4th Grade]] teacher at [[Springfield Elementary School]]. Before Edna was married she lived at [[82 Evergreen Terrace]]<ref name="BGAZ">"[[Bart Gets a "Z"]]"</ref> and now lives at 744 Evergreen Terrace. Edna is a heavy smoker, whose love-life is often visited in the series. |
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| == Biography == | | == Biography == |
− | Edna Krabappel holds a Master's from Bryn Mawr College, but is thoroughly jaded, a caricature of the American public school system, as evidenced on the occasion when [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] steals all the teachers' editions of the textbooks (which contain the answers). Edna genuinely wanted to help people in need but it after years of frustration thanks to the school, and [[Bart Simpson]] in particular, this wore away on a somewhat tragic note. She was born January 21, 1961. | + | Edna Krabappel holds a Master's from Bryn Mawr College, but is thoroughly jaded, a caricature of the American public school system, as evidenced on the occasion when [[Lisa]] steals all the teachers' editions of the textbooks (which contain the answers). Edna genuinely wanted to help people in need but it after years of frustration thanks to the school, and [[Bart Simpson]] in particular, this wore away on a somewhat tragic note. She was born January 21, 1961. |
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| There is some inconsistency about Edna's origins. Though she is said to have come to Springfield to begin teaching,<ref name="SNES">"[[The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]]"</ref> she can be seen running through the background in Springfield High School in when [[Clancy Wiggum]] is being videotaped as a hall monitor.<ref>"[[Springfield Up]]"</ref> Krabappel, like many other teachers at [[Springfield Elementary School]] smokes heavily, especially during school hours. It was also once implied that Edna Krabappel drinks heavily, as when Marge arrived at the school to use a restroom and stumbled upon the horrible conditions of the school, she noticed Edna Krabappel's class where Bart felt he had to sleep in class and uttered "stupid teacher," to which Edna was also sleeping in a similar fashion to Bart and uttering "stupid hangover"<ref>"[[Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh]]"</ref> and once got fired when she became drunk (although the latter instance wasn't her fault, as her drink was spiked by her students in order to help her become laid back.).<ref name="BGAZ"/> | | There is some inconsistency about Edna's origins. Though she is said to have come to Springfield to begin teaching,<ref name="SNES">"[[The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]]"</ref> she can be seen running through the background in Springfield High School in when [[Clancy Wiggum]] is being videotaped as a hall monitor.<ref>"[[Springfield Up]]"</ref> Krabappel, like many other teachers at [[Springfield Elementary School]] smokes heavily, especially during school hours. It was also once implied that Edna Krabappel drinks heavily, as when Marge arrived at the school to use a restroom and stumbled upon the horrible conditions of the school, she noticed Edna Krabappel's class where Bart felt he had to sleep in class and uttered "stupid teacher," to which Edna was also sleeping in a similar fashion to Bart and uttering "stupid hangover"<ref>"[[Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh]]"</ref> and once got fired when she became drunk (although the latter instance wasn't her fault, as her drink was spiked by her students in order to help her become laid back.).<ref name="BGAZ"/> |
Edna Krabappel holds a Master's from Bryn Mawr College, but is thoroughly jaded, a caricature of the American public school system, as evidenced on the occasion when Lisa steals all the teachers' editions of the textbooks (which contain the answers). Edna genuinely wanted to help people in need but it after years of frustration thanks to the school, and Bart Simpson in particular, this wore away on a somewhat tragic note. She was born January 21, 1961.
There is some inconsistency about Edna's origins. Though she is said to have come to Springfield to begin teaching,[4] she can be seen running through the background in Springfield High School in when Clancy Wiggum is being videotaped as a hall monitor.[5] Krabappel, like many other teachers at Springfield Elementary School smokes heavily, especially during school hours. It was also once implied that Edna Krabappel drinks heavily, as when Marge arrived at the school to use a restroom and stumbled upon the horrible conditions of the school, she noticed Edna Krabappel's class where Bart felt he had to sleep in class and uttered "stupid teacher," to which Edna was also sleeping in a similar fashion to Bart and uttering "stupid hangover"[6] and once got fired when she became drunk (although the latter instance wasn't her fault, as her drink was spiked by her students in order to help her become laid back.).[3]
The most recurring theme about Edna is her non-existent love life, and as a result, loneliness and wish for male company. She is divorced; her husband ran off with their marriage counselor. She has talked about her ex living somewhere else exotic, but at one time, a man at the local gas station, while diagnosing a fault with her car, tastes sugar in the gasoline and states "Your ex-husband strikes again! [7]" As a result, she severely misses male company, and it is occasionally implied that she feels her biological clock ticking. She is shown as very sexually aggressive: she tried to pick up both Joey Kramer (Aerosmith's drummer) and Homer Simpson and like him.[8] She had a relationship with Principal Seymour Skinner.[9] She can be seen at a Green Day concert on top of Seymour's shoulders wearing a T-Shirt saying "Not my boyfriend" with an arrow pointing down at Skinner.[10]
Her last name is a play on the fruit "crabapple" and it is also a reference to the teacher Miss Crabtree from the 1930s Little Rascals serials. Part of the original joke of her last name was that nobody ever mispronounced her name and called her "Miss Crabapple", Milhouse was the first to make this joke which had the other students in class amazed and feeling stupid for not noticing it before.