Edna Krabappel-Flanders (also Krabappel) /krəˈbɑːpəl/ is a fictional character from the animated American sitcom The Simpsons, voiced by Marcia Wallace from 1990 until her death in October 2013. When Bart attempts to free her, she falls off a ladder but is saved by Ned Flanders. Including Lisa Simpson. Edna Krabappel holds a Master's from Bryn Mawr College. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. When Seymour spots his mother trying to enter the party he and Edna go and flirt in Martin's teahouse. The "Ride of Broken Dreams" is a mockery of the Enron scandal on its rise and fall into bankruptcy. In one episode, Homer is horrified to learn that no one has corrected him for calling her "Crandall". Other than his membership, however, he does not display extreme intelligence but rather seems like an ordinary man constantly irritated by Bart.

Bart continuously gets distracted from writing his paper by pranks and other activities, and at the end of the three weeks, he still has not started the assignment. In the introduction to the Season 9 DVD Boxset, Matt Groening described the episode as his "least favorite" and in a Rolling Stone interview, he called it a "mistake". Edna Krabappel was the longest of Skinner's relationships but she was frustrated of his doting on his mother and he did get cold feet on their wedding day which ended their union but he continued to have feelings for her nonetheless.

For instance, he once casually took down the Blue-Haired Lawyer and his two giant bodyguards. (05 Jan 2003). In a possible future, Edna is still single and has a rivalry with Marge's sister Selma over bridal bouquets. At the end of the episode, Judge Snyder granted Tamzarian Skinner's "name, and his past, present, future, and mother," and decreed that no one will mention his true identity again under penalty of torture (this, after the Springfielders ran the real Seymour, voiced by Martin Sheen - who had been alive after all - out of town by way of railroad).

Skinner says, "Isn't that a cheat?" Mrs. Krabappel says she wants to speak to both Bart Simpsons after class. Homer Simpson even called her "Cracrapoubelle", which has "cra-cra", which infants in France say for "dirty", and "poubelle" which is French for garbage can.

As Bart finishes the assignment after school, supervised by Edna herself, he observes Skinner cancel a movie date with Edna when Agnes calls.

Another theme is her relationship with the school principal, Seymour Skinner. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. During her more recent years at Springfield Elementary School, in general, Edna didn't care at all about teaching the children properly anymore. According to Sideshow Bob You only get one chance with Edna Krabappel. "Flash! At home, Lisa suggests that Bart nominate Edna for the Teacher of the Year Award. from a previous episode when Bart tells Ned that he hopes that he can be as good as a teacher as she was love edna. Skinner, who he came to idolize. In "Grade School Confidential", Homer mentions that he had called her "Crandall" for quite some time. The day before the date of submission, he asks Grampa for help, relying on his recount of World War I. Edna rejects Bart's paper for using six pages of ads as filler and tells him that he will have to do it correctly after school. Edna Krabappel has dated numerous men throughout the series, here are some of those most prominent relationships. His guilt over accidentally inhaling marijuana smoke, the fact that stealing a cupcake from his commanding officer was his worst action and how he reminisced of candy bars in captivity then commanding his soldiers to do the same when they began thinking of women instead show these square tendencies in Skinner's personality. (voice), Wrestling Announcer / (This story may or may not be canonical, as it was part of a tale told second-hand or possibly made up)[19] Indeed, Krabappel appeared to be the object of many a man's desire, as evident by Sideshow Bob's outrage when his romantic date with her is ruined by a spying Bart: "You only get one chance with Edna Krabappel!"
")[20] She often had dinner at The Pimento Grove with her on-again, off-again dates.
Mrs. Crabapple (By Seymour Skinner & Milhouse Vanhouten (real)).

"Special Edna" is the seventh episode in the fourteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. In the episode "Grade School Confidential", she and Principal Skinner have a romance after they are invited to Martin Prince's party. Despite this, Bart and Edna are close friends at heart, so much that he nominated her for Teacher of the Year and went to a movie with one another when she was depressed that Skinner had blown her off. [11], Groening, Matt; Wolodarsky, Wallace (2001). Agnes Skinner, more commonly known as Mrs. Skinner, is the strict and bitter mother of Seymour Skinner. Apparently, Skinner has a clown punching beanie in his office to quell stress and anger relating to disruptions, especially ones relating to Bart Simpson, as he was seen punching it to relieve himself of his anger when Bart ended up causing a flood due to misuse of the fire hose on Fire Safety day before talking with Bart's parents. This is clearly non-canonical, only being a figment of Bart's nightmare. He doesn't like semicolons; they make him queasy.

When she realised he wasn't like the other men she'd dated, she agreed to settle down with him. Those two factors cancel each other out to leave this as an average show, though the mockery of EPCOT scores some points. In the Season 25 episode "The Man Who Grew Too Much", Ned and Nelson both said that they miss her. During an interview, Harry Shearer, the voice of Seymour Skinner publicly criticized the episode. Independent Lens: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room.

[17] Matt Groening based him on "all the principals of [his] youth, rolled into one bland lump. The process began in "Four Regrettings and a Funeral" when "We'll really miss you Mrs. K." was shown on the chalkboard during the title sequence, which premiered nine days after Marcia's death. In "Bart Gets a 'Z'", she is fired from teaching when she becomes drunk after drinking coffee that was spiked with alcohol by Bart.

An elderly Mrs. Krabappel asks Bart Sr. for the name of the pirate in Treasure Island.

In Holidays of Future Passed, Ned mentions that Edna was killed by Homer; however, future episodes are usually non-canon.

Bart also tried pulling a prank on Edna by pretending to be her ideal boyfriend.

In Treehouse of Horror XX, Skinner was killed by Bart. She had a red marking pen named "Old Reddy".

In "Future-Drama", she is seen at Moe's Tavern with Elizabeth Hoover when Homer and Bart attempt to find women but only find Edna and Ms. Hoover. on it. In moments of extreme incense, Skinner displays uncharacteristic backbone, even towards Agnes and Chalmers.

from witnessing it). To cheer her up, Bart nominates Krabappel for the 'teacher of the year' award. Edna was usually shown to be involved with many activities around Springfield.

Krabappel's name was chosen by early Simpsons writers Wallace Wolodarsky and Jay Kogen as a play on the fruit "crabapple" and as a reference to the teacher Miss Crabtree from the 1930s Our Gang shorts.

It is also implied that he received a severe injury during the Vietnam War on his posterior to require a metal plate to be installed in it.

Over time, Bart and Edna have since abandoned their personal gruges against each other and have become friendly enemies, only getting in each other's way over school-related affairs. Despite this, he does ultimately love the concept of school, as in his debut appearance, he told Bart that there's "learning afoot" when trying to get him to class (either not aware or not caring that Nelson just threatened Bart with a fight at the school yard); and in Bart's Comet, he reacted with anguish when he learned that President Clinton declared that school was for losers on the headline, being far more in dismay over this than either Bart beating Skinner to the punch of a celestial object or even his accidental release of a vandalized weather balloon (which acted as the reason he had Bart present in the first place) he had just retrieved from learning of the aforementioned event. She seemed to get along with Lisa, as seen in “Treehouse of Horror XX”.

In the episode, Edna Krabappel begins to lose faith in her relationship with Principal Skinner and becomes depressed.

[12] As a result, she severely missed a man's love and the cozy delights of couple-hood and partnership, and it was occasionally implied that she felt her biological clock ticking.

She then broke off the engagement. They are interrupted by Agnes, whom Skinner brought along, much to Edna's ire. When walking around Springfield between levels, Skinner's always seen inside of Springfield Elementary. Edna and the Simpsons are flown to Orlando, Florida, for the event. Principal Skinner with Groundskeeper Willie and children, trapped in school, Out of genuine concern for the quality of education of his students, most of Skinner's actions revolve around ensuring the school has adequate funding. In comparison to other episodes in the fourteenth season, it's one of the weaker ones, it's good but when you have episodes like The Dad Who Knew Too Little, Three Gays of the Condo and Móe Baby Blues, Special Edna is left feeling not so special.

The nominations is accepted, and soon the Simpsons family and Mrs. Krabappel are going to the award ceremony in Orlando, Florida, where Skinner tries to get back Krabappel by asking her to marry him. He is highly uncomfortable with swearing, criminal activity, and sexual topics; he was a virgin until his 40's, and he considers certain past actions like stealing a cupcake and briefly smelling marijuana smoke to be shameful and highly troubling. In "Moms I'd Like to Forget", she fights a fifth grade teacher, Mike, who talks badly about her students; this leads to a massive teacher brawl. After Bart outs the two to the entire school, Seymour and Edna pretend to break up as a way of hiding their affair.

The next day Skinner chases Bart on his car after he skips school. It is sometimes stated that he wears a toupee. The black armband Ned is wearing shows Edna had died some time previously as they generally mark the remembrance of a deceased person. Over the years of pranks and inspections, though, Skinner has developed a love-hate relationship with each of them; when Skinner was fired and replaced by Ned Flanders, Bart found pranks less meaningful, due to Flanders' lax approach to discipline. [21] In later episodes, Skinner's behavior was based on teachers that Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein had in high school. Outside school, Edna was portrayed as a typical mid-life single adult, heavy smoker, gambler, and occasional solitary drinker trying to find the right man. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. He then has to get the kids back to the school, and also saved Ralph Wiggum when he somehow managed to board a garbage barge, to which Skinner impresses Bart and the other underachievers by saving Wiggum using the Conservation of Angular Momentum. Born in Springfield on January 21, she was an A-grade student back in school and held a Master's in education from Bryn Mawr College. In the 30th season episode, "My Way or the Highway to Heaven", Edna is seen in heaven next to George Washington while Maude Flanders is seen next to Abraham Lincoln.

In "Days of Future Future", Skinner is seen with the skeleton of Agnes Skinner at a restaurant. She is later rehired when the substitute teacher gets drunk.