Editing Edna Krabappel (section)

==Profile==
Edna Krabappel holds a [[Master's]] from [[Bryn Mawr College]]. She is a surly, grumpy<ref name="bbcwallace"/> and jaded caricature of the American [[Public school (government funded)|public school]] system. In "[[The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]]", it is revealed that she was once a very optimistic woman who genuinely wanted to help people in need. It would seem that after years of frustration thanks to the school, and [[Bart Simpson]] in particular, this wore away.

There is some inconsistency about Edna's origins. She is said to have come to Springfield to begin teaching in "[[The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]]". However, in a case of [[retconning]], she can be seen in "[[Springfield Up]]" as a student running through the background at Springfield High School while a young [[Chief Wiggum]] is filmed carrying out his duties as a [[hall monitor]] as part of the [[documentary]] featured in that episode.

Edna smokes heavily, including during school hours. In the episode "[[Grade School Confidential]]", she and [[Principal Skinner]] have a romance after they are invited to [[Martin Prince]]'s birthday party. They are witnessed kissing in Martin's playhouse by Bart. Principal Skinner then sends Bart to relay a message to Edna in front of his classmates who laugh at him, making him furious. He then shows them what they are doing and tells them not to tell anyone about their relationship, especially [[Superintendent Chalmers]]. Unknown to Bart they lose their jobs when Superintendent Chalmers finds out about their affair via Chief Wiggum and they lock themselves in the school with Bart until they are reinstated. They apologize to Bart for embarrassing him. After returning to their jobs, they resume their romance in a janitorial closet. In "[[Bart Gets a 'Z']]{{-"}}, she is fired from teaching when she becomes drunk after drinking coffee that was spiked with alcohol by Bart. She later decides to open a muffin store. She is later rehired when the substitute teacher gets drunk. 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. In "[[The Ned-Liest Catch]]", she is suspended from teaching for slapping Bart and is placed in the Teacher Holding Facility. When Bart attempts to free her, she falls off a ladder but is saved by [[Ned Flanders]].