Editing Edna Krabappel (section)

==Character==
[[Image:Marcia Wallace at 47th Emmy Awards.jpg|thumb|right|[[Marcia Wallace]], the voice of Edna Krabappel]]
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 [[June Marlowe#Miss Crabtree|Miss Crabtree]] from the 1930s ''[[Our Gang]]'' shorts.<ref name=homersodyssey>Groening, Matt; Wolodarsky, Wallace (2001). Commentary for the episode "[[Homer's Odyssey (The Simpsons)|Homer's Odyssey]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete First Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> Also, there was an initial joke of everyone mispronouncing the character's last name as "Crabapple"<ref name="sprcon">{{cite book |last1=Reiss |first1=Mike |last2=Klickstein |first2=Mathew |title=Springfield confidential: jokes, secrets, and outright lies from a lifetime writing for the Simpsons |date=2018 |publisher=Dey Street Books |isbn=978-0062748034 |page=100|location=New York City}}</ref> until [[Milhouse]] uses it in a later episode, stunning the other children. The [[The Principal and the Pauper|real Seymour Skinner]] also mispronounced her name. In [[Grade School Confidential|one episode]], Homer is horrified to learn that no one has corrected him for accidentally calling her "Crandall".<ref name=homersodyssey/> Like many characters, Ms. Krabappel has a memorable catchphrase, used often in the series: her derisive laugh ("HA!").

===Retirement===
Marcia Wallace died on October 25, 2013; according to her son, the cause of death was related to [[pneumonia]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2013/tv/news/marcia-wallace-star-of-the-bob-newhart-show-and-voice-of-mrs-krabappel-dies-at-71-1200764197|title=Marcia Wallace, Star of 'The Bob Newhart Show' and Voice of Mrs. Krabappel, Dies at 70|magazine=Variety|date=October 26, 2013|access-date=October 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027034416/http://variety.com/2013/tv/news/marcia-wallace-star-of-the-bob-newhart-show-and-voice-of-mrs-krabappel-dies-at-71-1200764197/|archive-date=October 27, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WallaceDeathDeadline">{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2013/10/r-i-p-marcia-wallace-620937/|title=R.I.P. Marcia Wallace|magazine=Deadline|date=October 26, 2013|access-date=October 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027203327/http://www.deadline.com/2013/10/r-i-p-marcia-wallace/|archive-date=October 27, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Staff on ''The Simpsons'' had reportedly been aware of her illness.<ref name="WallaceDeathEW"/> Showrunner [[Al Jean]] said, "I was tremendously saddened to learn this morning of the passing of the brilliant and gracious Marcia Wallace." Although [[Julie Kavner]], the voice of [[Marge Simpson]], was considered to replace Wallace, Jean announced that the show would retire her character.<ref name="chictrib">{{cite news|title=Marcia Wallace of 'The Simpsons,' 'The Bob Newhart Show' has died|work=Chicago Tribune|agency=Reuters|date=October 26, 2013|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-et-st-marcia-wallace-dies-20131026-story.html|access-date=July 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806015342/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-et-st-marcia-wallace-dies-20131026-story.html|archive-date=August 6, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The series first acknowledged Wallace's passing in the episode "[[Four Regrettings and a Funeral]]", in which the [[chalkboard gag]] in the opening sequence was changed to read a single "We'll really miss you Mrs. K".<ref name=SimpsonsTribute>{{cite news|last=Hughes|first=Jason|title='The Simpsons' Pays Tribute To Marcia Wallace With Final Chalkboard Message|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/04/the-simpsons-tribute-marcia-wallace-chalkboard-message-video_n_4210838.html|access-date=November 4, 2013|newspaper=The Huffington Post|date=November 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106083207/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/04/the-simpsons-tribute-marcia-wallace-chalkboard-message-video_n_4210838.html|archive-date=November 6, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> The episode "[[The Man Who Grew Too Much]]" later showed Ned Flanders wearing a black armband and mourning Edna, whose portrait joined that of [[Maude Flanders|Maude]], Ned's first wife.

===Posthumous character appearances===
In "[[Moho House]]" (season 28, episode 21), she appears as a ghost with Maude when Marge looks at everyone enjoying their spouses. She also appears as a ghost together with Maude in "[[Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus]]", while Ned is watching his sons perform a song on stage. In "[[Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?]]" (season 31, episode 9), she accompanies Maude Flanders as they greet Ned and Homer into Heaven, and appears again at the end of the episode as a ghost hovering over Ned's bed, saying, "Ha!". In "[[Diary Queen]]" (season 32, episode 12), the episode is centred around her diary and she guest-stars through archive recordings.