I always thought Krabappel's dramatic swings in how much she cares about her work to be the most realistic depiction of a teacher on television.

When you haven't seen The Simpsons in years.... Edna married Ned Flanders!!? And now she's dead!?!?

I think Ned gave Edna everything she wanted. He gave her genuine love and a family.

"She's faking it!" My favourite line in the Simpsons.

Poor Ned losing two wives.

-Mrs. Krabappel and Principal Skinner were in the closet making babies and I saw one of the babies and the baby looked at me! -Baby looked at you?

Edna Is 100% one of the best characters on the show, she feels so full and well rounded, you completely forgive all the digs she makes bc she is a genuinely good person.

I deeply sympathize with Edna's deep loneliness she feels. I have always wanted the same thing she wants, to be in a loving long term relationship. Sadly I've faced some of the same disappointment.

This video made me weak... Edna was such a well-rounded, fully fleshed character. She's very much missed (Marcial too, obvsly). Also, poor Flanders becoming a widower for the second time was really sad...

I've always felt they missed a trick not having Skinner finally stand up to his mother and get married to Edna. There was so much they could have done with them together. Even if they wanted to split them up later, this could have led to Skinner going back to Agnes

"Principal Skinner doesn't play games. What you see is what you get" Have you not seen Steamed Hams??

She was a perfectly cromulent educator. RIP.

We’ll miss you, Mrs. K.

Didnt mention the poor continuity of how badass skinner is. In an early episode he uses his military training to beat up the blue haired lawyer and two henchmen yet in season 15 he cant even beat comic book guy.

I've read a tribute fanfiction called "Forever in our Hearts" where Bart feels guilt-ridden in his grief over the loss of Mrs. Krabappel. I genuinely feel sorry for Ned Flanders for him becoming a two-time widower. Losing his first wife Maude Flanders was bad enough for him; but losing his second wife Edna Krabappel made me feel so sorry for him as Edna was good to him and a great stepmother to Rod and Todd.

The show may have declined in quality, but Edna’s character development never went down hill. She remained great to the end.

This video was about Edna Krabappel. You only get ONE chance with a video about... Edna Krabappel.

Contrasting with Hoover, Edna is a true teacher, a broken, drunk one that works in one of the worst schools of the country with the worst possible director and coworkers. Edna is the only one that WANTS to be and certainly is really good at what she does. Why Edna cares so much about Bart? Let's see it this way. Bart is the ultimate example of everything a kid shouldn't be. For someone who just loves to be a teacher, it's a test of skill and patience. Also. Edna hates Bart. But mostly because of how extreme his bad behaviour is. Failing in helping Bart for her is failing as a teacher. Because a primary school teacher goal is not just giving you assignments and homework and call it a day. It's being like another parent. Teach you to behave to listen, to be a future upstanding citizen, and to be honest, Even Nelson has more chances to improve than Bart. Also... Bart is the rotten apple in the classroom. If something goes awry, Probably it was Bart's fault, If Nelson does something , people won't follow him, he's just a lone wolf. So it makes sense she puts more focus on him than anyone else. She is an exemplary teacher in hell itself

Screw "Team Flanders" or "Team Skinner". There's only team Krabapple, and everyone who loved her is on it.

She's one of my favorite supporting characters. She's cynical about her personal life for a while, and that allowed me to feel sympathy for her. She was also a devoted teacher, and that made me respect her for being a good a teacher and appreciating her for being a well-rounded character that the audience could root for. Marcia Wallace was funny as Edna, but she also showed vulnerability in episodes such as "Bart The Lover."

Wait a minute? Bart's teacher's name's Krabapple? I've been calling her Krandle. Why didn't anybody tell me? I've been making an idiot out of myself. *Runs away crying*

Marge writing on chalkboard “I will try to raise a better child” Marge: I really don’t see how this helps Bart Krabappel: Just do it!

Enda was one of the most developed characters on the show, may she and her VA RIP

When she tell him to knock it off. She actually says "knock it off, you've been getting them wrong all afternoon" always makes me laugh.

The thing about Edna Krabbaple that i loved most was the fact that even though she seemed so apathetic towards life and all it's dealings she still held out hope for a better future for herself. You could even see it with her interactions with Bart. While most of the time they were the "Hero" Vs the "Villain" one antagonizing the other for one reason or another. They also had those moments where they showed that as a teacher she truly cared about Bart and his actions. They show it multiple times in the show throughout the years that those two characters have a deep seeded love and respect for one another that shows they were more then teacher and student. It shows that Edna and Bart were honest to goodness friends. It was her relationship with Bart in that sense that showed despite being beaten down by her failings she always had an anchor in Bart to keep her relatively grounded so she could move passed it. Bart was Edna's longest and 2nd strongest relationship with a man in the entire series. We'll miss you Marsha, You really brought Edna K. to life in a way that no one else could ever hope to match.

damn it Neddy, stop killing your wives

I think my favorite Edna moment was in Bart gets an f when she sees Bart crying about how he 'really tried this time' and he still failed and even before he started showing he had learned something even if he didn't articulate it well in the test you can see shes already going in to comfort him. I don't know, that was just a really hard hitting moment anyways

"She's faking it" -Mrs Krabappel

The 3-eyed fish, please?

We still miss you Mrs.K

Terrific job on this video! RIP Marsha Wallace! Very good job giving us a good rundown of her dramatic adventures and her contribution to the series. She did indeed make an excellent foil for Bart! The series will never be the same without her!

I love that Ned and Edna got together, Ned just wanted to be happy with a woman again, and Edna just wanted a husband and children who loved her, and I'm the end she got that with Ned, Rod and Todd, she left earth a futhilled woman RIP Maria Wallace: a brilliant actress and woman and thank you for giving us such a great character as Edna

*sigh* rest in peace Marcia, you played my favorite character

It is very unfortunate that Marcia Wallace passed away suddenly. It was unexpected, and something the writers were not counting on. If Marcia was still with us, perhaps the Nedna story frame could have developed, but now we have to watch poor Ned live on all alone.

Note: I haven't seen much past season 11 or so. Maybe if I had kept watching, I would feel differently. I really do think that Edna's sweetest episode was "Bart gets an F". Specifically the last 5 to 10 minutes after Bart has "failed" and is going to repeat 4th grade. Edna goes to the old standard of a pessimistic attitude of, "I know. It's going to be hell for me too." After she sees that Bart actually cared though after she sees that he is weeping and that he had put forth actual effort, Edna doesn't simply give him a pass out of pity but instead uses the rules available to assess his knowledge and pass him on the merit of his work. It breaks her out of a flat, one-dimensional characterization and gives her real humanity. You can hear it in the inflection of her voice. Edna _could have_ been a cruel character, purposefully failing Bart out of spite due to their personal feud, or she could have been a pushover passing him out of pity. Instead, she acted as a committed and genuine teacher would act - she used the skills and knowledge she had in order to help her student succeed. She taught Bart that if you put in the effort, your work can pay off and you can achieve your goal, even if it's in an unconventional way. Bart had the motivation to pass due to her actions, and Bart _did_ pass directly as a result of her assessment. It wasn't something that Edna was required to do, and certainly wasn't something that she was expected to do. She did it because she cared and because she was a genuinely good teacher. It's the antithesis of what being a good teacher is, and it humanized Edna as a character in a way that very few other things could.

When I was in grade school I was that kid that did well on test tests but never did any homework and therefore had teachers calling my house telling my parents I wasn't doing what I should and telling me I could do better. Thank you to Mrs. Krabappel and all the teachers like her that try to reach the kids the just don't fit in the normal criteria no matter how hard or futile it may seem. One of my favorite Bart/Edna episodes is when he nominates her for Teacher of the Year. The image of Bart at the chalkboard with the single line, "We'll really miss you Mrs. K." will always make me cry. Thank you Edna Krabappel and Thank You Marcia Wallace. RIP

The past-tense in the opening is oddly sobering.

Ooh, I've been looking forward to this. Gonna try not to get sad. Edna has always been one of my favorite Simpsons characters because of how sincerely and realistically she was generally written, and as you said in your Bart the Lover review, she really was important to the series. I always appreciated that she wasn't just a stereotypical idealized strict busybody teacher caricature and how she was played more as an earnest look into teaching as a profession. A lot of shows are content to write teachers who're just cartoonish ruler-swinging busybodies, or just exist to act as opposition to a rambunctious child protagonist, so I really liked how Edna was always a more genuine character, especially in the context of the show's rather caricature driven cast. I'd place Marcia Wallace's death up there with Phil Hartman's in terms of how drastically it affected the show. Rest in peace indeed. As for a character for the next Simpsons Histories, I think Kirk Van Houten could be interesting, given the series' weirdly consistent foreshadowing of him and Luanne's divorce leading into A Milhouse Divided (Plus, he's been in pictured in a few Simpsons Histories episodes whenever you show potential candidates for the next episode at the end, so it'd be neat to see that payoff). Great work as always. (PS this is Teal Opal, the guy who commented on a lot of your videos before, on a new account. I know it doesn't matter but I wanted to remain a fan regardless of moving channels. Cheers.)

I kind of feel like there should have been a bitter sweet episode where Skinner's mom passed away and they at least tried with the Edna + Skinner family dynamic.

I love that she had an in- universe monopoly game based on her.

I keep wanting to see one of these on Smithers. He's funny.

See, I would’ve definitely suggested a new person for you to cover... but I still can’t get over the fact that you actually ended up doing Just Stamp The Ticket Man.

"She eventually went on to marry Ned Flanders" "Hwat?" "...until her death in Season 25" "WHAAAAT!!?"

That shot of Bart writing "we'll really miss you, Miss K." on the board always get me. Fuck, I teared up out of nowhere. It also sucks fate conspired to make Ned twice a widower.

"I am a virgin." "Haha!"

Enda wouldn't have been the same without Marcia Wallace. R.I.P. Marcia. You will be missed.

Mrs. Krabapple's longest relationship has been with Bart.

I like what they did there. It's like in real life, maybe you're engaged with someone, you spend years together, but then you realize you're not meant to be together. So you break up and you get engaged with someone else. It does seem real, the usual cliché when two people after so much trouble finally marry and live happily ever after is quite boring, we saw stuff like that too many times. This was brand new, something different in the show. Unfortunately her voice actress passed away, and they lost this chance to make the Simpsons be great again. I really think that could have been a great storyline for Edna, Ned, Bart, Rod, Todd and even Marge, Homer and Lisa. They could have invented so many stories about them. That could have been great, it's a shame that they couldn't go on with that :/ Before the series ends I just want to see one single thing: Flanders engaged with Rachel Jordan (The Christian singer from the episode in which Maude died). Then I'll be satisfied. :D

I feel sorry for Skinner, but Ned needed Edna. And Edna needed Ned. It felt like she was settling for him.

Superintendent Chalmers- there's a more obscure character you could say a lot about. I really think Lisa Gets and A is a crucial piece of the puzzle. Chalmers believes in education and would do better if he could. But he can't and has grown cynical over his non-existent budget and incompetent staff (SKINNER!) willingly letting the school go to hell under Flanders in season 5

I love the fact that her and bart were 'frenemies'. they had conflict but ultimately learned to see eye to eye. they were just too similar and that's where conflict with a lot of my teachers in my school years lay

I felt so bad for Edna as a kid when Bart set her up on all of those fake dates. But anyway! As always Jims! Stellar work! Keep it up mang!

I do think Edna and Skinner should have been the way to go. it could have culminated in development for Skinner, who could finally become independent of his mother while still remaining a total pushover to Etna. It's not like the show is afraid of changing the status quo on occasion - Maude's death and the van Houtens' divorce (then subsequent remarriage) shows that. That said, Nedna had a lot of potential when it came to her relationship with Bart, the Simpson family, and Springfield as a whole (given the Flanders' very special relationship with all the above, as former foster parent, rival, and town weirdo respectively). It's just unfortunate that most of that potential was lost due to Wallace's untimely death.

An episode with Lenny and Carl would be nice.

the love hate relationship between bart and Ms. k was beautiful

Watching this video has made me realize that Edna is probably one of the only, if not THE only, simpsons characters who feels like a real person

Tbh you could do series or video about things in Simpsons that change. Like Edna dying, marrying Ned and almost Skinner, Apu marrying and getting children, Maude dying and so forth.

I feel pretty similarly as you on Nedna. I was bummed when Skinner and her broke up. I could also see why they did, though, and beyond that, I am glad that she got to have a happily ever after, even if the "ever after" was tragically short. You are still missed, Marcia Wallace.

I have three favourite characters in the Simpsons: 1. Maude Flanders ✝️ 2. Mona Simpson ✝️ 3. Edna Krabrappel ✝️

Mrs.Krabappel was one of my favorite characters, when I saw the episode with Bart writing on the chalkboard “We will miss you Mrs. K” that broke my heart.

Rewatch the episode where Skinner claims to be a virgin. It's heavily implied that he just said that because he and Krabapple knew how stupid the townspeople were.

21 minutes of TheRealJims in my life! Today is a good day. I feel like Rainier Luftwaffe Wolfcastle would be an interesting character for a shorter Simpsons Histories, there's probably a lot of off-hand remarks that build up an interesting past.

i liked Edna with Ned. i love Edna Krabappel. She's one of my top 5 favorite characters.

"Hi, Mrs. K. This is sure weird, huh?" "Want it to get weirder?"

Why did this make me cry? Thanks a lot TheRealJims, jerk.

always happy to see a new simpsons histories dude!

My children have asked me why I always laugh like either Mrs. K with a loud HA!, or Marge with the wheezy laugh.. I honestly had no clue I did either, really shows what a great impact the Simpsons was on my childhood/life. I'm really glad I found your channel. Thanks for the work you put into these vids :-)

I am definitely in Team Skinner. He's my favorite character of them all coz, as you said, he's innocent, yet resilient and he always has that dignity. His voice actor is great as well. I really liked the fact Edna and him were together. The Flanders relationship was too random.

Her name's "Krabappel"?! I've been calling her "Crandall"!

Obscure character: *The bald guy with suspenders who attended to Homer's pirate cable TV party on **_"Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment"_* (I was replaying Hit & Run and found him, at first I thought it was the same guy whose the boss of the Tavern level on the Arcade game)

This one made me really sad. Rest in peace, Edna & Marcia. Jims, you really encapsulated the character in a way that I haven't ever noticed, in a lifetime of watching the Simpsons. Thank you very, very much.

Youve convinced me into watching my old simpsons dvd sets. Im about to start season 5 right now. I love this show so much.

this was not the first time a voice actor's passing lead to a character's retirement. when Phil Hartman died his characters (Troy Mclure and Lionel Hutz) were retired. the cast got along really well and I believe it is that reason that a death retires a character. they want to preserve these beloved characters as a shining testament to their fallen friend.

Excellent video. Its great that one of the series' more tragic characters ended up with a happy ending. RIP MARCIA WALLACE

This reminded me of what I loved about the Simpson's. It used to be my favorite show. And I genuinely forgot how heartwarming it could be. This was a great video. Thanks for making it

Edna was the best character on the entire show, I'm so upset her voice actor died.

Edna Krabappel one of the best Simpsons character in the whole show we'll never forget you Ha

I would love if you did one about Skinner. He's not only my favorite character in the whole show, but he has a huge history behind him. Yes, I'm talking about the infamous 9th season episode. But I still think, he deserves a video about him.

I always thought that skinner deserved a happy relationship as well, considering that he went through a lot in the past and is generally a sort of troubled character. But then again it makes sense to me that he don't want to or can't commit to her for that very reason and that she doesn't want to wait. Her being with Flanders also makes some sense in my eyes, he probably really wanted a mother for Rod & Todd and she wanted a stable relationship and for that reason they are a good match, besides the things mentioned in the video. Certainly makes more sense then Comicbook Guy or Moe.

I love their recent tribute to Edna and her voice actor.

Is Maude getting her own History video?

Edna and Skinner all the way. Her relationship with Flanders felt very arbitrary and didn't have all that much depth to it, at least I didn't care for it. In my mind the Simpsons canon ends around seasons 14/15 though, so I was naturally a bit predisposed to dislike it.

One of the best residents of Springfield...Thank you Mrs. K....for all your years of commentary.

I feel bad for Ned. He can't catch a break. Mrs. K was one of my favorite characters, it's a shame that Marcia Wallace passed. She's gone but never forgotten. Edit: Kirk Van Houten history would be hilarious

1. Bort 2. Chalmers 3. Sherri, Terri & their sister 4. Wendell, Richards & Lewis

Can you do an episode on Kearny hell you can even do a Simpsons mystery episode for how old is he

This was such an amazing video, well done! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I honestly wish they didn’t end the Skinner/Krabappel relationship, I felt they could’ve had Skinner grow and move out of his moms house but I get there was still comedy to milk from it. As for how she died, I guess the likely thing was lung cancer.

I'd like to see Skinner next, because I want to see what you think of the whole "armin tamzarian" thing. I hope that alltough you've allready covered Skinner's and Edna's relationship, you'll still have enough stuff to talk about. The History of Sideshowbob and The History of Mr Burns would be awesome as well. Love this Video, keep up the good work! :D

Man Edna was a great character, my personal favorite! R.I.P Mrs. Wallce you are missed;_____;

I actually loved the stepmom arc for her and I am ”almost” glad that the character died before the show got a chance to screw it up in a future season to ”spice things up”.

This channel is one reason why random videos in your recommended is a good thing

I swear, just when I think you cannot out do yourself! Absolutely tasteful, insightful and wonderful video, cannot wait till the next one!

Nelson:Mrs Krabappel, where's Mr Krabappel? Edna:well let's just say he chased something small and fluffy down a "rabbit hole"

It’s a shame ednas actress died, I loved her character so much, and I adored her with Flanders.

Man the music in your videos is all over the place. But all in all good video, The Simpson's is one of hell it I the only show I can come back to again and again. So many episodes to choose from I have lots of nostalgia for the show.

Do a video on the Blue Haired Lawyer!

Caution: This video contains discussions about shipping. #teamnedna

Holy crap you got me tearing up over a Simpsons History episode

These are good videos. I'm glad one of these was in my suggested. (It was the friendship counter video.)