10 Facts About Edna Krabappel

Edna Krabappel is a surly, grumpy and jaded caricature of the American public school system.

Edna Krabappel is said to have come to Springfield to begin teaching in "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story".

Edna Krabappel is later rehired when the substitute teacher gets drunk.

Edna Krabappel is divorced; in "Separate Vocations", she implies that her husband left her for their marriage counselor with whom he had an affair.

Edna Krabappel waits expectantly for Woodrow, but is heartbroken after he does not appear.

In season 17, a flashback showed that Edna Krabappel was in a serious relationship with Moe Szyslak when she first moved to Springfield, before meeting Skinner or even becoming a teacher.

Edna Krabappel was about to elope with him, but then changed her mind when she met Bart Simpson, a student she believed needed help.

Edna 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.

Edna Krabappel has a memorable catchphrase, used often in the series: her derisive laugh.

Edna Krabappel appears as a ghost together with Maude in "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus", while Ned is watching his sons perform a song on stage.