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===Friends===
Mr. DeMartino's only friend, either by choice or not, appears to be [[Timothy O'Neill]], another teacher at [[Lawndale High]]. Due to Timothy's laid back, all accepting personality, and his regular lack of abrasive and rough characteristics, it is thought by some that, despite Anthony's general irritation with Timothy, the friendship is a soothing one for him. He is often seen venting his frustration at Timothy who always listens and may actually be genuinely concerned at times, despite his inability to help in the slightest with any of Mr. DeMartino's problems (even those he is himself responsible for). By the end of the series, specifically in the Daria movie, Anthony is treating Timothy like a friend, by going out of the way to prevent him from making decisions he will later regret or letting Timothy's personality be pushed around by more assertive ones.
===Enemies===
To some extent, the student body at large are an enemy. Based on everyone taking bets on whether he'd die in "[[The Big House]]", he's not very popular with them. Sports players in particular have earned his ire, and in "[[The New Kid]]" he gleefully leaps at the chance to cut some yearbook pages from them.
His three great nemeses in the series are Kevin Thompson, Principal Li, and [[Janet Barch]]. Of these, Kevin is the most frequently seen. The sheer unceasing incompetence of Kevin, to the extent he can't even tell when DeMartino is insulting him, is a source of intense rage for the man - though despite that, he always ''keeps choosing Kevin'' to answer questions. There's no malicious intent towards DeMartino from Kevin's part though, as he always acts cheery and friendly to the teacher.
Barch, on the other hand, has it in for DeMartino: in "[[The Daria Hunter]]", she targeted him to take out her anger over her ex-husband; "[[The New Kid]]", "[[The Daria Database]]", and "[[Is It College Yet?]]" all see her physically assault him to get her own way; and in "[[The Lawndale File]]" she falsely reports him as an illegal immigrant to get him deported. ''Why'' she has it in for him is unknown. Outside of trying to save O'Neill from marrying her in IICY?, he avoids interacting with her.
Principal Li has the power to force him to do things against his will, and has happily used it on him ("[[Just Add Water]]") and pays him little. He has twice stood up to her on school union matters: the first time he failed to secure a good deal, the second he defeated her after intense negotiations (where he threatened to picket naked: "You think I'm BLUFFING?"). ("[[Lucky Strike]]")
===Relationship with his students===
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