Anthony DeMartino: Difference between revisions

===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.

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.

 

 

===Relationship with his students===

 

 

Mr. DeMartino has a seething hatred for most of the student body at [[Lawndale High]], because the majority of them are either lazy, slackers, or absurdly stupid. All of these characteristics in turn make his job less fulfilling and lead to outbursts of rage; everyone seems used to this by now and barely respond, outside of Daria and Jane snarking, though Jane once joked that he caused students to wet the bed ("[[The Big House]]"). Students that are usually well behaved, such as [[Jane Lane]] and [[Jodie Landon]], don't arouse his ire. Despite his uncontrolled rage, Mr. DeMartino's has never been violent to any student - with the exception of Kevin, who he once started strangling ("[[Murder, She Snored]]"), and that led to a brief stay at [[Brookside Rest Home]] and some medication. Kevin's near mythic levels of idiocy and stupidity constantly frustrate Mr. DeMartino's efforts to teach, as Kevin appears incapable of learning practically anything beyond a football play.

What students think of DeMartino was shown in "[[The Big House]]": very little, since they were taking bets on when he'd suffer a major injury in a hockey game. Whether they have it in for DeMartino specifically or if any near-death would satisfy is unknown. In general, nobody seems too bothered by him. Kevin and Brittany, of all people, are always cheery to DeMartino and seems incapable of noticing when DeMartino is ranting at or insulting them. Daria and Jane respond to DeMartino's antics with a constant barrage of amused snark, of course.

 

 

Some random facts revealed about Anthony DeMartino during the series include:

 

*He was sent to military school by his mother, who didn't want to explain the existence of a son to her dates. Before that, she made him stay with the neighbours: "strange, twisted people!!" ("[[The Daria Hunter]]")

* He had a friend who ''married his mother'' ("[[Antisocial Climbers]]")

*He dreampt of living a life at sea, but was too nervous to go through with it ("[[It Happened One Nut]]")

*He has a preexisting gambling addiction (per "[[Just Add Water]]," when DeMartino first asks Ms. Li if he can get out of going to the casino night cruise, and then when he freaks out when he steps into the casino on the cruise).

*He smokes cigarettes and (sometimes) exercises (per "[[The Big House]]").

*He collects vintage porn and records by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Funicello Annette Funicello]. ("[[That Was Then, This Is Dumb]]")

*His 'office' at school has an orthopedic chair "for back spasms", as well as a line of tape to mark where the door "should" be ("[[The Daria Database]]")

 

 

 

==Voice Actor==

 

Anthony DeMartino was voiced by actor [[Marc Thompson]], who also gave voice to [[Timothy O'Neill]], [[Kevin Thompson]] and [[Charles "Upchuck" Ruttheimer III]].

 

===Demartino-centric Fanfiction===

 

* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=30265&start=0 "Anthony DeMartino Just Wants To Have Fun"] by [[Smijey]]