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|image= ClaireDeFoe_03.jpg
|firstappearance=[[Esteemsters]]
|lastappearance=[[Is It College Yet?]] (background)
|voicedby= [[Nicole Carin]] (S1-S3) [[Danielle Carin]] (S4-S5)
|episodecount= 9 episodes (one non-speaking)
|gender= Female
|age=
|occupation= Art teacher at [[Lawndale High]]
|family=
|significantother=
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'''Claire Defoe''' is [[Lawndale High]]'s resident Art teacher.
==Characterization==▼
Claire
She is generally patient, albeit weary, in the face of students like [[Brittany Taylor]] who are quite bad at art. Students who are good at it can get her ire: in "Arts 'N Crass", both [[Upchuck]] and Jane produced good work, but Claire was openly irritated that Upchuck had ignoring the contest guidelines and dismayed when she thought Jane was mocking bulimics. When she worked out Daria had collaborated on Jane's painting and had intended a message, she challenged Daria into explaining and justifying her artistic choices and admitting to the collaboration.
▲=Characterization=
▲Claire DeFoe is characteristically very relaxed and patient, more in tune to art than anything else. She was never seen actually creating any art of her own, but she did delight in nurturing the talents of others, particularly [[Jane Lane]].
"[[The Daria Diaries]]" shows a guideline for how the class should behave on a field trip to the [[County Museum of Modern Art]], showing she's well aware of what her class is like - her guidelines include to "at least look" like they're paying attention, for [[Kevin Thompson]] not to shoplift, that no one is to snicker at the nudes or look for dinosaurs ("that's another museum"), and that if they're puzzled by art they can cover this up by saying "how postmodern!". She also advises "DO jump up and down on the front steps like Rocky. You're only young once."
It has been theorized by fans that DeFoe could have an hippie past.▼
[[Image:DefoeBritt.jpg|frame|left|Claire and a student, in "[[The Daria Database]]"]]
From the books it is revealed that she resented to have to choose between "Arts" and "Crafts" and that she makes wind chimes and macramés plant holders (the later she plans to sell). It is also revealed that she lives in a studio apartment with some freeloading students that she doesn't have the heart to throw out (a theme that has been explored in some fanfiction stories).▼
The book "[[The Daria Database]]" shows some of her art: a macrame plant holder. She plans to start her own mail-order business selling them, at some vague point in the future when she's 'got it together'.
=In Fanfiction=▼
In fanfiction, she has been romantically paired with [[Anthony DeMartino]]. Stories including this ship are:▼
She works as the design consultant for [http://web.archive.org/web/20010618230754/http://www.mtv.com/mtv/tubescan/animation/daria/lhs/about.html Lawndale High's student-run website]. (She made batik computer cozies.)
▲Defoe has her personal history fleshed out in "Diaries" and "Database". From the books it is revealed that she resented to have to choose between "Arts" and "Crafts" and that she makes wind chimes
[[Image:Defoe_smirk.jpg|frame|right|Claire challenges a student.]]
▲==In Fanfiction==
Defoe doesn't appear in a lot of fanfiction, but there are some that give her highlighted roles. In [[Richard Lobinske]]'s [[Falling Into College]] series, she mentors Jane when she returns to Lawndale High as her assistant before leaving for college. Later in the series, she is appointed Principal when [[Ms. Li]] is arrested for grade-fixing.
In [[Wouter]]'s story "Art-I-Fact" she's shown to be still teaching in her sixties and is a big instigator in having Jane come in to replace her. Apparently having never forgotten her most gifted student.
▲In
*[[Ring Toss]], by [[Nemo Blank]]
*[[Legion of Lawndale Heroes]], by [[Roentgen]] and [[Brother Grimace]]
*[[The Last Supper]], by [[EmpressEKV]]
==Trivia==
* The spelling of Defoe's name is given in the ''Daria'' books. "DeFoe" is a mistake sometimes seen in fanfiction and posts.
==External link==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20120821145436/http://www.outpost-daria.com/ch_defoe.html Ms. Defoe's character profile]
[[Category:Canon Characters|Defoe, Claire]]
[[Category:Canon Teachers|Defoe, Claire]]
[[Category:Lawndale High teachers|Defoe, Claire]]
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