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[[Helen Morgendorffer]]'s mother, who is never directly seen or heard from in the [[Daria (TV series)|''Daria'' series]]. Her presence, however, is felt from Erin's wedding onward ("[[I Don't]]"). It is implied that she is unable to travel, and also implied that she is well off enough financially to afford showering Rita and her daughter [[Erin]] with gifts and windfalls. ([[Glenn Eichler]] has said Helen didn't grow up in a wealthy household, but the show itself does show Barksdale with money)
 
It is implied that she is unable to travel, and also implied that she is well off enough financially to afford showering Rita and her daughter [[Erin]] with gifts and windfalls. ([[Glenn Eichler]] has said Helen didn't grow up in a wealthy household, but the show itself does show Barksdale with money) We know she could help fund college funds for [[Daria]] and [[Quinn]], but doesn;t.
Of her three daughters, she is closest to [[Rita Barksdale]] and appears to favor her over Helen and [[Amy Barksdale|Amy]]. This spawned a long-running feud between the three sisters that is finally (one hopes) resolved in "[[Aunt Nauseam]]." Before then, Helen occasionally rants about the unfair treatment Rita gets, said rants being remarkably similar to her husband [[Jake Morgendorffer]]'s rants against his father.
 
Of her three daughters, she is closest to [[Rita Barksdale]] and appears to favor her over Helen and [[Amy Barksdale|Amy]]. This spawned a long-running feud between the three sisters that is finally (one hopes) resolved in "[[Aunt Nauseam]]." Before then, Helen occasionally rants about the unfair treatment Rita getsand Erin get, said rants being remarkably similar to her husband [[Jake Morgendorffer]]'s rants against his father.. Rita once attacked Helen and Amy for never calling their mother themselves, and said that they were partially to blame for the bad relationship; Amy gave a bitter response (with Helen's agreement) of "Why should we when she's never offered us the slightest bit of encouragement or appreciation?".
 
In [[fanon]], it's assumed she paid for [[Brian Danielson]] to fly out to Switzerland to have a second honeymoon with Erin, saving their marriage ("[[Aunt Nauseum]]"): Brian didn't have a job to pay for it on his own, and she'd already sent Erin there.
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