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'''Jake Morgendorffer''' is a fictional animated character who featured regularly in the MTV television show, ''Daria.''
[[image:Jake1.gif|thumb|right|250px|Jake Morgendorffer]]
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== Relationship with Helen ==
Jake and Helen are and always have been much in love, but there is a strong undercurrent of resentment between the two of them in their relationship. Helen described Jake's behavior as "wandering in a fog when he's not flying into a rage" to a counselor. His general meekness often causes Helen to make a majority of the decisions. When Jake goes into a rage, Helen ranges from either humoring him or conflicting.
In the episode "[[Psycho Therapy]]," Jake accuses Helen of having control issues, in which he is allowed no vices. Both of them are then asked to role-play as the other, and Jake portrayed Helen as a narcissistic career woman with an addiction to praise and does everything without empathy, while Helen portrayed Jake as a self-pitying manic-depressive who doesn't try to fix his own problems and aversion to responsibility. Jake's assessment of Helen really hit home for her and upset her greatly, to which he apologized afterwards.
Despite this, though, both of them still care about each other, and there is no lack of passion in their marriage.
==Personality==
As a victim of long-term emotional abuse, Jake suffers from neurotic behavior that at times borders on mental illness. His general reaction to everyday trauma is to avoid conflict, usually by ducking behind a newspaper that he pretends to read. However, in spite of this defense, Jake has been known to go off on angry fits of yelling and screaming at things, real and imaginary that he feels are out to get him. In particular, Jake is prone to scream "
In spite of these fits, Jake has not shown signs of physically or emotionally abusing his wife or children like many victims of childhood abuse engage in. Indeed, his children both are quite protective of their father and his wife Helen often goes out of her way to humor her husband during his tirades.
Despite Jake's neurotic behavior, there have been periods where he had true insight into the lives of his children, such as during "Boxing Daria,"
==External links==
* [http://www.outpost-daria.com/ch_jake.html Outpost Daria - Character: Jake]
* [http://www.the-wildone.com/dvdaria/glennfollowup2.html April 2005 interview with Glenn Eichler on DVDaria], in which Jake's lack of business acumen is discussed.
[[Category:Canon Characters|Morgendorffer, Jake]]
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