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At some point before Buxton Ridge, Jake was in the Boy Scouts with [[Paul Meyerson]].
Jake's time in military school further traumatized him, as his parents refused to visit him and all but forgot about him until graduation ("[[Of Human Bonding]]"). [[Corporal Ellenbogen]] and the Commandant of Cadets seemed to target him specifically, and he was regularly bullied by many of the other cadets (including being hung from the flagpole by his underpants for a time and being made to eat his dress socks by "the big guys"). <br><br><br><br><br><br>His letters home from military school show him becoming increasingly broken and bitter, first asking to be told what he did wrong so he won't do it again and descending into vicious screeds against his father. He forgives his mother though, viewing her as having no choice but to go along with "Mad Dog's" ideas. Jake did haveone friend: [[Randy]], sent to the Ridge for putting his fist through a wall, and who went AWOL after four years. Jake wanted to go with him but didn't to deny his father "the satisfaction" of him flunking out. ("[[The Daria Diaries]]")
He did try to get involved in the school musical review and the football team, but in both cases he was rubbish and mocked for it. ("[[The Story of D]]", "[[The Lab Brat]]") He was in the Color Guard during this time, and put on a Leadership Platoon Reaction Course. He wasn't very good at that either. Apart from all that, he wasn't very good at being a cadet: he failed at many basic tasks, and in four years he racked up 98 demerits "but they still won't kick me out". ("[[The Daria Diaries]]")
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== Relationship with Helen ==
{{quote|...never imagining that someday you would find yourself shouldering the bulk of the difficult parenting decisions while your spouse remains blissfully disconnected from reality, lost in a dream world of his own making.|Helen on Jake, "[[Broodbeat]]"}}
[[Image:Jake and Helen.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Jake, reassured by Helen ("[[Sappy Anniversary]]"]]
<br><br><br><br><br>They celebrated their 23rd wedding anniversary around the time of season 2.
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. In the episode "[[Psycho Therapy]]," Helen describes Jake's behavior as "lost in a fog when [he's] not flying into a rage" to a counselor, and in "[[One J at a Time]]" she shows anger over his inability to get over his father. His general meekness often causes Helen to make a majority of the decisions. When Jake goes into a rage, Helen ranges from humoring him to pushing back. "[[Fire!]]" showed them in a loving, calm relationship once they were in a relaxed environment, though this ended once stress re-entered the scene.
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{{quote|You know what dad, talking to you actually made me feel better about myself.|Daria}}
{{quote|That's what I'm here for,
[[Image:Jake_Daria2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Daria helps her father learn basic computer usage ("[[Sappy Anniversary]]").]]
<br><br><br><br><br><br>Jake is loving towards his daughters, though he's often vulnerable to being taken advantage of - especially financially. As a result, he will often let Helen take the lead and simply attempt to back her up, though this often goes wrong when he's not been paying attention. In "Quinn the Brain" he initially complained he wasn't ever allowed to be the lead parent, and then, when he proved unable to navigate his daughter's extortions, threw his wallet at them and yelled "damn it, Helen, I told you I was no good at this parent crap!".
When it comes to difficult situations in parenting, Jake tries to avoid them: Helen would even once say that she's "raising two teenagers all by [her]self", before remembering "with Jake". ("[[The Daria Hunter]]") He manages to blot out most of Quinn & Daria's conflicts or problems the girls are showing, mainly for his own health. "[[My Night at Daria's]]" showed that he was incapable of handling the very ''concept'' of his daughters having sex, freaking out and running off at the very sight of Daria during that episode. "[[Lane Miserables]]" and "[[The Daria Database]]" established he can't even remember basic facts about his daughters, like their approximate age or the name of their friends (even though there's only ''one'' to remember in Daria's case). He may wonder why Quinn never introduced him to any of her friends ("[[Daria Dance Party]]") but Helen has no such confusion...
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{{quote|Did I mention I make pie charts?|[[Sappy Anniversary]]}}
<br><br><br>Jake owns his own consultancy, [[Morgendorffer Consulting]]. Jake's status as a marketing consultant changes from episode to episode. Sometimes it seems to be doing just fine, sometimes he's losing clients and is in danger of losing his parking space. As a sole proprietor business with only one consultant, yo-yo fortunes are not unsurprising. ▼
▲Jake owns his own consultancy, [[Morgendorffer Consulting]]. Jake's status as a marketing consultant changes from episode to episode. Sometimes it seems to be doing just fine, sometimes he's losing clients and is in danger of losing his parking space. As a sole proprietor business with only one consultant, yo-yo fortunes are not unsurprising.
[[Glenn Eichler]] [http://www.the-wildone.com/dvdaria/glenninterviewsfull.html has stated] that MTV had "highly paid idiot "consultants" roam the halls dispensing wisdom like "Kids today communicate through text messaging! That's a cell phone thing they do!" So I figured if they could make a living stating the obvious, so could Jake." He also stated that Jake isn't a very good businessman but manages to get a few lucrative jobs now and then - his problem isn't that he's stupid, it's that he's not as good at office politics as Helen.
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==External links==
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120821145454/http://www.outpost-daria.com/ch_jake.html Outpost Daria - Character: Jake] (via Wayback Machine)
* [http://www.the-wildone.com/dvdaria/glennfollowup4.html April 2005 interview with Glenn Eichler on DVDaria], in which Jake's lack of business acumen is discussed.
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