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==Appearances and characterization==▼
Morris appears in the episode "[[See Jane Run]]" and has
Morris has been at Lawndale High for over a decade, and taught [[Penny Lane]] and [[Summer Lane]] before her. She has contempt for both girls and the Lane's in general, and deliberately targeted Penny when she was teaching her: "I taught her a thing or two about the American competitive spirit." which prompted Jane to reply "You sure did. That's why she's spent the last ten years out of the country."
▲'''Mrs. Morris''' (no known first name) was a physical-education teacher at [[Lawndale High]], as well as the [[Lawndale High Track Team|track team coach]] and (it appears) the cheerleading coach.
[[Image:Morris_class.jpg|thumb|350px|left|A typical class, from "[[The Daria Database]]"]]
▲==Appearances and characterization==
▲Morris appears in the episode "[[See Jane Run]]" and has a non speaking appearance in "[[Lucky Strike]]".
Morris was openly corrupt, turning phys-ed into covert cheerleading practice and fudging grades for athletes. Prior to the start of the series, she had taught Jane's two older sisters and viewed the whole family as shiftless slackers
"Database" has a photo of a typical lesson: the entire class are half-dead on the floor, and Morris is walking past them with a satisfied expression. A photo of the Lawndale High staff room has her blowing her whistle to try and break up [[Janet Barch]]'s beating of [[Anthony DeMartino]].
She would later join the school's union strike in "[[Lucky Strike]]", and go on to watch [[Charles Ruttheimer III]] seemingly dying at his magic act with amusement in "[[Life in the Past Lane]]".
Morris also appears in ''[[Daria's Inferno]]'' where she offers her whistle, to keep the football players and cheerleaders at bay in Lawndale High.
==Morris in Fanfiction==
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Morris has often been portrayed in a negative light in fanfiction, in tune with her antagonistic portrayal in ''See Jane Run''.
Notable appearances:[[Image:Ms Morris Big sister.JPG|thumb|250px|right|"Do you think you can be all that you can be?"]]
* [[Ring of Champions]], of the the [[John Lane]] series, by [[Richard Lobinske]].
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* [[See Jane Spike]] by [[The Angst Guy]], where she's a tyrannical figure of terror forcing the characters into a volleyball game.
* Morris appeared in [[Big
* Ms. Morris also appeared in Wouter Jaegers' [[Keeping Track of Fantasies]], in a flashback of her verbal battle against Jane. And as Evan's lover in a not so pleasant figment of Jane's imagination.
* [[Liliane Grenier]] has depicted Penny Lane in Ms. Morris' gym class
[[Category: Canon Characters]]
[[Category: Canon Teachers]]
[[Category: Lawndale High teachers]]
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