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==Background==
Jake Morgendorffer was the only son of emotionally abusive parents. In particular, his overbearing father, nicknamed "Mad Dog" Morgendorffer, tormented his son mercilessly and ultimately shipped him off to
Afterwords, Jake enrolled in college and met his future wife [[Helen Morgendorffer|Helen]]. The two were part of the hippie
Like many hippies, Jake and Helen rejected the 1960s counter-culture by the end of the 1970s and began working in the corporate world. Jake in particular began work in the advertisement industry, with little success. Adding to his strife was the fact that Jake worked for a rather controlling boss who treated Jake poorly (whom he referred to as a "mini-
Jake and Helen ultimately had two daughters, [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] and [[Quinn Morgendorffer|Quinn]]. By this point the family was living in the fictional town of "Highland" (home of [[Beavis and Butthead]]). The family stayed there for several years before moving to the fictional town of [[Lawndale]]. It has been heavily implied, that the family moving came with Jake's decision to quit his job and start his own freelance advertising consultant firm. The move was designed to give Jake the freedom of being his own boss and to free him from the stress-filled environment he used to work in.
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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
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
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
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