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He often freaks out over money issues or property values falling ("[[The Teachings of Don Jake]]", "[[A Tree Grows in Lawndale]]"), sometimes on a random and nonsensical whim.
He always wanted to work on his cooking, and ever since a brief turndown in work in "[[Arts 'N Crass]]" he's been trying
In several episodes, Jake has expressed frustration that he become a corporate man and that he gave up on his ideals, and views himself as ''trapped'' in his current life ("a boring little house in a bland little town") and resenting middle-age; he generally keeps this hidden, with it only coming out [[The Teachings of Don Jake|due to "glitterberries"]] or [[That Was Then, This Is Dumb|visits from old hippie friends]]. However, in "[[Quinn the Brain]]", when trying to give advice he started to randomly yell "It's not too late to start over, Daria, it's not too late! You're still a young man! You don't have to live with your mistakes! Get out while you can!" before suddenly recovering.
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* "[[Arts 'N Crass]]", when he actually supports Daria and her artwork, showing that not only was he paying attention to Daria's situation, but understood how it affected her and her feelings about said situation. (Sadly for him, he was "meant" to be backing Helen's stance instead...)
Quinn, for her part, generally views her dad as a soft touch but was genuinely upset when he had his heart attack in "Jack of Hearts", abruptly deciding she was going to become a heart doctor; she stopped after he became well again but before then had been deliberately studying, a strange and shocking event. Daria, in "Of Human Bonding", thought: "he's afraid to be afraid. That's what's so heartbreaking. He's my father; shouldn't I let down the barricades for once and tell him I think he's a hero?" (She didn't.)
Internal production bios for Jake (see Trivia) reveal that he was originally meant to ''repeat'' his father's mistakes when he got under stress. This would be dropped soon into the show, while Mad Dog's mistakes would be shown to be greater than originally planned ("grounds the children, drinks").
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Jake owns his own
[[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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