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Introduced in the episode, "[[The New Kid]]," Ted is a peer of [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] and [[Jane Lane|Jane]] at [[Lawndale High]].
Despite this, the character would almost never reappear in the series again, andconspicuously wasabsent notfrom seenall insubsequent anyclass of the classesscenes and did not appear inall season five episodes. Therefore, it is not entirely clear ifwhether he was in the same grade as Daria.
=Episodes=
Ted is present in the follwoingfollowing episodes:
*207 - [[The New Kid]] - He makes his appearance in this episode, where he is one of the main characters.
*403 - [[A Tree Grows Inin Lawndale]] - just a mute appearance at the football game.
*406 - [[I loatheLoathe a paradeParade]] - appears photographing Daria and Tom and has a brief talking line.
=Family and home=
Ted's parents are Leslie DeWitt and Grant Clinton. It is unknown if he has any siblings. They live in a two-storeystory house in Lawndale.
Ted's parents vocally claim a dislike for the modern society and its 'offerings':. theirTheir house is equipped with solar pannels;panels. they They plant corn, skashsquash and beans in the front and back yards;. they They don't drink coffee noror alcohol and do not watch television. They hate the Beatles and gum and dispisedespise Greenpeace. Ted and his father have made a wooden couch, carved from a whole tree, and built a phonograph from scratch.
=Personality and Intrests=
By his own admission, Ted had a very sheltered childhood, havingincluding beenbeing home-schooled, and hadprior to askasking his parents to change to a public school. Because of this, he is portrayed as being a naïve and unaware of the realities of school life, and displays ignorance of normal teenage life in Lawndale.
Despite this he has a knacknumber of cultural interests: he is interested in Viola de Gamba ("[[The newNew kid"Kid]]) andas well as photography;, hashaving worked infor the school yearbook ("the[[The newNew kid"Kid]], "[[I loatheLoathe a parade"Parade]]). He also knows how to make jewelleryjewelry, has taught himself to fight with swords, and has practisedpracticed isommetricalisometric exercises, which he can use asin self defense ("[[The newNew kid"Kid]]).
=Fanficton=
Ted is usually displayed as a naïve and sweet young man in facfiction. Because of these characteristics, he has been popularity paired with [[Stacy Rowe]] as her love interest, since they seemingly share the same sweet disposition.
[[Category: Canon Characters|DeWitt-Clinton, Ted]]
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