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'''Timothy O'Neill''' is a teacher at [[Lawndale High]].
'''Timothy O'Neill''' is a teacher at [[Lawndale High]]. He lives in a New Age decorated apartment building in Lawndale.





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In "[[Fair Enough]]", for the first and only time he snapped at a student who was acting up ([[Brittany Taylor]]) to get them to pay attention, but immediately went back to his usual style after he'd got their attention. Later, when Kevin never turned up, O'Neill showed a brief glimpse of anger in referring to him as "sabotaging our play".
In "[[Fair Enough]]", for the first and only time he snapped at a student who was acting up ([[Brittany Taylor]]) to get them to pay attention, but immediately went back to his usual style after he'd got their attention. Later, when Kevin never turned up, O'Neill showed a brief glimpse of anger in referring to him as "sabotaging our play".


When dressed as a mascot in "[[I Loathe a Parade]]", he tries to physically ''make'' Daria dance along with him and continues to pester her despite her protests and unwillingness. When his identity was revealed, he merely gave a bashful "oh, my... whenever I cut loose, I always go overboard".
In "[[Is It Fall Yet?]]", when confronted by [[Link]], he stated that he truly cared about helping young people. Link's response that "you suck at it" left him very upset and frantically trying to dismiss the statement.


In "[[Is It Fall Yet?]]", when confronted by [[Link]], he stated that he truly cared about helping young people. Link's response that "you suck at it" left him very upset and frantically trying to dismiss the statement. Previously, in "[[The F Word]]", he'd broken down after one of his assignments had done nothing but mess up his students, crying in front of them that "I'm a failure as a teacher, as a mentor, nay, as a human being. Don't waste another minute listening to my misguided drivel". Daria ended up convincing him otherwise, but only for part of an anti-Quinn scheme.
He lives in an apartment building in Lawndale, where a despondent Timothy had his worries of failing as a teacher eased by Daria and Jane in the episode [[The F Word]].


O'Neill suffers from an allergy to pollen, and carries an inhaler ("[[Antisocial Climbers]]").
O'Neill suffers from an allergy to pollen, and carries an inhaler ("[[Antisocial Climbers]]").
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On the second season episode, "[[The Daria Hunter]]," Mr. O'Neill (unwittingly) began a sexual-but-not-romantic relationship with the misandrist [[Janet Barch]], which is repeated in episodes plotted similarly to "[[The Daria Hunter]]," "[[Fair Enough]]," and "[[Just Add Water]]" (and was mentioned briefly in the episode "[[Murder, She Snored]]"). The clear implication is that they engage in sexual practices that most would find unusual or disturbing. They don't appear to have done much in their relationship outside of sex. Janet's attraction to him was that "you're sensitive... but you're a ''man!''", though when he attempted (badly) to stand up to her about the engagement in IICY?, she was intrigued and attracted by the idea of him having a backbone.
On the second season episode, "[[The Daria Hunter]]," Mr. O'Neill (unwittingly) began a sexual-but-not-romantic relationship with the misandrist [[Janet Barch]], which is repeated in episodes plotted similarly to "[[The Daria Hunter]]," "[[Fair Enough]]," and "[[Just Add Water]]" (and was mentioned briefly in the episode "[[Murder, She Snored]]"). The clear implication is that they engage in sexual practices that most would find unusual or disturbing. They don't appear to have done much in their relationship outside of sex. Janet's attraction to him was that "you're sensitive... but you're a ''man!''", though when he attempted (badly) to stand up to her about the engagement in IICY?, she was intrigued and attracted by the idea of him having a backbone.


DeMartino has often found him supremely irritating, but in ''IICY'' referred to O'Neill as a friend.
DeMartino has often found him supremely irritating, but in ''IICY'' referred to O'Neill as a friend. This may have been caused by "[[Is It Fall Yet?]]", where an elated DeMartino rediscovered why he wanted to be a teacher and thanked O'Neill for the responsibility.


O'Neill also takes a strong interest in Daria's education and well-being, whether she likes it or not. Daria usually responds with annoyed sarcasm and occasionally harsher words (quite strongly criticising him in "[[Boxing Daria]]" for trying to get her to tell other "outcast" kids how good Lawndale was). In "[[The Daria Diaries]]", O'Neill wrote to [[Helen Morgendorffer]] saying he took a special interest in Daria because he thought she suffered from a "serious malaise" that her sarcasm was hding, and he admitted that Daria's sarcasm upsets him. "Sometimes, after a conversation with Daria... I ache." A letter which would have come across much better if he had gotten the name "Morgendorffer" right.
O'Neill also takes a strong interest in Daria's education and well-being, whether she likes it or not. She'll be called upon to read or volunteer, given extra assignments, and in the case of "[[The Lost Girls]]" he sent her writing in to [[Val Magazine]] without permission. In that episode, he even calls himself her writing "mentor" - he genuinely believes he's inspiring her in her work. Daria usually responds to all this with annoyed sarcasm, frustration, and occasionally a harsh attack: quite strongly criticising him in "[[Boxing Daria]]" for trying to get her to tell other "outcast" kids how good Lawndale was, and reading a [[Melody Powers|violent revenge fantasy]] in "[[Cafe Disaffecto]]". When he was left a despondent, depressed wreck in "[[The F Word]]", Daria didn't actually ''care'' (joking that "fortunately" her and Jane had no motivation to help him) and only went along to give him a consoling speech to get something out of him.


In "[[The Daria Diaries]]", O'Neill wrote to [[Helen Morgendorffer]] saying he took a special interest in Daria because he thought she suffered from a "serious malaise" that her sarcasm was hding, and he admitted that Daria's sarcasm upsets him. "Sometimes, after a conversation with Daria... I ache." (A letter which might have come across much better if he had gotten her surname right.)
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Helen's response in "Diaries" was to chew him out for sending her these letters, attacking his views and defending Daria's "coping mechanisms" as necessary for the working world. In "[[The Lawndale File]]", she referred to O'Neill as being "creepy".


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Helen's response in "Diaries" was to chew him out for sending her these letters, attacking his views and defending Daria's "coping mechanisms" as necessary for the working world (and had at him for misspelling Daria's name). In "[[The Lawndale File]]", she referred to O'Neill as being "creepy".


Im "[[I Loathe a Parade]]" he dresses up in a Lawndale lions mascotte costume and tries almost violently to get Daria to dance along with him, despite her protests and unwillingness to do so, he actually drags her along. O'Neil never got the message here that she really couldn't be coached into going along with the festivities.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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