Character
Krabappel's name was chosen by early Simpsons writers Wallace Wolodarsky and Jay Kogen as a play on the fruit "crabapple" and as a reference to the teacher Miss Crabtree from the 1930s The Little Rascals TV series. Also, there was an initial joke of no one mispronouncing the character's last name as "Crabapple" until Milhouse uses it in a later episode, stunning the other children. In one episode Homer is horrified to learn that no one has corrected him for calling her "Krandal." Like many characters, Mrs. Krabappel has a memorable catchphrase, used often in the series: her derisive laugh ("HA!").
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