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On the other hand, she is still unmarried, and [[Christmas Cake|very conscious about it]], as well as about [[Dude, Where's My Respect?|the lack of respect she gets]]. She is usually [[Adult Child|extremely childish, such that even her own students appear more mature than her]].
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Their frequent complaints about being unable to settle down in a proper relationship, are probably based on the traditional Japanese culture's conflicting expectations, [[Career Versus Family|that a married woman shouldn't work]], and [[Christmas Cake|a woman over 25 should be married]], and for the intended audience of Anime, schoolteachers provided the first, childhood exposure to women with this dilemma, enforcing the stereotype that teachers are the sort of women who can never get married.
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* Miss Grotke from ''[[Recess]]'' has some shades of this trope. She's pretty much loved by all her students (and takes a [[Cool Big Sis]] role to Spinelli), young and unmarried (not a [[Christmas Cake]] really, but it's hinted that she's in her early 30s), and is arguably, pretty [[Moe]].
* Sun Park from [[American Dragon: Jake Long]] is on a [[First-Name Basis]] with her high school students, is young and pretty, and is a gentle mentor to Haley.
* When she's not portrayed as an [[Apathetic Teacher]], [[The Simpsons|Mrs. Krabappel]] comes across like this, particularly when outside of the classroom (though occasionally in it.)
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