Miss Lenhart - Revision history

FaviFake: /* Math teacher */ fun fact

2026-05-10T19:35:13Z

‎Math teacher: fun fact

FaviFake at 16:11, 9 May 2026

2026-05-09T16:11:16Z

FaviFake at 16:10, 9 May 2026

2026-05-09T16:10:21Z

FaviFake: unnecessary

2026-05-09T16:09:04Z

unnecessary

FaviFake: fix

2026-05-09T16:08:45Z

fix

FaviFake: given the proposal made at the community portal, i'm merging Blondie and Miss Lenhart, just like Cutie and Megan

2026-05-09T16:05:05Z

given the proposal made at the community portal, i'm merging Blondie and Miss Lenhart, just like Cutie and Megan

FaviFake: Per the discussion at the community portal, Blondie and Miss Lenhart are being merged, just like Cutie and Megan

2026-05-09T15:24:09Z

Per the discussion at the community portal, Blondie and Miss Lenhart are being merged, just like Cutie and Megan

FaviFake: Per the discussion at the community portal, Blondie and Miss Lenhart are being merged, just like Cutie and Megan

2026-05-09T15:23:54Z

Per the discussion at the community portal, Blondie and Miss Lenhart are being merged, just like Cutie and Megan

73.71.254.42: /* Math teacher */

2026-04-07T00:14:26Z

‎Math teacher

31.217.12.252: Undo revision 384845 by 68.183.198.131 (talk)

2025-08-24T06:53:21Z

Undo revision 384845 by 68.183.198.131 (talk)

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 After [[1519: Venus]], we see Miss Lenhart transition to college level material such as [[2028: Complex Numbers]], [[2545: Bayes%27 Theorem]], [[2560: Confounding Variables]] and [[2283: Exa-Exabyte]]. If she did in fact retire early from public secondary school education, it would be possible for her to supplement her pension as an adjunct professor teaching college level science and math courses at a community or state institution of higher education, despite teaching grammar in [[3229: Grammar]].
-In some early comics, such as [[435: Purity]] and [[599: Apocalypse]], Miss Lenhart is portrayed as a mathematician.
+In some early comics, such as [[435: Purity]] and [[599: Apocalypse]], Miss Lenhart is portrayed as a mathematician. However, in [[1985: Meteorologist]] she is explicitly ''not'' into mathematics and instead has a Linguistics degree under her belt.
 ===News anchor===

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 ===Mother===
-Blondie appears to be the wife of a Cueball-like character in [[275: Thoughts]]. In [[416: Zealous Autoconfig]] and [[342: 1337: Part 2]], both Miss Lenhart and Mrs. Roberts are portrayed as mothers with at least two children. Miss Lenhart is also depicted as a mother in a few other comics, such as:
+Miss Lenhart appears to be the wife of a Cueball-like character in [[275: Thoughts]]. In [[416: Zealous Autoconfig]] and [[342: 1337: Part 2]], both Miss Lenhart and Mrs. Roberts are portrayed as mothers with at least two children. Miss Lenhart is also depicted as a mother in a few other comics, such as:
 *[[200: Bill Nye]], with two boys.
 *[[275: Thoughts]], having a daughter.
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 ==Name==
-Miss Lenhart is a minor character in xkcd, but has had several appearances without ever being named in general. In fact, she has only been named twice where she actually appears. The first time she's named is in her second appearance, [[135: Substitute]]. The first time she is both drawn and mentioned by name is in [[499: Scantron]], and the only other time (so far by comic 1731) is in [[1050: Forgot Algebra]]. But her name was used before for a not-shown teacher in [[135: Substitute]], which is why it makes sense to call the math teacher in [[263: Certainty]] Miss Lenhart. That would thus make it the first time she appeared as a character in a comic.
+Miss Lenhart is a minor character in xkcd, but has had several appearances without ever being named in general. In fact, she has only been named twice where she is actually drawn. The first time she's named is in her second appearance, [[135: Substitute]]. The first time she is both drawn and mentioned by name is in [[499: Scantron]], and the only other time (so far by comic 1731) is in [[1050: Forgot Algebra]]. But her name was used before for a not-shown teacher in [[135: Substitute]], which is why it makes sense to call the math teacher in [[263: Certainty]] Miss Lenhart. That would thus make it the first time she appeared as a character in a comic.
 Her family name is again the only thing used in [[416: Zealous Autoconfig]], although there it does not directly say that she is a teacher. While school is mentioned, it is for her children. Thus, the name is first connected directly to the blonde teacher in her fifth "appearance" after she was also drawn in [[442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel]].
-Later, her name is used again without her being present, except on the phone in [[704: Principle of Explosion]]. Here, she is Mrs. Lenhart. It is possible that this character is the mother of Miss Lenhart. Or, because she here obviously has a son, she may have been married after she was originally named Miss. This is the second time she has been mentioned to be a mother. Both Blondie and one of the other named Blondie-like characters [[Mrs. Roberts]] are shown to be mothers. In [[2808: Daytime Firefly]], the off-screen character of "{{w|Ms.}} Lenhart" is mentioned in the title text (in an imagined conversation with a male teacher) who could be this main character, if not just one or other of her relatives.
+Later, her name is used again without her being present, except on the phone in [[704: Principle of Explosion]]. Here, she is Mrs. Lenhart. It is possible that this character is the mother of Miss Lenhart. Or, because she here obviously has a son, she may have been married after she was originally named Miss. This is the second time she has been mentioned to be a mother. Both Miss Lenhart and one of the other named Miss Lenhart-like character [[Mrs. Roberts]] is shown to be a mother. In [[2808: Daytime Firefly]], the off-screen character of "{{w|Ms.}} Lenhart" is mentioned in the title text (in an imagined conversation with a male teacher) who could be this main character, if not just one or other of her relatives.
 Her name is mentioned in total six<!-- someone check this +1 change is up-to-date! (As of #2808) --> times. So, the other comics with Miss Lenhart refer to a teacher with her appearance, just like [[Megan]] only has been named a few times but is still used to describe the general dark-haired woman. However, Miss Lenhart must have long blonde hair, so a teacher with her hair in a ponytail, like in [[982: Set Theory]], is not Miss Lenhart but [[Ponytail]], even though the teaching method reminds of the one in [[1724: Proofs]] with Miss Lenhart.

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-<noinclude>:''For a list of comics, see [[:Category:Comics featuring Miss Lenhart|Comics featuring Miss Lenhart]].''
+<noinclude>:''For a list of comics, see [[:Category:Comics featuring Miss Lenhart|Comics featuring Miss Lenhart]].''</noinclude>
 '''Miss Lenhart''' is a [[stick figure]] character in [[xkcd]]. She is most often used as a math teacher and a [[:Category:News anchor|news anchor]], but is often featured in the background of other comics when Randall needs additional characters. Like most other xkcd characters, she does not necessarily represent the same character from comic to comic. She is distinguished by her long blonde hair. In [[1817: Incognito Mode]], her hair is significantly more detailed.
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 After [[1519: Venus]], we see Miss Lenhart transition to college level material such as [[2028: Complex Numbers]], [[2545: Bayes%27 Theorem]], [[2560: Confounding Variables]] and [[2283: Exa-Exabyte]]. If she did in fact retire early from public secondary school education, it would be possible for her to supplement her pension as an adjunct professor teaching college level science and math courses at a community or state institution of higher education, despite teaching grammar in [[3229: Grammar]].
-In some early comics, such as [[435: Purity]] and [[599: Apocalypse]], a mathematician looking like Blondie could possibly be a representation of Miss Lenhart. But so far, they have not been included, as Miss Lenhart as Blondie is not clearly depicted as a teacher (or with name) in these comics.
+In some early comics, such as [[435: Purity]] and [[599: Apocalypse]], Miss Lenhart is portrayed as a mathematician.
 ===News anchor===

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 :''For the generic Miss Lenhart, see [[Blondie]].''</noinclude>
-'''Miss Lenhart''' is a [[stick figure]] character in [[xkcd]]. She is most often used as a math teacher and a [[:Category:News anchor|news anchor]], but is often featured in the background of other comics when Randall needs additional characters. Like most other xkcd characters, she does not necessarily represent the same character from comic to comic.
+'''Miss Lenhart''' is a [[stick figure]] character in [[xkcd]]. She is most often used as a math teacher and a [[:Category:News anchor|news anchor]], but is often featured in the background of other comics when Randall needs additional characters. Like most other xkcd characters, she does not necessarily represent the same character from comic to comic. She is distinguished by her long blonde hair. In [[1817: Incognito Mode]], her hair is significantly more detailed.
 ==Roles==

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-| first_appearance = [[135: Substitute]]
+| first_appearance = [[59: Graduation]]
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 ==Name==
-Miss Lenhart is a minor character in xkcd, but has had several appearances without ever being named in general. In fact, she has only been named twice where she actually appears. The first time she is both drawn and mentioned by name is in [[499: Scantron]], and the only other time (so far by comic 1731) is in [[1050: Forgot Algebra]]. But her name was used before for a not-shown teacher in [[135: Substitute]], which is why it makes sense to call the math teacher in [[263: Certainty]] Miss Lenhart. That would thus make it the first time she appeared as a character in a comic.
+Miss Lenhart is a minor character in xkcd, but has had several appearances without ever being named in general. In fact, she has only been named twice where she actually appears. The first time she's named is in her second appearance, [[135: Substitute]]. The first time she is both drawn and mentioned by name is in [[499: Scantron]], and the only other time (so far by comic 1731) is in [[1050: Forgot Algebra]]. But her name was used before for a not-shown teacher in [[135: Substitute]], which is why it makes sense to call the math teacher in [[263: Certainty]] Miss Lenhart. That would thus make it the first time she appeared as a character in a comic.
 Her family name is again the only thing used in [[416: Zealous Autoconfig]], although there it does not directly say that she is a teacher. While school is mentioned, it is for her children. Thus, the name is first connected directly to the blonde teacher in her fifth "appearance" after she was also drawn in [[442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel]].

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 :''For the generic Miss Lenhart, see [[Blondie]].''</noinclude>
-'''Miss Lenhart''' is a [[stick figure]] character in [[xkcd]]. She is the go-to character when [[Randall]] needs a teacher. She has white hair of shoulder length and is a named version of [[Blondie]], like how [[Rob]] is a named version of [[Cueball]]. She may or may not represent the same character from comic to comic.
+'''Miss Lenhart''' is a [[stick figure]] character in [[xkcd]]. She is most often used as a math teacher and a [[:Category:News anchor|news anchor]], but is often featured in the background of other comics when Randall needs additional characters. Like most other xkcd characters, she does not necessarily represent the same character from comic to comic.
-==Name==
+==Appearance==
-Miss Lenhart has only been named twice where she actually appears. The first time she is both drawn and mentioned by name is in [[499: Scantron]], and the only other time (so far by comic 1731) is in [[1050: Forgot Algebra]]. But her name was used before for a not-shown teacher in [[135: Substitute]], which is why it makes sense to call the math teacher in [[263: Certainty]] Miss Lenhart. That would thus make it the first time she appeared as a character in a comic.
+She is distinguished by her long blonde hair. In [[1817: Incognito Mode]], her hair is significantly more detailed.
-Her family name is again the only thing used in [[416: Zealous Autoconfig]], although there it does not directly say that she is a teacher. While school is mentioned, it is for her children. Thus, the name is first connected directly to the blonde teacher in her fifth "appearance" after she was also drawn in [[442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel]].
+==Roles==
-Later, her name is used again without her being present, except on the phone in [[704: Principle of Explosion]]. Here, she is Mrs. Lenhart. It is possible that this character is the mother of Miss Lenhart. Or, because she here obviously has a son, she may have been married after she was originally named Miss. This is the second time she has been mentioned to be a mother. Both Blondie and one of the other named Blondie-like characters [[Mrs. Roberts]] are shown to be mothers. In [[2808: Daytime Firefly]], the off-screen character of "{{w|Ms.}} Lenhart" is mentioned in the title text (in an imagined conversation with a male teacher) who could be this main character, if not just one or other of her relatives.
+Miss Lenhart is mainly just another woman that [[Randall]] can use when he wishes to give a woman a specific characteristic so to set her aside from the more commonly used women [[Megan]] and [[Ponytail]]. The hacker [[Mrs. Roberts]] is another [[:Category:Minor characters|minor characters]] who has the same appearance as Miss Lenhart.
-Her name is mentioned in total six<!-- someone check this +1 change is up-to-date! (As of #2808) --> times. So, the other comics with Miss Lenhart refer to a teacher with her appearance, just like [[Megan]] only has been named a few times but is still used to describe the general dark-haired woman. However, Miss Lenhart must have long blonde hair, so a teacher with her hair in a ponytail, like in [[982: Set Theory]], is not Miss Lenhart but [[Ponytail]], even though the teaching method reminds of the one in [[1724: Proofs]] with Miss Lenhart.
+===Math teacher===
 [[File:Miss lenhart.png|thumb|200px|Miss Lenhart as a math teacher]]
-There are several cases where Miss Lenhart is described as a math teacher. Her name is used in this context in her first comic [[135: Substitute]], and she is both named and drawn in [[1050: Forgot Algebra]] as a math teacher. She is also teaching mathematics in [[263: Certainty]], [[622: Haiku Proof]], [[1724: Proofs]], and [[2605: Taylor Series]].
+Miss Lenhart is the go-to character when [[Randall]] needs a teacher. There are several cases where Miss Lenhart is described as a math teacher. Her name is used in this context in her first comic [[135: Substitute]], and she is both named and drawn in [[1050: Forgot Algebra]] as a math teacher. She is also teaching mathematics in [[263: Certainty]], [[622: Haiku Proof]], [[1724: Proofs]], and [[2605: Taylor Series]].
 Her career appears to closely follow the trajectory of a public-school math teacher at either the middle or high school level as teachers become subject specific at that point. Teacher's lounges and substitutes are also features of the North American secondary school system. In [[1519: Venus]] and [[803: Airfoil]] she is seen teaching two non-math science related classes, which is something else that happens in American schools due to a general shortage of qualified STEM teachers.
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 In some early comics, such as [[435: Purity]] and [[599: Apocalypse]], a mathematician looking like Blondie could possibly be a representation of Miss Lenhart. But so far, they have not been included, as Miss Lenhart as Blondie is not clearly depicted as a teacher (or with name) in these comics.
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+| image      = Blondie.png
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 In [[1519: Venus]], it is confirmed that Miss Lenhart is one month away from retirement (which is shown to result in taking her teaching duties less seriously. Being forced to teach outside her subject matter expertise (Earth/Environmental Science instead of Math) may have factored into her decision, but regardless, public sector teachers in the United States generally still earn pensions and are able to retire earlier than other workers.
-After [[1519: Venus]], we see Miss Lenhart transition to college level material such as [[2028: Complex Numbers]], [[2545: Bayes%27 Theorem]], [[2560: Confounding Variables]] and [[2283: Exa-Exabyte]]. If she did in fact retire early from public secondary school education, it would be possible for her to supplement her pension as an adjunct professor teaching college level science and math courses at a community or state institution of higher education.
+After [[1519: Venus]], we see Miss Lenhart transition to college level material such as [[2028: Complex Numbers]], [[2545: Bayes%27 Theorem]], [[2560: Confounding Variables]] and [[2283: Exa-Exabyte]]. If she did in fact retire early from public secondary school education, it would be possible for her to supplement her pension as an adjunct professor teaching college level science and math courses at a community or state institution of higher education, despite teaching grammar in [[3229: Grammar]].
 In some early comics, such as [[435: Purity]] and [[599: Apocalypse]], a mathematician looking like Blondie could possibly be a representation of Miss Lenhart. But so far, they have not been included, as Miss Lenhart as Blondie is not clearly depicted as a teacher (or with name) in these comics.