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She was sweet and pretty and could beat up any boy in Mrs. Jewls's class.

— Narration in "Maurecia"


Maurecia (Sister Mo by Jenny) is a character in the Wayside School books. She is one of the many students in Mrs. Jewls's class. In the books, she is a sweet and honest student with a strong love for ice cream. She is one of the Unbreakables, alongside Joy, Ron, and Deedee. However, in the cartoon, she was a tomboy who was in love with Todd, but punched him in an attempt to hide her affection.

Appearance[]

In the cartoon, Maurecia is a girl with a large helmet that is pink with blue flames on it. She has a purplish-blue ponytail, that when untied reveals she has long, wavy hair, as seen in "Todd Falls in Love". She wears a reddish-violet shirt, and a blue skirt. On her feet, she is seen in pink roller skates, which she uses to go places.

In the books, aside from being pretty and once wearing a polka-dot shirt, never is Maurecia's appearance described. In "A Story That Isn't About Socks," Maurecia's "best clothes" are a black and white striped bikini. In "Voices," her voice is described as like "a pineapple milkshake".

Personality[]

Maurecia's personality can be one of the hardest to summarize, since between the books and cartoon, her personality was wildly changed.

In the books, she seemed to be a very friendly girl, and since she was so sweet, she ended up being everyone's favorite ice cream flavor ("Maurecia"). Often, she ends up admitting to her mistakes, such as when she ended up tearing a page in the classroom's dictionary ("Guilty"), and when she discovered a bag containing 20,655 dollars, she waited to see who owned it, rather than keeping it all to herself ("Lost and Found"). Despite her friendly nature, however, on occasions she is seen to tease other students, such as when she calls Joe stupid ("Joe"), when she is seen making fun of Todd ("Time Out"), alongside Joy who had a particularly antagonistic relationship with, and when she and Joy teased Dameon about his crush on Mrs. Jewls ("Love and a Dead Rat"). Also in the chapter used to introduce her, it mentions she can beat up any boy in class, though this is rarely seen. The more tomboyish side to her nature may come from her best friend, Joy.

The cartoon seems to drop the sweet and more feminine side of her personality, seeming to act more like Joy, who was not in the cartoon, (most likely to make up for her absence). She constantly is seen beating up Todd, but this may just be to show affection for him. Maurecia is still seen to do good things, but often in a more rough nature.

Gallery[]

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Relationships[]

Todd[]

Todd is the "victim" of her crush, she thinks of him as a boyfriend even though he doesn't think of her as a girlfriend but only a friend but still she punches him on the shoulder on many occasions.

Trivia[]

  • Only once has she been seen without her helmet ("Todd Falls in Love").
  • Maurecia's name is pronounced differently between the book and cartoon. However, the book pronunciation was used in the pilot movie; In the books it was pronounced "mau-REE-shuh", but in the cartoon it was pronounced "maur-EE-SEE-uh".
  • She is the last student to appear in the third book, not appearing until "Pet Day".
  • She is the only main character in the cartoon that doesn't have an episode with her name in the title.
  • Maurecia was absent in only one episode ("Best Friendzzz").
  • In the cartoon, Maurecia must count her wheels
  • In the cartoon, Maurecia is the only character on wheels
  • Her crush on Todd in the cartoon might be a reference to line "She liked Todd ice cream the best." from the chapter "Maurecia"
  • In season 2, Maurecia also looks taller.
  • In the episode "Slow Mo Mo", she was forced to wear square wheels.
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