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Malcolm Lear

 

Malcolm Lear is a profound, gentleman like actor, but is a rival and antagonist in the perspective of Edwin Blackgaard for his knowledge and superb enactments of Shakespeare plays. He despises Edwin Blackgaard and sees him as a foe.

 

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Mandy Straussberg

 

Mandy Straussberg is sweet and intelligent, but does have a stubborn streak. She’s had her share of disagreements with her best friend, Liz Horton. But the two of them have been there for each other, even through the tough times. Mandy’s brother, David, is sometimes too cynical for his own good.

 

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Margaret Faye

 

Margaret Faye is the former mayor of Odyssey. Margaret also had a love interest in John Whittaker, whom she fell in love with, and proposed to. Whit turned her down, due to their different spiritual and political beliefs.

 

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Mark Herring

 

Mark Herring is an author who bikes across America and writes as he travels. He wrote a book titled "Handlebars Across America." During his travels, he stopped by Odyssey to gain insights about the town for his book. Whit had him arrive in a disguise (as an electrician) so he could get a real perspective of Whit's End. Ultimately, he left Whit's End and didn't know if he was going to include them in his book. Prior to this, he also authored a book called "What Your Kids Want to Know But You Better Not Tell Them."

 

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Mark Horton

 

Mark has red hair and, thanks to the army, now has muscles. He is a second lieutenant in the army, and the last time we saw him, he was home from active duty due to an injury. Liz calls her brother "Red," and Mark calls Liz "Carrot." One of Mark's favorite foods is cinnamon raisin bagels. When Mark was much younger, he had anger issues, even to the point of breaking a kid's nose over a game of checkers.

 

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Martha Carmen

 

Martha Carmen is the former community relations spokesperson for Novacom Broadcasting. She stepped into the position after Arthur Dent was forced to leave.

 

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Marvin Washington

 

Marvin is the middle child in the Washington family. Marvin doesn’t get excited much, but seems to end up getting caught in some wild adventures anyway. Marvin tends to get into trouble when other kids pull him into things he shouldn’t be doing. But with his father’s love and help, he’s learning to stand up for himself.

 

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Mary Barclay

 

Mary Barclay, a caring and compassionate wife and mother, works hard to keep sanity among her husband and children, even during their difficult, constantly-changing lifestyle.

 

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Mary Hooper

 

Mary Hooper is a woman who lives in the Odyssey retirement home. She was initially extremely hostile towards Donna Barclay when she first came to visit. However, Whit encouraged her to keep visiting Mary and the two came to be close.

 

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Mary Hopkins

 

Mary Hopkins is the owner and manager of Mary's Story Shop. Her company sponsors the building of the second Whit's End in Connellsville. She is from South Dakota. Novacom used Mary to distract Whit with Whit's End Connellsville. Mary reminded Whit of Jenny Whittaker when they first met, at the time Whit was experimenting with new ideas for Whit's End, driving Mary to suggest Whit's End Connellsville.

 

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Matthew Parker

 

Matthew Parker is an inquisitive 12-13 year old who loves to tinker with things—often to the consternation of everyone around him. But when he isn't breaking and rebuilding stuff, he's helping Emily Jones solve mysteries around town...

 

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Maude Walton

 

Maude Walton is Bernard Walton's wife. She met Bernard Walton at a chicken restaurant. He initially choked on his chicken sandwich and she helped him cough it up. Later they had a misunderstanding when he tried to take a psychology class so he could get to know her better.

 

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Maureen Hodges

 

Maureen is very passionate about both education and moral integrity. Her motherly instincts also drive her passion to see her son Lawrence grow up to be the best man he can be.

 

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Maureen McFadden

 

Maureen McFadden is the fiancée of Robert Mitchell, whom she met during their work with the FBI.

 

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Max Hampton

 

Max is a young boy who is a little rough around the edges. He teases and picks on other kids at school. His parents barely spend any time with him or set any boundaries.

 

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Melanie Jacobs

 

Melanie, younger sister to Robyn Jacobs, is a sensitive girl who cares deeply about people in general and animals especially. She once went crazy about when the world was going to end.

 

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Melvin "Lightning" Livingstone

 

Melvin "Lightning" Livingston was a famous basketball player who retired in Odyssey and opened a sports store.

 

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Michael Mulligan

 

Mike is married to Dr. Traci Mulligan, a vet. His daughter, Lisa Mulligan is blind, and the family took in Nick, his nephew. They now have six kids at their farm (Janelle, Jessica, Hector, Tony and Brianna, as well as his actual relatives Lisa and Nick), and an assortment of rather strange animals.

 

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Michaela Bourland

 

Michaela enjoys sports and misses her father, Peter, who works with the FBI. She goes by "Mike" for short. Janelle, her mother, looks after Michaela most of the time.

 

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Mildred Kendall

 

Mildred Kendall is the grandmother of Connie Kendall and mother of Connie's father, Bill Kendall. Her health began deteriorating and eventually led to heart failure which took her life.

 

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Millie Shanks

 

Millie Shanks is the mother of Katrina Shanks Meltsner. She survives her husband, Armitage Shanks, to a deadly brain tumor. Millie also has two unnamed sons.

 

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Miss Turner

 

Miss Turner serves as Harlow Doyle's personal secretary until she has a nervous breakdown.

 

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Monica Stone

 

An important character in the Novacom saga, Monica Stone was a spy for Novacom Enterprises. She and Robert Mitchell are the two direct employees of Novacom to join for somewhat noble reasons. Although one-dimensional throughout her early scenes, the truth why she worked with Novacom added complexity to her role, as well as the overall theme of the Novacom saga.

 

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Monica Winters

 

Monica Winters is a young, attractive girl who ran in a modeling contest. She previously had problems with her diet when her mother forced her to eat less to look better in modeling contests.

 

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Monty Whittaker-Dowd

 

Montgomery Whittaker-Dowd is Whit's grandson and a minor character in Adventures in Odyssey. Monty first appeared in the Family Portraits two-parter A Member of the Family. He later appeared in late 1989 and early 1990 along with his sister, Jenny. Due to the divorce the surname was changed to Whittaker.

 

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Mr. Grote

 

Mr. Grote is the mastermind behind "The Green Ring Conspiracy" as well as other international plot rings. He is an enemy of the secret service. He also attempted a plot in London but was thwarted by Jason Whittaker.

 

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Mr. Jefferson

 

Mr. Jefferson is the father of Alex Jefferson.

 

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Mr. Jenkins

 

Mr. Jenkins is the owner of Jenkins' Market. One of his employees was Albert Schultz and he once sold lots and lots of soda, chips, and birdhouses, which was part of the Novacom threat.

 

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Mrs. Clark

 

Mrs. Clark is the mother of Erica and Hayley.

 

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Mrs. Cunningham-Schultz

 

Mrs. Cunningham-Schultz was married to Hal Cunningham before he died. Later she remarried to a man who's last name was Schultz. Her daughter is Lucy Cunningham-Schultz. Her future son in-law is Jack Davis who proposed to Lucy.

 

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Mrs. DeWhite

 

Mrs. DeWhite has a husband, Stephen, and two sons, Jared and Trent.

 

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Mrs. Horton

 

Mrs. Horton, married to Dale Horton, is the mother of Liz and Mark.

 

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Mrs. Kramer

 

Mrs. Kramer is the current librarian in Odyssey and also spends time working at the Odyssey Retirement Home. She is known to be jaded, cynical, and easily annoyed. She keeps tabs on everything and has joined every community club possible in the hope that she will get a raise. She hates at least 100 things, one of which is a Valentine's Day gift with no candy (she wrote a poem). She says she has a lack of faith in youth.

 

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Mrs. Nietchew

 

Mrs. Nietchew is a middle school teacher of Trent DeWhite, Liz Horton, Brenda Frazier, Marvin Washington, and Mandy Straussberg. She coached the cheerleading squad and taught both English and the gifted class at Odyssey Middle School.

 

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Mrs. Randolph

 

Mrs. Randoloph is a woman who lives on Wooton's mail route and is friends with him. Wooton oftens helps out her at her house. She has one granddaughter who lives in Kansas. She also has a daughter who always sends her peanut-brittle.

 

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