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Mrs. Dodds is a Fury who poses as a math teacher at Yancy Academy for part of the school year. She torments Percy every chance she gets by assigning him detention and failing him on tests. She later assumes her monstrous appearance during a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and she attempts to attack Percy—but Percy instinctively slays her with Mr. Brunner’s help (Mr. Brunner tosses Percy the pen that turns into Poseidon’s Riptide sword). Being a monster, Mrs. Dodds isn’t dead after this: she comes alive again, and along with the other two Furies, she torments Percy several more times over the course of his quest.
Mrs. Dodds Quotes in The Lightning Thief
The The Lightning Thief quotes below are all either spoken by Mrs. Dodds or refer to Mrs. Dodds. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1 Quotes
I have moments like that a lot, when my brain falls asleep or something, and the next thing I know I’ve missed something, as if a puzzle piece fell out of the universe and left me staring at the blank place behind it. The school counselor told me this was part of the ADHD, my brain misinterpreting things.
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Chapter 20 Quotes
The middle Fury, the one who had been Mrs. Dodds, stepped forward. Her fangs were bared, but for once she didn’t look threatening. She looked more disappointed, as if she’d been planning to have me for supper, but had decided I might give her indigestion.
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Mrs. Dodds Character Timeline in The Lightning Thief
The timeline below shows where the character Mrs. Dodds appears in The Lightning Thief. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1
...Mr. Brunner’s explanation, but kids talking make it hard to hear. The evil math teacher, Mrs. Dodds , gives Percy a look whenever he tells a kid to shut up. She’s hated...
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...tries to control his temper but somehow—he doesn’t remember how—Nancy ends up in the fountain. Mrs. Dodds appears immediately, and kids whisper that the water grabbed Nancy. Mrs. Dodds asks Percy to...
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Mrs. Dodds leads Percy to an empty Greek and Roman gallery. She makes a weird noise and...
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Chapter 2
...since Christmas, when their last teacher left. They look at Percy oddly if he mentions Mrs. Dodds , but Grover can never convincingly tell Percy that Mrs. Dodds wasn’t real. The odd...
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Chapter 3
...asks if something happened that scared him, but Percy doesn’t want to tell her about Mrs. Dodds or the old ladies and risk sounding stupid. Mom purses her lips, but then she...
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...happened to him at every school. He knows he should mention the old ladies and Mrs. Dodds , but he suspects it’ll end their trip. Mom says that Percy’s dad wants Percy...
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...behind him. Percy is in shock, and he mutters something about the old ladies and Mrs. Dodds . Mom grabs her keys and tells the boys to get in the car. Percy...
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Chapter 6
...Annabeth explains that monsters don’t have souls, so they can’t really die. She confirms that Mrs. Dodds , a Fury, isn’t dead. Annoyed, Percy asks why he has to stay in the...
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Chapter 10
...after they board, Annabeth points out three old ladies getting on the bus. One is Mrs. Dodds . They sit across the front and block the aisle.
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...and Grover look for an exit, but the windows don’t open. In the Lincoln Tunnel, Mrs. Dodds and her sisters announce loudly that they need to use the restroom. They walk to...
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Deciding he can’t leave his friends, Percy pulls the cap off and hails the Furies. Mrs. Dodds and her sisters crawl toward him, but Percy uncaps Riptide. Mrs. Dodds tries to pull...
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Chapter 19
...the bolt and his own helm of darkness, but Hades found Percy out by sending Mrs. Dodds to Yancy. Confused, Annabeth confirms that Hades’s helm is missing. Hades snarls that he hasn’t...
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Chapter 20
...down and land in front of him. They somehow look nonthreatening and disappointed. Percy tosses Mrs. Dodds the helm and tells her to tell Hades to call off the war. She tells...
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