Joe Mangel

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Joe Mangel
Image:Joemangel.jpg
First appearance 1988
Last appearance 2005
Cause/Reason To Help Toby on his farm
Statistics
Gender Male
Occupation Farmer/Construction Worker
Family Len Mangel (father)
Nell Mangel (mother)
Amanda Harris (sister)
Spouse Noeline Mangel (divorced)
Kerry Bishop (deceased)
Melanie Pearson (divorced
Children Toby Mangel
Sky Mangel
Relatives Jane Harris (niece)
Kerry Mangel, Jr. (adoptive granddaughter)
Portrayed by Mark Little

Joe Mangel was a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Mark Little. He first appeared in 1988 until 1991, and made a brief return for several months in 2005.

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Joe was the youngest child of Len and Nell Mangel. In contrast, to his studious sister Amanda, Joe was laidback and rougish and often disappointed his mother. Joe and Nell's relationship fell apart when Nell found a gun and immediately assumed Joe was involved in a hold-up on a local service Station.

Joe left home and moved to Darwin and later fell in love with and married Noeline. They had a son called Toby. Their happiness wasn't to last as Joe couldn't cope with the financial burden of a family and left when Toby was three.

Sometime later, Joe's niece Jane found a pistol buried in the back yard and Nell explained about Joe. Jane, with the help of Neighbour, Henry Ramsay went to track down Joe and found him in a Neighbouring suburb of Erinsborough.

Joe initially didn't want to contact Nell after everything, but eventually did. The gun issue was resolved but Nell and Joe's relationship took a while to develop

When Nell remarried and moved to England, Joe took over Number 32 and moved a lot of his junk in, much to the disgust of Jane.

Joe later bonded with Nell's dog, Bouncer.

Joe set up a landscape gardening business with Henry after becoming firm friends.

Noeline made a reappearance in Joe's life with a Nine-year-old, Toby. Joe took a while to get used to being a father and initially saw his son as soft. However, he warmed to him.

When Noelene eventually came to collect, Toby, Joe was sad to see him leave and was horrified when it was revealed that Noeline's new husband Ted had been beating both Noeline and Toby. After Joe came to the rescue of his ex-wife and their son, He and Noeline worked out an understanding between.

Joe later began seeing Kerry Bishop, Harold's daughter. Harold was not best pleased with that especially when he found out Kerry had spent the night with Joe.

Kerry didn't really want to get seriously involved but Joe's quick thinking, when her daughter Sky was bitten by a red-back spider while on a picnic, managed to sway her feelings.

Joe and Kerry decided to get married alonside their friends Des Clarke and Jane Harris. When Nell fell ill in England, Jane decided to fly out and visit her. Joe and Kerry wound up marrying alone in a butterfly sanctuary with all their family and friends present.

In 1990, Noelene returned wanting Toby to live with her in Darwin, having gotten a new job there. Toby made a hard choice and decided to go and live with his mother. This was short-lived as Noeline was hit by a car and killed. Joe and Kerry helped Toby through his grief. A while later Joe and Kerry agreed to adopt each other's children.

Tragedy struck later that year when Kerry was shot by a stray bullet while protesting against Duck hunters, she was rushed to hospital, but she died in Theatre and also lost the baby she was carrying. Joe and Harold were grief stricken.

Following Kerry's funeral, Sky's biological father, Eric Jensen came to claim custody of Sky. Joe lost in court and Eric gained custody. Joe made a desperate attempt to hang on to his daughter and grabbed her while Eric and his wife weren't looking and headed off into the Bush with her and Toby. Joe, after much persuasion from Harold eventually gave himself up and returned Sky to the Jensens. Eric eventually handed Sky back when he couldn't cope.

Joe later fell for his lodger Melanie and they were married in October 1991. On hearing the news that Nell had had another Heart Attack, Joe realised that he and Melanie would have to sell the house to afford the medical bills. On leaving for England, Joe arranged for Toby to live with Dorothy Burke, who lived next door while they were gone.

Joe, Melanie and Sky later returned to Australia and sent for Toby to join them in the countryside. Several Years later, Joe and Melanie divorced.

In 2005, Joe returned to Erinsborough on the eve of Sky's 18th Birthday and stayed for several months. He had many clashes with Janelle Timmins and his former-in-laws, the Bishops. Joe became involved with Lyn Scully, who was separated from her husband also named Joe. Lyn's eldest daughter, Stephanie originally resented this union but came around.

Joe proved to be a great support to Harold and Sky after David, Liljana and Serena died in a plane crash above the Tasman sea.

Joe and Lyn announced their engagement but it was cut short when Toby phoned from Western Australia needing help on his farm. Joe was reluctant to leave, but Lyn persuaded him to go and help his son. Joe then left town after saying goodbye to Sky and returned to the bush once more.

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