Robert

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Robert
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First appearance The New Kid
Last appearance Groped by an Angel
Voiced by  ?
Episode count 5 episodes
Information
Gender Male
Age  ?
Occupation Student at Lawndale High; member of the Lawndale Lions
Family  ?
Significant other(s)  ?


Robert (surname unknown) is a student at Lawndale High. He was revealed to be a classmate of Daria and Jane in "Murder, She Snored." His one claim to fame is that, technically speaking, he was Daria's very first date ("The New Kid").

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Appearances

A minor character at best, Robert has brief speaking parts in "The New Kid", "Daria!", "Daria Dance Party", "Murder, She Snored and "I Loathe a Parade." He is a silent background character in "The Lawndale File"", "Mart of Darkness" and "Groped by an Angel."

Probably Robert's most significant appearance was in "The New Kid," when Quinn sets him up with Daria, hoping to get her in a good mood so that she will agree to give sports and clubs more pages in the yearbook. Robert brings a set of note cards with "smart" conversation topics along with him, but when he asks about the yearbook Daria gets angry and exits the car. Though they had barely driven into town, this arguably counts as Daria's first date. Later, Robert tries to hassle Daria and Ted at the arcade, though he can't remember why he thinks he needs to do this. When Ted beats him in a sword-fighting game the two wind up bonding and basically forget about Daria entirely.

Robert's other main role was in "Daria Dance Party," when Kevin and Brittany go through a temporary break-up. Kevin makes the other football players agree not to date her, but Robert had been on vacation and did not know this rule, so Brittany invites him in order to make Kevin jealous. The two have a bad time, though Robert tries to console her. However, when Kevin finally arrives Brittany begins kissing Robert, inflaming Kevin's jealousy and making him attack Robert. The latter seems to win the fight, as the episode ends with Kevin being taken to the hospital.

Personality and Interests

Robert plays football for the Lawndale Lions. He is one of Quinn's boy toys, doing whatever she asks of him. Polite and well behaved around women, he frequently addresses them as "ma'am." Around males, especially his friends, Robert likes to roughhouse. The cheerleaders think he is a bad dancer ("Daria Dance Party").

By nature Robert appears to be friendly, well mannered, chivalrous, and emotional. He is physically powerful (he broke Kevin's jaw in "Daria Dance Party"), but rarely goes looking for trouble. His incompetence at fulfilling even moderately complex tasks could presumably be traced to his dull intellect or hazy memory.

Fanfiction about Robert

Predictably, per the TV series, he often calls Daria "Darcy" and says "ma'am" to all women. His primary interests seem to be football, dating girls from the Fashion Club, and screwing up to provide comic relief.

Robert appears in Wouter's "Dinner at Tiffany's" Dariarotica comic as Tiffany's date for the evening but a mix up with the movie tickets makes this a kind of date neither would have expected.

As a number of fans assume that Ted is gay, and Robert is the most common male to pair him with, as in Overlord Mikey's "One More Round." This trope has been subverted in The Excellent S's Lawndale Fighting Championship series where, teamed up as "Da Nice Guyz", they act comically friendly to each other. It is up to colour commentator Janet Barch to imply that there is more to their relationship.

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