Tuckerization

Tuckerization is the act of naming a person, place, or thing in a work of fiction after a living person either as a homage or as an in-joke. The word is derived from 1950s science-fiction writer Wilson Tucker, who would name characters in his works after friends and family. In current science fiction, successful science-fiction authors have been known to auction off Tuckerizations for charity; the winner gets to have a character named after him in the next book.

A Tuckerization, however, is not a "guest appearance," where the character named after a living person is actually meant to represent that living person. Tuckerization is the naming of characters who are essentially different from their real-life counterparts, although they might have some similarities.

A variant of the Tuckerization is frequently used in Daria fanfic, in that the online screen names of fans, aurthors, and artists are used in stories instead of those persons' real names (e.g., the major characters of "Scarlett (story)").

Examples of Tuckerizations
A partial list of Tuckerizations in current Daria fanworks follows.

Falling Into College
 * Gina Fulton's best friend Natalie is named after Quiverwing.
 * Isabelle, the Costume Mistress for Raft's Theater Department, is named for HelpfulSkittlesExplosion.

Legion of Lawndale Heroes:
 * The quarry is named the Forman Quarry, after fanfiction writer C.E. Forman.
 * The Bowman Acts and Senator James Bowman are named after fanfiction writer James Bowman, who wrote the first part of Legion of Lawndale Heroes. (This Tuckerization was added by co-writer Brother Grimace.)
 * Bealer and Curtis, two members of Furmaan Singh's bodyguard, are named after fanfiction authors Kristen Bealer and Scissors MacGillicutty (although Scissors's name is misspelled).

Visitations:
 * Two villains in "Visitations" are named after James Bowman and Thomas Mikkelsen, two fan fiction writers.