Amelia

Daria Morgendorffer's only known fan/follower, a teenager at Camp Grizzly in the episode, "Camp Fear" (her only appearance or mention in the Daria series). Freckled Amelia is taller than Daria and of stockier build, with dark bangs parted in the middle. Her dark glasses have square frames.

Amelia in "Camp Fear"
Amelia saw herself and Daria as having a lot in common -- the main reason Amelia came to the reunion was so that she could meet Daria again. She sees Daria as the ultimate rebel, whereas most of Daria's "rebellious" acts during her stay at Camp Grizzly could be explained through either unluck or through Daria's conscious choice to isolate herself from others.

Amelia's idolization of Daria is so great that when Jane refers to Amelia as "Daria having a secret fan club", Amelia takes the statement literally and assumes that Daria has an actual fan club. In Amelia's imagination, both she and Daria are examples of "not following the crowd".

When Daria tells Amelia that she doesn't have to follow Skip's planned agenda for the Camp Grizzly reunion, Amelia tells Daria that she wants to hang out with her. Daria tires of Amelia's clinginess and points out that Amelia has done nothing but follow Daria around since her arrival. Daria tells Amelia that she not only doesn't want to follow a crowd around, she doesn't want to gather a crowd, either. She tells Amelia to go practice being an individual somewhere else.

Amelia angrily turns against Daria, telling Daria that's she's learned the truth -- Daria just doesn't like anybody.

During Skip's final speech to the campers, Daria comes over to the table where Amelia is sitting -- alone -- and makes a sarcastic comment about Skip's speech. This prompts Amelia to interrupt Skip's speech with a speech of her own. She criticizes Skip for always talking and never listening to anyone, and says that she had been following along with Skip against her will. Amelia tells the crowd that the only reason she returned to Camp Grizzly was to meet Daria her "role model" and "inspiration". She notes that even though Daria is an unpleasant person (her opinion of Daria has clearly changed), Daria follows no one's marching orders. From now on, Amelia will do the same -- even if it leaves her a friendless and unpleasant outcast, just like Daria.

She states that she will never return to Camp Grizzly. Amelia's heartfelt speech is greeted with the campers pelting Skip with their Camp Grizzly T-shirts in support of Amelia.

At the end of the episode, Daria and Amelia have partially reconciled. Amelia is hoping that her speech didn't hurt Daria's feelings; Daria commends the speech for its truthfulness.

The opinion of Skip Stevens, camper
Skip complains on the ride home that Amelia is the "worst camper ever" who "doesn't even try to sing" and "never won anything".

Amelia in Daria Fandom
There is some debate among fans of the series (without supportive evidence) that Amelia was meant to be an archetype for Daria fans in general. The meeting between Daria and Amelia, according to this line of thought, was meant to be a cautionary tale, showing how Daria would actually react to discovering she had fans.

One is made to wonder whether Amelia's final rebellion wasn't just another way of imitating her personal idol, and not part of a true emotional breakthrough. If Daria can dislike everyone, Amelia figures she can, too. The issue is left unresolved, though it is worth noting that Amelia takes the time to make sure things between her and Daria are patched up before Daria leaves. If she had been serious about her adoption of Daria's attitude, she would not have cared. (And didn't Daria make an effort to be reconciled with Amelia before the latter's outburst at Skip? And wouldn't that open the door to Amelia doing the same with Daria?)

Amelia in Daria Fanfic
Amelia is not often used in Daria fanfiction. An adult Amelia, a county sheriff in Montana, appears in the post-canon story "Darkness," by The Angst Guy, who also showed Amelia shortly after reconnecting with Daria in "Prisoner of Hope." In an alternate-universe tale by TAG, "After the End," Amelia becomes Daria's best friend after Jane Lane dumps Daria for good after the romatic triangle with Tom Sloane develops.