Kevin Thompson

Kevin was a football player, and Brittany Taylor's boyfriend. And, on a good day, that was about it.

Character Overview


Kevin Thompson was a student at Lawndale High, where he was quarterback of the school's football team, the Lawndale Lions.

Kevin served as the show's "village idiot." He was exaggeratedly dimwitted and was one of many extreme personalities used to balance the main character's lack of enthusiasm, as well as justify her cynicism and give her a target for sarcastic remarks.

From the very beginning of the series, he was in a romantic relationship with fellow student Brittany Taylor, one of the cheerleaders, who was typically portrayed as smarter than Kevin, but not by very much.

The duo's trademark was that they were scarcely seen wearing anything other than their respective team uniforms. In the Daria telemovie/finale, Is It College Yet?, Kevin was the only character among Daria's classmates who did not graduate, because of his low grades.

Trivia

 * Kevin was voiced by actor Marc Thompson, who also gave voice to Anthony DeMartino, Timothy O'Neill, and Charles "Upchuck" Ruttheimer III.
 * The voice actor has stated that Kevin is the character most resembling himself, "because he's really absent-minded."
 * In the never-aired pilot for Daria (Sealed with a Kick), Kevin became convinced Daria was attracted to him, a mistaken belief that Daria uncharacteristically fueled to embarrass Kevin and make Brittany jealous. This particular dynamic between Daria and Kevin was never featured in any of the episodes that aired, although it is hinted at in the episode "The Lab Brat."
 * Kevin managed to bond with Daria's dad, Jake Morgendorffer, albeit in the short term. While assigned to a group project with Daria, she introduced him to the Pigskin Channel on TV in order to keep him distracted while she worked, and Kevin watched this with Jake.  The bonding, however, seems to have been exceptionally one-sided.  There is little evidence that Kevin noticed Jake any more than he noticed Quinn's pathetic attempts to seduce him.
 * Kevin is almost always seen wearing his uniform and shoulder pads. Still, there are a few instances (non-dream/fiction sequences) where he is seen without them:
 * The Lost Girls: He wears a tie-dyed tee shirt
 * Just Add Water: A "tuxedo print" Tee Shirt
 * A Tree Grows in Lawndale: Kevin removes his jersey and pads onscreen revealing a Tee with a cartoon character and the words "HEY, KIDS!"

External link

 * Outpost Daria - Characters: Kevin