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|episodecount= 3 (one non-speaking)
|gender=Female
|age=50s
|occupation=Potter
|family=[[Vincent Lane]] (husband) <br/> [[Penny Lane]] (daughter) <br/> [[Wind Lane]] (son) <br/> [[Summer Lane]] (daughter) <br/>[[Trent Lane]] (son) <br/> [[Jane Lane]] (daughter) <br/> [[Adrian]] (grandson) <br/> [[Courtney]] (granddaughter)
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[[Image:Amanda Lane.JPG|thumb|right|240px|Amanda Lane and her two youngest children]]
'''Amanda Lane''' is
==Character overview==
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[[Lawndale]]. In fact, Vincent and Amanda's constant absence from the Lane household, a recurring theme in ''Daria'', is often mentioned in passing during some episodes by Jane, though she does not seem too upset by it. In one episode, Jane herself describes Amanda and Vincent's parenting as "benign neglect".
From her appearance in "[[Lane Miserables]]" and her housekeeping notes in "[[The Daria Database]]", Amanda seems a very mellow and relaxed woman, maintaining a extremely laid back attitude regarding parenthood, ignoring the problems and confusion around her and being somewhat lax in enforcing rules, standards, or even basic cleanliness around [[Casa Lane|her house]]. She's also
This behavior eventually
Regarding raising children, Amanda likes to quote a proverb of holding a butterfly in one's hand
Amanda is seen working in her workshop with a kiln and a potter's wheel when she is at home. In the broadcast episodes, it appears that her workshop is in the basement of the Lane house (though the map of [[Lawndale]] in "[[The Daria Diaries]]" indicates it is in an old bomb shelter).
"The Daria Database" shows that Amanda isn't bothered by the mess at home, and
Vincent and Amanda are often in completely different parts of the world to each other. "The Daria Database" mentions an exception, when they toured East Europe together. Vincent once said to Wind that Amanda and himself try to work out their marriage issues by role-playing and hitting each other with foam rubber bats.
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==In Fanfiction==
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Stories or series in which Amanda notably appears or is mentioned include:
* [[The Man Next Door]] by [[Sacred Dust]], in which Amanda returns permanently to the Lane house to be a more dependable parent to Jane and Trent but must face her difficult past as well.
* The [[John Lane]] series, by [[Richard Lobinske]], starts by Vincent and Amanda being found to be unsuitable parents and relinquish their parental rights to the Morgendorffers, thus setting the premise of the series. Amanda is characterized as being even more aloof than in canon. Amanda appears in [[John]] and [[Retouched Parents]].
* In the [[Last Summer]] and [[Falling into College]] series, by [[Richard Lobinske]], Amanda makes guest appearances in [[It Was Your Idea]], [[Lane Closure]] and [[Lindy Lane]].
[[Category:Canon Characters|Lane, Amanda]]
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