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[[Image:Amanda Lane.JPG|thumb|right|240px|Amanda Lane and her two youngest children]]
 
'''Amanda Lane''' is an artist specialisingspecializing mainly in ceramic sculptures, wife of [[Vincent Lane]] and the mother of [[Summer Lane|Summer]], [[Wind Lane|Wind]], [[Penny Lane|Penny]], [[Trent Lane|Trent]] and [[Jane Lane]].
 
==Character overview==
 
Amanda has only two speaking appearances, in episodes "[[Lane Miserables]]" and "[[Art Burn]]", often being absent from
[[Lawndale]]. In fact, VicentVincent 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 VicentVincent's parenting as "benign neglect".
 
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).
 
From her appearance in [[Lane Miserables]], 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 around her house. This behavior eventually turns agaistagainst her in ''Lane Miserables'', when the sudden concentration of the Lane family members in her house overwhelms her and she has to go ask help to [[Helen Morgendorffer|Helen]] in ways to get her own house back.
 
Later in the episode, Vincent comments to Wind that Amanda and himself try to work their marriage issues by role-playing and hitting each other with foam rubber bats.
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==In Fanfiction==
 
In Daria Fanfictionfanfiction, Amanda is usually portrayed as an absent mother, similar to her [[Canon|canon]] characterization, with Jane or Trent saying in passing that their mother is somewhere far away from Lawndale (usually outside the USA) or that they do not know his whereabouts at all.
 
Stories or series in which Amanda notably appears or is mentioned include:
 
* The [[John Lane]] series, by [[Richard Lobinske]], starts by VicentVincent 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 characterisedcharacterized 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]].
* Amanda plays a relatively large role in [[Wouter]]'s Dariarotica comic [[Growing pains]] where she unsuccesfullyunsuccessfully tries to give her old hand-me-downs to Jane. Amanda is depicted as having a zaneyzany but surprisingly sharp character. The comic also show Amanda bonding with Jane.
 
[[Category:Canon Characters|Lane, Amanda]]
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