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In "Aunt Nauseam," Amy makes a curious comment. In response to Daria, who said: "Mom and Aunt Rita are on the brink of mutually assured destruction, Quinn's obviously having a nervous breakdown, and Dad's on the lamb," Amy says, "Gee, reminds me of my childhood." This implies that Helen and Rita's frequent fighting caused their father to absent himself from the home, and had a negative effect on their mother as well.
Amy appears to be bright, well-read, introverted, intellectual rather than emotional, and highly judgmental. Her anger over being the forgotten baby expresses itself as razor-sharp ridicule and scorn. She prefers to dress casually but with style. She appears to be self-sufficient and is able to travel far afield on vacations, such as to Hawaii.
Indeed, to paraphrase something [[Canadibrit]] once wrote in a fanfic, Amy is the best indication that Daria is related to these people. That is likely the reason why she has appeared way more often in fanfiction than she has in the series (three appearances total).
==Appearances in ''Daria'' Episodes==
In "[[I Don't]]", she attended [[Erin Chambers|Erin]]'s wedding, and escaped with Daria to get cheese fries and, more importantly, implicitly suggest that there's a place for one of Daria's mindset in the real world after all. In "[[Through a Lens Darkly]]" she gave advice about Daria's wearing contact lenses. Finally, in "[[Aunt Nauseam]]," Daria called brought her in to mediate between Rita and Helen. Amy ended up, to the surprise of many viewers, adding more fuel to the fire until Daria and Quinn saved the day. Beyond these three appearances, we know almost nothing about Aunt Amy.
[[image:amy-an1.gif|right|frame|Amy Barksdale in "[[Aunt Nauseam]]." (Compare with other images and note facial changes.)]]
==Fanfiction Portrayals==
Presumably due to her similarity to Daria, Amy proved to be very popular for
===Amy of the Undefined Job===
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