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==Physical Appearance==
Amy is a half-head taller than the 5'2" Daria, but she and her sisters are about the same height. She is shown with a trim but shapely hourglass figure in "I Don't" and "Through a Lens Darkly," with an oval face much like Daria's. However, her face becomes narrower and her figure thinner and less shapely in "Aunt Nauseam." Her thick, wavy hair falls to the bottoms of her shoulder blades and appears to be dark red in color in most images, though it could also be maroon or auburn. She keeps her hair parted in the middle, leaving her forehead bare. Her glasses have large round lenses almost exactly like Daria's, though she also uses contacts without the glasses. Pearl earrings decorate her ears, and she wears a necklace for formal occasions. Her coloration works best with autumn-toned clothing (rust, brown, beige, etc.), as does Daria's. Like her favorite niece, Amy appears to prefer pink lipstick.
 
[[image:amy-an1.gif|right|frame|Amy Barksdale in "[[Aunt Nauseam]]." (Compare with other images and note facial changes.)]]
 
==Personality==
It's been said that Amy Barksdale clearly has mild amounts of psychological damage imposed upon her by her family. It becomes obvious from what she says that she was the forgotten baby of the Barksdales, always playing third fiddle against Rita's attractiveness and Helen's overachieving. She was largely ignored by her sisters, who constantly and ostentatiously struggled for attention from their parents. ("You didn't notice my sisters are so busy competing with each other that I don't even register on their radar?" she asks Daria in "I Don't.") Amy's mother, and possibly her father as well, strongly favored Rita under all circumstances and bailed her out of trouble time and again. This caused Helen to become even more of an overachiever, desperate to win the affection she never received.
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