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|age= 50-52
|occupation= businessman entrepreneur
|family= [[Michele Landon]] (wife); [[Jodie Landon]] (daugher); [[Rachel Landon]] (daugher); [[Evan Landon]] (son)
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==Appearances in the Series==
Andrew appears in the episodes "[[Gifted]]" (his debut), "[[The F Word]]," "[[Of Human Bonding]], "[[Legends of the Mall]]", "[[Prize Fighters]]", " ''[[Is It Fall Yet?]]'' and ''[[Is It College Yet?]]''. He gets mentioned in "[[The Daria Diaries]]" and "[[The Daria Database]]" books.
==Background==
"Nouveau riche and proud of it," states [[The Daria Database]].
Andrew Landon is best known to his peers as the inventor of the folding coffee cup (see "[[Gifted]]" and "[[Partner's Complaint]]"), which is implied to be the base for his fortune. He's quite wealthy as a result, and attends a number of entrepreneur and industry conventions. He wasn't yet in [[Winged Tree Country Club]] during "[[Is It Fall Yet?]]" but was intending to schmooze his way in. He ''had'' got into another club in "[[Gifted]]", having been on the waiting list for ''three years''.
He went to [[Turner]]
He knows restaurant franchise mogul [[Terry Perry Barlow]] through conventions and the two are on friendly terms ("[[Of Human Bonding]]"). Per comments in "Is It Fall Yet?",
We don't see much of his interaction with [[Mack]], except in "[[Is It College Yet?]]". When Mack wants to talk about Jodie, Andrew's initial, horrified thought is that Mack's got her pregnant. Later, he tries to nudge Mack into backing up his own plans for Jodie by pointing out Crestmore will put her closer to his college than Turner would.
==Personality==
[[Image:Andrew_badjoke.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Andrew's jokes mortify everyone ([[Is It Fall Yet?]])]]
He seems to be perpetually looking for business connections and wanting to know who's who in the business world. Socially, he always seems cheerful and positive, shaking hands and being personable to everyone he meets. He's been extremely friendly to [[Jake Morgendorffer]] both times they've met ("[[Gifted]]", "[[Of Human Bonding]]"), even though the end of "Gifted" made it clear the Landons thought the Morgendorffers were bizarre people; in "Bonding" he made a backhanded comment about the size of Jack's business compared his own (stating the pickings were too small for ''him'' but Jake should be able to get something), but this was inadvertent and meant as encouragment. ▼
He seems to be perpetually looking for business connections and wanting to know who's who in the business world. He's encouraged Jodie (and Daria) to do the same thing. When talking about the institutionalised racism and sexism at [[Wizard Computers]], he asked them "do you walk away because the guy at the top is an idiot, or do you join the people trying to change the way he does business?". Andrew also encouraged Jodie to go to Crestmore because of the important contacts she'd make.
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Politically, "Gifted" and "[[Is It College Yet?]]" show him to be quite right-wing. He's virulently against welfare (he claims "welfare cheats" force companies to use foreign child labour) and is using "creative accounting" on his tax returns to avoid subsidising it. He may have some ties to Congressman Sachs, since Jodie got an internship at his office (although the show does not state the political affiliation of the Congressman). He's aware of (and contemptuous of) the bigotry at Wizard Computers but points to the Wizard Foundation scholarship as evidence that some of its employeees want to change that, and believed that this faction could win out if girls like Jodie and Daria would sign up.
Jodie has remarked that he "thinks he's Martin Luther King" when he's trying to give a pep talk, and can say some very silly things in the attempt.
He is somewhat overbearing (see Family below) and can dominate the conversation, and make some very bad, embarrassing jokes, such as in "[[Is It Fall Yet?]]" when he made a lame one in front of Tom about his mother's "power" at Winged Tree Country Club. He appears to not realize when he's done this.
==Family==
[[Image:Jodie and dad.png|thumb|300px|right|]]
Andrew appears to love Jodie and wants her to achieve her potential, but he shows this by forcing her into more activities, work, and situations than she's willing or able to handle. In "[[Is It College Yet?]]", he thought
He adores his son [[Evan Landon]], apparently more so than his daughters (stating he "love[s] my girls but Evan, he's my ''son''). Comments he's made about the boy seem to ignore that he's still an infant, as he talked about him being a "linebacker" as if he was old enough to play. He and Michelle have clashed over raising him.
He has another daughter, [[Rachel Landon]], who was the "baby" of the family until Evan came along.
His relationship with Michelle has fracture points in it, as she's taken time out of work to look after Evan and is bitter about it; Andrew refuses to let her put Evan in daycare, which she wants to do so she can go back to work. She once referred to him with annoyance and contempt when he was networking in "[[Of Human Bonding]]". In [http://www.mtv.com/onair/daria/chapter2/tangle.jhtml the MTV flipbook "It Takes Two to Tangle" ], it's said their marriage is at risk because of "competing delusions of executive grandeur".▼
▲His relationship with Michelle has fracture points in it, as she's taken time out of work to look after Evan and is bitter about it; Andrew refuses to let her put Evan in daycare, which she wants to do so she can go back to work. She once referred to him with annoyance and contempt when he was networking in "[[Of Human Bonding]]". In
==Andrew Landon in Fanfiction==
Andrew's insistence that Jodie excels academically, whatever she wants, is a recurring theme in
In the story "[[A Hard Days' Night]]", he appears as the secret leader of an organization devoted to combating the forces of supernatural evil.
Andrew's folding coffee cup makes an
[[Ruthless Bunny]]'s "[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/932090/1/A_Change_in_Plans A Change in Plans]", set during IICY?, has Andrew and Michelle discuss their daughter's life, her college prospects, and her experiences in a majority-white town. They also are dismissive of Mack due to his working class background.
[[JoeMerl]]'s "[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10920759/1/Sitting-on-the-Sidelines Sitting on the Sidelines]" has Andrew deal with the knowledge that his son Evan is never going to become a football player.
[[Category:Canon Characters|Landon, Andrew]]
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