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''[[The Daria Diaries]]'' show that Brittany runs an advice column in the [[Lawndale Lowdown]], called ''Ask Brittany''. It also reveals she once tried to get the cheerleading team to do cheers for all the non-sports clubs at Lawndale, to show they cared about the whole school; cheers were drafted for the chess club, AV club, and debate team.
 
[[Image:FizzEd_bdjk.jpg|thumb|left|250px200px|BrittanyJane, KevinDaria, DariaBrittany, and JaneKevin in "[[Fizz Ed]]"]]
 
Brittany considers [[Jodie Landon]] to be her best friend and is almost always seen interacting with her, seemingly oblivious to how annoyed Jodie is with her. Usually Jodie expresses her annoyance with a subtle jab but twice it resulted in Jodie making very clear that she didn't want Brittany around. In "[[Gifted]]" where she insulted Brittany with her "rent a brain" remark and in "[[Partner's Complaint]]" where she quickly enlisted Daria to work together on the Economics project with, to avoid having to work with Brittany.
 
Brittany and [[Daria]] are constantly interacting, partly because Brittany seems to seek Daria out; while the cheerleader annoys her, Daria has sometimes given Brittany help or advice ("[[The Invitation]]", "[[The Misery Chick]]") Brittany has also helped Daria or tried to - she once invited [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] to a party because Daria helped her in art class, and once tried to help Daria sound perky - and visited her in hospital in "[[Ill]]". She has made derogatory remarks about Daria's looks and popularity, but stating them more as if they're well-known facts rather than being malicious. In "[[Art Burn]]", when asked by her father why she didn't say she was having friends over, casually remarks: "Oh, they aren't friends, just Daria and Jane."
 
She is often friendly, optimistic, and generous. As well as 'helping' Daria out, she tried to create cheers for all the sports teams and clubs - up to and including chess - so they wouldn't be left out ("The Daria Diaries"), and her websites (see below) show her trying to help other cheerleaders deal with problems.
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[[Image:Brittany.gif|right|frame|Brittany Taylor as she regularly appears on ''Daria.'']]
 
<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Her appearance was modeled after MTV personality [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_McCarthy Jenny McCarthy.]
 
==The Issue of Brittany's Come-and-Go Intelligence==
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==Brittany and Violence==
 
[[Image:BrittanyHunter.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Brittany at paintball. ("[[The Daria Hunter]]")]]
 
A running gag in the show, mainly in the first and second seasons, is that Brittany, when really irritated, thwacks Kevin (and sometimes others). While this was intended as a joke, when [http://dariablog2.blogspot.com/2009/12/history-of-violence-part-1.html taken] [http://dariablog2.blogspot.com/2009/12/history-of-violence-part-2.html together] Brittany comes off as having a hair-trigger temper and resorting to excessive violence without little cause. Her attack on Kevin in "[[Is It Fall Yet?]]" is [http://www.theangstguy.com/images/iify-smackdown.gif quite brutal], as she carries on her assault for a long period and this after her first blow was a bad one.
 
In "The Daria Hunter", she alsoBrittany displays a surprising knowledge of squad-level military tactics and displays ruthlessness and close-quarters combat skills during the paintball match. This surprises her peers, and proves that she is smarter than people think she is.
 
==Brittany and Kevin==
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==TheOlder futureBrittany==
 
[[Image:kevbrit20yl.jpg|right|frame|DariaKevin and Brittany in 2017, by Karen Disher]]
 
For the show's 20th anniversary, [[Susie Lewis]] explained how she thought the cast had turned out and [[Karen Disher]] drew 2017 versions of them for [http://ew.com/tv/daria-20-years-later/catching-up-with-the-daria-gang/ Catching Up With The Daria Gang]:
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==The Taylor Family==
 
Brittany's father is [[Steve Taylor]] and her stepmother is [[Ashley-Amber Taylor]]; her biological mother is named [[Vivian Taylor]], though she never appeared in the series. [[Brian Taylor (character)|Brian Taylor]] is Brittany's troublesome younger brother, who enjoys torturing small animals. Their father appears to favor Brittany considerably over his rude and misbehaving son. Brittany is very fond of her stepmother, to whom she bears an uncanny and disturbing resemblance. Daria mistakes the former model for Brittany's sister at one point.
 
==Future==
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==Misc. Trivia==
* Janie Mertz told the [[Daria Behind The Scenes Special]] that she based the voice on Loretta from ''Cheers'' and [[Karen Disher]] said she based her design on Jenny McCarthy in ''Singled Out''.
 
* In the Latin American dubbing, she was voiced by Claudia Motta.
 
==Brittany in FanficFanfics==
 
Only fanfics in which Brittany is a main character are included.
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* [[The Impossible]] by [[The Angst Guy]]
* [[In the Beginning]] by [[The Angst Guy]]
* [[NoLegion Oneof LivesLawndale ForeverHeroes]] by [[The Angst GuyRoentgen]] and Brother Grimace
* [[Making the Breast of It]] by [[The Angst Guy]]
* [[No One Lives Forever]] by [[The Angst Guy]]
* [https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12472529/1/The-More-Things-Change The More Things Change] by [[Two-Eyed Charlie]]
* [[Suite for Cello, Two-Part Invention]] by [[The Angst Guy]]
* [[A Slice of Pizza]], [[Crusts of Pizza]] and [[Piano Practice]] by [[Brother Grimace]]
* [[Legion of Lawndale Heroes]] by [[Roentgen]] and Brother Grimace
 
==External linkLink==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20120112075411/http://www.outpost-daria.com/ch_brittany.html Outpost Daria - Characters: Brittany] (via Wayback Machine)
 
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