Brittany Taylor

Brittany as she appeared in Daria's unaired pilot "Sealed with a Kick."

Brittany Taylor as she regularly appears on Daria.

Character Overview

Brittany Taylor is a fictional character on the MTV cartoon show Daria. She attends Lawndale High, where she is a cheerleader and the girlfriend of quarterback Kevin Thompson. The quintessential dumb blonde, she believes that a good cheer can solve pretty much anything. She is good at twirling her hair around her finger and looking vacant. She once invited Daria to a party because Daria helped her in art class.

The Issue of Brittany's Come-and-Go Intelligence

Though Brittany is no Einstein, she sometimes displays an unusual sensibility about things, and is certainly smarter than Kevin. When Daria was having a crisis over wearing contact lenses in "Through a Lens Darkly," Brittany was able to console her and defuse the problem, perhaps repaying Daria for the help she gave Brittany in "The Misery Chick." She also displayed an uncanny knack for military tactics in the episode "The Daria Hunter," surprising many of the characters with her plan to win a paintball match. In several episodes, she displays an ability to manipulate males.

However, despite it all, it remains fair to say that Brittany is generally stupid.

Brittany likes romance novels (per "Gifted") and shops at Cashman's, a store where all the popular girls in the series shop. Her motto is "Rain, rain, go away, come again another day. I just did my hair!"

Her appearance was modeled after MTV personality Jenny McCarthy.

Brittany and Kevin

Brittany's relationship with Kevin is often turbulent. They break up frequently for a variety of reasons, as when he gave her a football for her birthday or thought her goldfish needed air. In "Daria Dance Party," she broke up with Kevin and shouted, "And this time, I mean it!" She is also prone to cheating on him, an issue that comes up in several episodes.

While they are together they're either very loving, calling each other "babe," or bickering.

Kevin's mother doesn't like Brittany, seeing the girl as a potential teen mother, derailing Kevin's plans. In other words, it is implied, another version of herself.

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 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

At the end of the series, Brittany graduates from Lawndale High and is accepted into the freshman class at Great Prairie State University with the other Lawndale cheerleaders. She is still seeing Kevin, although it is strongly hinted that she will break up with him, as he is held back for a year at Lawndale High.

Brittany in Fanfic

Only fanfics in which Brittany is a main character are included.

• Brave New World by The Angst Guy
• The Impossible by The Angst Guy
• In the Beginning by The Angst Guy
• No One Lives Forever by The Angst Guy
• Suite for Cello, Two-Part Invention by The Angst Guy
• {A Slice of Pizza]] and Crusts of Pizza by Brother Grimace

External link

• Outpost Daria - Characters: Brittany