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The Lawndale Lions uniforms are the school colors of yellow and blue, but interestingly they are devoid of anything identifying attributes such as player numbers and names.
A lot of grade fixing goes on to make sure they will be able to keep playing football ("[[See Jane Run]]", "[[Murder, She Snored]]"). Mack is the ''single'' member who isn't on academic probation, and seems frustrated with his team-mates at times. He's had to inform the team to stop misbehaving on the team bus, with misbehaviour including picking fights with passing tractor-trailer drivers, hiding cheerleaders in the little bathroom, and pouring drinks on the bus driver while the bus is in motion. ("[[The Daria Diaries]]")
When Kevin was absent in "[[A Tree Grows in Lawndale]]", the Lions suffered a hideous losing streak.
The Lions seem to have a merchandise line of [[Evan Landon|baby versions of their shirts]] ("[[Gifted]]"). ▼
▲The Lions seem to have a merchandise line of [[Evan Landon|baby versions of their shirts]] ("[[Gifted]]")
==Members of the Team==
[[Image:lawndalelions2.jpg|right|frame|Kevin Thompson, the [[Three Js]], and two unnamed Lions 'Latino Lion' and 'Bangs Lion' (from "[[Daria Dance Party]]")]]
The team is trained by [[Coach Gibson]] (''[[The Daria Diaries]]'').▼
▲The team is trained by [[Coach Gibson]] (''
The complete list of players is difficult to compose. Several players appear in the episodes, but only in passing and without any speaking lines. Also, few have been given names during the running of the series. The
* [[Kevin Thompson]] - quarterback
* [[Mack Mackenzie]] - team captain,
* The [[Three Js]] - wide receiver ("[[A Tree Grows in Lawndale]]")
* [[Robert]] - position unknown
Oft-recurring [[backgrounder]] Lions, seen in group shots for "Daria Dance Party", "Daria!" (as a singing chorus), and (in normal clothes) in "[[Murder, She Snored]]" include:
[[Image:Lions in normal clothes.png|thumb|320px|L to R, 'Latino Lion', 'Bangs Lion', 'Lion Who Likes Caps', and Robert ("[[Murder, She Snored]]")]]
* 'Latino Lion', a recurring hispanic player in Kevin's year (named Miguel Martinez in the "[[Lawndale Fighting Championship]]" fanfics)
* 'Bangs Lion', with reddish-brown hair that parts over his forehead (also Kevin's year)
* 'Lion Who Likes Caps', an African-American player who, out of uniform, rocks the baseball cap (Kevin again)
* 'Van Dyke Lion', part of the chorus in "Daria!" with a Van Dyke beard
* '[[Rex Attor|Red Lion]]', another ruddy-haired player
* 'Black Mane Lion', seen with a mane of shaggy black hair
* A blond guy
* A player with a bright red mohawk cut, making early appearances in "[[Cafe Disaffecto]]" and "[[Quinn the Brain]]" before disappearing into the ether (did he graduate??)
Latino Lion, Red Lion, Lion Who Likes Caps, and Van Dyke Lion were the chorus (with Robert) who defiantly sung they wouldn't fall for the government's lies that a hurricane was the real reason the game was canclled.
Robert, Latino Lion, and Lion Who Likes Caps buddied up again, this time with Bangs Lion, to cheat on a history test in "Murder" and cheer at their marks. None were bothered by the prospect of an F.
==Ex-members==
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Mack ran the LL website, a sub-page of Lawndale High's own site (one of the MTV tie-in sites). Mack, feeling bitter at the time, wrote:
"Sports are a great way to build character. You learn how to take orders from an [[Coach Gibson|ignorant, often abusive authority figure]], abandon any semblance of thinking for yourself, and sublimate your own values and ethics in order to bring some kind of cheap glory to a community of frustrated, embittered fatcats too old and well fed to go out on the field themselves.
We've been studying the [[Vietnam War]] in history class, and the parallels between serving in that conflict and playing high school football are really quite fascinating -- the difference, of course, being that the grunts of Nam were shunned when they came home, whereas we'll get college scholarships, unlimited credit at all the stores on campus and our pick of female students to mistreat. And not one of these mindless cretins to the left and right of me on the line of scrimmage will ever give a second thought to whether they deserve any of it.
So come on out for team sports! It's better than going to war! I really need some time off."
==Episodes==
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==Football season?==
The show has always been fuzzy about ''when'' in the year the
[[Is It College Yet?]] is notable for being the one time when football season is explicitly stated to be over.
==External Links==
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* [http://dariablog2.blogspot.com/search/label/lawndale%20lions Daria Fandom Blog II] posts about the Lawndale Lions
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