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[[Image:barchnbill.gif|right|frame|Janet Barch as Monica Lewinsky (ouch!) with presidential friend]]▼
'''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_person_fiction Real person fiction]''', also called real-person fanfiction, RPF, actorfic, or celebrity fanfiction, is fanfic that uses (usually) live, famous, real-world individuals as primary characters. As might be guessed, RPF's existence rests on questionable legal and ethical grounds; its use is often discouraged out of the well-reasoned fear of legal reprisals for libel, though some celebrities have actually encouraged RPF featuring themselves. [[Fanfiction.net]] banned RPF in 2002.
Fewer legal and ethical issues are seen when the Real Person appearing in the fanfic is actually long departed.
For related information, see [[Legal issues with fanworks]].
==RPF in ''Daria'' Fanworks==▼
RPF is rarely seen in ''Daria'' fanfic, except for the occasional use of characters based on real-life fanfic authors, artists, and fans, usually in comic [[dream world]], [[reality crossover]], or [[alternate-universe]] tales (e.g., "[[Fandemonium]]," [[TAG]]'s "[[Aunt Kara]]," [[Dervish]]'s "[[The TAGinator]]"). These characters almost always play secondary roles to actual ''Daria'' characters as they interact.▼
==RPF in ''Daria'' canon==
It is possible to consider real-person fiction as the exact opposite of a [[reality crossover]]. In the former, a real-life celebrity appears in a [[Dariaverse]]; in the latter, Daria or one of her cohorts appears in the real world. Telling the difference can be tough with some stories. As a rule of thumb, given a story that could be either a reality crossover or real-person fiction, the story is real-person fiction if [[Lawndale]] exists much as it appears in the ''Daria'' show.▼
===U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton===▼
▲[[Image:barchnbill.gif|right|frame|Janet Barch as Monica Lewinsky (ouch!) with presidential friend]]
==[[Glenn Eichler]]==▼
MTV ''Daria'' show staff, particularly co-creator [[Glenn Eichler]], have been seen now and then in ''Daria'' fanfic (see [[Asha Williams]]'s "[[Not So Parallel Universe]]," [[Ace Trax]]'s "[[Misery Chick]]," and [[Rey Fox]]'s "[[#10 Dream]]"). A background character based on [[Glenn Eichler]] in fact appeared in crowd scenes in the series itself as a sort of [[Mary Sue]] (see his character illustration at the [[Mary Sue]] link). Mr. Eichler's name has also appeared in numerous fanfics in [[Tuckerization]]s, such as "President Eichler" in [[Richard Lobinske]]'s "[[Mother's Love|Alien Home]]" and the Eichler-Lynn Parkway, a street in [[Lawndale]], from "[[Darius]]," by [[TAG]].▼
In "Citizen Butt-head",
▲[[Image:bandbcitizenbutthead.gif|left|frame|Bill and Friends of Bill]]
▲==U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton==
In ''Beavis and Butt-head Do America,'' President Clinton makes the two wienerheads honorary members of the BATF for their "help" in saving the world and praises them as the future of America.
▲In "Citizen Butt-head," Clinton actually meets freshman [[Daria Morgendorffer]], one of a group of [[Highland High]] honor students selected to ask questions of the president. Daria's question, which went unanswered because of an untimely interruption by [[Beavis and Butt-head]], was: "Mister President, in your campaign you promised to help every young person get a college education. Did you mean that or were you just jerking us around?" Daria saves the misbehaving B&B from the Secret Service by telling everyone that they are "special," which leads Clinton to give the boys Student of the Year awards. Daria is ignored thereafter. In ''Beavis and Butt-head Do America,'' President Clinton makes the two weinerheads honorary members of the BATF for their "help" in saving the world. Butt-head is unable to locate Chelsea Clinton in the White House, however.
===Texas Governor George W. Bush===
While he made no appearance in the show, "[[The Daria Database]]" includes a letter written by [[Angela Li]] to Bush praising his number of executions and hoping he runs for President.
▲==RPF in ''Daria'' Fanworks==
▲RPF is rarely seen in ''Daria'' fanfic, except for the occasional use of characters based on real-life fanfic authors, artists, and fans, usually in comic [[dream world]], [[reality crossover]], or [[alternate-universe]] tales (e.g., "[[Fandemonium]]," [[TAG]]'s "[[Aunt Kara]]," [[Dervish]]'s "[[The TAGinator]]"). These characters almost always play secondary roles to actual ''Daria'' characters as they interact.
Exceptions have included historical figures: "[[Death Takes a Holliday]]" by [[TAG]] stars the infamous gunman 'Doc' Holliday; [[The Sidhe]]'s long-running [[series]] "[[The Other Side of Time]]" features a number of major American Civil War personages, primarily from the Confederate side; "[[Gimme Skelter]]" revolves around the acts of Charles Manson.
▲It is possible to consider real-person fiction as the exact opposite of a [[reality crossover]]. In the former, a real-life celebrity appears in a [[Dariaverse]]; in the latter, Daria or one of her cohorts appears in the real world. Telling the difference can be tough with some stories. As a rule of thumb, given a story that could be either a reality crossover or real-person fiction, the story is real-person fiction if [[Lawndale]] exists much as it appears in the ''Daria'' show.
▲===[[Glenn Eichler]]===
▲MTV ''Daria'' show staff, particularly co-creator [[Glenn Eichler]], have been seen now and then in ''Daria'' fanfic (see [[Asha Williams]]'s "[[Not So Parallel Universe]]," [[Ace Trax]]'s "[[Misery Chick]]," and [[Rey Fox]]'s "[[#10 Dream]]"). A background character based on [[Glenn Eichler]] in fact appeared in crowd scenes in the series itself as a sort of [[Mary Sue]] (see his character illustration at the [[Mary Sue]] link). Mr. Eichler's name has also appeared in numerous fanfics in [[Tuckerization]]s, such as "President Eichler" in [[Richard Lobinske]]'s "[[Mother's Love|Alien Home]]" and the Eichler-Lynn Parkway, a street in [[Lawndale]], from "[[Darius]]," by [[TAG]].
==External Links==
'''General Information'''
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_person_fiction Real-Person Fiction] at Wikipedia
'''MTV Crew (in reality)'''
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120803014124/http://www.outpost-daria.com/cast_and_crew.html ''Daria'' cast and crew] on [[Outpost Daria]] (via Wayback Machine)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20110612115254/http://www.outpost-daria.com/cast_glenn_eichler.html Glenn Eichler] on [[Outpost Daria]] (via Wayback Machine)
'''MTV Crew (in fanfics)'''
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4219291/1/Man_Behind_the_Curtain "The Man Behind the Curtain,"] by [[Alpacca Jo]]
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1501613/1/MISERY_CHICK "Misery Chick,"] by [[Ace Trax]]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20090716040451/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/not_so_parallel_universe.html "Not So Parallel Universe,"] by [[Asha Williams]]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20110912020233/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/on_a_high_note.html "On a High Note,"] by [[Galen Hardesty]]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20110911230048/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/10_dream.html "#10 Dream,"] by [[Rey Fox]]
'''President Clinton (in canon)'''
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120604051331/http://www.outpost-daria.com/essay/cjf_beavis_and_butt-head_and_daria.html "Beavis and Butt-head and Daria"]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/ut/Daria/Before.html "Before ''Daria''"]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20120716043600/http://www.outpost-daria.com/ch_diarrhea.html "Daria in ''Beavis and Butt-head'']
* [http://www.angelfire.com/ut/Daria/Before2.html "Daria on ''Beavis &
'''President Clinton (in fanfics)'''
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* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2386/1/Goodbye_Diarrhea "Goodbye Diarrhea,"] by [[C.E. Forman]]: References Daria's meeting with the then-president.
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10793 "New Drum, Same Tune,"] by [[Roentgen]]: [[AU]] tale that references Daria's meeting with the then-president.
* [http://glitterberries.freehostia.com/misc/bad_fanfic_scenes9.htm "Scenes That Should Not Be" (#9)], which includes a hint that [[Quinn Morgendorffer|Quinn]]'s father is not Jake.
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/219850/1/The_schoolbands "The Schoolbands,"] by [[Wouter Jaegers]]: Includes an amusing [[Sick, Sad World|SSW]] bit with a movie [[crossover]].
* [http://ssw.ssw.net/fansub/fanfic/af/dervish/PART_II.htm "Something to Shoot for," Part 2,] by [[Dervish]]: Frequent referencing of Second Amendment legal issues related to the Clinton administration, no cameo appearance.
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'''Other Examples of ''Daria'' RPF'''
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20110926212605/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic_series_the_other_side_of_time.html "The Other Side of Time,"] by [[The Sidhe]], at [[Outpost Daria]] (via Wayback Machine)
* [http://www.theangstguy.com/fanfics/deathtakes.htm "Death Takes a Holliday,"] by [[TAG]]
* [http://www.theangstguy.com/fanfics/theother.htm "The Other,"] by [[TAG]] ([[WIP|incomplete]])
* [http://www.the-wildone.com/fanfics/bg_fics/aporat1.htm "A Path of Roses and Thorns,"] by [[Brother Grimace]] ([http://www.the-wildone.com/fanfics/bg_fics/aporat2.htm part 2 is here]). The wedding features cameos with then-Vice President Dick Cheney, Michael Jordan (who meets [[Mack]]!), Samuel L. Jackson, Keanu Reeves, and a host of others, as well as [[crossover]] characters.
[[Category: Fanwork Conventions]]
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