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Predictably, per the TV series, he often calls Daria "Darcy" and says "ma'am" to all women. His primary interests seem to be football, dating girls from the Fashion Club, and screwing up to provide comic relief. [[Alternate universe]] versions of "The New Kid" will feature him, naturally. [http://web.archive.org/web/20110519180547/http://outpost-daria.com/fanfic/ea508_on_this_night_a_star_is_born.html Electronic Alchemy: On This Night, A Star Is Born] by [[The Alchemist]] explains his politeness with: "I went to Military School until I was thirteen," says Robert, explaining why he is so polite.
Occasionally he is called upon as a romantic figure - dating Daria again in [[Dennis]]' "[[Turnabout Confusion]]", dating a fed-up [[Stacy]] in [[Canadabrit]]'s "[[The Look-Alike Series]]" story "Display Model", dating Quinn in [http://web.archive.org/web/20110916021103/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/lawndale_living_conditions.html Lawndale Living Conditions] & [http://web.archive.org/web/20110519151224/http://outpost-daria.com/fanfic/week_of_hell.html Week of Hell] by [[Thomas]] - or as an ally to the protagonists, such as being an FBI agent in [[TAG]]'s "[[Darkness]]" or assisting in the all-out brawl in ep22 of "[[God Save The Esteem]]". A trope buster for this was [[Kara Wild]]'s [http://web.archive.org/web/20080808120349/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/dwu22_tomorrow_never_knows.txt Tomorrow Never Knows], where he and the football team threaten Daria with trouble for causing a store to drop its sponsorship of them.
A number of fans assume that Ted is gay and have latched onto Robert as the most common male to pair him with, as in [[OverlordMikey]]'s "[[One More Round]]." This trope has been subverted in [[The Excellent S]]'s [[Lawndale Fighting Championship]] series where, teamed up as "Da Nice Guyz", they act comically friendly to each other and colour commentator [[Janet Barch]] implies that there is more to their relationship.
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