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|firstappearance=[[Esteemsters]]
|lastappearance=[[Is It College Yet?]]
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==Early Sandi==
Sandi went to [[Gle_field Middle School|"Gle field" Middle School]]. She volunteered for the school's dance committee, which was a massive disaster - particularly with her bratty brothers deliberately damaging stuff - and this put her off volunteering for life; her mother simply told her, smugly, "to volunteer is to say, 'use me'". ("[[Daria Dance Party]]")
She said she founded Lawndale High's [[Fashion Club]]. Since [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] arrived early into Sandi's first year at Lawndale and the club already existed, Sandi must have done this very early on.
For years, she had a cat called [[Fluffy]].
==Relationship with Quinn==
Sandi is the self-appointed ruler of small but influential clique, the
[[Image:SandiVSQuinn.jpg|thumb|250px|left|A rare moment of ''upfront'' hostility ("Daria Dance Party")]]
Sandi frequently tries to deflate Quinn's popularity and often well-meaning suggestions. She recruits the remaining Fashion Club members to oppose Quinn's plans by playing against their insecurities and leaving them no choice but to follow suit. For the most part, Sandi's vengeance is usually quelled by Quinn's remarkable good fortune and incurable popularity. In the episode "Daria Dance Party," Sandi deliberately abandons Quinn when she volunteers the Fashion Club as the leaders of the school dance committee (due to a "traumatic" event in her preteens when she became overwhelmed with planning a dance; in response to this, her mother told her that "to volunteer is to say 'use me'"). Instead, Sandi plans an unsupervised house party on the very same night, tempting guests to attend with promises of free pizza, a big screen television, and an outdoor hot tub. The plot is foiled, however, when the boys invited to Sandi's party make a hasty exit after discovering that Quinn will not be attending. Similarly, in the episode "Just Add Water," Sandi delights in the opportunity to publicly humiliate Quinn by speculating and gossiping about the possibility of Quinn being stood up by her date, Marco, "the talcum powder model." This plan, too, backfires, as Quinn feigns strength and independence and Sandi is eventually dumped by her date, Brent.
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[[Image:The_Griffins.jpg|thumb|left|300px|The Griffin Family. From left to right: Chris, Sam, Sandi, Linda and Tom.]]
Sandi's mother, [[Linda Griffin|Linda]], a successful businesswoman, often clashes with Quinn's over-achieving and competitive mother, [[Helen Morgendorffer|Helen]]. Linda and Helen's relationship mirrors that of their daughters, with each woman trying to out-do the other in terms of successes in work, family, or physical attraction, while feigning polite friendship (often through gritted teeth). While Helen would rather not deal with Linda's pretentious boasting, Linda takes every opportunity to ruffle Helen's feathers, even encouraging Sandi to do the same with Quinn... and [[Fair Enough|even ''looking happy'']] when Quinn is humiliated in public. Outside of clashes with Helen, she's advised Sandi not to bother doing volunteer work and was smug when Sandi's attempt to do so went wrong.
Sandi's father, [[Tom Griffin|Tom]], is a chartered accountant (per [[The Daria Database]]). Due to his almost lack of screen time in the series, almost nothing his known of him. His only short appearance in [[Fair Enough]] suggests he has a lack of backbone and control over his own family, a theme often explored in fanfiction.
Sandi has two younger brothers, [[Sam Griffin|Sam]] and [[Chris Griffin|Chris]], who are infatuated with Quinn. When the boys' traditional sibling rivalry with Sandi contrasts with their love for Quinn, Sandi's envy is great enough for her to kick Quinn out of her home for the weekend ("[[Gifted]]").
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==Status at Series End==
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==Fanfic Stereotypes==
[[Image:YoungSandi.jpg|frame|left|Sandi at middle school, getting upset; her mother [[Linda Griffin]] is ''amused'' by it. ("Daria Dance Party")]]
===Bitch Sandi===
Sandi Griffin's less engaging behaviors often lead her to be pegged in fanfic as a four-star power-hungry bitch. Sympathetic portrayals of her are not common. [[Kara Wild]]'s "[[Outvoted]]" and "[[Quinnicitis]]" are excellent examples.
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===Troubled Home Life Sandi===
Many fics depict Sandi's personality flaws as the result of a troubled home life. Generally, such fics show Sandi's mother Linda as a hard-driving women with a take-no-prisoners attitude who expects her daughter to live up to her example and Sandi's father as a henpecked nobody who bows to his wife's will in everything, including raising the children (though "[[Winter in Hell]]" had him not care about Sandi at all). In many cases, the Griffins are depicted as on the edge of divorce if not actually already divorced. Troubled Home Life Sandi is often portrayed sympathetically and sometimes becomes Redeemed Sandi, with the collapse of her parents' marriage being the experience that molds her.
Examples of Troubled Home Life Sandi that do not cross over into Redeemed Sandi include [[GTS]], especially GTS #4: [[Closets Are for Hang-ups]], [[Heartbeat in Iambic]] by [[Dennis]], and [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=30430 Moving the Goalposts] by [[Kristen Bealer]].
==Trivia==
[[Image:Sandi_Griffin.JPG|thumb|300px|right]]
* Janie Mertz also provided the talent for characters [[Brittany Taylor]], and Sandi's mother, [[Linda Griffin|Linda]]. Sandi speaks in a low, sonorous voice, while Brittany's speech is high pitched and squeaky. Both characters' voices have a similar amount of stress and intonation in their speech patterns.
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