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Stacy Rowe was a freshman (and later sophomore and junior) at [[Lawndale High]], and secretary of the [[Fashion Club]]; a quartet of fashion-obsessed teenage girls who held regular meetings to discuss various facets of the fashion world and, in their own words, "solve crimes against fashion." She was the first person to meet and greet [[Quinn Morgendorffer]] in the first episode, saying "you look cool!".
Stacy was perceived as "the weakest link" of the Fashion Club by club president [[Sandi Griffin]] and was sometimes humiliated and verbally abused by her. While she viewed the other Club members as friends, they often seemed to ignore her: in "[[Fair Enough]]", her mass-crying over being stood up was not only ignored, Tiffany actually asked if that meant the guy was available. The idea of being excluded or on the outs with the club was one of the things that set her off: in "[[Is It Fall Yet?]]", she utterly collapses when it comes out that Sandi and Tiffany didn't tell her something.
She constantly sought the attention and approval of fellow Fashion Club member Quinn and would often side with Quinn when her friend butted heads with Sandi Griffin before getting bullied into taking Sandi's side. In a memorable scene from "[[Gifted]]," Stacy completely relinquishes her own tastes so they become exactly like Quinn's, a change that Quinn didn't approve of and made her leave the house. It is shown on that episode that Stacy looks up to Quinn and considers her to be her best friend, sometimes to a point that even Quinn cannot tolerate. It should be noted, however, that Quinn may consider Stacy to be her best friend, as well: In the beginning of "[[Of Human Bonding]]," when Quinn is only allowed to invite one friend for sleepover, Stacy is her first choice.
Her academic ability and intellect was mediocre: her P-STAT in "Is It Fall Yet?" was only 940 and she made very dumb comments when being tutored, and in "[[Lucky Strike]]" she's horrified at the thought of a 200-word essay and copies Sandi's essay ''even though it's being handed to the same teacher''. Notably, "IIFY?" has tutor [[David Sorenson]] note that Stacy is trying to learn, even though it's clearly not going well. Whether further sessions would've helped her is unknown, as she had a freakout soon after.
During Season Five of ''Daria'', several episodes spotlighted Stacy. She was the only member of the Fashion Club to be drawn favorably in a group caricature portrait in "[[Art Burn]]", and kept hold of the portrait and secretly pinned it up inside her closet. In "[[Life in the Past Lane]]", she was astonished by [[Charles "Upchuck" Ruttheimer III]]'s magic acts and willingly became his assistant, helping him do more elaborate tricks; for one trick, she ''faked'' a sobbing fit as part of the illusion that Upchuck was trapped, and memorably chided Sandi 'for being naive' when Sandi fell for the trick. In "[[Lucky Strike]]", she revealed that, like everyone else, she'd known for ages that [[Daria Morgendorffer]] was Quinn's sister but was just being polite by not bringing it up.
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