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[[Image:005a.jpg|frame|right|Popular Girl]]
'''The Popular Girl''' (or simply '''Popular Girl''') is a gossipy teenager who made her most noteworthy appearance on <i>Daria</i> in "[[The Invitation]]," with her only speaking role. She only appeared occasionally as a background extra after that, but she does appear in the opening credits as a volleyball player opposing Daria's team. As the recurring fanfic character '''Tori Jericho''', she is everywhere and there is no escape.
She was voiced by [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0137185/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t57 Ashley Carin].
==History==
In
In the shooting script she was called "Popular Girl One", with Tiffany being called "Popular Girl Two"; Sandi still had a name.
She never speaks again after this episode. The "[[Oh, the Obscurity!]]" feature on MTV's old ''Daria'' website says, tongue in cheek, "she dropped out of sight shortly thereafter. (Sandi probably had something to do with it)".
She appears in the back of classes taken by [[Quinn Morgendorffer]] and [[the Fashion Club]], putting her in their grade at school. She is also seen in "[[Too Cute]]", standing among the group of popular girls admiring [[Brooke]]'s new nose job. She's been seen hanging with "[[Kia]]" a number of times; the two are probably friends.
In "I Loathe a Parade" she and [[Backgrounder#Blue_Shirt|Blue Shirt]] seem to have something going on: the two are standing together, and Blue Shirt leans over to put his arm around her as Daria passes. (They are later pelted with candy by the football team, who misunderstood what 'passing out candy' means) Given her popularity, she probably dates a lot.
[[Image:005b.jpg|frame|left|Popular Girl's first appearance in "The Invitation"]]
==Fanfiction==
Tori's personality has remained stable through most fanfics featuring her: a mildly irksome, shallow, rumor-mongering popularity princess who likes attention and dislikes Daria. She has running appearances in [[Canadibrit]]'s [[The Look-Alike Series]] stories as [[Lawndale High]]'s "one-stop gossip shop and popularity gauge on legs", and as a conspirator involved in the social disruption in [[Dennis]]' [[Turnabout Confusion]].
In [[Brother Grimace]]'s "[[It's All About Respect]]," Tori is shown as on-air
Her relationship with the Fashion Club in general and Sandi in particular changes from story to story, but sometimes she ends up ''in'' the Fashion Club if another member is out of favour. In [[cfardell_Brenorenz29]]'s "[[Quinn's Code]]" series, she replaces Quinn and is very unnerved by how obsessive Sandi is getting; inn [[The Excellent S]]' ''[[Lawndale Fighting Championship]]'' series, Tori replaced Stacy in the Fashion Club wrestling group after she, along with Sandi and Tiffany, brutally excommunicated her from the group.
In the [[Daylight]] [[Legion of Lawndale Heroes]] fic ''[[The Hope Mission]]'', Tori is a Legionnaire named ''Wildfire'', one of the three most powerful Legionnaires, and appears to be composed of a deadly anti-energy form that she controls with the aid of [[Psychon-class devices|Mark 70 quantum stabilizers]]; with them, she can maintain a primarily human appearance that possesses [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TronLines 'Tron line'-style energy emissions] over her body. The number and intensity of the energy emissions varies with Tori's emotional state; the calmer she is, the fewer lines appear.
SOme fanfics even get ''sympathetic'' with Tori. In Shiva's [[Ethan Yeager in Lawndale]] and [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=610619#p610619 The Popular Girl Speaks] Tori has a carefully hidden intelligent side and at times borders on omnicapability, and is the niece of Dallas Grimes in the former; in a Random Pairing [[Iron Chef]] challenge, [[Princess Pasta]] paired Tori up with [[Ronnie]] in [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=729040#p729040 To Each Their Own] and has the girl depressed everyone ignores her outside of her looks and gossip; [[SacredDust]]'s [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=657512#p657512 Stop The Presses], where Tori runs the school newspaper; and in Pasta's "[[Freefall]]", Tori is best mates with female lead [[Kia]].
==Trivia==
[http://dariablog2.blogspot.co.uk/2008/04/long-lost-screensavers.html The MTV website] used to have a downloadable screensaver of Popular Girl dancing next to Daria (who was ''not'').
==External Links to Fanfiction==▼
'''Fanfiction featuring Popular Girl as Tori Jericho'''
* [http://geocitiessites.com/TelevisionCity/Studio/4148/stories/Boy_Fiend.html "Boy Fiend,"] by [[Austin Covello]]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20130704134025/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/otherwise_known_as_quinn_the_great.html "Otherwise Known as Quinn the Great,"] by [[Austin Covello]]
* [http://www.mediaminer.org/fanfic/view_ch.php?cid=59426&submit=View+Chapter&id=23148 "Stacy Rowe, Evangelion Pilot"] (chapter 2), by [[Austin Covello]] (search for "Tori" to find the parody)
* [[Novelization]] of [http://web.archive.org/web/20130704134011/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/ep102_the_invitation.html "The Invitation,"] by [[Martin J. Pollard]] (adds [[fanon]] background to the character)
* [http://www.the-wildone.com/fanfics/bg_fics/IAAR-B.htm "It's All About Respect"] (chapter 2), by [[Brother Grimace]]
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1346250/1/Four-Play "Four Play,"] by [[Crusading Saint]]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20130704133955/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/silly_rabbit_matrix_are_for_kids.txt "Silly Rabbit, Matrix Are For Kids!"] by [[John Berry]] (Tori is a ''Matrix'' character)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20130704133934/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/death_of_a_rabbit.txt "Death of a Rabbit,"] by [[Barry Eshkol Adelman]] (Tori as a gossip)
* [http://geocitiessites.com/TelevisionCity/Studio/4148/stories/Quinntet.html "Quinntet,"] by [[C.E. Forman]] (Tori appears in a highly amusing segment here, well worth hunting for)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20130704133918/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/lovers_lane.txt "Lover's Lane,"] by [[John Berry]] (Tori hooks up with [[Robert]])
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20130704133907/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/tlas204_quinn-tessence.html "Quinn-tessence,"] by [[Canadibrit]] ([[TLAS]] story featuring Tori in a typical role)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20130704133855/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/battle_royale_beyond_blunderdome.html "Battle Royale: Beyond Blunderdome,"] by [[Canadibrit]] (non-[[TLAS]] tale in which Tori meets a sad end)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20130704133836/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/dwu22_tomorrow_never_knows.txt "Tomorrow Never Knows"] by [[Kara Wild]] (Tori comments on the relationship between Quinn and Alfred Phelps)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20130704133823/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/snow_ball_in_hell.html "Snowball in Hell,"] by [[TAG]] (Tori is in an [[AU]] rock band)
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3799244/1/Turnabout-Confusion-Part-1-We-All-Fall-Down "Turnabout Confusion Part I: We All Fall Down"] by [[Dennis]] (Tori as popularity hound and conspirator)
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4165851/1/Turnabout-Confusion-Part-II-All-The-King-s-Horses "Turnabout Confusion Part II: All the King's Horses"] by [[Dennis]] (Tori changes in response to the events of [[TC I: We All Fall Down|We All Fall Down]])
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20130704133811/http://www.outpost-daria.com/fanfic/its_a_sick_sad_sad_sad_world.html "It's a Sick, Sad, Sad, Sad World"] by [[The Excellent S]] (Tori, along with Brooke, abandon The Fashion Club in the desert for not letting them in the group)
* "[[Lawndale Fighting Championship]] by [[The Excellent S]] (Tori replaces Stacy in The Fashion Club and subsequently feuds with her, among other events)
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=657512#p657512 Stop The Presses] by [[SacredDust]], with Tori as newspaper editor
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=610619#p610619 The Popular Girl Speaks] by [[Shiva]], revealing hidden depths
* [http://thepaperpusher.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=729040#p729040 To Each Their Own] by [[Princess-Pasta]], pairing Tori up with [[Ronnie]]
==External Links about character==
▲In [[It's All About Respect]], Tori is shown as on-air talent for [[Lion Tales]], the LHS in-school news program. It's also commented upon that she has a predilection for wearing '''very''' tight sweaters while on the air.
* [http://brenorenz.byethost7.com/Daria/ts_ep102.html Transcript of "The Invitation"] on [[Lessons from Lawndale]]
* [http://www.theangstguy.com/backgrounders/005.html Character page] on [[Backgrounders]] (many images)
* [http://dariablog2.blogspot.com/2008/12/burnout-girls-real-name-was-burnout.html Analysis of "lost" MTV <i>Daria</i> flipbook, "Oh, the Obscurity!"] on [[Daria Fandom Blog II]]
* [http://glitterberries.freehostia.com/tvdb/PopularGirl.htm Character page] on [[Daria Character Database]]
* [http://ssw.ssw.net/cast/characters/other/background.htm Character entry] on [[Sick, Sad World]]
▲==External Links==
[[Category: Canon Characters|Popular Girl, The]]
[[Category: Backgrounders]]
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