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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. Given her popularity, she probably dates a lot.

Since she had no name in the series, [[Austin Covello]] gave her the name '''Tori Jericho''' in his spring 1999 fanfic, "[[Boy Fiend]]." Austin continued to use this name in other stories (e.g., "[[Otherwise Known as Quinn the Great]]"), and the practice has since been widely adopted by other fanfic writers. (Austin even parodied his creation of the name in an [[AU]] tale, "Stacy Rowe, Evangelion Pilot.")

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.

In [[Brother Grimace]]'s "[[It's All About Respect]]," Tori is shown as on-air reporter/anchor for [[Lion Tales]], the LHS in-school news program. It's also commented that she has a predilection for wearing '''very''' tight sweaters while on the air. This role, too, has been adopted by other writers (e.g., "[[Four Play]]," by [[Crusading Saint]]). [[Canadibrit]] has included Tori Jericho in many of her [[The Look-Alike Series]] stories as [[Lawndale High]]'s "one-stop gossip shop and popularity gauge on legs."

In the [[Daylight]] [[Legion of Lawndale Heroes]] fic ''[[The Hope Mission]]'', Tori is shown to be a Legionnaire named ''Wildfire''. She is mentioned as one of the three most powerful Legionnaires (on a par with [[Tom Sloane]] and [[Bai Zheng|Bai Zheng Bo]]), 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. As the events of the Daylight and mainstream LLH worlds were almost identical before the events of Zero Hour, it can safely be assumed that the Tori Jericho of the mainstream LLH reality has either gained the Wildfire powers or will do so at some time in the future.

In [[The Excellent S]]' ''[[Lawndale Fighting Championship]]'' series, Tori replaced Stacy in the promotion's version of The Fashion Club after she, along with Sandi and Tiffany, brutally excommunicated her from the group.

In Shiva's [[Ethan Yeager in Lawndale]] Tori has a carefully hidden intelligent side and at times borders on omnicapability, and is the niece of Dallas Grimes.

==External Links==

* [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]]