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'''Trent Lane''' is aone fictional character created forof the MTVmain animatedcharacters seriesin ''Daria''. He is the older brother of [[Jane Lane]] by five years and is the former crush of [[Daria Morgendorffer]]. HeTrent plays lead guitars, vocals and clapping for [[Mystik Spiral]] and owns the [[Trentmobile]]. At the beginning of the first season, Trent is 21 years old, and by the end of ''[[Is It College Yet?]]'', Trent is 23. In the third draft of the ''[[Mystik Spiral#Spin-off show|Mystik Spiral]]'' pilot, he is described as "laid back, spiky-haired Jakob-Dylan-like singer-songwriter and heartthrob".
 
In the third draft of the ''[[Mystik Spiral#Spin-off show|Mystik Spiral]]'' pilot, he is described as "laid back, spiky-haired Jakob-Dylan-like singer-songwriter and heartthrob".
 
 
{{quote|Could you imagine what Spiral would sound like if we were ''forced'' to practice? Even when we didn't ''want'' to?|Trent, [[Is It College Yet?]]}}
 
==Appearance==
==Character Overview==
 
Appearance-wise Trent is tall and spindly with wild black hair and a goatee. Between Season 1 and 2, the appearance of his goatee changed from 3 stripes of hair to a small triangular "soul patch", and would remain that way for the remainder of the series. He has three ear rings in each ear like Jane and sports a tribal tattoo he got out of a magazine. His speech is laid back and he often coughs when he tries to laugh.
 
==Personality==
 
Trent is an unemployed, narcoleptic slacker who spends most of his time oblivious to the world. Still living at home affords him a carefree lifestyle that allows him to pursue his twin passions: music and sleep. ''Why'' he sleeps so much has never been elaborated upon, whether it be a literal case of narcolepsy or purely the side effect of a rock and roll lifestyle. He can nod off any time or anywhere, which Jane has said is an annoying habit while he’s driving (and in one episode this actually happened). This complete slacker lifestyle also involves the inability to keep a schedule, and he will keep missing the start of rehearsals or gigs; he claims that watches depress him because he's always late, and that's why he never wears them. In a rare interaction with [[Tom Sloane]] in "[[Mart of Darkness]]", he drives Tom to frustration and despair with his slacker ways.
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==Music==
 
[[Image:Trentrocks.jpg|leftright|thumb|200px|Trent rocks out ("[[Daria!]]")]]
 
During his non-waking hours he likes to practice. He's been known to practice the opening to Nirvana's "Come As You Are" for hours, and when rehearsing his own songs the volume is cranked to maximum. <br><br><br><br><br><br>He can also get distracted by random things, such as the novelty settings and tunes on a keyboard or comparing vinyl to CD (without realising he's listening to the radio instead). He even sleeps with his guitar, which he and Jane joke is counted as practice.
 
He also spends his time trying to invent lyrics. He can be inspired to start talking in lyrics or writing them, at any time or place. This too is another bad habit he has while driving, and in conversation (he once started doing a song about betrayal right after he'd tried to reassure Daria that she ''hadn't'' betrayed Jane).
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==Personal History==
[[Image:trentunclemax.jpg|rightleft|thumb|320px300px|Trent and Uncle Max ("[[The Teachings of Don Jake]]"). Note that for the first season, Trent has three lines for his facial hair instead of the triangular goatee]]
His parents [[Vincent Lane|Vincent]] and [[Amanda Lane|Amanda]] allowed Trent, like all their children, to do as he pleased in his youth. A few quirks of his childhood were living in a tent for six months, and having gone through an ‘orange skin phase’. Amanda and Trent remember the tent affair differently: Amanda thinks Trent was just playing around and later lost interest, while Trent was actually waiting for someone to invite him back into the house and sounds upset that nobody ever did.
 
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During his school days, Trent once ''had a summer job'' at Lawndale Diner - [http://www.theangstguy.com/sounds/summersucks.WAV he wrote a song about it.]
 
[[Image:trentroom.jpg|leftright|frame|200px|Trent's second-floor bedroom at [[Casa Lane]]]]
 
After graduation, after which point he met [[Nicholas Campbell|Nick Campbell]], Trent's "career" involves fronting the Spiral and writing lyrics. With the Spiral he mainly plays brew pubs and grunge clubs though they have been known to play high school house parties for the right price and even a child’s birthday party to get out of a ticket. He’s never known to have been formally employed in a conventional job but once wrote a jingle for [[Happy Herb|Happy Herb's]] used cars in exchange for twenty bucks, an hour of studio time and a set of new tires; this was a deep, dark secret he didn't want anybody knowing.
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