Meet Robert

Robert should already be familiar to most fans. He appears a number of times on the show and in the books, and he even has speaking parts. A fair amount of info can be picked out about him.

A peer of Daria and Jane, Robert is on the Lawndale Lions football team and typically wears a blue long-sleeved sweatshirt or light sweater with a light blue undershirt, oversized gray shorts, light gray sneakers, and falling-down white athletic socks. His black hair is cut short, especially on the sides, and at times it appears spiky. A tall and powerfully built young man, Robert is very good in a fight (he broke Kevin's jaw with his fist) and has a guy's sense of humor, but he is polite, soft-spoken, and chivalrous to women ("Yes, ma'am"). He's not particularly bright (he goofed up Daria's name and has at best a C average in school, as Mack is the only football player who has better than that) and is a poor dancer, if the cheerleaders are any judge (see "Daria Dance Party"), but he can dress up nicely with a suit jacket and string tie (see DDP). His car appears to be a dark blue mid-1990s Ford Mustang convertible. Quinn lets him sit at the Fashion Club lunch table at school, a sign of how well liked he is.

Robert doesn't appear to be dating anyone in particular in the series, but it is amusing that he was, if memory serves, Daria's first actual date, even if the date didn't last very long. She went out with him in "The New Kid" even before going out with Ted Dewitt-Clinton.

His appearance makes me think he might have some Native American heritage. His quiet demeanor suggests an introverted, strong-but-silent type with a pleasant nature, unless riled by another guy. He's putty in the hands of Quinn and probably other women as well. He might hunt, fish, go horseback riding, etc. An interesting subject for a shipper, if IQ isn't the gold standard.