Austen Covello gave the fandom name of Tori Jericho to the blonde girl seen pointing out which teens were popular (or not) in "The Invitation," and Tori appears in a number of his fanfics. She can be seen dancing in the same episode, while Daria looks on in mild annoyance.Tori appears to be a peer of Quinn and the Fashion Club, as she shows up in Quinn's English class in "Quinn the Brain," sitting in the back of the room. Oddly, she sits behind a girl with glasses who later appears in Daria and Jane's graduating class in Is It College Yet? In front of the class sits a goth girl who also graduates with D&J.
Tori appears in the series as late as the fourth season, standing by a boy (a date?) as both are pelted with candy by the Lawndale Lions football team. To the best of my knowledge, aside from these three times, Tori does not reappear in the series. It is odd that she does not figure in the series, being as (assumedly) popular as she is. She has no trouble associating with the Fashion Club. Maybe she was happy being in a club by herself.
Tori is known as "Popular Girl" in the Daria Character Database.
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A theory...perhaps Tori Jericho is a peer of the Fashion Club, but can't be a member because Ms. Li has instituted a rule that states that no student can be in a club if they can't keep a 2.0 average. Tori would be one year ahead of Quinn et. al. but is under academic probation.
She could have then made up her work in the final year, bringing up her grades and graduating with Daria and Jane.
Are there canonical or fanonical names for any of the other students in the middle picture (apart from Jamie, who has his hand raised)?
Corey is the student behind and to the left of the goth girl on the far right.
Another theory -- Tori had a serious altercation with Sandi which made impossible even to think of her joining the FC while Sandi was its president. Maybe the squabble was witnessed by Stacy, and she lived in abiding fear of Sandi afterwards...
Tori can be seen in the opening scenes of each Daria show, playing volleyball on the other side of the net from Daria, Tiffany, and Stacy.
She also appears in "Too Cute", she's one of the girls admiring Brooke's (?) nose job.
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