Amelia is a former camper at Camp Grizzly and Daria Morgendorffer's only known fan/follower at camp. She is voiced by Sarah Drew, the voice of Stacy.
Physical Appearance[]
Amelia, full view
Amelia is taller than Daria and of stockier build, with dark brown shoulder-length hair with bangs going across her forehead and parted in the middle and dark glasses with square frames. She has freckles on her cheeks. Her regular outfit is a purple tank top with a flower, cargo shorts, and boots.
In Camp Fear, she wore one of the navy and white Camp Grizzly shirts which she gives back to Skip Stevens while telling him off and defending Daria at the end of the episode.
Personality[]
Amelia is a friendly and cheerful girl who is somewhat introverted. At the end of Camp Fear she gains the courage; she stands up to Skip Stevens.
She saw herself and Daria as having a lot in common. In fact, the main reason Amelia came to the reunion was so that she could meet Daria again.
She idolized Daria as the ultimate rebel, though many of Daria's "rebellious" acts during her stay at Camp Grizzly could be explained through either bad luck or Daria being ostracized. She's stunned when Daria reveals the truth behind some events - she didn't boycott the End-of-Summer campfire but wasn't invited - but in other cases, like Daria's horse running off and tossing her, Amelia had known the truth at the time but somehow remembered it as Daria being cool. Amelia's adoration of Daria is so great that when Jane refers to Amelia as "Daria having a secret fan club," Amelia takes the statement literally and assumes that Daria has an actual fan club.
In Amelia's imagination, both she and Daria are examples of independent people "not following the crowd"... or at least she wanted to be an independent person that didn't follow the crowd. She later admits that she always did what people like Skip Stevens told her to do, whether she wanted to do it or not, out of fear of social rejection.
Character Overview[]
Skip, Amelia, and Daria five years earlier
In Camp Fear, it was revealed she and Daria attended Camp Grizzly five years ago. They spent a lot of time together, as they were both outcasts within the camp. Whereas Daria only came to Grizzly the once, Amelia went for an unknown number of years (she says "since I've been coming to this camp") and loathed it. They later reunited at a camp reunion five years later.
After reuniting with Daria, she was excited to hang out again, despite the fact that Daria was clearly not excited about her clinginess.
Amelia stands up to Skip
When Daria tells Amelia that she doesn't have to follow Skip's planned agenda for the Camp Grizzly reunion, Amelia tells Daria that she wants to hang out with her. Daria tires of Amelia's clinginess and points out that Amelia has done nothing but follow Daria around since her arrival. Daria tells Amelia that she not only doesn't want to follow a crowd around, but she also doesn't want to gather a crowd, either. She suggests Amelia go practice being an individual somewhere else. Amelia angrily turns against Daria, telling her she's learned the truth: Daria doesn't like anybody.
During Skip's final speech to the campers, Daria comes over to the table where Amelia is sitting alone and makes a sarcastic comment about Skip's speech to ease the tension between them. This prompts Amelia to leave and interrupt Skip's speech with a speech of her own. She criticizes Skip for always talking and never listening to anyone, and says that she had been following Skip against her better judgment. Amelia tells the crowd that the only reason she returned to Camp Grizzly was to meet Daria, her "role model" and "inspiration." She notes that even though Daria is an unpleasant person (her opinion of Daria has clearly changed), Daria follows no one's marching orders. From now on, Amelia will do the same, even if it leaves her a friendless and unpleasant outcast just like Daria.
Amelia next to Daria
She ends by stating she will never return to Camp Grizzly. Amelia's heartfelt speech is greeted with the campers' cheers, and they pelt Skip with their Camp Grizzly T-shirts in support of Amelia.
Before Daria leaves the camp, she and Amelia are partially reconciled. Amelia hopes that her speech didn't hurt Daria's feelings, but Daria commends the speech for its truthfulness. Elsewhere, Skip Stevens complains on the ride home with Quinn that Amelia is "the worst camper ever" who "doesn't even try to sing" and "never won anything."
Quotes[]
- At least we're not doing that, Daria. [pause] Daria? Did you hear what I said? —Amelia, Camp Fear