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Jesse Moreno is one of the members of Trent Lane's band, Mystik Spiral. He is voiced by Tom Borillo.

Physical Appearance[]

Jesse Moreno has a muscular build and wavy, shoulder-length brown hair. He wears no shirt, only an unzipped leather vest, pants, and shoes. He also wears a gold pendant around his neck.

Personality[]

Jesse Moreno doesn't speak much. He is Trent's best friend and often writes songs with him.

Jesse received little characterization during the series, mostly due to the lack of elaborate spoken lines. His most frequent uttered word (really a syllable) is a clueless-sounding "yeah!" From what was shown, he appears to be easygoing yet somewhat dim. Despite this, he appears more often in the series than any other member of the band besides Trent.

Another facet of his personality is that he's interested in appealing to the ladies. In the Mystik Spiral pilot episode (included on the Daria: The Complete Animated Series boxset), Jesse was shown to actually be a ladies man and capable of easily pulling chicks; it was not stated how he managed this.

According to Mart of Darkness, Jesse is apparently unable to take a bath without scented candles, and as a result had not done so for a week as of the events presented in said episode. (Trent made him ride in the back on the way to Payday)

Though he is at one point described, by Jane, as "the rhythm guitarist" for the band, he did take the solo for the Spiral's video Freaking Friends. He has also been seen playing bass, and can play a sitar (much to the disapproval of fellow bandmate Max Tyler), and defended its usage by saying the band needed to experiment more. (Camp Fear)

He hates top 40 radio, according to The Daria Diaries, and, in the Spiral pilot, was nearly driven to tears at the thought of being in a boy band.

Background[]

History[]

Jesse met Trent when they were twelve and they became best friends. Initially they played angst-driven power pop and “Weird Al” Yankovic covers on acoustic guitars given to them by Trent’s father. "They decide to turn electric when they realized that it would be louder." He met Max Tyler at Lawndale High School and Nick Campbell in 1996. The band is still called Mystik Spiral because Jesse wrote the name on his guitar case in metallic marker. (Reburb)

As well as Mystik Spiral, he was in the goth/synth band Bats With Guns. One of their songs was Baby Shakes Her Death Rattle. (The Daria Diaries) The band later splintered into Cats With Gats and Bats with Bats. (Reburb)

In his first appearance, he remembered Trent owed him a new shirt - after Trent vomited on the old one. That appears to have been Jesse's only shirt and he never got a new one (or forgot to), as he's always been seen shirtless.

Trivia[]

  • The Daria Database says he has a younger brother named Danny, who's a "recording secretary" for the band's fan club.
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    Jesse mixing tapes


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