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Daria

Daria is an animated television show created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn and was a spin-off of Beavis and Butthead. Both shows were produced by MTV's now-defunct animation department. Daria has been bought by broadcasters in more than twenty countries - see Daria International.

Table of contents

1 Daria Morgendorffer 2 Other Major Characters 3 Trivia 4 Episodes 4.1 Season 1 4.2 Season 2 4.3 Season 3 4.4 Season 4 4.5 First movie 4.6 Season 5 4.7 Second movie 5 Airing information 6 Tapes and DVDs 7 Fan community 8 External links 8.8 Websites 8.9 Message Boards 8.10 IRC channels

Daria Morgendorffer

Daria's first incarnation was as an occasional character in Beavis and Butthead, where she formed a female, intelligent foil to the two dunderheads. In her eponymous series, Daria became more angsty; to some, she's the poster child for 'teen misfit.' Voiced by Tracy Grandstaff, Daria is a bespectacled, plain, highly intelligent, unfashionably dressed, and seemingly cynical teenage girl who is portrayed as an icon of sanity in an insane household, with her vacuous, fashion-obsessed sister Quinn and career-obsessed parents Helen and Jake. While much of the show is a vehicle for Daria's droll deadpan monotone one-liners, a recurring plot element in early seasons is Daria standing up to misused authority, leading some fans to conclude that her apparent cynicism is only skin deep.

Other Major Characters

• Helen Morgendorffer - Daria's work-a-holic mother, and the family's principal wage earner.
• Jake Morgendorffer - Daria's father. He had a strict military father and tends to have mood swings and go off on rants about his childhood. His efforts to run a consulting business from home are not blessed with success.
• Jane Lane - Daria's artistic best friend and fellow outcast.
• Trent Lane - Jane's brother and the only other Lane still permanently residing in the Lane household. Also Daria's romantic interest for much of the series.
• Tom Sloane - First appeared as Jane's boyfriend and later became Daria's boyfriend. He belongs to one of Lawndale's richest families, but you wouldn't be able to tell by looking at him.
• Andrea - The Lawndale High Goth. Andrea's worldview could put Daria's to shame.
• Brittany Taylor - Lawndale High's head cheerleader. A bubble-brained blonde, she is popular but is often seen with Daria and Jane.
• Kevin Thompson - Lawndale High's football team's quarterback. Boyfriend to Brittany.
• Jodie Landon - One of few black students at Lawndale High, Jodie is the quintessential overachiever, pushed by her ambitious parents.
• Michael "Mack" MacKenzie - Jodie's boyfriend and also another of the few black students at Lawndale High. He is more or less of comparable intelligence to Jodie and is the Lawndale High's football team's captain. Kevin calls him "Mack Daddy", which he hates more than anything.
• Charles "Upchuck" Ruttheimer III - Is the world's least desirable male, with the world's worst taste in come-ons.
• The Fashion Club:
  • Sandi Griffin - The club president, or perhaps I should say monarch. She rules the fashion club with an iron fist. Sandi is a control freak.
  • Quinn Morgendorffer - Daria's sister, a fashion victim? Not if she can help it! She's the club Vice-president and her main concerns are clothes, boys, and popularity. While she is intelligent, Quinn's mind is usually in the shallow end of the pool.
  • Stacy Rowe - Stacey is the secretary of the club and appears to have no personality of her own. She is extremely insecure and a born follower.
  • Tiffany Blum-Deckler - The 'yes man' of the club. She'll always side with either Sandi or Quinn depending on who's winning. She is generally presented as the least intelligent of the group and she speaks slowly with a valley-girl quality to her voice.
• Lawndale High Teachers:
  • Ms. Janet Barch - Science teacher. She is psychotically aggressive towards all males due to a rather messy and bitter divorce. She and Mr. O'Neil have had numerous 'flings' together through out the series.
  • Mrs. Diane Bennett - Economics Teacher. For some obscure reason she is known primarily for her hatred of pennies. Her blackboard diagrams resemble football plays.
  • Ms. Claire Defoe - Art Teacher. Most down-to-earth of the faculty and patient to a fault. Probable hippie past.
  • Mr. Anthony DeMartino - History Teacher. DeMartino is stressed to the point of being put in a strait jacket. He has the habit of shouting every fifth word or so causing one of his eyes to bulge out.
  • Ms. Angela Li - Principal of Lawndale High. She is obsessed with fund raising and the school's image. Many fans assume that the interest in fund raising is because she uses the regular budget on security measures for the school, such as drug dogs and closed circuit cameras. She will do anything to bring fame to Lawndale High.
  • Mr. Timothy O'Neil - English Teacher. Sensitive 'new age guy' always talking about feelings but doesn’t have a very good grip on his own emotions. Cries easily.

Trivia

• When the show began in 1997, Daria and her family just moved from Highland to the affluent town of Lawndale.
• The only television program Daria is shown to watch is Sick, Sad World, the Daria team's spoof of sensationalist oddity programs.

Episodes

Season 1

1. Esteemsters
2. The Invitation
3. College Bored
4. Cafe Disaffecto
5. Malled
6. This Year's Model
7. The Lab Brat
8. Pinch Sitter
9. Too Cute
10. The Big House
11. Road Worrier
12. The Teachings of Don Jake
13. The Misery Chick

Season 2

1. Arts 'N Crass
2. The Daria Hunter
3. Quinn the Brain
4. I Don't
5. That Was Then, This Is Dumb
6. Monster
7. The New Kid
8. Gifted
9. Ill
10. Fair Enough
11. See Jane Run
12. Pierce Me
13. Write Where it Hurts

Season 3

1. Daria!
2. Through a Lens Darkly
3. The Old and the Beautiful
4. Depth Takes a Holiday
5. Daria Dance Party
6. The Lost Girls
7. It Happened One Nut
8. Lane Miserables
9. Jake of Hearts
10. Speedtrapped
11. The Lawndale File
12. Just Add Water
13. Jane's Addition

Season 4

1. Partner's Complaint
2. Antisocial Climbers
3. A Tree Grows in Lawndale
4. Murder, She Snored
5. The F Word
6. I Loathe a Parade
7. Of Human Bonding
8. Psycho Therapy
9. Mart of Darkness
10. Legends of the Mall
11. Groped by an Angel
12. Fire!
13. Dye! Dye! My Darling

First movie

Is It Fall Yet?

Season 5

1. Fizz Ed
2. Sappy Anniversary
3. Fat Like Me
4. Camp Fear
5. The Story of D
6. Lucky Strike
7. Art Burn
8. One J at a Time
9. Life in the Past Lane
10. Aunt Nauseam
11. Prize Fighters
12. My Night at Daria's
13. Boxing Daria

Second movie

Is It College Yet?

Airing information

Daria first aired on MTV in the USA, and is now showing there as reruns on The N, the young teens timeblock on children's educational network Noggin. These reruns have been criticised by American Daria fans for being edited for content, occasionally rendering remaining portions of the show almost unintelligible, or wiping out subplots and subtext.

The rights to show Daria have been bought by a number of broadcasters outside the USA: Daria International lists airing information for more than 25 countries.

Tapes and DVDs

A number of VHS tapes have been issued, mostly in PAL format. Two DVDs are available, ostensibly coded for Region One (North America) but found by fans to be region-free. More information on this page. Fans are campaigning for a DVD release of every episode, uncut, and by July 2004 1,201 fans had voted for Daria at TV Shows on DVD, bringing it to 43rd place in the list of most-wanted unreleased DVDs.

Fan community

Perhaps unsurprisingly for a show whose heroine shuns crowds, most of the interaction among fans tends to take place online. Discussions take place in Usenet group alt.tv.daria and in fansite message boards (listed below). A Daria chat room accessed from MTV's Daria homepage attracts mostly young fans, while those who does not enjoy the atmosphere of the MTV chat room gather for desultory conversation at [irc://cookie.sorcery.net/Daria+ #Daria+].

Fan conventions are small, and run on a not-for-profit basis by fans who often host them in their own homes. All the Dariacons listed at Dariacon Central have been gatherings of adults, and organisers have made no effort to attract younger fans; indeed, they've discouraged or prohibited the attendance of children.

External links

Websites

• Outpost Daria
• MTV's Daria Page
• The Irony Maiden
• The Daria - Jane Conspiracy
• Sick, Sad World
• Daria Online

Message Boards

• The Paperpusher's Message Board
• "Chainsaw" Jane's Closet Door
• Daria's Rubber Room Message Board ("The Rubber Board")

IRC channels

• [irc://cookie.sorcery.net/Daria+ #Daria+]