History Recap / DariaS2E04

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Aunt Rita's list of recent significant others: the sculptor was dumped, the skydiving instructor had a horrible accident, and "Bruno" is in a federal prison somewhere.

* EmpathicEnvironment: It starts getting cloudy right before the wedding ceremony, and it's an understatement that ''nobody'' is happy about this wedding.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: Both Jake and Helen come from this trope, but this episode highlights how messed up the Barksdale side is. Rita marries and divorces frequently and is the one who benefits from ParentalFavoritism; Helen has all her resentment bottled up, driving her to get drunk during the wedding; Erin barely knows her fianceé, who is clearly going to mooch from her family's money; and Amy is basically a grown up Daria.
* BerserkButton: Amy gives her car to the valet and warns him that she doesn’t mind if he takes the change or takes the car for a ride, but he will be dead if he changes the radio station.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Daria's even drier witted escort Luhrman asks Daria at one point if she wishes to share a bottle of drain cleaner with him, which silently alarms Daria. Subverted in that Luhrman quickly explains his remark was meant solely as a joke and not an indicator of self-destructive behavior.

* HasAType: Rita is implied to have dated a series of adventurous but unstable men; as such, their surprise by her current boyfriend, who's a dull (but self-obsessed) businessman.

* RunningGag: People asking Daria why she is not dressed like the other bridesmaids since Daria's ill-fitted bridesmaid dress doesn't look of the same design as the other bridesmaids.

* [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]]: Luhrman to Daria. He seemed to have made enough of an impression on her that when she and Aunt Rita decided to ditch the wedding reception, Daria made it a point to let him know that she was leaving and even invited him to come along. He opted out wanting to watch the carnage unfold.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Right when it was clear a fight was about to break out, Daria and Aunt Amy both decide to leave for quieter pastures. They settle on a bowling ally where the run into Erin's new husband who had gotten chased off earlier and now appears to be [[DrowningMySorrows spending his time at the bar.]]

* [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]]: Luhrman to Daria.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Right when it was clear a fight was about to break out, Daria and Aunt Amy both decide to leave for quieter pastures. They settle on a bowling ally where the run into Erin's new husband who had gotten chased off earlier.

* PedophilePriest: [[InsistentTerminology While he keeps mentioning he's not a priest,]] [[note]]Not that it makes it any better.[[/note]] the minister spends the wedding reception making disturbing advances toward the ''fourteen year old'' Quinn.

* PedophilePriest: The minister's disturbing advances toward the ''fourteen year old'' Quinn.

* RunningGag: Daria's ill-fitted bridesmaid dress doesn't look of the same design as the other bridesmaids.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: Both Jake and Helen come from this trope, but this episode highlights how messed up the Barksdale side is. Rita marries and divorces frequently and is the in the one who benefits from ParentalFavoritism; Helen has all her resentment bottled up, driving her to get drunk during the wedding; Erin barely knows her fianceé, which is clearly going to mooch from her family's money; and Amy is basically a grown up Daria.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: Both Jake and Helen come from this trope, but this episode highlights how messed up the Barksdale side is. Rita marries and divorces frequently and is the in the receiving side of the ParentalFavoritism; Helen has all her resentment bottled up, driving her to get drunk during the wedding; Erin barely knows her fianceé, which is clearly going to mooch from her family's money; and Amy is basically a grown up Daria.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Daria's even drier witted escort Lerman asks Daria at one point if she wishes to share a bottle of drain cleaner with him, which silently alarms Daria. Subverted in that Lerman quickly explains his remark was meant solely as a joke and not an indicator of self-destructive behavior.
* GenerationXerox: Helen's sisters to her daughters: Amy and Daria, Rita and Quinn.

* [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]]: Lerman to Daria.

The Morgendorffers are invited to a wedding, where Daria meets her like-minded (and similar-looking) aunt named Rita, Helen gets drunk, Quinn gets hit on by a priest, and Jake tries to play golf without his wife knowing.

* MistakenForGay: When Mack and Kevin hang out at the bridal expo, they're mistaken for a same sex couple.

* [[DistaffCounterpart Spear Counterpart]]: Lehrman to Daria.

* HorribleTasteInMen: Aunt Rita's list of recent significant others: the sculptor was dumped, the skydiving instructor had a horrible accident, and "Bruno" is in a federal prison somewhere.