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''Daria'' is an adult animated HighSchool {{Dramedy}} series created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn, premiering in 1997 on Creator/{{MTV}} and running for five seasons until 2002. The series is a SpinOff of ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'', though oddly not from show creator Creator/MikeJudge; rather, a few of his staff came to like the character and asked to use her. He granted this permission, but was otherwise uninvolved with the show.

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''Daria'' is an adult animated HighSchool {{Dramedy}} series created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn, premiering in 1997 on Creator/{{MTV}} and running for five seasons until 2002. The series is a SpinOff of ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'', though oddly not from show creator Creator/MikeJudge; rather, a few of his staff came to like the character and asked to use her. He granted this permission, but was otherwise uninvolved with the show.
show, since he was already busy with production on his new series ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''.
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* BurnoutBabe: Daria and Jane zigzag the trope.
** On one hand, the duo are incredibly out of place in their simplistic suburb of Lawndale and that's how they like it. They're stoic, snark at their classmates' (and even the adults') collective naivete, and dress in a grungy fashion with Doc Martens. Daria is into literature while Jane prefers visual arts.
** On the other, both girls can only be considered downbeat in comparison to the vapidness of their classmates and they have functional middle-class homelives, with the worst you can say about their parents being that they're somewhat inattentive. The end credits of "Is it College Yet?" imply they might become cheery morning talkshow hosts, which while likely not meant to be taken seriously does hint that their downbeat nature might just be an adolescent phase.
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* BurnoutBabe: Daria and Jane zigzag the trope.
** On one hand, the duo are incredibly out of place in their simplistic suburb of Lawndale and that's how they like it. They're stoic, snark at their classmates' (and even the adults') collective naivete, and dress in a grungy fashion with Doc Martens. Daria is into literature while Jane prefers visual arts.
** On the other, both girls can only be considered downbeat in comparison to the vapidness of their classmates and they have functional middle-class homelives, with the worst you can say about their parents being that they're somewhat inattentive. The end credits of "Is it College Yet?" imply they might become cheery morning talkshow hosts, which while likely not meant to be taken seriously does hint that their downbeat nature might just be an adolescent phase.
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** The diner where Daria and Jane meet up in "Boxing Daria" is the same one where they stopped in "The Road Warrior".

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** The diner where Daria and Jane meet up in "Boxing Daria" is the same one where they stopped in "The Road Warrior"."Road Worrier".

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Many of the character's voices and personalities were different in the first few episodes:

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Many of the character's voices and personalities were different in the first few episodes:season:



** Tiffany's wasn't monotonous at all, actually expressing some emotions and even had a Valley Girl twang. Surprisingly everyone else's voices have remained mostly the same from day one.

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** Tiffany's wasn't monotonous at all, actually expressing some emotions and even had a Valley Girl twang. Surprisingly
** Upchuck was voiced by Creator/MarcThompson (who also voiced Kevin, Mr. O'Neill and Mr. [=DeMartino=] instead of Geoffrey Arend. Surprisingly,
everyone else's voices have remained mostly the same from day one.
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In 2013, Website/CollegeHumor made a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBQXugKu8L4 fake trailer]] for a live-action adaptation of the show starring Creator/AubreyPlaza.

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In 2013, Website/CollegeHumor Creator/{{Dropout}} made a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBQXugKu8L4 fake trailer]] for a live-action adaptation of the show starring Creator/AubreyPlaza.
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* BeautifulAllAlong:
** Daria, in "Quinn the Brain"; the scene where she dolls herself up like Quinn is a perfect example. Daria, all dressed up and posed in Quinn's doorway acting like she's doing some last minute primping to go out on a date, is beautiful enough to make Quinn worried that her usual suitors (in on the plan to make Quinn her normal self) might actually go for Daria.
** This kind of bites Daria in the ass in "Through a Lens, Darkly". She gets contacts, but stops wearing them because they're uncomfortable, but goes without glasses anyway because she likes how she looks, despite being BlindWithoutEm. She spends the episode struggling with her vanity, because she likes not having to wear those gigantic Coke bottles, but worries that her core tenets of personal integrity are being compromised.

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* BeautifulAllAlong:
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** Daria, in "Quinn In"Quinn the Brain"; the Brain",the scene where she dolls herself up like Quinn is a perfect example. Daria, all dressed up and posed in Quinn's doorway acting like she's doing some last minute primping to go out on a date, is beautiful enough to make Quinn worried that her usual suitors (in on the plan to make Quinn her normal self) might actually go for Daria.
** This kind of bites Daria her in the ass in "Through a Lens, Darkly". She gets contacts, but stops wearing them because they're uncomfortable, but goes without glasses anyway because she likes how she looks, despite being BlindWithoutEm. She spends the episode struggling with her vanity, because she likes not having to wear those gigantic Coke bottles, but worries that her core tenets of personal integrity are being compromised.
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* JokersLoveJunkFood: Daria and Jane are both {{Deadpan Snarker}}s whose wry comments provide most of the humor for the show. When they're not in school or at home, they tend to hang out at the local pizzeria. In "Arts and Crass" the excessive grease in the pizza inspired the theme of their contribution to the school's art contest. And in "The Pinch Sitter", after being subjected to the saccharine sweet Gupty children who insist that "raisins are nature's candy" and "Hitler ate sugar", Daria begs Jane over the phone, "Bring junk food!"
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* TheMomVoice: Helen Morgendorfer is the mother to two teenage daughters, but her use of the "Mom" Voice isn't restricted to her own family. In [[MusicalEpisode "Daria!"]], she calls the Lane household to see if Jane and Daria are there, and when she finds out that Trent Lane is home alone and hasn't done anything to prepare for an encroaching hurricane, she orders him to come to the Morgendorfer house, and to put on some pants.
-->'''Helen''': Hello! Trent? You haven't seen the girls? (pause) Are your parents there? (pause) Are they in town at all? (pause) Have you done anything to prepare for this hurricane? (pause) '''Yes, Hurricane!''' Trent, I want you to come over and wait for the girls here. You'll be safer. (pause) '''Then put some on!''' And get over here, now, young man! (hangs up) Doesn't anyone in this town wear pants anymore?
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** A slightly more positive one - in "Quinn the Brain", Quinn brings home an uncharacteristic "A" from school. Jake decides to give her a $20 - which Daria points out is a double standard since Daria ''consistently'' brings home "A"s for free and this would ''de''motivate ''her'' from excelling. This prompts Jake to give Daria a monetary reward... then says Quinn should get an extra reward for excellence. Daria then asks "What about ''maintaining'' the standard of excellence?". Jake just throws his wallet in disgust. While rewarding someone for achieving and improving is generally seen as good, it can also be interpreted as ''negatively'' punishing the "Good kid" who doesn't receive any kind of reward for behaving.

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* [[PrecisionFStrike Precision B Strike:]] Daria to Jane, though the jury's out on how serious she was being.

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* [[PrecisionFStrike Precision B Strike:]] PrecisionFStrike: Daria to Jane, calls Jane a bitch, though the jury's out on how serious she was being.


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* ProdigalFamily: Jane Lane's family includes {{art}}ists, photojournalists, and wimpy, sensitive guys named Wind; not to mention their numerous other relatives. They don't show up often, but Jane and her brother Trent (who seem to have run of the house for the most part) are the only two rational Lanes at the scene.
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* BrickJoke: Primarily visual examples:
** In "Lane Miserables", a red stain is shown in the Lane's freezer. In "The Road Worriers", it's shown again when Jane pulls out the cake.
** In the first season, Quinn is given a planner. In season three, the planner returns when Quin is having a hair appointment.
** In "The Misery Chick", Quin shows off her school pictures to her parents. In "The New Kid", when Quin has someone make a website for her, the exact same picture appears on its home page.
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* TormentedTeacher: Lawndale High has a couple, though how sympathetic they are varies.
** Mr. Demartino is a SadistTeacher and a strange variant on a MisplacedKindergartenTeacher. He ''wants'' his students to learn, as evidenced when he was actually helping at a summer program with younger kids, but he's teaching a bunch of high schoolers whose apathy is roughly equal to his irritation with their failure to cite the most basic of facts. He does praise students who do well, it's just that he rarely has any who do. He does score some minor victories in the series, such as getting to witness Quinn answer a question about Manifest Destiny correctly, albeit with her own spin, and he negotiates a contract for the teachers successfully with Ms. Li.
** Mr. O'Neill is another example of a MisplacedKindergartenTeacher, but in a vastly different way from Demartino. He's too soft, unwilling to be harsh with students who make mistakes, even to their betterment. When Kevin completely bungles the answer to a question, it actually has him bawling on his desk in frustration.

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