History WesternAnimation / Daria

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: "It certainly didn't come up during anything other than normal in-school chit-chat among collegues. Fully dressed. With no oils involved."
* TalkingToYourself : Wendy Hoopes voices 3/5 of the major characters: Jane, Quinn, and Helen. Taken to a new level in "Daria!" (the MusicalEpisode), where she sings a duet with herself.

* JerkJock: Tommy Sherman in "The Misery Chick" embodies this. Kevin and the Three J's can fall into this too, though their moments come off more as InnocentlyInsensitive.

* GoodVersusGood: The conflict between Daria and Tom in the seasons 4-5. Agree with the creator of the series, neither of them is malicious, not even touching to be evil. And, agree with some fans, Daria misinterpreted the things in Tom, and well, took them both to have conflicts that later was resolved in a manner not very expected, but not a DownerEnding.

* HandsOffParenting: Jane's parents led to this trope formerly being named Casa Lane Parenting. The lanes get this tropes bonus points as the mother is an artist.

* AxCrazy: Ms. Angela Li, in "Fizz Ed", shows traits of this, complete with ax.
* BadBoss: Ms. Angela Li.

* BerserkButton: Jake Morgendorffer, Ms. Barch and Anthony [=DeMartino=] have them:

** [=DeMartino=]'s right eye bulges practically out of its socket every time he becomes agitated, and his speech patterns, while halting at the best of times, become even more emphatic. Usually the source of his agitation is a particularly vapid student (Kevin or Brittany are the usual culprits,) but anything that angers him will set that eyeball popping.

* BetaCouple: Jodie and Mack.
* BigBad: Ms. Angela Li.

* BigStormEpisode: The MusicalEpisode "Daria!" is also one of these.

** Kevin and Tiffany are essentially the poster children for this trope.
* ComingOfAgeStory: The later seasons venture heavily into this trope, to great effect.

** "Talking toilet?"

* CosmeticCatastrophe: "Dye! Dye! My Darling".

* DepravedBisexual: Allison in "Is It Fall Yet?" is the second type.

* DrillSergeantNasty and TheGhost: Jake's late father, "Mad Dog" Morgendorffer.

* EmptyFridgeEmptyLife: The Lanes' refrigerator is a magnificent example.

* FashionHurts: Not surprisingly, it's Quinn who demonstrates this, with a pair of high-heeled sandals.

* FictionIsntFair: As proved with Daria and Jane's poster, it actually ''[[SubvertedTrope is]]'', for a change.

* GrewASpine: Stacy during the final season.

* HippieTeacher: Mr. O'Neill. Could also apply to art teacher Ms. Defoe as well.
* HitlerAteSugar: The TropeNamer, from the episode "Pinch Sitter", which made fun of the concept.

* HollywoodHeartAttack: Jake in "Jake of Hearts".
* HomeschooledKids: Ted.

* LovableAlphaBitch: Brittany

* MistakenForProfound: Several characters get this.

* MusicalEpisode: "Daria!"

* OnlySaneWoman: Daria and Jodie. Brittany in "Through a Lens Darkly".

* SeriousBusiness: Nathan treats his love of old 40's-50's fashion this way in "Life in the Past Lane".

* SlapSlapKiss: Tom and Daria.

* WellExcuseMePrincess: Daria, Quinn, Helen - oh, hell, ''all'' of the "Barksdale Women".
* WhamEpisode: "Dye! Dye! My Darling".
** "Boxing Daria" gives the above episode a run for its money.

* TwoTimingTheBestie: Tom and Daria ended up kissing while he was dating Jane. While Jane is initially angry with this, she and Daria remain friends after taking some space apart.

* ItsRainingSalesmen: In "Malled", Daria gets her picture taken with a crowd of eager salespeople because she's [[UmpteenthCustomer the 10,000th customer]]. Never mind the fact that she just wanted to redeem her coupon and get out of there as efficiently as possible.

* ItsRainingSalesmen: In #105- "Malled", Daria gets her picture taken with a crowd of eager salespeople because she's [[UmpteenthCustomer the 10,000th customer]]. Never mind the fact that she just wanted to redeem her coupon and get out of there as efficiently as possible.

In June 2018, MTV announced that a reboot of the series tentatively entitled ''Daria & Jodie'' would be offered to streaming services. A year later, the show's title changed into ''Jodie'', [[https://deadline.com/2019/06/tracee-ellis-ross-to-star-exec-produce-daria-spinoff-from-mtv-studios-1202631736/ which will be the first of planned spinoffs]]. Tracee Ellis Ross will be voicing the title character and also be its executive producer. The spin-off was picked up and set to air on Creator/ComedyCentral.

* AdultFear:
** In "I Don't", Quinn is cornered away from the reception by the minister, who starts up a lengthy monologue about love and [[ImAManICantHelpIt lack of control over it]]. Her escort found her in time and confronted the minister, but even though she knew they were [[CockFight fistfighting over her]], she didn't seem to realize [[PedophilePriest the implications]] of where things almost headed...
---> '''Minister''' (''to another girl, after being beat up''): Don't worry, [[ImAManICantHelpIt I'm no stranger to pain]].
** Jake and Helen go through this in the MusicalEpisode, when Daria doesn't come home as the town is dealing with a hurricane, although Helen is calm enough to realize that Daria would know to find shelter. Daria, along with Jane, Kevin and Brittany discuss this in the song, "They Must Be Worried".

* TheMan: Mentioned by name in one episode where Trent and Jane hire some contractors to repair their collapsed gazebo, but instead of working they're just sitting around drinking:
-->'''Trent:''' Um...what am I paying you for? Uh- get to work!\\
'''Contractor:''' Okay guys, back to work. You heard ''the Man.''\\
'''Trent:''' Whoa. That's just cruel.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In-universe: in "The Misery Chick", returning alumnus Tommy Sherman manages to piss off just about everyone in the school. Daria speaks of her resentment at the reverence he'll receive for the rest of his life, which Jane follows up remarking he may not live that long. A second later, a goalpost collapses and kills him offscreen.

* PatchworkMap: Blink and you'll miss it (and perfectly fitting this trope), but in "Speedtrapped" the countryside goes from the lush greens of Lawndale to the dry desert lands of Fremont in an instant when Daria pulls over to let Quinn drive.

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: "It certainly didn't come up during anything other than normal in-school chit-chat among collegues. Fully Dress. With no oils involved."

-->'''Quinn''':Besides, why *shouldn't* I act sisterly towards her? After all... she's my sister.\\
'''Sandi''':: [fake gasps] Did you hear that? Oh, my gosh! Quinn just admitted that weird girl is her sister!\\

** Gary, Jane's temporary boss from "Art Burn" is a very reasonable guy who offers Jane excellent terms as painter-for-hire. He was able and willing to recognize her talent and also willing to renegotiate the terms of her work to prevent her from leaving, telling her directly she was his best artist. When Jane finally manages to quit the gig (after going throigh a personal crisis), Gary says his door was always open for her if she changed her mind. When speaking to Daria about the importance of copy painting, he sounded perfectly honest about it.

** Some theorize that "Depth Takes A Holiday" could fit, despite the lack of on-screen mind-altering produxts.

* ModelingPoses: In the episode where Quinn and other students are competing to be models, the recruiter gives them inspiration (such as haughty glee at seeing [[TheRival a rival]] getting an emergency amputation) for to how to do their catwalk moves, so the girls get the proper tone as they strut on the catwalk.

* MistakenForFlirting: Brittany are going through yet another of their frequent break-ups, and Daria offers Kevin some advice. Kevin mistakes this as Daria trying to ask him out, and says, "No offense, Daria, but you're not my type."

* LuridTalesOfDoom: A show that mocks cultural trends inside a show that mocks cultural trends? A meta mess next on on ''Sick, Sad World''!

* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: This was more prevalent in the first season, after that the show became much less about "Daria vs. the idiots around her". In fact, around season two, we see her getting called out on her antisocial behaviours as well as the isolation being partially her doing - and her CharacterDevelopment is her not pushing everybody away. The episode, "Boxing Daria" comments on this trope as her parents noted that when she started school, they knew that little girl with her intelligence would have a hard time getting along with other kids her age.

** Everything that Charles says or does.

* HereWeGoAgain: At the end of "Ill", after Daria is released from the hospital when here mysterious rash goes away, and the doctors conclude it was brought on by stress, everyone is left to wonder what Daria was so stressed about. Jane then stops by to check on Daria, and [[ShipTease when it's revealed she brought Trent along, Daria breaks out in another rash.]]

--->'''Daria:''' "She's really bursting out of the plane."\\
'''Jane:''' "Yeah, I think she had her bursts done."

* DecadeThemedParty: In "Life in the Past Lane", Jane is dating a guy, Nathan, who is obsessed with swing dancing and the styles and manners of TheForties. They go to a dance party and to a drive-by cinema meeting centred around said decade.

Approximately eight years after the finale, the show ''finally'' got an official DVD release on May 11, 2010. The five seasons are also available to watch on Creator/{{Hulu}}.