History WesternAnimation / Daria

* CatchPhrase:

** A squeaky exclamation of "Eep!". Started with Brittany but by the end of the series, nearly every main character had used it at least once.

** Many characters: "What are YOU doing here?" Shows up at least once in most episodes.
* CaughtInTheBadPartOfTown: The plot of "Legends of the Mall" is driven by the Fashion Club having to catch a bus from the mall and winding up getting off in a less salubrious part of town. Of course, this being Lawndale, the 'bad part' of town isn't too bad.
* CensoredTitle: When the show aired on The-N, the season four episode "The F Word" had its title changed to "Fail". Also, season three's "It Happened One Nut" was changed to "Daria Gets a Job".

* OffModel: Daria's coloration in "The Misery Chick" is far paler than the Series' norm.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Happens to Sandi several times.
** In “The Daria Hunter”, Quinn plans to shoot her while Sandi uses the restroom, but when finding out the buses are leaving, deliberately convinces the staff that everyone is present so they drive off in time for Sandi to be ditched, while Quinn turns her back with no remorse.
** In "Daria Dance Party", Sandi is locked outside while banging on the door for Sam and Chris, who happily let her and the other Fashion Club members freeze outside in the snow in their bikinis, but considering Sandi spent the whole episode being a massive bitch to Quinn, convincing her to plan the school dance to set her up to bomb, and even going as far to throw a party on the same night to spite her, it’s hard to feel bad for her.

[[caption-width-right:350:Not [[ComicBook/GhostWorld Enid Coleslaw]], honest.[[note]]Characters from left to right: [[DeanBitterman Ms. Li]], [[DumbBlonde Brittany]], [[LovableJock Kevin]], [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Jodie]], [[TheSnarkKnight Daria]], [[BookDumb Jane]], [[TheGenericGuy Mack]], [[CasanovaWannabe Upchuck]], [[{{Goth}} Andrea]], and [[HairTriggerTemper Mr. DeMartino]].[[/note]]]]

!!You're standing on my tropes.

!!This series provides examples of:

Website/CollegeHumor made a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBQXugKu8L4 fake trailer]] for a live-action adaptation starring Creator/AubreyPlaza.

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]]. Creator/TraceeEllisRoss 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, [[https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/daria-spinoff-jodie-cast-1235268100/ but in 2022 the project is now an animated film set to air]] on Creator/ParamountPlus. Ross is still attached to voice Jodie, with Creator/WilliamJacksonHarper now playing Mack and Creator/ArdenMyrin now playing Brittany.

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/ParamountPlus.

-->-- '''Splendora''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwXzO7xiSXk "You're Standing on My Neck,"]] opening theme.

''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 permission, but was otherwise uninvolved with the show.

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%% * BetaCouple: Jodie and Mack.

-->'''Brittany:''' Oh, my gosh! Look at the Jell-O!\\

-->'''Daria:''' Um, Brittany, would you mind pointing those things in another direction?

* FashionModel: A few episodes involved modeling, such as recruiters coming to the school to seek modeling talent.

* BustContrastDuo: Though they don't socialise much, Daria and Jane are very noticeably flatter than [[GagBoobs Brittany]] and Quinn is bustier than her older sister.

* GagBoobs:
** Twice in the musical episode:
*** "Um, Brittany, would you mind pointing those things in another direction?"
*** "Worried about the competition?"
** Also the sample implant Daria ends up with in "Too Cute". It effectively scares off Upchuck. Though not for long, as he later uses Quinn as a third party to proposition Daria with a "Deposit" to "Rent that fake boob for the weekend."
** Mentioned in an early episode where Jane shows Daria images from a life drawing class.
--->'''Daria:''' "She's really bursting out of the picture plane here."\\
'''Jane:''' "Yeah, that model was quite bursty. I think she had her bursts done."

* In the 1956 Walt Disney short "In the Bag", the park ranger first tries to get the bears to clean up the park by making it a game.

* BareYourMidriff:
** Quinn nearly all the time, and it's notable since she changes wardrobes a bit.
** Kevin in a rare male example.
** Jane's outfit when she tries to look "normal" for an assignment.
** Daria's costume when she was in personality drag as Quinn.
** Several of the outfits chosen by the Fashion Club, especially Sandi's outfit for the party at the end of ''Is It College Yet?''

''Daria'' is an animated HighSchool {{Dramedy}} about a waifish, sardonic teen girl with coke-bottle glasses, army boots, and absolutely no patience for the idiocy around her. (She used to have WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead for classmates, so can you blame her?)

Most of the humor is derived from Daria and her friend Jane's conflicts with the collection of twisted teenage archetypes (and often the adults) around them. The last two seasons departed from the ResetButton to create a powerful StoryArc of Daria and her friends coming of age. The show's strong use of CharacterDevelopment became a major draw on [[Creator/{{MTV}} a network loaded with more superficial programming]]. A major part of it is Daria eventually falling for a TallDarkAndSnarky boy, Tom Sloane, and struggling to deal with romantic activities she previously rejected.

A SpinOff from ''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 permission, but was otherwise uninvolved with the show. ''Daria'' became a quintessential part of TheNineties in television.

''"La la la la la."''

* AdultsDressedAsChildren: Magazine editor Val. Since she doesn't ''look'' like a teenager, no one is really fooled. Not even [[TheDitz Brittany and Kevin]].

** Initially, Quinn was hinted as being a bit promiscuous. This was changed to her simply enjoying having boys pay attention to her, and is otherwise quite prudish, refusing to even slow-dance on the first date.

* 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.
** Marc Thompson voices several recurring characters: Mr. O'Neill, Mr. [=DeMartino=], Kevin, and Jamie.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Played straight with Jake and Helen, though the show notes that they seem to have a hard time relating to each other in any other way.

** In the episode with the scholarship, the aesop of "Be yourself" is ''thoroughly'' deconstructed. Daria is in the running for a $10,000 scholarship alongside Upchuck and Jodie. The interviewer considers Daria to be the only worthy candidate, since Chuck behaves like an absolute sycophant, and Jodie just gives canned answers to the interviewer's questions. Daria, however, does not alter her behaviour and acts as sullen as she normally is, coming off as outright ''hostile'' to the interviewer - sure enough none of them get it, showing that just being yourself won't ''always'' get you what you want, especially if "Yourself" is hostile. None of them can understand why they didn't get it.