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DARIA: 1x12 [1997]

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"I really don't think artists should compete with each other."

("Jane Lane" in Daria, S2E1: "Arts 'n Crass")

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Daria Tom Arc Retrospective Part 1: “I Kissed Your Boyfriend”, a look at Jane’s Addition, I Loathe a Parade, Fire!, Dye! Dye! My Darling! and some assorted Tom Bits

Hello all you happy people and welcome to my look at a true classic of animation.. and the arc that continues to divide anyone whose seen it to this day.. and where I came into the franchise over 12 years ago. It’s an arc i’ve wanted to talk about since I started this blog, paticuarlly the movie Is It Fall Yet? and this year I finally had the room in the summer for it. So i’ts time to talk about some heartbreakingly brilliant television and a fandom breakingly contriversal kiss along with the greatest multi media project of all time, the glory of jake morgendorfer, parade floats that sadly don’t include daffy duck’s faviorite mode of transportation, cyber stalking played off as wacky comedy because late 2000′s, and one of the most crushing half hours of tv ever penned. Join me won’t you?

                             This is Just Where I Came In

So before we can talk about Daria we have to talk about why this arc in paticular means a lot to me. See back in the late 2000′s I got into Daria in a very late 2000′s way: Via a fansite and reviews on said site. See back then it wasn’t exactly easy to find shows that weren’t avaliable through legit means online and the show had yet to be released in full on dvd. So instead of finding it via watching episodes, I found out about the show via tv tropes, then glommed onto the historic Daria Touchstone Outpost Daria. While the site sadly went down in 2013 a rebirthed version with all the old content is avaliable RIGHT HERE. Worth a look.

So naturally when I was able to actually find some of the show on dvd I exploded with glee. At my local FYE I found the dvd for the film “Is it Fall Yet?”. It’d also be where I later got the dvd for “Is it College Yet?” the series finale movie we’ll be taking a look at sometime in the future. So it was through “Fire!” that I was introduced to this great toon and the following masterwork of an ep, Dye Dye My Darling! and the stellar movie.. with the terrible Allison plot we’ll get to next time that has aged like fine cheese hit with a croquet mallet into a flock of seagulls. 

It’s a show near and dear to my heart that despite having ended twenty years ago, still feels incredibly relevant. But for those of you reading this who have no idea what Daria is..

Here’s a quick refresher to catch us up to where our story begins

                   Surviving Stupidity on Sarcasm (And Pizza)

Created by Glenn Eichler and Susan Lewis, Daria is the story of Daria Morgendorfer, who began her life as a supporting character on beavis and butthead, serving as a sarcastic foil to the two loveable dipshits for most of the shows run. 

So naturally with the show coming to a close soon, MTV wanted to cash in and to get that sweet sweet female demographic, so they approached Eichler , B and B’s series editor to make a pilot, they bought it and Mike Judge agreed as long as Beavis and Butthead were kept out of it which MTV agreed to.. then planned to jam them in there should the show not be a hit. 

Thankfully that didn’t happen as Daria quickly became a hit and for good reason as Glenn clearly got how to make a good spinoff: He kept Beavis and Butthead’s social satire but wisely reframed it in a new package to fit a diffrnet protaganist: instead of two idiots constantly stumbling into adults who were way too trusting and tolerant of their BS and showing just how ludcrious society is that way, Daria instead followed a character who very well knows everything sucks and will gladly snark about it and is instead often forced into said nonsense by school, parents or bribed into it. It also takes a diffrent approach to the supporting cast: while many of them are foils to daria like b and b’s cast are to them, their strong enough to support their own subplots which sometimes are the best part of an episode> It’s a show that rightfully gets how to make adult comedy: it’s in the characters and setups and while you can go places kids show can’t, you use those well instead of just screaming I’M AN ADULT LOOK AT ALL THE SEX I CAN WRITE. It’s why the show holds up so well despite being late 90′s/early 2000′s as hell:it’s clever, hilaroius and well characterized and it’s worth your time if you haven’t seen it.

As for what the shows about, it follows Daria and her family: workaholic lawyer Helen who tries to push her daughter out of her shell with predicable results, equally workaholic deeply traumtized manchild Jake who is a geninely loving father who also happens to scream dammit a lot and is geninely frustrated at the world, and Quinn, Daria’s sister who dosen’t want anyone to know that fact and is her opposite: while daria is intellegent and is a outsider by choice Quinn only wants to fit in, go on dates, and wear cute clothes. 

The family moves to Lawndale where Daria thankfully finds a fellow bastion of snark in a sea of idiots: Jane Lane. Jane like daria is deatached, loves horror movies and mocking th eworld around her, but is a diffrent type of outcast, a painter who is a bit more socially savy and is a bit more willing to get out in the world than daria. 

The two spend their days dealing with the high school hurricane around them: Greedy, selfish asshole and average school Principal Li, constantly stressed out teacher Mr. DiMartino who ACCENTS every OTHER world WITH rage FOR valid REASONS given the IDIOTS he has to PUT UP WITH, Mr. O’Neil, Daria’s overly optmistic teacher who unlike her previous overly optmistic teacher is oddly selfish, out of it and tries badly to reach his students positivley despite ti working never times. Their class includes Kevin, the kind and personable but completely braindead QB , as he’ll tell you, Brittany, his cheerleader girlfriend whose also kind and also kind of stupid, Upchuck, a sleazy nerd no one tolerates, Jody, a bright young overachiver, one of the only black kids in the class , and someone whose both popular but also bright and aware of things, and thus is one of Daria’s only real friends outside of Jane, her boyfriend Mack who isn’t given that much promience given his va’s keep switching. We also have the Fashion Club, Quinn’s friends which consist of Alpha Bitch and Rival Sandi, loveable anxiety ball Stacy and spacy moron Tiffani, as well as Joey, Jeffy or Jamey, three interchangable boy band rejects who go out with Quinn reguarly and do her bidding. 

Finally we have Trent,  Jane’s brother and one of the best characters in the show, a spacy moron who fronts the band Mistik Spiral (their thinking of changing the name), is constantly late to rehersal, talks slow and drawn out, sleeps a lot and is still the only one in Jane’s large family she can actually count on. 

Trent is important to this as up to our first episode here today, he was Daria’s crush, something she regretted as while he’s a cool indie guy, she constantly is nervous and embarassed around him and incidents like getting a rash because of her crush and getting a piercing because he said he’d like it really bother her. Thankfully despite being a legal adult it’s fiarly clear Trent isn’t intrested, but does see Daria as anothe rsister, likely not saying as much in the first three seasons as he dosen’t want to hurt her feelings. This started to fall apart with the episode Lane Miserables, where Daria imagines a future with Trent and realizes they just arne’t compatable. Granted the crush resurfaces at the end but it was clear the cracks in the crush fantasy were starting to form... and this is where they crumble.. and where Daria’s first actual love intrest comes in. After avoiding thrusting our main character into romance for most of the series the creators decided she needed to date, but realized Daria wouldn’t really seek a guy out. He’d have to be someone she knows.. so they made it intresting by making said guy START as Jane’s boyfriend first. And fans were not pleased. Which I get with The Daria and Jane shippers; the two have great chemistry and thus our story begins...

                                           Jane’s Addition

It’s project time again and this time Mr. O’Neil is trying to reach the kids which for once dosen’t end in tears specifically his, but is an actually GOOD idea: A multimedia project. Naturally Daria and Jane partner up: Jane’s grades need a liver transplant and Daria dosen’t like interacting with anyone else so it works. 

So to encourage Daria’s crush on trent for whatever reason, torment, bordeom, a love of statutory, Jane suggests dragging him into this and the two go to Mystik Spiral perform. They naturally sing a song with the chorus “Hey mr normal, it was you!” 

Jane ends up meeting Tom, a rich kid who nonetheless has the right amount of sarcastic wit and the late 2003 look to charm her. Though we won’t see said sarcastic wit for a bit as the episode frames him well: At first we don’t get to really KNOW tom, we just see him looking at Jane sideways party on tilt, and they end up going off together. We see him from Daria’s perspective: as this guy on her perphriy whose invading her comfy life: hanging with her best friend, snarking at everything and having one person she can count on to always be there. The show’s explored Daria being Janeless in the past: Season 2′s See Jane Run had Jane become part of the track team and Daria struggle at her best friend being gone a lot. But that was a one off thing.. this... is more permant and Daria reacts with hostility and bailing. She DOES get trent to agree to the project, but she goes home right after and when Tom shows up the next day when she goes to talk to Jane, she leaves again and we find out Jane ends up being busy most of the week: Jane gets her part done.. but days after Daria got her script done and everything ready. Trent of course is nowhere having anything because it was a terrible idea to include him. I mean he is the best, but he’s also Trent. The fact he’s survived this long is a minor miracle. 

So the two have a night as usual planned, with Tom busy with his friends we never meet and i’m convicned don’t actually exist. Case in point he shows up to Pizza and Daria is pissy about it despite him trying to be nice. Granted tom’s reaction to her sarcasm is to storm off after a while, and while he’s right to call Daria out, leaving.. isn’t going to fix this. Neither of them are being at all mature but it’s Daria who gets all the blame. 

Naturally Jane calls Daria on it the next day, and to the shows credit Daria ISN’T being at all resonable. It also shows off something I like about the show especially as it goes on: Daria.. isn’t infallible. She’s often right in her criticsim of the world.. but the show often takes time to poke holes in how far sarcastically holding everything but maybe one person at arms length is going to get her. Just up to this point in the series we’ve had the various trent episodes show us she’ suspetable to a hopeless crush on someone too old and too irresponsible for her as any teen who isn’t ace, Monster had her ALMOST crush Quinn with a documentary before realizing just how much harm that would do her sister and that it was a step too far, Write Where It Hurts shows her being so cyncial even in her writing makes it hard to actually write at times, and by being more hopefull.. she writes something wonderful: a calm happy future for her and her family, and the Misery Chick has daria and jane wishing someone dead sarcastically.. actually happen and her dour front making it seem like she isn’t phased to Jane. She is and simply dosen’t want to treat the guy like a hero as he was indeed an asshole and even if it was sad he died, he still shoudln’t be glorified just because he’ sa corpse. Daria being a three dimensional character allowed to make mistakes while still being one step ahead of most people in her life is what makes the show for me. It disects her edgy, late 90′s cynisim while still acknoleding she has a point at times.

As for this situation, Daria is sympathetic as she is wrong: You get where she’s coming from especially given her speech later in Dye Dye My Darling!

“Because I moved to this town and I immediately knew i’d be a total outcast, and in the one moment of good luck in my entire life I met another outcast I could be friends with and not feel completely alone, and then you came along and screwed the whole thing up!” 

She tries to push tom out of things.. because she NEEDS Jane. She’s her support system, the one person who truly gets her in the whole world. Her parents love her, but often struggle to understand her, and Quinn is... Quinn.  Her only other friends are Jodi who while someone who she truly respects is isn’t really on her wavelength being someone who fits in more and tries harder and somehow Brittany and Kevin, who are more loose aquantices with one braincell between them. And of course Quinn is Quinn, so no sisterly help.  They all care about her, but only Jane GETS her and dosen’t judge her for being herself. The only times Jane ever calls out daria is when daria really has stepped out of line. So it’s understandable that when someone else shows up that takes up all Jane’s time and leaves Daria basically alone, she lashes out at him. It’s understandable. 

What it’s not.. is fair. Jane should be able to have boyfriends and since her and Daria sadly aren’t happening , at least until any revivials, Daria simply needs to adjust to this new reality. And ultimately the only thing that gets her to confront it.. is said reality pulling up to her. Tom pulls up in his old junker, a bit of rebellion against his parents as we’ll find out and has an honest talk with Daria. Daria feels she’s being replaced.. and Tom makes it clear no she is’nt. Jane talks about her all the time, and she’s still important to her. But Tom makes the same point I did: Daria can’t and really shoudln’t stop this and a point I did’nt: he’s not the bad guy. He’s just a guy and a charming one too: he’s cyncial like our heroes, and is kind enough to make this effort because he WANTS this relationshp to work and to be with jane means beign welcomed by her only friend. 

And so Daria does. Granted this only lasts the end of the episode.. but when Tom shows up... she welcomes him. Granted Jane isn’t happy they have in jokes, but she is happy their getting along. This... won’t last long. 

As for the project, our heroes do pass with the wonderful lifecycle of a high school student, which is truly hilarious.. as is frankly most dialogue in this episode, but as a reviewer I gotta gloss over that. It maps it to the stages of grief with anger just being them getting some dialouge from poor Mr. DiMartino and acceptance being college acceptance. The other videos are also a treat, from Brittnay and Kevin’s crudely drawn hilariously half assed video on school spirit and the utter glory that is Upchuck’s assignment that makes me want to worship him as some sort of god before slapping myself upon remembering it’s upchuck. 

All in all the episode is excellent and deftly sets up the story arc. And Tom wouldn’t go away either: he’s in a good chunk of season 4 to the point I did watch most of his apperances, though I remembered his apperances in a tree grows in lawndale and psycho therapy well enough I didn’t have to. While i’ll only be focusing on the four biggest eps in depth, I’d be remiss if I didn’t cover

                                                    Some Assorted Tom Bits

Partners Compliant starts the season off with Daria back on not being really happy about Tom, though she accepts it it dosen’t mean she’s on board with him in her life and it leads to Daria and Jane having diffrent partners, Jane being stuck with Brittany and Daria partnering with Jodi and learning a lesson from it about her own hubris. Honestly I could and shoudl do a Jodi article. She’s the best. 

A Tree Grows in Lawndale has Tom save the day by suggesting Kevin become a motivational speaker. I love that my job is writing sentences like that. 

Psycho Therapy has one of Tom’s best apperances as Jane sets up a 24 hour web cam as an art experiment and dosen’t tell him. So he shakes it for the camera unaware he’s being tapped and understandably pissed when he finds out as his girlfriend you know, didn’t tell him.  Gee I can’t imagine why they have relationship issues later. The punchline is also great as Tom calms down.. till he starts getting fanmail.. from inmates. 

Finally we have Mart of Darkness, where tom accidently eats some Gummi bears Jane had sorted for a project. So Jane goes to get some from the new big box store while tom goes to do the same and ends up saddled with Jesse and Trent. It’s one of the few times Tom gets to do something besides be a love intrest and it is great. Sure it’s jane adjacent, he’s going there to make up for his mistake, but it’s fun seeing someone else have to play only sane man with these two doofuses and Tom is a lot less patient with them. It also underlines the issues that are forming in their relationships: Jane is into her art and tends to fly off at tom for it, and while Tom is understanding he really dosen’t fit in her world at times. Granted these last two take place after our next ep

                                                     I Loathe a Parade

This ep starts simply enough; Jake is out of TP, Helen and Quinn have left, so it’s up to Daria to get him some in 15 minutes for a bribe. Which would be an easy enough task... if it wasn’t also the homecoming parade, something I relate to as not only is said parade right down the street next to my house, but I live next to mainstreet, where the local fair happens once a year and thus makes traffic, even if I can’t drive I stil lhave to get places, and walking around a living nightmare. So Daria having to naviigate similar nightmares speaks to me. 

She runs into Jane whose taking Photos for her own amusment and trying to find tom. Naturally all the usual players are here and ‘tis part of why I spotlighted them, the other being they all have their own plots in the movie: Kevin is on the homecoming float with some.. pagent girl, I don’t know, which pisses brittany off, not helped by Kevin’s skeezy behavior in one of his less sympathetic apperances.. I mean he’s not creepy but he does end up putting his hand on her butt without presumibly asking and you know WHILE HIS GIRLFRIEND IS DIRECTLY BEHIND THEM., Mrs Li is trying to prevent a lawsuit, Quinn has a float with the fashion club who balk at one point when the parade stops and Upchuck of course has a bachelor’s club car with two dolls in the back and hits on our heroine. We also get a nice tiny subplot with Jodi and Mack, as Jodie and Mack are elected homecoming king and queen.. and both are ENTIRELY and annoingly aware it’s a stunt by the school to try and prove how woke they are. I do like how the show tackles racial issues with Jodie while not making it her entire character: there’s more to her than being black but her race and how it effects her isn’t ignored either. And the solution is heartwarming: Jodie almost gets off.. but notices a young black girl waving at her and gets back on. It’s geninely sweet. 

The main bulk though is Daria trying to navigate this madhouse and instead finding Tad Gupty, a kid she babysitted/deprogrammed in season 1 whose lost. It also shows Daria’s character: She may be annoyed by the inconvience and lost of bribe but she dosen’t take it out on Tad and does her best to find either his parents or an officer. She may be cynical, detached and constantly done with this shit... but when an innocent kid needs her, she helps. 

She ends up finding Tom who was at the wrong drugstore and teams up with Daria both out of the kindness of his heart and to find Jane. The two end up bonding as they’ve read similar books, have similar natures and Tom shows his own nature, a bit more outgoing than either of his girlfriends, and a bit more proactive, deciding to get on a float to look and taking tad with him, wtih Daria getting on once the child begs her not to leave him. 

Said float ends up being the Fashion Clubs and they just so happened to be looking for someone to make over. Daria has to blackmail quinn to get out of it and while our dynamic duo can’t find the gupty’s, they do manage to loose Tad once they get back to ground. Things only get worse when they run into lawndale’s obnoxious mascot, some dope in a lion costume who won’t leave Daria the hell alone till Tom gets him to step off and later overheats, with daria pulling the mask off to reveal Mr. O’Neil. And he woudl’ve gotten away with it too if it weren’t for thos meddling kids. Soon after the guptys show off as it turns out Tad found his parents who are greatful and Daria gives a rare genuine smile and talks with Tom a bit, the two really hitting it off.. almost a bit TOO well. Jane naturally shows up and both look at each other as they seperate.. with both clearly conflicted about what they both now realize they might feel. It does feel a bit fast on that part, but otherwise I loathe a parade is a solid episode. Also if you were curious the Brittany subplot ends with her getting mad and storming off and the parade ending in disaster, while Upchuck gets beaten up by the police. So at least Daria gets that, even if her dad dosen’t get TP for his bunghole. 

                                                     Fire!

And now we’ve come to the hard part of this. And not in terms of quality: unlike the last time I spotlighted a tom with my Tom Lucitor retrospective, the episodes here are excellent and the breakdown of a relationship well handled versus 

But it dosen’t make it easier to watch. Honestly it reminds me of a late season episode of Tuca and Bertie: there’s still a joke or two here or there but the pressure that’s built up all season is about to explode, but isn’t QUITE there yet. It dosen’t help that the comedy b-plot meant to help ease said tension is not really funny but instead deeply disturbing. 

The episode follows the morgendorfers as the inevtible happens: Jake nearly burns the house down trying to make himself some warm milk. Look I love the guy but the fact it took four seasons for the house to nearly burn down is a miracle, as is the fact he didn’t pour gasoline on the fire to put it out. 

Helen is pissed about this but thankfully Jake’s connections from work get them a nice hotel. And while Helen and Jake get to be happy and relax, for once, Daria is stuck in hell aka other people aka her sister. Ten minutes with her is all it takes for Daria to pack up and head for Janes and all it takes for Quinn to not squeal is Daria almost talking to her friends on the phone. 

So getting this terrible b-plot out of the way a bellhop at the hotel romances quinn, giving her complemntary stuff and Quinn loves a boy whose attractive and gives her stuff. Sandy brings up the idea he’s a creepy stalker.. and turns out to be right hence why this isn’t all that entertaning. If you don’t know the twist it’s just a stretch of quinn and the fashion club, who I do find entertaining but just don’t get anything funny to do in this subplot, and the “Joke” that a guy was stalking her is just.. creeepy. The actual joke that Quinn is more upset the guy was a computer geek than you know STALKING HER is kind of funny but this was obviously written in an age when stalking was taken way less seriously and it shows. 

Thus the main plot is that much more tense: See when Daria calls Jane and Tom are having issues: their just not really meshing, something that was hinted at earlier but now painfully comes to the fore: While Tom clearly dosen’t mind the splatterfests jane enjoys, his attempt to have them see an art house film goes nowhere. Tom just has some diffrent intrests.. ones Daria shares as she recommends the film, and the fact the two are talking irks Jane. 

It dosen’t get better as Jane procedes to get passive agressive as heck, telling Daria she could contact Jane thorugh tom which is a rather red flag and then working on her art rather than enjoying that her friend is here, passive agressively working the drill. She only gets angrier when Tom shows up but since Jane’s busy he goes to talk to Daria, and they talk.. for hours about litreature and stuff. Look if you want to know how many times an x-man died or about the red planet Arakko, i’m your guy. I’m not into classic literature so outside of knowing about the Prince, the book Daria was reading, i’m out of my element here. Jane gets pissy again. And Tom and Daria DO have genuine chemistry. While jane and tom had some i’ts clear the two ar ejust way more comfortable than Jane and Tom were and click better: their both bookworms, they both have overacheving families, and their both outsiders just for being themselves, tom for not wanting to over endulge in his riches and Daria for being well. .Daria. As much as the fandom HATES this paring.. I think it works to a degree. The two do work together. How it happened is more questionable, and there are issues with Tom’s character i’ll get into, but you can see why Daria likes this guy once she lets him in.. and why Jane is loosing her shit

Daria eventually confronts her, it being her turn and Jane reveals she’s jealous, that it’s been hard with Tom and Daria makes it harder by things being so .. easy with the two of them... and concedes it’s not their fault. But while Daria dosen’t THINK she has feelings for her best friends boyfriend, Trent points out Tom.. probably does “guys can tell when guys are into a girl”.... which is macho bs in how he phrases it but as oblivious as Trent can be I DO think when it comes to relationships he knows what he’s talking about. He has an on and off one and in these episodes is a geninely good friend and council to both girls. And he can play the guitar pretty well and as we’ll see in the movie can write a REALLY good song on occasion, so he has some talent he just dosen’t have drive or common sense. 

So the episode ends with Daria’s angry parents picking her up, and Daria starring whistful. Anjd now we’re going from it boiling up.. to boiling over... but first I nearly forgot to mention Stacey had a cowboy hat this episode. It’s both early 2000′s as hell, I also saw them on sex and the city on occasin, and delightful. To the pain!

                                                 Dye! Dye! My Darling!

So we’ve come to this. The kiss that made a fanbase go nuts, changed the show forever for a second time and is still divisive to this day. We’ve also come to the second best episode of Daria, the only one topping it in my eyes being the final episode (Not the finale, that’d be the movie), Boxing Daria. It’s painful, tense and amazingly acted and animated. Despite the shows stylized animation not being one for heavy expression, the expressoins here and the acting, esecpailly from Tracy Grandstaff, is phenominal. 

So we open with Jane at the Zoo starring at a tiger

Turns out she’s planning to paint tiger stripes in her hair, the lady or the tiger, and wants Daria to do it. And this is where the deep episode long discomfort starts. Unlike last time there’s no attempts at levity via wacky cyber stalking.  There’s no real break. It’s just one long slow motion sprial of pain. This is a bojack penultimate episode level of emotional agony.. and i’ts just as quality. 

See Jane wants Daria to dye her hair and while Daria tries to quip her way through it she also repeadtly tries to back out, pointing out she has no idea what she’s doing, she dosen’t want to do this and Jane being passive agressive any time daria DOSEN’T want to help. It boils over in the actual application as Jane accuses Daria of trying to steal tom passive agressively.. then when Daria, SHOCKINGLY botches the job because she has no idea what she’s doing and said repeadtly she didn’t think she could do this, just outright accuses her and throws her out, not going to school the next day. 

And then.. it happens. Cue the proper music

Tom pulls up wanting to talk things over, and Daria gets in the car while the audience, both those watching this for the first time and those of us who know all too well what’s about to happen scream no at the screen like Tom’s a slasher in a horror film and Daria is his unsuspecting victim.

The two talk, with Tom at his wits end with Jane, and Daria giving the rant from above, mad that some guy has driven a wedge between her and her friend, while Tom rightly points out he just went out with a girl, though she was cool and it didn’t work out. The two agree they aren’t attracted to each other, huff off with a fine.. .and then... 

It’s an incredibly well done moment: from Tom impuslively deciding to kiss her from it being clear she reciporcates.. to the second kiss where both fully let it sink in how fucked this is. And the reason this works so well, especially when certain other shows have tried and failed at a plot like this is the show never once forgets how fucked up this is: Ther’es clear passion there but the second that’s over just pure guilt, pain and shellshock.l And tom’s “I liked it too” and daria’s rare, impassioned dammits just undersell it: He liked it.. but his tone shows just how bad the timing was while Daria is pissed off in a way we rarely see her and runs out afraid. And she can’t get anyone to help: Quinn just dimisses out of hand she’d do the same and Helen is busy with work. In the end all Daria has going in to telling jane is pure guilt

The scene where she tells her.. is also just pure hurt. Daria looks miserable, guilty, and broken, and it’s clear from minute one she’s going to tell her friend.. it’s just a question of how and when Jane finally notices how upset she is we get one of the best deliveres in the series “I kissed your boyfriend, I kissed tom”. Daria makes no justifactions, no excuses.. and  compared to other cheating storylines tha’ts why I like it. It makes the lead sympathetic, daria really is confused by these emotion.. but it dosen’t undercut what she did and neither did she. Daria destroyed her friendship and knows it and all she can painfully do is cry “I’m sorry, i’m sorry” at jane and then run off. 

The resulting confrontation with Tom is no less painful with Jane opening up with a “Hi.. go to hell” before lighting hitting tom who more than deserves it and once her anger subsides a little she ends her rant with “How could you! How could she!” and tom admits it was an accident.. but it was wrong. 

The two then have a more emotional breakup on the swings, with Tom admitting things weren’t working and Jane forced to admit it to, and Jane making it clear she’s intending to end her friendship with Daria. And again to his credit tom points out both how much they need each other and how Janes anger at being possible third wheel is hypcoritical given she asked the same of her. It’s not exactly the same but points for effort

The ending is still soul crushing though: Daria and Jane talk and while Daria both apologizes and has no intention of dating tom it’s clear their friendship is on life support at best as Jane leaves.. and Daria gets a call from tom. It’s painful and while the ending music isn’t bad, the origianl ed music which I looke dup after hearing about it on tv tropes... god

God I love cake and this.. just perfectly accentuates the ep. 

This ep is damn near perfect, painful and an excellent cliffhanger.. and sadly where we leave off for a few weeks. But prepare because in two weeks we look at the followup, what this was building toward as we as the question “Is it Fall Yet?”. Hope I see you there, thanks for reading, follow me for more and considering joining my patreon campaign

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DARIA

DARIA

Daria Morgendorffer is a character in the cartoon series Daria (1997-2002). She was designed and created by Beavis and Butt-Head writer David Felton as a supporting character. MTV wanted an animated series to cater for female viewers, Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn co-developed Daria and was voiced by Tracy Grandstaff.

            Daria was first featured in Beavis and Butt-Head in the episode Scientific Stuff. She appeared only once during the film Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, but has no dialogue.

            Daria’s first movies are ‘Is it Fall Yet?’ as well as ‘Is It College Yet?’.

            The series was first released on video in the late 1990s and then on DVD in 2004.

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[itsstephencolbert]

Glenn Eichler, who showran Daria for MTV, has been a writer for Stephen Colbert ever since the Colbert Report started airing, and that explains SO MUCH about my brand of humor.

[weepinggalaxynightmare]

Série Daria

Série Daria est une série télévisée française initialement diffusée sur Canal+ en 1998. La série a été créée par Philippe Pujo et Bruno Mercier, et met en scène Audrey Tautou dans le rôle du personnage titulaire. La série suit Daria, une jeune femme issue d'une famille aisée, qui s'installe à Paris et commence une nouvelle vie. La série a été louée pour son rôle principal féminin fort, et pour sa représentation de la ville de Paris.  

1) L'importance d'être Daria

2) La réalisation de Daria 3) Le caractère unique de Daria. 1) L'importance d'être Daria Daria Morgendorffer n'est pas l'adolescente typique. Elle est intelligente, sarcastique et n'a pas peur de dire ce qu'elle pense. Daria était en avance sur son temps à bien des égards, et son impact se fait encore sentir aujourd'hui. Daria a été l'un des premiers personnages animés à représenter de manière réaliste une adolescente. Elle n'était pas un stéréotype et n'entrait dans aucune case. Daria était unique, et c'est ce qui l'a rendue si attachante pour tant de gens. 2) La création de Daria Daria a été créée par Glenn Eichler et Susie Lewis Lynn. Eichler était un scénariste de la série MTV "Beavis and Butt-head", et il voulait créer un spin-off qui se concentrerait sur un personnage féminin. Il fait appel à Lynn pour l'aider à développer le personnage et le monde dans lequel il vit. Les deux auteurs ont basé Daria sur leurs propres expériences d'adolescentes. Elles voulaient créer un personnage auquel on pouvait s'identifier et qui correspondait à leur propre vie. 3) Le caractère unique de Daria Daria Morgendorffer est un personnage unique en son genre. Elle est intelligente, indépendante et ne se laisse pas faire par qui que ce soit. Daria était en avance sur son temps à bien des égards, et son impact se fait encore sentir aujourd'hui. Daria a été l'un des premiers personnages animés à représenter de manière réaliste une adolescente. Elle n'était pas un stéréotype et n'entrait dans aucune case. Daria était unique, et c'est ce qui l'a rendue si attachante pour tant de gens.

2) La vie sans filtre de Daria Morgendorffer

Daria Morgendorffer est la protagoniste éponyme de la série animée Daria. C'est une adolescente intelligente, acerbe et quelque peu misanthrope qui fait des observations et des commentaires sur le monde qui l'entoure. Daria est une élève du lycée Lawndale. Elle se désintéresse généralement des activités de ses camarades de classe et des gens qui l'entourent. Elle se contente de rester sur la touche et d'observer le monde qui l'entoure, faisant souvent des commentaires ironiques et sarcastiques. Malgré son apparence distante, Daria a un groupe d'amis proches. Sa meilleure amie est Jane Lane, avec qui elle partage de nombreux intérêts. Daria est également proche de sa cousine Erin et de ses amies Quinn et Tiffany. La vie de famille de Daria est également une source importante de son sarcasme. Ses parents, Helen et Jake, sont bien intentionnés mais souvent désemparés. Sa jeune sœur, Quinn, est une adolescente populaire et insipide. La série animée Daria a été diffusée pendant cinq saisons sur MTV de 1997 à 2002. Il s'agissait d'un spin-off de l'émission populaire de MTV Beavis and Butt-Head. Daria a été l'une des premières séries animées à dépeindre de manière réaliste la vie des adolescents. La série a été saluée pour son esprit vif et ses commentaires sociaux. Daria Morgendorffer est un personnage unique et intéressant. Elle n'a pas peur de dire ce qu'elle pense et de dire les choses telles qu'elles sont. Elle est un excellent modèle pour les adolescentes qui essaient de trouver leur place dans le monde. Il y a une grande différence entre les deux.

3) L'indéfectible Daria Morgendorffer

Daria Morgendorffer est la protagoniste éponyme de la série télévisée animée Daria. C'est une adolescente intelligente, acerbe et quelque peu misanthrope qui observe le monde et sa propre vie avec un sarcasme pince-sans-rire. Daria est l'antithèse des filles populaires de son école, et elle est souvent incomprise par ses camarades de classe et ses professeurs. Cependant, Daria est aussi farouchement indépendante et n'a pas peur de dire ce qu'elle pense, même si cela lui cause des ennuis. Daria est la voix de la raison dans un monde plein d'hypocrisie et de stupidité. Elle n'a pas peur de dénoncer l'hypocrisie des autres, même si cela la rend impopulaire. Par exemple, lorsque l'équipe de football de son école est prise en train de tricher, Daria est la seule à vouloir les dénoncer publiquement. Daria n'a pas non plus peur de dire ce qu'elle pense sur des sujets controversés, même si cela la met en porte-à-faux avec ses amis et sa famille. Par exemple, lorsque sa meilleure amie Jane commence à sortir avec un homme que Daria n'approuve pas, elle n'hésite pas à lui dire ce qu'elle ressent vraiment. Daria Morgendorffer est la voix de la raison dans un monde plein d'hypocrisie et de stupidité. Elle n'a pas peur de dénoncer l'hypocrisie des autres, même si cela la rend impopulaire. Daria n'a pas non plus peur de dire ce qu'elle pense sur des sujets controversés, même si cela la met en désaccord avec ses amis et sa famille. Daria est l'incarnation de la femme indépendante, et elle est une inspiration pour les filles et les femmes du monde entier.

4) Le guide de la vie sans BS de Daria Morgendorffer

Daria Morgendorffer est l'un des personnages animés les plus emblématiques des années 90. C'est une adolescente intelligente, sarcastique et totalement attachante qui n'a pas peur de dire ce qu'elle pense. Dans un monde plein de conformité et de BS, Daria est une voix de la raison rafraîchissante. Voici quatre leçons de vie que nous pouvons tous apprendre d'elle : 1. Soyez vous-même Daria est bien dans sa peau et n'a pas peur d'être différente. Elle sait qu'elle n'est pas comme tout le monde et elle l'accepte. Dans un monde où il est si facile de se conformer et de s'intégrer, Daria nous rappelle qu'il est important d'être fidèle à soi-même. 2. Remettez tout en question Daria est un esprit critique qui n'a pas peur de poser des questions difficiles. Elle n'a pas peur de remettre en question le statu quo et fait preuve d'un scepticisme sain à l'égard des figures d'autorité. Dans un monde où il est si facile de suivre la foule, Daria nous rappelle qu'il faut penser par soi-même et tout remettre en question. 3. Défendez ce en quoi vous croyez Daria est passionnée par les choses auxquelles elle croit et elle n'a pas peur de les défendre. Elle n'a pas peur de dire ce qu'elle pense et elle est toujours prête à se battre pour ce en quoi elle croit. Dans un monde où il est si facile de se taire, Daria nous rappelle que notre voix compte et que nous devons l'utiliser pour nous battre pour ce en quoi nous croyons. 4. La vie est ce que l'on en fait Daria sait que la vie n'est pas toujours juste, mais elle ne laisse pas cela l'empêcher de vivre pleinement sa vie. Elle a dû faire face à beaucoup d'adversité dans sa vie, mais elle ne s'est jamais laissée abattre. Daria nous rappelle que la vie est ce que l'on en fait et que nous devrions toujours essayer de tirer le meilleur de chaque situation.

5) La sagesse racontable de Daria Morgendorffer

Daria Morgendorffer est l'héroïne éponyme de la série animée Daria de MTV. C'est une adolescente intelligente, sarcastique et parfois cynique qui ne s'intègre pas tout à fait dans le courant dominant. Malgré sa vision souvent négative de la vie, Daria est en fait une personne sage et perspicace. Voici quelques-unes des leçons de sagesse les plus pertinentes de Daria Morgendorffer. 1. "La vie n'est qu'un grand concours de popularité. Et je n'ai pas envie d'y participer." Daria n'est pas le genre de personne à se soucier de la popularité. Elle préfère rester fidèle à elle-même plutôt que d'essayer de se fondre dans la masse. C'est une excellente attitude à avoir, car il est important d'être soi-même. 2. "Je ne souffre pas de folie, j'en apprécie chaque minute." Daria a une perspective très unique sur la vie. Alors que d'autres personnes peuvent voir le monde comme un endroit fou et chaotique, Daria apprécie en fait la folie. Elle sait que la vie est plus amusante quand on ne prend pas les choses trop au sérieux. 3. "Je ne suis pas anti-sociale, je ne suis juste pas conviviale". Daria est souvent considérée comme antisociale, mais elle préfère penser qu'elle n'est pas conviviale. Elle sait qu'elle n'est pas la personne la plus facile à vivre, mais elle s'en accommode. Daria est bien dans sa peau et ne ressent pas le besoin de changer pour quelqu'un d'autre. 4. "Je n'ai pas une mauvaise estime de moi, j'ai une mauvaise estime de tous les autres". Daria a une très mauvaise opinion des gens qui l'entourent. Elle trouve que la plupart des gens sont ennuyeux, stupides et hypocrites. Même si ce n'est pas la vision la plus saine de la vie, elle est tout à fait racontable. Il est facile de se sentir comme Daria quand on est constamment entouré de gens que l'on ne supporte pas. 5. "Je ne suis pas un modèle, je suis un exemple. Il y a une différence." Daria est souvent considérée comme un modèle pour les autres adolescents, mais elle ne se voit pas de cette façon. Elle sait qu'elle n'est pas parfaite et qu'elle fait des erreurs. Daria est l'exemple de quelqu'un qui est à l'aise pour être elle-même, même quand elle ne correspond pas au reste du monde. Daria est une série incroyable qui a quelque chose pour tout le monde. C'est drôle, relatable, et a un grand message. Si vous ne l'avez pas vu, je vous le recommande vivement ! Read the full article

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''DARIA''

Es una serie de televisión estadounidense de animación, creada por Glenn Eichler y Susie Lewis Lynn para el canal MTV. Se trata de una comedia de situación que satiriza la vida de instituto y la cultura popular a través de Daria Morgendorffer, una adolescente inteligente cuya personalidad no encaja con el entorno que la rodea. Daria cuenta con 65 episodios que fueron transmitidos por primera vez desde 1997.

Año de inicio: 3 de marzo de 1997

Dirección: Glenn Eichler, Susie Lewis Lynn

Créditos: Tomado de Wikipedia

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daria

Para ver el tráiler ingresa al enlace:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf01tSJ41VQ

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Daria (1997)

[ahb-writes]

"...it's what I can do."

("Quinn," in Daria, S2E06: "Monster")

[thatdariamorgendorffer]

Yeah, opposites attract each other, but not this time.

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Daria - “Esteemsters”