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Daria Fandom Blog

The **Daria Fandom Blog** is a blog mainly devoted to chronicling the events of the *Daria* message boards, including then-current controversies and listings of new fanworks. It also features essays about the series and the fandom in general.

## First incarnation

The DFB was founded by CINCGREEN, who wrote in his initial post of December 26, 2004: *"We read the* Daria *message boards, so YOU don't have to!"* In addition, a series of extensive reviews was posted for some of the original episodes on the tenth anniversary of their first airing.

The DFB went into hiatus in August 2007 and was slated to be taken off-line shortly thereafter during the Great Daria Fandom Implosion of 2007. At the time of its demise, the active contributors included CINCGREEN and Greybird. Past contributors included Jackie Dobson and Frank Sinisterra. The blog was closed to commentary but still available for viewing online, though at a URL different from its original address (see below)

## Second incarnation

On November 23, 2007, The Angst Guy announced on the PPMB his creation of a sequel to the original DFB under the name of **Daria Fandom Blog II** (or DFB2). He was for a time the sole contributor to the blog, but now has a multitude of contributors who need to contribute more often, poke poke poke (smk, The Bug Guy, Kristen Bealer, UU, and Brother Grimace). The site features various musings about the show, fandom, offbeat story ideas, and fandom-related holidays and anniversaries, as well as the **Daria Directory**, the largest collection of active *Daria*-related links anywhere on the Internet. The website contains nothing within it that could be construed as ***serious business*** (except *Daria* stuff, of course).

In 2010, TAG began an extended hiatus from the DFB (and fandom in general) for personal reasons, handing over the reins to "The Kristen Bealer Guy." She's continued the format TAG started and is still running the blog at the start of 2019.

## See also

* The Daria Blandom Blog, a blunt parody of the Daria Fandom Blog.

## External Links

* The Daria Fandom Blog (new location)
* The Daria Fandom Blog II (All the news about *Daria*, and moar.)
Daniel Dotson

**Daniel Dotson** is an artist and art instructor at Ashfield, where Jane spends the summer during the events of Is It Fall Yet?.

## Appearance and Characterization

Daniel is considered a famous modern artist. Most of the young artists in Ashfield are in awe of him, despite his ego, questionable talent, and tendency to talk a load of smarmy bull to sound intelligent & insightful. Dotson has been creating art since at least 1991, which is when he created Paper Plate Genocide (eight paper plates stuck on spears) which, according to him, was considered by art critics as a brilliant work.

He hits on - and goes through - every woman in the colony that he can. Everyone knows that he's doing it, and laugh it off as "genius has its prerogative".
Alter Ego

The humorous character images used in the closing credits of the *Daria* TV series. Most commonly, these are images that place one or more of the characters in unusual costumes or situations for comic effect. Characters are often made to look out of character to heighten the humor (Daria as a cheerleader, or Kevin Thompson as Sherlock Holmes), or dressed and posed in crossover settings (click the link for examples).

It was primarily the main characters and significant recurring characters who got these, but
background characters The Head and Dawn managed to get some because they were popular with the animators.

The term "alter ego" also refers to a form of fan art inspired by the "official" alter egos. A large number of fan-generated alter egos are posted at Outpost Daria and Glitter Berries.

The alter egos used by MTV for *Daria* were often based on images from popular culture, particularly MTV-related icons of the 1990s. A number of alter egos had female *Daria* characters dressed and posing as pop star Madonna, for instance, based on images from her most popular music videos. Some alter egos have more obscure origins that only movie buffs might catch (e.g., Janet Barch as Marlene Dietrich, from the latter's 1930 movie, *Der Blaue Engel* (The Blue Angel)). Frequently, the characters appear as historical figures (e.g. Bella Abzug).

The *Daria* franchise has made extensive use of alter egos. The TV episodes produced dozens of alter egos, primarily for the major characters. The episodes "College Bored," "Write Where It Hurts," "Lane Miserables," and "Murder, She Snored" included brief segments in which characters appear in various crossovers and dream worlds, usually as part of Daria's daydreaming or story writing. *The Daria Diaries* and *The Daria Database* both use an assortment of alter-ego illustrations. The computer game *Daria's Inferno* includes many oddball alter egos.

The most extensive online collection of official *Daria* alter egos is at Outpost Daria, consisting of images used early in the *Daria* series. Late-series *Daria* alter egos, 220 of them and many unseen on the show, were collected at the old *Daria* site.

### "Future Egos"

With the end credits in the movie *Is It College Yet?* is a series of images sometimes called **future egos**, apparently showing the *Daria* characters years after they graduate high school. Daria and Jane have their own TV show, Mack and Kevin own an ice-cream business, and so on. Though it has been stated that these images were not meant to show what "really happened" to the cast and were meant as a bit of silly fun (Mystic Spiral have joined a church choir!), they have been often used in this manner to inspire fanfiction.

## External Links

* Wayback of the MTV website flipbook
* Art Gallery for Outpost Daria
* *Daria's Inferno* alter egos on Glitter Berries
Amy: Savior or Chimera

**Amy: Savior or Chimera?** is an essay written by Kara Wild in September 1999.

## Background

*Amy: Savior or Chimera?* was among the earliest of many writings that Wild used to poke holes in the Saint Amy image. At the time it came out, the notion that Amy was not Daria's automatic ally was not widely accepted.

## Summary

Using evidence from "I Don't" and "Through a Lens Darkly," Wild points out how distant the relationship between Daria and Amy really is.

## Trivia

Wild would expand upon her essay's claims in All But Forgotten, Memory Road, Abruptly Amy, and her unfinished novellas in the Driven Wild Universe Apocrypha.

## External Links

* Essay at Outpost Daria (via Wayback Machine)
* Essay at the Contrarian's Corner
Little Lizard

### Note:

All physical characteristics are based off the appearance of his Minecraft character, not the way he looks in real life.

## Other

### Friends/Allies:

Tiny Turtle
 Scuba Steve

## Family

### Siblings:

Tiny Turtle (Brother)
 Little Kelly (Sister)

[[Description]]

## Dragons Owned

### I&FM Dragons:

* Ivy
* Storm
* Shard
* Thorn

### Dragon Mounts Mod Dragons:

* Breeze
* Bubbles
* Shadow

## Appearances

Little Lizard first appeared in Episode 1 of Season 1 of Minecraft Dragons.
Incontinent Love

**Incontinent Love** is a song by Mystik Spiral, seen in the draft script of their spinoff.

Since the Mystik Spiral show was never produced, the lyrics were never set to music.

## Lyrics

Now you say that maybe/We'd be better off as friends
Our love's become a soggy thing/That needs to wear Depends!

Incontinent love!
Incontinent love!

Draining the dragon of our dreams!

Every time I call you/You don't have time to speak
When I ask you why you say/Our love has sprung a leak!

Incontinent love!
Incontinent love!

Watering the turnip of our dreams!
Daria's 2012 Boyfriend

This unseen and unnamed character was mentioned by Daria via Glenn Eichler, in the February 2012 article "What I Think About Valentine's Day".

Daria won't give us any details about him, "except to say proudly that he does not wear a house-arrest anklet". We know he has the same sense of humour that she does: the two intended to spend Valentine's Day by going door to door caroling "Good King Wenceslas", just to confuse people.

Five years later, in "Catching Up With The Daria Gang", Daria is living alone.
Darius

"Darius" is an genderswap fanfic by The Angst Guy, exploring the possible outcome of Daria Morgendorffer having been born a boy - in particular, his relationship with his father.

(Compare with "Darren's Estimation]" by Bacner, another Daria-as-boy fanfic.)

Winner of "Favorite Melodrama" story in the 2nd Daria Fanworks Awards
Amy H.E.A.D.s

**Amy H.E.A.D.s** are members of a group formed by Amy Terwilliger in Kara Wild's "In Search of Amy," written in April 2000. H.E.A.D. stands for "Her Earthly Admirers till Death." The Amy H.E.A.D.s are obsessed with Amy Barksdale, using her character as an opportunity to meet in person at conventions or talk for hours online. When they view the pilot, "Abruptly Amy: A New Beginning," they are horrified enough to mount a violent protest outside of Smithee Studios.

They are **US.**
Danny

**Danny** was a sad-sack shut-in who Quinn Morgendorffer managed to con into buying long-distance phone cards. He was voiced by Geoffrey Arend.

In "Cafe Disaffecto", this nervous man was steered into buying cards by Quinn roleplaying they were boyfriend and girlfriend. The fact a fourteen year old did this to a property-owning adult man is worrying.

In "Love is a Way Too Many Splendored Thing", Quinn says: "He bought a lot of long distance phone cards, but how can you take a guy who is such a bad actor seriously?"
Genderswap

**Genderswap** is a fanfiction trope in which the gender of one or more characters is flipped - due to the prevelance of major female characters in *Daria*, this tends to be female characters swapped to male.

This has become *extremely* common in Daria fandom, with every single character (yes even Upchuck) swapped at some time or another. This can be for comedy, drama, or as a shorthand for it being an alternate universe.

## Origin of the trope

While the trope had been done before and isn't unique to this fandom, the reason it is ubiquitous is Nick Gaston: in early 2003 he briefly mentioned an idea he had for an AU story featuring a Jacob "Jay" Lane, on an incarnation of the Paperpusher's Message Board. TAG replied that he had a similar idea he'd been working on, and that if Nick ever posted the "Jay" story, he'd start on it.

While Gaston gave up on the idea, he left it up for "adoption" - author Beth Ann was able to use it as a basis for her series "Age Old Question", which would lead to TAG's "Darius" and that fanfic would inspire John Lane. These fanfics have gone on to inspire hordes more.

## Prominent examples

* Darren's Estimation by Bacner, the first one of these ever done. Darren Morgendorffer is a far less ethical figure and up for hire, who'd used Beavis and Butt-head as paid flunkies.

* Age Old Question by Beth Ann: the one that started the post-show genderswap wave. Daria and Jacob Lane are trying to avoid acting on their feelings for each other, while Jacon and Trent have a shattered relationship after Trent stole his brother's girlfriend.

* Darius by TAG: a dark drama fic in which Daria being born male causes Jake to become an abusive parent, reflecting what happened with him, and Darius is struggling to be a good man.

* John Lane by Richard Lobinske: a running serial where the events of the show are increasingly altered due to Jane being a John, starting with a seemingly minor change in Daria's attitude during "The Daria Diaries".

* Finn Morgendorffer by HolyGrail2007: Melodramatic serial where a male Quinn is still as popular and mercenary as in canon, but now a 'ladies man' jock - with a far more toxic relationship with Daria.

* Not So Different by J-D: A realist serial about a male Daria, nicknamed 'Sonny', and the minor differences that build up from the genderswap, as well as his relationship with Tom.

## Trivia

In 2016, Paste Magazine revealed the first genderswap writer was Glenn Eichler himself as Quinn was replacement for a *brother* character!
Band of Brothers

A challenge response by Richard Lobinske that mixes Shakespeare's *Henry V* with DJW's characters Clovis Lee-Daniels and Wasabi in an alternate-universe version of Falling Into College #26, "Boston Baked Band." Instead of a traditional staging, the director decides to produce a "martial arts" version of the play and recruit Clovis as stunt coordinator.

## External Links

Band of Bothers at Outpost Daria (via Wayback Machine)
Angel

Named by The Angst Guy after fanfic writer Angelinhel. A punk-ish student in Daria's history and economics classes, recognisable by her shaggy, Farrah Fawcett-esque punk hair.

## In the show

She has often been seen hanging out with Shaggy, starting with "Esteemsters" - as Shaggy had only just joined Lawndale High, they must have hit it off early on. In "Pinch Sitter" Shaggy either transformed into her or she magically switched places with him in the middle of class, that's how close they are! She has also been seen hanging out with Bob a few times, as well as several times with Dawn and once with Burnout Girl (Bob was with both Angel and Burnout).

"It Happened One Nut" showed her getting her career aptitude test results; she looked somewhat bemused by them.

While appearing mildly punk-ish, in "The Lost Girls" she was one of the many students wearing school colours to mark Val's visit.

## Appearances in fanfiction

In The Angst Guy's "Scarlett" series (which christened her "Angel"), she is a member of the Lawndale High field hockey team, the Leopards. She becomes a close ally of Scarlett as the series progresses.

Angel also appeared in Doggieboy's The Cards You Are Dealt as Angel Marlowe, a friend/ally of Scarlett Hawkins and took part in a fight to the death against The Lawndale Werewolf; and, as **Angel Ferrana**, is a tag-team wrestler with "Slutty Girl" in The Excellent S' Lawndale Fighting Championship.
Earl

**Earl** was a student at Highland High. Extremely violent, he was part of Todd Ianuzzi's gang, ignored lessons to smoke and read porn, casually threatened violence, and habitually carried weapons to school. Despite that, *Daria sat next to him several times.*

In "Incognito", Beavis and Butt-head accidentally knocked a cigarette from his hands and he indicated he'd be taking violent revenge on them. The next day, they tried to hide from him with appallingly crap disguises. However, the class was then interrupted by shooting from outside; Mr. Van Driessen sternly asked Earl if he'd fired the shot, and the angry youth denied this and challenged him to run a ballistics check. Daria then pointed out the shooter outside, and Earl returned fire to cheers from the class. "Mister Van Driessen don't like people interrupting when he's diagramming photosynthesis!" He told Beavis and Butt-head that he was going to let them live after they backed up his alibi to Van Driessen, but he had to hand in his gun for disrupting class (he'd get it back at the end of the term), which caused the thug to tearfully apologise.

Two things are notable with Earl:

* Van Driessen was able to calmly confiscate his gun; when the gun went off because Earl hadn't left the safety on, Van Driessen admonished him for carelessness and an upset Earl said he was sorry.

* Daria was unafraid of him - she was calmly sitting next to him - and was able to make a joke about him ("you don't like Mondays, huh Earl?") in front of him without repercussions.

In the comics, Earl is a member of Todd's gang - making him a serious career criminal with connections - and enjoys beating up Beavis and Butt-head. In "Time Cap", Van Driessen again manages Earl, gently convincing him to leave something in a time capsule for future generations (he leaves a brick he intended to throw, reasoning with his teacher that he could just throw another brick); Van Driessen initially asked if Earl wanted to leave one of his switchblades, which he didn't.

In *Beavis and Butt-head Do America*, we hear a man called "Earl" is fixing arms smuggler Muddy Grimes up with hitmen. *Was it the same Earl...?*

## In fanfiction

Fandom has used Earl as someone Daria has an unlikely connection to, working off how casual they seem with each other in "Incognito". (Sometimes this leads to shipping because of course it does) LongSnakeMoan gave him the fanon surname **Hoefert**.

He appears most prominently in:

* Coming of Age by Deep Metal
* Of All The People That Won't Be Missed by LongSnakeMoan

## Trivia

He only appears in a single episode after "Incognito", which has rarely been repeated and never put on video due to having a school shootout. However, Earl appears irregularly in the comics where he's part of Todd's gang.
Last Summer

**Last Summer** is a series of stories by Richard Lobinske, set between the close of *Is It College Yet?* and Daria's departure for Raft College. They are the first group of fanfiction stories written by him.

The story lines are continued in Falling into College.

## Stories in Series

**Saving One Last Summer:**

* Right after graduation, Daria must find some kind of "constructive activity" for the summer before her mother finds one for her.

**Shifts in Mood:**

* While reading her diary, Daria realizes that Trent was not oblivious as he appeared. So, did he notice her crush or not? She invites him over to discuss what really happened.

**Succeeding in Your World:**

* In order to meet a respected writer, Daria must attend an awards dinner with Helen, in a formal gown. Daria has to admit to Quinn that she has already successfully entered Daria's world after Quinn's successful tutoring. Therefore, Daria is determined to succeed in Quinn's world of fashion.

**Out of the Frying Pan:**

* To what extremes will Daria, Jane and Mack go to give Jodie a break from her summer activities?

**Comforting a Confused Soul:**

* Amanda Lane returns home to Jane after missing her graduation. Jane deals with her feelings of neglect from the Lanes, and acceptance from the Morgendorffers.

**It Was Your Idea:**

* Daria and Jane go on a road trip to the beach. Can they tolerate the attention of two young college students?

**Something For You:**

* Daria must deal with the loss of her friend at the Better Days Retirement Home, Theresa Blaine, as she prepares for the move to Raft and the end of the summer.

## Translation

This series was translated into French by Mr Orange and Mathilde and available on FFnet as:

**Le dernier été**

* *Sauver un dernier été*
* *Non-dits*
* *Comment réussir dans ton monde*
* *De Charybde…*
* *Sauver une Ame Egarée*
* *C’était ton idée*
* *Quelque chose à t'offrir*

This series is being translasted into Spanish by MystikSpiral/Xio-Lang and available on FFnet as:

**El Ultimo Verano**

* *Salvando el último verano*
* *Los cambios de ánimo*
* *Para tener éxito en este mundo*
* *Del Fuego a la Sartén*

## External Links

Last Summer at Outpost Daria (via Wayback Machine)

The translations by Mr Orange and Mathilde can be found at Fanfiction.net
Cedars of Lawndale

**Cedars of Lawndale** is a fictional hospital in Lawndale where Jake Morgendorffer was a patient after his heart attack in the episode, "Jake of Hearts." It is probably the hospital where Daria Morgendorffer stayed in "Ill", and the hospital where Jane Lane volunteered to teach arts and crafts in the children's ward (and was banned from said ward after helping them draw a scalping) in "The Old and the Beautiful".

The name is a play off of Cedars-Sinai Hospital in California with the implication that the Lawndale location is associated with the California location.

This hospital has become the *de facto* medical facility used in nearly all *Daria* fanfiction taking place in Lawndale. The number of times it has been mentioned essentially prohibits offering a comprehensive listing of fanfics using it as a setting.
Jim's Paintballing Jungle

**Jim's Paintballing Jungle** is a vast outdoors paintball range somewhere near-ish Lawndale, the site of "The Daria Hunter". Run, unsurprisingly, by Jim. There's a maze of tunnels under the park and while there are "comfort station" toilets, they're deliberately hidden. A replica of the Hanoi Hilton is somewhere on site, which the Lawndale High kids respectfully used to throw a dance party. As well as a Vietnam area, you can have Beruit, Iraq, Bosnia, and Urbantown U.S.A..

In "The Daria Database", we learn some more of the themed areas ("downed crybaby U.N. helicopter [in Bosnia] perfect for picnics") and how Jim has iffy views on the inner cities. There's a 50% discount for veterans, bounty hunters, and mercenaries, and the Granite-Master Paintballs you can buy are "banned in 49 states".

It's available for weddings!
Bromwell

**Bromwell** is a college in Newtown (a fictional city in the Northeast) where Tom Sloane was accepted during the movie *Is It College Yet?* (the college's only appearance or mention in the *Daria* series). There is an attached building for former students, the Bromwell Alumni's Club.

Known staff are Lisa Goldwin (admin officer) and Professor Bill Woods (English Lit).

Daria had attempted to get into Bromwell but was unable to do so. Tom's family has had a long relationship with Bromwell, extending over several geneations, and some family members have donated large sums of money to the college to sponsor new buildings. According to Kay Sloane, Bromwell is about 3.5 hours from Raft College (in Boston) by car, which means Newtown is located somewhere in New England.

## Real Life Counterpart

Bromwell is most likely modeled on Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, given the similarity in names between Newtown and New Haven. A throwaway line about "the pizza in Newtown" may also be a giveaway, as New Haven is famed for its pizza, at least among Yale students. It's possible, however, that another school is the model, as 3.5 hours is a very conservative estimate for driving time between New Haven and Boston. The distance from Raft, in Boston, makes Harvard (in nearby Cambridge) an unlikely model.

Tom's attendance of that school continues a family tradition, in what was clearly meant to be a parody of the "family legacies" so often present at Ivy League schools.
Good Intentions

Fanfic by E. A. Smith, and part of the "Bitch Daria" trope.

While attending a young writer's conference with Timothy O'Neill and Stacy Rowe, Daria Morgendorffer discovers that Stacy has a promising though undeveloped talent for writing. When Stacy asks her for help improving, Daria accedes, with the additional hope of weaning Stacy away from the Fashion Club and helping her become her own person. However, this intended mission of mercy becomes a debacle as Daria decides Stacy, by writing different to her, is doing it 'wrong'.

The theme of the story can be summarized by the maxim referenced by Jane in the fic and from which the title was taken: "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions." Just wanting good is not enough; one must make sure that one is actually doing good.

"Good Intentions" is E. A. Smith's only fully canon work, as it occurs late in the third season of the series and contains no out-of-canon elements. Despite its canon nature, the fic started out as a contribution to the Fandemonium thread at PPMB, a non-canon exercise. In this early incarnation, Daria and Stacy were working together on a *Fandemonium* fanfic, a situation that gave Smith an opportunity to poke some gentle fun at some of the fanfic-writing controversies in the *Daria* fandom community. In the final version, about one-third of the fic is nearly a direct copy of the "Fandemonium" posts.
Guy Maxtone-Graham

**Guy Maxtone-Graham** was a TV writer who wrote several episodes of *Beavis and Butt-head*. That meant he later wrote *Beavis and Butt-head* comics comics for Marvel. This included four with Daria: #7, #11, #16 , and #28. ‎

## Trivia

* He also voiced the B&B character Mr. Graham, leader of the Positive Acting Teens.
* He is the younger brother of Ian Maxtone-Graham, a writer/producer for The Simpsons.
* He is the son of naval historian and author John Maxtone-Graham.
Sexy Daria

**Sexy Daria** is an alternate universe created by Shiva in which Daria Morgendorffer made the choice to use her looks to full advantage when she was younger, thus becoming the most popular girl in Highland and now in Lawndale. The boys love her, the girls either hate her, want to be her, or both. Her family life, however, is even worse than in canon - and Quinn fumes at being completely outflanked in popularity.

In terms of real friends, Daria quickly bonds with artist Jane Lane and the other new girl Scarlett LeVey, who comes with a few surprises. Skyler Feldman appears later on as her first significant boyfriend.

## External Links

* Sexy Daria at FF.net
* A crossover with God Save The Esteem at PPMB: Part 1 and Part 2
Charlene Thompson

**Charlene Thompson** is Kevin Thompson's mother. She and her husband, Doug are first mentioned in The Daria Database and later appear in the episode, "Mart of Darkness". According to the ages given in The Daria Database, Doug and Charlene were 18 when Kevin was born, which is confirmed in "Mart".

She dislikea Kevin'a girlfriend Brittany Taylor, as she think she is a bad influence on her son; she's afraid Kevin will get Brittany pregnant, and will then have to get a job and not go to college. Doug's response was "I'm sure Kevin will be more careful than we were [laughs]" (she didn't find that funny). She phrased the pregnancy issue as "that girl's gonna get in a family way", placing the blame on Brittany and not mentioning Kevin's involvement, and "Database" says she "doesn't think Brittany is good enough for her son".

She almost certainly was at school with either Wind Lane or Summer Lane or both, as both appear to be in their 30s as well.

## In fanfiction

She's rarely seen, with an exception being Kristen Bealer's "A QB Grows in Lawndale" where she's stuck in the middle of Kevin and Doug's conflict.
Dariaverse crossover

A **Dariaverse crossover** is exactly what it sounds like: a fanfic in which *Daria* is crossed over with *Daria*. Characters from one Dariaverse (usually very close to canon) somehow make their way into another Dariaverse (almost always an alternate version of the canon setup), and chaos typically results. The earliest known Dariaverse crossover was "The Sun Will Come Out, Tomorrow" by Brother Grimace (June 2000), with a scene of Daria visiting a parallel universe; the second oldest, "Through a Closet, Darkly" by Brian Taylor (November 2000), was entirely devoted to the crossover between 'canon' and a darker alternate. A later but memorable story was "You Only Hurt the Ones You Love," by Crusading Saint.

The idea has grown to include characters from one author's Dariaverse going into one or more other authors' Dariaverses. The 2005 story "Illusions," by CharlieGirl, Angelinhel, and The Angst Guy, presented the idea that an ancient alien race called the Architects had invented a large number of inter-universal gateways using their godlike technology, and one such gateway found its way into the back of the Good Time Chinese restaurant in Lawndale, where characters used it to explore other realities. This idea was seized upon in later stories: "Three" and Worldburner fic "When It Rains" by Richard Lobinske; "Second Chances" and "End of the Line," by Lycissa; and "Guys' Night Out," by TAG.

An interesting combination of a Dariaverse crossover and an alternate history world is The Sidhe's "A Yankee Marine in General Lee's Army." Another interesting variation, in which all possible Dariaverses are found to be linked together through one nexus, is "In Dreams," by Scissors MacGillicutty.

The Tales of the Ringbearers series makes extensive use of Dariaverse crossovers, many of them original though a few are borrowed or modified versions of previously existing Dariaverses. The Judith Strikes/Worldburner/Worldhopper series are one large Dariaverse crossover, on an epic scale.

Compare to reality crossover.

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Deena Decker

**Deena Decker** is a time management consultant that Helen Morgendorffer is seeing (so are the Gupty family), and in "Pinch Sitter" she drags Quinn along. She eagerly talks her clients into prioritising what they want in order to manage themselves.

She hosted a now lost MTV flipbook]: "Hi! I'm Deena Decker, Lawndale's premiere professional organizing consultant. Did you know that most people waste 50 cubic centimeters of space during the average packing experience? By planning ahead and following a few of my patented "Pack Right! Travel Light!" tips, you can optimize your carry-on capacity: Transfer toiletries into tiny airtight plastic bottles; limit your wardrobe to black, white, and if you must, one accent color; always roll instead of fold; and whatever you do, don't take along any of the unnecessary items like those displayed here. Now excuse me. I have to rearrange my pencils in size order."
Dawn

Overweight but attractive teenage girl seen as a background character in *Daria*, and part of Daria's year. She never speaks and always wears a set of headphones with a cord that one assumes is connected to a Walkman, even during a lesson - and it's tolerated by teachers.

Most of her appearances shown her on her own, with the same vaguely contented expression; she appears to be an introverted loner, but not bothered about this. She was several times seen in the company of Angel though, indicating the two are friends. In "The New Kid", she was a member of the Yearbook staff, and in "Is It Fall Yet?" she helps pack things in DeMartino's class. Dawn was present at a Push Comes to Love college prep course in "College Bored," probably made to go by her parents.

In a disturbingly unexplained scene in "The F Word", after being tasked to pick something she knew she'd fail at, Dawn is seen mournfully reading *The Bell Jar*, a semi-autobiographical book about clinical depression.

She had the supreme misfortune to be present when Jane found out Daria had kissed Tom in "Dye! Dye! My Darling", and looked upset at the sight.

She was based on a former MTV staffer named Dawn, who went on to join the police force. She seems to have been popular with MTV's animators as a result, clocking up a large number of episode appearances (from "Esteemsters" to graduation in *Is It College Yet?*) and two Alter Egos.

The character's 'official' name is "Girl Teen Six", as per the *Oh, the Obscurity!* flipbook on MTV's website

## Dawn in fanfiction

Dawn has rarely appeared in fanfiction at all. Her first appearance appears to have been in 2007 in TAG's "A Hard Days' Night," as the owner of J.B., the talking bulldog. She then appeared in BlackHole's "Size Does Matter" (started in 2008), which had Dawn as a secondary character: a lesbian who runs the Rainbow Society, Lawndale High's LGBT club.

In early 2011, she appeared in The Excellent S' Lawndale Fighting Championship series as a crowd-favourite pro wrestler who is able to compete with men (and do very well) due to her size. This series also gave her a surname (Harris). She also appeared in a bleak ficlet, "They Don't Cry", by RX-87.

## External Links

* The origins of Dawn, per the Sick, Sad World website
* Dawn at Backgrounders

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Corey

**Corey** is a student in Lawndale High, in the same year as Quinn. He has a few speaking roles, but otherwise he is mostly seen in the background of crowd and classroom scenes.

## Notable Appearances

Corey holds the honour of being the first boy in Lawndale to ask Quinn to go out with him in the first episode "Esteemsters". Quinn states in "Love is a Way Too Many Splendored Thing" that "He has a special place in my heart, behind all the other guys who have nicer cars".

We see him later in "Esteemsters" sitting in the auditorium with Quinn and his friend Jason, making fun of Jane and Daria, only to be shocked when he finds out that Daria is Quinn's sister.

He has the bad fortune of asking Quinn out when she has to write an essay in "Quinn the Brain", thus having the door slammed on his face when he shows up. He seems horrified at the idea that Quinn would do any work and may think that she is being held against her will.

In "Daria Dance Party" Corey was one of Quinn's dates to the dance, where he tried to slow dance with her, only to be turned down. He later gets into a fight with the Three Js.

He doesn't appear after that except as a backgrounder: the "Oh, the Obscurity!" flipbook says "he lost favor [with Quinn] and was demoted to background character". (In one case, he is shocked and traumatised in "Is It Fall Yet?" by Quinn answering a question)
Fhujeth

**Fhujeth**, also known as **Emily Dembs**, is a fanartist, writer, and fan actor who joined in late November of 2011, after having somehow stumbled upon the series in a stupour.

## Fhujography

Fhujeth (Fhujeth\_x on PPMB), is a psychopathic werewolf current residing in Detroit, Michigan. Fhujeth graduated from High School in the year 2009 with a 2.5 GPA. She was known for being the "weird" girl in school, having written several essays that would have made Daria beyond proud. (Including one about Dr. Jack Kevorkian and one about the assassination and conspiracy of J.F.K's murder and Lee Harvey Oswald.) She attended college for two and a half semesters before realizing that unless you are going to be a doctor or something, college is a waste of time.

Outside of the fandom, Fhujeth is a professional actress, treasure hunter, and antique collector. She specializes in early American, British Colonial, and Civil War era currency, paper work, and artifacts. She also has a soft spot for early computer hardware - sleeping in bed with an Amstrad PPC 640 on occasion.

Fhujeth became an active patron of the Interwebs in 2004. She hasn't left since. No one is sure when she is going to leave or how, but she will... that or the Internet will leave her.

## Working Fhuj

Fhujeth doesn't like the idea of work. Work should be fun, educational, and not dead end. Thus she chooses carefully when it comes time to play with job stuff.

She started off working at a Trading Card Store selling exactly that... and gold, silver, and coins. She was there for nearly two years before she said that it was time to leave. The work became tedious, she was being underpaid, and the boss was batshit nuts.

When that passed she decided to become an actress. Well, that's her job now.

She still doesn't attend school and takes acting classes from Erin Fitzgerald and Q&A of the film industry (plus pretty much a lot more stuff that Erin doesn't cover) from America Young. Both of them have offered her INSANE advice and have helped her more than any acting class could EVER offer.

Fhujeth also does graphic design as a hobby. She has done it professionally but prefers to do acting. She does do graphics when she is hired to, however. She has made a few autograph cards and been asked to, in the future from now, make a movie poster.

## Fanfictions

Secrets of Lawndale is an alternate universe series in which several characters are various monsters living in secrecy within Lawndale.

::After the Disaster and the Five Stages of Grief:: is a pre-canon fanfiction about Tiffany Blum-Deckler and the events that follow after she is injured in a car accident.

Sandi: Well... This Sucks features Sandi starting to change after being bitten by something that was *definitely not a wolf*.

## External Links

* Fhujeth on IMDb

* Fhujeth on Deviantart
Dramatic Comedy

**Dramatic Comedy** is a genre in which comedy and drama are mixed in roughly equal amounts. "Dramatic comedy" is the preferred term in the  *Daria* fandom, though comedy-drama, tragicomedy, dramedy, and seriocomedy are occasionally used.

The creation of a story in the dramatic comedy venue can be achieved through the mixing and matching of the various sub-genres present in the respective parts of the overall genre, such as  action comedies or  parodies that operate more as an homage to the original work than a mockery of it. While some dramatic comedies blend each part together seamlessly, others will switch back and forth between the two throughout the story, often starting off comedic, then becoming serious toward the end.

## Dramatic Comedy in *Daria* Canon

While dramatic elements existed in *Daria* since the series' inception, these elements became more and more prominent as time wore on, and the odd episodes like "The Misery Chick", "See Jane Run", and "Through a Lens Darkly" were dramatic comedies. From the introduction of Tom Sloane in "Jane's Addition", however, the show began to move entirely into the realm of dramatic comedy, and (outside of Fizz Ed) every episode of the fifth season was a dramatic comedy.

Comedy continued to play a large part through the use of satire, parody, clever dialogue, and comedic characters such as  Tiffany,  Kevin and  Brittany, but the inclusion of stories about love triangles and a damaged Daria/Jane friendship ("Fire!" through "Is It Fall Yet?"), relationship difficulties ("Sappy Anniversary"), sex ("My Night at Daria's"), examinations of the characters psyches ("Psycho Therapy", "Boxing Daria") and the characters' possible futures ("Prize Fighters", "Is It College Yet?") ensured that there was also a rough balance of drama.

## Dramatic Comedy in *Daria* Fanworks

There is some confusion in the fandom as to where drama and comedy end and dramatic comedy begins, as it is difficult to quantify exactly how much of each is required to cause the flip from one genre to the other. This has caused problems in the past in making nominations for the Daria Fanworks Awards, and there tends to be a fair amount of overlap between the categories of Favorite Drama, Favorite Dramatic Comedy, and Favorite Comedy.

While a hard line may never be drawn between these genres, there are still some stories that most fans agree fit in the dramatic comedy listing.

### Examples

* The Age of Cynicism by Kara Wild
* Card Games by Kristen Bealer
* The Curse of El Smoocho by Roentgen
* A Hard Days' Night by The Angst Guy
* Welcome Back Daria by Napalm Kracken
A Rant About "Evil" Tom

**A Rant About "Evil" Tom** is an essay by Admonisher, addressing fandom stereotypes of Tom Sloane that were already imbedded in 2000.

Admonisher, who freely admitted to liking Tom, argues that fans are seeing greater moral flaws in the character that can possibly have been intended by Glenn Eichler. He further argues a number of contemporary anti-Tom fics are taking liberties with the show and the characters because the writer doesn't like Tom and so needs to give Daria a reason not to.
91404

A Stacy-centered angst/melodrama ficlet written by Angelinhel in response to an Iron Chef issued by The Angst Guy: "Your challenge is to write a short fanfic telling what one or more of the major characters in *Daria* are doing today, September, 2004."

Stacy visits Sandi in the hospital, as she has once a week for the past three years. However this visit is special as Sandi is finally conscious, finally coming out of her coma - and is horrified to hear what happened as a result of the car crash she caused.
Sam Griffin

Younger brother of Sandi Griffin, older than Chris and with dark brown hair. Described in The Daria Database as: "12 *student, brat*. Never outgrew the "terrible twos." Likes to pound his brother, kick walls and fill the house with water. Plans to someday marry Quinn."

In every appearance, Sam is an uncontrollable, spoiled jerk who enjoys making his sister suffer (including leaving her outside to freeze in "Daria Dance Party"), mouthing off to people, and having fights with Chris. In "Fair Enough", he and Chris enjoyed physically assaulting people at random, and "Dance Party" shows a younger Chris and Sam destroying their sister's creations for the sheer delight of it.

In contrast, he's *very* nice to Quinn in "Gifted".

Linda Griffin and Tom Griffin never really bother to do anything, beyond a feeble "uh, kids, come back here" from Tom in "Fair Enough". (In "Dance Party", Linda looks somewhat *amused* by Sandi's predicament.)

## Sam Griffin in fanfiction

Sam and Chris both appear in Wouter's comic "Through a Webcam Lens Darkly" where the brothers decide to go high tech in their quest to get close to the woman of their dreams; unfortunately, their plan is thwarted when their webcam is placed in a different room. In the story he's shown to be the blunt one of the two, more prone to violence and not quite as literate as Chris is. A good example of that is when they find out that the phone isn't in Quinn's room. Seeing this as a betrayal on Sandi's part, Sam storms off while growling that he's going to put hair removal products in her Shampoo while Chris has the common sense to say that he should get the money they paid Sandi back too while he's at it.

## Name Origins

Sam and Chris Griffin are named for Sam Johnson and Chris Marcil, who wrote the following episodes: "College Bored," "The Big House," "The New Kid," "Depth Takes a Holiday," and "Speedtrapped."

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Geoffrey Arend

**Geoffrey Arend** (born 28 February 1978) is an actor and voice actor who provided the voice for Upchuck after the first season of *Daria*, as well as various minor characters (who all tended to be creeps in some way).

He graduated in 1996 from the LaGuardia High School of Music and Art in New York City and is thus one of the actors Glenn Eichler found by "having to troll the High School of Performing Arts for first-timers." *Daria* was his first acting work.

He has had numerous roles in television and film since his tenure on Daria, including guest appearances on the television series Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and the films Bubble Boy, It Runs in the Family and Garden State. Most significantly, he played series regular Ethan Goss in *Body of Proof*, McKenzie in *(500) Days of Summer*, and regular Matt Mahoney in the ongoing *Madam Secretary*

## Other Daria Characters Played by Arend

* The Assistant Bursar in College Bored ("You play the ponies, Jake?")
* Danny (Quinn's victim customer for phone card sales) in Cafe Disaffecto
* The Car Salesman in Partner's Complaint
* Leonard Lamm in Fizz Ed
* Ken Edwards in Lucky Strike ("Oh, Tiffany... Tiffany... I never got to hear you call me 'Ken.'")

## In fanfiction

* In "Mecha Ensign Daria", Arend is the voice actor for the series' version of "Mad Dog" Morgendorffer.

## Trivia

He is married to Christina Hendricks of Mad Men fame, having met via her co-star Vincent Kartheiser. She stated at the time "He’s considerate, he’s thoughtful, he’s smart, he takes care of me. He’s not full of himself. He’s very, very giving", and elsewhen that he's funny and charming. So, nothing like his characters.
Episode Analysis

**Episode Analysis** is a series of essays on *Daria* by WellTemperedClavier.

Feeling disappointed the *AV Club* site didn't have an episode's feature on *Daria*, WellTemperedClavier went and created one in 2018. The thread covers each episode (and sometimes two at once) in more-or-less order, examining what they say about the characters, the quality of the episodes and what they're going for, and any notable jokes.
Brian Taylor (author)

The twice-retired author of "Through a Closet, Darkly" and other stories that may contain such words as "Daria," "Jane," and "and." Better, by far, at beginning stories than at ending them. Revered in the fandom for the breadth and depth of imagination applied to his stories. He re-entered the community for a third time in May of 2010. He is one of the founding Lÿrds of the Wÿrd.

## A Selected Bibliography

* Death of the Misery Chick, Next on Sick Sad World!
* Moving Pictures
* Politricks Are Not For Kids
* Phantasmagorier
* Rebel Without a Clue
* The Third Woman?
* Through a Closet, Darkly
Dean Zunker

Chubby **Dean Zunker** was a boy in the same 9th grade classes as Daria, Beavis and Butt-head at Highland High. He seemed to be an easygoing sort of guy, responding to Beavis and Butt-head showering in "Wet Behind the Rears" with casual amazement. Sadly, "Time Cap" reveals he likes Socko the world's cheapest sock puppet.

When Dean heard Beavis and Butt-head were dead, he cared so little that he started eating a sandwich. ("Beavis and Butt-head are Dead").

"Bus Trip", an episode that didn't feature Daria in a speaking role, indicates he likes Mr. Van Driessen.

He is not seen interacting with Daria in the series.

## Trivia

A clone of Dean (with different glasses) turns up in *Young, Crude, and Gifted* named Martin.
Doug Thompson

**Doug Thompson** is Kevin's father and the former captain and quarterback of the Lawndale Lions. These days, he works as a contractor ("The Daria Hunter") and professional bore. The teen players think he's cool, the teachers not so much, and his wife Charlene Thompson doesn't seem too keen on him either.

He was first depicted in "The Daria Database" before appearing in "Mart of Darkness", hosting the football team's barbeque - both sources make it clear he and Charlene had Kevin while still at school, which preys on her more than him ("I'm sure Kevin will be more careful than we were.") When he has to think about whether this could happen to Kevin, he puts the hypothetical blame on Brittany ("You think she's the opportunity gets knocked up type?") "Database" states he could have played football in college "if he hadn't failed his senior year and a checkpoint test".

As far as he is concerned, Kevin plays football and nothing else matters, to the extent he pressured Mr. O'Neill into 'ensuring' Kevin didn't have to worry about those silly grade things ("Either pass the boy or get off my property!"). This led to Janet Barch beating him up. Earlier, on Kevin's website The Kev Zone, the quarterback says a failed game got his dad to pay Todd K. Feichmann to help him make the site: "My dad says I need a skill besides building can towers, because after last weekend's game he doesn't think we should count on that football scholarship."

Kevin seems to love his dad but in his 2001 website, he refers to an imaginary friend called Sporty who hated his dad. "I miss Sporty."

## In fanfiction

Doug is rarely seen in fanfiction and when he is, it's as a negative figure. Usually this is a comedy beat. An example of this being played seriously would be "I Am Not A Good Friend" by Wassersauefer, where Doug is virulently racist towards Mack.

Kristen Bealer's AU "A QB Grows in Lawndale" gives him extra dimensions as he becomes bitterly disappointed and abusive when Kevin stops being a football player, but out of fear that Kevin's life will turn out like his without a football scholarship.