Crossover

Crossovers mix *Daria* elements (characters, settings, plots, etc.) with those from another fictional work entirely, permitting interaction between those elements. Primarily this is done in fanfiction and fanart - often, due to fanfic's nature, with science fiction or fantasy canons such as the Marvel Universe - but has also been done in other canonical media.

For variations on this concept in fanfiction, see Dariaverse Crossover (Daria crossing over with an alternate reality Daria) and reality crossover (Daria crossing over with the real world).

## Daria Crossed-over in Other Canons

Daria and company have appeared in a number of places as crossover characters in works for other canons, including Internet comics. Some examples are noted in the Media section of Outpost Daria (preserved by the Wayback Machine). Significant appearances in other non-*Daria* media are given below.

### *Undergrads*

At the beginning of episode 6 of the MTV cartoon *Undergrads* ("Room Mates," first aired June 15, 2001), the technophile college freshman named Gimpy is being cyber-harassed by a female hacker, She-Prime. During a webcam discussion between Gimpy and Nitz, a friend at another college, Gimpy's image is altered by She-Prime so that he looks like a young woman. "It's never easy to say this," says Nitz with a laugh, "but Gimpy... you look like Daria."

### *The New Adventures of Bobbin*

In an installment of *The New Adventures of Bobbyn* by Joycelyn Yik (August 31, 2001), the characters noted the similarity between their situation and The Kiss... causing Daria and Jane to arrive with a court injunction.

### *Mall Monkeys*

Outpost Daria notes that a now-extinct webcomic called "Mall Monkeys" was briefly visited by the Fashion Club in the installment for October 23, 2002. That particular episode was preserved by the WayBack Machine of Archive.org and may be viewed at this link.

### *Evil Josh and Billy*

A net cartoon by ex *Daria* fanfic writer John Berry included a Daria lookalike in an *Evil Josh and Billy* episode, "*Evil Josh and Billy*, Episode 2: Party at JC's", in a shout-out to "The Invitation". Daria also ends up being caught as an underage drinker. The series was earlier noted to have an "evil Tom Sloane" lookalike as well.
**PPMB Threads**

* I think John Berry may have ripped off Tom Sloane
* Daria ref in net cartoon

### *Drawn Together*

On October 4, 2007, *Daria* fans were astonished to see what appeared to be a crossover using Daria on the Comedy Central TV show, *Drawn Together* (episode 30: "Lost in Parking Space, Part Two"). The appearance was all the more shocking as Daria was a mutilated victim in a *Hostel* parody. She, like captured other animated characters, had gone to a Hot Topic store to see how her licensed merchandise was doing. "This is men's fault," was her monotone comment after having a nail driven into her right eye, a remark many fans felt was rather out of character for her. This appearance received much coverage on PPMB and was also mentioned in several *Daria* fanfics. (Comedy Central, like MTV, is a part of Viacom.)

**General Information**

* "Lost in Parking Space, Part Two" archived on Wikipedia (page has been combined with other episode pages on one page)
* Episode summary on TV.com
* "Daria on Drawn Together," LiveJournal entry by MagicSushi

**PPMB Threads**

* Daria guest appearance!
* Daria on drawn together!
* Who else hated this?!?!?**(thread removed)**

**Fanfics**

* "Drawn & Quartered", by The Angst Guy on PPMB (stand-alone version)
* "Canon Fodder", by Roentgen
* "I Still Want a New Duck", by Patrick Moore

### *Robot Chicken*

On January 30, 2011, Daria was the subject of part of a segment on the Adult Swim show Robot Chicken. Set as a Michael Moore-esque documentary searching for forgotten '90s cartoon characters, the host finds Daria as an overweight trans man named Daryl. Daryl then goes into graphic detail describing the process of how he became a man, causing the host to vomit. Virulent transphobia is funny, kids!

Reaction to this from fandom was like someone threw up in their lap.

### Inside Job

Unvelied in Nov. 18th 2022 on Netflix, Reagan Ridley wear like Daria in Part 2 6th episode in 'Inside Job'. And also Daria costume also appears as a photo in final episode.

### References to *Daria*

* The well-known comic strip *Luann* by Greg Evans featured Daria's image on a student's T-shirt on May 3, 1999. Outpost Daria has the strip (in color) here, but it may also be viewed at the *Luann* homepage in black and white.
* In May 1999, the TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 poked fun at a 1975 horror B-movie called *Blood Waters of Dr. Z*. At one point, the mad scientist Dr. Leopold (transformed into a monster) kidnaps a young woman and draws a picture of her, which he tapes to a zodiac picture. Mike Nelson (Michael J. Nelson), watching the film, remarks: "Hmm. Daria looks nice without her glasses." The *Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XVII* DVD, which contains *Blood Waters of Dr. Z*, was released on March 16, 2010.
* On a September 23, 2003 episode of *Gilmore Girls*, Rory Gilmore compares her social life with that of Daria, noting that "I don't wanna change. I don't wanna be the anti-town girl. I'm not Daria."
* A September 2010 entry of Our Valued Customers, a webcomic reproducing inane and stupid comments made by real customers in the artist's comic shop, had one grumpy customer telling his friend: "You remember that show Daria? I wanted to *punch* that *bitch* in the *face*." This is followed up in June 24 2015 with a girl saying people online try to sound like they're Daria: "They forget that Daria was a *boring jerk* who lived with her *parents*."
* A June 2011 song, A Love Story, by Watsky & The GetBand has Watsky rapping about his failing relationship with a girl... as represented by a cutout Daria, who disses him at the end of the song for being "emo".

### Might-Have-Beens and Lookalikes

* Hyrin pointed out on PPMB that there is a close copy of Daria, as a child, in 1985's *The Care Bears Movie* in the audience in the magic-show scene. In the film, she's one of the many kids laughing happily as a magic show goes wrong, and then has her ability to care taken away by the evil Spirit; she ends up nasty and uncaring, and in a fight with what seems to be a young Beavis (who pulls her hair during their battle). The kids look *exactly* like a *Care Bears* version of Daria and Beavis, which is especially eerie as neither character existed in 1985... but *were* the right age in 1993 (Daria's first appearance) to have been this young in 1985! Is Daria the way she is because she never regained her ability to care?
* Peapotmaster has noted that a Warner Brothers' cartoon series called *Histeria!* had a character that strongly resembled an adult Jane Lane (Lydia Karaoke).
* The webcomic "Sufferin’ Joyce," found at ComicCritics.com, had an interesting entry for May 15th, 2009, involving two characters with remarkable similarities to Daria and Jane.
* A dead ringer for Quinn appears in *Beavis and Butt-head* episode "Held Back", aired in 1994 - a year before Quinn's character was first designed. Butt-head, temporarily sent back a grade, sits next to and hits on the very unimpressed girl. What makes it eerie is that the Quinn clone is in eighth grade, which Quinn would have been at the time. We could assume this is Quinn, though she appears *again* in the 2011 episodes "Drones" and "Copy Machine"; that time, however, she's part of Beavis and Butt-head's class which raises timeline questions.
* In Image Comics' *Morning Glories* #29 (2013), the sinister Morning Glories Academy has an ad for "Fashion Club: Meets Wednesday 4-6PM. Contact Quinn M. Room 237." What the heck is Quinn doing in that horrific and surreal torture den, and how long as she been stuck there?

## *Daria* crossovers in fanworks

There are two types of crossover in fanfiction and fan art:

* The first is where *Daria* characters or elements encounter the characters or elements of another canon, or vice versa. For example, "It's Eureka, Daria" (Richard Lobinske) has the Morgendorffers moving to the eponymous town from the sci-fi show *Eureka*; "Have Faith" (Mediancat) inserts Daria into the cast of *Buffy the Vampire Slayer*/*Angel*; "Screams of Silence" (Jim North) that has Daria entering the haunted town of Silent Hill.

* The second is where an amalgamation is created of *Daria* and the other canon, the characters of the former *becoming* the latter. This is often seen with superhero stories, such as "Lawndale's Finest" (NightGoblyn) where Jane and Daria are Superman and Batman (respectively). This sort of fanfic can be played straight ("DeWitt", crossing *Daria* with *Dexter*) or for humour by contrasting the *Daria* characters with the crossed-over setting and genre ("Is It The Grim Darkness Of The Far Future, Yet?" by RX-87, where everyone is a Warhammer 40K character).

See also the World's Shortest Crossover threads.

You can also see cameo appearances from other canons in a non-crossover fic.

## External Links

### PPMB threads

* Crossovers Not Yet Crossed Over
* More Crossovers Not Yet Crossed Over
* Crossovers Still Crossing Over
* The Incomplete List of Daria Crossovers
* Iron Chef: You Look Familiar Crossover/Fusion Challenge

### Other links

* Essays on fanfiction crossovers at the Fanfic Symposium