* MTV's ''{{Daria}}'' was originally mostly about the title character and her friend facing the stupidity of High School with a half-smile and a snarky comment, always beating the system, though the serious side of it was always beating under the surface of the comedy.  The show started delving into the deeper issues faced by high school students, ending the first season with an episode where the girls deal with the death of someone they both loathed and Daria's attitude is both a blessing and a curse.  The second season largely dealt with things from a more comedic perspective again, but spent more time on looking at the goals of the invidual characters and the final episode was again a serious examination of Daria's attitude and whether that was what she wanted for her entire life.  Season 3 started into this full bore and ended with the first real conflict between Daria and Jane.  The final two seasons entirely covered the turbulence of the two girls falling for the same guy, Daria's own confusion over handling her feelings for crush Trent and boyfriend Tom, and the reality of the end of high school and what it would mean for herself, her family, and her friends.  It's debatable whether or not this went too far in the final two seasons, but even the staff copped to setting out to do this in Season 3 (though the rather serious finales of the previous two seasons set the stage for the eventual shift into full on {{Dramedy}}).

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