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* BeautifulAllAlong: Happens a few different times.
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* BeautifulAllAlong: Daria is very pretty but she does hide her looks under an outfit that shows she doesn't want to show off. Happens a few different times.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Comes to learn that being a self-isolating "misery chick" isn't ''always'' the best way to conduct herself.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Daria stays deadpan and sarcastic but she does improve by the series finale. Her relationships with her family has improved, she has been able to show emotional maturity whether its between her and Jane or how she [[spoiler: handles her breakup and future friendship with Tom]], and she becomes much more well-adjusted by series finale. Comes to learn that being a self-isolating "misery chick" isn't ''always'' the best way to conduct herself.
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* BrokenAce: Attractive, popular, and smarter than she lets on, Quinn's insecurity and fear of rejection by her peers fuel a shallow personality, a less than stellar academic performance, and a very toxic relationship with the rest of the Fashion Club, particularly Sandy. She believes fashion and shopping are all she's good at, and in the words of Daria, she's "afraid of looking inward and finding nothing." She starts to mature as the series goes on, and embraces her intelligence and starts setting proper boundaries in regards to Sandy's mistreatment.
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* BrokenAce: Attractive, popular, and smarter than she lets on, Quinn's insecurity and fear of rejection by her peers fuel a shallow personality, a less than stellar academic performance, and a very toxic relationship with the rest of the Fashion Club, particularly Sandy.Sandi. She believes fashion and shopping are all she's good at, and in the words of Daria, she's "afraid of looking inward and finding nothing." She starts to mature as the series goes on, and embraces her intelligence and starts setting proper boundaries in regards to Sandy's Sandi's mistreatment.
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* TokenEvilTeammate: Of the fashion club, she's the most openly antagonistic. Quinn is not a saint either but shows her LovableAlphaBitch traits more often, and is not as mean as Sandy.
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* TokenEvilTeammate: Of the fashion club, she's the most openly antagonistic. Quinn is not a saint either but shows her LovableAlphaBitch traits more often, and is not as mean as Sandy.Sandi.
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* OpinionFlipFlop: She can easily turn into a YesMan for Sandy, turn her back, and agree with Quinn on everything Sandi disapproved, and so on.
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* OpinionFlipFlop: She can easily turn into a YesMan for Sandy, Sandi, turn her back, and agree with Quinn on everything Sandi disapproved, and so on.
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* ExtremeDoormat: She's submissive and takes a lot of verbal abuse from Sandy, though she started to grow a spine in the final season.
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* ExtremeDoormat: She's submissive and takes a lot of verbal abuse from Sandy, Sandi, though she started to grow a spine in the final season.
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* DumbassHasAPoint: When the three are invited to have a debate on fashion with Tiffany and Stacy, they argue that camouflage patterns are, military speaking, supposed to make soldiers blend with the background and not grab attention, and the fashion trend of making it stand out doesn't make any sense.
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* DumbassHasAPoint: DumbassHasAPoint:
** When the three are invited to have a debate on fashion with Tiffany and Stacy, they argue that camouflage patterns are, military speaking, supposed to make soldiers blend with the background and not grab attention, and the fashion trend of making it stand out doesn't make any sense.
** When the three are invited to have a debate on fashion with Tiffany and Stacy, they argue that camouflage patterns are, military speaking, supposed to make soldiers blend with the background and not grab attention, and the fashion trend of making it stand out doesn't make any sense.
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* AdultsAreUseless: {{Averted|Trope}} with Helen. A lot of episodes show that Helen can be useful in a crisis involving her children (when she's not talking to her boss Eric on the phone). Beyond "Arts 'n Crass" a decent example of this comes from "Lucky Strike" when, the moment Quinn mentions her substitute teacher was being inappropriate with Tiffany (not that Quinn noticed) Helen snaps into attention, calls the school, and has the guy fired.
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* AdultsAreUseless: {{Averted|Trope}} with Helen.{{Averted|Trope}}. A lot of episodes show that Helen can be useful in a crisis involving her children (when she's not talking to her boss Eric on the phone). Beyond "Arts 'n Crass" a decent example of this comes from "Lucky Strike" when, the moment Quinn mentions her substitute teacher was being inappropriate with Tiffany (not that Quinn noticed) Helen snaps into attention, calls the school, and has the guy fired.
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* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Played with. "The Misery Chick" shows she's perfectly willing to keep talking about what a horrid person Tommy Sherman was, as she doesn't believe it's right to pretend he was a shining paragon of virtue just because he died. That said, Daria doesn't go any further than stating the obvious facts about his character, nor does she try to convince others that Tommy Sherman was bad news if they didn't already know it beforehand. She, surprisingly, is rather tactful when Kevin approaches her about the situation and tries to respect his feelings.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: She frequently wonders when Jake is going to finally stop complaining about his childhood, when she has more than her share of family issues regarding her mother and sisters that she hasn't done anything about improving or ignoring.
* PowerHair: Possesses a mid to late 90s version of this coiffure.
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* BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting: The idea of becoming anything like his own father or treating his girls the way Mad Dog treated him horrifies Jake. While his neurotic personality still makes it difficult for him to be a father, he openly acknowledges that he never wants Daria and Quinn to feel the way he did as a child and has asked Daria if he's being a good dad. Daria recognizes her dad is trying and while she does snark at him, she assures him he's doing better than Mad Dog ever was.
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* BurgerFool: In one episode, she worked at a mall stand called "It's A Nutty Nutty World". The uniform included a ridiculous hat meant to look like a squirrel's head, and a long rhyming greeting that the boss wanted to make mandatory to say when customers came up. And since the manager was openly sexist, Daria's competence naturally got overlooked while Kevin was favoured n spite of his blatant stupidity.
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* BurgerFool: In one episode, she worked at a mall stand called "It's A Nutty Nutty World". The uniform included a ridiculous hat meant to look like a squirrel's head, and a long rhyming greeting that the boss wanted to make mandatory to say when customers came up. And since the manager was openly sexist, Daria's competence naturally got overlooked while Kevin was favoured n in spite of his blatant stupidity.
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* ObliviousToLove: Platonically speaking. There are a few subtle (Note: VERY subtle) hints that Quinn cares about Daria more than she lets on, which usually go unnoticed by her. She is also well liked by two popular girls in her class, Brittany and Jodie. This is a main theme in the series' final episode "Is It College Yet" in which her teachers try to show her she's appreciated before she leaves for college.
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* ObliviousToLove: Platonically speaking. There are a few subtle (Note: VERY subtle) hints that Quinn cares about Daria more than she lets on, which usually go unnoticed by her. She is also well liked by two popular girls in her class, Brittany and Jodie. This is a main theme in the series' final episode "Is It College Yet" "Boxing Daria" in which her teachers try to show her she's appreciated before she leaves for college.
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* ObliviousToLove: Platonically speaking. There are a few subtle (Note: VERY subtle) hints that Quinn cares about Daria more than she lets on, which usually go unnoticed by her. She is also well liked by two popular girls in her class, Brittany and Jodie. This is a main theme in the series' final episode "Is It College Yet" in which her teachers try to show her she's appreciated before she leaves for college.
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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Not nearly as bad or parasitic as most other examples, but Daria does not hold up well without Jane.
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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: LivingEmotionalCrutch:
** Not nearly as bad or parasitic as most other examples, but Daria does not hold up well withoutJane.Jane.
** Trent has a hard time when she's not at home. "Lane Miserables" showed him quickly getting upset when he realized Jane wasn't home amid all of his nastier older siblings and oblivious parents, so he quickly followed her to the Morgendorffers. His role in the final movie has him on edge when he realizes Jane will be leaving for college, accusing her of selling out because he's worried she'll abandon him.
** Not nearly as bad or parasitic as most other examples, but Daria does not hold up well without
** Trent has a hard time when she's not at home. "Lane Miserables" showed him quickly getting upset when he realized Jane wasn't home amid all of his nastier older siblings and oblivious parents, so he quickly followed her to the Morgendorffers. His role in the final movie has him on edge when he realizes Jane will be leaving for college, accusing her of selling out because he's worried she'll abandon him.
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* SoapboxSadie: A minor example. She sticks to her beliefs and lets people know about them, but she rarely takes a direct stand against issues unless they affect her or her friends, or if she feels people will get hurt. It became a plot point "Partner's Complaint" however, when she fought over Jodie about how she used her father's good name to get a bank loan for their project. At the end, Daria learns that she stands up for what she believes in, while Jodie is more pragmatic about her views, and neither of them are wrong.
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* SoapboxSadie: SoapboxSadie:
** A minor example. She sticks to her beliefs and lets people know about them, but she rarely takes a direct stand against issues unless they affect her or her friends, or if she feels people will get hurt. It became a plot point "Partner's Complaint" however, when she fought over Jodie about how she used her father's good name to get a bank loan for their project. At the end, Daria learns that she stands up for what she believes in, while Jodie is more pragmatic about her views, and neither of them are wrong.
** An earlier example occurs in "Arts 'N Crass." Daria makes it clear she wasn't interested in the poster contest and the only reason she came up with her poem about eating disorders is because she wanted to create something that would actually make the audience think. She does however fight for the validity of the message she created with Jane, especially after Mr. O'Neill's proposed alteration is saccharine garbage about good nutrition. Daria eventually resorts to extremes when Ms. Li intended to enter the poster with the bastardized poem under hers and Jane's names without their consent, destroying it the night of the contest.
** A minor example. She sticks to her beliefs and lets people know about them, but she rarely takes a direct stand against issues unless they affect her or her friends, or if she feels people will get hurt. It became a plot point "Partner's Complaint" however, when she fought over Jodie about how she used her father's good name to get a bank loan for their project. At the end, Daria learns that she stands up for what she believes in, while Jodie is more pragmatic about her views, and neither of them are wrong.
** An earlier example occurs in "Arts 'N Crass." Daria makes it clear she wasn't interested in the poster contest and the only reason she came up with her poem about eating disorders is because she wanted to create something that would actually make the audience think. She does however fight for the validity of the message she created with Jane, especially after Mr. O'Neill's proposed alteration is saccharine garbage about good nutrition. Daria eventually resorts to extremes when Ms. Li intended to enter the poster with the bastardized poem under hers and Jane's names without their consent, destroying it the night of the contest.
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* NostalgiaFilter: While he views his childhood as a total nightmare (which is actually rather justified due to his father and the abuse he suffered at military school), by contrast he looks back on his time at Middleton College more fondly than he probably should. This may be due to Middleton being the place where he met Helen. She on the other hand is well aware that Middleton was a low-rate school but allows Jake to believe otherwise since it's one of the few areas of his past that doesn't enrage or depress him.
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* {{Foil}}: Daria's primary opposite in the series; a person who tends to pride herself on her appearance more than her intelligence (which she tries to hide), and visibly popular yet unable to form genuine relationships.
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* HairTriggerTemper: It doesn't take much to get him ranting about his father being a heartless bastard or the hell that was military school.
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* {{Housewife}}: Obviously played this role and believes in it.
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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Despite how frequently it's discussed that Helen is an attorney, she's never shown attending any trials or being present in court. The most we do see is her in her office and handling paperwork at home when she's not discussing cases over the phone, but beyond that the show never presents her within a courtroom. It works a bit too well with the argument Jake makes on her stressing how she claims to be too busy to be there for him and the girls when she never does any real lawyering.
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* NeverMyFault: A bit downplayed in that, while he never does ''anything'' to harm Helen and the girls, he's often a little too quick to blame his abusive childhood and his father for the state of his life rather than actually use his energy to try and improve himself. Helen herself in "Psycho Therapy" called Jake out on how often he'll blame his dad for something that's just recently happened which he had nothing to do with.
-->'''Helen''': "Damn it I lost another client damn it! I can't understand why damn it! Nobody likes poor old Jake! Should I think about the reasons-oh, must be my father's fault. Where's the newspaper, damn it?!"
-->'''Helen''': "Damn it I lost another client damn it! I can't understand why damn it! Nobody likes poor old Jake! Should I think about the reasons-oh, must be my father's fault. Where's the newspaper, damn it?!"
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* UnkemptBeauty: Aside from basic hair care, she uses no cosmetics during the early series (although she can be seen with different coloring on her lips once she starts dating Tom, implying that she starts wearing either lipstick or lip-gloss), her design is of a reasonably attractive young woman.
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* UnkemptBeauty: UnkemptBeauty:
** Aside from basic hair care, she uses no cosmetics during the early series (although she can be seen with different coloring on her lips once she starts dating Tom, implying that she starts wearing either lipstick or lip-gloss), her design is of a reasonably attractive young woman.
** Aside from basic hair care, she uses no cosmetics during the early series (although she can be seen with different coloring on her lips once she starts dating Tom, implying that she starts wearing either lipstick or lip-gloss), her design is of a reasonably attractive young woman.
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* FriendToAllChildren: Daria's shown to have a surprising soft spot for kids because she knows how to talk to them on an equal level instead of patronizing them like most adults would do. The Gupty kids are openly fond of her and she manages to empathize with Link. "Fair Enough" also shows that she and Jane are able to keep a captive audience of children by entertaining them with all sorts of gross knowledge about the Middle Ages. All in all, as a teenager Daria ironically has a better capability to interact with kids then when she ''was'' a kid.
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* FriendToAllChildren: Daria's shown to have a surprising soft spot for kids because she knows how to talk to them on an equal level instead of patronizing them like most adults would do. The Gupty kids are openly fond of her and she manages to empathize with Link. "Fair Enough" also shows that she and Jane are able to keep a captive audience of children by entertaining them with all sorts of gross knowledge about the Middle Ages. All in all, as a teenager Daria ironically has a better capability to interact with kids then than when she ''was'' a kid.
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* TookALevelInKindness: By the end of the series, her relationship with Quinn has softened considerably once she starts to realize Quinn's not as bad a person as she used to believe. It helps that Quinn stops pretending they're not sisters, and especially after the two work together to dismantle Helen's feud with their aunts.
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* ItRunsInTheFamily: The musical episode shows how Quinn and Helen are actually much more similar than they appear at first. Whether with fashion or with work, they both share a fiery unhealthy obsession with being the best.
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* ItRunsInTheFamily: ItRunsInTheFamily:
** The musical episode shows how Quinn and Helen are actually much more similar than they appear at first. Whether with fashion or with work, they both share a fiery unhealthy obsession with being thebest.best.
** Deconstructed in "Aunt Nauseem," when she sees how unhealthy Helen's relationship with Rita and Amy is, and becomes distraught knowing her relationship with Daria isn't much better. She actively works towards being kinder to Daria because she doesn't want to spend her adult life being at Daria's throat, and vice versa.
** The musical episode shows how Quinn and Helen are actually much more similar than they appear at first. Whether with fashion or with work, they both share a fiery unhealthy obsession with being the
** Deconstructed in "Aunt Nauseem," when she sees how unhealthy Helen's relationship with Rita and Amy is, and becomes distraught knowing her relationship with Daria isn't much better. She actively works towards being kinder to Daria because she doesn't want to spend her adult life being at Daria's throat, and vice versa.
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* TookALevelInKindness: Quinn starts off as a willfully shallow and obnoxious brat who would rather die than publicly admit Daria is her sister. By the end of the series Quinn shows she's capable of being a genuinely decent friend and sister and is no longer ashamed of her intellect, while still enjoying her interests in fashion and dating boys.
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* DisownedSibling: For years, Quinn refused to publicly acknowledge that Daria was her sister, referring to her as her "cousin", "au pair", and "foreign exchange student". She is willing to help Daria in "Ill", saying that skin-care crises transcend interpersonal conflicts. This finally changes in "Lucky Strike", when Quinn openly acknowledges that Daria is her sister. And "Aunt Nauseam" sees Quinn actively trying to mend their sibling bond after seeing the nightmarish relationship her own mother has with her sisters. Quinn even asks Daria if they'll end up like their mother and aunts.
--> '''Quinn:''' Daria? You don't think we'll end up having the same fight over and over again, for the rest of our lives, the way mom and Aunt Rita do, do you?
--> '''Daria:''' ''(dryly)'' No. We'll use weapons.
--> '''Quinn:''' ''(visibly distraught)'' Don't say that!
--> '''Daria:''' I'll make you a deal. The only weapon I'll use against you will be my winning personality, and the only weapon you'll use against me will be your merciless silent treatment.
--> '''Quinn:''' Silent treatment? I never-- ha. Deal.
--> '''Quinn:''' Daria? You don't think we'll end up having the same fight over and over again, for the rest of our lives, the way mom and Aunt Rita do, do you?
--> '''Daria:''' ''(dryly)'' No. We'll use weapons.
--> '''Quinn:''' ''(visibly distraught)'' Don't say that!
--> '''Daria:''' I'll make you a deal. The only weapon I'll use against you will be my winning personality, and the only weapon you'll use against me will be your merciless silent treatment.
--> '''Quinn:''' Silent treatment? I never-- ha. Deal.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Pizza. It also doubles as her ComfortFood.
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: Trent's plan for coping with [[BlackSheep a stressful family reunion]] is to find a bar and get unconscious.
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* MultiEthnicName: The name "Daria" is of Russian origin (and is derived from "Darius", of Persian origin), while "Morgendorffer" is almost stereotypically German.
