Line #20 Recap/DariaS2E03


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2	When Quinn gets a good grade on an English assignment, she embraces her (pseudo-) intellectual side while Daria worries that her airheaded sister may be smarter than her.
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5	!!This episode provides examples of:
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7	* BrainyBrunette: Subverted with Sandi, who claims to be the socially acceptable kind of smart and equal to the task of winning Daria's assistance, only to stutter and flee at first contact.
8	* BrickJoke: When Quinn dumps her date, Daria asks why she spent the last two hours dressing up only to dump the guy in a minute, to which Quinn replies that the effort is the least she can do to get the point across. Come to Daria's solution to get Quinn back: She spends quite some time dressing up like Quinn, only to pass by her door to have a date with Quinn's admirers, just so Quinn can have a look at her.
9	* BrokenAesop:
10	-->'''Jane''': Well, I guess things are back to normal.
11	-->'''Daria''': Yup. Fashion: good. Thinking: bad.
12	-->'''Jane''': ...yeah.
13	* DoubleStandard:
14	** Daria and Helen call Jake out on monetarily rewarding Quinn for a single good grade, while Daria gets consistently good grades and has never received a reward.
15	** Quinn receives special treatment (more so than usual) because of her good grade, even though Daria's always gotten excellent grades on such assignments and has never been rewarded for them. In fact, Mr. O'Neill lets Quinn leave his classes earlier because "She's catching on so quickly" even though her grades had previously been so bad she was on the verge of being held back.
16	*** On that topic, Daria notes that even Quinn's writing isn't that good, to the point of sounding pretentious and overdone, but everyone is making such a big deal because it's coming from Quinn.
17	* HiddenBuxom: While appearing flat and curveless most of the time, when she dresses in the form-fitting baby tee and jeans, Daria looks like a slightly shapelier version of Quinn.
18	* InnocentlyInsensitive: Quinn had nearly talked Daria into doing her homework for her (at a price), but then, she stuck her foot in her mouth by saying this gives Daria something to do on a Friday night rather than sit around like a loser, pissing off Daria enough to tell her to do the assignment herself.
19	* LimitedWardrobe: Once again, Daria's closet barely has enough clothes needed for the plot. This time, aside from her usual outfit, there's a more fit pair of jeans and a recently bought pink t-shirt Daria cuts in half to resemble Quinn's.
20	* {{Malaproper}}: Brittany calls Kevin a "Highschool Film/{{Casablanca}}" when she thinks he's womanizing with Quinn.
21	* PerfectlyCromulentWord: Quinn's essay includes the word 'imprisoners'.
22	* SheCleansUpNicely: When Daria dresses up in Quinn's style to get to her.
23	* WeWantOurJerkBack: While Quinn is not a {{jerkass}}, just shallow, the Fashion Club almost begged Daria to help them recover Quinn. Joey, Jeffy, and Jamie actually got Daria's help only because Daria also decided that "Quinn the Brain" was also annoying her.
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