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1	[[WMG: Mr. De Martino served in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar]]
2	Implied by his dialog in the first episode, when he is teaching a lesson on Vietnam, his admitted military background ("The Daria Hunter") and possible signs of [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]] .
3	* He actually wasn't teaching a lesson on Vietnam, though he did mention his respect for those who died in it. He mentioned this due to Kevin mixing up the Mexican and Vietnam wars. But that just adds further fuel to this theory, since it means he wasn't teaching it just to meet standards, but rather pointed out said respect out of his own volition.
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5	[[WMG: WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead do not exist in the Daria's universe spin-off]]
6	A very plausible theory, as it is very curious that, throughout the series, Daria never mentioned the duo. Interestingly, Quinn never appeared on ''Beavis and Butthead'', either. But what really makes it even more plausible theory is that Daria actually had some plot progression and the show even ended with Daria and her friends splitting up and going off to college. Meanwhile, Beavis and Butthead have been in the same grade with the same teacher and classmates '''for well over 20 years at this point'''.
7	** It's not 100% confirmed but this theory has become increasingly solid now with the release of ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoTheUniverse'' where it's revealed [[spoiler: there's an entire ''multiverse'' of different incarnations of Beavises and Butt-heads]] so the Daria Morgendorffer of this show could very well exist in her own alternate universe where Beavis and Butt-head might not have existed or existed but with far less interactions with Daria to really make a bigger impact on her.
8	*** [[spoiler: Alternately, Daria and her family moved to Lawndale some time after Beavis & Butt-Head got lost in space. The fact that the idiotic duo were chosen by UsefulNotes/{{NASA}} was the catalyst that made her the pessimistic girl we know and love today.]]
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10	[[WMG: If Daria's spin-off exists in the same universe of Beavis and Butthead, Upchuck is related to Beavis and Butthead]]
11	These three youngsters have extremely similar characteristics, such as physical appearance, nose and the CasanovaWannabe personality. Upchuck may be the cousin of either of these two. The only difference is that, compared to [[TooDumbToLive Beavis and Butthead]], Upchuck is a genius.
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13	[[WMG: Trent had feelings for Daria, but thought she was too good for him]]
14	Trent clearly had a high opinion of Daria. He was also very insecure about his own "career choices" and his future. He didn't really have the maturity to handle it, so he acted like he was ignorant of her feelings, not realizing that that would hurt her.
15	** The "break up" scene does support this. Both Daria ''and'' Trent seem aware of the double meaning of their conversation about why they shouldn't have agreed to cooperate on a school project. "I guess it was a bad idea for us to get together [pause] for this." And at the end, once Daria has clearly gotten over Trent, he gives her a peck on the cheek, something he never did while she had a crush on him.
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17	[[WMG: The music that played in the background of the original version of each episode is the music Daria had stuck in her head at the time.]]
18	Note: The music was almost completely rewritten for the DVD release, so this does not apply to that -- though the songs on the [=DVDs=] reflect the spirit of the originals, so maybe the theory can still work for them.
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20	''Daria'', an {{Creator/MTV}} production, used songs that were recent at the time of airing as background music...
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22	[[WMG: The entire series is written by Daria herself]]
23	It would explain why Brittany and Kevin are ''so'' dumb, Ms. Li is ''so'' evil and bureaucratic, why Helen and Jake are ''so'' embarrasing, why Quinn etc. It also explains why CharacterDevelopment kicked in for most of the major characters as the years progressed (except Kevin, of course), as Daria became more willing to look into their actual personalities and not just write them all off as one-dimensional caricatures.
24	* However, if Daria was writing them, the popular people wouldn't be popular.
25	** Or it could just be her interpretation of the events after the fact. She might exaggerate things to fit her own interpretation but she wouldn't outright change the outcome. She's not writing a fix-it fic about her life but a recording of the events from her own point of view.
26	** Some of the mistakes Daria makes are very difficult to realize without remembering the exact details of what happened, i.e. occasionally mistaking Brittney and Kevin's stupidity for malice.
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28	[[WMG: The Episode "Depth Takes a Holiday" is a daydream of Daria's]]
29	* It's basically a bizarre daydream that Daria is having. The Holiday Spirits are also a part of her WishFulfillment for people who might actually appreciate her. This is helped by the fact that they say that she is cool and the only one who can help them.
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31	[[WMG: Sandi is M-to-F transgender]]
32	* Thus her deep voice, highly aggressive attitude and extreme bitterness and resentment towards Quinn, the beautiful teenaged girl she wants to be.
33	** Aw, that would make her sympathetic.
34	** [[{{EasySexChange}} Intriguing as that would be]], you can't go on the drugs and have the surgery that allow that until you're through puberty. So if she is a transwoman, how does she hide her external genitals?.
35	*** Yeah, no, actually -- there are plenty of transwomen who transitioned before puberty.
36	*** Ah, the sacrifices we make for fashion.
37	*** Tucking. Learn about it.
38	*** That would be hard to do all the times the rest of the fashion club has seen her in underwear or a bikini.
39	*** But considering the sorts of outfits seen on drag queens, who are adult men that are fully developed in certain areas, Sandi being able to tuck is not out of the question. And she could duck into another room when she needed to change.
40	* If at least some of her facial features could be considered too "masculine", even with the kind of makeup the fashion club wears; there are probably special makeup techniques she could do in addition, to make her face look traditionally feminine. Maybe she wears it under her regular makeup, and it stays on even when she takes the regular makeup off.
41	[[WMG: Quinn is a M-to-F transgender]]
42	Similar to the theory above but would actually seem more plausible given the fact that the high pitched voice Quinn has sounds so fake and Quinn engages in interests involving the feminine gender stereotype and image. It also explains...
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44	* Sandi having such hatred for Quinn and trying to ruin Quinn's social life.
45	* Quinn's desire for acceptance. Being "attractive and popular" is validation of her passing as female. Why else does she keep asking her dates as well as any guy she likes if they find her cute?
46	* Quinn getting squeamish on her dates with guys, she doesn't want them to find out.
47	* The family moving from Highland to Lawndale to start over. (If you were Helen, would you want your transgender daughter around the likes of WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead?)
48	* Quinn's issues revolving around her pores and cheese on pizza are because of they way that interacts with her hormones and testosterone blockers. With Helen being a lawyer, she'd find a way to get her kid some hormones.
49	* As with Sandi, she could be using special makeup techniques to hide any features that could be considered too "masculine" and make her face look traditionally feminine, wearing it under her regular makeup.
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51	** Even when she is seen apparently without makeup, she could actually be wearing the special makeup. It may be that she can't stand seeing herself in the mirror without it, and she may feel a need to make sure that not even her family sees her natural face.
52	* Quinn acting like Daria isn't related to her for her paranoia over people knowing that Daria is related to her, then people will ask about Quinn's past and thus out her. Daria isn't above blackmail and bribes.
53	* The way that Brooke's plastic surgery got Quinn in a frenzy.
54	* Helen's concern about the way Daria would portray Quinn in that video project.
55	* Jake's trauma of being tormented by his father by not being manly enough, and it instead of it being for laughs is really the anguish of a father accepting that his son has become his daughter and his hard time coping with that.
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57	[[WMG: Quinn is asexual.]]
58	ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. She enjoys being attractive and popular, and gets a sense of self-worth out of boys paying attention to her, flattering her, and fighting over her, but she's just not interested in sex. With the amount of time she spends winning boys over and then pushing them away when they get touchy, she might be aromantic as well.
59	* [[WordOfGod Glenn Eichler]] stated in regards to the main characters' sexuality Quinn hasn't gone that far because she's more interested in status and what gifts she can get than actual physical affection or pleasure.
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61	[[WMG: The Lane kids murder their parents off-screen at the end of the episode "Lane Miserables"]]
62	* This secures the house for Jane and Trent to live indefinitely, and gives them money to live off of from the life insurance.
63	** {{Jossed}} in a "Art Burn" where they have to rebuild the porch thing that fell apart in the backyard. The parents are seen at the end of the episode, alive and well.
64	*** It's called a [[http://www.duke.edu/web/DRAGO/humor/gazebo.html Gazebo]], now you have angered the gazebo, smooth move.
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66	[[WMG: Daria and Jane are lovers]]
67	* At least until Tom comes into the picture, which explains why Daria was so angry about him and Jane's relationship.
68	** A popular myth explicitly {{Jossed}} in ''Is It Fall Yet?''. Daria and Jane are good friends, but nothing more.
69	*** But this doesn't preclude some pre-IIFY experimentation that they no longer talk about. The experience may even be why Jane was sure she was straight and could say so firmly.
70	*** [[WordOfGod Glenn Eichler]] stated he intended Jane's sexuality to be a question mark - Is It Fall Yet may have made Jane realize she's bi, closeted, or at least curious, but he was firm on Daria being straight. WordOfGod doesn't mean anything with WildMassGuessing, of course, just putting it out there.
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72	[[WMG: Daria is in love with Jane]]
73	* Daria's crush on Trent was her trying to redirect her attraction to Jane onto a more socially acceptable target, but one who still resembles Jane. When Tom came along Daria was understandably devastated and initially hostile towards him, but was ultimately drawn to him due to him being associated, in her mind, to Jane.
74	** Resembling Jane? Jane does not take naps all day, nor speak so slow
75	*** There's a pretty strong physical resemblance, though.
76	** The reverse could be true-Trent is redirecting romantic feelings for Jane onto Daria.
77	*** Excuse me, what the fuck?
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79	[[WMG: Alternately, Jane is in love with Daria]]
80	* Think about the guy she ended up dating: Intelligent snarky brunette with a taste for [[GeniusBookClub classic literature.]] In other words, just like Daria. However, choosing a guy just like her best friend came to bite Jane in the butt as Tom and Daria were enough alike that they eventually fell for each other.
81	* I guess you have missed ''Is It Fall Yet?''. Jane rejected that idea explicitly. And she did not miss chances to flirt with other boys earlier, as in "See Jane Run".
82	** Many lesbian and bisexual women insist that they're straight and date men exclusively, before coming to terms with their sexuality. Considering how shaken Jane was by Alison's belief that Jane was gay, it's [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation entirely possible]] that Jane is in denial.
83	*** Note the painting she does after Allison's failed seduction is of herself screaming in a closet.
84	** It may be a subconscious thing.
85	** Alternately, it could be a case of IfItsYouItsOkay concerning Daria. That would explain her immediate rejection of Allison and ties in with the above theory about why Jane was interested in Tom to begin with.
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87	[[WMG: Daria never liked Tom]]
88	* Her entire relationship with Tom was a way for her to punish herself - and Tom - for her betrayal of Jane.
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90	[[WMG: All the inhabitants of Lawndale are immortals]]
91	* The images that play over the credits actually did occur in the past.
92	** Doesn't explain the ones that are of animals or even inanimate objects, or the ones that obviously parody real historical figures or characters that are fictitious even in the Daria universe.
93	*** They took [[Series/QuantumLeap the next leap]]
94	*** Does this mean that Daria and Jane have to go to High School and cope with vain and dumb people for all eternity?
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96	[[WMG: Daria is really Aunt Amy's daughter]]
97	Amy inadvertently got pregnant, but decided that she wasn't ready to raise a child, so Helen and Jake, who were already married suburbanites at the time, offered to adopt the child. Come on, Daria is the spitting image of Amy, and a very similar personality-wise.
98	* They're even the only ones in the family to wear glasses, and the need for glasses is genetic.
99	* [[FridgeBrilliance This would mean that all this time Quinn was telling the truth about Daria being her cousin.]]
100	** It also makes sense in the first episode when Daria overhears Quinn telling a guy that she's an only child and gets angry. She's pissed that Quinn doesn't see her as a real sibling.
101	* This might also help explain Daria's alienation from her parents, and why her mother often punishes her instead of Quinn, since she doesn't want to treat Amy's daughter better than her own.
102	** We've seen that Helen has a lot of rage towards Rita. Maybe she doesn't have that level of frustration towards Amy because she takes some of it out on Daria.
103	* In all seriousness though, there are plenty of people who like more like their aunts and uncles than their own parents. Genetics are funny that way.
104	** Speaking of genetics, only Daria and Amy are shown to wear glasses (although Jake is implied to need them for reading but is too stubborn to get them). Bad vision can be genetic as well.
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106	[[WMG: Tom Sloane is not very popular at his school]]
107	* Despite his belonging to a wealthy, old family he drives an old car all the time and his family has a bit of a reputation for not doing anything exciting. He is very intellectual, and doesn't seem very interested in his own social class. When Daria tells him that a rumor is going around Lawndale that the two of them had sex, Tom asks "jokingly" if they could get the rumor going at his school, too. In one episode his "good friends" blow him off. We learn very little about Tom's own school life, but it certainly looks like Tom wasn't a very popular guy on his home turf.
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109	[[WMG: The Ruttheimer and Sloane families are related]]
110	* Is there any other reason that Upchuck's twin cousins look a lot more like Tom than Upchuck himself? One of their parents must have come from the Sloane family.
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112	[[WMG:Rock and Roll Randy was the husband who divorced Ms. Barch]]
113	* It does explain why she screamed, "It's payback time now, Randy!" as she's punching him in the stomach during that roller hockey game as seen in "The Big House" (the episode where Jake and Helen start a "Family Court" after Daria and Quinn each get in trouble for coming in after curfew). It couldn't have been because she was defending Mr. [=DeMartino=], as later episodes like "The New Kid," "The Daria Hunter," "Murder She Snored," and "Is It College Yet?" reveal that Ms. Barch hates Mr. [=DeMartino=] (as she does all men, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg except for Mr. O'Neill]]) and takes out all the aggression she has over being divorced on [=DeMartino=].
114	** "Janet, please, don't think me forward or ''randy'' by asking you this, but..." [[FridgeBrilliance Fridge Brilliant]] StealthPun?
115	** Hmm, knowing Ms. Barch I think she more likely meant, "It's payback time now, Randy...for everything your lying, selfish, philandering, misogynist sex has done to womankind since Eve came from the rib! I spent twenty-two years cleaning his whiskers out of the sink and it's YOUR stomach that's gonna pay for it, you...you MAN!" Besides, it's hinted (heavily) in "The Daria Database" that Ms. Barch's ex wears "cheap, tawdry designer shirts." Doesn't sound like Randy to me.
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117	[[WMG: [=DeMartino=] is related to [[WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead Principle McVicker]]]]
118	Mainly due to their simmularities. Besides, wouldn't that be awesome?
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120	[[WMG: Daria's favorite band are the Music/{{Deftones}}.]]
121	Come on, it just sort of makes sense. The era (late 90's - early aughts) is right, and they totally sound like the kind of band she would listen to. She seems like the kind of person that would enjoy a band that combines elements of alt rock, dream pop, post metal, and new wave.
122	* Considering that Daria spends a lot of her time reading, one would think her favorite band would have some sort of {{Heavy Mithril}} elements in their music. Perhaps something like Music/BalSagoth would be up her alley.
123	** Eh, I doubt it; in this troper's expereince, lit nerds listen primarily to Godflesh, Neurosis, The Smiths, My Bloody Valentine and Deftones.
124	*** More probably, Daria simply does not care about music.
125	*** A character on TV show on MTV that was spun off of another show on MTV has no opinion on music what-so-ever? In the 1990's when they still played music videos on MTV?
126	*** Well, yes. She was even temporarily in love with a guitar player, and hardly ever made a comment about music. Not even on the way to Alternapalooza. As for New Metal and similar stuff, she once defined edgy as "''As far as I can make out, edgy occurs when middlebrow, middle-aged profiteers are looking to suck the energy -- not to mention the spending money -- out of the "youth culture." So they come up with this fake concept of seeming to be dangerous when every move they make is the result of market research and a corporate master plan.''"
127	*** Lots of people don't "like" a particular band or artist, instead simply picking and choosing the music on a song-by-song basis. I'd say though Daria likes music, but she's not one to say "X band is the best!"
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129	[[WMG: WesternAnimation/AeonFlux is a descendant of Daria, Jane, or perhaps both.]]
130	No real reason, other than it would tie it in to the rest of the MTV Animation-verse. She does have a similar sarcastic monotone voice, at least...
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132	[[WMG: Upchuck is Archie Andrews.]]
133	Perhaps an alternate-universe version or something. Or perhaps this is the real Archie and Archie comics is just his fantasy life.
134	* And Jake is Jon Arbuckle from ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}''.
135	** Considering Mad Dog's opinions of cats, Jake would more likely be Jon Arbuckle from ''Webcomic/GarfieldMinusGarfield''.
136	** If Jake is the original Jon, does that make Helen Liz?
137	* And Daria and Jane are Marcie and Peppermint Patty from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''.
138	[[WMG: The full name of "Mystik Spiral" is actually: "Mystik Spiral, but we're thinking of changing the name"]]
139	This is why they introduce themselves that way most of the time; "Mystik Spiral" is just a diminutive form of the name
140	* Mystic Spiral end up getting their big break by opening up for Dethklok
141	* And one of those shows on said tour will bring forth the WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}. Fittingly, Daria and Jane will mock the carnage and senseless violence around them.
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143	[[WMG: Tiffany is Alan Rickman]]
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145	Or at least Creator/AlanRickman playing [[Film/HarryPotter Snape]]. Hence... the awkward... pauses.
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147	[[WMG: Mack would have played Tom's role and been involved in the LoveTriangle with Daria and Jane if the producers had found a stable voice actor for him and got to use him more like they wanted.]]
148	One of the main complaints about Tom was that he was brought in out of nowhere simply to act as a plot device to set up the love triangle story arc and that it would have been better to use an established character. Out of all the teenaged boys in the regular cast before Tom's introduction, Mack would have fit the bill perfectly. It's hinted several times, [[AllThereInTheManual especially in the books]], that his relationship with Jodie is shaky, he's at least sympathetic towards the girls and closer to their intellectual level than any other recurring male character their age. The only thing stopping them was the notorious voice actor issue relegating him to background status.
149	* And where does that leave the poor old Jodie? More than a love triangle, it would be a {{Love Dodecahedron}}, or even an {{Unwanted Harem}}. Too much for a character that hardly ever managed to say something.
150	** The only way that would work is with an amicable split between Mack and Jodie. If the two were dating out of a sense of "the two black kids have to be together" they could decide that they are done with the charade and move on, simply being friends afterwards.
151	** Jodie could date Tom. The two belong to the same social class, their families were friends, he would make a good trophy groom, and he wouldn't have the drawbacks of a relationship with Daria. That way, Mack would be available to Daria or Jane.
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153	[[WMG: Daria takes place in the same universe as ''Series/{{Becker}}''.]]
154	There's this episode of Becker ("Old Yeller" I think) where he encounters this really sarcastic girl in glasses. Everything about her, even her voice, reminds me of Daria.
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156	[[WMG: Daria has a touch of [[UsefulNotes/HighFunctioningAutism autism]]]]
157	Come on. She's very smart, just not very good socially. The obsession in "Boxing Daria" is classic.
158	* The most common theory is UsefulNotes/AspergerSyndrome based on her actions, interests, and interactions with other characters.
159	** Speaking as an Aspie, I disagree. It's not so much that Daria is socially inept -- she's clearly made a deliberate choice to be antisocial, because who wants to be social with idiots like Kevin and Brittany in the first place? She chooses to avoid the stupidity around her, that's not the same as the kind of social awkwardness and inability that autistic people have.
160	*** If I remember correctly, there's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it line in "Boxing Daria" where she mentions that the few times she did attempt to socialize they couldn't understand her and just started making fun of her, the implication being that she just gave up after that happened one too many times. That's actually something very familiar to a lot of us.
161	* The problem is that disorders such as autism and Asperger's are impossible to get a feel for in fiction absent them being intentionally written that way and only WordOfGod can do that. Being a high function autistic I can see how you could make the case but telling a difference between someone who is antisocial by choice vs someone who lacks the skill due to a disorder can be a very iffy line even when you have an actual living person to diagnose.
162	* Another Aspie here. I would argue that Daria displays more than enough aspects for Asperger's syndrome to be a believable possibility, to the extent that that can be said about fictional characters; her signature monotone, her introversion, her disconnection from the people around her, her limited social circle, even her limited wardrobe. Every line out of young Daria's mouth in "Boxing Daria" sounds like an example out of an Asperger's textbook. Her reluctance towards sex, "the thought of that much intimacy is just overwhelming to me", sounds very much like Sensory Overload. Granted, all of these on their own don't an Aspie make, but put it all together and you've got a pretty strong case.
163	* Every line in that entire episode sounds like something from a traumatic memory from the early childhood of someone with Asperger's, HFA or PDD. I'm weighing in as a specialist in the Autistic support field who grew up with Asperger's, and has literally met and worked with '''hundreds''' of kids on the Spectrum. The problem with diagnosing a fictional character, however, is that even in shows with relatively strong continuity, characterization can change from writer to writer, episode to episode. From personal experience, I can definitely say however that there was a certain point when I was seven that I decided other kids were not only not as intelligent or articulate as I was, but that they were mostly assholes and I didn't want to be like them at all -- especially the popular kids, who played sports and enjoyed gym class. In typical Aspie fashion, I felt very, very strongly about this, like a moral commitment, and I proceeded to do weird things that made me even more of an outcast than I already was... very much like young Daria probably felt. She had early difficulties with socialization, which eventually reinforced her decision to withdraw from people to whom she really couldn't relate. Later, as she matured, she overcame some of these social barriers while maintaining her integrity (her friendships with Jane and relationship with Tom being good examples of this, as well as her eventual recognition of a spark of intelligence in her sister, Quinn, to whom she actually offered romantic guidance in "Is it Fall Yet?")
164	** This Troper does not feel that the knowledge that you are more intelligent and articulate (and a nicer person) that many of your "popular" peers from early grade school, and the subsequent isolation and vicious cycle is necessarily a sign of being along the Autism spectrum, because former classmates of mine and I, not along the Autism spectrum, had similar experiences at that point in life. Children along the Autism spectrum, or with learning disorders of any kind (I personally have significant dysgraphia) are more vulnerable to early exclusion and rejection from "popular" groups, but part of it is just the nature of athlete-centric and performance-centric social groups that form among youths.
165	* Daria having an anxiety attack in "Ill" supports this theory.
166	** She was nervous around the guy she had a crush on. The stress of appearing vulnerable and NOT badass and tough around her dream guy is a reasonable explanation to why this happened.
167	* As someone with Aspergers, I can actually see a lot of myself in Daria (though not as cynical), particularly as a child, so I could believe she has it. That said, I strongly believe Quinn could have it as well; uncomfortable when physically near several members of the opposite sex (at the school dance), a desire to fit in, and wanting to feel like she can be a better person are some strong traits I believe could be associated with Aspergers in females. Perhaps when her character arc kicked in during season 4, that's when it started to really develop.
168	** As ANOTHER person who is on the autism spectrum, I'm not seeing it. Daria is misanthropic, intelligent, doesn't like people, and is arrogant (not that she's a bad person, just a bit of a snob at times with her intellectualism.) The main trait of autism is social ineptness. When "forced" to socialize, Daria is very good at this -- she's socially savvy. She makes a deliberate choice to isolate herself, as she believes that her brains make her superior to others. She isn't socially awkward -- in fact, she's the OPPOSITE. She understands everyone and can read people like books. She always knows exactly what to say in any situation.
169	** Also, Daria mentions (and shows through her behaviours) that she is very clear on exactly how she ''could'' be popular, but is making a deliberately calculated choice not to be. To put in another way, Daria is as aware of fads and trends as any other girl, she just follows fashion in her own way: by deliberately staying as far away from it as she possibly can.
170	** Earlier aspie here again. First a word on terminology; Daria is not antisocial, she is asocial. Antisocial means intentionally or compulsively going against social norms to a degree that causes harm and/or discomfort to others, asocial means generally avoiding social situations and environments. With regard to Daria's ability to navigate social situations and awareness of social norms etc. I think the key word here is "calculated". I know how I could have been more popular when I was younger, but chose not to be because the way I would have to dress and act constituted too much of a compromise of who I am and what I stand for. I suspect you're talking about "Quinn the Brain" when you say she's aware of fads and trends, but I don't think that's enough proof: the outfit she used to turn the tables on Quinn was basically one of Quinn's own. Besides, I think "ineptness" is the wrong word to use: skills in social interaction very seldom come intuitively to an aspie, but there's nothing that says all aspies are always socially inept, it just means that we learn social interaction the way one would learn a foreign language; intellectually.
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173	[[WMG: Daria and Jane are dead]]
174	And they are in hell, where the Devil is punishing them for being so ironic... by forcing them to go to Lawndale High all over again.
175	* Ironically, in the 2011 Beavis and Butt-head episode "Drones", Beavis believes Daria committed suicide. If it wasn't for Butt-head to mention she moved away, many people would believe that Beavis was right, Daria's dead, and Lawndale is her hell.
176	* But that's Beavis & Butt-head, they are not exactly reliable. In fact, if Beavis says that Daria commited suicide, the most logical thing to happen next (if copyrights were not an issue) is that Daria appears at his back "Hello, losers! Long time no see... how I wish it was a longer time"
177	** It would be funnier if an adult Daria somehow ran into the still 15 year old Beavis and Butt-head and said "How the hell are you guys still 15?" Not only would it point out the fact that the Beavis and Butthead has negative continuity but also it would play into the "Uranium in the drinking water" joke from the first Daria episode.
178	[[WMG: Daria slept with WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead]]
179	Ok here me out, the very first episode of Daria involved her moving to a new town. The last episode of Bevis and Butthead before their revival in 2011 featured them leaving Highland. Sometime before the pilot they ran into each other make fun of each other on their own expense and well...
180	My evidence of this guess is what follows:
181	* While she Initially hated them at first, she was willing to help them get straight As for their science project.
182	* She is one of the few characters willing to seek them out that didn't intend to kill them off.
183	* In the Christmas Special it was stated that they were actively responsible for making her less expressive and more of the Snarker we know and love in her own show.
184	* Despite her views on the world she was never driven insane by them.
185	* Lastly because while they mutually make fun of each other and forget about each other aside from a few references to their respective shows. They were the first ever to acknowledge their respect for one and other, despite their idiocy and her sarcastic view of the world.
186	** Citing Daria, do you really picture her sleeping with... anyone?
187	* She could have done something sexual with one or both of them. Could be an OldShame/Skeleton in the closet she'll never talk about.
188	** I wouldn't put it past Beavis and Butthead finally scoring and not remembering, or better yet they didn't count her as scoring.
189	* She seemed violently defensive about it during her Dear Daria days, whenever asked about shipping her with one or both of them.
190	** Wouldn't you get violent if you were shipped with them?
191	** During one of the questions, Daria did say that she might put on a black lace teddy for the two if they were magically transformed into Mel Gibson(the younger 90s Mel without the scandals and UnfortunateImplications of recent years attached to him) and Keanu Reeves. In the (very)unlikely event that the two actually did make a real effort to work out, clean themselves up, improve their hygiene, and actually try to make something out of themselves in life... who knows, maybe Daria really would be open to getting romantic with one of them.
192	* Daria had more respect for Beavis and Butthead than any of the other kids are her school because those two had no choice but to be ignorant and stupid, whereas all the other kids were purposefully avoided learning and improving themselves because they were trying to conform.
193	[[WMG: Mr. [=DeMartino=] is Inspector Zenigata from ''Franchise/LupinIII'']]
194	* They sound similar, plus they are both very high strung.
195	[[WMG: Tiffany is a Drug Addict.]]
196	How else did her voice change from a sarcastic snob to the slow talking girl we know now?
197	* Probably her parent's prescription meds.
198	[[WMG: The Griffins are related to Carrie from ''Series/TheKingOfQueens'']]
199	* It's pretty simple, Arthur spent some time in Lawndale and got a woman (Sandi's grandmother) pregnant then skipped town, eventually settling down in New York, getting married and fathering Carrie. Not only do Sandi and her mother look just like Carrie they are all aggressively obnoxious, self important and self centered, and the time lines even fit together, a general estimate puts Sandi's mother at 10 to 15 years older than Carrie, more than enough time for the events to have happened before Arthur got married.
200	[[WMG: Mrs. Barch [[spoiler: now O'Neill]] Will end up having a son.]]
201	Karmic punishment for all her man-hating.
202	** God, I pity that kid.
203	** Alternatively, she will realize that the son is the product of her and Timothy's relationship built on love and respect (at least, a better relationship than what she had with her ex), and she won't raise him with hate.
204	** I can't see her learning to be a healthy person in any aspect of her life. In her relationship with Mr. O'Neill for example, I think the novelty of him being a sensitive male would soon wear off, and the she would become toxic again, though perhaps in a different way from before.
205	[[WMG: Daria is really a genderswap of ''Film/FightClub'']]
206	Daria is the narrator, Jane is Tyler Durdan, Trent is Marla.
207	[[WMG: At the start of the series, Jane is an out-of-control party girl.]]
208	It's easy to assume Jane's in the self-esteem course because she's antisocial, but what if she were placed there because her social life is taking her down the wrong path? Even though he calls her his kid sister, Trent is really close to Jane. It's easy to imagine him getting her into over-21 clubs, taking her to gigs in skeevy locations, and introducing her to his soft drug connections. In the first season, Jane's humor is cruder and she isn't as quick-witted(think of the time she says selling chocolate makes her feel "the bad kind of dirty," for instance). The first season has Jane making out with a stranger in a laundry room and jumping at the chance to go to Alternapalooza, even though she doesn't seem to have much interest in music. Her grandmother screams "What the hell is wrong with you?" in her face. Later Jane is much less impulsive and seems to take better care of herself, if her voice is any indication. By comparison, Trent seems to get slower, less ambitious, and even less interested in his music as the series goes on--perhaps because he no longer has his best buddy Jane around.
209
210	[[WMG: Daria, song along with other characters, are [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica magical girls, or boys in some cases.]]]]
211	Long before the move to Lawndale, Daria and Quinn made wishes, which caused chain of events that led to what Lawndale is now. Quinn wished to get away the pain of Highland Daria wished to be more popular. Jodie could have wished smarter classmates, Jane for a best friend, Trent for {{Parental Substitute}}, and so on.[[note]]I thought of this to explain [[BizarroEpisode bizarro episodes such as "Depth Takes a Holiday" and "Daria!" and other [[http://www.dariawiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Off-canon_canon.]][[/note]] I wrote another ''Madoka Magica''/''Daria'' crossover WMG on [[WMG/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica3 ''Madoka Magica'''s crossover theory page]] (that page contains MEGA spoilers, so read at your own risk).
212
213	[[WMG: Daria and Quinn were raped by Beavis and Butthead.]]
214	Beavis and Butthead are desperate to score, and Daria was the only who would socialize with them voluntarily. Realizing that they would probably never score, they lost control of their impulses. This is why the suddenly Morgendorffers moved out of Highland. Quinn subconsciously blames Daria for the rape, which is they don’t along well.
215	* Do you really think these guys have the attention span required to rape someone?
216	* If Beavis & Butt-Head tried this, they would not fare any better than they always do: a slap, a punch, or [[GroinAttack a kick in the groin]]; end of story. Daria goes away, and the duo stays in the ground filled with pain. Not even [[Franchise/PeterPan Tinker Bell]] may be raped by those guys.
217	* Not only were Beavis and Butt-head not attracted to Daria (which they make even more obvious in the [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] comics), but their physical strength was well below average, as Coach Buzzcut easily demonstrated. Not only that, but there have been plenty of female characters who have beaten up the two in their own show with little effort. Assuming they were to actually try something like that, Daria and Quinn taking on Beavis and Butthead would be overkill. In the even more unlikely event that Beavis and Butthead succeeded in raping Daria and Quinn, then the two would have been in prison and not roaming freely about like they usually do in their 2011 relaunch series.
218	** The only thing that would be a strike-out on this is it's based on a misconception that rape is based on attraction. It's very likely Beavis and Butt-Head, if this theory were to be true, could've just done this to score or exert power. But as you said... their physical strength is below average and there have been plenty of time women have beaten them up when they tried to get fresh with them.
219
220	[[WMG: O'Neill has prosopagnosia]]
221	Prosopagnosia, or face-blindness, is the inability to recognize and distinguish faces. Mr. O'Neill frequently appears to have considerable trouble putting student's names to their faces. In "Through a Lens Darkly" he didn't recognize Daria simply because she had her glasses off--people suddenly changing what had been a consistent facial feature makes them hard or impossible for a person with prosopagnosia to recognize.
222
223	[[WMG: Wealthy Lawndale's school budget problems are tied to Fielding Prepratory School]]
224	The truly wealthy families probably sent their kids to Fielding Preparatory Academy (Where Tom Sloane goes), and the "peons" of middle wealth go to Lawndale with its budget problems. The wealthy parents (in the majority) probably have some system to keep from having to pay Lawndale school tax that they manahged to push through council, adding to the budget problems. Mrs. Li is driven batty by parents complaining about the school's budget and the meager allowance she gets to work with as the richest and smartest students are selected and bribed go to Fielding. Her wacky budgeting is due to years of this, and she's cracking.
225
226	[[WMG: Daria is a fob-watched JustForFun/TimeLord.]]
227	Leaving Highland is just the backstory. The reason she wants to sit in the box in "Boxing Daria" is because of buried memories of her Tardis.
228
229	[[WMG: Trent is a ShipperOnDeck for Jane/Daria.]]
230	Not in a creepy way, in a "I want my little sister to be happy" way. Daria is more or less the only friend Jane has at Lawndale, next to maybe Jodie. Trent clearly loves Jane, and clearly wants her to be happy. Perhaps he saw some LesYay subtext and thought, "Oh, cool, my sister is finally in a good relationship." Notice that when the girls fight, he's often the one to nudge them back together.
231
232	[[WMG: Daria is related to Miles Edgeworth]]
233	He could be her cousin on Helen's side, since Edgeworth's mother was never revealed in the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series. Think about it--they are both extremely antisocial and socially awkward they both had a love of high end literature as children. They're both seriously bitter and cold but have very loyal and caring personalities deep down. Finally they're both seriously insecure. Pretty much it would just be really cool if it were true.
234
235	[[WMG: Ted [=DeWitt=]-Clinton is the Frank Grimes of the Daria universe]]
236	What would happen if a flesh-and-blood human with a crush on Daria ended up actually having to deal with Daria face-to-face, and how would Daria respond to it? She'd likely be nice to you, but gently turn you down.
237
238	[[WMG: Jake is Hank Hill's half-brother]]
239	Jake's dad was in the army with Cotton and they became friends. He introduced Cotton to his wife and they ended up having an affair which resulted in Jake. That's why Daria shares some similarities with Hank; she's his niece.
240	[[WMG: Trent doesn't appear at the end of "Lane Miserable", noticeably the family dinner. Becuase he's grounded]]
241	This wasn't just a joke on the parents part. But for a grounding to work the grounded party has to actually listen and obey. And Trent actually dose this. Which I find sweet. Legally he is an adult and didn't have to follow this rule, But he was at the same time a guest in the home and maybe liked the structure he was getting. This sets up later episodes where Helen has no problem lumping in Trent when concerned over things like hunkering down for a storm.
242
243	[[WMG: Kevin is colorblind]]
244	Thus how he somehow didn't know the colors of the American flag despite it being right in front of him. That this has gone unnoticed into his senior year of high school says a lot about education quality in Lawndale.
245	* Considering what we've seen of schooling in Lawndale, this is a scarily plausible theory.
246
247	[[WMG: ''Jodie'' will feature more positively portrayed LGBT+ characters]]
248	As noted under YMMV, Daria's depiction of its' only bisexual character as a stereotypical predator hasn't aged well. [[AuthorsSavingThrow To make up for this,]] ''Jodie'' will introduce LGBT+ characters who are depicted in a more positive light.
249
250	[[WMG: Daria married Luhrman in the future.]]
251
252	Why the hell not?
253
254	[[WMG: Beavis and Butt-Head broke Daria.]]
255
256	Before she moved to Lawndale,Daria was as social and energetic as any other student. Constant exposure to the duo slowly wore her down more and more until she became a bitter,empty husk of a teenager who just gave up all hope. The family left Highland to find better psychological help for her as Highland's resources were sorely lacking.
257
258	[[WMG: Daria is asexual.]]
259
260	She clearly isn't aromantic, as her feelings for Trent and Tom were both clearly very genuine, but her desire to be with them doesn't seem to involve sex. Even when she and Tom have been dating for a while and it's going well and decide to have sex, Daria seems to want to have sex to "get it over with," rather than because she particularly ''wants'' to. She's old enough that it may not just be her being a late bloomer--it's very possible Daria just isn't wired that way, even if she doesn't know it yet or have the language to describe it.
261
262	[[WMG: "Depth Takes a Holiday" was Daria's hallucination brought on by medication.]]
263
264	In this episode, Quinn,when informed by Daria of the holidays that they are staying in her room, asks to Daria, "Are you taking some kind of experimental depression medicine?" Daria denies it, but it's quite possible that, unbeknownst to her, her desperate parents had given her some medication to "lift her mood", causing hallucinations with all the consequences seen in the episode.
265
266
267	[[WMG: Daria's show takes place in the 2011 revival of WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead which is an alternate continuity from the B&B universe-proper.]]
268
269	During a music video of the 2011 revival, she was mentioned by Butt-head as having moved away, which was a nod to her having her own show. Additionally, in the 2022 revival, starting with ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoTheUniverse'', Daria was still shown to be in Highland by the time of 1998, whereas Daria's show started in 1997 in terms of real life airdate and presumably in-universe time as well and her overall fate in the 2022 revival is left unmentioned. One possible conclusion we could come to is that the Daria in this show was always a character in a different universe and the Beavis and Butt-head she interacted with were also alternate versions of the duo, since her moving away was at least acknowledged by the 2011 revival.
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