Daria (1997–2001)

A smart & cynical girl goes through teenage life as a proud outsider in a world of mainly idiotic teens and condescending adults.

Creators:

Glenn Eichler, Susie Lewis

Stars:

Tracy Grandstaff, Wendy Hoopes, Julián Rebolledo

Cast

Series cast summary:
Tracy Grandstaff	...	Daria Morgendorffer (65 episodes, 1997-2001)
Wendy Hoopes	...	Jane Lane (65 episodes, 1997-2001)
Julián Rebolledo	...	Jake Morgendorffer (60 episodes, 1997-2001)
John Lynn	...	Sick, Sad World Announcer (57 episodes, 1997-2001)
Janie Mertz	...	Brittany Taylor (51 episodes, 1997-2001)
Marc Thompson	...	Kevin Thompson (51 episodes, 1997-2001)
Ashley Albert	...	Tiffany Blum-Deckler (43 episodes, 1997-2001)
Jessica Cydnee Jackson	...	Jodie Abigail Landon (36 episodes, 1997-2001)
Alvaro J. Gonzalez	...	Trent Lane (31 episodes, 1997-2001)

Storyline

Daria Morgendorffer is an intelligent, unpopular, and quite sarcastic teenager tolerating life among the idiots at Lawndale High.

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Plot Keywords:

friend | outsider | best friend | dysfunctional family | friendship | 

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Taglines:

Talks Slow, Thinks Fast

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 March 1997 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

MTV Animation, MTV Networks

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (65 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

There is a small recurring joke involving Trent writing song lyrics as he's doing something else (such as driving). He always hits a snag, needing a rhyme for an "ane"/"ame" sound, at which point somebody suggests "My soul's waves of grain" - which is a lyric first performed in a Mystik Spyral song in the second season episode "Ill". This happens both in Daria: Camp Fear and Daria: It Happened One Nut; in the latter episode, Trent vaguely remarks, "I've heard that somewhere before."

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Goofs

At Lawndale High, the boards in the classroom alternate from being chalkboards and markerboards.

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Quotes

Trent Lane: [his breathy greeting to everyone] H-hey.

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Crazy Credits

During the closing credits, the show's characters appear in various costumes.

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Connections

Featured in The Nostalgia Chick: She's All That (2011)

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Soundtracks

"You're Standing On My Neck"
Written by Janet Wygal
Performed by Splendora

User Reviews

The best MTV cartoon ever!!!

This cartoon is a lot better that Beavis and Butthead, even when i used to like Beavis and Butthead when i was a teenager but Daria is simply superior in many ways. Daughter of parents who only think about money, and sister of a dumb popular girl Daria Morgendoffer feels she is alone in the world when she feels the stupidity of all people who are around her. With a cynical humor in the series we can see things many of us know, the football player that are very dumb, the not very smarter cheerleader girlfriend, the popular girls that only think about fashion, even the principal of the school who is always thinking in the school like a way of make money. These and many others stuffs we can see everyday we can see them in Daria, all with a great and sarcastic humor. That's why i say Daria is one of the greatest 90s cartoons.