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Episodes: All (65)

Season: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5
Year: 1997  |  1998  |  1999  |  2000  |  2001


Season 1


Season 1, Episode 1: Esteemsters

Original Air Date—3 March 1997
Daria Morgendorffer moves from Highland, Texas(see "Beavis and Butt-head"(1993)) to a suburb called Lawndale, where she finds her sister gains instant popularity. Unaccustomed to her intelligence and sarcastic wit, Lawndale High School gives her a psychological exam where they assume she has low self-esteem, and assign her to a special class for kids with low self-esteem. There she meets student artist extrodinare Jane Lane, a girl who shares her sense of humor, her disdain for suburban banality, and her love for the tabloid TV show "Sick, Sad World." Together they fight the forces of stupidity for truth, justice,... and pizza.

Season 1, Episode 2: The Invitation

Original Air Date—10 March 1997
In appreciation for helping dimwitted cheerleader Brittany Taylor out with an art class, Daria is invited to a party held by the popular crowd in a gated community. Though uninterested and indecisive about whether or not she wants to go, she realizes that her presence there might be the perfect opportunity to humiliate Quinn, and takes Jane along with her for kicks... hopefully.

Season 1, Episode 3: College Bored

Original Air Date—17 March 1997
Fearing that Daria and Quinn won't be prepared for college, after meeting some clients who are preparing their three-year-old daughter for it, Helen and Jake force them into Lawndale High's college prep course, and take them on a tour of their alma mater; Middleton College. Like so many parents, they find college life has changed since they've been there, and both girls get caught up in two different activities while getting the guided tour.

Season 1, Episode 4: Cafe Disaffecto

Original Air Date—24 March 1997

Season 1, Episode 5: Malled

Original Air Date—31 March 1997
Mrs. Bennett takes her economics class on a field trip to the Mall of the Millenium. Daria and Jane want nothing to do with this trip, but have no way out of it, however all is not lost when Daria discovers Quinn and the rest of the Fashion Club skipping school there.

Season 1, Episode 6: This Year's Model

Original Air Date—7 April 1997
Daria is roped into participating when a fashion business comes to Lawndale High.

Season 1, Episode 7: The Lab Brat

Original Air Date—14 April 1997

Season 1, Episode 8: Pinch Sitter

Original Air Date—9 June 1997
Desperate to avoid a meeting with a family therapist, Daria substitutes for Quinn on a babysitting gig. The family she ends up sitting for are the sickeningly-sweet Lester and Lauren Gupty, who have raised their kids Tad and Tricia into brainwashed little angels that only watch The Weather Channel on television, and avoid any sugar and junk food. It will take an artist extrordinare(yes, Jane) to rescue Daria from this nauseous night, and the Gupty kids from the sheltered lifestyle they've become so accustomed to.

Season 1, Episode 9: Too Cute

Original Air Date—16 June 1997
When a potential new fashion club member's recent plastic surgery impresses the other members, they seek to follow in her footsteps, and pressure Quinn into doing the same, whether she needs it or not. As she tries to get Daria to help her on this quest, the doctor offers to give her some extra treatment whether she wants it or not. Will Daria enjoy watching her sister humiliate herself as she tries to get enough money to go through with the procedure? Or will she try to reason with her?

Season 1, Episode 10: The Big House

Original Air Date—30 June 1997

Season 1, Episode 11: Road Worrier

Original Air Date—7 July 1997
Jane's brother Trent, who's also the lead singer of local grunge band Mystik Spiral is offered the chance to play in the upcoming Alternapaloosa tour. Since Daria harbor's an undeniable crush on Trent, Jane offers to pay for the gas in their van and take her for their attempted tour. The fashion club, and other Lawndale High students try to go to Alternapaloosa as well.

Season 1, Episode 12: The Teachings of Don Jake

Original Air Date—14 July 1997

Season 1, Episode 13: The Misery Chick

Original Air Date—21 July 1997
After an obnoxious local celebrity dies on a visit to Lawndale High, everyone seeks counsel from Daria about being miserable while Jane is being strangely distant.

Season 2


Season 2, Episode 1: Arts 'n' Crass

Original Air Date—16 February 1998
Daria and Jane create an iconoclastic poster for a contest, only to find that the school demands it be altered against their wishes.

Season 2, Episode 2: The Daria Hunter

Original Air Date—23 February 1998
Lawndale High School goes on another field trip, this time to a local paint-ball course, with Helen & Jake as parental chaperones. The true savage nature of everybody's personality is revealed on this trip. Daria and Jane opt to sneak out toward another nearby tourist attraction that proves to be a complete rip-off.

Season 2, Episode 3: Quinn the Brain

Original Air Date—2 March 1998
Quinn needs a quick passing grade in English, and ends up writing a impressive essay(by Lawndale standards, that is), but fears that it might give her a reputation as a nerd. Instead it gives her a new following as a trendy intellectual, something that Daria, a true intellectual can't stand. Since desperate times call for desperate measures, Daria is willing to consider such measures in order to persuade her sister to give up this facade.

Season 2, Episode 4: I Don't

Original Air Date—9 March 1998
Daria is ordered to be a bridesmaid for her cousin's wedding, but she finds a kindred spirit in her Aunt Amy.

Season 2, Episode 5: That Was Then, This Is Dumb

Original Air Date—16 March 1998

Season 2, Episode 6: Monster

Original Air Date—23 March 1998
Daria and Jane decide to follow Quinn around on one day for a video project for school and the opportunity to make her look ridiculous is irresistible.

Season 2, Episode 7: The New Kid

Original Air Date—29 March 1998
Daria starts to fall for an eccentric new kid who puzzles her as much as he intrigues.

Season 2, Episode 8: Gifted

Original Air Date—29 June 1998
Daria and Jodie are invited to explore enrolling at an elite school for gifted students.

Season 2, Episode 9: Ill

Original Air Date—6 July 1998

Season 2, Episode 10: Fair Enough

Original Air Date—13 July 1998

Season 2, Episode 11: See Jane Run

Original Air Date—20 July 1998
Whenever Jane isn't painting or creating other works of art, she like to run. So in order to spite the wrath of a tyrannical P.E. teacher, meet a cute boy, and keep herself and Daria from getting a failing grade in gym, she goes out for Lawndale High's Track & Field team and becomes an instant jock, much to the dismay of Daria, the quintessential anti-jock.

Season 2, Episode 12: Pierce Me

Original Air Date—27 July 1998

Season 2, Episode 13: Write Where It Hurts

Original Air Date—3 August 1998
When Daria is given a special school project to write a short story featuring people she knows, she finds it unusually frustrating.

Season 3


Season 3, Episode 1: Daria!

Original Air Date—17 February 1999

Season 3, Episode 2: Through a Lens Darkly

Original Air Date—24 February 1999
Daria is reluctantly persuaded to try wearing contact lens only to find them simultaneously physically, socially and philosophically uncomfortable.

Season 3, Episode 3: The Old and the Beautiful

Original Air Date—3 March 1999

Season 3, Episode 4: Depth Takes a Holiday

Original Air Date—10 March 1999

Season 3, Episode 5: Daria Dance Party

Original Air Date—17 March 1999

Season 3, Episode 6: The Lost Girls

Original Air Date—24 March 1999
Mr. O'Neill submits one of Daria's essays to a contests in a teen girl magazine, and she wins. Her prize, if you can call it that, is to spend the day with the self-important editor of the eponymous magazine, a woman who thinks Daria's writing makes her "edgy," and spends much of her time trying to hold onto her youth and celebrity contacts. Jane believes it'll give Daria a chance to return the favor and spend a day at the editor's desk in New York City, but how much "edgieness" can she possibly handle?

Season 3, Episode 7: It Happened One Nut

Original Air Date—7 July 1999
Daria's parents force her to get a job, so her father gets her one at a peanut stand in the mall. Much to her chagrin, her only co-worker at the stand is Kevin.

Season 3, Episode 8: Lane Miserables

Original Air Date—14 July 1999
The return of the rest of the Lane family sends Jane, then Trent over to the Morgendorffer household. But a third visitor begins to shatter Daria's illusions of life with Trent.

Season 3, Episode 9: Jake of Hearts

Original Air Date—21 July 1999
Jake has a heart attack and his mother comes to the Morgendorffer household to take care of him; his heart attack inspires Quinn to study to become a heart doctor; two radio DJs broadcast their show outside Lawndale High.

Season 3, Episode 10: Speedtrapped

Original Air Date—28 July 1999
Daria finally gets her driver's license, just before Jake and Helen take off on a marital retreat. When Jane and Mystik Sprial are pulled over in some hick town and thrown in jail for their inability to pay a traffic fine during an attempted concert tour, Daria must come to the rescue with bail money from the Lane household. To further complicate things, Quinn decides to tag along for the ride, and transforms it into more of an adventure that she was hoping for.

Season 3, Episode 11: The Lawndale File

Original Air Date—4 August 1999
Secret service agents visit Lawndale High, and urge students to keep an eye of for students that might be different, and thus a threaten their safety, as well as the safety of the country. Though Daria & Jane become suspect numbers one and two, they actually start to notice an outbreak of weirdness among their fellow students, faculty members, and even relatives.

Season 3, Episode 12: Just Add Water

Original Air Date—11 August 1999

Season 3, Episode 13: Jane's Addition

Original Air Date—18 August 1999
When Jane falls for a new boyfriend named Tom, Daria fears for her friendship.

Season 4


Season 4, Episode 1: Partner's Complaint

Original Air Date—25 February 2000
Daria and Jane and Brittany and Kevin have respective spats and decide not to work on an economics project together; thus Daria works with Jodie, Jane with Brittany and Kevin with Mac.

Season 4, Episode 2: Antisocial Climbers

Original Air Date—3 March 2000

Season 4, Episode 3: A Tree Grows in Lawndale

Original Air Date—10 March 2000
Daria talks Kevin into buying a motorcycle when she sees him buying a leather jacket in order to impress Brittany, but instead he settles for a moped. When he tries to perform a stunt on the Lawndale High School grounds(thanks to the prodding of his fellow pupils), he sustains a minor injury, and collides with a tree honoring former football great Tommy Sherman(see episode #1.13), causing a decline in the LHS football season, and rumors of a curse throughout Lawndale High, and beyond.

Season 4, Episode 4: Murder, She Snored

Original Air Date—17 March 2000

Season 4, Episode 5: The F Word

Original Air Date—31 March 2000
Inspired by a lecture and the tribulations of Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers, Mr. O'Neill encourages his class to pick something to fail at for personal growth. All his pupils get out of it instead are misery, grief, and despair, including Daria who may be forced to supervise Quinn at an upcoming mall fashion exhibit, and Jane, who's becoming so popular that she might replace Brittany as... a CHEERLEADER!!

Season 4, Episode 6: I Loathe a Parade

Original Air Date—7 April 2000
On an errand for her father, Daria runs into her school's annual parade where she encounters a lost child and strange feelings on a chance meeting with Jane's boyfriend.

Season 4, Episode 7: Of Human Bonding

Original Air Date—14 April 2000

Season 4, Episode 8: Psycho Therapy

Original Air Date—28 June 2000
Helen's law firm has her and her entire family come to a psychological center for personality evaluations.

Season 4, Episode 9: Mart of Darkness

Original Air Date—5 July 2000

Season 4, Episode 10: Legends of the Mall

Original Air Date—12 July 2000

Season 4, Episode 11: Groped by an Angel

Original Air Date—19 July 2000

Season 4, Episode 12: Fire!

Original Air Date—26 July 2000
After the Morgendoffers bunk in a hotel after a house fire, Daria decides to stay with Jane, but Daria's growing friendship with Tom starts to strain the girls' relationship.

Season 4, Episode 13: Dye! Dye! My Darling

Original Air Date—2 August 2000
After Jane picks a fight with Daria, Daria realizes to her consternation that she has fallen in love with her best friend's boyfriend.

Season 5


Season 5, Episode 1: Fizz Ed

Original Air Date—19 February 2001
Over the protests of Daria and Jane, Principal Li makes a sponsorship deal with a pop company for Lawndale High that gets ridiculously out of hand.

Season 5, Episode 2: Sappy Anniversary

Original Air Date—26 February 2001

Season 5, Episode 3: Fat Like Me

Original Air Date—5 March 2001
An argument between Sam & Chris Griffin that interrupts a fashion club meeting leads to a broken leg for Sandi. During her recovery, she gains a considerable amount of weight, thereby violating the fashion club's by-laws and forcing her to resign, but not before she coerces Quinn into doing so herself, leaving Stacy and Tiffany struggling to keep it afloat. Meanwhile, Daria and Jane who have been spending the week betting each other over the behavior of their fellow Lawndale residents, place a hefty wager on whether or not the fashion club will survive this latest crisis.

Season 5, Episode 4: Camp Fear

Original Air Date—12 March 2001

Season 5, Episode 5: The Story of 'D'

Original Air Date—19 March 2001

Season 5, Episode 6: Lucky Strike

Original Air Date—26 March 2001
When the faculty of Lawndale High goes on strike, Daria is forced to become the teacher of Quinn's class.

Season 5, Episode 7: Art Burn

Original Air Date—2 April 2001

Season 5, Episode 8: One J at a Time

Original Air Date—21 May 2001

Season 5, Episode 9: Life in the Past Lane

Original Air Date—28 May 2001

Season 5, Episode 10: Aunt Nauseam

Original Air Date—4 June 2001

Season 5, Episode 11: Prize Fighters

Original Air Date—11 June 2001
Daria, Jodie and Upchuck are in the running for a top scholarship prize. Unfortunatley, this competition makes Jane feel left out(see "See Jane Run," Episode #2.11), and to make matters worse, she finds that the company that sponsors the scholarship has a record of discriminatory hiring practices. Will the Lawndale brainiac compromise her principles and learn how to be a kiss-up?

Season 5, Episode 12: My Night at Daria's

Original Air Date—18 June 2001
Tom falls asleep in Daria's bed, spurring rumors that they're sexually active (thanks to Quinn), which eventually makes her consider putting those rumors to rest by giving up her virginity for real.

Season 5, Episode 13: Boxing Daria

Original Air Date—25 June 2001
A large refrigerator box revives painful memories in Daria that suggest that she is a burden on her parents by being herself.

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