Groped by an Angel (19 Jul. 2000)

Quinn's obsession with guardian angels gets on Daria's nerves. A party at Brittany's introduces us to her stepmother... who looks and acts exactly like her.

Directors:

Tony Kluck, Karen Disher

Writers:

Glenn Eichler (creator), Glenn Eichler (developer),

Stars:

Tracy Grandstaff, Wendy Hoopes, Julián Rebolledo

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Tracy Grandstaff	...	Daria Morgendorffer (voice)
Wendy Hoopes	...	Jane Lane / Helen Barksdale Morgendorffer / Quinn Morgendorffer (voice)
Julián Rebolledo	...	Jake Morgendorffer (voice)
Geoffrey Arend	...	Charles 'Upchuck' Ruttheimer III (voice)
John Lynn	...	Sick, Sad World Announcer (voice) (as John Worth Lynn Jr.)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ashley Albert	...	Tiffany Blum-Deckler (voice)
Kiki Barrera	...	Steve Taylor (voice) (as Sidney Perez)
Sarah Drew	...	Stacy Rowe (voice)
Bart Fasbender	...	Nicholas Campbell (voice)
Alvaro J. Gonzalez	...	Trent Lane (voice)
Steven Huppert	...	Joey (voice)
Jessica Cydnee Jackson	...	Jodie Landon (voice)
Janie Mertz	...	Sandi Griffin / Brittany Taylor (voice)
Tim Novikoff	...	Jeffy (voice)
Willy Schwenz	...	Jesse Moreno (voice)

Storyline

Quinn's obsession with guardian angels gets on Daria's nerves. A party at Brittany's introduces us to her stepmother... who looks and acts exactly like her.

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 July 2000 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The book Quinn reads is "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

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Quotes

Stacy: If people in really poor countries can't get food, does that mean they can't get diet soda either?
Tiffany: Then how do they stay so thin?

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Connections

Spoofs Touched by an Angel (1994)

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Soundtracks

"Aurora"
Performed by Foo Fighters

User Reviews

I'm not that impressed by this one.

Contrary to the summary on IMDb, this episode does NOT introduce us to Brittany's step-mother--she had been in a couple previous ones--including a very early episode where she and Brittany throw a party where, uncharacteristically, Daria is invited.

Of all the episodes of season four, this is among the worst--mostly because it comes off as rather whiny and its view of spirituality is rather superficial and silly. Quinn has a brush with death (or more probably hurt) and decides completely out of the blue that she has a guardian angel. And, through most of the rest of the episode Quinn chalks up every good thing that happens to her as being the result of this angel's intervention. Because Quinn is so popular, soon all the stupid people at school claim to have angels and the idea is definitely trendy. Eventually, bad things also happen--at which point Quinn gives up on the notion and it's never heard about again.

As I said above, this is a very weak episode. Most of it is because spirituality is so trivialized and the show isn't the least bit funny. A rare miss that is, as always, watchable but no more.