Partner's Complaint (25 Feb. 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.

Director:

Karen Disher

Writers:

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

Stars:

Tracy Grandstaff, Wendy Hoopes, Russell Hankin

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Tracy Grandstaff	...	Daria Morgendorffer (voice)
Wendy Hoopes	...	Jane Lane / Helen Barksdale Morgendorffer / Quinn Morgendorffer (voice)
Russell Hankin	...	Tom Sloane (voice)
Amy Bennett	...	Mrs. Diane Bennett (voice) (as Rebecca Wesley)
Jessica Cydnee Jackson	...	Jodie Abigail Landon (voice)
John Lynn	...	Sick, Sad World Announcer (voice) (as John Worth Lynn Jr.)
Amir Williams	...	Michael Jordan 'Mack' Mackenzie (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Geoffrey Arend	...	Car Salesman (voice)
Kiki Barrera	...	Wally (voice)
Marc Thompson	...	Mr. Anthony DeMartino / Mr. Timothy O'Neill / Kevin Thompson / Jamie White (voice)

Storyline

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.

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 February 2000 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Helen: I came in to ask you to rinse off your dishes before you put them in the dishwasher. Your father found a cheese fry melted onto his "World's Greatest Dad" cup and he thought it was some kind of rodent. Now he's sworn off coffee.
Daria: Then I should be hearing from the Nobel committee any day now.

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Connections

Spoofs Portnoy's Complaint (1972)

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Soundtracks

"Nothing Much Happens"
Performed by Ben Lee

User Reviews

Fallings out

In the previous episode, at the end of season three, Daria's friendship with Jane took a bit of a dent when Daria though Jane is ignoring her in favour of her new boyfriend; I don't know how much time is meant to have passed but they are still not getting along the way they used to. This means when they are given a school project where students have to partner up to study real world financial matters they choose not to work together. Daria ends up working with Jodie, who doesn't wish to work with her boyfriend Mack because he isn't financially reliable and Jane ends up with Brittany because she has had a falling out with Kevin. While things don't go quite how they planned Daria and Jane's pairings manage to arrange deals successfully... Kevin is a little too successful as he forgets that they aren't meant to actually go through with the deals!

I liked how issues from the previous season weren't just dropped as though they never happened as well as being realistic it provided an opportunity to get Daria and Jane working with other people. The drama worked well enough and there were some good laughs; Kevin's reaction on learning he shouldn't have given a cash down payment was hilarious and the way Brittany would have got a discount because the sleazy salesman fancied her was as funny as it was disturbing! Overall this was a good start to the season with a decent mix of laughs and drama.