Daria DVD Set Episode Guide

May 19, 2010 03:15


Disc 1
Esteemsters - (Daria Day intro) The Morgendorffers move to Lawndale, where Quinn becomes a member of the popular Fashion Club and Daria meets an equally cynical artist named Jane during a self-esteem class taught by their neurotic, wimpy English teacher, Mr. O'Neill.
The Invitation - To Quinn's horror, Daria is invited to Brittany's party after helping her solve an art class problem, and Jane tags along.
College Bored - The Morgendorffers visit Middleton College - Jake and Helen's alma mater, where Quinn goes to a frat party and Daria finds brisk business writing term papers.
Café Disaffecto - (Daria Day intro) The students of Lawndale High raise money selling objects door-to-door to raise money for a new café after the old one is burglarized, and Daria finds an effective way to fight back after Principal Li punishes her for not selling chocolate to a grossly obese woman.
Malled - Daria and Jane's economic class go to the Mall of the Millennium to learn about "mall economics", where Daria A) gets visibly sick from the smell of Brittany and Kevin making out, B) becomes a record-setting shopper at a doo-dads store, C) uncovers a secret market research project that earns all her classmates gifts to keep quiet and D) finds Quinn playing hooky and blackmails her for a ride home.
This Year's Model - A modeling agency comes to Lawndale High to recruit female students, and end up picking Quinn as one of the candidates, before zeroing in on stupid Lawndale High QB Kevin Thompson.
The Lab Brat - For a class project for the man-hating science teacher, Ms. Barch, Daria is paired with jock Kevin (who is more interested in watching football on the Morgendorffers' TV than working with Daria) while Brittany works with resident pervert, Charles "Upchuck" Ruttenheimer, after he blackmails her into being his partner.
Pinch Sitter - (Daria Day intro) Quinn is chosen to babysit for an ultra-conservative family's children, but Daria steps in when Quinn has a date, and gets some ideas about psychological control.
Too Cute - Quinn is afraid she's not cute enough and wants plastic surgery after seeing a fellow classmate with a nose job, but Dr. Swan's clinic is dangerous and expensive. Meanwhile, Kevin is chosen by man-hating teacher Ms. Barch to disguise himself as an ugly man and chart people's reactions.

Disc2
The Big House - After Daria and Quinn get caught sneaking in the house past curfew, Helen and Jake set up "Family Court" and sentence their kids to groundings. Meanwhile, a roller hockey game at school is coming up and all of the students are betting that their high-strung history teacher, Mr. DeMartino, will have his next heart attack in his rematch against classic rock DJ, Rock and Roll Randy. So Daria takes action to ensure she can witness the spectacle for herself.
Road Worrier - (Daria Day intro) Daria travels with Jane, Jane's brother, Trent, and Trent's friend, Jessie (both make up half of Mystik Spiral), to Alternapalooza while Quinn begins her travels there with her Fashion Club friends.
The Teachings of Don Jake - (Daria Day intro) The Morgendorffers go camping after Jake suffers a burst blood vessel in his eye due to stress over money. Meanwhile, Jane and Trent try to survive a hostile family reunion.
The Misery Chick - (Daria Day intro) Famed Lawndale High quarterback and all-time jackass Tommy Sherman dies in a freak accident while visiting his alma mater, prompting Jane to avoid Daria for a while and everyone else to dub Daria "The Misery Chick" and ask her for advice on coping with sadness.
Arts 'N Crass - (Daria Day intro) Daria and Jane's poster about a pretty teenage girl's covert bulimia sparks controversy with Ms. Li and Mr. O'Neill. Meanwhile, Jake laments over losing a client and desperately searches for anyone in need of a consultant.
The Daria Hunter - The students of Lawndale High go on a field trip to a paintball park, where Quinn fights with Sandi over a broken promise not to get their uniforms dirty, Daria and Jane go to a great white shark exhibit run by an insane woman whose experience with great whites bears a strong resemblance to the plot of Jaws, Helen and Ms. Li fight over Daria's attitude, Ms. Barch discovers that Mr. O'Neill is unlike the men she's met before, and Jake and Mr. DeMartino drunkenly bond over their dysfunctional childhoods.
Quinn The Brain - Quinn's good grade on an English paper brands her a "brain" by her Fashion Club friends and makes Daria depressed over the fact that Quinn may not be as dumb as she looks, which threatens her own identity for a while.
I Don't - (Daria Day intro) Whilst Daria and Quinn are bridesmaids for their cousin's wedding, Daria finds a kindred spirit with her irreverent Aunt Amy, Helen drunkenly fights with her sisters, Jake tries to play golf, and Quinn gets hit on by a priest and the best man. Meanwhile, Kevin and Mack attend Lawndale High's bridal fair and are mistaken for a gay couple.
That Was Then, This is Dumb - Jake and Helen's hippie friends, Willow and Coyote, visit for a weekend, prompting Quinn to bond with the hippies' son, Ethan, and Daria to stay with Jane and go along with her to sell records at a fair.

Disc3
Monster - (Daria Day intro) Jane and Daria film Quinn's daily routine for a project in an attempt to reveal her as the shallow airhead she is, only to feel bad when Quinn is surprisingly sympathetic off-camera, and in the end of course Quinn comes out a winner. Meanwhile, Jake gets his childhood films transferred to videotape and repeatedly watches a clip of himself falling off a bike after it sparks memories of being neglected.
The New Kid - Daria befriends a weird, home-schooled kid named Ted while in the yearbook club, and he wants the school yearbook to be taken in a different direction, which doesn't sit well with anyone else. Quinn uses a bribe to work on Daria to change the matter.
Gifted - Helen and Jake take Daria and Jodie on an invitation-only visit to a private school for intellectual (yet socially immature) students. Meanwhile, Quinn keeps getting thrown out of her Fashion Club friends' houses and stays with Daria's friend, Jane, who isn't happy to have her around.
Ill - Daria develops a rash on her hand that instantly spreads all over her body, prompting an immediate hospital visit and others to speculate about what's wrong with her.
Fair Enough - Ms. Li holds a Medieval Fair to raise money to repair the roof of the library (after spending the money needed for repairs on a polygraph machine), where Quinn rehearses for a play, Daria and Jane get stuck on a ferris wheel with a sobbing Stacy, Brittany deliberately drives past the fair to keep Kevin from playing Palamon opposite Quinn, and Jake runs afoul of a sarcastic teenager.
See Jane Run - Jane joins the track team and becomes a school star, and Daria begins talking to herself when the friendship becomes strained. Meanwhile, Quinn struggles walking in tight shoes that she thinks make her legs look sexy.
Pierce Me - (Daria Day intro) Trent talks Daria into getting a belly-button ring while searching for Jane's birthday present. Meanwhile, Helen and Quinn are chosen to be models for the mother-daughter fashion show at school.
Write Where It Hurts - Mr. O'Neill asks Daria to write a story about people she knows in a dramatic way, but Daria develops writers' block on her project (and resentment for her mother) until Helen urges her to write something that reflects the way Daria wants things to be.
Through A Lens Darkly - Daria gets contact lenses so she can see better during her driver's test, but rejects them when they cause her physical discomfort. She finds it surprisingly difficult, however, to return to her old appearance.

Disc 4
The Old and the Beautiful - During Volunteer Week at Lawndale High, Daria, Kevin and Brittany read for senior citizens. Kevin and Brittany are a hit while Daria becomes depressed because the seniors don't like listening to her voice. Meanwhile, the Fashion Club collects clothing donations to help homeless people, but decides only to accept "fashionable" clothing.
Depth Takes a Holiday - In this fantasy episode, Daria and Jane help real-life embodiments of popular holidays return to a strange island.
Daria Dance Party - (Daria Day intro) Quinn tries to organize the school dance, but instead enlists Jane's help. Jane organizes a Jackson Pollock Tribute dance, which Quinn gets huge credit for. Meanwhile, Jane and Daria meet two guys who seem nice but have a horrible family secret.
The Lost Girls - Val, a thirty-something editor of a teen magazine who acts like a teenager, visits Daria after reading her essay.
It Happened One Nut - (Daria Day intro) Quinn and Daria get jobs at the mall. Daria ends up working at a nut stand, and Quinn starts working at a pet shop.
Daria! - (Daria Day intro) In this musical episode, the town prepares for an upcoming rainstorm.
Lane Miserables - The rest of the Lane family all move back home, forcing Jane and Trent to temporarily move into Daria's house and Daria to face her crush on Trent.
Jake of Hearts - Jake suffers a heart attack, and his judgmental mom comes to stay with him. Meanwhile, Lawndale High is overrun by two obnoxious radio DJs, and Daria comes up with just the right thing to say to deal with both sets of idiots.
Speedtrapped - (Daria Day intro) Daria drives to a nearby town to get Mystik Spiral and Jane out of jail for a traffic violation, but the journey proves to be rough when Quinn tags along and blows the bail money on shopping.

Disc 5
The Lawndale File - (Daria Day intro) Daria and Jane suspect there is "alien activity" going on at Lawndale High after Mr. DeMartino gets arrested, government agents visit the school to look for "different" people, and people begin to think Daria and Jane are "atomic communists".
Just Add Water - Lawndale High sets up a casino cruise night, where Quinn is worried that her date may have stood her up. Mr. DeMartino struggles with a gambling addiction, Jake gets seduced by his client's wife (who also tries to seduce Mr. O'Neill), and Daria and Jane try to get some sleep after staying up all night to watch a Sick, Sad World marathon.
Jane's Addition - Jane starts dating a guy named Tom, who Daria believes may destroy her friendship with Jane. They struggle through a joint class project made worse by Trent's lack of punctuality.
Partner's in Complaint - Daria and Jodie partner up for a budgeting project, as do Jane and Brittany, because Daria is being distant towards Jane. After unsuccessfully trying to get a loan from the bank, Jodie gets mad at Daria for criticizing her for trying to use her father's reputation for a loan, which makes Daria realize that she's being too hard on the only friends she has.
Antisocial Climbers - Mr. O'Neill arranges for a school-wide wilderness trip that ends in disaster when Mr. O'Neill suffers from asthma, Ms. Li plans to videotape the event for a television network, Joey, Jeffy, and Jamie bring Quinn's cute knick-knacks instead of the survival gear, Ms. Barch loses Mr. O'Neill, and Daria and Jane end up lost after Mr. DeMartino falls off a cliff. Meanwhile, Jake and Helen rent a cabin in the woods to rekindle their waning romance.
A Tree Grows in Lawndale - After Kevin crashes his motorcycle into the Tommy Sherman Memorial Tree, he starts feeling sorry for himself, and as a result, the football team start to ruin the reputation of Lawndale High (and, by proxy, the town) by losing every game. Tom's plan to have Kevin become a safety lecturer helps get things back to relatively normal.
Murder, She Snored - In this dream-based episode, Mr. DeMartino accuses Kevin and his football teammates of cheating on a history test and Daria jokes that she'll kill him, but the joke turns all too real when Daria is accused of murdering Kevin.
The F Word - Mr. O'Neill tells his students to try to fail at something they are good at, to achieve personal growth. Daria and Mack fail (therefore succeeding), but Brittany and Kevin succeed and therfore fail - Brittany's uncool attitude gets her alienated from her fellow cheerleaders and Kevin manages to get kicked off the football team. Jane faces the oddest "failure" when she is quickly embraced by the popular students at Lawndale and has to decide if she's going to return to her roots.
I Loathe a Parade - (Daria Day intro) While going to the store to get toilet paper for Jake, Daria gets lost in the homecoming parade, where she meets several people from past episodes, including Jane's boyfriend, Tom.

Disc 6
Of Human Bonding - (Daria Day intro) Daria goes to a marketing conference with Jake while Helen stays home and gets a makeover from Quinn and her Fashion Club.
Psycho Therapy - Helen receives an assignment from her law firm to determine if she has the makings of a partner, so she takes the family for a weekend therapy session. Meanwhile, Jane sets up a webcam show in her house.
Mart of Darkness - Tom accidentally eats Jane's art supplies (gummi bears) and she talks Daria into going to a new large wholesale store, where Mr. DeMartino gets into a fight with a free sample clerk, Trent and Jesse can't decide what they want to buy, and Daria and Jane discover an embarrassing secret about one of Lawndale High's students. Meanwhile, Kevin's father pressures Mr. O'Neill into letting him pass due to his stature as a jock.
Legends of the Mall - (Daria Day intro) Quinn and the Fashion Club get lost coming home from the mall and Jake, Daria, and Trent try to look for them, all the while telling three scary stories:
The Rattling Girl (told by Stacey): A fashion-obsessed teen girl from the 1960s (who looks like Sandi) purposely starves herself to get rid of the fat in her eyelids, but ends up becoming so bony that she rattles when she dances.
Metal Mouth (told by Trent): An angry metal shop teacher (who looks like Mr. DeMartino) from the 1980s creates a pair of steel dentures after grinding his teeth into nothing (and not being able to afford regular dentures on a teacher's salary), but the dentures have the unfortunate power to pick up a radio signal that makes him sing Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun".
The House of Bad Grades (told by Jane): A nerdy girl from the 1950s (who looks like Daria) searches for peace and quiet when trying to fill out her college application, but ends up getting trapped in the bomb shelter her father built in case of a nuclear war and now haunts students who have dreams of graduating high school by writing wrong answers on their homework.
Groped by an Angel - (Daria Day intro) Quinn believes she has a guardian angel after several strange things happen to her. Meanwhile, Brittany's father and stepmother throw a party for her, celebrating her managing a "C-" average the previous semester.
Fire! - After Jake accidentally sets the kitchen on fire, the Morgendorffers stay at a local hotel where Quinn meets a bellhop named Bobby whose supposed "uncle" works at the hotel. Meanwhile, Daria goes to stay at Jane's, who begins to question her friendship with Daria now that Tom has become noticeably less interested in Jane.
Dye! Dye! My Darling! - (Daria Day intro) Jane talks Daria into letting her put tiger stripes in her hair, but the botched job makes Jane think Daria did it intentionally after Daria admitted in the previous episode that she had feelings for Tom. All is forgiven between the two until Daria and Tom kiss in his car, and after Daria tells her about it, Jane breaks off contact with her one best friend.

Fizz Ed - (Daria Day intro) Lawndale High signs a sponsorship deal with Ultra Cola which Daria tries to bring to light, but Ms. Li soon goes to an insane extreme in expanding the deal.
Sappy Anniversary - Daria can't figure out how to celebrate her anniversary with Tom and worries it may be the end of their relationship. A bored Jake finds work at a dotcom company where it's not clear what he's supposed to be doing.

Disc 7
Fat Like Me - Sandi breaks her leg after tripping down the stairs and gains weight after becoming sedentary. Meanwhile, Daria and Jane take running bets on whether or not the Fashion Club will disband.
Camp Fear - Daria and Quinn attend a reunion at their old summer camp. Trent and Jane try to find new snacks in the countryside.
The Story of D - Daria sends a story she doesn't think is very good to a magazine at the insistence of Tom, and the results drive a wedge between them. The Fashion Club tries to put together a successful advice magazine.
Lucky Strike - The teachers at Lawndale High go on strike following the latest impasse between Mr. DeMartino and Ms. Li over a proposed 10% raise in salary for the new teachers' union contract, prompting Ms. Li to hire scabs as substitutes--including Daria, who becomes Quinn's teacher. Meanwhile, Jane and Trent help the striking teachers use art and music to gain support from others.
Art Burn - Jane gets paid to make copies of famous artworks and finds that the sideline is interfering with her original work, while she tries and fails to get Trent to focus on a home improvement project.
One J at a Time - Inspired by Daria and Tom's relationship, Quinn tries to pick a steady boyfriend amongst the three boys who fawn over her. Meanwhile, Jake tries to get rid of a squirrel who keeps knocking over his garbage cans.
Life in the Past Lane - Jane meets a guy who is into clothing from the 1940s and dates him, prompting Daria and Tom to try and talk her out of it when Jane's new boyfriend doesn't like either of them, while Upchuck's magic act finds a supporter in Stacy.
Aunt Nauseum - Helen's sister tries to deal with her daughter's divorce and shanghais Helen to manage it, opening up old wounds for Helen and her sisters, as Jake flees in terror and the Fashion Club seeks to resolve a dispute over two members wearing the same kind of dress.
Prize Fighters - Daria applies for a prestigious scholarship, but discovers that Jodie and Upchuck are going for the same prize. Jake screws up an online purchase and ends up with a huge order of unwanted frankfurters.

Disc 8
My Night at Daria's - After Tom falls asleep in Daria's room during a study session, his mad dash out of the house at four in the morning prompts rumors to spread that Daria and Tom had sex with each other and makes Daria consider whether she and Tom should, well, consummate their relationship.
Boxing Daria - Daria finds a refrigerator box in the backyard, which brings back memories of being isolated in grade school and having to put up with constant parent/teacher conferences about Daria's antisocial ways. Meanwhile, Jane and Daria are chosen to show eighth graders around Lawndale High and tell them about life after middle school.
Daria TV Movie: Is it Fall Yet? - (between Dye! Dye! My Darling! and Fizz Ed on Disc 6) When summer vacation starts, the students of Lawndale High find things to do. Jane (still sore over Daria stealing her boyfriend) goes to art camp and meets a girl named Allison who has a crush on her, while Daria counsels for a kids' summer camp and meets a dour boy named Link. Meanwhile, Quinn gets a tutor (voiced by Carson Daly) who believes that Quinn has the potential to use her brain. This TV movie originally aired in between seasons 4 and 5 of Daria.
Daria TV Movie: Is it College Yet? - With high school graduation nearing, Daria must choose which college to go to and whether or not she should continue her relationship with Tom. Meanwhile, Jane decides to forgo college, Quinn gets a job at a restaurant where her new best friend and boss is revealed to be an alcoholic, Kevin tries to keep Brittany from knowing he has to repeat his senior year, and Mr. DeMartino teaches Mr. O'Neill to stand up to Ms. Barch after Barch ropes Mr. O'Neill into a possible marriage. This TV movie served as the series finale.
Special Features:
Character Profiles
Original Pilot: Sealed With A Kick - (10 minutes long) After borrowing a pencil from him, Kevin thinks Daria is trying to get with him. After he confronts her about it, Daria pretends she likes him just to mess with him.
Mystik Spiral Music Video "Freakin' Friends"
Daria Day Intros
Top Ten Video Countdown Hosted by Daria & Jane
Never-Before-Seen Mystik Spiral Spin-off Script
Cast & Crew Interviews

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