Daria Morgendorffer
Daria Morgendorffer as she appears in the opening sequence in Daria
First appearance	"Babes R US" [Beavis and Butthead, 1993]; "Esteemsters" [Daria, 1997]
Last appearance	"Beavis and Butt-head Are Dead" [Beavis and Butthead, 1997]; Is It College Yet? (2002)
Created by	Glenn Eichler
Portrayed by	Tracy Grandstaff (voice)
Information
Aliases	N/A
Gender	Female
Age	Approx. 18
Occupation	Freshman at Raft College.
Family	Helen Morgendorffer (mother), Jake Morgendorffer (father), Quinn Morgendorffer (sister)

Daria Morgendorffer is a fictional animated character from MTV's animated series Beavis and Butt-Head and Daria. In 2002, Daria placed at number 41 on the list of the Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of all Time by TV Guide for her role in the two shows.^[1] She was voiced in both incarnations by Tracy Grandstaff. Daria Morgendorffer shot from Daria animation series (Credits) This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Daria is an American animated television series that aired from 1997 to 2002 and was created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn for MTV. A spin-off of MTVs Beavis and Butt-head, Daria also became something of a cultural icon. ... Esteemsters is the first episode of the animated show Daria. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Daria: Is It College Yet? was the telemovie series finale for the television show, Daria. ... Glenn Eichler Glenn Eichler started out as an editor for the National Lampoon magazine. ... Tracy Grandstaff, a young woman with dirty-blonde hair, originally was selected to appear on a very early incarnation of MTVs The Real World series (before season 1 and the New York cast). ... Helen Morgendorffer is a cartoon character from the MTV television series, Daria. Both a worker and a house wife (she is married to Jake Morgendorffer), Miss Morgendorffer used to live in Highland, a town made famous on cartoon television by Beavis and Butt-head. ... Jake Morgendorffer is a fictional animated character who featured regularly in the MTV television show, Daria. ... Quinn Morgendorffer is a fictional character on the MTV animated series Daria. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... Beavis and Butt-head was an American animated television series created by Mike Judge. ... Daria is an American animated television series that aired from 1997 to 2002 and was created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn for MTV. A spin-off of MTVs Beavis and Butt-head, Daria also became something of a cultural icon. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... TV Guide is the name of two North American weekly magazines about television programming, one in the United States and one in Canada. ... Tracy Grandstaff, a young woman with dirty-blonde hair, originally was selected to appear on a very early incarnation of MTVs The Real World series (before season 1 and the New York cast). ...

Beavis and Butt-Head

Daria Morgendorffer, as depicted in Beavis and Butt-Head

In Daria's first incarnation as a recurring character on Beavis and Butt-Head, she formed a female, intelligent foil to the two male dunderheads. Often, the two would openly mock her and refer to her as "Diarrhea." Though she is not amused by their antics, she does not have the passionate hatred for them that Principal McVicker and Coach Buzzcut have nor does she really believe there is any hope for them either as David Van Driessen had. At times, she would also make fun of the two for their stupidity. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Principal McVicker Principal McVicker (1938-1997) (originally McVicar) is a character in the cartoon Beavis and Butt-Head and voiced by Mike Judge. ... Coach Buzzcut. ... David Van Driessen David Van Driessen is a character in the TV series Beavis and Butt-head. ...

In the episode "U.S. History" [1], she turned around to talk to the duo and said they'll never graduate, and she told them that "to graduate" means to be all done with the final year of school. In the Christmas Special, it is stated that Butt-Head had been responsible for giving her a negative outlook on boys. In the final episode of the series when the boys "died," Daria expressed the sentiments that Beavis and Butt-Head did not have very bright futures to look forward to. She was one of the few characters that the duo never managed to drive crazy as they had with many other students and teachers. In the Marvel Comic books, however, the duo did manage to push her closer to the edge than they did in the TV show. In Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, she only appears once throughout the film with a group of students, but did not say anything. This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long or excessively detailed compared to the rest of the article. ...

Daria

From left to right: Jake, Helen, Quinn, Daria, and Jane

In her eponymous series, following Beavis and Butt-Head in the order of time, Daria became more angsty; to some, she's the poster child for 'teen misfit'. Daria is a bespectacled, plain, unfashionably dressed, but highly intellectual and seemingly cynical teenage girl who is portrayed as an icon of sanity in an insane household, with her vacuous, fashion-obsessed sister Quinn and career-obsessed parents Helen and Jake. Image File history File links Dariatitle. ... Image File history File links Dariatitle. ... An eponym is the name of a person, whether real or fictitious, who has (or is thought to have) given rise to the name of a particular place, tribe, discovery, or other item. ... Daria is an American animated television series that aired from 1997 to 2002 and was created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn for MTV. A spin-off of MTVs Beavis and Butt-head, Daria also became something of a cultural icon. ... For other uses, see Angst (disambiguation). ... The phrase poster child originally referred to a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes; she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy. However, the term is usually used metaphorically, meaning a shining example or model of its... Quinn Morgendorffer is a fictional character on the MTV animated series Daria. ... Helen Morgendorffer is a cartoon character from the MTV television series, Daria. Both a worker and a house wife (she is married to Jake Morgendorffer), Miss Morgendorffer used to live in Highland, a town made famous on cartoon television by Beavis and Butt-head. ... Jake Morgendorffer is a fictional animated character who featured regularly in the MTV television show, Daria. ...

Unlike most animated characters, Daria and her counterparts age during the duration of the series. When the series began, Daria was 16 years old, she moved to Lawndale, and was a sophomore in high school, and was introduced in the school (this was not seen in any of the episodes). When she graduated from high school in Is It College Yet?, she was 18 years old. According to the episode Lane Miserables, her height is 5'2".

While much of the show is a vehicle for Daria's droll deadpan monotone one-liners, she is ready to stand up to misused authority, leading some fans to conclude that her apparent cynicism is only skin deep (or at least that she is only cynical in the classical sense). Deadpan is a form of comedic delivery in which humour is presented without exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression. ... One-liner may mean: a one-liner joke a one-liner program This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article is about the current understanding of the word cynicism. ... This article is about the ancient Greek school of philosophy. ...

An oft-quoted line from Esteemsters, the first episode of Daria, sets the tone for Daria's attitude: "Don't worry, I don't have low self-esteem. It's a mistake. I have low esteem for everyone else."

Daria Morgendorffer, as depicted in the episode, Fire!

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Series

During the series, Daria attends Lawndale High School, where on her first day she meets Jane Lane, the artist and classmate who will be her first real friend and her best friend through the rest of her high school life. It also showed that Daria was susceptible to the same kind of crushes other teenage girls had, as through the series she got visibly nervous around Jane's older brother Trent. Their strong friendship and mutual endurance of gloomy adolescence was a motif of the series, which survived despite Jane's boyfriend, Tom Sloane, becoming Daria's. Jane Lane (on right) with Daria (on left). ... In literature, a motif is a recurring element or theme that has symbolic significance in the story. ...

The final two seasons of Daria made a departure from the "static world" that most animation series occupy, giving all of the characters opportunities for growth, and crises to manage. Among them include Daria struggling to cope with the kind of romantic turmoil she never anticipated facing, even while she makes peace with her sister who is beginning to abandon her superficial facade.

Movies

The first Daria movie, Is it Fall Yet?, gave the principal characters time apart from one another in parallel narratives which foreshadowed further changes in their relationships.

By the time the finale movie Is it College Yet? arrives, Daria's character has undergone noticeable growth. She graduates from Lawndale High, winning the Dian Fossey Award "for dazzling academic achievements in face of near total misanthropy", and crowning her acceptance speech with the assertion that "...[T]here is no aspect, no facet, no moment of life that can't be improved with pizza." This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Misanthrope redirects here. ... For other uses, see Pizza (disambiguation). ...

References

1. ^ TV Guide's 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time.

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