Daria Encyclopedia 0.0
April 1, 2007: According to Jane, the day that all inanimate objects plan to take over civilization. This is part of a tale she tells Jesse to determine if he is listening to her - he obviously isn’t. (205)
1984: Novel written by George Orwell, English novelist (1903-50). Science fiction novel about a man who longs for escape from life in a totalitarian society. At the end of the novel, his discontent is discovered and he is not only tortured into obeying the government, but is forced to give up his free will and love the totalitarian state as well.
1984 is one of the novels offered as part of Mr. O’Neill’s reading assignment in (213). Also in (408) when Daria learns that the purpose of the family's visit to Quiet Ivy is for a family evaluation, Daria says, "Gee, look at the time. 1984 already."
24 Hour Photo: Photo shop seen in background on parade route during (406). The Coffee Snob is to the right of it if one is facing the store.
420: Shop on Dega Street. Named after its mailing address. A guitar store is next to it at 424 Dega Street. (212)
911: The generalized emergency response phone number. Daria calls 911 to have a helicopter evacuate her family in (112). Jake also asks “what’s the number for 911?!” after tasting his own horrible kitchen stew in (213)
AAAA Restaurant Rentals: Supplier of equipment for the new coffeehouse in Lawndale. Their equipment is stolen at the end of (104)
Aaron: Quinn mistakenly calls Zachary “Aaron” in (206).
“Academic Imprisonment”: Essay written by Quinn that turns around her grade in Mr. O’Neill’s Language Arts Class. (203)
Accessory Committee: Tiffany gives the report of the “accessory committee” in (303). It is unknown who is on the committee - Tiffany merely gives the report but it is not made clear if she is on the committee.
Adam: Contemporary of Quinn Morgendorffer. Mentioned in (212). When Trent calls looking for Daria, Jake doesn’t quite catch Trent’s name. Quinn hopes that the caller is not Adam, because she was going to cancel with Adam to go out with Simon.
Adopt-A-Highway: Name for a anti-litter program. Each of the fifty states of the United States has an "Adopt-A-Highway" program, which involves local groups agreeing to clean litter from both sides of a strech of highway a certain number of times a year in exchange for recognition.
The Lawndale Girls' Soccer Team takes part in the Adopt-A-Highway program. Quinn suggests that the Fashion Club take part in some charitable program like Adopt-A-Highway, but the others find picking up litter as too unfashionable. Furthermore, Sandi asks Quinn rhetorically, "I haven't been convicted of anything...have you?", referring to the fact that in the United States, prisoners are also put to work cleaning litter from the sides of highways. (505)
Adrian: Son of Summer Lane. First mentioned in (308). It is not known if Adrian’s last name is “Lane”. Two children appear at the Lane household in (308) who are Summer’s kids and are likely Adrian and Courtney.
“The Adventures of Ratboy”: Comic Kevin Thompson reads to the seniors in the retirement home. (302)
"Affirmations for Nighttime": Inspirational book Mr. O'Neill reads while staying at the Hopright Inn with Mr. DeMartino during the statewide teacher's convention in (405).
“A History of Boston”: Resource for Nathaniel Hawthorne when writing “The Scarlet Letter” (1850). Written by Caleb H. Snow in 1825. “A History of Boston” is written on Mr. O’Neill’s blackboard in (201), along with other facts concerning Nathaniel Hawthorne.
a la Lawndale: Business seen on the Homecoming parade route in (406). It is located between "Spa" and a real estate agency.
Albers, Josef: German born artist and designer (1888-1976). One of the founders of the Bauhaus movement in art, Albers worked in glass and glass design. Emigrated to the United States and taught design after the Bauhaus was forced to close in 1933.
In the background when Jane meets her fellow students in (414), a book with the name "Albers" on the spine can be seen in the background.
"Alien": American 1979 science-fiction movie. The Nostromo, manned by only a few crew members, answers what they believe to be a call for help from another planet and mistakenly bring a strange and deadly creature on board. Quinn mistakes Helen's comment about illegal immigrants -- "aliens" -- with outer-space aliens and makes a strange comment about chest-popping aliens which references this movie in (311).
Alfred Joyce Kilmer Library: See entry found in “K” section.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: British poet laureate (1809-92). Wrote “In Memoriam” in 1850:
“I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.”
Mr. O’Neill has material from Tennyson on the blackboard in (113)
Alison: Artist and resident of Ashfield during the time that Jane Lane visits in (414). Young woman, tall, long dark hair, striking good looks, tattoos. First seen in (414)
Bets Jane dinner that fellow artists at Ashfield will warm up to Jane if they get a chance to know her (this bet
may have an attempt by Alison to set up a quiet dinner between Jane and herself) (414)
While eating with Jane, tells her that she wishes she had Jane's talent and focus when she was younger (414)
Alison is trying to make it on her own as an artist (414)
Does pastel works -- Jane thinks Alison's pastels are "great", Alison wishes the galleries agreed (414)
Makes a pass at Jane -- Alison: "I promise not to kick you out of bed in the morning. Well, unless you're snoring."
(414)
States that she is bisexual (414)
States that she doesn't think that Jane is straight-- intimates that Jane is nervous because it's her "first time with a girl" -- states that Jane just isn't ready to admit she's gay (414)
Alison: "I never hit on straight chicks" (414)
Still wishes to be friends with Jane, admits to Jane that she might have made a mistake about Jane's sexuality.
(414)
Begins "seeing" Daniel Dotson -- "he's not so bad once you get to know him". When Jane protests that Daniel
couldn't possibly care about Alison, Alison says she just wants to have a little fun -- Alison: "God, high
school. It's all such a big deal with you guys! You take everything so seriously."
Accused by Jane of sleeping with Dotson so Dotson can introduce her to gallery owners. (414)
Accused by Jane of falsely claiming that Jane "(gave) off gay vives" so that she could get Jane in bed (414)
Allen, Steve: American comedian and writer (1921-2000). Steve Allen was primarily known as a talk show host, as the first host of the American institution "The Tonight Show" (from 1954 to 1957) and hosting "The Steve Allen Show" (from 1956 to 1960). He is consider a pioneer of the late night talk show format.
During the "The House of Bad Grades" story in (410), the father of the family in question seals the family bomb shelter in concrete, saying he got the idea by watching Pete Seeger on Steve Allen.
Alligator Alley: Proposed chain restaurant by Terry Perry Barlow, described as "New Orleans cuisine, live alligator wrestling". Andrew Landon tells Barlow that conventional wisdom states that theme restaurants have peaked. Barlow replies that "that's why the call it conventional wisdom." (407)
Altamont: Concert held in Altamont, California at the Altamont Speedway. Several popular 1960s acts performed there, headlined by the Rolling Stones. The decision to use members of the notorious motorcycle gang Hell’s Angels as security resulted in a concert dominated by violence and also resulted in the stabbing death of a black concertgoer by whites.
Jake attended Altamont. The concert was free to the public, but Jake states that he demanded his money back, and got it. (111)
Alterna-Palooza: Weekend rock festival held in Swedesville. Daria, Jane, Trent and Jesse plan a trip there in 111.
* Estimated crowd of 10,000
alt.lawndale.com: Internet Cafe located in Lawndale. The cafe suffers a break-in at the beginning of 104.
1 Street location is “101”. (104)
Amazon Models: Modeling agency that conducts a “national talent search”. Known to offer modeling contracts to promising high school students. Lawndale High School was paid for its cooperation; it is unknown if this is Amazon policy. Talent scouts Claude and Romanica (DiGregory) conduct a voluntary class for prospective models at LHS.
2 Romanica gives name of “New York Amazon Fashion Agency” when
when speaking to Helen (106)
3 Name given as “Amazon Modeling” in Lawndale Sun-Herald (106)
Amelia: First seen in (504). Befreckled, glasses, an outcast. Amelia sees herself and Daria having a lot in common, but Daria dislikes Amelia.
* Tells Daria that she hoped that she would come to the reunion, else there'd be no point in coming and that she'd not
have Daria to talk to. (504)
* When Jane sarcastically refers to Amelia as "Daria having a secret fan club", Amelia believes that Daria has a fan
club. (504)
* When Daria tells Amelia that she doesn't have to hike and can do what she wants, Amelia wants to stay with Daria.
(504)
* Imagines Daria as a rebel, when Daria's "rebellious" acts have explanations relating either to unluck or Daria's social
isolation (see "Camp Grizzly" entries) (504)
* When Amelia states that both she and Daria are examples of "not following the crowd", Daria points out to
Amelia that she's done nothing but follow Daria since her arrival at Camp Grizzly. She says that she
not only doesn't want to follow a crowd, she doesn't want her own crowd either. She tells Amelia
to find a quiet corner someplace and practice being an individual. (504)
* Amelia states that she thought she and Daria were friends and that she looked forward to seeing Daria at Camp Grizzly. The truth, according to Amelia, is that Daria just doesn't like anybody. Daria has a
pained expression on her face when Amelia angrily leaves. (504)
* Sitting alone and dejected while Skip gives his final speech. When Daria tries to sit at Amelia's table and
make a sarcastic joke about Skip's speech, Amelia says nothing, but gets up and makes a speech of her own.
* Gives an angry speech at Camp Grizzly. Interrupts Skip Steven's speech, and when he says that he's talking,
Amelia keeps the mike and says that that's all Skip ever does. She points out that that she had just been
following Skip's directions against her wishes and that she would just "follow the herd" and "lead a life of
quiet desperation" (lines deliberately taken from Daria's rant to Amelia about why she hates Camp Grizzly).
The only reason she came back is to see her "role model" and "inspiration", Daria. She emphasizes that Daria
is an unpleasant person -- her revised opinion about Daria clearly hasn't changed -- but that she respects Daria's need to march to her own drummer and will do the same from now on, even if Amelia ends up with
"no friends", just like Daria. She says that she has no intention of ever returning to Camp Grizzly, and
turns in her Camp Grizzly T-shirt, which leads to the crowd pelting Skip with their own Camp Grizzly
T-shirts. (504)
* Is talking with Daria at the end of the reunion again. Amelia states that she hopes she didn't hurt Daria's feelings.
Daria says that words can't hurt her, unless they're truthful and exceptionally observant words -- like
Amelia's. (504)
* Skip Stevens, on his ride home, refers to Amelia as the "worst camper ever" who "doesn't even try to sing" and
"never won anything". (504)
American Access: Credit card company. Upchuck uses a gold card from American Access which belongs to his father. (105) This may be a nod to American Express, which uses a colored card system. In (211), Helen has platinum, gold, and green cards, which imply that Helen carries American Express, or American Access in the Dariaverse.
American Express: See American Access.
The Ammo Hole: Company which advertises on the back page of "Weapons World" in (312). Part of the advertisement we can read reads "Guns -- Ammo -- Bombs -- Gear".
Amy: Sister of Helen, aunt of Daria and Quinn. First seen in (204). Rather sharp and sarcastic, not unlike Daria.
4 “Years of bitterness and resentment” between Amy and her sisters. (204)
5 Thinks that Daria is in college when they meet in (204).
6 Complaint: “My sisters are so busy competing with each other that I don’t register on their radar.” (204)
7 States that her primary role was to provide color commentary for Helen and Rita’s arguments. When she grew up, she had her own points of view and no obligation “to listen to anyone else’s B. S. - ever” (204)
8 Prefers that Daria call her just “Amy” (204)
9 Helen states that Amy is “as twisted as a corkscrew” (301)
10 Thinks Ralph Fiennes is attractive. (301)
“America’s Future Leaders”: Prospective idea for a poster by Daria and Jane. The poster would simply be an enlarged picture of Kevin and Brittany. Jane says that the idea is too depressing. (201)
"Anatomical Abnormalities Catalog": Mail-order catalog from which Daria orders a hydrocephalic skull model in (405). Helen tells Daria that she can accompany Quinn to the teen fashion extravaganza as a way to pay off the bill. (Daria manages to get Mr. O'Neill to substitute for her.)
Anais: One of Jane's housemates at Ashfield. First seen with Caroline, Jett, and Paris in (414). She is not named explicitly.
Andre: A creation of Brittany's imagination. Brittany suggests to Jane that they plan a wedding as part of Mrs. Bennett's economics project. In Brittany's projected fantasy, she doesn't marry her immature high school boyfriend, goes to the Bahamas, and marries a sensitive stablehand named Andre. "...anyone who knows that much about horses would certainly know a lot about women!" (401)
Andrea: Resident Goth at Lawndale High School.
1 first appearance (unnamed) in (101), in Mr. DeMartino’s History Class.
2 reads angry poem at coffeehouse in (104), named by Mr. O’Neill as “Andrea”.
3 discussion with Quinn in bathroom in (109)
4 watches Faculty/DJ hockey game in (110), implied that she wins betting pool
5 Attends Medieval Fair (210)
6 Locker is a few lockers to the left of Daria’s in Season Two. (211) Contents of locker: skull and crossbones poster, triangular biohazard poster, books, brown jacket.
7 Wears crucifix about neck (211)
8 Works at Payday -- tells Daria and Jane that her parents make her work there -- avoided Daria and Jane because she thought that they would "cut her up" verbally and make fun of her. After Daria and Jane tell Andrea that as far as the two of them are concerned, they never saw her at all, she smiles after they leave. (409)
angelhair: A type of pasta (? elaboration). Helen states that there is some angelhair in the freezer. (before 302-caught that episode # had not been entered beforehand)
"The Angel in My Life": Book read by Quinn in (411) while at the dinner table. The book is about people's "real-life" experiences with angels.
One of the stories deals with a cat saving a couple from a house fire. Helen reads part of the book and tells Daria that she believes that some of the stories are a little "farfetched".
Angie: Lawndale High School cheerleader. Blonde or platinum-blonde. Seen with several other cheerleaders in (304). First named by Kevin, when Angie declines going to the dance with him - her excuse is that she plans to...um...read a newspaper!
Angie later rats Kevin out to Brittany in (306). Brittany tells the story that Angie saw Kevin working at “It’s a Nutty, Nutty, Nutty World” and Kevin “smiling (his) head off” at a lady purchasing nuts.
Was on the football float during the Lawndale Homecoming parade in (406). She is wearing a sash that reads "FOOTBALL SWEETHEART". She states that she's unhappy with how "friendly" Kevin is getting with her, and that Brittany is her friend and that she's right behind them.
When Jane asks Brittany what she would hypothetically do if Angie went on a date with Kevin, Brittany answers that Angie would never do that: "She's my friend!" (503)
angioplasty: Procedure where a balloon tipped catheter is guided to a blocked coronary artery vessel. X-Rays are used to guide the procedure. The balloon is then inflated and the plaque is pushed to the side, allowing blood to circulate through the arteries. Mr. DeMartino had an emergency angioplasty the year before Season One after he suffered chest pains during the Faculty/DJ Roller Hockey game. (110)
"Animal Farm": Book written by British author George Orwell (1903-50) in 1945. The animals at Manor Farm revolt against their human oppressors, but in their quest for a more just society substitute one set of oppressors for another. The events at the new Animal Farm deliberately mirror the events of the Russian Revolution.
Daria is reading this book on the way to Camp Grizzly in (504), but Helen confiscates it from her before camp.
“Animal Maulings”: Home video where one assumes animals maul the unwary. Daria mentions the video in (302) after she reads the story of the mouse pulling the thorn from the lion’s paw to Mr. Gross.
"Antisocial Climbers": Episode forty-one of the series. (402). Daria and Jane go on a disastrous high school field trip to the mountains.
Arbor Day: 1) American holiday founded in 1872 to celebrated the planning of trees. It is not a “red letter” holiday, meaning that neither the Federal government nor individuals employers observe it. National Arbor Day is the last Friday in April, but different states have different Arbor Days depending on tree-planting season in each state.
2) One of the holidays living on Holiday Island. Arbor Day is a male holiday with American Indian features. President’s Day jumps on Arbor Day for wearing sandals at Holiday Island High (303).
"The Aristocats": 1970 Disney animated movie, voiced by Phil Harris and Eva Gabor. A woman leaves her fortune to her pampered cat and her three kittens, but the mother cat may need help from an alley cat and his friends to keep an evil butler from getting the fortune.
In (405), Kevin identifies the three branches of government as "Republican, Dominican, and Aristocat". While Mack tries to teach Kevin the three branches of government as a special project for Mr. O'Neill's "find a project to fail" assignment, Kevin asks Mack how the cats were taught to play the piano.
Arno: Terry Perry Barlow's ballooning "assistant". Speaks with an accent. Aghast at Barlow's choice of "crew", calling Daria and Jake, "a teenager and a confused man". Given the unexperienced crew and ominous cumulus clouds, Arno tries to call off the balloon ride in (407) scheduled by Barlow.
Arno calls himself a "world-class balloonist" and when Barlow tries to order Arno to make the trip, Arno responds, "I am not a hoppy thing!" Arno states that Barlow did not save his crew by tearing the balloon with his teeth -- Arlo did, and Arlo has the dental records to prove it. (The camera closes in on a suspicious looking uneven gap between Arlo's front teeth.)
He bewails that fact that while he was coddling a "whiny billionaire", someone else sailed around the world first. "Oh, Denmark! How I have failed you!", is Arlo's lament.
Artie: Worker at Pizza King and supposed alien abductee. He has bad acne and is prone to rattle on regarding his supposed abduction experiences.
first appearance in (101)
stated he was brought to convention by aliens who stripped him, examined him,
and pressed his pants - they did a nice job (101)
seen delivering pizza in (311)
states that he was experimented on by aliens -- they replaced his skin with synthetic skin that "stretches real tight
on your head in the summer" (311)
Artie: "That's why they come out at night -- it's makes them easier to steal your dreams. They got this big, big
suction device that...." (311)
Artie: "...anyd anyone who tells you aliens are taking over their body is nuts. All they want is your skin, 'cause your
skin remembers what it feels." (311)
Fired from pizza delivery in (311), undoubted because he spent too much time telling Daria and Jane his
abduction experiences.
Interivewed by British SSW reporter in (311)
Works for pizza parlor where Daria and Jane hang out in (403)
“Arts ‘N Crass”: Fourteenth episode of the series (201). Daria and Jane enter a poster contest at Lawndale High.
7 contest is statewide, entries to be displayed to school board before entering
competition
8 Brittany’s entry won some stage of the competition. We don’t know if this is the Lawndale contest or the statewide competition.
(Good job, Brittany! - JRB)
Asian-American Women in Education's Caucus: Unknown organization dedicated to Asian-American women in education. Ms. Li states during (501) that she had received fourth runner-up for "Principal of the Year" by the tri-country chapter.
Astro-Pop: Type of ice cream or frozen treat. Some kid asks for an "Astro-Pop" from Mack's ice cream truck in (414).
Audrey: In (304), Quinn uses the excuse that her Great-Aunt Audrey died “two days ago” as an excuse to try to get out of planning the school dance. Quinn, however, admits to Mr. O’Neill that there is no Great-Aunt Audrey.
Ashfield: "A community for the arts", as the sign says. First seen in (414). Jane spends time at Ashfield while escaping the Daria/Tom/Jane disaster. It is run by an old commune-mate of Amanda Lane's, and is described by Jane as being located in
"a college town in the middle of nowhere".
* Has open dinner area. (414)
* Artist must submit a portfolio to be admitted to Ashfield (414)
"The Avengers": British detective/spy drama from 1961 to 1969. A debonair British detective fights crime to save the British empire from varied, strange threats with the help of his companions.
The show underwent various changes, but all were anchored by Patrick Macnee who played the debonair, but modest John Steed. He had one male and three female partners during the run on the show, the most noteworthy being Diana Rigg who played Emma Peel from 1965 to 1967.
While Quinn is talking to the detectives in (412), she states that the best detective fashions were in the 1960s and mentions "that Avenger lady" as an example of excellence in fashion.
Axl: Proprietor of Axl’s Piercing Parlor on Dega Street. Seen in (212). Speaks with a lower-class British accent.
Axl’s Piercing Parlor: Store on Dega Street seen in (212). The “A” in the window logo is the anarchist “A”, an encircled capital “A” where the A extends beyond the bounds of the circle.
In (212), the store was running a two-for-one special. “1 Hole for $22, Your Friend’s Hole Free”. There is a piercing menu. Daria mentions that “that’s not you spell uvula” on the menu. Axl replies that the word Daria is reading is not “uvula”.
Axl states that his premises are run by the “letter of the law” and that anyone under 18 needs their parents’ permission. Trent replies that Daria is 18, and that’s good enough for Axl. However, Axl’s premises seem to be lacking in cleanliness. Monique arrives to get antiseptic for her nose piercing, Axl warns Daria not to be scared when mucus starts “pouring out” of her belly piercing, and tells her to take 50 milligrams of “some metal or other - zinc, aluminum, I forget”)
(Hint: Five letter word, begins with a “v”. Not volvo. - JRB)
Baby Sock It To Me: Store at Lawndale Mall, see in background in (405) as Quinn and Mr. O'Neill are walking by. It sells socks. A sign in the window reads "Socks for Everyone!!!"
“Bachelor Confidential”: Magazine that Upchuck locates for Mr. DiMartino at the Yard Sale in (205). More than likely, it is a girly magazine along the lines of Eyeful.
“Backlash”: Book Ms. Barch reads on way to Jim’s Paintball Jungle in (202). Most likely, “Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women” by Susan Faludi.
The book discusses how a false picture of career-minded women has been painted by anti-feminist conservative forces. Written in 1991.
Backyard Boys: One of the many boy bands that Quinn likes. (407)
banner blindness: The tendency of Internet user to ignore pop-up banners, even when the banners might be relevant to the user's needs. In (502) Nora states that Buzzdome.com's new protocols will mean "bye-bye" to netlag, cornea gumbo, and dancing baloney -- which are all annoyances -- but will also mean "bye-bye" to banner blindness.
Bannon’s Bridal Boutique: Store in Lawndale where Daria is fitted for her bridesmaid’s dress in (204).
Barbie: Name of a popular doll created by Ruth and Elliot Handler for their daughter, Barbara ("Barbie") in 1959 by Mattel.
Barbie is an adult female figurine, the quintessential American blonde bombshell. Her dimensions and fashions have changed to reflect current trends over the last 50 years, but with her fashions, townhouses, and other toy accessories, Barbie remains perpetually popular.
In (505), Jane points out two stains on the pizza shop wall -- one which looks like Barbie's corvette and the other like Eleanor Roosevelt. She points this out to Daria because she doesn't want to comment on Daria's short story.
Barch, Janet: Science teacher at Lawndale High School. A man-hater due to her awful past marriage, she takes it out on her male students.
9 first appearance in 107, named by Daria later in episode
10 was married for 22 years, husband left her without notice (107, 402)
11 hostile towards Mack without reason (107)
12 calls Charles “Upchuck” (107)
13 tells Kevin “you put that (the makeup) back until I’ve crushed your ego! I mean - “ (109)
14 plays in Facutly/DJ Roller Hockey game, first punching of victim - Rock ‘n’ Roll Randy (110)
15 refers to marriage as “legal slavery” (202)
16 states husband threw it all away for “a halter top and a pair of pumps” (202)
17 has corns on feet and a “big red rash” (202)
18 makes out with Mr. O’Neill in Jim’s Paintballing Jungle (202)
19 beats up Mr. DeMartino in (207)
20 faculty advisor for Lawndale Science club (207)
21 sponsors the “Take Back the Night” Lawndale High School women’s self-defense club (207)
22 makes Mack write “boys will not chew gum in class” (208)
23 put husband through school - in Barch’s telling, then spent 20 years begging him to stop watching the Broncos and get “a real job”. (210)
24 runs fortune-telling booth at Medieval Fair - charges $2 for girls’ fortunes and $20 for boys’ fortunes. (210)
25 makes out with Mr. O’Neill in fortune-telling booth (210)
26 claims to immigration officials that Mr. DeMartino is an illegal immigrant (Mr. DeMartino is removed forcibly from school) (311)
27 states that she was left with "eight bags of dirty laundry and a pyramid of 'Beers of the World' empties!" (402) when her husband left
28 Quote: "As God is my witness, I will never pull a man's weight again!" (402)
29 Barch compares O'Neill abandoning her to retrieve his inhaler in (402) to other men abandoning her. "Men...I hate their stinking guts!"
30 Picked lock to housekeeping closet at Hoprite Inn to find a place for her romantic rendesvous with Mr. O'Neill -- states "we've only got four hours". (405)
31 Stands up for Mr. O'Neill after Mr. Thompson attempts to throw O'Neill off his property for not passing his son, Kevin Thompson. When Mrs. Barch tells Thompson to leave O'Neill alone, Thompson calls O'Neill a "wuss" for having a womn stand up for him. Mrs. Barch promptly judo throws Mr. Thompson to the ground, leaps on him, and the crowd scatters as the two fight, several bystanders leaping into the grey cloud which symbolizes violent combat in cartoons. (409)
32 Has banned use of cellphones in Study Hall by (411)
33 Had trip planned to planetarium, but cancelled due to lack of funds (501)
34 Board topic: "no planetarium...constellation...space flight...walks on" (501)
35 Barch: "...our planetarium trip has been cancelled due to lack of funds, so your assignment tonight is to locate Orion the Hunter in the sky, then write an essay on why you think he needs to carry a weapon to feel like a man" (501)
36 Threatens to have Upchuck spend the period in "independent study". Upchuck: "No -- not the closet...." (501)
37 Disgusted with Ultra Cola's intrusion in her lesson planning. (501)
38 In the midst of an argument: O'Neill (sobbing) -- "If you can't figure it out, I'm not going to tell you." Barch -- "Everytime we have a little argument, there you go, turning on the waterworks." (502)
Seating, season 1: Daria, Jodie, Mack, Upchuck , Kevin, Brittany, Andrea
Daria and Jodie sit together at lab table
Seating, season 2: (Study Hall)
Daria, Mack, Brittany, Jane, Kevin, and only two other students (!!)
Season 4 (Study Hall)
Sandi (411)
Season 5: Daria, Jane, Shaggy, Burn-Out Chick, Mack, Jodie, Dawn, Upchuck (501). Mack and Jodie sit at the same table together. Furthermore, Kevin and Brittany are NOT in
Barch's class, since Daria and Jane meet Kevin and Brittany as they leave Barch's class (501).
Bark: Puppy sold at the “Our Furry and Scaly Friends” pet store. Bark seems to belong to a litter of puppies. (306) A young boy wants to buy Bark, but Quinn wants the boy to take another puppy instead as Bark is her favorite.
Barkman, Noah: The bleeding edge young president of the bleeding edge company Buzzdome.com.
* Is 24 years old as of (502)
* Meets Jake at a microbiotic restaurant that serves Kombucha. (502)
* Hires Jake as newest employee in (502)
* Expects 80-hour a week work weeks (502)
* "You know, Jake, you remind me of how excited I was starting this place up. I'd code for weeks straight,
fueled by chocolate-covered coffee beans, sleeping under the desk. If you look closely you can still see
the coffee fibers embedded in my cheek." (502)
* Jake is fired by Barkman after Jake relies on a buzzword-laden presentation to obscure the fact -- which came out
in the presentation -- that Jake had a graphics-intensive presentation prepared which was lost when the
computer went down. Barkman liked the insight of a frustrated computer-user, but does not fail to note that
Jake wasn't joking. (502)
* Immediately rehires Jake as a consultant in (502) due to his "angry and confused" perspective. When Jake asks
Noah what kind of job Buzzdome.com does, Noah answeres, "do you want to, or not?"
Barlow, Terry Perry: Businessman first seen in (407). Barlow is the keynote speaker at the "eatertainment" conference Jake attends. Jake calls him a "franchising genius" and states that he made $40 million off the Pizza Forest franchise.
* Wrote the book, "I Did It, Why Can't You"
* Is into ballooning -- states that his quick action rescued his crew -- according to Jake, "he climbed up the ropes and opened the rip panel with his teeth"
* Has assistant named Arlo, who tells Daria and Jake that it was Arlo, not Barlow, who saved the crew by opening
the panel with his teeth
* States that he has a pair of newborn children, had to pay their mother "a large settlement".
* Refers to Daria as "the little four-eyed girl".
* Has plans for new theme restaurant chain, "Alligator Alley".
* Disdains market research and consulting -- states that he can learn more in a conversation than a "50 page"
consulting report.
* Calls Jake "Jack" and Daria "Darlene" -- when he finds that Daria is not "Darlene", he shrugs it off without comment
or apology.
* Finally calls Jake and Daria, "Jake and Daria Mogendavid".
* Arlo calls him a "whiny billionaire".
* States that he got to where he was today by "pure guts", facing "Bengal tigers, Himalayan snow squalls, strange kids calling me 'Daddy'!"
(A few notes: 1) The name is pronounced "Terry Berry Barlow" but the closed captioning has his name as "Terry Perry Barlow". 2) My wife states that Barlow might be loosely based on Richard Branson, the hot-air ballooning founder of Virgin Atlantic airways -- it is unknown if they have any other similarities, but Branson did write in the book "Losing My Virginia" a tale of hot-air ballooning danger. -- JRB)
Barry, Ken: When Quinn finds out that “The Knight’s Tale” will be performed at the Medieval Fair dinner theater, Quinn twists it into a play by “this guy, Ken Barry”. “The Knight’s Tale” is a story in Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” and she has misinterpreted “Canterbury” for “Ken Barry”.
Bauhaus: British rock band with its heyday between 1979 and 1983. Their most famous song was "Bela Lugosi's Dead". Bauhaus might have been the first goth band with its gloomy yet energetic song.
During Daria's dream, a poster of Bauhaus can be seen on Trent's wall. There is a high probability that Trent might be a fan of Bauhaus, but dreams have been known to vary from reality in the strangest ways -- in any event, Daria is familiar with the band if in name only. (404)
“B. C.”: American comic strip drawn by Johnny Hart (1931-present). The strip is the story of the wacky adventures of cavemen. At least as early as 1996 Hart began inserting blatantly Christian messages in his strip in an attempt to subtly evangelize.
The Lawndale Sun-Herald carries “B. C”. Jake asks how a caveman can celebrate Ash Wednesday in (308).
“Beauty is Only Skin Deep”: Jane’s idea for an poster for the project in (201). It would involve attaching the skin of an actual student. Daria volunteers Quinn’s skin.
beechwood aged: Process where chips of beechwood are used to carbonate beer in its fermentation stage. "Beechwood-Aged" is a familiar slogan of the Anheiser-Busch corporation and is usually applied to its signature beer, Budweiser.
When Daria refuses a Lincoln Cheese-Flavored Log on the grounds that she doesn't care for artificial foodstuffs, Jane asks if the phrase "beechwood aged" means anything to her. (409)
Beef N Cake Triple Patty Burger: Brand of fast food hamburger, first seen in (503). Jake, in his search for a place that will serve "rare" meat finally finds the Beef N Cake Triple Patty Burger, which is served medium-rare "just like Jakey ordered!"
Daria wonders if Beef N Cake finally solved their refrigeration problems. Jake, fearing a "gastroenterological disorder" from eating improperly preared meat, abandons his burger in disgust. After Jake leaves the room, Daria calmly eats the burger, having fooled Jake. (503).
"Before They Were Supermodels": Television special that Quinn plans to watch when the Fashion Club visit in (407). Quinn calls it a "Waif special", implying that the magazine sponsors or produces the show.
"The Bell Jar": Book by American author Sylvia Plath (1932-1963). A young girl serving an internship with a magazine undergoes a nervous breakdown. Dawn is seen reading this book in Mr. O'Neill's class after the aftermath of his failed "failure" experiment in (405).
Benjy: Camper at Camp Grizzly. First seen in (504). He is seen fighting with Bobby and Benjy over the greased watermelon for the right to give it to Quinn and her friends. Billy, Bobby, and Benjy undoubtedly serve as a Camp Grizzly version of "The Three Js".
Bennett, Diane: Economics teacher at Lawndale High School. Known for her positive good-nature and incomprehensible blackboard diagrams.
first appearance in (105), named by Daria in classroom
husband’s name is Herbert, both husband and wife collect Fuzzy-Wuzzy Wee Bits
the appearance of the shop at the Mall of the Millenium sends her into
a joyous rapture
? Figure who might be Mrs. Bennett is playing in Faculty/DJ Roller Hockey
Game (109)
responsible for budgeting for school expenditures (210)
Witch in Witch Dunk at Medieval Fair in (210)
at Lawndale Football barbecue in (409) -- clearly has varicose veins in both legs
Season One: Shaggy, Burn-Out Chick, Jane, Kevin, Daria, Brittany, Upchuck,
Mack (105)
Season Four: Brittany, Burn-Out Chick, Kevin, Daria, Jane, Upchuck, Mack (401)
Jodie (401) -- she is not seen in the classroom, but clearly is in Bennett's class -- she might be sitting in the far back,
with Mack.
beer bong: Device consisting of a funnel, a short length of hose, and a beer bottle. When one "takes a hit" from the beer bong, one puts the short length of hose in one's mouth and is expected to drink rapidly when the beer is poured into the funnel end.
When Kevin is told that he and Mack will form a search party in (402), Kevin asks "where's the funnel?"
Better Days Retirement Home: Nursing home where Daria, Kevin, and Brittany read to the seniors in (302).
Bikini Island: Store at Mall of the Millenium. Upchuck wishes to stop there during the class field trip to the mall in his doomed quest to purchase bikinis for some unlucky female to model. (105)
Big Ben: Brand of tea buscuit seen in background during Sick Sad World clip. (405)
Biggy: Unknown product sold at Payday. Cases of it can be seen in the background. (409)
“The Big House”: Episode ten of the series (110). Daria is grounded by Family Court.
26 Part of “guidelines” (on two Moses-Like Tablets) There are at least 26 of these rules, we get to see 11 through 20 on the tablets.
27 1. “Persistent questioning of parental judgment is punishable. Occasional questioning of parental judgment indicates healthy skepticism and...be permitted at the pleasure of mother and father (hereafter referred to as the “Ruling Council”).
28 2. “No pimple pads in the toilet.” (becomes Rule 9 in later shot.)
29 11. “The Ruling Council shall determine when occasional questioning becomes persistent questioning and shall not be required to....”
30 18. “The Ruling Council does not allow dates on school nights.”
31 19. “Interdependent behavior shall be considered preferable to independent behavior.”
32 20. “Curfew shall be considered to be 10 PM on school nights.”
33 Somewhere between rules 21 and 26 involves signing in when one comes back home.
34 The words “Family Court” are written at the bottom of one tablet, in large letters.
35 Jake played judge and Helen played prosecuting attorney during the travesty of Family Court.
36 Morgendorffers have great verbal skills - words played at Scrabble are “warden”, “captive”, “torture”, “eat”, “brat” and “rate” (transformed into “incarcerate” by Daria) (110)
"Big Jake": American 1971 movie starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. A ruthless gang attempt to take over a
ranch by kidnapping an eight-year old child, but the child's grandfather, 'Big Jake" (John Wayne) decides to hunt down the
badmen himself.
Jake, while lost in his thoughts of John Wayne after receiving a "Rio Bravo" commemorative coin, reminds his family that John Wayne made a movie called "Big Jake". He does a poor imitation of the American film legend. (504)
The Big Pulps: Booth at the Yard Sale from (205). Sells pulp and girlie magazines from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. The place where Upchuck locates a copy of Bachelor Confidential for Mr DiMartino.
Big River Cabins: Jake and Helen rent a cabin from Big River Cabins for some intimacy time together. The site is located just a few miles away from the campsite the LHS students will be camping at in (402).
Bijoux Watches: Store in Lawndale, seen in (302).
Big Marge: Unknown item sold in the freezer section of Payday in (409).
Billy: Camper at Camp Grizzly. First seen in (504). He is seen fighting with Bobby and Benjy over the greased watermelon for the right to give it to Quinn and her friends. Billy, Bobby, and Benji undoubtedly serve as a Camp Grizzly version of "The Three Js".
Bing: Deejay for Z-93’s “Mental in the Morning” radio show. His co-host is the Spatula Man. Bing wears a rainbow-colored afro wig and sunglasses. He is wafer-thin in contrast to his overweight co-host.
Bing and the Spatula man visit LHS in (309). Daria refers to them collectively as “brainless and talentless” in her speech at the end of (309).
Mrs. Blaine: Resident of the Better Days Retirement Home. Daria reads to her in (302), then discovers that the nurse chose Daria to read to her because Mrs. Blaine is deaf. Daria ends up reading Mrs. Blaine one of her Melody Powers stories.
Blast Me!: Helen pulls a can of Blast Me! out of the refrigerator in lieu of breakfast in (413).
“The Bleakness that Lies Ahead”: Original work by Daria Morgendorffer. Daria
decides not to read it at the opening of the coffeehouse (104).
“Blue”: Brittany was thinking of changing her name to “Blue” if she became a model. (106)
Blue Bee Lines: Charter bus line which transports the LHS students to the mountain campsite in (402).
Blum-Deckler, Tiffany: Lawndale student invited to Brittany’s party in (102). Her name is visible on the guest list held by the guard at the Crewe Neck gate.
(Note: this is very likely to be the Tiffany of the Fashion Club. While MTV had a website, the names of the Fashion Club were listed in one of the entries on the Daria website. The names given for Stacy and Tiffany were Stacy Rowe and Tiffany Blum-Deckler, even though neither Stacy or Tiffany were ever explicitly identified by last name during the run of the series. The mention of Tiffany Blum-Deckler on the list gives credence to the theory that this is indeed Tiffany’s last name. For further information, see “Tiffany”. - JB)
B.O.B: “boy on bike”. Quinn has B.O.B. entered for a date in her planner - she didn’t quite catch his name. (108)
Booster Society: Unknown social group related to Lawndale High School. The group phones an annoyed Quinn while she is at home. (101)
(Ed. Note: Most likely, the Booster Society raises money for Lawndale sports or academic activities - probably sports, given Ms. Li.)
Bobby (I): A bellboy at Le Grand Hotel. First seen in (412).
* Mentions to Quinn that his uncle is manager of the hotel. (412)
* Upgrades Quinn to the presidential suite, when Quinn wants to know how she can thank him, he asks her
out and Quinn accepts. (412)
* Sandi compares Bobby to a stalker, saying that he always seems to know where Quinn in (412)
* Revealed that Bobby was able to provide Quinn and her friends with suite upgrades and other perks by
charging the perks to Jake and Helen, then entering the computer at off-hours and deleting the
charges -- Quinn is horrified that she almost dated "a computer geek!" (412)
Bobby (II): Camper at Camp Grizzly. First seen in (504). He is seen fighting with Bobby and Benjy over the greased watermelon for the right to give it to Quinn and her friends. Billy, Bobby, and Benjy undoubtedly serve as a Camp Grizzly version of "The Three Js".
“Bobby Bighead”: One of two unnamed students attending Brittany’s party in 102. They make passes at Daria and Jane. Jane goes into the laundry room/make-out room with “Bobby”, and sets off the machine, causing soap bubbles to leak out from under the floor (the bubbles ruin Quinn’s shoes). When asked by Daria about what happened with Jane and “Bobby Bighead”, Jane states that “Bobby” thought her head was a lollipop.
Boleyn, Anne: Queen of England, born c. 1500, Queen of England from 1533 until her execution in 1536 for adultery. Jane has a few facts wrong about Anne Boleyn - even though Boleyn did have six fingers on her left hand, she probably did not have a big mole on her neck - most of the descriptions of Anne from that era are from Catholic enemies of the Protestants and opponents of Henry VIII.
Jane says not to ask her about what was “going on” below Anne Boleyn’s neck. Most of the anti-Henry sources also claimed that Boleyn had three breasts. Historians believed it was claimed that Boleyn had three breasts in order to serve as “proof” that Boleyn was a witch who had charmed Henry away from his good Catholic first wife, Catherine of Aragon - witches were believed to have an extra breast from which to suckle their animal familiars. More than likely, Boleyn was a dark haired woman with striking good looks - save for the sixth finger on her left hand, of course.
Books by the Ton: “The country’s biggest bookstore”, according to the discount coupons from the Mall of the Millenium. (105)
Bootsie: Store at Lawndale Mall, see in background in (405) as Quinn and Mr. O'Neill are walking by. It apparently sells shoes.
Bop-A-Bunny: One of the many games offered at Pizza Forest. (101)
Boss Hog: Thrash/grunge/blues band (c.1995-present). Jane has a poster of Boss Hog on her wall in (311) -- we do not know if she likes the band, or just the poster.
Boston: American progressive rock band, c.1975-present, with many incarnations. The group’s debut album, “Boston” was released in 1976 and at one time was the biggest-selling debut album of all time. (Whitney Houston’s “Whitney Houston” now holds the record). Trent and Jesse manage to recover three copies of “Boston” after their album booth at the Yard Sale is plundered after Upchuck forgets to keep an eye on the booth. (205)
“boy on bike”: See B. O. B.
Boys Are Guys: Band that Quinn likes. First mentioned by Joey in (407). All Three Js buy Quinn tickets for the "Boys Are Guys" concert, but since Quinn's parents are going to be out of town on Saturday, Quinn isn't able to go.
"boysencranstraw": Flavor of scented candle purchased by Jesse in (409). Jesse claims that "chicks like 'em", but Trent mentions that the candles stink and when the Fashion Club passes by, they "Ew!" and make their disgust known from at least fifteen feet away.
(Undoubtedly a boysenberry, cranberry, strawberry mix. I haven't tried it. -- JRB)
"Boys-in-Suits": Another boy band that Quinn likes. (407)
"Boys-from-the-Street": Yet another boy band that Quinn likes. (407)
Bradley: Student at Lawndale High School, mentioned in (411). Quinn is telling the Fashion Club a story about Bradley. Bradley asked Quinn for a date, but Quinn claimed she was too busy. Bradley then asked Quinn that if they wouldn't go on a real date, how about a "cyber date"? Quinn told Bradley that until they invent cyber French restaurants, he could forget it. (411)
brain fever: Imaginary malady created by Jane Lane. When Brittany finds out that Daria is in the hospital, Jane states that it’s because of “brain fever”, a disease that brains get. Jane says it can be cured by reading a best seller. (209)
Brains and Beauty Butt-Buster: Exercising device sold on TV. Daria sees a commercial for it in (404). It appears to be a large ball, and one appears to use it by compressing it against one's buttocks with one's lower legs.
“Breakfast of Champions”: Book written by American novelist Kurt Vonnegut (1922-present). A used car dealer begins to take the writings of a science fiction writer as absolute truth and suffers a mental breakdown.
Mr. O’Neill offers this book for his assignment in (213).
Brenda: Student at Lawndale High. Her cousin works in the emergency room. (109)
Brent: Sandi's date for Casino Night on the Princess Fairy in (312). Quinn admits that she has "wait-listed" Brent -- in other words, if something happens to Rex, Quinn's current date, then Brent will be allowed to take Quinn to Casino Night. Sandi counters that Brent was simply using Quinn as his "safety date" while he waited for Sandi to get back to him.
Brent dumps Sandi at the end of (312).
The Bridal Party: Booth at Bridal Expo at LHS in (204). “Horse drawn weddings, and light plowing.”
Bridgett: Model in magazine Quinn is reading at Stacy’s house in (208). “God! Look at Bridgett in that slip dress!”
"Brink of Bankruptcy, Incorporated": Name Daria proposes for Daria and Jodie's business enterprise in (401).
Brooke: Student at Lawndale High School who gets a nose job from Dr. Shar. (109) General consensus at Lawndale High is that Brooke’s new Michael Jackson size nose was “cute, but not too cute”. Quinn says that Brooke’s old nose “had an extra bone in it” and it was not cute. Daria promises Brooke that her nose will grow back out.
Later in (109), Brooke has liposuction and collagen implanted into her lips, making her look “supercute”. Brooke asks Sandi if she can join the Fashion Club. However, Brooke has a nasal relapse and supposedly, the collagen from her lips all slid to the bottom lip.
37 Comes to school in “crushed velour that can’t be uncrushed” in (302), according to Quinn and Sandi. Quinn implies that Brooke dresses like a tramp.
38 Wears "stone-washed jeans" to a party, tries to pass them off as "retro" (408)
39 Seen (briefly) standing next to Stacy in (503)
Brooks, Garth: American country music singer (1962-present). An extremely popular performer and the best selling artist in country music. His most well known albums are probably “Garth Brooks”, “No Fences” and “Ropin’ The Wind”.
Ms. Li asks Val what Garth Brooks is really like in (305).
“Brutal Mercenary”: Magazine published by Buck Conroy (General, probably retired).
Bryan, William Jennings: American politician (1860-1925). Bryan was the Democratic candidate for President in 1896, 1900 and 1908. He lost each time. He was also the attorney for the anti-evolution forces in the infamous "Scopes Monkey Trial" in 1925 which supported the banning of teaching evolutionary theory in Tennessee schools. Scopes, accused of teaching evolution, was defended by American trial lawyer and progressive Charles Darrow. Bryan won the case, but the exhausting effort of the trial probably contributed to Bryan's death five days after the trial.
In his famous "Cross of Gold" speech to the Democratic Convention in 1896, an issue was whether the free coinage of silver should be added to the current gold standard. If silver coinage were added, the amount of money in circulation would be added, the general value of currency would drop, and the debts that burdened American farmers would have been easier to pay. Bryan came out with a powerful speech criticising the gold standard, saying "You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold!" It is probably one of the greatest American speeches.
During the "The House of Bad Grades" tale, one of the teens who comes to live in the house has his answer to a question about the meaning of Bryan's "cross of gold" expression malicious altered by the spirit of the girl entombed in the backyard. (410)
Bryce: Contemporary of Quinn’s. First mentioned in (212). Quinn thinks that it might be Bryce calling, in which case she would probably cancel her date with Adam and go out with Bryce.
Buddy’s Ice Cream: Ice cream store in Lawndale. First seen in (204).
“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”: American television series from 1997 to 2003. The series deals with the troubles of a popular American high school girl named Buffy who discovers that she is the “slayer”, a vampire-destroying defender of humanity who is born once per generation.
Quinn mentions to Daria after collecting money at Mad Dawg’s bar that they can get Jane, Trent, and Mystik Spiral out of jail and get back home in time for “Buffy”. (310)
Burn-Out Chick: Incidental background. Thin, long blond hair over face, depressed look. She does not have any lines.
in Mr. O’Neill’s self-esteem class, first appearance (101)
is probably named “Jennifer” (from seating chart in 104)
in lunchroom (106)
bouncing on trampoline in (207)
fell off uneven bars not long after trampoline fall in (207)
attends Medieval Fair (210)
seen sitting on walk-up near Axl’s Piercing Parlor in (212)
bursar: The treasurer of a college. Middleton College, Jake and Helen’s alma mater, has a Bursar’s Office. (103)
Mrs. Butterworth's Syrup: Maple syrup product, produced by Kellogg's in 1961 and still in production. The shape of the syrup bottle is that of a friendly elderly woman. There appears to be a bottle of Mrs. Butterworth's next to Jake when he is talking about the waffles in (414).
The Butt Hut: Medical office at RxPlex (109).
Buxton Ridge Military Academy: Military school attended by Jake Morgendorffer. Motto: “Reading, writing, and regimentation”. The name of the school is not mentioned during the series, the name comes from The Daria Diaries by Anne D. Bernstein.
38 Served “kitchen sink” stew. (213)
39 Has munitions hut (309)
Buzzdome.com: Bleeding edge "web presence" Internet company first mentioned in (502).
* President is Noah Barkman (age 24) (502)
* Stock offering was over by (502) -- offering ran up 800 percent on the first day of trading (502)
* Has an open office plan, with employees divided up into "work nodes" (502)
* Employees: Nora, the information architect, Zhengdong, the interactive strategist, Saneer, the "brain trust",
and Jackleene, who "interfaces with clients" -- these are also members of Jake's "work node" (502)
* Sameer says that Buzzdome.com's purpose is "to help other Internet start-ups maximize their potential". When
Jake doesn't understand, Sameer says he's basically paid to daydream and doesn't want to rock the boat.
(502)
Byron, Lord Gordon George: British poet (1788-1824). Wrote “Childe Harold’s Pilgramage” and “Don Juan”, among other works. Daria offers to read Byron to Mrs. Blaine in (302).
B.Y.O.B: Stands for “bring your own bottle”. Policy in some restaurants that do not serve liquor, but allow patrons to bring their own alcoholic beverages. Kevin’s answer to DeMartino’s question regarding what lessons could be learned from Jonestown.
C. C.'s Boutique: Jake gets a $230 bill from C. C.'s Boutique in (405). It is undoubtedly a place where Quinn shops.
“The Cadbury Tales”: What Brittany mistakenly calls “The Canterbury Tales”. (210)
"Cadet Guys Ho!": Name of the song Jake wrote for the Buxton Ridge Military Academy musical. Corporal Ellenbogen told Jake that it stank. (505)
Caesar's Palace: American casino located in Las Vegas, built in 1966. At one time, Caesar's Palace represented all that was wrong with Las Vegas casinos -- find an interesting theme and beat it to death with doormen dressed as centurions, waitresses in short-skirted Roman garb, and every embarrassing variation in naming or theme imaginable. With the construction of new luxury casinos that strive for "class", Caesar's Palace is in the process of recreating itself, once again.
During O'Neill's discussion of "Julius Caesar" in (411), there are several topics very loosely related to the Shakespeare play. This is one of them.
“Cafe Disaffecto”: Episode four of the series (104). Daria is compelled to help open a new coffee house in Lawndale.
Cafe Lawndale: The replacement young-adult coffee house for the internet cafe alt.lawndale.com. After Daria reads her story “Where the Future Takes Us” there, it is closed until further notice, and at the end of (104), Cafe Lawndale suffers a break-in, probably from the same people or person that broke into alt.lawndale.com.
"Cagney and Lacey": American CBS crime drama from 1982 to 1988. Two female detectives work together in their personal and professional lives. The popular series stared Sharon Gless as Christine Cagney and Tyne Daly as Mary Beth Lacey.
Quinn mentions "The Mod Squad" and "The Avengers" as examples of great detective fashions in (412). However, she can't figure out what they were thinking with "Cagney and Lacey".
Calco: Helen has a big Calco meeting in (209), which is why she can’t immediately meet Daria at the hospital for her rash.
California Raisins: Animated figures created by the California Raisin industry in 1987. The California Raisins were clay figurines hand-animated by Will Vinton for a commercial for the California raisin industry. The concept became quite popular and a fad of the late 1980s, appearing in cartoons and on T-shirts.
Upchuck searches for “a complete 1985 California Raisins posable eraser set”, which must be a very rare collectible, indeed!
"The Call of the Wild": Story written by Jack London, American author (1876-1916). Published in 1903. A house dog finds himself forced to serve as part of a dog-sled in the Arctic and faces the call of his untamed nature.
Mr. O'Neill discusses the book with his class in (402).
Calvin: Contemporary of Quinn in (211). Calvin arrives at the Library to pick up his little brother and meets Quinn reading to some kids.
"Camp Fear": Fifty-seventh episode of the series (504). Daria decides to attend a reunion of her summer camp -- the alternate option being cleaning the garage.
* "Camp Fear" is the only episode of Daria to have real people drawn into the background as cartoon characters.
Daria fans Michelle Klein-Hass and Erin Mills won a Daria Website Trivia Contest sponsored by MTV and were
rewarded by being drawn into the cast as campers at Camp Grizzly. (Klein-Hass is a glasses-wearing heavy-set
figure with frizzy hair and white shorts standing to the left of Angela; Mills is a foreground figure, blond and with glasses,
who takes up much of the space of the right side of the screen in the shot where they both appear.)
(It is quite lamentable that as a reward for their many labors on behalf of Daria fandom that the two were
drawn as background figures in one of the worst of the Season Five episodes. My hope is that when
the DVDs come out, they will be moved to a better episode like "I Loathe a Parade", or, at the very least,
"Fair Enough". -- JRB)
* Camp Grizzly is having its fifth year reunion -- this might be another indication of where Lawndale might be. We
know that the Morgendorffers moved from Highland to Lawndale. Highland -- the home of Beavis and Butt-head --
is believed to be in Texas. It was never explicitly stated that Highland is in Texas, but in Loaded Magazine (1997),
Mike Judge stated "I always think of Highland as West Texas or East New Mexico". If you agree with the theory
that the Morgendorffers ONLY lived in Highland before moving to Lawndale, then Lawndale and Highland must be
fairly close to each other, since if Lawndale was far removed from Highland, a reunion trip to Camp Grizzly would be
difficult. This limits Lawndale's location to somewhere close to Highland's.
* Episode takes place over at least seven days time. The Morgendorffers refer to the Camp Grizzly reunion as
happening "next weeked".
* Earl's wife is not named in the episode.
Camp Grizzly: In (504), Daria and Quinn visit Camp Grizzy for the fifth-year reunion of their attendance at the camp. It is not known if they attended the camp at any other times.
* Daria was "flatteringly" referred to as 'the weird kid" while at Camp Grizzly. (504)
* Daria states that her counselors made her hop "a mile" in a burlap sack. (504)
* Daria made to sing camp song, which she still remembers:
"We'll never forget you,
Dear old Camp Grizzly,
Your with us in sunshine,
Or weather more drizzly." (504)
* Quinn notices sheep on the drive to Camp Grizzly and states that there must not be an outlet store for "a hundred
miles" (504)
* Drive from Lawndale to Camp Grizzly takes at least two hours (504)
* Large arch reading "Welcome to Camp Grizzly" at open entrance (504)
* Attending Camp Grizzly five years before (504) : Daria, Quinn, Cindy, Tracy, Tatjiana, Amelia, Skip Stevens,
Alex Kroger (504)
* Campers called "Grizzlies" (504)
* Senior staff member at camp as of (504) is Mr. Potts
* According to Amelia, Daria boycotted the "end of summer" campfire by the lake. Daria corrects Amelia, saying that
she wasn't invited (504)
*According to Amelia, Daria rode off ahead of the others on her horse, abandoning them. Daria corrects Amelia,
saying that the horse ran off with her on it, and she had to have nine stiches. (504)
* One of the games played at Camp Grizzly -- a watermelon is greased and floats in the lake. The camper who
brings the watermelon back gets to eat it. (504)
* Winners would inevitably bring back greased watermelon to Quinn and her friends (504).
* Horses at present-day Camp Grizzly (504)
* Had arts and crafts and a square dance, at least when Daria and Quinn were going. (504)
* Had a color war as a yearly event, at least in the past -- Stevens brings up his "never losing" a color war in
seven years. (504)
Camp Puma: Rival camp to Camp Grizzly. First mentioned in (504). When Skip Stevens tries to pass out Grizzly T-shirts to Jane and Trent, Amelia angrily interjects that they don't go there. Skip Stevens then accuses Jane and Trent of being "pussycats" from Camp Puma trying to crash the reunion.
The Candy Shack: Candy store seen at the Lawndale Mall in (303). It looks like they have some trouble moving their Halloween merchandise.
Cannibal Frag Fest: CD-ROM video game Daria hopes to own. She hopes to get it by exchanging the web page software her parents promised to buy her in exchange for working for the yearbook staff at Lawndale. (207)
“The Canterbury Tales”: Series of tales written by Geoffrey Chaucer, English author. (c. 1342-c.1400). Chaucer wrote the tales sometime between around 1387 and 1400. While on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket, a group of travelers to the shrine amuse themselves by telling tales. The travelers are representative of almost every class in medieval society, but Chaucer never had the chance to finish the tales.
Lawndale High School decides to perform “The Knight’s Tale” at the Medieval Fair in (210). “The Knight’s Tale” tells of the love of the love of Arcite and Palomon for the sister of Queen Hippolyta, Emily. It is a complex tale of the motives behind love and whether or not there is such a thing as predestination. Quinn, Sandi and Brittany try out for the role of Emily, the hyperidealized version of medieval femininity, and Quinn wins the role. Upchuck and Kevin try out for the role of Palomon, a suitor to Emily, and Kevin wins.
When Kevin fails to show, O’Neill enlists Jeffy to play the part of Palomon. Unfortunately, Jeffy didn’t quite hear correctly and with the help of the Three Js, assumes that he is the “Pardoner” from “The Pardoner’s Tale”, a completely different story in “The Canterbury Tales”, and the entire play is wrecked. Jeffy is reading from the Pardoner’s “sermon” about drunken youths and their sinful follies. (Quite apropos. - JRB)
Captain Cutlass: Unknown figure of menace mentioned by Jake while under the influence of “glitterberries”. According to Jake, his men skin you alive and throw you to the sharks. (112)
Carlyle: Helen goes to the Carlyle in (209). “It’s briefs and bagels day at the Carlyle!”
Caroline: One of Jane's housemates at Ashfield. First seen with Jett, Anais, and Paris in (414). She is not named explicitly.
“Carrie”: Book written by Stephen King, American horror writer (1947-present). The book was writtne in 1973, and was made into a successful movie directed by Brian De Palma and starring Sissy Spacek in 1976. Carrie is an abused girl with telekinetic powers who unleashes her powers against her classmates when a bucket filled with pig’s blood is dumped on her during prom night.
Ms. Li informs Ms. Defoe’s art class in (304) that security will be tight at the school dance and that anyone planning to rig a bucket of pig’s blood in the rafters can just forget it.
Car Thingy: Video game seen at Mr. Fun’s in (207).
Mr. Cartwright: Superintendent of Schools. His jurisdiction includes Lawndale High School, and it is implied that he also has authority over the rest of the county schools.
He agrees to hear Daria's argument about Ultra Cola advertising at Lawndale High School in (501). He first implies that since Daria doesn't have many extracurricular activities in her academic record that she must be protesting as a way to put an extracurricular activity of some sort on her college education. He tells Daria that LHS is the only school in the country running a surplus and that he's thinking of having Leonard Lamm draw up cola advertising contracts for all of the county's schools.
Daria's rebuttal? If he thinks that cola advertising is such a wonderful thing, he should come to Lawndale High School and see for himself. He declines the offer, and it appears that Daria has reached a dead end. However, Superintendent Cartwright DOES show up just as Ms. Li goes on a caffeine-fueled rampage, and the contract with Ultra Cola is rewritten to ban advertising inside the school.
Cashman’s Department Store: Upscale department store at a mall somewhere in Lawndale. It is at the far opposite end from the less favored (by Brittany, anyway) J. J. Jeeters. (102)
40 Exterior of store first seen in (212).
Cassidy: Student at Grove Hills in (208). Drawn in the “horizontal eye lines”style traditionally used to indicate someone of Asian descent. “You only have to put up with shrill recruiters at phony functions like this.”
41 Cannot hang out with David anymore due to his low SAT scores. “He’s too
...banal!” (208)
42 Stated that she was “an intellectual outcast” before coming to Grove Hills --
“They made fun of me for quoting Ayn Rand!”
"Cats": Musical composed by British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber in 1981. It was based on a work by T. S. Eliot, "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats", first published in 1939. The musical deals with the secret lives and hopes of cats living in a junkyard. "Cats" holds the records for longest running musical both in New York and London.
In (505), Jake says that he could write songs for cats. And he could write songs for dogs, too.
“Catch-22”: American book written about the insanity of war by Joseph Heller (1923-1999). The Catch-22 is where the books protagonist, Yossarian, tries to get out of his combat aircraft role in World War II by claiming that he is insane. However, since no sane man would fly in such a role, the fact that he would not want to fly proves that he is sane. Daria is reading this book in (203).
Cece: One of the students helping Ms. Defoe paint a sports mural in (406). She and Gary get into a paint fight.
Cedars of Lawndale: Hospital located in Lawndale. First seen in (209)
43 Daria checks into the Cedars of Lawndale Hospital due to her skin condition in (209)
44 In (304), Daria mentions that C of L has a Head Injury ward.
45 Jake taken to C of L in (309).
“Cemetary”: Babysitting game that Jane suggests to Daria while she is babysitting Tad and Tricia Gupty. The players have to remain perfectly still and quiet. The first one who moves loses. (108)
C'est La Veal: French restaurant Bobby plans to take Quinn to in (412). Stacy mentions that it overlooks the lake and that it's "so romantic!" Sandi mentions a big cliff nearby, and mentions that it would be the perfect place to dump a body -- Sandi wants to plant in Quinn's head that Bobby is a stalker.
Chambers, Erin: Daughter of Rita, Helen’s sister. Cousin of Daria and Quinn. (204)
46 Implied that Erin is 21 years old in Season Two. (204)
47 Married Brian Danielson in (204).
48 Is either Southern, or went to school in the South as all of her bridesmaids have Southern accents. (204)
49 Mother Rita tells Helen over the phone that Erin did not love Brian when she married him, but married him because Brian had given her herpes and she thought that no one else would want her (505)
"Charade": Movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1963, starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. When Hepburn's husband dies after converting the family's assets to money -- which has gone missing -- Grant takes on several identities to find out where the money is...but what are his motives?
There is a broad scene in the movie where the dead man's "associates" pass by the corpse. One sneezes in the corpse's face, one holds a mirror up to the corpse's mouth, and one sticks a pin in the corpse, all in obvious attempts to determine if the figure in the casket is really dead.
During Daria's dream in (403), the Three Js subject Kevin's corpse to the same set of tests.
"Charlie's Angels": American television crime drama running on ABC television from 1976 to 1981. Beautiful women serve as detectives, answering only to a mysterious man named "Charlie".
During Daria's dream in (404), the Fashion Club serve as a group exactly like Charlie's Angels -- their hair and clothes reflect fashions from the shows heyday in the late 1970s. Charlie would speak to his Angels through an office intercom, and Upchuck's voice can be heard through the intercom. Tiffany shows up with a poster and asks the other three if any of them would be leaving the group to go into movies so that she can be "the new Angel". Farrah Fawcett-Majors was the most popular of the original three-person Charlie's Angels, became famous from a pin-up poster exactly like the one Tiffany holds, and left the series after the first year to begin a (failed) movie career. (Cheryl Ladd replaced Farrah Fawcett-Majors as the blonde angel).
As "Upchuck's Angels" appear on the scene, a stylized silhouette logo appears which mimics the one from the show.
Chase: Last name of school nurse at Lawndale High School. The door outsider her office reads “Nurse Chase”. (209)
“The Cheerleader’s Manual”: Book owned by Brittany Taylor. Daria reads from the book while visiting Brittany in (302) in order to make her voice sound more perky.
Excerpt: “Cheerleader Tip Number 12: “If you lose your place during a routine, don’t worry. No one’s paying attention to you, anyway! They’re all watching the game!”
(It sounds better when delivered with a squeak! - JRB)
“The Chess Garden”: Book written by Brooks Hansen. A professor sends a collection stories overseas to his family; the book swings between imaginary tales by the professor of the mysterious island known as the Antipodes and the professor’s own philosophical struggles. Daria is reading “The Chess Garden” in (301).
Chez Pierre: Popular date spot for Quinn Morgendorffer. First mentioned in 107. Quinn: “The food is really good, and the waiters are really foreign!” Has blue menus with white cursive lettering on front. Uses candles for dating couples and lamps at other tables.
49 Dinner at Chez Pierre for Skylar and Quinn costs $86.75 (108)
50 Jodie describes the place as "really expensive" (414)
Channel Four: Local news station somewhere near Lawndale. Meg Rosato from Channel Four news arrives with a team to interview Val on her way to Lawndale High School. (305)
Charlie Brown: Comic strip character created by American artist Charles Schulz (1922-2000). Charlie Brown was one of the main characters of “Peanuts”, a strip about young elementary school children with adult concerns which debuted in 1950. Charlie Brown was the neurotic of the strip, with a knack for failure and self-defeating statements.
Beginning with 1965’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas”, several prime-time cartoons came to American television screens. Among the many titles were “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”, “It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown”, and the unfortunate, “It’s Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown” (1984).
Jane refers to this method of titling Charlie Brown cartoon specials in her comment when Bing and the Spatula Man show up at Lawndale High School, commenting, “It’s Lame Deejays, Charlie Brown!” (308)
Chechnya: Region bordering the south-western portion of Russia, formerly part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. When the USSR collapsed in 1991, the Chechens declared their independence, but Russia continued to claim that Chechnya was part of Russia. Since then, the Russian-Chechen war has claimed over 150,000 lives.
Jodie gives a report on Chechnya in (501). Unfortunately, she is unable to show where Chechnya is on the map in Mr. DeMartino's office, which DeMartino claims dates back to V-E Day.
The Cheese Guy: Store at the same mall where Daria works in (306). It might sell cheese.
Chenille Gorp: Manufacture of a special "Titanic" edition purse that Quinn gives to Sandi in (402).
Chicago Bulls: National Basketball Association team, founded in 1966. American basketball star player Michael Jordan played there. Chicago won six NBA championships during the 1990s while Jordan was on the team. Mack’s father attended a Bulls playoff game while Mack was 12, which resulted in Mack’s middle name getting changed from “James” to “Jordan”. (113)
the "Chicken Soup" books: Series of books edited by motivational speakers Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. Canfield and Hansen often used stories to punctuate their speechs and the speakers were asked to collect those motivational nuggets in a book. The result was the first book, "Chicken Soup for the Soul" in 1993.
Since the spectacular success of the first book, a series of "Chicken Soup" books were released: "Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul", "Chicken Soup for the Single Parent", etc.
When Quinn in (411) states that she's reading a book about people's real-life experiences with angels, Daria states that she's familiar with the book: "Chicken Soup for the Stupid".
"Chim-Chim Cheree": Song written by Richard and Robert Sherman. The song won an Oscar for Best Original Song in 1965 from the movie Mary Poppins. The Sherman brothers also won an Oscar for Best Musical Score for the same movie.
The lyrics go:
"Chim-Chiminee,
Chim-Chiminee,
Chim chim cher-ee!
A sweep is as lucky
As lucky can be
Chim-Chiminee
Chim-Chiminee
Chim chim cher-oo!
Good luck will rub off when
I shake 'ands with you!"
The song is sung by Bert the chimney sweep, played by Dick Van Dyke. The song refers to the superstition that it was lucky to shake hands with chimney sweeps.
When Daria replies "It's a small world after all" to Jane's tale of the Jane-Cam (and it's lack of Internet hits), Jane answers, "Chim-chiminee, chim-chiminee", countering Daria's use of a Disney song with lines from another Disney song in reply. (408)
"CHiPs": American NBC police drama from 1977 to 1983. A Calfornian cop, John, partners with a Latino cop, Ponch, as motorcycle cops belonging to the California Highway Patrol.
When Kevin is about to "pop a wheelie", i.e. shift his weight while on his moped so the front wheel comes off the pavement while remaining in control of the moped, he believes he can do it because he saw Ponch do something similar on CHiPs. (403)
Chiquito: Parrot owned by Penny Lane. First seen in (308). According to Penny, Chiquito is very possessive.
Chloris: One of the canaries at the “Our Furry and Scaly Friends” pet store. (306)
Christmas: 1) Traditional Christian holiday, celebrated on December 25th. The holiday celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. Gifts are traditionally exchanged at Christmas.
2) Living embodiment of Christmas. Christmas is a surly blond young man with a red short-sleeved shirt and who wears the traditional red hat trimmed with white fur associated with Santa Claus. He plays guitar in a band he hopes to form with Halloween and Guy Fawkes Day in Lawndale. (303)
Christmas prefers to be called “X”, short for “Xmas”. “Xmas” is an abbreviated sometimes used for “Christmas”. Christmas is unhappy about Holiday Island because he says he’s forced to spread good will and cheer 24 hours a day.
50 Described as a “burnout” by The St. Patrick’s Day Leprechaun.
51 Likes sugar-coated cookies and gingerbread cottages.
52 Calls Halloween and Guy Fawkes “freeloaders” in inclusive sense.
53 Bickers with Halloween and Guy Fawkes.
54 According to Cupid, Christmas and Halloween are the two coolest kids at Holiday High School.
“A Christmas Carol”: Christmas story written by Charles Dickens, British writer (1812-70). Miser Ebeneezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts the night before Christmas and learns to change his ways. Daria ends (303) with “God bless us, everyone one!”, a quote from Tiny Tim in “A Christmas Carol” which also ends the story.
chutney shrimp: Dish involving chutney, curry paste, shrimp, and rice. Jake says he’s thinking about trying out making chutney shrimp in (308).
Cindy: One of Quinn's friends at Camp Grizzly. First seen in (504). She formed a three person unit with Tracy and Tatijiana
when she first attended Camp Grizzly. Quinn's relationship with Tracy, Cindy, and Tatijiana parallels her relationship with the Fashion Club, and the similarities are obvious.
* Appears to sound and behave like Sandi (504)
* Quinn notices that Cindy is wearing a backpack like hers and that Cindy has nice hair. (504)
* Never participated in Camp Grizzy Hikes, along with the rest of her friends (including Quinn) (504)
* Sunned self at lakeside in swimsuits when campers chased the greased watermelon. (504)
* Tells Skip "We don't do greasy". (504)
* Refers to Skip Stevens as a "geek" (504) ('Geek' is one of Sandi's favorite expressions -- JRB)
* Refuses to go out in a boat because it would mean she'd have to wear one of those "orange-colored things" (504)
* Had a date with Alex Kroger the night of the square dance, but he never showed up because Quinn skipped the
dance with Kroger and they both went to the lakeside. Cindy waited the entire night, and when she finds
out what happened from Quinn five years later, she withdraws the offer to take Quinn home from Camp Grizzly and leads Tracy and Tatjiana in leaving the table where Quinn is sitting. (504)
Cinplex: Lawndale movie theatre, seen along Lawndale Homecoming parade route in (406). The facade of Cinplex is a huge movie marquee sign. A street divides Cinplex from Home Furbishing, which is to the right if one is facing the theatre. "MMM Sub" is to the left of Cinplex.
* The movies playing at Cinplex on the day of the Lawndale Homecoming parade are "Wacky Summer", "Too Much Ado" and "Weepy Mr. B 3". (406).
* Movies playing in (505): "Weepy Mr. B 4", "Us Heroes Never Die!" and "I Saw You This Summer" (505)
* Daria and Jane talk about the movie they just saw in (505), showing among other things, that alien intelligence is no match for our "can-do spunk" and that 20-year old astrophysicists are looking for middle-aged street cops to fall in love with.
* Jane states that Daria and Jane could have been watching a "comedy from Croatia" instead of "It Came From Planet Stupid". (505)
A sign outside of the Cineplex reads "air conditioned", perhaps giving another clue to Lawndale's location.
Claude: Talent scout for Amazon Models, appears in (106). As catty and insincere as his partner, Ramonica. Blonde and thin.
Claudia: Ex-wife of Wind Lane, first mentioned by Penny Lane in (308). When Penny sees Wind, she states “Claudia threw you out” and Wind mentions that that was several years earlier. Furthermore, Wind is paying two alimony payments a month.
Cliff (or Clint): Person who might be a student at LHS. Quinn states that she is “in love” with either Cliff or Clint. (109)
Clint: See Cliff. Helen asks Quinn if she is talking to “that Clint person again”. (110)
Clinton, Grant: Father of Ted Dewitt-Clinton. First seen in (207).
55 Objects to both alcohol AND coffee.
"Close to You": Song written by American musician Burt Bacharach (1928-present). It was originally written for the debut album of American singer Dionne Warwick in 1964. It was popularized by the American duo The Carpenters in 1970. It was originally written for Herb Alpert, but Alpert wanted nothing to do with lines like:
"On the day that you were born
The angels got together
and decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinked moondust in your hair
and starlight in your eyes of blue."
When Trent announces at Club Glamour in (414) that he's going to perform a song for Daria and Jane, Jane says (sarcastically (?)), "Oh please, make it 'Close to You!'"
Clovis: One of the canaries at the “Our Furry and Scaly Friends” pet store. (306)
Club Glamour: Mystik Spiral hold a gig here in (414). It is a seedy dump. Our first sight of Club Glamor is the sight of a man being ejected from the premises and thrown into the street.
Cluster Burger: Burger place Jane and Daria plan to go to with Trent and the band in (209).
Coffee Cafe: Lawndale business which obstensibly sells coffee. Halloween gets a job there in (303). Christmas and Guy Fawkes Day are mad at her because she wouldn’t share her paycheck.
(So, how did Halloween fill out her job application at Coffee Cafe, much less get a paycheck? Perhaps Halloween, like Cupid, has some sort of mind-altering ability. - JRB)
The Coffee Snob: Coffee store seen on the Lawndale Homecoming parade route in (406). If one is facing the store, 24 Hour Photo is to the left of it, and Spa isto the right of it.
colon: Unit of Costa Rican currency. Pronounced like "cologne". Penny mentions that she ran out of colones in (308).
color war: Popular camp activity where campers break up into color-based teams and compete in a series of events. The winning color generally earns some sort of prize.
In (504), Skip Stevens tells the "alumni" of Camp Grizzly that he attended Camp Grizzly for seven years and "never lost a color war".
“College Bored”: Episode three of the series. (103) Daria and Jane visit Jake and Helen’s alma mater.
"Columbo": Crime drama which ran on NBC intermittently between 1971 and 1998. Peter Falk played Lieutenant Columbo, a nebbishy detective in a beaten-up raincoat who interrogation of suspects seemed more like mindless prattling about his wife and about unimportant trivia associated with the case. Columbo would convince the suspects that they were smarter than he was, which led them to make statements that proved to be their undoing.
In a scene from (404), Daria pulls up to the Morgendorffer house in a beat up car not unlike Columbo's.
“Come as You Are”: Song by Nirvana, off Nevermind album. Jane mentions that “her brother” has been practicing the opening to this song. (102)
Conroy, Buck: Publisher of “Brutal Mercenary” magazine and most likely, retired general. It is unknown if Buck is Army or Marine Corps, or what rank of general (brigadier, major, lieutenant) he claims to be.
“Cops”: Reality series running on FOX TV in America since 1989. Overweight real cops chase real life stupid criminals, and the results are caught on camera. Blamed for racist undertones as many of the criminals are minorities. Brittany wonders if the real-life arrival of police to break up her party in (102) means that they’re on TV.
Corey: Obnoxious follower of Quinn seen in Assembly. Has creepy high pitched laugh. (101). Has date with Quinn in (203), but Quinn is stuck writing an essay.
He finally gets to take Quinn to a dance in (304), but is chased away by the Three Js who are looking for a fight after Quinn off-handedly comments that Robert and Kevin must like Brittany a lot because they’re fighting over her.
* Quinn and Corey have class with Mr. DeMartino (411)
* Corey at Brittany Taylor's party (not seen) (411)
“Coriander My Love”: Film shown at the “Food in Film Festival” in (206). A coriander is a parsley-like herb.
cornea gumbo: The result of a poorly designed web page -- visual clutter and distraction. Nora states in her presentation to Buzzdome.com that Buzzdome.com's new protocols will mean bye-bye to cornea gumbo. (502)
Courtney: Daughter of Summer Lane. First mentioned in (308). It is not known if “Lane” is Courtney’s last name. Two children appear at the Lane household in (308) who are Summer’s kids and are likely Adrian and Courtney.
Cowardly Lion: Character in "The Wizard of Oz" (q. v.) Bert Lahr played the Cowardly Lion in the 1939 movie and sang a song called "If I Only Had the Nerve":
"Life is sad, believe me missy,
When you're born to be a sissy
Without the vim and verve
But I could change my habits
Nevermore be scared of rabbits
If I only had the nerve"
Mr. O'Neill refers to the Cowardly Lion's song while teaching "The Red Badge of Courage" in (412).
Craznee, Jerry : Production coordinator of the Fashionvision Humanitarian Awards. His name is seen on the closing credits of the awards in (505). (It is unknown if these are the names of real people or not -- the closing credits screen crawl is suspiciously similar to the one used at the end of "Daria" episodes, but these names are not normally associated with anyone working at MTV.-- JRB)
Crewe Neck: Private community in Lawndale where Brittany Taylor lives. (102) There is a sign near the gate reading “Private and Proud”. There is a mechanical drop gate as well as a 24-hour guard on duty to identify visitors.
Cruise, Tom: American actor, 1962-present. Heartthrob who appeared in such films as “All the Right Moves”, “Rain Man”, and “Jerry McGwire”. Daria informs the Gupty children that Mr. Cruise is 5 feet 4 inches tall. (108)
Cumberland High: School attended by Brad and Brett Ruttheimer. Brett characterizes Cumberland High as “screwed up” during his brief conversation with Daria and Jane. (304)
Cupid: 1) The ancient Roman god of love, the son of Venus and Mars. He is generally portrayed as a winged cherub carrying a bow and a quiver of arrows. A victim of Cupid’s arrow will fall in love with someone nearby.
2) More than likely, the living embodiment of St. Valentine’s Day. Cupid is a tall, chubby adolescent with a slow drawl. He is winged, and wears only a robe and a quivers of arrows, not unlike the typical presentation of Cupid. (A pair of red tennis shoes and a wrist watch are the only modern touches.) He is first seen in (303), accompanying The St. Patrick’s Day Leprechaun on his “secret mission” to return Halloween, Christmas, and Guy Fawkes Day back to Holiday Island.
Cupid appears to possess a wide range of abnormal abilities:
56 Hypnotism: He grasps Daria’s hand and tells her to relax. While using this ability, his voice becomes not unlike that of sensual soul singer Barry White. Romantic music can be audibly heard from no visible source. He tells Daria that the next word out of her mouth will be the name of Daria’s “special someone” that Daria likes. Cupid describes it as a “cool trick”. It is unknown if this power has other applications.
He can also use the voice and create the music without hypnotizing a target.
57 Flight: Cupid’s wings actually lift him off the ground. He is only seen hovering about twenty feet from the ground, at the Morgendorffers.
58 Love gun: Cupid does not use his quiver of arrows in (303). Instead, he carries what looks like a modified taser or stun gun with two prongs. He carries the gun in the quiver. The “gun” fires twin beans of cartoonish red hearts and can hit multiple targets. Cupid uses the device on Helen and Jake to distract them from hearing Daria’s explanation of her encounter with the holidays in (303). When targets are struck, it glows briefly with energy and has a shimmering X-ray effect allowing one to see the targets’ skeletons. The targeted individuals immediately desire each other and become temporarily oblivious to the presence of others. Helen and Jake start kissing, but we do not know if the gun amplies a natural inclination or if it automatically causes targets to kiss and embrace.
It is also not known how long the effect lasts. It is implied that the effect lasts for several days, minimum, as Cupid implies the effect will wear off later in the episode. Helen and Jake seem to be oblivious to the presence of cobwebs and living holidays in their home while under the influence, undoubtedly the romantic fog is quite powerful at first and diminishes slowly over time.
59 Strength: Is able to easily support the weight of The Saint Patrick’s Day Leprechaun while flying. It is not known if The Leprechaun is abnormally light. However, Cupid complains that The Leprechaun is “getting heavy” after a few moments.
Curious George: Character from children’s books by German writers and illustratiors H. A. (Hans Augusto) Rey (1898-1977) and Margarete Rey (1906-96). The stories are about a monkey called Curious George and his many adventures. Curious George’s caretaker is The Man in the Yellow Hat. Kevin confuses Charles Darwin with The Man in the Yellow Hat in (302).
Curtis: Young camper at the "Okay to Cry" Corral. First seen in (414). Curtis asks O'Neill if the campers can go outside and play instead of doing activities indoors all day.
Cuties: Store at the Lawndale Mall. Sandi is seen carrying a "Cuties" back in (410)
(Undoubtedly pronounced, kyoo-tees. -- JRB)
Dada: “Anti-art” movement of the early 20th century. The purpose of Dada was to challenge conventional thinking in art, almost to the point of nonsense. Jane states that the mouse Daria trains in (107) should choose neither path, like Dada.
Dahmer, Jeffrey: American mass murderer (1960-94). Killed at least fifteen young homosexual black men before being caught by authorities in 1991. Was killed in prison. Brad Ruttheimer mentions that he had been reading a book about Jeffrey Dahmer in (304)
Dallas Cowboys: American National Football League team. Doug Thompson, the Three Js, and Mr. O'Neill (uneasily) talk about the Dallas Cowboys "kicking butt" in the game last Sunday in (409)
Damon, Matt: American actor (1970-present) Among his many films are "Chasing Amy", "Good Will Hunting" and "The Bourne Identity".
Stacy points out to Tiffany during a post-Sandi Fashion Club meeting that one of the girls in the magazine went out with Matt Damon. Tiffany asks Stacy "Do you think I'd look good with Matt Damon?" (503)
dancing baloney: A name given to web pages full of animated images and other "bell and whistle" type applications which detract from the overall purpose of the page. In (502), Nora says that the adaptation of new protocols at Buzzdome.com will mean an end to "dancing baloney".
Danielson, Brian: Married Erin Chambers, Daria’s cousin, in (204). Tends to make joking and somewhat sexist remarks.
60 Is either Southern or went to school in the South as all of the “escorts”
(groomsmen) have Southern accents, except for Lerman. (204)
61 Works for the government, in intelligence, according to Erin. (204)
62 Rita calls Brian a “prehistoric imbecile”. (204)
63 Mother Rita tells Helen over the phone that Erin did not love Brian when she married him, but married him because Brian had given her herpes and she thought that no one else would want her (505)
64 Quinn considers him short (505)
Danny: Hapless schlub who is target of Quinn’s sales techniques in (104). Quinn tries to sell Danny a phonecard to raise money for a new coffeehouse, and convinces Danny to roleplay a call to Quinn after some flattery. Quinn invites Danny over for the weekend, and Danny agrees, but Quinn takes Danny’s answer as a no due to hypothetical poor phone service. She states that she will ask Pete over instead, leaving Danny to wonder who Pete is.
Daphne: Bridesmaid at Erin’s wedding. Is surprised that Daria is not on the Pep Squad - “to be honest with you, Daphne, I just can’t find the time” (204)
Darcy: What Robert persists in calling Daria. (207)
Dar: What Val starts calling Daria in (305).
“Daria!”: Thirty-third episode of the series (307). The only “musical” episode of the series. A severe rainstorm threatens Lawndale.
63 The only episode of the series to have a slightly different opening trailer, aside
from the movie-length episodes - the visuals are the same, but the vocal track from Splendora’s “You’re Standing on My Neck” is backed with piano and other instruments.
64 Takes place during “Pep Rally Day” at LHS.
65 Another clue to Lawndale’s location, in that a hurricane is threatening Lawndale, and hurricanes are generally limited to the Eastern and Gulf coasts of the United States.
“Daria Dance Party”: Thirtieth episode of the series (304). Quinn volunteers to host a dance at Lawndale High.
66 Dance takes place on Saturday - Sandi says her party is being held on Saturday, which is the same night as the dance.
67 Gap between time Jane accepts assignment and actual dance is at least three days - while meeting with Mr. O’Neill, Jane mentions that she hasn’t slept for two days and falls asleep at the desk.
68 Another clue to Lawndale’s possible location, as it begins to snow at the end of (304) - earlier in (304) it was mentioned that the Denver Broncos were also snowed in at their airport in Denver. Combine that with Barch’s reference about all that time her husband spent watching the Broncos, and....
“The Daria Hunter”: Fifteenth episode of the series (202). Daria and her class go on a field trip to a paintball range.
69 Faculty attending trip: O’Neill, DeMartin, Barch, Li
70 Students attending trip: Daria, Jane, Dawn, Jodie, Mack, Kevin, Brittany, Shaggy, The Fashion Club, The Three Js.
71 Team Blue: DeMartino, Jake, Quinn, Stacy,Tiffany, Daria
72 Team Red: O’Neill, Barch, Brittany, Jane, Helen, Sandi
"Das Kapital": Work by German economist and philosopher Karl Marx (1818-83). The first volume was written by Marx in 1867, two other volumes were written after his death from Marx's notes by his collaborater, Friederich Engels (1820-95).
The premise of "Das Kapital" -- "Capital" -- is that the capitalist economy contains the seeds of its own distruction. Capital will become concentrated in the hands of fewer and fewer people, creating a shrinking class of the wealthy and an expanding class of the impoverished. However, the forces that allow the wealthy to concentrate capital will be the forces that give the impoverished class the power to rise up and overthrow the wealty, leading to a classless state.
In (502), Helen flashes back to one year after Jake and Helen's commitment ceremony. Helen gets Jake a leather-bound copy of "Das Kapital". Jake says, "Long live the proletariat! I'll bet you this thing will appreciate like crazy!"
David: Student at Grove Hills. Considered an “idiot” and outcast by Lara, Graham and Cassidy because he only got in the 90th percentile of his SATs. (208)
73 Graham stated that David “used to be so interesting” before Graham found out
about David’s “low” score. (208)
Dr. Davidson: Doctor Helen has Marianne call for Daria’s skin condition in (209). He is unable to diagnose the cause of her condition, but Daria’s slight fever has him concerned. He has Daria check into the hospital.
“Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”: American television show which ran on CBS from 1993 to 1998. The show was the story of a female doctor (played by Jane Seymour) and her struggles with a practice in the 19th century American frontier.
When Quinn announces after Jake’s heart attack that she will become a doctor, Daria comments, “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Moron”. (309)
Davinica, Lilia: The Lilia Davinica Day Spa and Beauty Treatment Center (q. v.) is named after her. (212)
Dawn: Overweight female student at Lawndale High School. She is usually seen wearing a beige jacket and a walkman. She does not have any lines.
first appearance (in hallway) (101)
in “Push Comes to Love” class (103)
in auditorium of modeling class (106)
watching Faculty/DJ Roller Hockey Game (110)
at Yard Sale in (205)
attends Medieval Fair (210)
exiting Cinplex movie theatre (505)
Dean, James: American movie actor (1931-1955). Made only three films, “Rebel Without a Cause”, “East of Eden” and “Giant” before dying in a car crash at age 24. Mr. O’Neill asks the young actors of Drama Horizons to remember James Dean in (210).
Jane sarcastically comments to Brittany that "that cricket in your mouth is very James Dean" after Brittany pulls up to LHS riding on the back of Kevin's moped in (403).
"Death of a Salesman": Written by American playwright Arthur Miller (1915-present). A salesman, Willy Loman, buys into a philosophy of optimism and success around the corner to hide from the truth of his failure in buisness and family.
While Helen is on the phone with Rita, Daria makes a snappy comeback that Rita overhears. Helen passes it off as Daria practicing lines for a play. Daria replies, "A salesman's gotta dream, boy", a line from this play. (403)
"Death Valley Days": Serial-based western having its origins in American radio in the 1930s, ran intermittently on American television between 1952 and 1975. Future US President Ronald Reagan was one of the hosts. "Death Valley Days" is a topic on Mr. O'Neill's board in (313).
Decker, Deena: Time-management consultant, seen in (108). Believes in total honesty in time management planning. Gives Quinn a “teen life runner” - “just like mom’s” which has a Proud Moments Summary Page. (Customized styles are available for an extra charge.)
DeeDee: Owner of the Princess Fairy, along with her husband, Lee. First seen in (312).
Has been married to DeeDee for approximately 30 years. (312)
Refers to her husband, Lee as "a bozo" (312)
Comes on to Jake (312).
Denver Broncos: American National Football League team. Mrs. Barch states that husband watched the Denver Broncos - apparently, it was an item of dispute during their 22 year marriage. (210)
Sandi’s party guests in (304) apparently had plans to watch a Denver Broncos game, but the Broncos were snowed in outside of Denver International Airport; thus, no game. Sandi’s guests must make do with Fifty Years of Off-Broadway Choreography.
Deer View Court: Area of Crewe Neck where Brittany Taylor’s house is located. (102)
Defoe, Clare: Art teacher at Lawndale High School. Red haired, soft, pleasant wearing
large jewelry
74 first appearance in 102, name on blackboard, as “Ms. Defoe”
75 Season One art class: Daria Morgendorffer, Brittany Taylor (102).
76 Season Two art class: Daria, Brittany, Jane, Kevin, Upchuck (201)
o Assignment (201): Landscape Drawing, Study Same Subject Three
Different Times
77 Season Three art class: Daria, Jane, Kevin, Brittany, Andrea (304)
o Takes place around 10:25 AM (304)
Season Four art class: Jane, Brittany, Jodie (412)
Season Five art class: Daria, Jane, Kevin, Brittany (501)
Dega Street: Street in Lawndale. When Daria and Trent can’t decide on a birthday present for Jane in (212), Trent suggests they go to Dega Street. He’s sure they’ll find something there.
Shops on Dega Street: Puppet Theatre, Dega St. Comiks, Hair for Freaks, 420, Retro Duds, Funky Doodle, Axl’s Piercing Parlor.
There is also a guitar store at 424 Dega Street.
Dega St. Comiks: Comic store on Dega Street (212).
“Le Dejeuner sur L’Herbe”: Painting by Edouard Manet, French impressionist painter (1832-83). Jane is busy sketching Le Dejeuner on the cell wall in (310).
Delano, Curtis: Contemporary of Trent and Jesse. Graduated with Trent and Jesse, seen as toll booth collector in (111).
DeMartino, Anthony: History teacher at Lawndale High School. When he gets angry, his right eyeball bulges.
first intro - only as “Mr. DeMartino” (101)
1 Andrea, Jane Lane, Daria Morgendorffer, Kevin Thompson, Brittany Taylor all in history class (101)
2 Dawn, Shaggy in class (107)
Season Two: Kevin, Brittany, Shaggy, Daria, Andrea, Dawn in class (202)
Season Three: Kevin, Brittany, Jane, Andrea, Shaggy in class (302)
Season Four: Kevin, Brittany, Daria, Jane, Andrea (403)
Mack, Robert (404)
this class is NOT the last class of the day (404)
Jodie, Burn-Out Chick (414)
Season Four alternate class: Quinn, Corey (411)
Season Four/Five alternate class("first day of class scene" at end of (414)): Quinn, Sandi, Staci, Tiffany, Jeffy, Jamie (Note: since this class has DeMartino begin the discussion with a question on Manifest
Destiny, it is undoubtedly the same class Daria had with Mr. DeMartino in (101). -- JRB)
Season Five: Jodie (501)
Daria, Jane, Brittany (503)
Board topics: Alamo, Manifest Destiny, Columbus (1492), “Test on Wed!”, Homework pages 162-250. - probably Western Expansion Unit (101)
Likes to ask question, “can you precisely and unemotionally sum up the doctrine of Manifest Destiny?” (101)
Board topics: Jonestown, Mind Control, Leo Ryan (crossed out), Guyana, Soviets, a drawing of a cup with the words “cyanide” and “kool ade” pointing to it, and a swastika with a question mark following, and “CIA” with arrows pointing to “Dwyer” and “Layton” (108)
Board topics: “Guerilla Warfare” - Boer War - South Africa, Che Guevara -- Cuba, Ho Chi Minh -- Vietnam, John Wayne - The Duke - Marion Morrison!!! , Hit and Run, Insurgency (202)
Board topics: Welfare/Social Assistance, Financial Education, Drawbacks
Board topics: "The United Nations: Portents and Precursors" -- > "Justice League of America" --> "A League of their
Own" --> Stupid Tearjerker (403)
Kevin's assigned topic for report in (403) was "The League of Nations" (403)
DeMartino, Anthony
Board topics: "Corruption and Scandal in American History", "Teapot Dome", "The Tweed Ring" (404)
Board topics: Generalized rules for taking a test -- to use a #2 pencil, that you may not go to the bathroom, and that
you put YOUR name on the test and not the person you're copying from.
Board topics: All regarding "Suggested Summer Projects": include prison, hospital, cemetary, and what appears to
be "read a book" -- although "freaking book!!!" can be seen at the end of the board, meaning that DeMartino
believes that reading is fundamental. (413)
Board topics: (from first day of class): "Anthony DeMartino" "...do not call me..." "...better you not speak..." (414)
Board topics: "Great Depression"..."Crash of '29"..."Brother, would you like to buy"..."former"..."who spit on you"
(503)
Poster of Martin Luther King ("MLK") in class (503)
Was teaching the New Deal in Quinn's class in (411)
Wheezing audibly during Faculty/DJ Roller Rockey Game (110)
Suffered chest pains during Faculty/DJ Roller Hockey Game - had emergency
angioplasty and “almost died” (110)
Rather physically fit in Season One- able to do 400 sit-ups while suspended upside down. (110)
Smokes (110).
Not averse to gulping down Jake’s hooch (202)
Went to military school (202).
Mother didn’t want “dates” to know she had a son - was sent over to the neighbors - “strange, twisted people!” (202)
Implied that DeMartino is head of yearbook staff. (207)
Participates as the Black Knight in the “Joust with the Black Knight” attraction at
the Medieval Fair (210)
Gets Jamie’s name right (210)
Implied by Ms. Li that he has tried before to resign in the middle of a school year. (302)
Dreamed of a life at sea (306)
Helen: "He's a bit high-strung, but he's a fixture at that school...." (311)
Admits to O'Neill that he has a gambling problem: "once I start, I can't stop!" (312)
Implied that he once lost his car to "some yokel with beginner's luck" during a gambling spree (312)
Likes Daria -- wants to give his chips in (312) to Daria, "as a thank you for making me want to kill myself a little less than the processed sausages who call themselves your classmates!"
Knows how to play poker (312)
During losing streak at poker, calls himself "a born loser" and states "nothing in my miserable life has ever worked out"
(312)
Appears to be wearing same gear in (402) as he did in (202)
States that he has a "slipped disk" -- did this happen between (110) and (402)?
"I had a buddy once...until I came home one night and he married my mother!" (402)
Accuses football team of cheating on tests after members earn multiple 100s on a test he gives and that the lock to
his filing cabinet was jimmied open. He accuses Kevin of taking part since Kevin needed an "A" to get off
academic probation. (404)
Chokes Kevin when Kevin enters room with fake arrow through his head (404)
Snores while sleeping (405)
Has been banned from eating at all Lawndale High School functions -- caused by abysmal behavior the year before
at bake sale, when caught loading his trunk with left-over bundt cake -- DeMartino claims that his food budget
was stretched tight by having to survive on a "shoeshine boy's salary". When DeMartino grabs for the chips
and dip, Ms. Li shouts "Restraining order!", forcing DeMartino to back off and implying that DeMartino has
been served some kind of court order (409)
Attempt taking multiple cheese log samples -- tells clerk that he sees no sign limiting him to one sample per customer
-- tells Mrs. Johanssen that the samples aren't free, when they are (409)
Gets into a physical struggle with Mrs. Johanssen over a cheese log. (409)
Fools Kevin and Brittany into getting him samples of cheese logs. (409)
Escorted out of Payday by security guard, undoubtedly for abusing the "free sample" policy. (409)
Sneaks back in to steal the last cheese log, but burns his hand on hot grease -- reaches for log with his left hand (409)
Serves at the "Okay to Cry" Corral as a counselor, known as "Uncle Anthony" (414)
DeMartino states his actual goal as a counselor during (414) is to rediscover the "joy and satisfaction" of teaching. He
knows he needs to reexamine why he became a teacher, because his doctor has warned him that his health
is in danger if he doesn't -- the doctor said that he might have a stroke in the future.
During lanyard exercise in (414) refers to his feelings of failure with "each wasted year" as a teach. States that he's
developing an ulcer due to the frustration and indignities he suffers as a teacher.
One of the girls at the "Okay to Cry" Corral tells him that he's a "great counselor". (414)
Goes nuts when he gets peanut butter on his hands, aggravated with indoor crafts activites, becomes wild man --
rips sink from the foundation of the floor (!!), hurls sink out window. When he shouts, "I'm going on a
hike!", other campers (except Link) gleefully follow (414)
Other campers overrule O'Neill giving the closing speech at the "Okay to Cry" Corral -- they want DeMartino to do
it (414)
DeMartino's speech: "Remember, if you feel yourself getting mad, go ahead! If someone's doing something to
irritate you, tell them about it in detail! And hike...whenever you feel like it!!" (414)
Thanks O'Neill for giving him the spirit to teach again (414)
DeMille, Cecil B.: American movie producer, 1881-1959. In the movie “Sunset Boulevard” (1950), deranged silent movie star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) says “All right Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up”. Daria says a similar line in (111).
“The Depths of Shallowness: A True Story”: The final title of Daria and Jane’s film project about Quinn. (206)
“Depth Takes a Holiday”: Twenty-ninth episode of the series (303). Daria encounters the living embodiments of holidays.
78 The band that Halloween, Christmas, and Guy Fawkes Day wish to start is described by a “hiphop-punk-electronica vibe” by Cupid.
79 The holidays are described as “holiday spirits” by Daria.
80 The backgrounds for Lawndale High School have clearly been reused for Holiday Island High. The locker design is the same except that the lockers are blue and not yellow, and murals of ocean waves have been added to the formerly bare walls.
81 Note that Trent says that Christmas and Guy Fawkes Day are “pissed off” because Halloween got a job at Coffee Cafe and didn’t want to share her paycheck -- however, it seems that Christmas is the one getting pummeled by the other two!
Deuce Hardware: Hardware store somewhere in Lawndale. They make keys, they sell paint. Mack and Kevin walk by the store in (401).
"Deuce Hardware" is undoubtedly inspired by "Ace Hardware", a chain hardware store in the United States.
Deuce Hardware is close to the pizza place where Daria, Jane, and other cast members hang out. The list of stores, viewing left to right facing, is as follows:
unnamed Florist shop (414)
pizza place
Lackluster Video (401)
Deuce Hardware (401)
As Daria and Tom walk away from the Pizza Place, the order of these stores is reconfirmed in (414).
Devon: Handsome young fellow, probably famous. Sandi has a large poster of him on her wall in (208). The poster is seen again in (412).
Devonhevonshire: The estate of Mr. Lane in Daria’s imaginary story set in England at the beginning of the 19th century in “Write Where it Hurts”. (213).
82 Dewitt, Leslie: Mother of Ted Dewitt-Clinton. First seen in (207).
Believes that Greenpeace are “corporate puppets”.
83 Dewitt-Clinton, Ted: Photo editor of the Lawndale yearbook staff in (207). Son of Grant Clinton and Leslie Dewitt. Daria’s first real “date”. Until the year Season Two took place, Ted had been home-schooled by his parents.
84 Had to talk his parents into letting him go to a “normal” school. (207)
85 Wishes that volunteer work or charity fundraising got as much yearbook space as sports and clubs. (207)
86 Family has corn growing in front yard (207) - squash and beans are grown in the back.
87 Has made phonograph with his father - also made a couch from Georgia pine.
88 Listens to period music on phonograph (207).
89 Implied that he has never watched television (207).
90 Had never tasted chewing gum before, or pizza (207).
91 Given a tape of The Beatles by Daria. (207).
92 Daria thought he was “sweet”. (207)
93 Jane characterizes him jokingly as a “kook”. (207)
94 Made Daria a necklace - by HAND. (207)
95 Described by Daria as “honest, ethical and smart”. (207)
96 Has strong grip - has been doing isometric exercises since age ten (207)
97 Taught self swordplay from century manuscript. (207)
98 Still taking pictures for the yearbook staff in (406) -- captures picture of Daria and Tom on the parade route.
“The Dharma Bums”: Book written by American author Jack Kerouac (q. v.) It is offered as part of Mr. O’Neill’s class writing assignment in (213)
dimensional wormhole: A wormhole, or Einstein-Rosen bridge, is a feature of the construction of the universe which would allow faster than light travel between one area of the universe and another. It is unknown whether such “wormholes” exist.
Cupid refers to Holiday Island as being accessible through a “dimensional wormhole” in (303). More than likely, he is implying that Holiday Island exists on a separate plane of reality not accessible in this universe only accessed through a special portal. If not, then Holiday Island exists somewhere in the natural universe, but undoubtedly several thousand light years away from Earth.
Dinesen, Isak: Born Karen Blixen (1885-1962). Also wrote under other pseudonyms. Writer of supernatural and erotic works based in aristocratic settings, a more “aesthetic” writer. In 102, Upchuck states that the Taylor family den was inspired by the novels of Isak Dinesen. (http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/blixen.htm)
Ding-Dongs: Chocolate snack cake with cream filling mentioned by Daria in (207). Made by the Hostess company.
Disneyland: Amusement park opened by Walt Disney (American graphic artist, 1901-66). The park is in Anaheim, CA and sits on over 160 acres of property. Also known as the “Magic Kingdom”. Robert is visiting Disneyland with his parents in the events before (304).
"The Divine Comedy": Trilogy of works written by Florentine writer Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) between 1307 and 1321. The narrator relates his travels through hell, purgatory, and heaven.
When David Sorenson arrives at the Morgendorffers to meet Quinn, Daria answers the door. When David asks if he is speaking to Quinn, Daria answers "I don't know. Is this the ninth circle of hell?" (In the first section of the "Divine Comedy" -- "the Inferno" -- it is revealed that hell is divided into layers -- the lower the layer, the greater the punishment. The ninth circle is the lowest layer, where Satan is trapped.) David immediately recognizes the reference. (414)
D. M. C. : Name of a character in Trent's telling of the "Metal Mouth" legend in (410). The character wears a black track suit, high-top fade, large gold medallion, and looks suspiciously like a 1980s version of Mack.
D. M. C. undoubtedly derives his name from the 1980s hip hop group "Run-D.M.C." "D. M. C." stands for Darryl McDaniels, a member of the three-man group. "Run" is Joseph Simmons and the third member of the group is the late Jason Mizell (Jam Master Jay).
"Doctor Faustus": Play written by English playwright and poet Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593). The play is based on an earlier German work and the earliest editions with Marlowe's name are from 1604. A scholar sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for unearly power, but comes to fear the time of reckoning when payment is due.
Mr. O'Neill is teaching "Doctor Faustus" in (501), most likely from the Marlowe version, assigning Scenes 1 through 5 for further reading.
Do Me A Donut: Donut store frequented by Daria and Jane in (206).
Donna: Woman on unknown show Quinn watches at the beginning of (411). A roadside mechanic fixes her tire on a snowy Christmas Eve, but the authorities have no record of him. Donna believes that the mechanic was actually a supernatural "guardian angel".
Donner Party: Group of Americans famous for being trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains while attempting to travel from Illinois to California. The large group wished to relocate in California by wagon train. The 87 emigrants were comprised primarily of the Donner and Reed families, and their hired hands.
To survive while trapped in the Sierras, members of the party resorted to cannibalism. Only 46 of the 87 survived, and many of the survivors took part in the eating of corpses.
When Ms. Li assures Daria and Jane that their mountain excursion will not be problematic, Daria replies, "Thank you, Principal Donner." (402)
“Don’t Call Him a Cowboy”: Country music song written by Conway Twitty (q. v.), American country music singer (1933-93). The song was written in the mid 1980s and reached Number 1 on the charts. There is a line in the song that says “don’t call him a cowboy/unless you’ve seen him ride/ Cause a Stetson hat and those fancy boots/don’t tell you what’s inside”. Twitty is making sport of “drugstore cowboys”, men who might not really be as rugged as the way they’re dressed.
Daria quotes these lines when the patrons of Mad Dawg’s doubt Daria and Quinn’s country credentials in (310).
“Don’t Drink or Take Drugs”: Brittany’s entry in the poster college in (201). Its message is “don’t drink or take drugs”.
“Don’t Join a Gang”: Brittany’s second entry in the poster contest in (201). Its message is “don’t join a gang”.
Doo Dad Shop, The: Store at the Mall of the Millenium (105). Down Under is located to its left, facing. Seller of items like magnets and other things termed as “useless junk” by Daria. Apparently has its own theme song, which is sung to Daria by staff when she becomes their 10,000th customer.
Jake gets a bill for $50 from the "Doo Dad Store" in (405).
Dot Com Dot Com Convention: Convention Jake attended the Valentine's Day before the events in (504). While cleaning the garage together -- and complaining that Helen is always working on weekends and never has time for him -- he finds a black negligee in one of the boxes and angry asks Helen what kind of work the negligee was for. Helen responds that she bought the negligee for Valentine's Day, but Jake was attending the Dot Com Dot Com convention and had to cancel. Jake realizes that Helen isn't always the one at fault in their inability to find time together.
Dotson, Daniel: A visiting artist at Ashfield. First seen in (414). A noteworthy work of his is "Paper Plate Genocide". Jane clearly doesn't think much of him as an artist.
* Tends to describe himself in the most glowing of terms (414)
* Example: " I don't sit around and wait for inspiration -- I grab it. In the glint of the sun on a frozen peak...." (414)
* Alison thinks his inspiration comes from his alimony bills, implying that Dotson has been married and divorced (414)
* Clearly flirting with Paris when he gives his speech about his inspiration (414)
* Jane: "Well, he certainly doesn't let substance get in the way of self-congratulatory yap." (414)
* Alison: "At least we'll never have to worry about him intimidating us with his talent" (414)
* Referred to as "brilliant" by another student. (414)
* Jane calls him "Toulouse le Dreck" (414)
* Alison said in past that he goes through students like tubes of paint (414)
* Begins seeing Alison. Pats Alison on the bottom in front of Jane as he leaves (414)
Down Under: One of the many fine stores of Mall of the Millenium. An upscale lingerie store. The Doo Dad Shop is located to its right, facing. (105)
Doubletree: American upscale hotel chain.
Jake mistakenly thought that he and Helen were going to attend the “First Aid for the Heart” seminar at the Doubletree over the weekend in (310)
Doug: Friend of Jake and Helen. His wife is Susan and his daughter is Ramona. (103)
Doug (II): Student at Lawndale High. Mentioned in passing during the “nasal relapse” story in 109.
Drama Horizons: Drama club at Lawndale High Schools. They hold auditions for “The Canterbury Tales” being performed at the Medieval Fair. (210).
Drake: Character in a “love” book Daria reads to Mrs. Blaine in (302).
Drew: Friend of Val’s, according to Val, in (305). Val drops Nonie’s name while eating with the Morgendorffers. Drew and Nonie suggested to Val that she start Val Magazine so that everyone could know Val as well as they did.
Later on, Val mentions that she goes out clubbing with Drew.
Drew is likely American actress Drew Barrymore (1975-present).
(There is an outside chance that Drew could be American comedian Drew Carey (1958-present). “The Drew Carey Show” first went on the air in 1995. I doubt, however, that this is the Drew of whom Val is speaking. - JRB)
Drugs 'N' Stuff: Drug/convenience store. Jake asks Daria to go to Drugs 'N' Stuff in (406) to pick up some toilet paper. To the left of Drugs 'N' Stuff is an unnamed bookstore. There is apparently a second pharmacy along the Lawndale Homecoming parade route near Drugs 'N' Stuff, as Jane expected Tom to meet her at Drugs 'N' Stuff, but Jane only told Tom to meet her at the pharmacy, so he assumed it was the other one.
Jake offers Daria 20 bucks if she can get to Drugs 'N' Stuff and back with the toilet paper in 15 minutes. Daria takes the bribe.
“Duke, Tiffany”: Phony name given by the guard at Crewe Neck as a challenge when Jane identifies herself as “Tiffany”. The guard gives her the choice of Tiffany Hodge, Tiffany Duke, Tiffany Fairchild or Tiffany Blum-Deckler. Unfortunately, Jane chooses the phony name and is identified as a party-crasher. (102)
Duty: Product sold at Payday in (409). It appears to be washing machine powder, as Kevin notes that the XL (extra large) Duty box must mean that it's for "big machines".
Dutchman Inn: Local Lawndale hotel. The Morgendorffer insurance adjustor mentions it in (412), and states that the Dutchman Inn would be within the per-diem of the relocation policy, since the Morgendorffers will have to be out of their house for two weeks.
Quinn is aghast. "That place with the giant clog?!?" (412)
"Dye! Dye! My Darling!" : Fifty-second episode of the series (413). Jane and Daria are headed for a break-up, Jane and Tom are headed for a breakup...so where does this leave Daria and Tom?
* Implied that Jane's "lady or the tiger?" project was going to be revealed to Lawndale students on Monday, as there are no school basckground anywhere during the hair-dyeing scenes and the project is first discussed again by Jodie when she meets Daria.
Earl: Proprietor of a general store on the way back from Camp Grizzly. Jane and Trent stop on the way back home in (504). The man is selling cookies for $2, which leads to a discussion with Trent on the value of thecookies. Trent and the man agree that the important thing is not the price of the cookies, but how much of yourself you put into them. This leads Trent to think that listening to Earl's wisdom will give him insight as to why Mystik Spiral is at each other's throats.
* Earl's wife makes cheese sandwiches and doesn't take the cellophane off the cheese (504)
* Neither Earl nor his wife thaw out the bread when make cheese sandwiches (504)
* Earl and his wife enlist Trent's help in a blindfolded taste test of their potato chips. They ask Trent if he can figure
out the flavor, but he gives up. Jane also detects no flavor. Earl and his wife are happy that they've reached
their goal in creating a flavorless potato chip that doesn't add its own taste to any dip. "It's like having a piece
of paper in your mouth!" (504)
* Created "home-bottled water" from the tap in their rusty kitchen sink (504)
* Earl and his wife's stupidity serve as the inspiration for a new song by Trent, resparking his fire for Mystik Spiral. (504)
Edouard: Melody Powers plans to rendezvous with the “intriguing” Edouard in the story Daria reads to Mrs. Blaine in (302).
Edward II: Born in England in 1284, king of England between 1307 until his death in 1327. He inherited none of the military or diplomatic skills of his father, Edward I, known as the “Hammer of the Scots”, instead preferring the company of court favorites. Most historians believe that Edward II was homosexual. Daria and Jane make a reference to King Edward making Robin Hood his “special friend” in (210)
Elegante: Jake proposes to DeeDee that the Princess Fairy be repainted, have new carpet installed, and change its name to something edgy, like "Elegante" (el-lay-GAN-tay). (312)
"The Elephant Man": Play written by Bernard Pomerance, first performed in 1979 and later made into a movie directed by David Lynch. In 19th century England, a misshapen sideshow freak attempts to resume his place in the mundane world, assisted by a kindly Victorian doctor. The play is based on the real life of "Elephant Man" John Merrick.
Merrick says at one point in the play, "sometimes I think my head is so big because it is so full of dreams". When Mr. O'Neill, in the Lawndale Lion costume, begins to tilt over claiming that his head is too big, Daria replies, "that's 'cause it's so full of dreams". (406)
Ellenbogen: Staff member of Buxton Ridge Military Academy. Jake refers to him as “Corporal Ellenbogen” in (309)
97 Taught Jake how to shave “behind the munitions hut” (309)
98 According to Ruth, Cpl. Ellenbogen has only one thumb (309)
When Jake wakes up from a nightmare in (502), Helen comforts him by telling him, "Your father's dead and
Corporal Ellenbogen's far, far away."
Jake rhetorically asks why CPL Ellenbogen's expertise in digging a foxhole makes him an expert on show tunes (505)
Told Jake that the song he wrote for the Buxton Ridge Military Academy school musical stank. (505)
Jake: "I should have sung (the song) for someone who didn't think that musical comedy began and ended with
Gilbert and Sullivan!" (505)
Elvis: One of the canaries at the “Our Furry and Scaly Friends” pet store. (306)
Emily: Medieval beauty of “The Knight’s Tale”. Quinn wins the role in the version of “The Canterbury Tales” adopted for the LHS Medieval Fair. (210)
"The Emotional Trauma of a Lawndale High School Student": The name of Daria and Jane's multimedia project in (313).
Entepreneurfest 3000: Conference attended by both Terry Perry Barlow and Andrew Landon. (407)
Eric: Possible student at Lawndale High. In 108, Quinn has a date with him inked into her planner. Best friend of Skylar Feldman.
Escher, M. C. : Born Maurits Cornelius Escher. Dutch artist (1898-1972). Most of his works deal with the recreation of infinite perspectives and patterns on the finite surface. Jane has a book about M. C. Escher in her locker in (209)
“Esmerelda”: The phony name Daria answers when Charles “Upchuck” Ruttheimer first introduces himself. (102)
“Esteemsters”: Episode One (101). Daria Morgendorffer arrives at Lawndale High School and is forced to attend a self-esteem class.
101Established that Morgendorffers have moved from other town.
"Ethan Frome": Novel of American writer Edith Wharton (1862-1937) in 1912. Ethan Frome falls in love with his new housekeeper, the cousin of his cantakerous wife. When Ethan and his wife's cousin attempt to elope, tragic consequences follow.
This novel is often required reading in high school. It is mentioned in (414) when David Sorenson asks Quinn if she has read "Ethan Frome" or "Silas Marner". Quinn wants to know "what did they write?"
Evan: Member of the LHS Track Team. First seen in (211). Jane thought he was intriguing.
102Blows off Sandi’s comment about if he’s asking if he can hang out with them.
“I prefer a more enlightened attitude toward fitness.”
103“Women can excel at any sport they put their minds to.”’
104Characterizes Daria as a “loser” - Jane drops him immediately after.
“Everybody Hurts”: Song by R. E. M., released in 1993. The video for the song shows commuters waiting in a traffic jam silently. Subtitles reveal the strange thoughts each commuter is thinking. A scene from (111) slyly parodies “Everybody Hurts”.
exacto knife: A small straight-bladed knife used for cutting with detail. Generally used by hobbyists. Jane laments that she left her exacto knives behind at the pediatrics ward of the hospital in (302).
"Exploding Kiln Number One": Possible name for a "sculpture" designed by Jane. It consists of shards of pottery which have been glued to the wall of her room. (502)
Extreme Sportz Mania Worldwide Inc.: Ms. Li hopes to have this company sponsor the "Lawndale High School Wilderness Adventure Club" that she forms in (402). Clearly, Ms. Li hopes to get her hands on some cash. The slogan of Extreme Sportz appears to be "hanging ten on the edge of the Apocalypse!"
Eyeful: American magazine, c.1943-55. Pinup magazine of scantily dressed females. Bettie Page often appeared as the centerfold. Upchuck’s find of a 1962 version read by a patron walking by the Yard Sale booth in (205) makes it a rare find indeed.
"E-Z Home Electrical Projects": Jake is seen reading this book at the table in (411).
E-Z Waffle: Brand of waffle sold at Payday. (409)
"The F Word": Episode forty-four of the series (405). Mr. O'Neill gives his class a bizarre assignment, and Daria and Jane must find something that they can fail at.
School is closed on Thursday and Friday for the Statewide Teacher's convention attended by Ms. Li, Mr. DeMartino,
Mrs Bennett, Ms. Defoe, Ms. Barch and Mr. O'Neill.
Teachers receive $50 per diem for meals at the convention, but Ms. Li has told her teachers that they are receiving
$20 per diem -- she is obviously pocketing the rest.
On the day that Mr. O'Neill gives his failure assignment, Sandi states that it is "five days, two hours and twenty-three
minutes" until the teen fashion extravaganza at the mall.
After the week "The F Word" takes place, Cashman's is holding its "Cashmere-acle Week", which starts Monday.
The teen fashion extravaganza takes place the weekend before that Monday.
"Face/Off": American 1997 movie starring John Travolta and Nicholas Cage. A technique which allows faces to be transplated allows a lawman to "become" a terrorist to go undercover, but the terrorist "becomes" the lawman and the conflict begins.
At a dinner table at Quiet Ivy, a counselor suggests to the Morgendorffers that they need to "wear each other's faces" for an exercise. Quinn says, "Ew! Like that movie with that guy and that other guy?" (408)
Faculty/DJ Roller Hockey Game: Event held at Lawndale High School in (110).
Fairchild, Tiffany: Lawndale student invited to Brittany’s party in 102. Her name is visible on the guest list held by the guard at the Crewe Neck gate.(102)
“Fair Enough”: Episode twenty-three of the series (210). Lawndale High has a medieval fair.
Attractions at the fair include a ferris wheel, a “dinner theatre” (turkey drumsticks) by LHS Drama Horizons of “The Canterbury Tales” which takes place in an auditorium (possibly the auditorium on the school grounds), “Blackbird Pies”, a “witch dunk”, a “learn heraldry” booth, a “joust with the Black Knight” attraction with Mr. DeMartino as the Black Knight, a “ye leather”shop, cake booth attended by Sandi and Tiffany, an information booth attended by Jodie, a “slay the dragon” attraction where Mack is the dragon, an archery range.
Fallon, Gilit : One of four background designers of the Fashionvision Humanitarian Awards. Her name is seen on the closing credits of the awards in (505). (It is unknown if these are the names of real people or not -- the closing credits screen crawl is suspiciously similar to the one used at the end of "Daria" episodes, but these names are not normally associated with anyone working at MTV.-- JRB)
Falstaff’s Kidney Pies: A cart labeled “Falstaff’s Kidney Pies” is seen at the Lawndale Mall in (303). It is marked with a sign that reads “Going Out of Business”.
“A Farewell to Arms”: Novel written by Ernest Hemingway (q. v.) in 1929, drawing heavily on his experiences in World War I. The novel is the story of the love of an American ambulance driver for an English nurse and the harsh reality of being at war. The book is listed on O’Neill’s blackboard in (304)
Farmer’s Market: Store selling fresh produce in Lawndale.
105Seen in 109, but I don’t think this is the first appearance.
Fashion Club: Social group at Lawndale High School. Its members are Sandi Griffin (president), Quinn Morgendorffer (vice-president), Stacy (secretary) and Tiffany (treasurer).
2 first mentioned in 101
3 Quinn joins Fashion Club in 101
4 emergency meeting mentioned in 104
5 first time seen as intact foursome: in 105, at food concession of the Mall of the Millenium.
6 each member of the Fashion Club is among the five students chosen for on-stage instruction in (106) - the fifth overweight student is a “decoy” according to Claude and Romanica
7 Brook wishes to join (109)
8 Fashion Club bylaws state that “skin care crises transcend personality conflicts”. (209)
9 Sandi does not believe in Fashion Club members trying out for Drama, believing that Fashion Club members should not “surrender wardrobe autonomy” (210)
10 While collecting clothes for the homeless, the Fashion Club walk right over a beggar (!) as he asks for spare change. (302) And Sandi chides Stacy on her lack of compassion for claiming that her feet hurt!
11 Sandi clearly alpha female - intimidates Fashion Club members into not helping Quinn with dance (304)
12 Daria jokingly tells Jane that “no one can survive an assault by the Fashion Club”. (305)
13 Sandi calls a vote on Quinn's Fashion Club standing by claiming that she violated the Fashion Club Oath in (402) -- "To promote a healthy glow by never allowing the other members to be deprived of skin-enhancing water reserves." Neither Stacy nor Tiffany can remember this "oath".
14 Quinn temporarily voted out of Fashion Club in (402)
15 Sandi states that emergency meeting might have to be held to reevaluate desirability of dating football team members due to football team losing in (403)
Fashion Club
12 Have float in the Lawndale Homecoming parade: banner reads "Look at Us!", the float is pulled by the Three Js. (406)
13 Had headshots to hand out to spectators in (406), but Stacy handed them out too quickly -- Stacy laments that she should have paced herself better.
14 Implied by Tiffany that the Fashion Club does charity work of some kind (even if it might just be limited to helping the "less fortunate" look better. (406)
15
16 Sandi attempts to have Quinn relieved of her Fashion Club duties when Quinn admits that she doesn't have a date on Saturday. (407)
17 Quinn's assignment in (409) was to supply the sunscreen for the entire Fashion Club at the Lawndale Football barbecue.
18 President (Sandi) apparently has power to call emergency meetings of Fashion Club, any time, any place. (409)
19 When Sandi calls emergency meeting of the Fashion Club, Stacy panicks and assures Sandi that her shirt is 100 percent cotton, it just looks like a blend, implying that blends are a no-no as of (409)
20 After Quinn asks if the Fashion Club should help the "moving fashion violations" at Payday, Sandi states that "some people are beyond help" at Payday, indication that there is a limit to Fashion Club assistance. (409)
21 The Fashion Club members generally have guys drive them to the mall, then make them wait in the car while they shop. (410)
22 Fashion Club to hold "round-table discussion" at Quinn's house on "blush strategy and philosophy" (413)
Fashion Club
During the final phase of the "blush-a-thon" at Quinn's house in (413), Quinn warns Daria that "things could get heated". (413)
Rough ranking of intelligence levels among Fashion Club members: Quinn, Stacy, Sandi, Tiffany. (414)
Implied that Fashion Club intended to go to Pepperhill University as a group after high school (414)
Among Fashion Club membership qualifications discussed in (503) -- fingertips (no stubby fingertips), weight, and
eyelash density (503)
Sandi makes a motion to scale the maximum acceptable weight back by 3 pounds -- Quinn points out that that would
make it hard to find any new members -- Sandi overrules everyone's objection (503)
Sandi from the presidency of the Fashion Club (and implied, leaves the club completely) "out of respect to the
Fashion Club's stringent obesity policy" (503)
When Quinn tells Sandi that she could never replace her (as president), Sandi breaks down in tears, believing that
Quinn is resigning the presidency out of respect for their friendship together. Quinn is unable to accept the
Fashion Club presidency, not wanting to injure Sandi's feelings (503)
Quinn says there's "no way" there could be a Fashion Club without her and Sandi (503)
Quinn names Tiffany president of Fashion Club and Stacy vice-president after she resigns her membership (503)
Departure speech from Quinn to Tiffany and Stacy: "You're going to carry on the Fashion Club mission! You'll
stop the vertically-challenged from wearing really fat stripes, point out icky fibers to icky fiber wearers, and
fight frosted shadows wherever you go. Unless it's at a costume party. You'll hold yourselves up to the highest
standards possible. No ankle boot too pointy, no chartreuse too chartreuse-y, and no mock turtleneck too
mocky. And finally...you will never, every date anyone less attractive than you are -- although equally
attractive is okay!" (503)
Stacy and Tiffany conclude that there aren't any girls at Lawndale who could meet the Fashion Club's standards (503)
Attempt to spark Fashion Club by inviting the Three Js as prospective members (503)
Stacy angrily leaves the Fashion Club claiming that she was forced to do all the work keeping the club together while trying her best, while all Tiffany did was sit and talk about herself (she imitates Tiffany's slow drawl to Tiffany's face for emphasis. When Tiffany says she's leaving the Fashion Club too, Stacy shrieks in frustration. (503)
Configuration of Fashion Club returns to normal when Sandi returns to pre-fracture weight (503)
Agreed by Fashion Club that "applicants can't have stubby fingertips or nails shorter than one-quarter of an inch" (503)
Sandi states that Fashion Club protocol only allows the president to switch topics when it comes to membership
requirements (503)
Sandi attempts to add a rule that "no one with a low eyelash count should be admitted -- no exceptions". Quinn
then brings up that thickeners could simply be used to help eyelash-deficient applicants appear to have an
more "normal" eyelash count. Sandi accuses Quinn of proposing "artifice" but Stacy and Tiffany agree with
Quinn, and Sandi backs down. Sandi then states that the "eyelash-deficient" must wear mascara at all times.
(503)
After watching the Fashionvision Humanitarian Awards, the Fashion Club decides to take part in a charity project.
They conclude they will donate a mirror to the girls' bathroom, since the current mirror "adds two pounds"
(505)
Fashion Club
While deciding how to pay for the new mirror, Quinn decides that the FC should do what they do best -- "tell people
what's wrong with their outfits". Tiffany says, "But, we do that all day for free. That's why everyone likes us."(505)
Quinn suggests that the Fashion Club start a newsletter for "fashion victims". The newsletter would give general
advice, predict fashion trends, and tell people what they should and shouldn't buy. (505)
Fashionvision Humanitarian Awards: Show seen by the Fashion Club in (505). The program has pledged to donate a tenth of a cent to charity for everyone viewing. (at 100,000 viewers, or one-tenth of a ratings point, that's...a hundred dollars! -- JRB)
"Fat Like Me": Fifty-sixth episode of the series (503). When Sandi gains weight after breaking a leg, could the weight
gain spell the end of the Fashion Club -- and Sandi's self-esteem?
* Episode takes place over an extended time, since Quinn says that the doctor tells Sandi that she has to be in a cast
"for at least a month", and states that she has missed Sandi "these past few weeks". The episode covers the
period of time from the time Sandi breaks her leg to the time where Sandi loses the weight and has the cast
off.
* A scene in DeMartino's classroom might obliquely refer to the "Rocky Horror Picture Show". Daria has bet that
DeMartino will use the word "morons" to refer to his students; Jane bets that the word will be "imbeciles".
The scene goes:
DeMartino: "I see. Perhaps it's my own STUPIDITY that allows me to think that I could impart
wisdom to a bunch of -- "
Jane: (quietly) Say it!
Daria: (quietly) Starts with an "m" -- !
A similar scene occurs in RHPS, when Brad is talking to Janet. He says "I really love the....skillful way..."
and his speech is so loaded with pauses (like most of the movie) that the rowdy audiences are
encouraged to shout out lines in the spaces. Fans have been known to shout "say it!" and "starts with
an '"s"" during this part of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Therefore, this scene with Daria, Jane,
and DeMartino might be a homage to Rocky Horror!
* Sandi's swim time goes from 16:43 to 15:07 under Quinn's tutelage. There is a grid marked with six days of the
week, Monday through Saturday, and decreasing times over the course of the week. We see Quinn and
Sandi together at the pool on Thursday.
Fauvism: Brief artistic movement of the first decade of the 20th century. The movement used non-naturalistic colors to paint natural scenes, for example a pink sky or a blue sun. Color was the dominant means of emotional expresion, and Derain, Marquet, and Roualt were members of the Fauvist movement, which was succeeded by more avant-garde movements in art by 1908-10.
When Jane arrives at Ashfield, her new housemates are debating Fauvism. Paris argues with one of the others. One housemate states that Fauvism was a product of its time and now looks like "black-velvet junk". Paris counters that you can't evaluate the work outside of the context of its time, the first counters "you can if it's good".
(It is ironic that while the artists at Ashfield mock the Fauvists for throwing color around "like a dog marking its territory", most of them have their hair dyed in rather unnatural colors.)
F. D. R.: See Roosevelt, Franklin.
Feldman, Skylar: Classmate of Quinn Morgendorffer. Quinn is interested in him because his family has a boat. States that “plenty of girls want to go out with me”(108)
However, Quinn had planned to break up with Skylar in September of that year in her planner.
106Has credit card to pay for dinner at Chez Pierre.
107Best friend is Eric.
108Might be a bit possessive - “I thought you were my girlfriend, now!”
Fellini, Frederico: Italian film director (1920-93). Most of his film deal with memory, sexuality, and fantasy and are highly symbolic. Among his most notable films are "La Strata", "La Dolce Vita", "8 1/2", "The Satryicon", and "Ginger and Fred".
Tom suggests a Fellini film festival to Jane in (412).
fettuccine bolognese: Recipe involving fettuccine (a type of pasta), ground meat, tomatoes, celery, onions and spices. The Morgendorffers are having fettucine bolognese when Trent arrives to let Jane know he’ll be sleeping in The Tank in (308).
Fielding: Name of Tom Sloane's "preparatory academy". It was revealed that Tom Sloane went to private school in (401).
* Referred to as "ivy-choked prep school" by Daria (406)
* Mentioned by name in (414), when Katherine Sloane is talking to Tom. (414)
* Implied that a) this is the school Tom attends and b) Fielding is co-ed. When Tom says that Daria made the
honor roll "all three trimesters", Katherine Sloane replies that Fielding doesn't have trimesters. (414)
Fiennes, Ralph: English actor (1962-present). Name is pronounced “rafe fines”. Appeared in such films as “Schindler’s List”, “The Avengers” and “Maid in Manhattan”. Amy tells Daria that she can either send Daria a picture of Daria in her new contact lenses, or a picture of Ralph Fiennes. (301)
Fifi: Puppy sold at the “Our Furry and Scaly Friends” pet store. Fifi seems to belong to a litter of puppies. (306)
"Fifth Business": Novel by Canadian writer Robertson Davies (1913-95), written in 1970. A study in realism and shades of mysticism as the intertwining events of two lives are examined from childhood -- that of a quiet scholar returned from World War I and the other a ruthless politician. But which of the two has the most power and influence? The first book of the "Deptford Trilogy".
Daria is reading "Fifth Business" in between her stints helping with activities in (414).
“Fifty Years of Off-Broadway Choreography”: Programming shown in place of the Denver Broncos game during (304) - the Broncos are trapped at Denver International Airport, thus no game and a lot of disappointed party guests at Sandi’s house.
Fiona: Friend of Val’s, according to Val, in (305). Val drops Fiona’s name while she eats with the Morgendorffers. Val supposedly gave Fiona some lyrics and Fiona commented about how wise Val was.
Fiona might be a reference to Fiona Apple (1977-present), a popular American singer.
"Fire!": Fifty-first episode of the series (412). The Morgendorffers move into a hotel after a house fire, while Jane and Tom's relationship is on the rocks.
* Art goof: Helen is sleeping in her earrings at 1 AM during the scene where Eric calls her.
* Engine 9 is the number of the fire truck from Lawndale Fire that arrives to put out the Morgendorffer kitchen fire.
* Insurance assessment reveals only smoke damage, which requires painting of downstairs and upstairs areas -- estimated time
of job: two weeks.
“First Aid for the Heart”: Jake mentions the “First Aid for the Heart” seminar at the Doubletree in (310). He thought that he and Helen were going there for the weekend instead of to the “Making Marriage Magic” seminar at the Ramada.
Fishback, Carly: Candidate for library board elections in (108). Helen wants to “beat the pants off her”.
Fitzgerald, Zelda: American author (“Save Me the Waltz”, 1932) and wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Their tumultuous relationship is a matter of literary history. Zelda was mentally ill and had her first nervous breakdown in 1930. She would die during a fire at the Highland (!) Mental Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina in 1948.
Daria rationalizes the holidays in (303) as some kind of nervous breakdown. She resolves to ride it out, “Zelda Fitzgerald-style”.
"Fizz Ed": Fifty-fourth episode of the series (501). When the school's budget runs short, Ms. Li makes a deal with a soda company where the company can advertise at Lawndale High.
Takes place sometime after November, as headline of Lawndale Sun-Herald reveals that voters reject property
tax -- general voting time for tax propositions is early November
Verified during the discussion of "the 30th" as Super Bowl Sunday. The Superbowl is invariably held in January
and the closest Super Bowl held on January 30th was the Super Bowl held on January 30, 2000. This
contradicts "Is It Fall Yet?" since it is implied that the imaginary retreat claimed by Helen would take place
on a Sept 8th weekend...which would fall on Sept 8, 2000 and begin on Friday. It makes more sense to
have (501) take place in the year 2000, since it has been claimed that two seasons of Daria equal one year
of real time. Therefore Seasons One and Two cover 1997-1998, Seasons Three and Four cover 1998-1999,
and Season Five covers the latter part of 1999-2000, making Daria a sophomore during Seasons One and
Two, a junior during Seasons Three and Four, and a senior during Season Five.
School meeting takes place January 30th on a Sunday. Daria states that Sunday is an odd day for a school review
meeting to take place, and Kevin reminds Daria that January 30th is Super Bowl Sunday.
Sign reads "School Review Meeting: 6:00, Super Bowl Kickoff: 6:04". The start time was actually 6:18 Eastern
Standard Time for "Super Bowl XXXIV", implying that Lawndale is in the Eastern United States.
Three different people try to trump Daria's argument about the unethical nature of soda advertising in a public school
by asking if she drinks soda: Leonard Lamm, Jodie, and Superintendent Cartwright.
What Ms. Li tries to do to increase sales of Ultra Cola:
* bedecks the school grounds and school buses with Ultra Cola advertising.
* forces LHS teachers to use Ultra Cola-themed visual aids and lesson plans.
* increases break time between classes from five minutes to ten to increase sales of Ultra Cola
* forces football team to wear Ultra Cola-colored uniforms.
* forces cheerleaders to wear uniforms shaped like Ultra Cola cans.
* (when desperate) tells the football players that she'll raise their Grade Point Average by one point for
every twenty cans of Ultra Cola they drink
Events of "Fizz Ed" take place over at least four weeks -- Ms. Li makes a statement to the effect that the Ultra Cola
contract has been in effect for four weeks, meaning that the episode takes place either to the end of February
or beyond it.
(A particularly confusing and annoying error involves the appearance of the Lawndale Lions football team
in a game against Oakwood at the end of this "four week" period. That would put the Lawndale Lions on the
field either at the end of February or the beginning of March. High school football in the United States is
generally over by November, with any playoffs or state championships ending by January at the absolute
lates. I know of no place in the United States that plays high school football in February or March.
(My conclusion? I don't chalk up the errors to Lawndale being on some strange sports schedule that involves
spring varsity football. Rather, I chalk it up to saying, politely, that high school sports is not writer Glenn
Eichler's area of expertise...either that, or he just didn't care. -- JRB)
Fizzy Gulp: Unknown product sold at PayDay. (409)
Flash: Computer software which animates two-dimensional figures. The first version of Flash was created in the mid 1990s by Johnathan Gay.
Jackleene angrily asks a Buzzdome.com customer if they have the most recent version of Flash in (502).
Flatware & China: Operators of a booth at the Bridal Expo at LHS in (204). Guess what they sell?
fly girl: General urban slang for a good-looking young woman. Also: “In Living Color” was an American sketch comedy show between 1990 and 1994. It was considered cutting edge with street sensibilities. Between sketches, a group of dancers called “Fly Girls” would come out and gyrate - Jennifer Lopez and Rosie Perez were once Fly Girls.
Jane suggests that Daria would make a good fly girl for Trent’s band in (111).
“Food in Film Festival”: Film festival shown at the Playhouse 99 theater in (206).
Food Lord: Supermarket where strike occurs during (206). A striker suggests that the reason for the strike is that the company is reducing worker benefits.
Forbidden Zone: Store seen at Lawndale Mall in (403). "Forbidden Zone" could be a take on "Forbidden Planet", a New York City store devoted to comic book, anime, and comic paraphenelia. Toy odels can be seen hanging from the roof of Forbidden Zone in the background shot.
Ford, Gerald: Thirty-eighth President of the United States (1913-present). Served as Vice-President from 1973 to 1974, chosen for the position by President Richard Nixon after Vice-President Spiro Agnew resigned after pleading no contest to a charge of income tax evasion. Served as President from 1974 to 1976 after Nixon resigned to avoid impeachment over the political scandal known as Watergate.
Among his many peculiarities, Ford was known for his love of sports and golf - Ford formerly played college football. Steve Taylor states that Ford sold him his “Pebble Beach” hat in (302).
Forecast Channel: Weather-only channel. The TV at the Gupty house is set for only the Forecast Channel - all other channels are locked out. (108)
Forever Jewelers: “Rings for Every Occasion”. Operate a booth at the Bridal Expo at LHS in (204) The booth operator tries to sell Kevin and Mack a wedding ring.
G. Fort: One of the people living in Mr. O'Neill's apartment complex. (405)
Foxy Tees: Clothing store located at the Lawndale Mall. Seen in the background in (303).
Frances: Senior living at the Better Days Retirement Home. Another senior states that Frances had a voice like Brittany’s when she was young. Frances agrees that she always did have a lovely voice. (302)
“Francois the Seedless”: Film shown at the “Food in Film Festival” in (206)
“Frankenstein”: Horror novel written by Mary Wollestonecraft Shelley, English writer (1797-1851). Doctor Victor Frankenstein creates a human being from cadavers and brings it to life but does not realize the consequences of his actions. The creature sees himself as set apart from humanity and seeks revenge on his creator.
Mr. O’Neill offers this book as one of the readings for his class assignment in (213)
"Freakin' Friends": Name of the song that Mystik Spiral perform for Daria and Jane in (414) The chorus goes:
Freakin' friends
Freakin' friends
'Till we come to bad ends, we're freakin' friends
A full length animated video of "Freakin' Friends" appeared during the intermission of the first showing of Episode 414.
FreeBSD: A server platform created by Rod Grimes, Jordan Hubbard and Nate Williams in late 1993. A "server platform" is an operating system -- the type of software that provides access to files and applications from a personal computer as well as supports the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http) software use to browse the Internet. It is derived from BSD, a version of the programming language UNIX developed at the University of California at Berkely.
FreeBSD is an "open source" platform, meaning that the secrets of the code are made available to other computer programmers for free, without any reciprocal obligations. It is believed that open source platforms work "cleaner" and are less prone to crashing than proprietary platforms like Windows.
Zhengdong asks Jake in (502) for his thoughts on FreeBSD versus Linux as a server platform.
Fremont: Town approximately 100 miles away from Lawndale, according to Trent. Mentioned in (310).
109Daria was taken to Fremont once on a business trip with her father. She describes it as “deader than Lawndale”. (310)
110Jane states that Fremont is out of state (310)
111Veterans of Foreign Wars post 37 is in Fremont (310).
112Sheriff in Fremont is “a big fan of Picasso”, according to Jane (310)
Fremont provides one of the clues to the location of Lawndale, as it appears to be a southwestern/Texan/desert type of town, given the terrain.
Fries-N-Things: Part of food concession at Mall of the Millenium. Daria and Jane order there. (105)
(They appear to have the monopoly on the food concession as the Fashion Club walks past two different Fries-N-Things booths to get to Daria and Jane, who are in line at another Fries-N-Things area. - JB)
Fruits of Your Labor: Operate a booth at the Bridal Expo at LHS in (204). They sell maternity wear.
Fudge Me: Store at Lawndale Mall, see in background in (405) as Quinn and Mr. O'Neill are walking by. It is a counter where fudge is sold.
fudgie pop: See "Funnie Fudgie". (414)
"The Fugitive": Crime drama shown on American ABC television between 1963 and 1967. A doctor is accused of the murder of his own wife, and must keep one step ahead of the law. The doctor was played by David Janssen. While on the run, Dr. Richard Kimble searches for a one-armed man who he believes may have killed his wife.
During Daria's dream in (404), Jane tells Daria that Trent is head. Holding up a prosthetic limb, Jane states that she believes a one-armed man was involved, a homage to "The Fugitive". The movie was remade in 1993, starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones as the policeman pursing Dr. Kimble.
Funky Do: Store at Lawndale Mall, see in background in (405) as Quinn and Mr. O'Neill are walking by. The stage of the teen fashion extravaganza obscures the store, but it appears to be a standard fashion store.
Funky Doodle: Retro clothing store on Dega Street. Seen in (212).
(Note: During the alter egos at the end of episodes before (212), Daria was seen in a black and white square patterned short-sleeved blouse with matching red mini skirt. The same outfit is seen in the window at Funky Doodle, and Trent mentions that Daria would look good in it.)
Funnie Fudgie: Type of ice cream treat sold by Mack during his job selling ice cream in (414). One of his kids wants a "fudgy pop"; he might be referring to a Funnie Fudgie.
fuzzy navel: Alcoholic beverage. Add one and one half ounces of schnapps to a highball glass. Fill rest of glass with orange juice, add orange slice. Serve.
Val knows exactly how “cheeseball” boyfriend ended up with “Gwynnie” - apparently, it involves a pitcher of fuzzy navels. Val recounts the story - loudly - over the telephone in (305).
Fuzzy-Wuzzy Wee Bits: Shop at Mall of the Millenium. Mrs. Bennett and her husband collect Fuzzy-Wuzzy Wee Bits (105). Fuzzy-Wuzzy Wee Bits appear to be modeled after “Beanie Babies”, inexpensive bean-bag stuffed animals initially produced in 1994.
Garland, Judy: American entertainer (1922-69). Judy Garland had fame in the dual roles of actress and singer. Her most notable films are "The Wizard of Oz", "Meet Me in St. Louis", and "A Star is Born". As a very petite, masculine-looking adult with depression issues and married to a gay man at one time, as well as being a powerful, soulful singer, Ms. Garland had, and continues to have, a very strong following in the gay community.
When Daria and Jane see a Sick Sad World segment called "Little Cross Dressers and the Women Who Love Them", Daria comments that if the model surrounded by the midget cross-dressers in the promo was Judy Garland, the segment would work on a number of levels . Daria undoubtedly means that the segment would work on these levels:
1) Judy Garland was always admired by gay men, and
2) Judy Garland was surrounded by several very small actors playing Munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz". (410)
(Yes, I know that cross dressers are not gay, gays are not depressed, and that my interpretation of why Judy Garland appeals so strongly to the gay community might be completely incorrect. Just remind yourself that I'm doing this for free. -- JRB)
"The Gamma People": Science-fiction movie from 1956 starring Paul Douglas and Eva Bartok. In an Iron Curtain country, gruesome experiements are performed on children to turn them into mutated slaves.
While Helen explains that Daria's sarcastic responses to the Quiet Ivy questionnaire are just Daria's nature and not a sign of mental illness, Daria asks the staff not to listen to Helen, claiming that she's one of the "Gamma People". (408)
Gang-of-Boys: A boy band that Quinn appears to like. She lists Gang-of-Boys, along with several other boy-band names while on the phone with an unidentified Fashion Club member in (407).
Garrett: Quinn’s escort at Erin’s wedding in (204). Speaks with a Southern accent. Starts a fight with the minister, as he believes that the minister’s intentions towards Quinn are not honorable. Quinn quietly tends to Garrett after he is injured (the minister seems to have gotten the worst of it).
Gary: One of the students helping Ms. Defoe paint a sports mural in (406). He and Cece get into a paint fight.
Gatorade: American health drink, created in 1966 by scientists working at the University of Florida. The drink replaces electrolytes lost through perspiration (very important when playing sports in the hot Florida sun). The drink was named after Florida's sports mascot, the Gators.
After Kevin injures his knee in (403), Brittany offers to bring him a Gatorade. Kevin declines, saying that only people who play sports can drink sports drinks.
gem tincture: Homeopathic remedy where a miniscule amount of gemstone is deluted by water. Homeopaths believe that such extremely diluted tintures (some are deluted to a parts per million ratio) have healing properties.
Mr. O'Neill offers Daria and Jane some St. John's Wort tea with a gem tincture in (405).
George: Assistant to Val. Val contacts him by cellphone in (305), asking for a change of wardrobe after Val learns that LHS is holding School Colors day.
Gereg, Chris W.: Director of the Fashionvision Humanitarian Awards. His name is seen on the closing credits of the awards in (505). (It is unknown if these are the names of real people or not -- the closing credits screen crawl is suspiciously similar to the one used at the end of "Daria" episodes, but these names are not normally associated with anyone working at MTV.-- JRB)
Get Smart: American situation comedy, 1965-70. Parody of secret agent films popular in the 1960s, incompetent secret agent Maxwell Smart manages to save the world again and again despite his complete cluelessness. Trent says in (205) that if something should be saved from the 1960s, better peace and love than a Get Smart lunchbox.
Get Up!: Unknown item sold at PayDay. (409)
· Gidget: Character created by Frederick Kohner (1905-86). The character, a petite, irrepressibly bubbly surf girl with modern opinions, was played most memorably by Sandra Dee in the original 1959 movie and by Sally Field in a TV series from 1965-66.
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· Jane refers to Val as “Gidget” jokingly to Daria in (305).
Gifford, Kathie Lee: American singer and actress (1953-present). She is, however, best known for being a cohost on the popular talk show "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee". When Gifford left the show in 2001, the title was changed to "Live with Regis and Kelly", referring to the new cohost, Kelly Ripa.
Popular opinion is divided regarding Kathie Lee Gifford. Her public portrayal is one of being a vibrant personality who is very caring and sensititve to the needs of others; most critics, however, see Gifford as a preening narcissist.
When Helen volunteers Daria for service at the "Okay to Cry" Corral in (414), Daria derisively refers to Mr. O'Neill as "the poor man's Kathie Lee Gifford".
“Gifted”: Twenty-first episode of the series. (208) Daria and Jodie visit a private school.
113References “The Lab Brat”, when Helen mentions that Daria and Kevin did a
science project together.
Gilbert and Sullivan: The duo of British lyricist William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911) and British composer Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900). Between 1871 and 1896, Gilbert and Sullivan wrote fourteen comic operas. Their best known works include "The Pirates of Penzance", "H. M. S. Pinafore" and "The Mikado".
In (505), Jake complains about Corporal Ellenbogen telling him that the song he wrote for a musical at Buxton Ridge Military Academy musical stunk. Jake says that he shouldn't have accepted criticism from someone who thought that musical comedy ended with Gilbert and Sullivan.
Gimme Gym: Shop seen on the Lawndale Homecoming parade route in (406). Facing the store, to the left of the store is Tom's Liquor and to the right is a branch of the United States Post Office.
Gimme Some Skin: Leather goods shop at Lawndale Mall. First seen in (403). Kevin buys his "rebel" motorcycle jacket there.
Girlie Clothes: Store at the Lawndale Mall. Quinn is seen carring a "Girlie Clothes" bag at the beginning of (410).
Girl Scouts: Organization for girls and young female teens, founded in 1912 in the United States by Juliette Gordon Low (1860-1927). The organization seeks to teach young girls and women about nature and crafts. It is the American version of the British Girl Guides.
Jane implies that she belonged to the Girl Scouts at some time before (402). She states that the marching and singing drove her out, and that she was no longer a Girl Scout "after the deprogramming".
Gleason, Chelsea : One of four background designers of the Fashionvision Humanitarian Awards. Her name is seen on the closing credits of the awards in (505). (It is unknown if these are the names of real people or not -- the closing credits screen crawl is suspiciously similar to the one used at the end of "Daria" episodes, but these names are not normally associated with anyone working at MTV.-- JRB)
Gleason, Claudia: Supervising director of Fashionvision Humanitarian Awards. Her name is seen on the closing credits of the awards in (505). (It is unknown if these are the names of real people or not -- the closing credits screen crawl is suspiciously similar to the one used at the end of "Daria" episodes, but these names are not normally associated with anyone working at MTV.-- JRB)
Gleason, Matthew "Matt" : One of four background designers of the Fashionvision Humanitarian Awards. His name is seen on the closing credits of the awards in (505). (It is unknown if these are the names of real people or not -- the closing credits screen crawl is suspiciously similar to the one used at the end of "Daria" episodes, but these names are not normally associated with anyone working at MTV.-- JRB)
“glitter berries”: Unknown berries found in the woods during (112). Jake, Helen, and Quinn all ate the berries and begin to behave and think (more) abnormally. Quinn called the berries “glitter berries” because of the sparkling glitter that filled your mouth when you bit into them. (112)
Grace, Sloane and Page: Firm where Angier Sloane works. First mentioned in (414). Undoubtedly a stock or securities firm, as Jake makes a joke -- in poor taste -- about insider training. (414) Tom implies that the "Sloane" in Grace, Sloane, and Page refers to his father.
* Tom plans to work in father's office for one month in (414). Tells Daria that "you can help me file earnings reports".
grade-point average: Numerical indicator of student grades. American grades are generally letter grades, ranking A (the highest grade), then B, C, D, and F (failing). The grade average assigns a value of 4 to A, 3 to B, and down to 0 for F. The class grades are then totaled and averaged, giving a general idea as to how well a student is doing academically, i.e. 3.4 or 2.6. Helen states that Quinn’s grade point average needs to be brought up in (105).
Gravano, Sammy "The Bull": American mobster (1945-present) born Salvatore Gravano in Bensonherst, NY. Gravano is famous for testifying against American mob boss John Gotti in 1992. Gravano had plastic surgery and entered the Witness Protection Program, but was charged with a crime in 2000 and is currently serving time in an Arizona prison.
In (403), Quinn natters on about Sandi wanting to join the Witness Protection Program after Lawndale becomes a "loser" school. Quinn adds, however, that Sandi refuses to go if they make her dye her hair that "brassy blond". Daria says, "That's what Sammy 'The Bull" Gravano said."
"Green Eggs and Ham": Short illustrated children's story written by American writer and illustrator Theodore Seuss Geisel (1904-91), also known as "Dr. Seuss" in 1960. Sam tries to get his friend to eat a dish of green eggs and ham, but his friend absolutely refuses to eat them. In the end, the friend finally gives up, eats the green eggs and ham, and discovers he likes them. The moral is not to let your initial impressions keep you from trying new things.
The story is simple, only fifty words long. American author and editor Bennett Cerf bet Seuss that Seuss couldn't write a book only using fifty words. This story was Dr. Seuss's response.
When Helen remarks that Quinn's reading a new book in (411), Daria says that she hates to give the ending away, "but at the end, he eats the green eggs and the ham".
“Going on a Picnic”: Memory game. The first person says “I’m going on a picnic, and I’m bringing _______”, and fills in the blank with an object beginning with “A”. The second person repeats what the first person has said, and adds an object beginning with “B”. If a person cannot name all the items, he or she is eliminated. The winner is the last person remaining. Daria, Jane, Trent and Jesse play this game in (111).
Goldberg, Whoopi: American actress and comedian (1955-present). When Mack reveals that he was renamed after Michael Jordan by his father, Tommy Sherman tells Mack to remind his father not to go to any Whoopi Goldberg movies in (113).
Gone Pawn: Shop seen on the Lawndale Homecoming parade route in (406). Facing the store, to the left of the store is Husky Fellas and to the right is Tom's Liquor.
"Gone With the Wind": American movie made in 1939, starring Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh. A young Southern belle's world is shattered during the American Civil War, and she is torn between the respectable Southern gentleman she loves and the dashing rogue who loves her.
During one scene, Scarlett, forced to dig for food from the ground, swears that she'll never be brought down to this even if she has to "lie, cheat or steal". She says, "As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again!"
One of the scenes with Ms. Barch in (402) is a homage to this scene in "Gone With the Wind".
In (414), Mack says that when working on the ice cream truck, wearing his white suit, earning minimum wage and dealing with bratty kids that he felt like a house slave in "Gone With the Wind".
"The Good Ship Lollipop": Reference to the song "On the Good Ship Lollipop" made in (402). The song is heard on the 1934 American film "Bright Eyes" starring Shirley Temple (American actress/ambassador, 1928-present). Temple is probably the most famous child star ever, known as a singer and dancer in many of her movies in the 1930s.
While Helen dances during charades, Jake guesses "The Good Ship Lollipop". (402)
Good Time Chinese Restaurant: Chinese eating establishment in Lawndale. According to The Saint Patrick’s Day Leprechaun, it’s a chain store.
A dimensional wormhole (q. v.) located at the Good Time Chinese Restaurant in Lawndale provides a passageway to Holiday Island. The passageway apparently exits at a version of the Good Time Chinese Restaurant which exists on Holiday Island. Seen in (303).
Goosh: Item sold in beauty isle near moisturizing cream at PayDay (409).
Gordon: Possible student at Lawndale High School. Going out with Victoria as of (111). Six inches shorter than Victoria.
Gore-Tex: Material developed by W. L. Gore and Associates in 1989. The material is a breathable water membrane that blocks wind. Gore-Tex products are introduced by the phrase, "Guaranteed to Keep You Dry".
Quinn is thinking of ordering a "Gore-Tex twin set" for parties in (402)
"got milk?" Successful American ad campaign. The campaign was started by the California Milk Processor Board in 1993. The most famous of the "got milk?" ads -- which use the phrase as a final line -- was the first ad in 1993, where an Aaron Burr expert listens to a quiz show on the radio offer a cash prize to anyone who can answer a history question. The expert knows the answer is "Aaron Burr", but since he has a mouth full of peanut butter -- and no milk -- he cannot get the words "Aaron Burr" out in any comprehensible manner.
Jake complains that Helen won't even let him drink "innocent milk" in (408). "Got Milk? Not Jakie, Dammit!"
Goya, Francisco: See “The Work of Goya”.
“The Graduate”: 1967 film starring Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft and Katherine Ross. A college graduate (Hoffman) looking for meaning finds himself romantically involved both with a young woman (Ross) and her mother (Bancroft), who seduces him.
Daria’s imaginary story of Kevin and Brittany’s wedding borrows from The Graduate, complete with Jane banging on the glass from the balcony, the interruption of the wedding, and the escape of Jane and Kevin in a bus, with Jane and Kevin playing the roles of Hoffman and Ross, respectively.
Graham: Student at Grove Hills in (208).
114Goal is to “make first million” and stroll down Riviera with a model on each
arm. (208)
115When Daria suggest that you can be both “intellectually gifted” and “morally bankrupt”, Graham replies “I certainly hope so!” (208)
116Implied that when he was in high school, the quarterback told the whole school that he showered in a towel. (208)
117Doesn’t care for opinions of peers who don’t attend Grove Hills (208)
118Has a 165 IQ. (208)
119Described (accurately) as “boring”, “miserable” and “a loser” by Jodie (208)
"The Grapes of Wrath": Novel written by American writer John Steinbeck (1902-68) in 1939. An Oklahoma family is uprooted by the Dust Bowl during the Depression and takes a treacherous trip to relocate to California.
David Sorenson attempts to teach Tiffany about the book in (414), but Tiffany is more interested in applying makeup. She merely agrees with anything David says, and David understands Tiffany isn't listening when he refers to "The Grapes of Wrath" as a heavy metal band with a baboon on bass guitar. (Tiffany agrees.)
Grand Regency Hotel: Hotel one hour away from Lawndale. A “four-star” hotel, according to Val. Val intends to spend the night there while she is in Lawndale (305).
“Great White Shark”: Roadside attraction in (202). The “Great White Shark” in question is only the tooth of a shark, T-shirts, posters, and a legend told by an over enthusiastic staff member. The legend seems to correspond TOO closely to the plot of “Jaws”, but with the difference that the staffer claims to be the “Great Shark Hunter”!
Green Day: American rock band (c. 1990-present). Green Day’s music is heavily influenced by the “punk” sound. Sandi mentions “Green Day on big screen” as one of the benefits of attending her party vs. Quinn’s school dance in (304).
Grey Fox: Unknown entity Helen refers to while under the effect of “glitterberries”.
(“Now go tell Grey Fox I have given my blessing.”) (112)
Griffin, Chris: Younger brother of Sandi and Sam Griffin, youngest child in family. Not named in episode, but named in (210), although not distinguished from his brother in that episode.
120Punches Sandi in arm (208).
121Tears up Sandi’s banner in flashback in (304).
122Attends Oakwood-Lawndale football game (403)
123Attends Lawndale Homecoming parade (406)
124Seen buying ice cream from Mack's truck (414)
Griffin, Linda: Mother of Sandi Griffin. First seen in (208).
122Described by Helen as a “bitch” (208)
123“well, I just made 120% of my target projection for this year, earning me a bonus and an incentive check” (208)
124Rules for sleepovers, which Sandi has already figured out ways to evade. (208)
125Says she used to have to beat boys off with a stick (208)
126Does bed check at 11:00 (208)
127Is on board of Lawndale Businesswoman’s Alliance (208).
128Daughter Sandi’s birth was a natural childbirth (210)
129Described by Helen as “awfully full of herself” (212)
130Described by Helen as “very attractive” (212)
131Warns Sandi that to volunteer is to say “use me” (304)
Griffin, Sam: Younger brother of Sandi. Middle child. First seen in (208). Named in (210), but not distinguished from his bother, Chris.
132Tears up Sandi’s banner in flashback in (304).
133Attends Oakwood-Lawndale football game (403)
134Attends Lawndale Homecoming parade (406)
135Seen buying ice cream from Mack's truck (414)
Griffin, Sandi: President of the Fashion Club of Lawndale High School.
13 First intro (uncredited) : (101)
14 One of the few people applauding when Daria and Jane are honored at Assembly for passing Self-Esteem class. (101)
15 First mention as President of Fashion Club (105)
16 Initial patterns established in (105) - complimenting Quinn, suggesting that
she (Sandi) should be impeached as FC president in favor of Quinn in a complimentary way (105)
First named (? 106, by Ramonica)
133First sign of rivalry with Quinn in (109)
134Able to talk to Daria in (109)
135Got “nose job” from Dr. Shar (109)
136Talks to Daria in (113) about male cat “Fluffy” getting into makeup and “O.D.ing on foundation” and puking.
137First sign that the rivalry with Quinn is mutual in (202).
138Tiffany tells Quinn, “you know Sandi, always looking for a bathroom” (202)
139Is unable to talk to Daria in (203)
140Does power yoga (206).
141Has made her own set of keys to family car to circumvent Linda hiding them (208)
142Mentions to Quinn that she and Quinn will meet Ricky at Tower Point (208) -- in (407), Sandi is upset that Scott is calling Quinn to see why she's not at Ricky's -- "I thought he liked me!"
143Does not believe that Fashion Club members should “surrender wardrobe autonomy” by participating in Drama, but immediately decides to try out when she finds out that Quinn is trying out. (210)
Griffin, Sandi
143Knees Upchuck in groin when he tries to steal an embrace during tryouts of “The Canterbury Tales”. (210)
144Unconcerned about Stacy’s whining about Bret Strand, but offers support (210)
145Could not imagine joining a sport (211)
146Likes babies: “they’re so cute when they smile at you” (303)
147Bad memories of arranging dance in (304) - brothers tear up banner and mother says that she had warned Sandi about volunteering
148Immediately tries to stick Quinn with the experience of volunteering (304)
149Sabotages Quinn’s attempt to organize dance, plans party opposite dance (304)
150Intimidates other Fashion Club members into not helping Quinn. (304)
151Has “outdoor turbo-jet hot tub” and big-screen television (304)
152Tells Val that mixing primaries in daylight hours is “not done” (305)
153Sandi on Quinn: "Just because she was acting completely weird and not confiding in her dearest, most loyal friends is no reason to decide she'd finally given up her sad charade and revealed herself as a two-faced, little...." (311)
154"The woods are full of slimy, cold-blooded creatures. Isn't that right, Quinn?" (402)
155When told by Tad Gupty that her hairspray was tested on "bunnies and kitties", Sandi states that that is why she uses it, so that the cute animals will not have died in vein (406)
156Protests "I am not old!" when Tad Gupty calls her "a mean old witch!" (406)
157When Tad protests that she doesn't protest other species' rights, Sandi shouts, "Shove it, veggie boy!" and sprays her hairspray at him. (406)
158Accuses Quinn of stealing Scott away from her, even though Quinn states that Sandi said she didn't like Scott (407)
Griffin, Sandi
152Takes the bed in (407) while the others sleep in sleeping backs -- states that she has to take the bed because of her "condition" -- Tiffany either confirms that Sandi has some kind of condition that requires Sandi to sleep alone, or simply repeats "yeah...condition" mindlessly, which would mean Sandi is just acting selfishly.
153Has nightmare about Quinn cutting off her hair (407) -- looks sad in bed before returning to sleep.
154Dismisses Stacy's "rattling girl" story by stating that one could never be too thin (410)
155States that Mrs. Barch banned phones in study hall -- "what I am supposed to do in there for an hour?" (411)
156Always has the raspberry vinaigrette salad dressing served at the LHS cafeteria -- at least until (411)
157Compares Bobby to a stalker in (412) -- tone of voice slightly different -- she might simply saying this to rattle Quinn and Bobby's new relationship, she might be seriously concerned, or most likely, a mixture of both.
158Scored 450 on the verbal component and 470 on the math component of the PSTATS for a combined score of 920. Sandi tells the Fashion Club, however, that her combined score is 956 -- one point about Quinn's. (414)
159When Quinn admits concern about her low scores, Sandi states that the Fashion Club has plenty of time to bring up their poor scores next year (414)
160Claims that her family is going on a trip to Bermuda together in (414).
161Vows to Quinn that she will not reveal that Quinn is seeing a tutor -- then times her repetition of that vow a few seconds later with increased emphasis as the Three Js arrive (414)
162Decides to get David Sorenson as a tutor when tutoring becomes popular after it becomes known that Quinn has a tutor, but Sandi is hopeless -- she is clearly uninterested, arms folded, and wants to go shopping at Cashman's to buy accessories for her date. She implies that David isn't building her confidence by not letting her go to the mall, and when he quits and walks out, Sandi's last word is "geek". (414)
163States that "academics" are not "normal people" (414)
164Accuses Quinn of "neglect" of her friends that summer. (414)
165Breaks lower left leg falling down family stairs (503)
166Doctor told Sandi she had to wear the cast for at least a month -- Quinn says that she has missed Sandi "these past few weeks" (503)
167Implied that Sandi has only spoken to Fashion Club members by speakerphone between the time of breaking her leg and the time of her first appearance after a weight-gain at Lawndale High. (503)
168Flees Lawndale High, hobbling away on crutches before Quinn points Sandi out to the Three Js (Quinn does it in hope that the Three Js will appreciate her being back). Sandi: "This can't be happening! I'm ruined! Why me? Oh, God, why me?" (503)
169Fails to show up in Mr. O'Neill's class (503)
170Neither Quinn nor Stacy feel that Sandi looks that bad even with extra weight. Stacy: "She could inspire fat people!" (503)
171Calls Quinn her "best friend" (503)
Sandi from the presidency of the Fashion Club (and implied, leaves the club completely) "out of respect to the
Fashion Club's stringent obesity policy" (503)
152Tells Quinn to "remember me as I used to be" (503)
When Quinn tells Sandi that she could never replace her (as president), Sandi breaks down in tears, believing that
Quinn is resigning the presidency out of respect for their friendship together. Quinn is unable to accept the
Fashion Club presidency, not wanting to injure Sandi's feelings (503)
Claims she can't come back to school because it hurts too much to walk on her crutches (503)
Quinn Sandi she's beautiful on the inside, and that's what counts -- even though nothing in Sandi's past has ever given
the viewer that impression. (503)
Sandi is skeptical she can lose the weight. "Can't you see that it's too late? My life is over!" (503)
Tearfully tells Quinn "Oh Quinn! I love you so much!" after Quinn tells Sandi that she will help her lose weight. (503)
Forced to back down from her position on "eyelash-defiicent" applicants to the Fashion Club when Stacy and Tiffany
agree with Quinn. (503)
Griffin, Tom: Father of Sandi Griffin. First seen in (210). An ineffectual figure.
"Groped by an Angel": Fiftieth episode of the series (411). Quinn comes to believe that she has a literal guardian angel, but a skeptical Daria demurs.
* Brittany's party takes place on Saturday. Everyone is invited, "even the unpopular people". (411)
* Brittany's "practically crystal" megaphone that her father bought her in honor of her grades cost him "a hundred clams" (411).
* Intresting group dynamic at Quinn's table. Sitting or standing around Quinn while she tells her story of Mr. DeMartino and "Roosevelt's Big Deal" are The Three Js and Shaggy (of all people!), sitting at the same table. Shaggy looks quite comfortable, and no one seems to begrudge his presence. Stacy stands off to the side, only slightly separate from the crowd, but clearly listening to Quinn's tale. Sandi and Tiffany are commiserating at a table a slight distance away from everyone else.
* Banner at party reads "you go, Brittany!"
* At the party: Daria, Brittany, Kevin, Steve Taylor, Ashley-Amber Taylor, Trent Lane, Max, Jesse Moreno, Nick, Jodie, Shaggy, Burn-Out Chick, Upchuck, The Three Js, Mr. O'Neill, Quinn, Sandi, Stacy, Tiffany, Corey (not seen). Brian Taylor.
Mr. Gross: Resident of the Better Days Retirement home in (302). The nurse brings in Daria to read to him. He is hooked up to an respirator and a telemetry monitor. He would rather have Brittany read to him and dislikes Daria’s reading so much that he unplugs his respirator and telemetry monitor.
(Mr. Gross most likely has a CPAP respirator, which provides positive pressure to keep the airways open. Most respirators require the resident to be intubated, which would be beyond the scope of most nursing homes. - JRB.)
Grove Hills: School of very gifted and talented high school students. Jodie and Daria are invited to Grove Hills in (208).
153Graham, Lara, and Cassidy are students there. (208)
154Has dorm rooms, indicating that at some level it is a residential school. (208)
155Has Latin classes. (208)
156Parents attend monthly board meetings, weekend cleanup parties, fund-raising drives, and are expected to collate. (208)
15791% of students go to top colleges. It is implied that many of the remaining 9% suffer some kind of nervous breakdown. (208)
grunge: American music style of the late eighties and early nineties. Influenced heavily by punk and the “alternative music” of college radio in the 1980s. Broke into the public consciousness in 1991 with the rise of Nirvana. Was effectively dead as a movement in music by the end of the 1990s. Jane calls The Zen (or Zon) a “grunge club” in (209).
Quinn also mentions grunge in a convoluted comment about grunge, fashion, Seattle and “the nation’s capital” in (305)
gummi bears: Gelatin-based candy created by Hans Riegel in Germany in the 1920s. The small bite-sized candies are molded in the shape of tiny bears. The first gummi bears were made in the United States in the 1980s and became quite popular; there was even a gummi bears cartoon series.
Jane and Daria travel to PayDay so that Daria can get a bootlace and Jane can replenish her gummi bear supply. Jane states that she had sorted out the bears by color. She clams that when microwaving bears of similar color, the resulting substance has a stained-glass like color and acts as an adhesive. (409)
Gupty, Lester: Father of Tad and Tricia Gupty. Seen in (108).
* Tad declines the assistance of a policeman when he gets lost in (406) -- he states that his father told him that
policemen have been known to use excessive force in the past. (Daria replies that perhaps Tad's father has had
some practical experience to guide him.)
Gupty, Lauren: Mother of Tad and Tricia Gupty.
* First apperance: in (105), as background character on bus to Mall of the
Millenium.
Gupty, Tad: Male of the Gupty children. Straight laced Gupty child who has been pumped full of safety, self-esteem, and anti-media messages from his well-meaning parents. Shares room with his sister, Tricia. (108)
* Is six years old in (108)
* Gets lost on the parade route during the Lawndale Homecoming parade, tearful. (406)
* Has read "The Travels of Babar" (or has had someone read it to him) (406)
* Has learned to come up with plausible justifications for what he wants to do -- states that he enjoys catching
the candy from the parade floats in (406). Whne Daria reminds him that he once said that "candy is poison",
Tad answers innocently that every piece of candy he catches is a piece of candy that another kid is saved from
eating. (406)
* States that he's not supposed to give his name to strangers. (406)
* Tells Sandi that her hair spray was tested on "bunnies and kitties"; calls her a "mean old witch" after hearing her
justification. (406)
* Accuses Sandi Griffin of not respecting other species' rights. (406)
* Is seven years old in (406).
(This provides some confirmation of the "two years on the show equals one year in 'real' time theory, since Tad would be six in Seasons One and Two, seven in Seasons Three and Four.)
Gupty, Tricia: Female of the Gupty children. Straight laced Gupty child who has been pumped full of safety, self-esteem, and anti-media messages from her well-meaning parents. Shares room with her brother, Tad. (108)
Guy: Gaunt, glasses wearing male who transported Fashion Club to Mall of the Millenium in 105. He never gets hang-out time with any of the members and is forced to tag along behind. At another point, he is told by Quinn that he was “hired to drive, not speak”. (105) He is also seen standing in line as Kevin is passing out money in 109.
Guy Fawkes Day: 1) Holiday celebrated in England. Guy Fawkes (1570-1606) was an English Catholic who planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament with over twenty-five hundred kilograms of gunpowder. Guy Fawkes and his co-conspirators were unhappy that King James I of England had not granted Catholics equal rights. The celebration is either of the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot, or more cynically, of Guy Fawkes himself.
2) A holiday embodiment who escapes Holiday Island for Lawndale. He bears a strong resemblance to punk rock singer Sid Vicious (1957-79), and wears black leather and studs. Cupid refers to him as an “English dude”. Guy Fawkes Day appears to have no abilities beyond being an annoyance. Guy Fawkes Day and The Saint Patrick’s Day Leprechaun have a mutual dislike for each other.
158Described as a “burnout” by The St. Patrick’s Day Leprechaun.
159Thinks that America is “imbecilic”.
160Bickers with Christmas and Halloween.
Gwynnie: Figure mentioned in (305) while Val is on the phone with her friend, Nonie. From the gist of the conversation, Val’s boyfriend has been cheating with “that slut”, Gwynnie.
“Gwynnie” is most likely Gwyneth Paltrow, an English actress (1972-present). Ms. Paltrow is best known for her one time engagement to American actor Brad Pitt.
Hair for Freaks: Shop on Dega Street. Given Dega Street, it is unknown if they style hair, or sell it. (212)
Halloween: 1) Holiday celebrated in the United States on October 31st. Also known as “All Saint’s Eve”. During Halloween, children (and adults) dress in costumes and go door to door begging for candy. Traditional Halloween themes are ghosts, witches, and the supernatural.
2) Living embodiment of Halloween. Halloween is a surly female holiday who wears a sleeveless orange top, long black gloves and a black skirt - orange and black are the traditional Halloween colors. She also wears a crucifix about her neck, a reference both to the role on Catholic calendar and the sometimes occult themes of Halloween. Halloween plays drums in the band that she, Christmas, and Guy Fawkes Day hope to form in Lawndale. Halloween is unhappy about Holiday Island because she says they expect you to be happy all the time.
161Described as a “burnout” by The St. Patrick’s Day Leprechaun.
162Lit candles and real cobwebs appear in the Morgendorffer home after she takes residence there. It is unknown if she purchased the items or made them, as she is talking about “shaving cream” on the telephone and tries to obtain toilet paper and eggs, traditional items used for Halloween pranking.
163Bickers with Christmas and Guy Fawkes Day.
164According to Cupid, Christmas and Halloween are the two coolest kids at Holiday High School.
“Hamlet”: Tragedy written by William Shakespeare in the early part of the first decade of the 1600s, probably the most famous play in the English language and the most filmed as well. Mack and Daria try to spark Kevin’s interest in Hamlet by mentioning that Hamlet has a skull in it. (104)
In (210), Jake stated that he played the role of Guildenstern in college, but he froze and forgot his lines. The audience laughed him off the stage.
Mr. O’Neill reads from Hamlet in (309) until he is interrupted by the amplified voices of the Z-93 Deejays outside.
"Hanoi Hilton": The nickname for the infamous Hoa Lo prison in Hanoi. Built by the French in 1901, it became a prison for captured Americans during the Vietnam War. The name is sarcastic, as the North Vietnamese tortured their prisoners and prison conditions were miserable.
When Jake mentions to his family that staying in a hotel won't be so bad in (412), Daria replies that that's what they said about the Hanoi Hilton.
Happy the Clown: Clown who will be visiting Lawndale Mall “next Sat.” according to poster in (306).
The Harpies: A rock band. Monique is a member. First mentioned in (212).
Hawthorne, Nathaniel: American writer, 1804-64. Author of “Fanshawe” (anonymously, 1828), “The Story Teller” (?1834), “The Scarlet Letter” (1850) and “The House of the Seven Gables” (1851). Wrote works of hidden motivations, guilt, anxiety, and sorrow. Works by Hawthorne are on the blackboard of Mr. O’Neill’s office in (201)
“hayride crap”: What Claude from Amazon Models calls a pose where a male and female embrace (106)
Head: Incidental background character. Wears a “The Head” T-Shirt - “The Head” was a production of MTV Animation. Answered one of Mr. O’Neill’s stupid questions in Self-Esteem class. (101) He reappears as a background character in (403).
Happy Herb: Car salesman somewhere near Lawndale. During (311), Daria and Jane are perplexed by the soft, tuneful music that Trent is probably performing in the Lane basement, but are too tenative to ask him. They then discover that the music is actually a commercial jingle for Happy Herb's Used Cars. Trent got "twenty bucks, an hour of free studio time, and a set of new tires for his troubles", and the jingle appears on the air.
The Happy Heart: Medical office at RxPlex (109).
“Heart of Darkness”: Book written by Joseph Conrad, Polish-born author of English literature (1857-1924). “A young man’s journey into unknown territory brings him face-to-face with the savage brutality within his own soul,” according to Daria. Most of his work concerns the fate of men in extreme situations and the moral struggles they face.
Daria reads this book in Study Hall in (208).
“Heart Smart for Life”: Book Helen shows Jake in (309). Apparently, the book is a book for survivors of heart attacks.
Heather: Tour guide at Middleton College (103). She gives the Morgendorffers their family tour of Middleton.
165Smokes (103)
166Fraternity/sorority area of campus “gives her the creeps”. (103)
167Pays service $50 to write term papers for her. (103)
Heisman Trophy: Trophy given by the Downtown Athletic Club in New York every year to the best college football player. It is considered the most important of the individual college football awards.
When Mr. DeMartino begins choking Kevin for entering his classroom with a fake arrow through his head, he shouts, "Try winning the Heisman Trophy without a throat!!" (404)
Helpful Corn: Alternate name for the band Mystic Spiral, conceived by Jesse in 111.
Hemingway, Ernest and Mariel: American author (1889-1961). Author of “A Farewell to Arms”, “The Old Man and the Sea” and other stories. Mariel Hemingway (1961-present) is a model-actress who is the granddaughter of Ernest. Mariel Hemingway has appeared in “Manhattan” and “Personal Best”.
Mr. O’Neill cautions Stacy to write her essay on Ernest Hemingway, and not Mariel Hemingway, in (304)
"Herbgrow Roadkill": Item purchased by Jane at Payday. Jane purchased it for Tom to give him as a present to make up for the argument caused when Tom accidentally ate Jane's gummi bears in (409).
Noting the similar items next to the "Herbgrow Roadkill", this item might function like a "chia pet". "Chia pets" are animal figurines made of clay. These figurines are hollow, and after smearing the figurines with clay, herb seeds are placed on the clay. After watering and a few days, the herbs sprout, giving the animal its "fur". It appears that in the case of "Herbgrow Roadkill", judging from the box, that the animal figurine is a dead animal.
Highland: Former residence of the Morgendorffers.
17 Daria states that there is uranium in drinking water at Highland (101)
(Ed Note: Highland is also the town where Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head live. Highland is mentioned in only one episode of Daria (101) and is never mentioned again during the run of the series.)
the Hindenburg: German airship named after German field marshal and later President of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany, Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934). The Hindenburg was a zeppelin, a light than air craft. Large stores of hydrogen, a highly flammable lighter-than-air gas, kept the massive airship aloft.
While attempting a landing at Lakehurst Naval Air station in New Jersey in 1937, the ship caught fire and exploded, incinerated in a manner of seconds. It is unknown what caused the explosion, although experts suspect that static electricity somehow ignited a hydrogen gas leak.
Herbert Morrison, a reporter for radio station WLS in Chicago, was on site to report what was to be a routine landing of the Hindenburg. Instead, a shocked Morrison related his description of the crash as it happened: "There's smoke, and there's flames, now, and the frame is crashing to the ground, not quite to the mooring mast. Oh, the humanity, and all the passengers screaming around here!"
Daria keeps a picture of the Hindenburg during a dramatic stage of combustion both in the opening trailer to the shows and seen again in (109).
When a float crashes and burns in front of the Cinplex theatre in (406), Daria sarcastically comments, "Oh, the lack of humanity!"
History Channel: American channel devoted to biographies and documentaries of historical figures and general historical programming. Brittany gets her parents to buy her a satellite disk with the dubious excuse that she wants to watch the History Channel.
"The Hobbit": Book written by English scholar and writer J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973) in 1937. Written by the author as a children's book, the book became the prequel for the more ambitious "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. The book is a fantasy set in a mythical "Middle Earth" about a tiny humanoid Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins who lives a comfortable life until a wizard named Gandalf sets him on the path to adventure.
In (502), Helen flashes back to the one-year anniversary of Jake and Helen's commitment ceremony. Helen gets Jake a leather bound copy of "Das Kapital", and Jake gives Helen an almost unrecognizable homemade candle in the shape of what is supposed to be a hobbit.
Hodge, Tiffany: Lawndale student invited to Brittany’s party in 102. Her name is visible on the guest list held by the guard at the Crewe Neck gate. (102)
Ho-Hos: Snack made by the Hostess Company. Chocolate cake with a cream filled center. Kevin suggests Ho-Hos to fill Brittany’s hunger at the supermarket strike in (206). Also mentioned by Daria in (207).
Holiday Island: Area of space/time that can only be accessed - or so we are told - through a dimensional wormhole located in the back of the Good Time Chinese Restaurant in Lawndale. Residence of The Saint Patrick’s Day Leprechaun, Cupid, and the embodiments of other holidays.
168Known holiday embodiments: The Saint Patrick’s Day Leprechaun (St. Patrick’s Day), Cupid (Valentine’s Day), Halloween, Christmas, Guy Fawkes Day.
169When a holiday embodiment is asked where Holiday Island is located, the standard answer is supposed to be “in your heart”.
170According to Halloween and Christmas, inhabitants of Holiday Island are expected to be happy “all the time” and to spread good will and cheer.
171According to Cupid, if Halloween and the other holidays decide to remain in Lawndale, there will be “no Christmas, or Halloween, or Guy Fawkes Day”.
Real world-consequences appear to include Halloween candy going unsold, Christmas toys remaining on the shelves and kidney pie vendors going out of business.
172Has own version of Good Time Chinese Restaurant.
173Appears to be a tropical island paradise, but Cupid states that that’s “just for the tourists”.
174Has a high school where the holidays go to school, called Holiday Island High.
Holiday Island High: High school located on Holiday Island. Exterior seen in (303). The school is attended by holiday spirits. The Saint Patrick’s Day Leprechaun says Holiday Island High only seems like a high school, but is much worse.
175According to Cupid, Christmas and Halloween are the two coolest kids at Holiday High School.
The Holidays: Band consisting of Trent Lane, Christmas, Halloween, and Guy Fawkes Day. Halloween is the drummer; the others play guitar with Christmas appearing to play bass guitar. Guy Fawkes Day sings lead vocals for the one song the band plays at the Holiday Island High School prom in (303). When Trent leaves to get back to his band in Lawndale, Jane finds “Washington” of President’s Day to serve as his replacement.
Home Furbishing: Store on the Lawndale Homecoming parade route in (406). There might be a parking garage next to it; the letters "PAR" can be seen on an adjoining sign. A street divides Home Furbishing from the Cinplex, which is to the left of Home Furbishing if one is facing it. An unnamed diner is to the right of it.
Honest Lee: Proprietor of a car dealership in Lawndale. Honest Lee sells new and used cars. One of his employees is a balding car salesman named Wally who hits on Brittany when Brittany and Jane visit the car lot for their economics project in (401).
honor roll: List generally published by school, colleges, and/or universities after grades are released. It is generally a list of those students earning a certain grade-point average (q. v.) Kevin complains that the cheerleaders refused to go out with him, treating him like he’s on the “honor roll” or something, in (304)
Hoprite Inn: Inexpensive hotel chain where Mr. O'Neill and Mr. DeMartino sleep overnight during the statewide teacher's convention in (405). We assume the hotel name is pronounced "hop right in". We do not know where the female faculty members are staying.
Horace of Beverly Hills: Designers of the silk-and-rawhide outfit Sandi Griffin wears at the Bridal Expo in (204).
"The Horse Whisperer": Novel written by author Nicholas Evans in 1995. The book was made into a movie starring Robert Redford in 1998. When a young girl and her horse are injured in an accident, a mother tries to save the now half-maddened horse by looking for a mysterious "Horse Whisperer", a man who can sooth horses just by words and touch.
Brittany refers to her mythical husband, Andre in her rant to Jane as someone who must know a lot about women because he knows a lot about horses in (401).
Hot-A-Rondack: Company which apparently sells fashionable outdoor wear. Quinn is seen reading from their catalog in (402).
"The House of Bad Grades": Legendary tale Jane tells to Daria, Trent, and Jake when Trent's car breaks down in (410). The car breaks down near a house that Jane points out as the "House of Bad Grades". Jane implies that the history behind the house takes place around the 1950s, where a local family built a bomb shelter in the back yard.
The sarcastic daughter of the family doubted that the Soviets would bomb, so she changed her plan from escaping Lawndale from nuclear holocaust to writing a college admissions essay -- but her family was dismissive of her efforts and wouldn't give her any peace and quiet. Looking for somewhere quiet to write, the girl tried to write in the bomb shelter.
Jane states that since that day, every kid who's lived in the house since then is earning minimum wage. Daria scoffs at the thought.
(The tale is obviously meant to take place during the 1950s, given the clothes, the references to the Cold War and the submissive attitudes of the women. In the visualization of the tale, the Morgendorffers are the family in question and Daria ends up as the doomed girl. -- JRB)
Houston, Whitney: American singer and actress, 1963-present. Brittany mentions the
new Whitney Houston movie in (107).
Howdy Leather Shoppe: Shop seen on the Lawndale Homecoming parade route in (406). Facing the store, to the left of the store is Pet Grooming and to the right is Suds Lawndromat..
“How I Feel About Polyculturalism”: Essay by Quinn Morgendorffer written for Mr. O’Neill. Quinn says that she prefers cotton. (203)
“Howl”: Book written by Allan Ginsberg, American author (1926-97). Modernistic poet and prominent writer of the “Beat” Generation of modern poets of the 1950s. The three-part work touches on political radicalism, the drug culture and common American experiences; it is both accusatory and laudatory. The most famous line is its opening line:
“I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked,
dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix”
Daria attempts to read this book to Mrs. Patterson in (302).
“How To Win Friends and Influence People”: Book by Dale Carnegie, American self-improvement writer (1888-1955). “It’s about everything a good attitude can get you”, according to Jodie. Written in 1936, this self-help book was one of the biggest selling books of all time. Jodie reads it in Study Hall in (208).
“Huckleberry Finn”: Novel written by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), American author (1835-1910). A poor but free-spirited boy and an escaped slave take a trip by raft up the Mississippi River. As Twain wrote in the first paragraph, “PERSONS attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.” Considered one of the all time great American novels, next to Moby Dick.
This novel is on the list for Mr. O’Neill’s class assignment in (213). Trent believes that he might have read this novel in high school in (308).
(If he had Mr. O’Neill for English, he probably did. - JRB)
“Huckleberry Hound”: Cartoon series created in 1958 by Hanna-Barbera; has been renewed in several different versions on American TV. Huckleberry Hound was a hard working dog who tried several careers, all with limited success.
Trent and Daria discuss Huckleberry Hound in (308). Trent concludes that Huckleberry Finn and Huckleberry Hound didn’t have much in common. Daria: “Um, no...Huckleberry Hound was much more of a joiner.” Trent: “Yeah...loser!” (They both laugh.)
Hungry Palette: Restaurant somewhere near Ashfield. Alison takes Jane there for a dinner when she loses her bet with Jane in (414). (As stated earlier, losing the bet might just have been a ploy to get Jane to feel more comfortable with Alison so Alison could seduce her. -- JRB)
Husky Fellas: Shop seen on the Lawndale Homecoming parade route in (406). Facing the store, to the left of the store is Suds Laundromat and to the right is Gone Pawn.
Hydro Eight: “The ultimate pimple medicine” according to Quinn. Quinn keeps Hydro Eight in her backpack in (209).
Hypercard 1.0: Software bundled with the earliest Apple computers in the 1980s. Hypercard 1.0 was available as early as 1987.
Nora jokes to Jake that next he'll be telling her that he still uses Hypercard 1.0 in (502).
"I'm a Mommy": Store at the Lawndale Mall. (411) It appears to sell maternity wear and items.
“Icebox Woman”: Song played by Trent and Jesse in the basement during (111). A mercifully brief version of it is heard.
"I Did It, Why Can't You?": Inspirational book written by Terry Perry Barlow. Jake is seen reading the book at home and on the plane in (407). The book claims that he saved the lives of his ballooning crew during an ice storm. According to Jake, "he climbed up the ropes and opened the rip panel with his teeth!"
“I Don’t”: Seventeenth episode of the series. (204) The Morgendorffers attend a wedding.
176Wedding had rehearsal dinner, but Helen claims that she missed it due to meetings.
177The mother of the Morgendorffer sisters (Helen, Rita, Amy) was unable to attend.
"if not you, who -- if not now, when?": Quote attributed to various sources. One source attributes it to the Rabbi Hillel,
as a paraphrase of the quote: "If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, then who am I? And if not now, when?" This quote has also been ascribed to both John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy as well.
Quinn uses it in (413), but under different circumstances -- Quinn agrees to hold the round table discussion for the Fashion Club on blush strategy on philosophy. Stacy thanks Quinn for having the round table at her house, and Quinn replies that she always tells herself, "Quinn, if not you, who -- if not now, when?" (413)
"I Loathe a Parade": Forty-fifth episode of the series (406). While performing an errand, Daria gets trapped in the Lawndale Homecoming parade.
The cashier at Drugs 'N' Stuff states that it is Homecoming Night, and the entire episode takes place during the festivities. "Homecoming" is an American college and high school tradition where alumni return to gather and reminisce. Homecoming usually takes place sometime between September and November -- each school has a different Homecoming day or week -- and there is usually a celebratory football or basketball game where the team plays either their archrival or a much weaker opponent, if one exists.
Lawndale High School elect a Homecoming King and Queen each year. Mack and Jodie state that they are elected as homecoming king and queen each year, but it hardly makes up for Lawndale's lack of diversity.
Apparently Lawndale is playing a team whose mascot is a penguin, since the mural on Drugs 'N' Stuff has a lion in triumphant glee over a dead penguin.
This episode is probably the most visually complex episode of the series, as it takes place along the streets of Lawndale. We never get a complete picture of what stores line Lawndale's streets, as sign names are often obscured by large floats passing by. However, there are four stores that we know adjoin each other. Facing the stores, we know that 24 Hour Photo, The Coffee Snob, SPA, a la Lawndale, and an unnamed real estate agency are all next to each other.
Furthermore, we get to see a long extended section of the Lawndale Homecoming parade route during the sequence with the Fashion Club. If one were to walk in the opposite direction of the parade route, and watch the store names from behind the floats -- therefore seeing the exact same store names that we saw behind the Fashion Club, in reverse order -- we can count the following stores.
1. Pet Grooming
2. Howdy Leather Shoppe
3. Suds Laundromat
4. Husky Fellas
5. Gone Pawn
6. Tom's Liquor
7. Gimme Gym
8. a branch of the United States Post Office
9. Viv's Videos
10. MMM Sub
11. the Cinplex theatre
12. Home Furbishing (a street separates Home Furnishing from the Cinplex).
13. unnamed diner
Somewhere along the parade route is also a Mr. Frigid Ice Cream Co., which might be to the right of the diner, since there is a store with a large ice cream cone sign there. An unnamed record shop is to the right of Mr. Frigid.
One might conclude that "I Loathe a Parade" takes place sometime in 1999 or afterwards, since Jake bemoans having to read an article about The Olsen Twins while trapped in the bathroom. The magazine is called "Teenage Superstars", and the Olsen Twins turned 13 in 1999.
By (505), the US Post Office branch might have moved out. Daria and Jane leave Cinplex after seeing a movie and undoubtedly pass MMM Sub and Viv's Videos on the way out. However, while Daria and Jane talk about Daria's short story, Daria stands next to a window whose sign reads "Low Monthly Rates".
“Ill”: Twenty-second episode of the series. (209) Daria gets a mysterious rash.
“Imagine”: Song written by John Lennon in 1971 off the “Imagine” album, Lennon’s most commercially successful album. Daria says, “If you play that John Lennon song backwards, it says, ‘imagine all the people, browsing in a mall’. Isn’t that weird?” (105)
“The Iliad”: Classic Greek tale written by Homer. The story of the Trojan war. Daria offers Quinn “The Iliad” to read during their combined incarceration. (110)
Indiana Jones: Main character in a series of feature films, beginning with "Raiders of the Lost Ark", filmed in 1981, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford as the full time archaelogist and part time adventurer "Indiana" Jones, who risks life and limb in the 1930s and 40s recovering strange and deadly artifacts.
When Daria tries to get home by crossing the Lawndale Homecoming parade route, Jane says, "Godspeed, Indiana Morgendorffer....." (406)
intramural: Carried on within the bounds of an institution. Tommy Sherman asks Kevin if Mack and Kevin are on the intramural squad, implying that Kevin and Mack are only good enough to play against other Lawndale students but not against football teams from other high schools. (113)
“The Invitation”. Episode two. (102) Daria is invited to a party of popular teens at Lawndale.
178Seen sitting at same lunchroom table: Stacy (?), Shaggy.
179Party was on Saturday night.
180Events take place at least from Wednesday - Daria tells Quinn that the “countdown” is “seventy-two hours to go”.
181Characters at Party: Tiffany, Stacy, Sandi, Shaggy, Joey, Jeffy, Jamie, Kevin, Brittany, Quinn, Mack, Jodie, Daria, Jane, Upchuck.
"Is It Fall Yet?": Fifty-third episode of the series and the first movie-length episode (414). During summer vacation, Daria is forced to work at Mr. O'Neill's children's camp while Jane flees to an artists colony to forget about Daria and Tom.
* "Is It Fall Yet?" is the first Daria episode to being with a completely new opening, including visuals and music. The music is the song, "Turn the Sun Down" by Splendora, the same group that wrote the "You're Standing on My Neck" Daria theme. The visuals are simply a set of sight gags revolving around the major cast characters enjoying a day at the beach. Undoubtedly, the extended opening is in honor of the "feature film" nature of the expanded episode.
* Implied that the episode begins in June, after Jake compares the expiration date on the waffle box with the current month, June.
* By the time Jane arrives at Ashfield, it is either July or close to July, when Jane talks to the director of Ashfield as they wonder why anyone WOULDN'T want to visit Death Valley in July, like Jane's mother who just sent a postcard.
* The Landons have a "July 4th party" in mid-episode.
* Present at party: Daria, Tom, Andrew Landon, Michelle Landon, Quinn, Sandi, Stacy, Tiffany, the Three Js,
Jodie, Mack, Kevin, Brittany
* Tom leaves to spend a month at his great-aunt's sometime in mid or late July. Undoubtedly this is the trip to Great-Aunt
Mildred's at the cove, which is a Sloane family tradition.
* The Starry Night Ball is being held on September 8th. Helen makes the excuse not to go by saying that September 8th is
"the weekend of the office retreat". So which year is this? In 1997, Sep 8th falls on a Monday. In 1998, it falls on a
Tuesday. In 1999, it falls on a Wednesday, but in 2000, it falls on a Friday. This implies that Episode 414 takes place
in 2000.
* During the intermission of the original showing of this episode, MTV premiered a full-length animated video of Mystik Spiral's new song "Freakin' Friends".
"The Island of Dr. Moreau": Novel written by British science-fiction author H. G. ("Herbert George") Wells (1866-1946) in 1896. A man is shipwrecked and finds himself Dr. Moreau's island, learning that the doctor has been experimenting on animals and turning them into humanoids.
A sleepy Daria asks Helen if Dr. Moreau invited Helen to the island as well as Daria in (312).
Isle O’Paradise: Store at Lawndale Mall selling tropical gear in (306).
“Is Your Teenager Using Drugs?”: Pamphlet with ten warning signs that teens could be using drugs. Jake gives this pamphlet to Daria, concerned that she could be smoking “Mary Jo” in (209). Daria reads the “ten warning signs” and concludes - “Quinn’s clean.” (209)
“It Happened One Nut”: Thirty-second episode of the series (306). Daria is forced to get a job.
182Results of career aptitude tests:
183Jane : accountant - Jane fills in ‘c’ for every question every year
184Kevin: “petroleum dispensation”, i.e., he will be pumping gas for a living
185Daria: mortician
186Quinn: “neck model for jewelry catalogues”.
187Helen states unemployment is at a “record low” - a clue as to the time/setting of the series?
“It’s a Nutty, Nutty, Nutty World”: Franchise-type business located at Lawndale Mall. Daria gets her first “job” here in (306) (If you discount the term-papers for cash business in (103) - JRB).
188Sell almonds, pistachios, cashews, pecans, almonds, hazel nuts, walnuts, filberys, mixed nuts.
189Has a national office - Jake consults for the national office.
190Organized at the “regional manager” level.
191Posters in the INNNW: “Anatomy of the Nuts”, “Nuts From the Tree to Your Mouth”, “The Nut Through Time”.
192On easel for “training”: “Seven Steps to a Wonderful Nut Transaction”.
193Slogan: “Welcome to It's a Nutty, Nutty, Nutty World. We're just nuts about nuts. Crunch nuts with your lunch. Buy them by the bunch. Send them to friends far away to munch.”
194Staff workers wear squirrel head caps and aprons.
195Guarantee: “If we don’t smile, the nuts are free!”
196Has a “Salesperson of the Day” - Daria wins the award despite a $15 penalty in unsmiled nut sales.
"It's a Small World": Song written by Robert and Richard Sherman. The Sherman brothers worked for Walt Disney for years, and among their many achievements was winning an Oscar for the score from Mary Poppins in 1965. When the "It's a Small World" attraction of Disneyland was built, the Shermans were asked to compose a simple song with simple lyrics that could be easily translated into other languages.
Daria mentions "It's a small world after all" when she hears about the failure of Jane-Cam and its lack of Internet hits from Jane in (408). Jane answers, "Chim-chiminee, chim-chiminee", referring to another Disney song written by the Sherman Brothers -- the one that won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1965.
(I doubt that Jane was deliberately trying to come up with a Sherman Brothers song to counter Daria's comment. Chalk this one up to coincidence. -- JRB)
“It’s a Wonderful Life”: American movie from 1946 starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed. An angel helps a man thinking of committing suicide by showing him what the world would have been like if he had never lived. The Saint Patrick’s Day Leprechaun says to Daria, “you see, you had a wonderful life” apropos of nothing in (303).
“It’s Important to Be Attractive”: Idea for a poster by Daria and Jane in (201). The poster would have used a roll of flypaper. It was undecided if the paper should be with or without flies.
Ivy League: Group of older, elite American universities: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale. There is an “Ivy League” where the schools play each other in collegiate sports. The term is commonly used as a shorthand term to indicate the most elite American universities.
J. J. Jeeters: Unknown store at a mall somewhere in Lawndale. Brittany Taylor states that she would never shop there. “Way at the other end” of the mall is Cashman’s Department Store, a place where Brittany would enjoy shopping. (102)
Jackie: Unfortunate student of Lawndale High, mentioned in (503). Stacy tells Quinn and Tiffany that "Jackie is wearing green shoes with yellow socks!"
"Jackie O": Nickname for Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis (American first lady, 1929-94). She was nicknamed "Jackie O" by gossip columnists after she married Greek millionaire Aristotle Onassis (1906-75).
When Quinn disguises herself at Lawndale High after Lawndale gets the reputation of being a "loser" town -- wearing a scarf and sunglasses to avoid being recognized -- Jane asks, "What's with Quinnie O?" (403)
Jackleene: Woman who "interfaces with clients" at Buzzdome.com in (502). Angrily apologetic. Apropos of nothing, she angrily tells Jake his tie is crooked when they first meet in (502).
“Jake of Hearts”: Thirty-fifth episode of the series (309). Jake has a heart attack.
197Implied that the action starts on a Monday, as Ms. Li comments that Bing and the Spatula Man will be there the entire week.
198Jake appears to be hooked up to a telemetry monitor, which would be normal. An IV is running, which might be IV Nitroglycerin. Another apparatus is seen that looks much like a respirator as drawn in (309). Maybe Jake is not quite out of the water yet - are they keeping a “crash cart” nearby, too? -- JRB
James, Henry: American-born British author (1843-1916). Most of James's novels were about the loss of innocence and the contract between the new world of America and the "old world" of Europe, and his prose was marked by its subtlety.
Daria mentions Henry James to Jane in (414). She tells Jane, "I felt like the poor cousin in a Henry James novel...someone to be tolerated until she gets run over by a horse and buggy." Daria might have been referring to "Daisy Miller" (1879), a book where the protagonist's failure to take a carriage ride results in her death.
Jane-Cam: Jane Lane's live-cam which she connects to her computer in (408). "All Jane, all the time -- well, except 'naked time'."
Daria watches Jane-Cam from an Internet connection at Quiet Ivy, where she is regaled by Jane flossing and Tom shaking his hips and strumming an imaginary guitar from behind (his hip shaking and repetitive arm movements make it look as if Tom is indulging in another more pleasurable activity for Jane, one usually done alone). When Tom sees the Jane-Cam, he gets angry and Jane takes her scissors and cuts the cord to the Jane-Cam, ending the connection.
Jane states that during the brief time Jane-Cam was up, it only got eight Internet hits, or visits. Three were from Daria. Tom, however, did get some fan mail -- from inmates. (408)
(Undoubtedly influenced by the "JenniCam", created by Jennifer Ringley in April 1996. Ringley operated a web-site with a live camera attached to her computer. One could see Ringley in the nude, but it was much, much more likely that one would see either an empty room or Ringley performing more mundane activities. Ringley closed the site at the end of December 2003 when the pay account to which one had to contribute to access the site enforced their policy on on-line nudiy and refused to take payment. -- JRB)
"Jane's Addition": Thirty-ninth episode of the series (313). Jane gets a new boyfriend; Daria gets jealous.
Implied that the episode takes place over several days -- Jane states that she has gone out with Tom "a few times"
during the episode.
Jasmine: Niece of Eric Schrecter. First seen in (212), with her uncle at Junior Five.
Her birthday occurs sometime around (212) as Eric is buying her a birthday present.
Eric told Helen that David Sorenson "worked wonders" with Jasmine in tutoring her (414).
David states that Jasmine "(has) been doing very well" (414)
David states that Jasmine's parents were very involved in supporting her tutoring (414), which made his job easier.
Java: Programming language created by Sun Microsystems in 1995. Java is an "object-oriented language" in that new Java features can inherit the features and functions of older versions or subroutines of Java. It is known for its simplicity of code and works well as an Internet language.
Zhengdong thanks Nora for her "Java patch" in (502). (A "Java patch" would be a program which repairs errors in a version of Java.) Jake asks if Java patches really help you quit smoking.
Jay-Tees' Jellied Pork Shoulder: Five-pound cut of meat Jake buys while "shopping angry" in (403).
Jean-Michel: Name of Daria's counselor in (408). Jean-Michel speaks with a French accent, and is familiar both with hypnosis and past-life regression.
* Uses gold pocket watch with initials "J M" to hypnotize Daria. (408)
"J. Edgar Winter": When Helen asks Quinn where Daria is in (505), Quinn tells her mom that she is not "J. Edgar Winter"!
Undoubtedly, Quinn has J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972), the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1924 until 1972, with Edgar Winter, the white-haired bluesman (1946-present).
Jefferson, Thomas: American politician (1743-1826) and third President of the United States (1801-1809). Among his great accomplishments are the organization of the Louisiana Purchase and the writing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
In (413), Sick Sad World has an upcoming segment about Jefferson: "Thomas Jefferson. Philosopher. Inventor. President. And keeper of one saucy journal! The Declaration of In My Pants, tonight! On Sick Sad World!"
Jeffy: “The one with red locks, who thinks Quinn’s a fox.” -- Anne D. Bernstein. Identified by wearing a long-sleeved buttoned shirt, and an earring in his left ear.. (102) (? is he named)
199Comes onto Daria when he notices Kevin spending time with her. (107)
200Drives a blue sportscar. (303)
201Member of Lawndale Lions. (304)
202Buys Quinn tickets for "Boys are Guys", but hates band. (407)
203Sends Quinn flowers with a card -- "I'll always remember the day you first asked me to get you a soda. Love, Jeffy." (502)
Jello: American gelatinous dessert made by the General Foods Corporation. The first gelatin-based dessert was patented in America in 1845. Jello is known for its wide variety of flavors and colors, and is quite an inexpensive dessert.
Daria states that at Lawndale, Wednesday is "Jell-O day" in (311)
Jerry (or Terry): Brittany’s “date” at The Zon (or Zen). Brittany goes with him to the club behind Kevin’s back after an argument and dyes her hair and cheerleading outfit black in (209).
Jet Maniak!: Game at Mr. Fun’s World in (207).
Jett: One of Jane's housemates at Ashfield. First seen with Caroline, Anais, and Paris in (414). She is not named explicitly.
Jim’s Paintballing Jungle: Location of field trip/paintball excursion in (202).
202Field trip attendees arrive before ten. Daria: “we can see the Great White
Shark by 10:00” (202)
203Has five playing fields: “Beirut”, “Iraq”, “Bosnia”, “Vitenam” and “Urban Town USA”
204Has exactl replica of “Hanoi Hilton” POW prison.
205Comfort stations are “really well camoflaged”
206Large labyrinth of underground tunnels
207Located at least three miles from “Great White Shark” attraction.
Joanne: The one thousand dollar prize boa constrictor kept at “Our Furry and Scaly Friends” in (306).
Joe’s Diner: Eating establishment mentioned in (304) by Brad Ruttheimer. He states that the food is inedible, and one of the waiters has schizophrenia.
Joey: “The guy with dark tresses, whom Quinn sure impresses.” -- Anne D. Bernstein.
Tends to wear jacket wrapped around waist.
208First appearance in (102), with the other of the “Three Js”. (? is he named)
209Comes onto Daria when he notices Kevin spending time with her. (107)
210Member of Lawndale Lions. (304)
211Buys Quinn tickets for "Boys are Guys", but hates band. (407)
212Believes that Mr. O'Neill is Quinn's guardian angel, since according to Joey, guardian angels take human form when they come to earth. (411)
213Sends Quinn flowers with message, "Happy one year since you borrowed a pen from me. Love, Joey." (502)
"John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt": Children's song, author unknown. It goes:
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
His name is my name, too
Whenever we go out
The people always shout
"There goes John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, da da da da da da da...."
This verse is the only verse of the song. Jane states that while she was with the Girl Scout, they kept singing about "John Jacob Jingleheimer somebody" (402)
Johns, Jasper: American artist (1930-present). An abstract expressionist, Johns began a