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[[Image:Dariatitle.jpg|250px|right|frame|The ''Daria'' cast]]
The '''Daria fandom''' is an international and informal community drawn together by MTV's animated series ''[[Daria (TV series)|Daria]]''. The fandom is supported by a wide variety of media, including web sites, fan fiction, fan art and videos. However, the fandom not only interacts online in internet forums, but also gathers at informal meetings.
Despite the show’s ending in 2002, ''Daria'' fandom remains active and well connected, thanks almost entirely to the Internet. Many old fans have stuck around since the end, and both old and new fans still join the community occasionally. Regardless of length of time around, plenty of fanfic and fan art is being produced, albeit not at the same rate as before. However, there is enough going on to give reason that ''Daria'' fandom still has a lot of life left in it.
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A total of 65 episodes of Daria were produced and aired on MTV, as well as two movies. The episodes were divided into 5 seasons of 13 episodes each. Save for the first season, which aired from March to July 1997, most new episodes were run from February to August. The first movie, ''[[Is It Fall Yet?]]'', aired right after season four on August 27, 2000. The second movie, ''[[Is It College Yet?]]'', served as the series finale and aired January 21, 2002.
Since the end of the series, ''Daria'' has not aired in reruns on MTV, aside from a largely-unannounced mid-morning showing of Is It Fall Yet? on April 24th, 2009. The show was picked up in syndication by fellow Viacom network Noggin. Daria aired on Noggin until 2006 as part of the-N, the channel’s nighttime programming aimed at young teens. However, fans were not entirely pleased with the situation. The biggest point of contention is that certain episodes have been edited for content, at times cutting out entire scenes. Other episodes, meanwhile, never aired on the-N. Adding insult to injury to some, Daria was slowly phased out of the-N’s schedule, to the point where, around early 2005, it aired at 4 a.m. eastern time.
Since being taken off of the-N, Daria
The era of streaming did see Daria return to screens (TV, computer, or phone) in the US. The show was hosted by Hulu for a while, until migrating to Paramount Plus, where it resides at the time of this writing.
The year 2018 also saw the announcement of a reboot show, titled [[Daria & Jodie]]. This would be a retelling of the show, though with Jodie as Daria's best friend instead of Jane. A few years later, it was announced that the show would instead be a spin-off simply titled [[Jodie]], and would deal with the titular character's life and experiences after Lawndale. A further update in 2022 stated that rather than being a show, [[Jodie]] would be a standalone film.
==Fan community==
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==Fan communication==
[[Image:ppmbv2-5.jpg|right|frame|PPMB logo, version 2.5]]
The primary form of communication comes from message boards, specifically the [[Paperpusher's Message Board]] (PPMB) and the [[Sh33p's Fluff Message Board]] (SFMB). These two
Daria has a long history on IRC. Three chat channels specific to Daria fandom have been used throughout the years, two of which no longer exist. The first of those is #Daria on efnet; the second is #Daria+ on dalnet. The current channel is #Daria+ on sorcery.net. Instructions on how to get to the channel can be found on [[The Irony Maiden]] and [[Lawndale Online]].
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Finally, there is a Daria newsgroup, alt.tv.daria. However, it is not very active anymore.
The [[Lawndale-High Message Board]] was launched in 2019 as another forum for [[Daria]] fans.
==Dariacons==
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Anti-Shipper stories – stories written to oppose such matches – are also a popular genre.
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