Crossover

A Daria fanfic or fan art that mixes canon Daria elements (characters, settings, plots, etc.) with those from another fictional work entirely, permitting interaction between those elements. The non-Daria work might be a story, novel, movie, computer game, or other media, such as the Marvel Universe, the Simpsons TV show, or the movie Seven Days.

For variations on this concept, see Dariaverse Crossover and reality crossover. A crossover involving three or more non-Daria works is sometimes called a megacrossover (per the Fanfiction Glossary).

Daria Crossed-over in Other Fandoms
Daria and company have appeared in a number of places as crossover characters in works for other fandoms, including Internet comics. Some examples are noted in the Media section of Outpost Daria. Significant appearances in other non-Daria media are given below.

Undergrads
At the beginning of episode 6 of Undergrads, the technophile college freshman named Gimpy is being harassed by a female hacker called She-Prime. During a webcam discussion between Gimpy and Nitz, a friend at another college, Gimpy's image is altered so that he looks like a young woman. "It's never easy to say this," says Nitz, "but Gimpy... you look like Daria."

Evil Josh and Billy
A net cartoon by Daria fanfic writer John Berry included a Daria lookalike in an Evil Josh and Billy episode that in part parodied a Daria episode, "The Invitation." The series was earlier noted to have an "evil Tom Sloane" lookalike as well. The Daria episode in question was "Evil Josh and Billy, Episode 2: Party at JC's," which includes a scene of Daria being caught by police drinking at a party.

PPMB Threads
 * I think John Berry may have ripped off Tom Sloane
 * Daria ref in net cartoon



Drawn Together
On October 4, 2007, Daria fans were astonished to see what appeared to be a crossover using Daria on the Comedy Central TV show, Drawn Together (episode 30: "Lost in Parking Space, Part Two"). The appearance was all the more shocking as Daria was a mutilated victim in a Hostel parody. "I blame men," was her monotone comment after having a nail driven into her right eye, a remark many fans felt was rather out of character for her. This appearance received much coverage on PPMB and was also mentioned in several Daria fanfics.

General Information PPMB Threads Fanfics
 * "Lost in Parking Space, Part Two" archived from Wikipedia (page has been combined with other episode pages on one page)
 * Episode summary on TV.com
 * "Daria on Drawn Together," LiveJournal entry by MagicSushi
 * Daria guest appearance!
 * Daria on drawn together!
 * Who else hated this?!?!?
 * "Drawn & Quartered", by The Angst Guy on PPMB (stand-alone version)
 * "Canon Fodder", by Roentgen
 * "I Still Want a New Duck", by Patrick Moore



Other Links

 * Crossovers Not Yet Crossed Over discussion thread on PPMB
 * Essays on fanfiction crossovers at the Fanfic Symposium