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 the MTV cartoon Undergrads ("Room Mates," first aired June 15, 2001), the technophile college freshman named Gimpy is being cyber-harassed by a female hacker, She-Prime. During a webcam discussion between Gimpy and Nitz, a friend at another college, Gimpy's image is altered by She-Prime so that he looks like a young woman. "It's never easy to say this," says Nitz with a laugh, "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. She, like captured other animated characters, had gone to a Hot Topic store to see how her licensed merchandise was doing. "This is men fault," 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 on 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



Mystery Science Theater 3000
In May 1999, the TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 poked fun at a 1975 horror B-movie called Blood Waters of Dr. Z. At one point, the mad scientist Dr. Leopold (transformed into a monster) kidnaps a young woman and draws a picture of her, which he tapes to a zodiac picture. Mike Nelson (Michael J. Nelson), watching the film, remarks: "Hmm. Daria looks nice without her glasses." The Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XVII DVD, which contains Blood Waters of Dr. Z, was released on March 16, 2010.

PPMB Threads
 * MST3K references Daria on PPMB (reference discovered by Daria fan CR85747)

Robot Chicken
On January 30, 2011, Daria was the subject of a segment on the Adult Swim show. Set as a Michael Moore documentary searching for forgotten '90s cartoon characters, he finds Daria as an overweight, transsexual man named Daryl. The sketch then goes into detail as to how Daria became Daryl.

PPMB Threads
 * Robot Chicken

Other Non-Daria Fandom Crossovers

 * Outpost Daria notes that a now-extinct webcomic called "Mall Monkeys" was briefly visited by the Fashion Club in the installment for October 23, 2002. That particular episode was preserved by the WayBack Machine of Archive.org and may be viewed at this link.
 * Another webcomic crossover is mentioned by Outpost Daria for The New Adventures of Bobbin by Joycelyn Yik (August 31, 2001). This panel was not archived, but it is still online at this link.
 * The well-known comic strip Luann by Greg Evans featured Daria's image on a student's T-shirt on May 3, 1999. Outpost Daria has the strip (in color) here, but it may also be viewed at the Luann homepage in black and white.
 * The webcomic "Sufferin’ Joyce," found at ComicCritics.com, had an interesting entry for May 15th, 2009, involving two characters with remarkable similarities to Daria and Jane.
 * On a September 23, 2003 episode of Gilmore Girls, Rory Gilmore compares her social life with that of Daria, noting that "I don't wanna change. I don't wanna be the anti-town girl. I'm not Daria."



Other Links

 * Crossovers Not Yet Crossed Over thread on PPMB
 * The Incomplete List of Daria Crossovers thread on PPMB
 * Essays on fanfiction crossovers at the Fanfic Symposium