Murder, She Snored

"Murder, She Snored" was the fourth episode of the fourth season of the Daria TV series (episode number 404). It first aired on MTV on March 17, 2000. This episode was written by Peggy Nicoll.

Summary
After Mr. DeMartino accuses Kevin of helping the entire football team cheat on a test and threatens to fail the entire class, Daria has a dream where Kevin's body is found in her locker. This episode contains multiple lighthearted parodies of detective shows and movies.

Trivia
The Daria Database, written two years earlier by Peggy Nicoll - the same writer as "Murder" and, from season 4, the story editor - mentions DeMartino was placed in Brookside Rest Home psychiatric hospital after assaulting Kevin. The end of this episode has Kevin being choked, the first of a few tie-ins to Database in this season (Kevin's parents in "Mart of Darkness" first appeared there).

Since Daria's dreaming all the references and parodies, she's presumably a fan of one or more of the shows referenced.

The episode title is a play on the television series Murder, She Wrote, which was referenced in the episode itself.

DeMartino's History Exam
On the DVD, it was found that the History exam was legible. In bold are the right answers, based in Daria's exam:

The Marshall Plan

A) Allowed the French conserve their precious vineyards. B) Robbed Americans of their tax dollars. C) Didn't do a damn thing for this country. D) All of the above.

Who belong the slogan "The New Frontier"?

A) JFK. B) Captain Kirk. C) Davy Crockett. D) What happened to the old [frontier]?

Joseph McCarthy was

A) A national hero. B) A national disgrace. C) A ventriloquist's dummy. D) Just misunderstood.

The Bay of Pigs refers to

A) A weight loss plan. B) A humiliating episode in U.S. history. C) The Babe prequel. D) God I hate my life.

While tongue in cheek, this gives us some indication of DeMartino's political views. (And apparently DeMartino is ignoring that a large amount of the Marshall Plan funds were spent on importing US goods.)

"Murder, She Snored" and Fanfic
Wouter's "What if?" series depicts Jane's confession scene with a difference, instead of posioning Kevin, Jane used Laxatives instead.



On “Murder, She Snored” the Episode

 * “Murder, She Wrote” summary at Outpost Daria
 * “Murder, She Wrote” transcript

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